Chapter 21: The Vanishing People
"Jiang Wangsheng, you said that if this black cat was raised by Lao Chu, then would this black cat have followed Lao Chu and went to Wei Xiao's house?"
At this time, Shen Li, who was beside me, opened his mouth in a low voice, and my heart also moved.
Shen Li's meaning is obvious, since this black cat can read the way, then, if it has followed Lao Chu to Wei Xiao's house, and it is known, Wei Xiao's home is in this office building......
Behind this iron gate, could it be Wei Xiao's residence?
If it really is, judging from the situation of this bifurcation between the dead end and the iron gate, then Wei Xiao is really a person who lives in the shadows and can't see the light......
After thinking about it, he also reached out and pressed the iron door, but found that the iron door was locked from the inside and could not be pushed open at all.
I groped around the door, and found a hidden button in the upper part of the iron door, and when I opened the hidden button, there was a keyhole inside.
I couldn't help frowning, but Shen Li had already taken a few steps back and pointed his shoulder against the iron door.
Of course I knew what she was going to do, and just then, a constant coughing sound came from the fork in the hallway where we came.
I was shocked, looked around, but saw the black cat that had been squatting on the ground, jumped into the gray of the corridor opposite the iron gate, and took a closer look, only to see that in the gray corridor opposite the iron door, a fire box was being installed.
Without hesitation, together with Shen Li, he followed the black cat to the fire box and hid on the side of the fire box.
At the end of this corridor is a dead end, and with no lights and a gray place, we should not be found hiding behind this fire box.
Immediately afterwards, as the coughing sound approached, a middle-aged woman carrying a black box and a silver-haired old lady with a hunched back came to the iron gate.
The middle-aged woman was dressed plainly, and the old lady was bejeweled, and she was fashionably wearing bright red lipstick, but the old lady kept coughing under the support of the middle-aged woman, and the voice was like coughing out her lungs.
After coughing a few more times, the old lady took out a key from her pocket, slid her hand tremblingly, along the iron door, through the keyhole above the door, inserted the key into it, and twisted it.
With a "click", the iron door opened, and the old lady wanted to enter, but the middle-aged woman stopped outside the door.
"What's wrong, Xiao Chen?"
The old lady asked, staring at the middle-aged woman.
"Auntie, I'...... I'm not going. ”
The middle-aged woman lowered her head, did not look at the old man, and handed the black box in her hand to the old lady.
"I won't tell Brother Du and Sister Xue, Auntie, I'm ...... I'll be waiting for you outside the building. ”
"Xiao Chen!"
There was a hint of anger in the old lady's voice.
"I brought you here because I treated you as a daughter, and it will be good for you and your family to follow me in!"
"Yes...... But I ......."
"Hey......"
Without waiting for the middle-aged woman to speak, the old lady sighed and opened the box handed to her by the middle-aged woman, took out a stack of things from it, and stuffed it into the middle-aged woman's hand.
"Xiao Chen, to tell you the truth, since you know about this matter, you have to go with me.
You should know that as long as I say a word, my son will fire you, and when the time comes, you will no longer be able to find a proprietor who can offer our conditions! ”
After the old lady finished speaking in a deep voice, the middle-aged woman hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded with the stack of banknotes, hugged the old lady, and entered the iron gate.
At this moment, the black cat, which had been squatting beside us, jumped over in a few clicks and burrowed into the crack of the iron door before the old lady and the middle-aged woman closed it.
With a "snap", the iron door closed, and Shen Li and I looked at each other and frowned.
"It's not going to be some kind of illegal venture capital or something like that, specifically to cheat the elderly, right?"
Yes, since the old lady took out a neat stack of banknotes from the box, then the contents of the box are probably all money!
A box of money is not a small amount, and according to the old lady's dress, it must be a rich family.
The current liar likes to deceive the most, but it is a generous old man like the old lady.
"I don't see it like ......"
Shen Li took the words and shook his head.
"And what do you think it looks like?"
I asked.
"I don't know."
Shen Li still shook his head, but frowned again.
"But the woman hesitated when she entered the door, as if she was afraid of ......"
"Afraid?"
I frowned, and before Shen Li could continue, with a "click", the iron door opposite us opened from the inside, and a black shadow fell into the crack of the open door, of course, it was the black cat that jumped into the door.
