As mentioned earlier, here in Patong City, there are two large commercial plazas built opposite each other. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoOne of the places we entered was the City Square, and the Seven Days Hotel was also in it. And the grandmother's home, that is, the B&B she runs, is actually behind the city square.

Nestled against the back of the city square is a whole area of residential houses. There was not much difference between the bungalows we saw outside, full of creepers, and they looked at least a dozen years old.

They were all ordinary bungalows, that's what I thought at the time.

It's just that in retrospect, there was one place that was so weird, so weird that I had to believe everything that followed......

There was no one in that civilian area except us. Clothes were drying on the balcony, and the lights were on in the bungalow rooms, but there was no one and no sound. It was like a dead city, just waiting for us to enter.

Rather than the strangeness in this calm, our attention is still focused on the old woman.

Walking on the mossy stone floor, Xu Enhui looked around at the low bungalows around him, and the dissatisfaction gradually emerged: "Grandma, I forgot to ask you just now, wouldn't your family be like this?" ”

"What? Ha ha. Can't young people stand this kind of old house? But don't worry, the decoration of my home can be described as luxurious, but it cost me a lot of money! I won't treat you children badly. ”

Although the words sounded good, Xu Enhui didn't believe it: "In that case, why don't you rent it out directly, grandma?" The decoration is so good, there must be no shortage of tenants, and the rent is not proper. ”

"Hey...... You little kids, you have too little to worry about. ”

A little sad and a little self-deprecating, I felt a little sad just listening to my grandmother.

"I'm not short of money at all. There is a son and a daughter in the family, and the two of them will send a large amount of money back to me every month to live. It's just that...... Living alone at home, it's a little lonely. That's why I'm going to filter the guests who come to stay with me. ”

"So it's not dangerous, and it's fun?" I couldn't help but interject.

"Haha, I didn't think you kid still had some knowledge." The old lady smiled happily and led us around the bend of two alleys, stopping at the end of a path. "This is my house, come in."

The house is very large, although it is not much different from the appearance of the surrounding buildings, but it can be seen as a small three-story villa. Pushing open the iron door, the interior decoration is very new, beige is the main color here, the furniture is no different from the mansion in the big city, it is indeed as the grandmother said: her family is indeed very rich.

"How? Still satisfied, right? The old woman smiled proudly. Sit down and drop off your luggage, your room is on the second floor and I live on the third floor. If you're satisfied, I'll cook the stew now, and we'll talk about it while we eat. Okay? ”

I looked at the others, and they had no expression on their faces except joy, so I asked my grandmother, "What about the rent for that night?" ”

"It's free." The old lady replied heartily, "You tell me about the interesting things in the city outside, and listen to me about the interesting things here in Shennongjia, and that's enough." ”

8.

Inside a psychiatric hospital

The mysterious grandmother, who predicted with great precision that the mansion was about to disappear. Shan Xin had already read the next thing several times, but at this moment he suddenly discovered a point that he had been ignoring.

Does this grandmother really exist?

Shan Xin hurriedly looked at Wang Fu beside him. At this moment, the short-tempered criminal police were losing his temper with the thoughtful young suspect opposite, and Lin Ao refused to reveal a word. Wang Fu also simply sat there quietly and closed his eyes to recuperate.

After all, Lin Ao confessed his guilt in disguise, and if Wang Fu didn't do anything, only Lin Ao himself would suffer.

"Hey, wake up, you're not asleep." Shan Xin was afraid of provoking any nerve of Wang Fu's lion, and his voice was too gentle.

"I'm annoyed, what's wrong?" Wang Fu opened his hazy eyes and looked at Shan Xin resentfully. "I've given up on this guy, he can do whatever he likes."

"No, I want to ask you, have you checked the old woman in these materials he wrote?"

"Chachacha...... What to look for? You believe the stories you made up. ”

"No, I mean to say that even if he made it up, it was based on some reality, right? If you can find out the grandmother who rents the house, won't you be able to crack Lin Ao's lies? ”

"Hey...... Doctor Shan, it's not for me to say, sometimes, it's good if you focus on diagnosing whether he is mentally ill, and our criminal police will do their best to solve the case. ”

"I'm just afraid you'll miss ......"

