"Have you ever found Xiaofeng?"

Haiyun smiled and observed Ah Jing's expression through the mirror beside him.

Like the fallen leaves in the autumn wind falling naturally, Ah Jing's mood did not change significantly, "Sister Haiyun, did Xiaofeng tell you something?"

"No, I'm just a little curious, the kid with the ice blue ball in his hand should have a lot of movement, why can't the two of them find him?"

Ah Jing sighed, put a large pile of clothes in his arms on the floor, and said: "These are all brought by Grandma to me, seeing that Sister Haiyun didn't bring any change of clothes, these clothes will be given to you, and you will buy them with that gem." ”

Haiyun picked up those brightly colored and delicate clothes, although they were not precious, but the styles were very novel, and at first glance they were the traditional national costumes of Kahn Town.

"In that case, I'll take it. Haiyun stood up and put the clothes that Ah Jing brought into the closet beside him.

And Ah Jing seemed to be a lot quieter, I don't know if it was because of the little boy, she kept standing at the door of Haiyun's room without saying a word, as if she was in a daze.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when Haiyun arranged the clothes, and the wall clock in the room was ticking forward, and the warm wind blew the pale yellow curtain in front of the window.

Ah Jing tilted his head and said to Haiyun with a smile: "Sister Haiyun, I'm going to cook dinner with Grandma now, dinner in the hotel usually starts at six o'clock, and I will come to your room to inform you when it's ready." ”

"It's hard work for Ah Jing and Grandma. Haiyun said gratefully, and at the same time wanted to be alone for a while.

"Do you need to close the door?" asked Ah Jing respectfully.

"Then it's troublesome. Haiyun thought for a moment and said, "I'll take a look around later, and if I can, just keep the door open." ”

"Good. ”

Ah Jing gently closed the door and went downstairs.

Knowing that the footsteps were fading away, Haiyun breathed a sigh of relief.

Although her room was comfortable, it always gave her an eerie feeling. Lying by the window blowing the oncoming warm breeze, the fragrance of cherry blossoms permeated the air, Grandma put away the broom in her hand and put it aside, walked into the hotel, it seemed that she was going to finish cooking with Ah Jing, when she came over, the old man did not forget to raise his head and wave to Haiyun on the third floor.

Haiyun smiled politely, and then left the window. Standing up, she pushed open the hidden wooden door and walked down the hallway on the third floor. Along the way, she pondered the little boy's words, and the thought of his hollow eyes and two lines of blackened blood made her feel a little frightened.

Who would be so ruthless?

Is it a lively and lovely Ah Jing, or a kind and kind grandma?

The inn was huge, and the rooms were dotted all over the place, as if walking into a labyrinth, and after a while, Haiyun got lost. Haiyun turned around for a long time, and finally returned to the door of his room, and after several attempts, he had a general understanding of the layout of the entire floor. There are not only many dead ends in the corridor, three-way intersections, five-way intersections, and six-way intersections are common, but what is more terrible is that one of the only two remaining staircases has been broken and unusable, and the staircase in front of Haiyunfang has become the only passage connecting the entire hotel.

I thought I would meet the boy named Xiaofeng, Haiyun had a lot of things to ask him, but there was no trace of Xiaofeng along the way.

When I returned to the room, it was already half past five in the afternoon, and the meal would be served in another half an hour. Haiyun sat bored in front of the windowsill, remembering what Bernard and Yatina had said, this world was just the second layer of the Phantom Tower, and the only way to get out of this world was to pass the test. But this so-called test was nowhere to be seen, and he came to this weird cherry blossom inn. In the dark, a voice told Haiyun that this might be the place to find the answer.

She still had a lot to do, Claude was still waiting for her outside the Phantom Tower, and the eccentric Yatina might be snickering in a corner and watching her own jokes. It seems that freedom is what pulls Haiyun out of this illusory world and does not lose himself.

The sun sets over Karn Town in splendidly beautiful, with the orange glow on the curtain and the sun gone. The stars and the moon appear and disappear, the night gradually falls, and the stars change in an instant. Looking at the thousands of lights, the fragrance of the endless night sky, the petals of flowers, welcoming the flying and magical wind, imagining the distant meteor breaking through the endless darkness, bypassing the fingertips is still the first invitation to the sincere face.

At six o'clock, Ah Jing's footsteps came from a distance.

"Sister Haiyun, good night is ready!"

Knocking on the wooden door, Haiyun could imagine the joy on her face.

"Right away. ”

Haiyun had already changed into a pale green robe, tied a white belt, and walked out of the room and smiled at Ah Jing in a yellow robe.

But she forgot that Ah Jing couldn't see it, and naturally she couldn't find herself in a changed outfit.

Along the way, Ah Jing returned to her previous liveliness, chattering around Haiyun, constantly asking Haiyun about her hometown.

Of course, Haiyun did not tell her the actual situation of Haiguo, but slightly embellished it and made up one story after another.

