When she faintly sensed that something was wrong, Qiu Xuan was still immersed in a half-dreaming and half-awake dream, and she did not fully wake up. In normal times, when she can still sense the presence of danger sense, she can quickly enter a state of alert as early as the beginning. But the Proving Ground had closed off all her abilities and weapons, so now she was just a slightly sharper ordinary person.

"Xiaoxuan...... It always feels like I haven't seen you for a long time, and you're still the same as before. Oh no, you've gotten a lot bolder, and now you dare to stand up to me, aren't you, huh? ”

What the hell is this dog thief talking about? Qiu Xuan pinched herself in the quilt in a half-dream and forced herself to wake up, and then she felt a pair of hands slowly sliding on her back through the quilt, and for a moment goosebumps rose and aroused nausea, she finally opened her eyes and pressed the hand.

In the thick darkness, the girl with her hair slowly sat up, staring at the man with silver-rimmed eyes in front of her without blinking. “…… Second uncle. What is this doing again? ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and then reacted and smiled as elegantly as before. "Doesn't Xiaoxuan always have nightmares? The second uncle is worried about you, so come and see, it's okay, if you're afraid, just say it, I'll accompany you. ”

"No need."

"Isn't it...... Hate the second uncle? After he finished saying this, he suddenly restrained the wrist that Qiu Xuan was holding with his backhand, leaned forward with his upper body and approached, and his tone was low. Xiaoxuan has been really disobedient lately. ”

After scolding countless swear words in her heart, Qiu Xuan struggled her wrist and found that the second uncle looked at Sven's strength amazingly. Seeing that the distance between the two was getting closer, she lowered her eyelids and touched the only starter pack basic pistol that could be used in her personal space.

"Qin Nanxun, Qin Nanxun! Where did you put your computer? Really, where did you run in the big night......"

Just when Qiu Xuan was about to take out a pistol and shoot the obscene/obscene old animal/born in the middle of the night, Bai Wei's shout came from the corridor outside the door. The second uncle paused and subconsciously covered Qiu Xuan's mouth and nose with his hand, and the latter tilted his head slightly to avoid his outstretched palm.

Now there is no time to worry about this, Qin Nanxun took a light breath and listened to Bai Wei's steps and slowly left, and finally glanced at Qiu Xuan, who was looking at him expressionlessly. "Second Uncle will come to you tomorrow," he said meaninglessly, "Don't play too late with your classmates, Xiaoxuan is still a good child, right?" ”

Qiu Xuan didn't speak.

Fortunately, everyone in the old mansion seemed to have acquiesced to her autism, Qin Nanxun withdrew his shackled hands, turned over and got out of bed with his own hands and feet. Qiu Xuan sat in the dark and watched him go out, and when she heard the man outside the door and Bai Wei explaining, "I went to the kitchen to find something to eat", she lay back on the bed, and after a few seconds, she turned out a hard object the size of a grain of rice from under her pillow with a stiff face.

It was a tooth, and it looked like it belonged to a human tooth bone. There was blood at the base of the tooth, as if it had just been pulled out of her mouth, and she was sure it wasn't there between her getting laid.

Was it released by Qin Nanxun? Or had anyone already entered her room before him?

Thinking uncontrollably, a figure silently touched in while she was sleeping, and after putting such a strange thing under her pillow, he kept staring at her by the bed until Qin Nanxun came in. Qiu Xuan scolded secretly, there had never been a moment when she missed her danger so much as she did now.

She didn't dare to let herself fall asleep any longer, and sat at the head of the bed and watched the darkness with her eyes open, until dawn fell.

At breakfast, in addition to the grandmother who showed up on the first day, Ah Lian still went upstairs to deliver the meal, and Qin Nanxun also went out early because the school where he taught had a morning meeting. The only people who really sat at the breakfast table were Qin Xiao, who kept yawning, Du Ruo, who was impatient but tried his best to restrain himself, and Bai Wei, who still wore exquisite makeup when she got up early.

