Chapter 2: The Old Man Who Sells Clocks and Watches
"Linxue, what time is it?"
Mo Yuan asked casually, thinking that the mission required him to enter the mission location before 12 midnight, and he needed to know how much time he had left to prepare for himself.
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Not receiving the answer he wanted, Mo Yuan, who was thinking, glanced up at his sister and found that she was looking at him with a resentful look.
"Brother, have you forgotten that you threw my watch and clothes into the washing machine, and said that you would buy me a new one?"
Mo Yuan, who was watching, looked at himself, and Mo Linxue said angrily like an angry little hedgehog.
"Uh... Don't you still have a mobile phone, look at your phone. โ
Mo Yuan scratched his head in embarrassment, and as soon as the words fell, a mobile phone with a pink bear shell flew head-on and smashed into his face.
"Ouch! You're going to murder your brother, haven't I spoiled you too much lately! โ
Covering his smashed face with one hand, he rubbed it vigorously, and with the other hand, he caught the thrown mobile phone in time and slid it a few times.
"Linxue, you haven't charged?"
"I just filled it before I went to pick you up at the company."
Mo Linxue said coldly, as if she was still sulking for her righteous watch.
"I tried it after I woke up, but I couldn't turn it on, I still wanted to wind up the circle of friends."
Mo Yuan took out his mobile phone from his pocket and tried it, but it couldn't turn on either, it's not that he doesn't believe in his sister, it's just that people instinctively try it when they encounter this kind of situation.
There are too many strange things tonight, although Mo Yuan feels that his receptivity is strong enough, he glanced at the sulking girl next to him as if he was not worried about the current situation at all.
Mo Yuan couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, sure enough, no matter how powerful his mind is, it can't compare to being natural...
Mo Linxue, who was puffing up, secretly glanced at Mo Yuan, and found that her brother's eyes were a little strange when she looked at her, just like when they passed by the pig farm, his brother looked at the pigs...
was uncomfortable to be seen, Mo Linxue simply stopped pretending, stepped forward and raised her little hand to beat Mo Yuan's chest fiercely
"Hmph, bad brother, I don't know how to coax me, believe it or not, I'll ignore you in the future, anyway... What do we do now? โ
Mo Yuan put away his smiling face, he had actually been paying attention to his surroundings.
When they were making a commotion just now, they didn't see anyone appear, and it was still a dead silence.
"It's not a thing to stay here all the time, let's go to the street and have a look, don't you keep saying that my brother won't go shopping with you, and my brother will go shopping with you today."
Mo Yuan took Mo Linxue's hand and walked to the nearest street.
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Looking at the man holding his hand, Mo Linxue looked around to see if there were any bricks or something, pick up a brick and call him to death.
She doesn't have such a shameless brother, so she can't figure out what the situation is now, okay? I don't even know where I am, and I still go shopping with myself? It's a shame that he said it.
But fortunately, although it is a little gloomy here, this square is still quite tidy, at least it didn't let Mo Linxue find bricks...
Mo Yuan looked at both sides of the street as he walked, and suddenly shivered all over his body, as if he had a feeling of being targeted by a beast, and looked at his sister who was looking left and right beside him, as if he understood something, stopped, and turned his sister's face to himself.
"Brother... What's wrong? โ
Mo Linxue wanted to turn her head in a weak heart, but she was firmly held by Mo Yuan's hands and couldn't break away.
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."
Mo Yuan looked at his sister's eyes seriously and said.
"Huh? You know it all? Okay, I know it's wrong, let me go~"
"What's the use of knowing what's wrong with this kind of thing."
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Three minutes later...
"Brother~"
There was a resentful voice from his sister behind him, and Mo Yuan turned his head strangely.
"What's wrong? Is it still cold? โ
Looking at his sister who was wrapped in a moving zongzi by the coat he took off, Mo Yuan blinked his eyes and asked with some puzzlement, he didn't wear much clothes, his sister usually looks very good, why is she so afraid of the cold?
