The click, crisp sound of the lock falling was jarring, as if it was afraid of alarming something.

At the moment when Yi Bing pushed open the door, his steps suddenly froze in place.

"What's wrong?" Xiao You, who let go of the tag, returned to them lightly.

"Perhaps, you should have done it in a more polite way! Isn't it? Opening the gloomy room, an old woman in a black cloak was standing there at some point.

In the dark, only the outline of her body could be faintly seen, she was very short, and a little plump.

Under the black hat, those ghostly eyes look extraordinarily vicissitudes, as if hiding a distant story that cannot be told.

"Hug, sorry!" Yi Bing's hand was still frozen in the air, and he showed a dry smile, "I didn't expect this to be someone..."

"Of course." Her voice sounded faintly again, without sorrow or joy, "Indeed, no one will think that this house is still inhabited. ”

She opened the door wide, and an unpleasant rust grinding sound pierced the eerie edge of the secret forest, piercing through the mist, and a thousand echoes lingered.

Then she departed alone, into the boundless darkness, and did not seem to refuse their visit.

Five minutes later.

Yi Bing hovered in front of the front hall, four large windows showing the lake at a glance, although the decoration and items in the house were very old, and some of them even had cracks.

But they were clean, including the most imposing bookcase in the antechamber, and every book in it was neatly organized.

The main hall is a sunken hall, a large hall.

Transparent floor-to-ceiling windows occupy the entire wall, and there are no curtains, which is unexpectedly atmospheric.

In the middle is a dark brown European sofa facing a large white fireplace.

The walls are the same honey color as the building's surface, and there is nothing on the walls except for the quirky paintings.

"You live here alone??" Xiao You took a look at everything here in an incredible way.

On the table, three cups of hot tea are steaming.

The old woman lit the candles on the wall in a hurry, because she was very short, so she always had trouble reaching out.

"At the moment." She replied in a low voice.

"Need my help?" Weiwei couldn't bear it, and was about to get up, but was rejected by the old woman.

She blew out the match in her hand and staggered back to the couch and sat down.

During this time, she also used her deep eyes to consider the girls, "Where are you going?" Black Cat Street, I guess? ”

"Yes." Xiao You sat upright, her hands naturally overlapped, and she landed on her knees.

"Oh, that's not a good place!" The old woman bent forward slightly, picked up the black teapot on the table, and shook it slightly, "Just coming to the Secret Forest is already a stupid act!" Her tone was full of rebuke, and she listened with panic.

Xiaoyou can understand the old woman's words, Uncle Charlu has said that it is dangerous, but...

"We have a reason to go, and, I guess we're already lost in the forest, do you know how to go?"

She suddenly raised her head, looked at Xiao You with resentment, and through the dim candlelight, her thin lips pursed into a pale smile, "Do you have to go?" ”

"I have to go." The excellent answer is yes.

But the old woman still hesitated, "Maybe there is everything, or maybe... Nothing. ”

"Whatever!" Vivi was confused by her.

And her surprise must have attracted the old woman's horrific gaze, like a wild beast peeping at itself in the dark.

Wei Wei quickly waved her hand and smiled awkwardly, "No, you continue..."

The old woman didn't continue, she hesitated and then suddenly got up and walked to the big fireplace.

There was a wooden chest on the mantelpiece, unlocked.

After opening it easily, she pulled out a crumpled piece of parchment.

The old woman walked back to her place silently and handed the object to Xiaoyou, "If you insist on this, maybe you should use this map." ”

Yu was surprised.

"Go early and return early, and leave the secret forest before nightfall." This is the old woman's stern advice.