Chapter 177: Midnight Rental
I opened my eyes in a daze, only to realize that the car had stopped.
I was wondering, but the old man lifted the curtain of the car, and looked at us indifferently with a face like a dead man.
"It's already in the city, I can only send you here, and you can go the rest of the way. Come down! The old man leaned sideways and motioned for us to get out of the way.
A few of us looked at each other, then stepped out of the canopy.
After getting out of the three-wheeled electric car, I realized that we were near a bus stop in the city.
"Well, thank you for sending us back." I thought about it, and said to the old man.
After saying that, he wanted to tell the other three to leave.
Unexpectedly, the old man suddenly stopped me.
"Wait." His voice was still cold.
"Huh? Anything else? It occurred to me that the men didn't seem to have given him the fare, so I immediately started rummaging through my pockets for cash.
However, it took me a few seconds before I realized that I didn't seem to have any cash with me.
"Qiangzi, do you still have any cash there?" I said, glancing at the old man.
Zhang Qiang immediately understood, and hurriedly prepared to take out his wallet from his trouser pocket.
"No need."
When the old man saw our movements, he waved his hand indifferently.
With that, he pulled out a stack of things from his bosom, then walked over and handed them to me.
"Here are six white talismans, remember my words, for twenty-three days, including today...... No, it's past the wee hours of the morning, and there are twenty-two days left, so each of you should keep the white talisman close to you, and the puppet with you, and don't lose anything no matter what happens. In the end, it is still the same sentence, only by guarding your heart is the best solution. ”
After the old man finished speaking coldly, he turned around directly, and without giving me time to react, he quickly jumped into the driver's seat.
A few seconds later, the car started again.
Just like that, the old man drove away in his dilapidated three-wheeled electric car, leaving the four of us looking at each other.
"This ...... What's going on? I turned to look at the others with a confused expression.
"Who knows!" Du Deming shrugged: "What a strange old man." ”
Zhao Qiqi squinted at the direction in which the old man disappeared: "I think he doesn't seem to mean to harm us." ”
"Hey, you don't know your face, you don't know your heart, how do you know?" Zhang Qiang snorted coldly.
When Du Deming heard Zhang Qiang's words, he looked at him a little strangely: "What's wrong with you in the past two days, why do you always talk so impulsively?" ”
When I heard this, I also turned my head to look at Zhang Qiang.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zhang Qiang was a little embarrassed: "Eh...... Have it? I don't think so?! ”
"Forget it, you don't know his character, his head is always like being squeezed by the door." I sighed, then turned my head to look at Zhao Qiqi: "What about these white talismans?" Do you want to do what the old man says? ”
"It's really strange, why do you say that some people always like to give us talismans these two days?" Zhang Qiang suddenly interjected.
Zhao Qiqi ignored Zhang Qiang, she stared at those runes for a long time, and then looked up at me: "Do you think this rune paper is weird?" ”
I shook my head: "In front of me, it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong. ”
"Really?" Zhao Qiqi muttered, and finally made up his mind: "That's it, since he doesn't mean to harm us, and Gao Wei doesn't feel any danger in this rune paper, let's do what he says!" ”
I nodded, and immediately distributed the white talismans and dolls to Du Deming and Zhao Qiqi.
When he came to Zhang Qiang's side, he waved his hand with disgust: "I don't want this thing, it's boring!" ”
I pursed my lips and forced the white charm into his pocket.
"Take it! It doesn't hurt either. I thought about it, took out the yellow talisman that Zhang Qiang almost threw away, and put it in his pocket: "This is the captain's order, you kid put it away, don't lose it!" ”
"Hey...... Why is it so verbose. Zhang Qiang seemed to sigh helplessly, muttering, but did not take out the things.
Eventually, I shoved the doll into his hand as well.
It was already past one o'clock in the morning.
"Don't talk about this yet, it's not too early, let's take a taxi back!" I glanced at the time on the survival bracelet and said.
Then, I placed an order on a drop.
I originally thought that it should be difficult to have a car at this point in time, but I didn't expect that just a minute after placing the order, a driver took the order.
Four minutes later, the driver stopped in front of us on time.
Since the four of us lived on the same line, we all got into the same car together.
I sat in the passenger seat, Zhao Qiqi sat behind me, next to her was Du Deming, and on the far left was Zhang Qiang.
Not long after getting into the car, the driver opened the conversation.
"Hey, you're still outside at this point, it's good that you met me, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to get a taxi tonight." The driver said to me as he drove the car.
"Oh? Why isn't it easy to get a taxi tonight? I immediately became interested and turned my head to look at the driver who was driving.
"It's past 12 midnight, and it's not impossible to tell you." The driver glanced at the time next to him: "Yesterday was Halloween!" We drivers are actually quite taboo about this, you know, usually on this day, everyone will leave work early. I was delayed because of some things, so I was late, and I was about to go back from work, but I saw the list of a few of you, and I thought it was just on the way, so I took it. Why are you guys still out there? ”
I glanced at the other three through the rearview mirror and coughed lightly, "Well, this one is just like you, it's a little bit of a problem." ”
Vaguely bypassing the question, I immediately changed the subject: "Oh, by the way, do you know that there are any strange towns on the outskirts of our city where every house has a white flag?" Why do they have this custom? ”
"Huh?" The driver turned his head to look at me in surprise, and then smiled: "Young man, you remember wrong!" There is no such town near our city. ”
"But ......" I was about to say something, but the driver interrupted me.
"I've been in the industry for more than 20 years, and I'm from this city, and I've been to all the towns around here, and there is no town like you said, you are definitely mistaken." As he spoke, his face suddenly became a little serious: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, no matter who you meet outside in the past two days or say strange things, don't believe it!" ”
"Got it...... Maybe I'm really mistaken! I sneered and ended the conversation.
The atmosphere in the car became a little awkward for a while.
And the driver's face also became gloomy unconsciously.
I was thinking that someone else would say something to ease the atmosphere.
However, Zhao Qiqi and Du Deming did not speak, and their faces seemed to be ugly, and even Zhang Qiang, who had always been talkative, did not speak.
In this way, everyone arrived at their respective destinations in an extremely strange atmosphere.
Zhao Qiqi, Du Deming, and Zhang Qiang got out of the car in turn, and finally I paid and got out of the car.
Just as I got home, closed the door, and was about to wash up and go to bed, my phone rang suddenly.
I picked it up from my pocket and saw that the caller ID turned out to be Zhao Qiqi.