The shop has no windows and no lights, and the light is a little dim.

The room was also deserted, and Master Ma sat on a small stool, smoking with his head down.

Also, a cut corpse was found at the door of his shop, and he didn't say that the diners, even he, who was the shopkeeper, knew that this business would not be good in the future.

"Why do you think I'm so unlucky, my shop has been open for three years, and at the end of last year, the business just started to improve, and I was expecting to stay up for another two years, repay the loan in the bank, and save some money for my children to go to college. As a result, this happened to the file. This business is about to turn yellow, and how will our family live in the future. ”

Chang Tai listened to Lao Ma's complaints, but he didn't know how to comfort him. The world of adults is a world that can collapse at any time.

"My daughter-in-law comforted me and said that it was a big deal to quit the shop and find a place to start over. But how can this shop be returned? Before I came, I signed a long-term agreement with the landlord. At that time, my brain was hot, and I felt that this old street was a promising place, and it would take ten years to sign the agreement. It's only been three years, what reason do I have to quit someone? The landlord is not stupid, such a big thing has happened at this door, it is not easy to rent out the shop again, people must not be embarrassed for me. Alas, to die, really to die. ”

The old horse said, pressing the cigarette in his hand that he had not finished smoking to his leg.

"Master Ma, what are you doing here?"

"I ...... I just feel uncomfortable, don't worry, this little cigarette butt can't burn people. Master Ma looked like an honest man, and when he heard Chang Tai's voice, he quickly stood up, and then found a stool for him to sit on: "You are the police officer who came to investigate the case, right?" I've already told the previous officer what I know. ”

"Master Ma, do you have anything you forgot to say?" Xing Ruyi walked in with the cat in his arms, looked at Master Ma, hooked the corners of his mouth, and showed a light smile.

"I just contacted the landlord of this shop, and the landlord said that as long as Master Ma is willing, the rent here can be surrendered at any time. Not only can you return the rent, but the deposit you paid before can also be refunded to you. Although this deposit is not much, it can also solve an urgent need. ”

"That's what the landlord said?" Master Ma looked at Xing Ruyi with an unbelievable gaze: "This is impossible, I know this landlord, he is very stingy and difficult." ”

"Knowing that he is stingy and difficult, Master Ma, you still dare to rent his shop." Xing Ruyi found a place to sit down.

"When I rented this shop, the landlord wasn't him." Master Ma sighed: "The landlord at that time was still his father." This house is considered the ancestral property of their family, in the early years, this old street belonged to a place that no one wanted to come to, but after these years of commercialization, the house here has become a golden pimple. I knew his father, and when we were younger, we both worked in the same place and had some friendship. Later, when I was old and my health was not good, I thought about what kind of small business to do and barely take care of my life.

When he found out, he asked me to come to Lao Cai to open a tofu soup shop, saying that the tofu soup I made was delicious. My soup making technique is also ancestral, several generations, and has my own secret recipe. Because the shop was his own, he gave me a very cheap rent at the beginning.

Because I knew each other, he asked me to decorate first, and I was not in a hurry to sign the contract, and I didn't think much about it. Who knows, the shop was renovated and the things were bought, and he suddenly fell ill and died. When the father died, the shop would naturally become the son's. Alas, I can't go into detail about what happened here. Of course, it can't be said that his son is not kind, and the rent is similar to other shops on this street, but it is much more expensive than what his father told me before. ”

"It's a little more difficult, but the things that can be solved with money are not particularly difficult things to solve." Xing Ruyi stroked the cat's hair: "I told the landlord that I was willing to rent this shop at double the price, of course he didn't say a word, and he agreed." ”

"You rented it?" Chang Tai glanced at Xing Ruyi.

This woman, who bought a burning house not long ago, came to rent this shop where someone just died in front of her door today, is she really free of taboos? On second thought, she may really have no taboos, after all, she is a strange woman who can see ghosts with both eyes and rhino horn incense on her hands.

