Chapter 3: Welcome to the House of Cards
Stop.
This chicken nest fried bacon is really delicious.
Maybe it was because he saw the hope of finding Li Wanru from this chicken nest, so Qin Fangzhou's appetite increased greatly today, and a bowl of rice was not enough, so he added another bowl.
The chicken nest is obviously very suitable for his current character as Qin Fangzhou's uncle, and he and his parents are talking and laughing throughout the meal, but Qin Fangzhou is very silent, like an outsider.
But......
Listen quietly and there's always something to gain.
From the chat between the three of them, Qin Fangzhou was surprised to find that this chicken nest actually told a lot of interesting things about Qin Fangzhou in his childhood, but ...... A lot of details have become different.
For example, when he was seven years old, on an extremely hot summer, Qin Fangzhou accidentally fell into the thatched pit of his hometown, and finally he crawled out of the quagmire with an unprecedentedly strong desire to survive.
But in the description of Ji Nest Tou, he became the last moment to drag Qin Fangzhou out.
And it is not difficult to see from the conversation between the parents and the head of the chicken nest that the parents did not have the slightest doubt about the words in the mouth of the head of the chicken nest, and even had the follow-up plot.
For another example, when Qin Fangzhou was twelve years old, his father experienced a car accident, but fortunately only injured his arm and required more than a dozen stitches.
But in the description of the head of the chicken nest, it becomes ...... At that critical moment, the head of the chicken nest pushed his father away, and the father was unharmed, while the head of the chicken nest injured his arm and required more than a dozen stitches.
When he heard this, Qin Fangzhou secretly glanced at it.
Surprise to find......
The scar on his father's arm that had been around for ten years was gone, but on the arm of the chicken nest head, there was a scar of the same style as his father.
This discovery made Qin Fangzhou even more confirmed a guess.
The appearance of this chicken nest is not to tamper with everyone's memory, but ...... It's a real reality!
So now the question arises.
Whether it is the disappearance of Li Wanru or the appearance of this chicken nest, the life experiences and memories of all those involved have been tampered with.
But why...... Is he the only one who is not affected by anything?
Qin Fangzhou's heart was overturned, and he was eager to pursue the truth of all this, so he finally put down the dishes and chopsticks and took the initiative to speak: "Uncle, when will you take me to your card house?" β
Hearing this, the parents couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then showed a relieved smile: "Fang Zhou, you finally figured it out?" β
Figured it out?
Figured out something?
Qin Fangzhou looked puzzled.
The head of the chicken nest on the side patted Qin Fangzhou's shoulder very naturally: "Stinky boy, you are finally willing to take the initiative to go out." In the past month, you have locked yourself in the house every day, except for seeing a psychiatrist, you even have to set an alarm clock for your uncle and me to set an alarm clock to remind you on time, which really makes me sad. β
As he spoke, Ji Nest looked at Qin Fangzhou's parents: "Sister, brother-in-law." Since the stinky boy wants to visit my board game room now, why don't you let him stay with me for a while. Anyway, where I take care of him, it's all the same. β
Mother Zhang Xiuzhi nodded: "Well, that's fine." This month, in order to take care of the Ark, you didn't even do the business of the board game room, and I don't think I could do it. Let the ark stay with you for a while, his personality is a little boring, but he can still do it to help you take care of the stalls in the board game room. β
Father Qin Fugui took a deep breath and stared at Qin Fangzhou with a serious face: "Fang Zhou, go to your uncle, you have to help, you have to be good, you have to be obedient, you know?" β
Qin Fangzhou's eyelids kept beating, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
What's the situation?
In the past month, although I seem a little strange, I don't even have to set an alarm clock to remind people to pee, right?
And I am a social expert in school, and I am also a "child of other people's families" in the eyes of your relatives and friends.
In the past month, I have been running out almost every day, either to check materials in the library, or to have some drinks with friends to relieve my depression.
Can ...... now
Why do you talk to me like you treat an autistic person with a flawed personality?
"Let's go."
The more he thought about it, the bigger his head became, Qin Fangzhou was now entangled in whether these hairs were useless, so he simply stood up and walked straight towards the door.
"This kid ......"
Mother Qin Xiuzhi shook her head helplessly.
Ji Wotou got up and followed, and said casually: "That's okay, I'll take the ark with me, you can rest assured during this time, contact at any time." β
"Eh, dog, wait! - You forgot to take your phone. β
β¦β¦
In the dark.
On a road to the western suburbs.
On a tattered, dirty pickup truck that hasn't been washed for I don't know how long.
The head of the chicken nest was driving, and Qin Fangzhou was sitting in the co-pilot.
For a full twenty minutes, the two did not communicate.
The car was filled with smoke, Qin Fangzhou was so smoked that he closed his eyes, and after a while, he suddenly laughed.
