Chapter 40: The Mystery of the Unknown
Yuan Liuli sneered, "How can the adults of the shrine compare with a layman like you, not to mention that our shrine has government support behind it, and there has never been a shortage of money." β
Hu Qianqiu nodded, "I see." β
Yuan Liuli found that although Hu Qianqiu didn't speak again at this time, his eyes were looking directly at him, looking a little ill-intentioned.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Hu Qianqiu smiled slightly, "Did you bring the real artifact to China?" β
Yuan Liuli was noncommittal, but asked rhetorically: "What do you want to do?" β
"You just said that a real artifact can not only find monsters, but even find treasures, so I think, if you use the artifact you said, can you find the location of the ghost-faced man?
For so long, it was we who were in the open and in the dark, and He knew all our actions, but we knew nothing about Him. While I don't think Ghostface will treat this as a game and put himself in an absolute advantage, it's not an option to sit back and wait for him to come to us, it's time to take the initiative. β
The matter of the ghost-faced man Yuan Liuli had already heard Hu Qianqiu say, so she didn't fail to understand Hu Qianqiu's thoughts, "It's not that I don't want to help you this time, but the real artifact is enshrined in the shrine, and I can't help it." β
Hu Qianqiu knew that Yuan Liuli would not lie to himself, so he had to nod helplessly, "Then it seems that there is no way to do it." β
"But while there are no real artifacts available, it's not impossible to deduce them at all."
"Oh?" Hu Qianqiu was interested, "Do you have a way?" β
Yuan Liuli nodded, "Although I can't figure it out, I know that someone can." Before I came to China, a senior of a shrine told me something about China, he had traveled to China a few years ago, but then he had an accident and was unfortunately disabled, otherwise he would have taken over the task of coming to China. β
Hu Qianqiu nodded, "I see." β
Yuan Liuli continued: "The predecessor once said that there was a person in this city who was very good at the art of deduction, before the predecessor left China, that person once said that the predecessor was not good at returning home, and persuaded him to stay in China, but the predecessor was homesick, and naturally he would not stay in China, although he kept that person's words in mind, but later he still encountered an inevitable accident and ended up with a lifelong disability. β
Hu Qianqiu nodded thoughtfully, "In this way, that person should indeed have some skills, not to mention anything else, he can have contact with the people of your shrine, and he is not an ordinary person if he wants to come, do you know where he is now?" β
Yuan Liuli nodded, "The senior told me where he was, and I also visited him after I arrived in this city. β
"Really?" Hu Qianqiu was overjoyed, if he could find the person in Yuan Liuli's mouth, he would probably be able to deduce the whereabouts of the ghost-faced man, and in this way, he would be able to find a way to oppose the guest.
"What's his name?" Hu Qianqiu asked impatiently.
"I don't know his worldly name, only that his word name doesn't make sense."
βοΌ·hatοΌβ Hu Qianqiu was dumbfounded, this was the most shocking news he had heard recently.
Yuan Liuli looked at Hu Qianqiu, "Looking at your appearance, do you know this person?" β
Hu Qianqiu smiled bitterly and nodded, "I've met twice, and it was introduced by Song Xiao, I always thought he was a charlatan before, isn't it the same person we know?" β
Yuan Liuli shook his head, "Probably not, after all, this kind of road number is not everywhere, is the person you are talking about on the negative floor of the shopping mall closest to the school?" β
Hu Qianqiu slapped his head suddenly, it turned out to be really him.
Although Hu Qianqiu is suspicious, he is still very convinced of Yuan Liuli's words, since Yuan Liuli can't make sense and is not simple, then it will never be wrong.
Hu Qianqiu clenched his left hand into a fist, the first knuckle of his index finger against his lips, and fell into memory.
Hu Qianqiu has only met twice and has not been able to communicate much, although he has not communicated much, but Hu Qianqiu has an excellent memory, and he remembers all kinds of things that he does not understand clearly.
Hu Qianqiu remembered that when he first saw him in a store that didn't work, he used to stare at himself all the time, and now that he thinks about it, maybe he found something strange on him at that time, and then he also deduced that Yu Xuefei's death was related to the closest people around her, although at that time Hu Qianqiu thought he was talking nonsense, but now it seems that Yu Xuefei's death is indeed very involved with her twin sister, so it is not wrong to calculate.
It's just that Hu Qianqiu is a little strange, since he is so capable, why did he still cower in a shopping mall, and he may have calculated a more precise result at that time, why didn't he say it?
And what puzzled Hu Qianqiu the most was that on the seventh day of Yu Xuefei's first day, Yu Liuyi appeared on the rooftop of the hotel, and almost everyone thought it was Yu Xuefei's ghost at that time, so they were so frightened that they scattered and fled, and they disappeared at that time, Hu Qianqiu never saw him again, was he also scared away at that time?