Good guy, the door will open, it seems that it is really a sperm......
Not much more, he and Shen Li entered the iron gate, only to find that behind the iron gate, there was a gray corridor again.
There were no lights, and we didn't use our phone flashlights, just groping our way through the walls in the gray hallway.
It wasn't until a few corners were turned that the depths of the corridor finally came to an end.
And at the end of the corridor, on the right, there was a half-hidden door open, and a dim light was shining through the door.
Of course, if there are lights, maybe there will be people......
Shen Li and I slowed down and approached cautiously.
Regardless of whether this is the residence of the Wei Xiao or not, we are all intruders, and of course we must not expose ourselves.
Holding his breath, he walked to the end of the corridor step by step, only to find that there was more than one door at the end of the corridor.
Yes, at the end of this corridor, there are two doors, but the door on the left is closed, and the door on the right is open, and the light is dim, so from a distance, you can only see the door on the right.
Glancing at the door on the left, I saw that the door on the left was actually an elevator-like metal door, there was no keyhole on the door, only a numeric keypad was installed next to the door, which should be opened by entering the password.
Without looking too much, I went to the half-hidden door on the right, which was dimly lit.
Taking a deep breath, I wanted to poke my head out to look, but I didn't want to, and before we could move, the black hat that had been following us all the time, went straight into the half-hidden door.
My heart moved, and I quickly poked my head out, only to find that in this door, there was a room of about 100 square meters.
On the ceiling of the room, there are a few dim light bulbs, and under the light, there are several sets of neat wooden tables and chairs.
On the wooden tables of these tables and chairs, there are also a pair of ceramic tea sets, and the chairs are also messily pulled apart, obviously there have been many people drinking tea in this room, and this room should also be a teahouse.
After a closer look, there is no corner in the room, and at a glance, it can be said that it can be seen at a glance.
"How can no one ......"
Shen Li, beside him, opened his mouth as if talking to himself.
"No one is good?"
I replied and stepped through the door.
It's just that as soon as I stepped into the door, I understood what Shen Li meant, how could there be no one in this door......
First of all, it is a rectangular room with an unobstructed view, in addition to the table and chairs, there is only a long cabinet with a television and a wardrobe against the wall when you enter the door.
Other than that, there is nothing left, including other doors......
Yes, there is no longer a door in this room, it is a space that is completely enclosed when the door is closed.
Of course, there is nothing strange about this, and the strange thing is that in this room, among the ceramic teacups on the wooden table, there are many cups full of tea, and those cups are steaming out at this time......
The tea in the cup is still steaming, indicating that the people who have drunk tea here have only left for a short time, and there is no other door in this room, so where have all those who have drunk tea here?
"Will you enter the door next door?"
I looked at Shen Li and asked, of course I thought of the metal door next door.
"No ......"
Shen Li shook his head, went to one of the wooden tables, and picked up a teacup on the wooden table that was also steaming.
I glanced at it, and I couldn't help but chuckle.
Because I only found that the edge of the teacup in Shen Li's hand was smeared with a red ......
It's the lipstick of the old lady who came in before!
And the old lady who came in before was not long after we entered the iron door, and if she had been to this room and had drunk tea in this room, then she would have met us in the corridor when she entered the door next door.
But we didn't, which means that the old lady probably didn't come out of the room.
So there is no room out, and there is no other door in this room, where have all the tea drinkers, including the old lady, gone?
I stared at the smoking teacups on the wooden table, filled with tea, and I couldn't help but feel a little hairy.
Taking a deep breath, he looked at Shen Li again, thinking that it might be that those who were drinking tea were moving fast, and slipped into the next door before we came over.
However, after I looked at Shen Li, I found that Shen Li had gone to the half-hidden door of the room at some point, and was looking down at something.
I walked a few steps to her side, and when I looked down, I found that at the door of this room, in the dim light, there was a light-colored floor, and there was also a complicated footprint on this light-colored floor.
It was the footprints left by the dust that had stuck to the hallway outside and entered the room.
It's just that these footprints are all the same, only near, and not ......
Grass......
I couldn't help but curse, because these footprints completely verified Shen Li's speculation.
None of the people who had drunk tea in this room had ever gone out again, but at this time, the tea they had drunk was still smoking in this room, but there was no trace of them in this room.
They, like the smoke rising from these teas, all disappeared into the room of 100 square meters......