Ji Wotou skimmed Qin Fangzhou with those dead fish eyes: "Waste, what are you laughing at?" β
Qin Fangzhou hugged his arms and looked at the head of the chicken nest: "You call the dog left?" β
Ji Wotou bit his cigarette holder with an unhappy face: "This is just a title attached to my current identity as your uncle." How? I'm so upset with the mysterious unknown and powerful pressure I brought you, so you have to start with the name to find a little superiority as a comfort in your fragile heart? β
Qin Fangzhou frowned, this is really a guy who is strong to the bone, and he doesn't even want people to take advantage of the cheapness of a name.
"Ask a question." Qin Fangzhou turned the conversation away.
"Ask."
"Why, my parents just talked to me like they were treating an autistic person. How much has my life been tampered with? β
Hearing this, the head of the chicken nest sneered contemptuously: "It's hard to understand? After reality is tampered with, everyone will get a character that is more suitable for today's world line. Even though your memory is not affected, in the eyes of others...... Your personality is already different. β
Qin Fangzhou frowned and chewed on this sentence carefully.
The head of the chicken nest glanced at him: "Let me ask you, when did you and your fiancΓ©e meet?" β
Qin Fangzhou: "I've known each other since I was a child. β
"If I'm not mistaken, have you two been secretly in love since childhood, so you've been deliberately keeping your distance from other members of the opposite sex?"
Qin Fangzhou narrowed his eyes, thinking about it for a moment, it was really like this.
He nodded slightly: "And then?" β
"And then?"
Ji Wo Tou sneered: "It's very simple. You keep your distance from other members of the opposite sex for her sake. Then when she disappears from everyone's memory, you become a freak who never communicates with the opposite sex. And those mutual friends of the two of you, due to her disappearance, will also have a completely different impression of you. β
Hearing this, Qin Fangzhou chuckled in his heart.
Indeed it is!
Think about it carefully, because she often goes in and out with Li Wanru, so when Li Wanru is tampered with as a non-existent person, then Qin Fangzhou in the past, most of the time, will act alone.
Even if a group of people are together, Qin Fangzhou will often communicate with Li Wanru, which is natural, but if Li Wanru does not exist at all, then ...... When it comes to parties, Qin Fangzhou is very likely to be a stuffy gourd who doesn't like to communicate with people.
After thinking about this, Qin Fangzhou's head was big, and he rubbed his temples: "How long will it take?" β
"It's up ahead."
The head of the chicken nest said, stepped on the accelerator under his feet, and suddenly there was a coquettish drift at the corner in front of him, and then there was a "brake-" sound, and it stopped with a bang.
Qin Fangzhou looked sideways and couldn't help frowning.
On the right side of the car, there is a yard like a garbage station, and there are miscellaneous and various waste mechanical parts at the gate of the yard.
Under the moon, in the still somewhat hot air, these mechanical parts were evaporated with a rather unpleasant smell of rust.
"Get out of the car."
Ji Wotou pulled out the car key, and walked out of the car without looking back, Qin Fangzhou quickly followed.
He looked around, but found no other buildings, not even a public toilet, just sparse groves and the occasional meow of wild cats.
Looking up, there was also a small two-story building in the courtyard made of red bricks and hung with a tattered plastic signboard.
There is no store in front of the village, and there is a broken yard alone, and when there is no one, there is not even a light within a radius of 100 meters, just like a dilapidated haunted house that has fallen into disrepair.
I really don't know how this chicken nest is here.
The most important thing is that when Qin Fangzhou followed the chicken nest head into the courtyard gate......
There was a chill on his back, obviously the weather was hot, and there was no wind around, but he just shivered.
"Afraid of the dark?"
Ji Wotou seemed to realize Qin Fangzhou's hesitation, stopped, and glanced at him with a smile.
Qin Fangzhou's original arm was quickly put down: "It's dirty." β
As he spoke, he showed a disapproving attitude, strode forward, and approached the door of the broken red brick house: "Enter from here, right?" β
After five or six steps, he walked to the door, and found that the door was unlocked, so he planned to push the door in a big way.
But after pushing two or three times, I found that some of the pushes could not be moved, as if the door was blocked by something, and every time I pushed the door, there was a subtle "knock" sound, which was not crisp and sounded a little weird.
And, look down......
Qin Fangzhou found that under the crack in the door, there seemed to be some black water with a strange smell spreading and flowing out......
At this time, the voice of the head of the chicken nest sounded from behind: "This door is pulled." β
"You said it earlier."
Qin Fangzhou muttered, opened the door with his hand, and looked down subconsciously.
And if he didn't look at it properly, he was almost so scared that he lost his soul!
A wet woman dressed in white was lying behind the door, crawling slowly in her direction, her hair was black and long, dripping with black water, and a pair of miserable white wrinkled hands, accompanied by strange and twisted crawling movements, were getting closer to her legs......
"Lying ...... Groove !! β
Qin Fangzhou shouted, and strode away like an orange cat that had only bumped into a cucumber.