My brother is ahead of me. He led me and we both walked down cautiously.

I can't see my fingers below. I called tentatively as I walked down, "Xiaomo? ”

No one replied to me. I raised my voice a little more: "...... Xiaomo?? ”

The younger brother turned on his flashlight and shone it inside. There was nothing around, and there was no one.

Is there another mechanism? I looked at the wall facing us, thinking if I should bump into it.

"Glutinous rice, are you here? I know there's a way to find your 'mom and dad'......" Mo slammed out from the bottom of the stairs, startling us all so much that I even screamed in shame.

Xiao Mo still had a cold face, even if he saw our instantly distorted facial expressions, there was still no change, and his eyes widened slightly after seeing my brother beside me, "Huh? Your brother? Have you found them? ”

"No, I just chased it and lost it, and then I happened to run into my sister." The younger brother quickly recovered from the fright just now, and told the lie he had thought of a long time ago without blushing and heartbeating, "So what is the method you just said will definitely find my 'parents'?" ”

"This ...... It's confidential, I just want to tell Nuomi alone, I'm sorry. Xiao Mo frowned, but his expression was as calm as ever.

"But that's also my 'mom', and I don't want to just stay around and not be able to do anything." The younger brother frowned as well.

After I finally came back to my senses, I hurriedly grabbed my brother and started the round: "Okay, Xiaomo is willing to help us, we should be very grateful to her." After all, we came here illegally, we can't be willful at this time, maybe a bad one may even affect her uncle's career. After speaking, he paused, and had to turn his head to look at Xiaomo with a cheeky face: "But...... To be honest, I don't want to leave my brother alone...... My 'mom and dad' are gone, and now that he doesn't follow me, I'm panicking...... Can't you really take him with you? I swear he's going to be good ......"

Xiao Mo's unchanged face finally revealed a trace of hesitation and embarrassment: "This ...... If you can make sure he doesn't say it, I'll take him with me. But you really have to promise not to say it. ”

I nodded desperately, and my brother reluctantly nodded in my eyes.

"Then come with me." After speaking, Xiaomo went back to the bottom of the stairs.

I took a flashlight and found that there was a small door under the stairs that matched the color of the wall, and I really couldn't find it if I didn't look closely. After Xiao Mo pressed down the stone slab in the center of the small door, he unscrewed the small door, and inside was a narrow secret passage, which still led down, and the size was only for one person to pass through.

After signaling to us with his eyes, Xiaomo took the lead in the secret passage.

I looked at the secret passage with a flashlight, but my brother still forced me to squeeze behind me, not allowing me to have direct contact with Xiaomo, and I went in first with a suspicious look. I pouted helplessly, bent down and walked into the secret passage while leaning against the wall.

The ladders inside the secret passage are different from the outside in that they are made of stacked stones, and some of them are covered with moss due to the low seepage of water, and I almost slipped when I stepped on them.

"How long has it been here?" I depressedly used my younger brother in front of me to stabilize my figure, "It feels less and less like the old city hall, but more like an ancient castle." ”

"I don't know the specifics, I only know when it was abolished, but the time of its establishment has always been very vague. Uncle rarely talked to me, he didn't seem to want me to be too interested here, and there was no record of the information available on the Internet and in the city library. Xiaomo's voice came over his brother.

I was surprised and said, "There is no record of it in the city library?" This is a former city hall, shouldn't it be called some kind of 'important part of history' or something, and then be carefully enshrined in the history of F City? Could it be that there is a story? ”

"Yes," Xiao Motou didn't reply to me, "it is said that it was because this building was not built specifically for the city government in the first place, but was the private residence of a certain landowner at that time." Then the landlord suddenly disappeared at some point in time, and for several years there was no trace of the building, and the building became an empty house. After being abandoned for many years, it was recycled by the government to be used as a city hall. Xiaomo's voice seemed to be getting farther and farther away.

I hurriedly called her: "Xiaomo, you go slowly, we are not familiar with the road here, what if you go far and we get lost?" Then he whispered to his brother, "You say, is the landlord still in this building?" Will he pop up later? ”

"You really believe it, they all say it's said." My brother glanced back at me, "And what landlord can live that long?" Even if you do, it should be a pile of bones. ”

"Maybe he's more than just a landlord now." I rubbed my chin, "Maybe we'll run into some paranormal phenomenon." ”

My brother didn't bother to answer me.

"Xiaomo, haven't you arrived yet? It's been a long time coming. And there were a few more turns just now, are you sure you didn't make a mistake? "After walking for so long, I was so tired that I almost stopped, and I could only gain a sense of existence from Xiaomo.

But no one answered me. I pushed my brother a little strangely: "Where's Xiaomo?" Did she run away? Why don't you answer me? ”

But the younger brother fell straight forward. I hurriedly reached out and grabbed it, but my fingers only had time to wipe his clothes, and I had to watch him fall to the ground - fortunately the stairs were almost at the end, and the ground was flat in front of them, so I didn't hurt my head.

"Yuluo?! What happened to you?! I was so frightened that my voice changed, and I hurriedly stepped over him and lifted him up from the front.

He seemed to have passed out, his eyes closed and motionless, and if he hadn't been breathing, I would have almost thought something had happened to him.

At this time, there was some small noise next to me, and then Xiaomo, who had been walking away, suddenly appeared beside me again: "Glutinous rice, I'm sorry...... He was just slightly stunned by my shredded anesthetic, because I really couldn't trust anyone but you, even though he was your own brother. There was a hint of melancholy in her voice, and her expression was blurred in the darkness.

I was taken aback by her, and when I found out it was her, I couldn't help but get angry at her. "Then you told him not to come at the beginning, wouldn't it be good?! Why now?! You also know that he is my own brother!! "I'm really a little angry, and I can't bear to do it to my family, even if it's just the level of anesthesia.

"Because you begged me, I can't refuse." She lowered her head, "I don't want to disappoint you, I want to be best friends with you." ”

"......," I looked at her wordlessly, sighed at the end, set my brother against the wall, took off my coat and draped it over him, and then got up and stared at her earnestly, "that's not the case with best friends. It's not just you and me who are together, it's not about unconditionally sacrificing one to meet the wishes of the other, but being honest with each other, understanding each other, sharing their feelings and hearts with each other, loving each other, protecting each other's favorite things and people, and being happy with each other. I paused, "But I did something wrong about this, and I apologize to you." But what I can't bear the most is that others touch my family, please don't do this again in the future. ”

“…… I know, I won't do this again. Xiaomo's tone sounded a hint of seriousness. I pursed my lips and nodded, then stopped looking at her, turned and sat down beside my brother, waiting for him to wake up.