"Omission?!" Wang Fu sneered, "Do you know how much effort we spent trying to find this legendary grandmother? We have checked all the hotels, hostels, and even all the homestays that are willing to admit that they are illegally operated, and there is no information about Lin Ao and the six of them staying at all. ”

"They really entered Shennongjia later, they can't disappear out of thin air, right? Maybe...... Maybe it's another city? As far as I know, there are five or six tourist cities around the edge of Shennongjia. ”

"Big brother, you will also say five or six cities. How many people did you say about all of them, and how long did they take? This case has caused a national sensation, and we are a task force, and the police force sent down from above is comparable to arresting A-level fugitives. If you want to check all the accommodation records in six cities, do you think you can really check them completely in less than a year and a half? ”

"Then I still don't believe they'll disappear into thin air......"

"You didn't read the information carefully, did you?"

"What? I've watched it a few times. ”

"Tsk...... Then didn't you notice that before they found a foothold, Lin Ao, this kid set up a little cat? ”

"Greasy?" Shan Xin took a cursory look at the entire page he had just read, and there was nothing to doubt him.

"Tsk, ouch. Here and here! Wang Fu knocked the paper on Shan Xin's hand fiercely, "Didn't Xu Enhui say that he couldn't stand the dilapidated appearance of the homestay and wanted to find a regular hotel?" ”

"Well, so what?"

"What's the matter? Are you stupid? Wang Fu scolded Shan Xin with his head covered his face, "In other words, from here on, Xu Enhui and Xu Weike may go to the big hotel alone, while Lin Ao and the others continue to live in the homestay." ”

"Do you go your separate ways......

"You understand the difficulty of our work, right? The time of the case was already a week after their arrival in Padang City, plus the time that Lin Ao was recuperating and that he deliberately did not disclose any information. We didn't start investigating until more than two weeks after the incident. If they were staying separately, we would have grabbed each innkeeper and asked if there were six students who had stayed at their hotel......"

"Even if I have a vague impression, I subconsciously think that the case involves six people, not two or three students, so I missed the best time to handle the case. As time dragged on, the vague impression became even more difficult to remember. ”

"That's right, plus this guy's whole piece of information is to dig a hole for us to jump. Half-truths make you doubt and at the same time have to believe whether what he says is true. Even if we deduce that they went their separate ways, we can't be sure that those words were really what Xu Enhui said. Finally, it is necessary to determine whether the grouping of their personnel is 2, 4 points, or 2, 2, 2 points. By the time we picked up six photographs to investigate, he had already laid them out. Give it up, it's almost impossible to find out where they stayed that night as a breakthrough, there are too many small hotels and B&Bs in Padang City that are operated without a license. ”

"That is to say...... From here on, Lin Ao had already laid the groundwork for his later lies...... "Shan Xin thought thoughtfully, lowered his head and continued to read what Lin Ao wrote.

9.

Lin Ao's manuscript

We dropped off our bags and did stay at my grandmother's house.

Not only is it the whole residential area outside, but this B&B run by my grandmother is also very different from the others. Generally, B&Bs tend to strictly separate the host's place from the tenant's room, and even the host does not live in the same house as the tenant at all.

And the grandmother's home is different, this is her home, a complete home. Even though we live on the second floor and she lives on the third floor, all the furniture in the room on the second floor is as if someone is always using it. Shampoo and shower gel are always there, the beds are neatly made, there are computers on the computer desks, and even the wardrobe is full of clothes.

Yes...... We thought it was the room that the grandmother had kept for her children, and it was only temporarily inhabited by the tenants, at least that's what we thought at the time.

Thinking about it now, I can't help but feel a chill behind me: perhaps, my grandmother's children have died a long time ago. All she did was to drag us to the funeral......

…………

"Super Typhoon Nitan has now landed in Fujian Province, China, with a typhoon level of 15 and a central wind force of 12, resulting in heavy rainfall in many places in southern China. Nitan is expected to move northwest at 60 km/h. At that time, our Hubei Province will also be affected, and it is expected to ......"