Looking at the concerned expression in his brother's harmless eyes, Mo Linxue really couldn't say that I wasn't cold, I just wanted to find a piece just now and turn my head and call your face, uh... In fact, now I think about it more, this kind of talk.
But when the words came to their lips, they became
"It's okay, it's not cold, okay brother, let's go quickly, it feels eerie to me here."
Indeed, since he stepped into the street, Mo Yuan felt as if there were a pair of eyes staring at him viciously, but looking at the empty street, it was estimated that he was too careful, and at this time, hearing that his sister also felt this way, Mo Yuan couldn't help but be a little vigilant.
The gust of wind blew, causing the large trees on both sides to rattle, and the paper that quickly drifted by on the street corner shook and made a sound similar to a miserable laugh, which sounded a little oozing.
"Found it."
Mo Yuan pulled Mo Linxue and walked quickly to a storefront, which was a watch shop, and its old-fashioned style complemented the current atmosphere of the street.
Through the glass window, Mo Yuan saw that the time on all the clocks and watches pointed to the position of 22:00, although he had the intention to get a watch, but it was estimated that there would be no one in the store at such a late hour, and he looked at the tightly closed store door, and if he wanted to get the watch, he estimated that he would either break the door or smash the glass.
As soon as this idea rose in his heart, he was vetoed by Mo Yuan, not to mention issues such as morality and immorality, just because the situation is unclear at the moment, it is better not to make any more extraneous branches.
As for knocking on the door and asking if there is anyone, this idea Mo Yuan gave up directly after a turn in his mind, if there is no one, it is normal, if there is someone, God knows if it is the person who sold you the watch at that time, and the situation at night Even if you tell him that there will be a ghost who will sell him the watch later, he will believe it.
Knock knock
"Anyone?"
While Mo Yuan was still thinking, Mo Linxue walked to the door and knocked on it, shouting in a coquettish voice.
Mo Yuan felt that his heart skipped a beat, damn it, is this girl missing a root in her head!
"Who was hiding in his arms just now? It's definitely not this stupid thing who looks at it and is stunned! Who the hell told him that the atmosphere here made her feel uncomfortable? I forgot all about it in the blink of an eye. โ
Mo Yuan scolded secretly in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Mo Linxue behind him to block it.
"What are you stupid about, how can someone open the door for you on this big night."
"Didn't I see you standing stupidly in front of the window and watching, so I knocked on the door for you..."
Looking at his brother's darkening face, Mo Linxue's voice gradually lowered, and finally simply shrunk his face directly into the zongzi-like clothes.
Seeing his sister's ostrich-like appearance, Mo Yuan didn't know what to say.
Just as Mo Yuan was about to teach his sister a lesson and leave, an old voice suddenly came from the house.
"It's coming, it's coming, what kind of door do you knock on if you don't sleep at night."
Mo Yuan was stunned for a moment when he heard the voice, someone? I haven't seen a living person in the past half a day, so it's hard to sleep in the house?
Forehead...
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with sleeping at night, after all, not everyone is a night owl like themselves.
Crunch...
The door gradually opened, and a screeching sound broke the dead silence of the street.
A pair of withered hands held on to the door frame and pulled the door open, only to see a gray-haired old man standing at the door looking at them.
Seeing that it was such a harmless old man who came out, he stuck his little head buried in his clothes back and began to look around the old man left and right.
"Linxue, don't be so rude."
Mo Yuan said that he wanted to reach out to pull Mo Linxue, the environment here gave him a very uncomfortable feeling, he needed to be vigilant at all times, even if this old man really didn't threaten, he had to be basically cautious.
Who knew that Mo Linxue didn't care about him at all, dodged his outstretched hand and turned around and grimaced at Mo Yuan.
"Old man, where is this? Have you been in the store all this time? โ
Mo Yuan didn't have the heart to take care of his own sister for the time being, and said respectfully to the old man who came out.