The dining hall was on the second floor, on the other side of the hotel, and Haiyun had to follow Ah Jing through the corridor on the second floor. What makes Haiyun feel strange is that the structure of the second floor is not as complicated as the third floor, and it is smooth all the way.

When I arrived at the dining hall, it was already 6:10 p.m., and what used to be the busiest part of the hotel was now empty. Tables, chairs and benches are carefully cleaned and neatly placed.

Grandma sat at the table in the middle, and there were six dishes of different colors on the wooden table, and the aroma of the food could be smelled from more than ten meters away.

"Ah Jing, Miss Hai, sit down and eat, otherwise the food will be cold~~" Grandma served white rice for the three of them, and said with a smile, "I haven't eaten with a third person for a long time, I really miss the past time, everyone lived happily together." ”

Ah Jing and Haiyun randomly found a place close to Grandma and sat down, and the cold and deserted dining hall made people feel a kind of bitterness.

"Sister Haiyun, come and try this braised tenderloin, it is grandma's best dish, you must eat it, this is my favorite food." ”

Haiyun smiled and put the braised tenderloin in his bowl with chopsticks.

But she didn't forget what the boy named Xiaofeng said that afternoon: don't eat the food here.

When I looked up, next to the dining hall turned out to be the abandoned staircase that Haiyun had seen before. On the broken staircase, Haiyun saw a figure, a boy, holding an ice-blue leather ball in his hand, and his mouth moved, as if telling Haiyun: Don't eat~Don't eat~

Haiyun pretended to be calm and found that Ah Jing and Grandma were staring at her.

"Sea girl, isn't it unappetizing?" said a strange smile on the corner of Grandma's mouth.

"Yes, Sister Hai, the real green clothes are really worthy of you. A table full of food would have taken me and my grandmother all night, and you gave us such precious stones, so we must treat you. ”

Haiyun sighed, gently put aside the bowl containing the braised tenderloin, raised his head and asked, "What happens if I eat these meals?"

Ah Jing and Grandma looked at each other, feeling overwhelmed by Haiyun's sudden questioning. The little boy was still standing in the corner of the stairs, clutching the ice-blue ball, the corners of his mouth moving, his eyes sunken weakly, and two lines of blood-red tears running down his cheeks.

"Miss Hai, did you meet Xiaofeng?" asked Grandma.

"He must have told you something. "Xiaofeng is a strange child, don't believe what he says." ”

Haiyun turned his head to look in the direction of the stairs, and was stunned by the scene in front of him, Xiaofeng, who was standing at the corner of the stairs, was gone.

"How so?"

Haiyun's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.

"Sister Hai, if you see Xiaofeng, you must tell Grandma that he is a very naughty child, and we are afraid that he will hurt you. Ah Jing said.

"Miss Hai, do you seem to have something on your mind?" asked Grandma.

"Ah Jing, Grandma, I did encounter Xiao Feng, and I met it this afternoon when Ah Jing was away. ”

Ah Jing and Grandma stood up almost at the same time and asked urgently, "What did he say?"

Haiyun silently watched the strange behavior of his mother-in-law and grandson, and said word by word: "Xiao Feng held the ice-blue leather ball, stood at the end of the corridor, and finally kept chanting: Cherry Blossom Tree-Dead-Killing Soul-White Night Fox-Slaughtering City-"

Grandma and Ah Jing's faces seemed to be a little ugly, and their embarrassed smiles couldn't hide their weird expressions.

"I wondered why such a young child had no eyes, and he kept telling me that there was something wrong with the hotel. ”

Grandma laughed heartily and patted Ah Jing's weak shoulder, "Miss Hai, you are too worried, although there have been few tourists in the inn for so many years, no one has ever died, presumably Ah Jing has told you the strange things of the year." Grandma took Ah Jing's arm.

The silent Ah Jing raised his head and said apologetically: "Sister Haiyun, don't be angry, if we don't take care of anything, just tell me and Grandma directly." Let's eat first, after eating**There is a natural cherry blossom hot spring in the courtyard, and it is very pleasant to drink a little wine while soaking in the hot spring. ”

Haiyun picked up the braised tenderloin that had cooled down in the bowl with chopsticks, and the faces of the mother-in-law and grandson were full of expectation.

"Ah Jing, Grandma, why don't you eat?"

"This ——?"

"In addition to that weird nursery rhyme, Xiaofeng told me one thing. ”

"What's the matter?" said the mother-in-law and grandson almost at the same time, "No matter what it is, don't believe Xiaofeng's words." ”

He said, don't eat the food here. ”

Ah Jing's face was a little ugly, Grandma seemed to be expected, and after a short silence, Grandma spoke: "When did you find out?"

"The moment I saw you, I wondered why you two were still here, so why were you two still here? ”

"What do you mean, sister, that we're all dead?" said A-Chin with a feeble smile.