Something to hide
After Bao Congxin left, there was an inexplicable silence in the room, but this silence was quickly broken. His voice came from the courtyard, and it sounded like he was shouting.
Yes, there is nothing wrong with that. Gong Chen was trying to make himself appear less dazzling at the moment, but Bao Congxin's shout was so harsh that the big guys had to temporarily shift their eyes to Gong Chen, who had lowered his head to almost a height of the table.
"Someone is calling you," Father Ann reminded briefly.
"Probably you misheard, Father." Gong Chen replied perfunctorily, without raising his head, "By the way, didn't you just say that you would keep me overnight." I thought about it, it was so late, it was really time to find a place to rest. ”
"Escaping is fruitless," Mr. Yu said.
"It's not an escape, I just don't want to be delayed until my normal sleep time." Gong Chen argued.
"Don't be afraid, show your courage to fool Ah Zhe." Xie Baozhen smiled and said, "When you were eating just now, didn't you blow quite hard?" ”
The latter looked confused, "What, is what he said just now bragging?" I thought it was happening! ”
"Most of them are real, but there is a little deviation in the specific implementation personnel." Father An looked at Gong Chen with clear eyes and said, "But maybe this statement just now is what we want to express in the story, isn't it, Gong Chen?" ”
"Okay, okay, I know what to do." Gong Chen reluctantly stood up and said, "You owe me a favor this time." ”
"Of course, everything depends a lot on Mr. Gong's ability." Father An said something a little sensual in a humble tone, and that demeanor made Yu Siqi feel too contrived.
"Forget it, don't you feel sick when you say this?" Gong Chen opened the door and shouted, "Come on, I was in the toilet just now." ”
"Ah Zhen, clean up, it's getting late, we have to go and rest." Father An returned to his original calm face, as if the contrived gesture just now was just to make Gong Chen leave earlier.
As the door was closed again, the room fell into silence again. The fire in the furnace was blazing, and the pendulum clock on the wall pointed to ten o'clock. As far as the pendulum clock looks, there is a low, inconspicuous cabinet with a large vase and some clutter on it. Wait, when did there be an extra vase over there, Yu Siqi rubbed his eyes that were a little sleepy, and found that it was not his hallucination.
Realizing this, Yu Siqi was about to open his mouth to ask, but found that Father An was already walking back and forth in the living room, muttering words in his mouth.
Soon, he showed a look of sudden realization and sat back in his chair.
At this time, Xie Baozhen had already put away the tableware and was about to make the bed for everyone, when Father An stopped her.
"Ah Zhen, I remember you grew up in this house, right?"
"Yes, why did the priest ask about this today, aren't you going to rest?" Xie Baozhen turned around and asked.
"Then you must know this house better than all of us," said Father Ann slowly.
"Of course, no one who is alive knows everything about this house better than I do." Xie Baozhen said.
"Can you tell me, then, what's the matter with this low cabinet?" Father An pointed to Yu Siqi and asked, "Why don't I remember that there was such a thing here?" ”
"Really?" Xie Baozhen walked over and looked at it and said, "This cabinet is not mine, did you bring it, Ah Zhe?" ”
"I only remember bringing a wall that would turn into a house and a table that would serve tea and water, and I didn't know anything else." Shi Yizhe leaned back on the sofa and said, "Seriously, does one more cabinet and one less cabinet have a big impact on your life?" Personally, I don't think it's okay to be able to find your pants when you wake up. ”
"Why do you care so much about pants?" Yu Siqi was very curious.
"Oh... It's like this, I heard a joke about gnomes and pants in a tavern before. Would you like to hear it? Schyitzer said with a yawn.
"As long as you don't get sleepy," Mr. Yu said.
"I don't remember the specific content very clearly, but I still have an impression of the general thing, and it says..."When Shi Yizhe was about to tell Yu Siqi this joke, he found that Xie Baozhen was staring at him with strange eyes, so he decisively closed his mouth.
"Now is not the time to tell a joke," said Father An, dispelling Yu Siqi's doubts and concerns, "let's put that joke aside for a moment and return to the previous topic." Well, where did we just talk about? ”
"Cabinet, the priest thinks there is something wrong with the cabinet," Xie Baozhen reminded.
Fr. Ann corrected it and said: "The wording is incorrect, strictly speaking, it is not that I think there is a problem with the cabinet, but that there is a problem with the timing of the cabinet. ”
"If you always care about the details, you won't be able to sleep, Xiao An." Shi Yizhe yawned and walked into his room and said, "You talk, I'll go to sleep first." ”
"The devil is in the details," said Fr. Ann, "and if you want to sleep, I won't stop you." ”
"Let's take a look at the situation first," Yu Siqi said, holding back his sleepiness, "Did the priest find anything?" ”
"A little, but not much," said Fr. Ann, "I paid attention to the towel you used to wipe your nose, and it wasn't our towel." ”
"So, I think about it, and it does feel a little strange." Yu Siqi touched his chin and said, "I'll just say why it feels different." ”
"Have any of you seen Bobosha?" Xie Baozhen asked, "I haven't seen it since just now." ”
"Probably hiding," said Father Ann, looking around, "it seems that the key to solving this puzzle lies in it." ”
"I didn't hide!" Bobosha stood on her tiptoe and said, "I just... I went to tidy up my room just now. ”
"Do you have a room too?" Yu Siqi asked in surprise.
"Of course, where would I sleep?" Bobosha popped open the drawer and said, "If I hadn't left suddenly, I wouldn't have prepared just a few pajamas." ”
"Pajamas," the crowd asked in surprise.
"I think you people are so ignorant, why can't you wear pajamas at the table?" Bobosha said impatiently, "Okay, it's so late, I should go to bed, see you tomorrow." ”
"Wait," said Father An, looking at Bobosha gliding on the ground, "Can you explain to us what that cabinet is all about before we go?" ”
"Well, what do you mean... I don't know..."Bobosha mumbled away.
"There's a problem," Ms. Xie said.
"Yes, obviously." Father Ann nodded and said, "Looks like it's hiding something from us." ”
"What now, Father?" Yu Siqi asked.
"Next time, as you can see, it's a little late." In a slightly tired voice, Father Ann said, "It's not a big deal, good night, anyway. ”
"This priest," Yu Siqi looked at Father An who was going upstairs, and there were 10,000 alpacas galloping past in his heart, since you don't want to solve it now, then why do you want to deliberately arouse everyone's interest? It's really bad...
After saying goodnight to Xie Baozhen, Yu Siqi quickly lay down in his bed. This night, I slept soundly.