"Uncle Xie, Ruoruo and I are going out with our classmates, so we don't have to cook our meal at noon." Halfway through eating, Qin Xiao suddenly spoke. Huafa's refined housekeeper nodded to understand, and then Bai Wei also said: "I made an appointment with a friend in the mall, and I won't be back today." ”

"Got it." Steward Xie said, "Then I will tell the kitchen not to prepare everyone's meals today." ”

From beginning to end, he didn't care about Qiu Xuan, who was also sitting for breakfast, and the meaning of "not preparing lunch" obviously included the hint that she had nothing to eat today. Qiu Xuan swallowed the last mouthful of porridge and wiped her mouth, naturally she couldn't be happier with it.

Being treated as a transparent person also means that she has a much greater "right to freedom" than everyone else, and of course it does not exclude those who deliberately seek trouble. "Yo, it looks like the little mute also has a 'date' today." Seeing that Bai Wei got up and went out after simply eating two bites, Du Ruo skillfully lit a cigarette and sprayed a choking smoke towards Qiu Xuan's direction.

"You're going out?" Hearing this, Qin Xiao also looked up at him, his thick eyebrows twisted into a somewhat inexplicable expression. "Who are you going out with? Do I know each other? ”

"Sang Wanning." recalled the name of the slanted ponytail girl who came to her to talk to and scold Du Ruo before, Qiu Xuan said casually.

"Sang ......" Qin Xiao's face was blank for a second, as if he was recalling this name, and after remembering that this was a classmate in the class, he looked at her and said suspiciously: "What are you doing when you go out with her, when did you play together?" ”

"Maybe it's fate."

"But ......"

"Okay, Qin Xiao, why do you care so much." Du Ruo stood up and laughed meaninglessly, "The little mute finally has a 'friend', this is a good thing." ”

Qin Xiao obviously disagreed, as if he wanted to say something, but Du Ruo pulled his arm out between words. "Ignore her, let's go, let's go, it's already time to make an appointment."

The two pulled and pulled out of the door, Qiu Xuan put down his chopsticks, sat in place for a while, and then raised his feet and walked towards the door.

"It's better not to go out on weekdays." Steward Xie suddenly appeared from the side out of nowhere, stood in front of the gate and said faintly. Qiu Xuan's footsteps paused for a moment, she raised her head to look at the tall, thin and gloomy housekeeper, and replied, "Got it." As he spoke, he stepped out of the threshold with his feet raised.

Breathing in the fresh air of the outside world again, Qiu Xuan, who was a little exhausted by the series of accidents last night, took a deep breath and felt a little relieved. Thanks to the Qin family's old mansion hidden in the city, her position at this time is equivalent to the city center, so it is not difficult to find basic facilities and equipment.

After turning around for a while, his footsteps stopped at an old-fashioned locksmith shop at the mouth of the alley. The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man with a mustache, and when he saw her come in, he still leaned back in his chair and looked lazy.

"Can't find the key?" He asked casually.

"No, I want to change the lock."

"Oh." The mustache replied casually, as if he didn't care why an underage high school student would change the lock alone. "What kind of lock cylinder do you want to change?"

"Hold it up."

He took off his chin and nodded at the various props displayed on the side. "A good hundred, you can come to the door immediately."

"Yes, but you can't be discovered by anyone else."

“…… What do you say? The mustache sat up straighter and scratched the back of his head.

Qiu Xuan repeated: "You can't be found by the rest of the family." ”

"No, little girl." The mustache sneered absurdly, "You're playing spy movies with me here, you're quarreling with the adults in the family." Alas, I know, it's okay for children to be rebellious, but I don't have time to play with you, so let's go home. ”

"Two hundred."

"Eight hundred won't do! Don't waste it with me here, or I'll call the police and send you back." Let's go, let's go! The middle-aged man waved his hand impatiently, believing that Qiu Xuan was a rebellious high school student who quarreled with his parents and was angry. The latter pursed his lips and turned and stepped out of the old shop.

"Hey, Autumn...... Xuan? It's you, you're a student at No. 2 Middle School, right? ”

Not far from the store, a strange male voice stopped her. Qiu Xuan raised her eyebrows in a little surprise, thought about it with great effort, and found that she had really seen this figure when she came back from the group trip that day. The boy with messy hair trotted out to catch up with her, "I just looked at the back a little like it, it's really you." This is our store, haha, my dad is a little stubborn, don't you care, do you want to change the lock, why? ”

Qiu Xuan was silent for two seconds, "Because someone always comes in when I sleep." ”

"Huh?" The boy glared, "Ah wait, you live with Qin Xiao and Du Ruo, right...... Didn't you talk to Qin Xiao about this? ”

It's Qin Xiao again...... Qiu Xuan was speechless for a moment, and then said, "Then what if he is the one who came in old?" ”

"What ......"

