I haven't been here for a long time, and Qian Duoduo stood at the mouth of the alley and looked at the deserted and dilapidated alley. Ever since that incident, he'd been hiding from it ever since.

"Duoduo, come here!" After walking into the alley a few steps by himself, Lu Chen realized that there was no one around him and didn't seem to be following up. Looking back, the other party was still standing at the mouth of the alley and looking at him.

Hearing the other party shouting about himself, Qian Duoduo's expression became more melancholy, and he looked at the other party sadly and shook his head and took two steps back, indicating that he didn't want to go in.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that the other party was reluctant to walk into the alley, Lu Chen turned around and walked out again, and came to Qian Duoduo's side, he saw the other party's worried expression, full of puzzlement.

There was no answer, the other party just continued to shake his head and look at the wall in the alley. It was there, that day, it was so uncomfortable, Lu Chen saw the other party's expression become more and more painful. distressedly, he took the other party into his arms and hugged him.

Qian Duoduo only felt that his body was light, so he was hugged by the other party with his feet off the ground, and hurriedly reached out to wrap his arms around the other party's neck in a panic, and asked in a panic.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to ask you again, what's wrong with you? What's uncomfortable? Holding each other into the alley, Lu Chen asked distressedly.

With his head firmly resting on the other party's shoulder, Qian Duoduo had no choice but to leave at the moment. can only let the other party hold him, and walked into the end of the alley.

This is a dead end, at the end of the alley is a house with a slightly decayed wooden door, Lu Chen put down Qian Duoduo, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

What I was expecting didn't happen, and after knocking on the door and waiting for several minutes, no one came out to open the door.

I probably didn't hear it..... Lu Chen thought about it and raised his hand and knocked on the door again.

Qian Duoduo on the side was still looking behind him uncontrollably, and after knocking on the door, Lu Chen took a step back to block the other party's view, "What are you looking at?" ”

"Ah, no." Qian Duoduo, who didn't know what to think about, was suddenly awakened by the other party's words, turned back in panic and looked at the still closed door and asked, "Is there still no one to open the door?" ”

"Hmm." Lu Chen was a little depressed, "I've been knocking for a long time." ”

"The mother-in-law of this family is very withdrawn, and she doesn't socialize with people again." He climbed up to the door and peeked through the crack in the door, which had become larger because of the decay of the panel, and there was not a single figure in the courtyard.

"See anything?" Seeing the other party get up, Lu Chen asked.

"Nope." Qian Duoduo shook his head, "There is no one in the courtyard. ”

What should I do now, do I want to keep knocking on the door, if I keep knocking like this, the other party won't open the door for me.

Thinking melancholy, Lu Chen clapped his hands and patted hard.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! ”

After the shooting, he shook his hand before putting it down, and the force of the door was a little strong, and the palm of the clap hurt.

This time, however, they saw a reward, as they heard the sound of wooden crutches hitting the ground from the courtyard. Sure enough, after a while, there was a sound of the latch being pulled from the door in front of him, and the courtyard door opened, and then a log-colored cane was split from his head.

"Hey!" There was no time to dodge, Lu Chen only felt a pain in his shoulder, and he was really beaten with a crutch. Immediately afterwards, a slightly hunched and emaciated little old lady walked out.

"What do you two want to do when you knock on my lonely old woman's door?"

The old man's aggressive attitude made Lu Chen's enthusiasm fade a few points, and he asked embarrassedly, "Grandma, I want to ask where the Cen family has moved?" ”

"Where did he move, I don't know?!" The old man was still angry and kept clicking on the crutches in his hand, and put one hand on the door as if he would close it at any moment.

"But..."

"Hey! I don't know, I don't know. You little students, if you are idle and bored, you might as well come and help my wife repair the house. ”

The old woman's crutches struck louder and louder, and at last she retreated back to the door in shock, and really shut the two out of the door again.

"This mother-in-law is very angry!" Lu Chen, who was touched with a gray nose, left the alley depressedly and stood on the street looking at pedestrians.

"I said she was withdrawn."

"Alas, then I can't find your brother Cen's house now." Lu Chen sighed, "You really don't know where his family has moved?" ”

"Really, if I knew, I wouldn't have told you!"

"Then we still have clues... What about the others? Who else can you find? Lu Chen asked again.

"Let me think about it...."Qian Duoduo waved his hand to shut up the other party, and he fell into deep thought.

"Uncle Wang, no, his family was all missing at that time. That one... No, no, his family shouldn't be willing to talk to us about that, right?! ”

“......!!” Suddenly, Qian Duoduo seemed to remember something, took Lu Chen's hand and walked forward, "I think of a person, I guess that person can tell us something." ”

"Who is it?" Lu Chen asked curiously.

"You'll know when the time comes."

In the small courtyard with the door half-open, Qian Duoduo pulled Lu Chen just stood outside the door and looked inside, and walked in directly without even knocking on the door.

