Chapter 37: The Depths of the Fog (2)
The two of them sat in the empty cafeteria just in time for dinner, and Sissi stared at Star Swirl thoughtfully for a moment, "Don't you think, it's a little strange here?" "What do you mean?" Star Swirl takes a bite of the beef tenderloin and thinks it tastes good. Sissi pressed Star Swirl's hand, "Don't you just eat and don't you notice that there is no one in the cafeteria except for the two of us?" "The staff at the nursing home might just deliver the food to your door." This situation was not enough to make Star Swirl unable to eat, and since she came to this space, she had been exposed to all kinds of strange events, and naturally she was much bolder.
Lunch ends with Sissi's suspicions, and with the two having nowhere else to go, Star Swirl suggests a visit to the villa. "Say, who are the people living here?" Sissi looked at the building opposite. "I guess it's an elderly person who is wealthy but lacks someone to take care of him, after all, this is a private institution, and the environment is good, and the fee will definitely not be low." Star Swirl scanned the upstairs windows and saw that the curtains were closed in each room, and when she and Dr. Qin arrived, they saw a lot of open windows, could it be because of their lunch break?
As they were thinking, their eyes fell on the second floor of a villa in the corner, and there was a clear figure by the window, facing them. "Sissi, look, is there someone looking at us there?" Star Swirl asked, pointing upstairs. "Where? Where? Sissi looked back and forth for a while, "I didn't see anyone, Xuanyue, don't scare me." Star Swirl narrowed her eyes, and when she looked closer, she couldn't find a trace.
In the afternoon, Dr. Qin took the two of them to change into their work clothes and assigned them a task: "The cleaning tools are in the utility room, you can simply clean the upstairs room in the afternoon, and by the way, send the health medicine to everyone." Curious, the two followed Dr. Qin into one of the villas. Sissi muttered in a low voice: "I didn't expect to be so cold to us, and we didn't come to work, we are 'volunteers'." Star Swirl made a silent gesture, and Sissi pursed her lips and looked around the room. The interior of the villa is simple in structure, rich in furnishings and home furnishings. "The first floor is a common living room, and the second floor is a room for each resident." Dr. Qin introduced them as he led them upstairs. The stairs are narrow, and there is a "creaking" sound when stepping on them, Star Swirl frowns, the new building is not like this, could it be that it is cutting corners?
There are three rooms on the second floor with combination locks on the doors. "The back of the card you gave you in the morning has the code to open the door," Dr. Qin handed Star Swirl another medicine box, "It's a health medicine, remember to give one bottle per room, don't send too much." After explaining the explanation, Dr. Qin went downstairs, leaving the two of them looking at each other. Do you open the door directly? Sissi hesitated. Don't, that's too rude. Star Swirl took a deep breath and knocked lightly on the door, "Hello, is it easy to clean your room now?" Sissi snorted and laughed: "Your tone is like a hotel waiter." Star Swirl looked embarrassed and said angrily, "You can do it." Sissi put her ear to the door and listened intently for a few seconds, then knocked twice more, but could not hear any response. It's past the lunch break, so there's no one in there, right? Sissi entered the password according to the number on the card, only to hear a "click", and the door opened.
The room was empty, and the neat beds looked like no one had slept before. Star Swirl walks into the room and runs her finger across the tabletop, which is spotless. "I really don't see anyone living here." Sissi looked around, "I can't see any personal belongings at all, only the basic facilities of the nursing home. Star Swirl nodded, and there was an indescribable sense of depression in this room, which reminded her of the days when she was locked up by Lu Jingfan, "Let's go to the next room when we get the medicine." ”
"What's wrong with you?" Sissi notices a different color on Star Swirl's face. "It's nothing, this room is too clean to be cleaned at all." Star Swirl just wanted to finish the job as soon as possible. "But Dr. Qin said that if we want to distribute the medicine to everyone, will we not be very responsible if we leave it like this?" Sissi still wants to be a competent volunteer. Star Swirl shook her head repeatedly, "Let's go talk to Dr. Qin when I'm done, I don't want to wait here all the time." ”
After putting away the medicine bottle, the two of them came to the door of the second room. As expected, there is still no one inside, the same furnishings, and the same breath of people is not felt. Sissi lowered her voice and asked, "Xuanyue, you also feel strange this time, right?" Star Swirl nodded, "We haven't even met a single resident since we arrived. Sissi nervously grabbed Star Swirl's hand, "But at noon, I saw a figure in the room downstairs, so we wouldn't be hell." Star Swirl patted her on the shoulder and comforted, "Don't scare yourself, there will be ghosts in broad daylight, let's get some medicine and go back." ”
The two agreed, and Sissi opened the door to the third room. To their surprise, this time there was a little girl standing inside. "Who are you?" The girl looked to be only seven or eight years old, and a pair of big childish eyes watched the two of them. Both of them were stunned, and Star Swirl came back to her senses and smiled and said, "Little friend, my sisters are here to give you medicine." "How can such a young child live here, is it an orphan?" Wow, it's been a long time since anyone played with me. The little girl smiled and grabbed Sissi and Star Swirl's hands and pulled them to sit down on her cot, pulling out a few dolls from the cupboard, her face flushing with excitement. Star Swirl glanced at Sissi helplessly, and noticed that she was talking speculatively to the little girl, "Tell my sister, what's your name?" "My name is Mona, and I'm seven years old." "And how long have you lived here?" "Mona doesn't remember either, it seems like a long, long time."
Dragged by the little girl, the two stayed until the evening. "Mona, my sister is leaving, I'll come to see you next time, okay?" Sissi pinched the girl's round little face. Who knew that the girl was deflated and suddenly cried: "Don't go, Mona doesn't want to ...... alone" Seeing this, both of them were a little soft-hearted, although they didn't know why the little girl lived in a nursing home, but she was really a poor child.
Sissi calmed Xiao Mengna for a while, and just happened to see Dr. Qin coming, she said to the two, "I'm afraid you're going to have to stay here for one night." "Why?" Star Swirl refused, she didn't want to stay here for the night. "At this time, the fog outside is even bigger, and the visibility is too low, so it will be dangerous for you to drive back." When Doctor Qin saw Mona, he showed a rare smile: "Monna also wants her sister to stay with you, right?" "Sissi, what do you think?" Star Swirl looks at Sissi, only to find that she has a happy smile on her face, and takes Mona's hand and walks into the room, "Is it okay for my sister to tell you a story......?"