Yuan Liuli looked at Hu Qianqiu's frowns, and couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking?" β
Hu Qianqiu let out a long sigh and told Yuan Liuli everything he thought in his heart.
Yuan Liuli nodded after hearing this, "It's not that I can't understand your thoughts, but a worldly master like him shouldn't be able to use ordinary people's thoughts, he probably has more profound thoughts." β
Hu Qianqiu responded, "It should be like this, but according to his temperament, I don't know if he will help me find the ghost-faced man." β
"Why do you want to do so much, just ask him and you'll know."
Hu Qianqiu smiled, "That's what you said." The voice fell, and only the sound of "......" was heard.
Hu Qianqiu touched his head embarrassedly, Yuan Liuli didn't laugh at him, after all, it was already night, and Yuan Liuli himself was very hungry.
"Go up, I'll get some food, you go and dry your clothes and put them on, you're really indecent like this." After saying that, he left directly.
After Yuan Liuli left, Hu Qianqiu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Women are really troublesome." β
Hu Qianqiu dried and changed the laundry and went to the restaurant on the first floor, when Yuan Liuli was almost ready.
Hu Qianqiu originally thought that Yuan Liuli only prepared instant food products such as instant noodles, but he didn't expect that in this zero-hour residence, Yuan Liuli also prepared a lot of ingredients, and what Hu Qianqiu didn't expect was that Yuan Liuli, who was easy for ordinary people, actually knew how to cook.
Hu Qianqiu sat down at the dining table, looking at the dazzling array of dishes on the table, and was amazed.
Yuan Liuli happened to bring out the last dish and put it on the table at this time, she saw Hu Qianqiu's expression, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" β
Hu Qianqiu shook his head, "It's nothing, I just didn't expect you to cook." β
Yuan Liuli showed a puzzled expression and asked, "Is this strange?" β
Hu Qianqiu nodded, "It's very strange, after all, people of our age now, who have been spoiled by their parents since childhood, are very rare to be able to cook, and even if they can cook, they will generally only make egg fried rice." β
Yuan Liuli looked at Hu Qianqiu, "So, you won't either?" β
Hu Qianqiu smiled, "What can't I do?" β
Yuan Liuli sneered, "Shameless." β
Hu Qianqiu smiled, "I'm a person, I'm always easy to pay attention to new things, even if it's cooking, although it's not very powerful, but it's also so-so." β
Yuan Liuli sneered again, sat opposite Hu Qianqiu, and was noncommittal to his words.
Hu Qianqiu looked down at the dishes on the table, and no matter what the taste was, they looked good, so he was curious, so he asked, "Do you have time to learn to cook when you stay at the shrine?" β
Yuan Liuli nodded, "When I was very young, I practiced alone on the mountain behind the shrine, and since then I have to cook alone, and I slowly like it, and I don't have any other hobbies other than dealing with the things of the shrine." It's just that I don't have much time after coming here, and I basically eat outside. β
Hu Qianqiu nodded, picked up a piece of eggplant with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and chewed it carefully, although it was not unpalatable, it was not delicious.
"Too much salt."
"......" Yuan Liuli was speechless.
"The bones are too big, the vegetables have been fried for too long, and the meat has not been marinated to taste......"
Hu Qianqiu had to comment on the past plate by plate, Yuan Liuli never said a word, and finally she couldn't bear it, looked at Hu Qianqiu, and smiled, "You still can't eat." β
Although Yuan Liuli was smiling at this time, Hu Qianqiu felt a little chilled, so he had to obediently shut up and bow his head to pick up the rice.
After the two of them finished eating, Hu Qianqiu helped clean the dishes and chopsticks, and at this time it was already eight o'clock, and the torrential rain outside still did not stop.
Hu Qianqiu looked at the torrential rain outside the window, and was also quite helpless, and turned his head to look at Yuan Liuli, "Do you have an umbrella here, lend me one, and I'll go back to school." β
"No, even if you have an umbrella, you go out less than two seconds now, and the umbrella is blown away, what's the use?"
"This ......"
Yuan Liuli is not an ordinary girl after all, and she didn't squirm at this time, and said: "Look at the rain can't stop tonight, you can sleep here tonight, and go back tomorrow, by the way, you can go to that shopping mall to find the person who doesn't ask you what you want to ask, it just so happens that I haven't visited him for a long time, so I just happened to go with you." β
Hu Qianqiu is not a pretentious person, he walks upright, sits up straight, and has no idea about Yuan Liuli, so there will be no strange thoughts such as lonely men and widows, flowers before the moon, etc. He nodded, "Okay then, where do I sleep?" β
"If you want to sleep on the floor, you can do that."
"What does that mean?"
"Only my room has a bed in this villa, the other rooms are either stacked with clutter or nothing."
When Hu Qianqiu heard this, he stood for a long time, although he didn't have any problems with living in a villa with a girl, but he was really embarrassed to ask two people to sleep in the same room, and even have to share the same bed.