"Forget it, it has nothing to do with you anyway." Qiu Xuan said lightly, "Let's go, goodbye." ”

“…… Wait a minute! ”

She turned around, and the boy touched his unkempt hair with an embarrassed face, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I can help you change it!" However, if that still doesn't work, you might as well move out, or you'll be too scary as a girl. ”

This guy is quite interesting. Qiu Xuan smiled, as if it was the sincerity of asking someone for help. "Let's go after lunch, I'll invite you to dinner."

In a street shop on the corner of another alley, the two sat face to face on an old but clean table, chatting with each other, and neither of them bothered to speak for a while. When the big bowl in front of him was finished, the boy named Wu Hengyu seemed to have finally reacted, and scratched his curly hair in some embarrassment.

"Well, thank you for inviting me to dinner. However, that, I don't mean anything else, just ask, you, you uh......"

He was alone there for a long time, and Qiu Xuan was quite struggling to listen to it. After swallowing the last mouthful of hot soup, she finally felt that there was something in her stomach, which had been nauseous since last night, she put down her chopsticks and wiped her mouth, and said, "We are not dating, I am with Qin Xiao." Actually, I don't know much about this, but I'm at best a person who stays at their house. ”

"Oh, oh, that......" Wu Hengyu nodded thoughtfully, and didn't continue to ask, "If that's the case, I don't think there's much point in changing the lock, because the person who wants to come in will always try his best to come in, or call the police." ”

"It's useless."

"Okay...... So we're going now, let's go? ”

"Okay."

The two climbed to the second floor through the pipe from the back of the garden that Qiu Xuan had touched in advance the day before, and climbed into the small room like thieves, Wu Hengyu looked at the slightly narrow room and was amazed. "Uh, it looks like you're not doing well here, too?"

Qiu Xuan shrugged indifferently, opened the door and poked her head out to take a look, and found that as she said at breakfast, none of the other four people were at home. "Hurry up." She turned back and urged, "Get it done before they get back." ”

"Leave it to me." Wu Hengyu rolled up his sleeves and simply glanced at the original door lock and started to do it, and in less than half an hour, the lock cylinder had been removed and replaced with a brand new one. He handed Qiu Xuan the new keys and backups, and said uneasily, "If there is still a problem, you can come to me." ”

"Thank you."

"You're kind to everything, they're all classmates, so I'll leave first if there's nothing to do...... Hey, did you send that picture? ”

Looking in the direction of his finger, Qiu Xuan's pupils suddenly shrank and her eyes widened. She took two quick steps to take down the weird doll that was placed on the windowsill, and then didn't care that Wu Hengyu was also there, and then bent over to rummage through her suitcase stuffed under the bed. Sure enough, the bottom of the suitcase was tightly wrapped, and the puppet doll with Qin Xiao's name written on it had disappeared.

On the other hand, Wu Hengyu was still there and sighed with a sigh of fate, "I just saw someone posting a question yesterday and clicked in to take a look, because of my personal hobbies, I am quite interested in these things, I didn't expect that the subject to be you so coincidentally!" That's right...... You don't look good, are you okay? ”

"Someone has been here again." Qiu Xuan held the doll and lowered her eyes, "This thing wasn't originally placed on the windowsill. ”

"Ah......" was silent for two seconds, and Wu Hengyu followed with a shiver. I think...... Aren't you, got something bad? ”

"For example?"

"That's it, it's generally that this kind of doll with human facial features is 'angry', you know, you shouldn't be, when did you accidentally offend something', so you were entangled."

Qiu Xuan was noncommittal about this, but suddenly remembered something and looked up at Wu Hengyu. "You just said that you have studied these things, so have you ever seen this type of doll, and what are they generally used for?"

"There are actually many explanations for your kind of person," Wu Hengyu said, "marriage, misfortune, and spiritual possession...... That's true, but it always gives me a feeling. It's like ......"

"Xiaoxuan." Outside the door, a familiar voice rang out.

"Did you change the lock?"

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