The grandmother's 65-inch TV was playing local news, and we were sitting on leather sofas, waiting for our dinner in great comfort.

At this moment, the old grandmother happened to be holding the meal to the table with Yun Anqi and Xu Weike, and the old grandmother picked up the TV remote control and turned to another station that was playing the anti-Japanese war TV series, and the sound of guns filled the small house in an instant.

"Grandma, I like to watch this, you shouldn't mind, right?"

We can't be grateful that we can rent such a house without rent, and we can eat a table of home-cooked food made by the owner himself.

"No, no, no, it's okay...... It's already bothering you. Xu Enhui and Gu Letian and I quickly shook our heads, gathered at the dining table, and competed for a bowl of fragrant rice for them.

We were seated separately, and a few of us surrounded the city at the big round table. The old grandmother also took the lead in speaking: "You children have very good personalities, grandma likes them." However, we have a pact that you will tell me about interesting things out there. ”

"Interesting...... What's so interesting, it's the same everywhere. "Gu Lotian didn't wait for his grandmother to pick up the chopsticks, he had already started eating." The food you eat outside may not be as delicious as your grandmother's cooking! ”

"It's going to be slippery, if there's nothing to say, or why are you going to Shennongjia?"

Xu Enhui couldn't wait to reply: "Camping, what's there, isn't that the most popular adventure for young people?" ”

"But to the interior of Shennongjia? It's dangerous, aren't you afraid? ”

"Afraid? What is there to be afraid of? Xu Enhui looked excited when he talked, "How cool is that!" It's too late for the envy of the classmates! What's more, everyone else can go in, why can't we? ”

"Haha, you're quite brave, I like children like you. Do you have all the equipment? If you want to enter Shennongjia, many tools are indispensable. Why don't I give you a call, this is an old man I know well, his family sells these field equipment, and by the way, he can also taxi you and equipment into Shennongjia, and make an appointment to take you out at the predetermined place. ”

"That's wonderful...... "We all thanked them from the bottom of our hearts." Then we'll save a lot of effort at night! ”

"It's just...... There is no peace there. ”

"Huh? What is not peaceful? Should...... Won't it ...... What a beast, right? When Xu Weike heard this, he was as sensitive as a small animal.

"Vico, don't worry. Didn't Lin Ao say that there are no big animals in Shennongjia now, if we stay quietly in the tent, there will be nothing to attack us. ”

"Cut, that's a nice thing to say. What are you going to do but stay still, O Lilos? ”

"Xu Enhui, you!"

"Don't say it, let's listen to what grandma has to say first." I interrupted what they thought was comfortable, "It shouldn't be as simple as a normal beast, right?" ”

"Yes, that's not an animal, and it's not something we can understand. It was the resentful spirits, the resentful spirits that lived in Shennongjia, and after the area of Shennongjia gradually returned to its original state, they finally showed their minions. ”

"Grandma, don't scare us......"

"It's not a scare, it's a fact. Have you made a decision on where you went to Shennongjia? ”

"Probably the middle of the country...... In the most primitive forest. ”

"You kids...... I'm really not afraid of death. Do you know the 32nd parallel? ”

"North latitude? I guess 32 degrees north latitude is probably here, right? I replied, looking at the friends around me looking at each other, and a wave of dissatisfaction welled up in my heart.

This group of people is too unreliable, even if you look up Shennongjia on the Internet, you know that Shennongjia is at 32 degrees north latitude. It's just that...... What does the grandmother mean by this?

"Ouch, you're really smart," the old woman smiled wickedly, young man. But do you know what that number means? ”

As soon as the words fell, the room instantly became quiet, even a little infiltrating. Gu Lotian and the others all looked at the old grandmother's face quietly, as if her appearance was distorting, changing, and turning into a monster they feared.

"I don't know." I honestly shook my head.

"The Bermuda Triangle, the Pyramids, the Dead Sea, Shennongjia, you should have heard of these names, right?"

"Are they all at thirty-two degrees north latitude?"

"Yes, most of these supernatural powers beyond the scope of human knowledge are (to be continued.) )