The old man smiled and looked at Mo Yuan without answering his question.
"Young man, you knock on my old man's door this big night and don't you want to talk to me about life, do you?"
Mo Yuan glared at his sister fiercely, when would his sister be able to do things all over his mind.
Seeing her brother's eyes, Mo Linxue lowered her head and pretended to count the non-existent ants, and the corners of her mouth kept muttering something.
Mo Yuan turned his head to the old man and said apologetically:
"My sister is not sensible, I thought I wanted to buy a watch, so I went to knock on the door, and I was really embarrassed to disturb the rest of the old man."
"Hey, it's okay, it's okay, young man, can you buy a watch, come in and pick it slowly."
The old man waved his hand and said in an old voice, and at the same time turned sideways and motioned for the brother and sister to enter the house.
"Brother."
Mo Linxue looked at her brother with a look of hope, and her big watery eyes revealed a strong curiosity about the unknown.
Mo Yuan didn't look at his sister, he pressed back her little head and smiled at the old man
"We just stopped to appreciate it when we passed by and saw that the style of this shop was more unique, and we won't disturb the old man at night."
After speaking, he turned around and pulled his sister away, but the old man didn't stop him when he saw this, but his face was a little gloomy when he looked at the back of the brother and sister leaving.
"Hey, slow down, brother, why are we leaving? Aren't you going to buy a watch? โ
Mo Linxue was staggered, her face full of confusion.
"Don't talk too much!"
Mo Yuan let out a low sigh, and his footsteps became faster and faster.
When he walked through the street, Mo Yuan glanced back when he turned the corner, and saw that the old man was still standing at the door of the store and looking at them with a smile, but his eyes were a little indescribably strange.
Seeing that his brother's footsteps still didn't slow down after turning a corner, Mo Linxue finally noticed that something was wrong.
"Brother, what the hell is going on?"
Looking back and seeing that there was nothing abnormal behind him, Mo Yuan's hurried steps finally slowed down, glanced at his sister, wiped his cold sweat and said:
"Did you notice someone in the store when you looked at your watch just now?"
"Uh..."Mo Linxue recalled carefully, and then asked with a puzzled face
"I don't think I saw it, but maybe it's because it's so dark in the store, what's all the fuss about?"
Mo Yuan gave her a blank look.
"You know it's too dark in the store? I ask you, did you hear footsteps after knocking on the door? And did you see the lights in the store before and after the old man opened the door? โ
"And after the old man opened the door, we never mentioned that we wanted to buy a watch or anything, but he directly said let us go in and choose the style we liked, did he always hide behind the door and eavesdrop on the sound of the street?"
Mo Linxue thought about it, and after knocking on the door, she really didn't seem to hear any footsteps, although her brother was training him at that time, but there was no sound in the whole street, and if there were footsteps, they could definitely hear it.
And after she knocked on the door, the door was opened in just two sentences, and I didn't see any lights in the store, who can come over so quickly in the dark environment.
Now that I think about it, either that old man really hid behind the door all the time, or...
Thinking that she was going to go into the store stupidly just now, what would have happened if her brother hadn't pulled her... Mo Linxue couldn't help but shudder when she thought of this.
Looking at his sister who retracted her head again, Mo Yuan glanced at her stupid sister with disgust, but she still took it over and comforted her.
At this time, they saw several elongated shadows at the end of the street, illuminated by the street lamp, in front of them, accompanied by a few swearing.
"Anyone else?"
Mo Yuan stopped, looked at the few people in front of him who were gradually appearing, and muttered softly.
The three young men who came into view looked like they were seventeen or eighteen years old, but the corners of Mo Yuan's mouth twitched a little when they looked at the yellow-haired Mo Yuan at that end, once upon a time, they seemed to have been so nondescript for a while...
The three people on the opposite side also saw Mo Yuan and them, and their eyes suddenly shone brightly, and they walked over quickly.
Seeing their beautiful gaze, Mo Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly stepped forward to block in front of his sister.