"I've rented it, this place, I'm looking for a branch of Ruyi Rouge Shop, it's still good." Xing Ruyi glanced at the inside of the shop: "It's that this interior is carefully decorated." Alas, this woman who is dedicated to doing business is trouble. When I saw a good shop, I was reluctant to let go. ”

"Girl, is this a good shop?" Master Ma couldn't laugh or cry: "You also saw this position, it's a horn." I was poor and had no money in my hand, and the landlord knew him, so the rent was cheap, so I rented this shop. If you're willing to pay twice as much to rent it, it means you're not short of money. There are a lot of good shops on this old street, you don't have to ask for this. ”

Master Ma said, pointing his finger outside: "See, that sewer, a corpse has just been fished out of it." Let's not say that everyone has a taboo in their hearts, but if you are a guest, are you willing to go this way? ”

"Naturally, the people who drink the soup don't want to go here, but the people who buy rouge gouache are different. In the past two years, the ancient style has prevailed, and even these rouge gouaches made with ancient methods have become in demand. As long as my publicity is in place and the style of the store is in place, I don't have to worry about no customers coming to the door. Besides, young people are bold, and the more mysterious the place, the more they want to explore. It's okay, as long as Master Ma is willing to tell us everything he knows, I will immediately contact the landlord and ask him to sublet this shop to my name. ”

"Old Ma, everyone else has said so, what are you hesitating about? If you think about our family, Nana, will graduate from high school next year. The child's academic performance is so good, he doesn't have to worry about not being admitted to a good university. No matter how good the university is, if you can't pay the tuition, people won't let you in. You have a good mind, you worry about this, you worry about that, who will care about you. Master Ma's daughter-in-law walked out of the back kitchen: "Seeing that our business can't go on, let's quickly quit the rent and find another place with the deposit." It's not a few months before the Chinese New Year, and you can't watch your family live for even a year. ”

"Then I can't fool others. It's hard for our family to make money, and the money of other girls is blown by the wind. You woman, you don't see that the girl is here to help us. To be a man, you have to have a conscience, and you have to explain things clearly to others. If people regret it by then, wouldn't we be helping to harm her? ”

"Just hello, just you're a good person, what did I do in my last life, how did I meet such a person as you." Master Ma's daughter-in-law sat aside and wiped her tears, and she almost cried out loud.

"Master Ma, you just listen to your daughter-in-law, this shop is okay to rent to me." Xing Ruyi held the kitten in his arms: "As for me, I am half a criminal policeman, and I am really not taboo about this dead man." ”

Master Ma's throat surged a few times, then he looked up at Xing Ruyi and asked, "What do you want to know?" ”

"Just tell us what you know, and we'll look into the rest. Detective, that's what I eat. But as ordinary people, Master Ma, you also have the obligation to cooperate with our criminal police in handling the case. This case had been solved earlier, and my rouge shop would have opened sooner. You're a good person, and you know that it's not easy for my girl's family to save money, right? ”

"I know him." Master Ma suddenly popped out four words: "Moreover, before calling the police, I knew that he was in the sewer." ”

After Master Ma finished speaking, he took a deep breath: "I don't know if what I did was a crime, and at this time, I won't hide anything from you anymore." Actually, I found him a day ago. It was about three o'clock in the morning when I suddenly woke up with a burst of urine. My daughter-in-law and I both came from other places, and after renting this shop, we no longer have extra money to rent another house to live in. This shop has two floors, below which is the kitchen, and there is such a small area for the guests to drink soup, and above is a small attic, with a little furniture and a floor, and my daughter-in-law and I live on it. Occasionally, when the girl came back, she made do with us. ”

Master Ma briefly introduced the situation.

"This is the case with this shop, because the place is small and there is no separate toilet, so we have to go to the public toilet outside, whether we are on the large or small size. When I got up, I looked at my phone, and it was 3:35. Then I walked down the upper floor in the dark, opened the door of the shop, and went to the bathroom opposite. As I was squatting in the pit, I heard the cry of the knower. ”

"Got the scream?"

"Yes, it's the cry of knowing. I grew up in the countryside and am all too familiar with this voice. It's just too familiar, so when I first heard it, I didn't take it to heart. But when I got up, it suddenly occurred to me that it was this season, and there shouldn't be a cry of knowing. It's weird, but I didn't think about it, I put on my pants and came out of the bathroom. ”

"What do you see?"

"Didn't see anything. No, my、Fastest-release、Meaning, when I came out of the bathroom, I didn't see anything。 I just smelled it. What does it smell like? A smell of urine. I don't know how to describe that smell to you, but that's what I smell anyway. ”

As Master Ma spoke, the muscles on his face suddenly tensed, and his hands couldn't help but clasp together.

"Then I saw a dark shadow, a dark shadow standing in front of my shop. The black baby was facing me, and I could almost see his face. Master Ma took a deep breath and continued, "That's a very strange feeling, that is, you can see a vague black shadow with your eyes, but your brain tells you that you can see his face. But do you really see it? It was as if he hadn't seen anything. ”