"Hey, let's just come in like this, okay?" Lu Chen wanted to stop the other party, knock on the door first, but Qian Duoduo had already entered the courtyard at this time.

There was a middle-aged woman washing clothes in the yard, and when he saw the two people walking into the yard, he was stunned for a moment, and then beckoned, "Duoduo is here, your uncle-in-law just went out, if you look for him, wait a while." ”

As she spoke, she pointed to the house again, "There are peanuts in the house, if you want to eat them, go in and get them yourself." ”

"Hmm." Qian Duoduo nodded obediently, entered the house and brought the plate with peanuts to the courtyard, took two more benches, and made it to the courtyard with Lu Chen.

"Is this your aunt?" Lu Chen was a little surprised, he had been here for so long before he found out that Qian Duoduo actually had relatives.

But come to think of it, they've lived in this town for several lifetimes, and they've never left again, maybe... The people in this town will more or less stop relatives.....

"Duoduo, how have your parents been doing lately?" The aunt who was washing the clothes asked.

"They're fine." Qian Duoduo's face was a little ugly when he answered, but it was only a momentary thing, and soon the expression on his face changed back to his usual look.

How could his aunt ask such a question, and the two families didn't live too far away? Lu Chen, who was idle and bored, thought about it, lowered his head and whispered in the other party's ear, "Is your uncle's family not on good terms with your family?" ”

"Yes, my uncle-in-law and my mother don't have a good relationship." Qian Duoduo replied, and took himself out by the way.

"Duoduo, how are you doing?" The aunt raised her head again and looked at Lu Chen beside Qian Duoduo.

He reacted and pulled Lu Chen's sleeve, "Auntie, this is Lu Chen." ”

"Oh." The other party agreed, raised his head again, smiled at Lu Chen, and said hello.

"Anyway, auntie, I have something I want to ask you." Seeing that the time had come, Qian Duoduo stabbed the people around him and told him the purpose of coming here.

"What's the matter?" The aunt looked up at the two of them.

"Hmm...," Qian Duoduo thought for a moment, "The incident ten years ago was the one where your ex-husband disappeared." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the other party's face became a little gloomy, "Why do you ask about that?" It's been so long. ”

"We're just curious to investigate." Lu Chen said,

"You little ones are curious about everything. What can be investigated into that matter? Isn't it just the monster in the fog that seduces people's souls and makes that unlucky guy a living sacrifice? ”

It seems that because of the passage of time, Aunt Qian Duoduo said this matter flatly, as if what happened was something that was done by others, "You can also ask Mayor Wu about this matter." ”

....., it was Mayor Wu again, and Lu Chen felt that the people in the town seemed to have been brainwashed, as if they all believed in each other unconditionally, and never suspected anything.

"Didn't you wonder if your ex-husband was really abducted by the fog in the woods?" Lu Chen didn't try, trying to get something from the other party's mouth.

"What else would it be if it wasn't that? He ran away on his own and didn't want to go home? The woman asked rhetorically.

Lu Chen didn't know what he was talking about now, it seemed that the other party really decided that his ex-husband was taken away by a ghost.

"Mom, I'm hungry."

Continuing to chat, a little boy of eleven or twelve ran out of the room where Qian Duoduo had just brought out peanuts, with unkempt hair and a little sloppy clothes. He rubbed his eyes as he ran to his mother, and when he went down the steps of the house, he suddenly saw Qian Duoduo and the two people sitting in the courtyard.

The fleshy smiling face instantly smiled, and the little child laughed happily and threw himself into Qian Duoduo's arms, shouting in a voice that was still a little milky. "Cousin Duoduo, when did you come?!"

"It's been a long time." Lu Chen saw that Qian Duoduo was also smiling and gentle little boy and hugged him, letting the other party sit on his lap, "Your little guy woke up." ”

"Come, call brother, this is Brother Lu Chen." Qian Duoduo pointed to Lu Chen's introduction to his little nephew.

"Brother Lu Chen!" The child's grandmother screamed, picked up the small wooden gun made of wooden blocks that she was holding when she came out, and shot at Lu Chen.

"That little boy, it's not your uncle's, is it?"

When the two of them went home, it was already completely dark, and when Aunt Qian Duoduo came home, he saw the two of them and had to leave the two of them to eat at home. That dinner was the most sumptuous meal that Lu Chen had eaten here, and he had been walking a long way outside, but Lu Chen still felt that his appetite was uncomfortable.

"How do you know?" Qian Duoduo carried a few sausages that his aunt and uncle helped pack when he came out.

"That kid looks like he's about eleven or twelve. Your uncle-in-law should have married your aunt ten years ago?! ”

"Nine years ago, to be exact. That's right, the child was the one who went missing. ”

"Do you think she's hiding anything from us?"

"What?" Qian Duoduo looked at Lu Chen puzzled.

"I mean about that incident 10 years ago."

"It doesn't feel like ..... People here are very superstitious. ”

"That ....."

"I'll think about it again.