The three young men had already walked in front of Mo Yuan and them, and they were also stunned when they saw Mo Yuan's actions, and then reacted, estimating that there was some misunderstanding in the eyes of a few of them just now, and they stopped moving forward and smiled at Mo Yuan:
"Don't get me wrong, brother, we don't have any malicious intentions, we are from Hemming High School, and my brothers fainted somehow when they came out to play at night, and they woke up to this ghost place."
Mo Yuan looked at their fairly well-behaved behavior, and the vigilance in his heart was slightly lightened.
"We're pretty much the same, my sister came to pick me up, fainted on the way and woke up and got here."
Hearing this answer, several students hurriedly asked:
"Did you hear a voice asking you to choose a mission?"
Hearing these people's questions, Mo Yuan's eyes froze
"Did you hear that? Have you all made your choice? Which task did you choose? โ
Mo Yuan was anxious to verify and asked a few questions in a row, which was very important, after all, the meaning of hearing it was completely different from what everyone else heard.
Hearing Mo Yuan's question, the three people who were originally quite active suddenly fell silent, their faces full of fear.
Seeing them like this, Mo Yuan realized that something might happen.
But there was no hurry, and after waiting for a while, the three of them gradually stabilized before continuing to ask
"What the hell is going on, and if it's convenient for you, can you tell me? After all, everyone is in the same situation now, and knowing more news can also bring more confidence to each other. โ
The young man at the head shook his head and said
"There's nothing inconvenient, it's just that things are a little unbelievable, we were originally four people, and there was a classmate who was a little impulsive, and I didn't believe what the female voice said and didn't make a choice, and then..."
At this, there was a look of horror in his eyes
"After that... His head slowly fell, the incision was neat, and at first he didn't seem to feel the curiosity of looking at his body..."
Speaking of this, the young man in the lead had an ugly face, and he didn't know what he remembered, and he couldn't say any more.
Mo Yuan's heart tightened violently, fortunately, he had the idea that he would rather believe it or not, and he made a choice to take one step at a time, otherwise I am afraid that he would already be in a different place at this moment.
"Then we found a place and dug a pit and buried him, we don't know what will happen to this strange place, we can only do this, if we can go back alive, we will inform his family to come and bring his body back."
The young man did not continue to describe the death of his classmate, but sighed, recounting their subsequent actions.
"After that, we wanted to find clues related to the mission, after all, the lessons from the past are there, but we didn't meet anyone along the way, and we didn't even know where the mission location was, and then we met you, brother."
The dead are the greatest, and Mo Yuan can't say anything about it, he suddenly remembered something and asked the young man
"Which mission did you choose?"
"The first two missions look very dangerous, we chose the third four-person house, how about it, just listen to the name and know that there are people and there are many people, and the place where there are people must be safer."
Looking at the young man with a complacent face, Mo Yuan didn't know why the corners of his mouth twitched a little, he always thought that his sister was stupid enough, but he looked at the thing in front of him and looked back at his sister and suddenly felt a little relieved.
"Brother, what's wrong? Suddenly looking at me like that? โ
Mo Linxue saw that her brother looked at her with a strange look, as if the pig she raised had finally grown up, she was a little annoyed and immediately opened her mouth.
"It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly feel that we are still quite smart in Linxue."
Well, it's quite smart, at least not to say the word that this mission is safe.
"Hmph, people are already very smart, brother, you haven't cared about me all the time? What Huang Mao said is always true, a place with a lot of people will definitely be safer, brother, didn't you think so that I chose this task? โ
Listening to Mo Linxue's words, the smile on the corner of Mo Yuan's mouth suddenly froze, okay, he was wrong, his sister didn't think about it at all, this is not only a big heart...
"Brother, you also chose this task? Great, then we can act together, multiple people have more strength. โ
The young man didn't care what Mo Yuan was thinking, and when he heard that the task they had chosen was the same, he suddenly exclaimed.