He looked at the bouquet thoughtfully: "Well, someone has been here recently, is it him?" ”

"Who?"

"Wu Ziping, after all, the fire started because of him, although I don't want to admit it, but this person is still human."

Zhou Huai'an stood up and looked at the house in front of him: "Here, you should know how to go back, right?" ”

Lin Ran looked into the distance and said like a dream: "Of course." ”

Sure enough, not far after, the two of them saw a small courtyard full of broken bricks and tiles like ruins, Lin Ran's footsteps stopped, and sighed almost inaudibly, she squinted her eyes and looked at the charred bricks and tiles, the big trees that no longer had vitality, the stone pavement in the yard that could no longer be seen, and the dilapidated houses.

Close her eyes, as if the sound of her and the neighbor's puppy laughing was still mixed in with the wind, and the mother leaned against the doorframe, or sat in the yard and watched her laugh, the bells on the curtain colliding with each other, and I don't know whose house the rooster and dog barked...... Later, when I read the sentence in "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring", "Qianmo traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other", I thought in my mind, probably like this in my memory.

After decades of separation, the memories of that time seem to be made up.

"Why are you here?"

Lin Ran stood by the wall and finally asked this sentence.

Zhou Huai'an was beside her, thought about it, and said slowly: "Do you still remember, it turns out that when your mother brought you here, Wu Ziping used to come?" ”

"You mean, Wu Ziping left something here, that's why there was that fire?" Lin Ran thought for a moment and asked back.

Zhou Huai'an didn't speak, but his expression proved that Lin Ran was not wrong.

Lin Ran sighed and pointed to the wall: "I don't have a key to this door, if I'm not mistaken, there is a hole in the wall, but that's what I drilled in and out when I was a child, unless you have mushrooms that can make people smaller, we can only climb over the wall to enter." ”

She propped one hand on the wall, but when she turned to speak, she used that hand as a fulcrum and put all the strength of her whole body on it, and the wall had experienced a fire and no one had repaired it for many years, and she shook it twice with such force.

Zhou Huai'an quickly grabbed her, looked at the wall and said, "Okay, eldest lady, you can be careful, don't flash your old waist, I guess it's almost enough to kick this wall." ”

Lin Ran muttered in a low voice, and then watched Zhou Huai'an take care of the wall, and the two of them cautiously walked into the courtyard.

Zhou Huai'an said that he was joking, but in fact, one hand in his trouser pocket kept holding the pistol and did not let go, and the other hand firmly clasped Lin Ran's wrist, he frowned and looked at this place, and walked in carefully with Lin Ran.

The room was very tidy and spacious except for the dust, and Lin Ran followed Zhou Huai'an half a step away, almost side by side with him. The footsteps of the two people echoed gently, and Lin Ran felt that since he was trapped in that place by Gong Fei at night, he was a little nervous about things like the old house, and his palms were soaked in sweat.

This is a two-story building, it was really a mansion many years ago, since she entered the house, Lin Ran was silent, she seemed to be trying to remember something, the next moment, standing at the staircase leading to the second floor, Lin Ran's footsteps paused, and then almost without hesitation, she went straight upstairs, and turned left directly as if she was very familiar. At the end of the road was a study-like place, with tall bookcases and even lights, but they had long since lost their function because of the lack of electricity. Chase Yo Literature

The yellowed and old books were completely unaffected by the fire in their mouths, and were slightly messy in the cabinet and on the large desk, and there was even a book spread out in the corner of the table, and a reading glasses were placed between the pages.

It's like the host never left.

"Hmm...... This is a selection of Tang poems, and I also have one at home," Zhou Huai'an flipped through with a glimmer, "What kind of place is this?" ”

Lin Ran didn't speak, her eyes lingered around for a while, and then stopped at a freezer in the corner. Zhou Huai'an noticed that the freezer was sealed, and he reached out and knocked: "What is this?" ”

She shook her head, saying that she didn't know anything except that it was a freezer, Zhou Huai'an thought about it, took out a wire from her pocket, put it into the keyhole, and began to tinker with a very professional action. A moment later, with a soft sound, the reed in the lock popped open, and he withdrew the wire, hesitated, and pulled open the door to the freezer. The eyes of both men were staring at the open freezer without blinking.

A rotten stench came out, and Lin Ran immediately felt a feeling of gastric juice jumping up and down in her stomach, she couldn't help but take a step back and tilt her head: "Ahem, how long has the refrigerator been off, it stinks." ”

Zhou Huai'an took the wet wipes that had just been used to wipe the tombstone in his hand, separated it with wet wipes, and took out a small box inside, I don't know what had been stained on the box, there was a layer of mold, the man frowned slightly, and after removing a part, the delicate pattern below was revealed.

He couldn't help but show a disgusted expression, but he couldn't help but lean over to look, and he didn't study what it was for a long time: "What is this?" ”

Zhou Huai'an turned his head, but found that Lin Ran's face, who finally saw what he was holding in his hand, looked cloudy and uncertain under the dim light of the flashlight, and she looked at the box in Zhou Huai'an's hand with a pair of eyes fixedly. ”

Zhou Huai'an was dumbfounded.

"My father...... The suicide note left back then explained the arrangements for the aftermath," Lin Ran's smile gradually turned bitter, but the expression on his face was still very trance-like, "And it's fair, so many years...... I forgot about it. ”

The box in Zhou Huai'an's hand fell to the ground with a "pop", and the box of unknown material actually had nothing to do, and rolled twice on the hard ground. Then, watching Lin Ran's footsteps stagger, the whole person slammed into the wall behind her, she felt as if her cranial nerves were stretched out by a pair of hands, and Zhou Huai'an's voice became farther and farther away......

Zhou Huai'an watched her suddenly go soft, and hurriedly grabbed it, feeling that his heartbeat instantly doubled. When Lin Ran said the words "suicide note", although his voice was weak, his eyes were as cold as a stranger, and then he seemed to suddenly lose focus and fell straight down, even here, Zhou Huai'an could see this person's pale face.

Zhou Huai'an hesitated, picked up the box that fell on the ground, wrapped it in a tissue and put it in his pocket, then leaned over and picked up Lin Ran, and walked out along the road he came. One of his hands that passed through the crook of Lin Ran's leg hooked the flashlight, which was not very stable, and the light flickered up and down in the gloomy house, which was extremely weird. Zhou Huai'an suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart, he deliberately lightened his steps, and his whole body almost moved against the wall.

Zhou Huai'an pressed the person to his chest, and he could feel that the already low body temperature on Lin Ran's body was getting colder at the moment, his arm hung unconsciously, his head was tilted to the side, and he could hardly hear the sound of his breathing.

Zhou Huai'an's heart was beating faster and faster, his lips were dry, and he could barely suppress his mind that was messed up into a pot of porridge. He couldn't tell now whether Lin Ran had lost consciousness for a moment because he suddenly remembered something, or if he had touched something that shouldn't have been touched......

Suddenly, Zhou Huai'an's face changed, he turned off the flashlight, and quickly flashed into a room next to him with Lin Ran. After a while, the sound of unhurried footsteps grew louder, getting closer and closer......

Zhou Huai'an let Lin Ran lean against the wall on the side, stood up, put his hand in his pocket, and gently took out the pocket saber, his fingers clasped in a position where he could throw out the blade at any time.

The man slowly approached, and a light came from a distance on the other side, Zhou Huai'an squinted his eyes, and vaguely saw a tall figure of a man. At this time, Lin Ran, who was placed in a safe corner by him, seemed to move, and Zhou Huai'an turned his head very slowly, waving his hand in Lin Ran's direction slightly, signaling her not to move.