CHAPTER XXIX
Lei Ao moved to the base camp on the first day, and in order to welcome, Han Feng invited guests to eat seafood barbecue in the evening. After that, they played outside for a while, and when they returned to their lodgings, it was already past ten o'clock. Everyone took a bath and slept separately.
The next morning, Lu Hua was the first to get out of bed. He came from the second floor to the first floor with his sleepy eyes, and when he saw a large puddle of water on the living room floor, he called out "wow".
The scream woke the other five people, and they thought something was wrong, and hurried out of the room and ran downstairs. Lu Hua pointed to the water on the floor and said, "Look. β
"This ...... Where does so much water come from? Han Feng said in surprise.
Hang Yi looked for the source of the water, found that a large bucket of pure water on the water dispenser in the living room was empty, and said, "Maybe the water dispenser is leaking." β
Han Feng walked around the water on the ground, walked over to take a closer look, and said angrily: "Someone didn't turn off the tap of the water dispenser last night, and a bucket of water leaked completely. β
Everyone went over to take a look, and sure enough, the faucet handle on the side of the cold water outlet was upward, apparently someone forgot to put it down after receiving the water.
"Whoever drank the water last last night will honestly 'handover' the generation." Han Feng asked.
"I was the first to go to bed last night, and it was definitely not me." Lu Hua said.
"It's not me either, I took a Coke in the fridge before I went to bed, hehe, I didn't drink pure water." Lei Ao said with a smile.
Hang Yi scratched his head and said, "I took the water to drink, but it is impossible to forget to turn off the faucet......
Han Feng pointed at him: "Most of the prisoners are you, go get the dun cloth!" β
"Why is it me?" Hang Yi protested, "I've never forgotten to turn off the water!" β
"Okay, that's a little bigger." Lu Hua rolled his eyes, "Let's wipe the ground dry together." β
A few people brought dry rags, cloths and buckets from the bathroom, and it took a lot of effort to 'clean' the floor. Han Feng called and ordered another bucket of pure water, and advised, "No matter who it is, don't forget it in the future." β
On this day, they had a very uneventful life. Hang Yi called Pei Pei, and Pei Pei said that she hadn't studied the results yet, and she was trying various methods to crack the digital code. This is what everyone is most concerned about now, and they can't do anything else for the time being.
In the evening, after taking a shower, Hang Yi played a game console in his room. However, after half an hour of playing, he found that he couldn't focus on the game.
After not seeing each other for three days, he began to think about Sina again.
Hang Yi looked at the timeβ10 o'clock. What is Sina doing now? Three days have passed, why didn't she call me and send me a text message? Doesn't she care about the progress on our side?
Something can't happen to her, right?
Despite his cranky thoughts, Hang Yi became nervous. He sat up from the bed, pulled out his phone, and dialed Xinna's phone.
The phone went through, but no one answered it for a long time. Hang Yi became more and more anxious. He imagined all sorts of possible 'sex' β Sina might have taken a shower, or her phone wasn't with her, or she might have turned it to vibrate and didn't hear it...... But no matter how much he comforted himself, he couldn't stop worrying.
What to do? It's past 10 p.m., should I go to Sina's house? If it's just a false alarm, it will cause trouble to Xinna. However, you can't always be uncontacted......
Hang Yi paced around the room, his anxious mouth feeling dry. He grabbed his phone, walked to the living room on the first floor, and picked up a glass of cold water from the water dispenser. Since that happened only last night, he paid special attention to turning off the tap of the water dispenser today.
After drinking the water, just put down the cup, Hang Yi's mobile phone rang. When he looked at the caller ID, it was Sina calling! Hang Yi was overjoyed in his heart, and his heart was also put down, and he quickly picked up the phone.
"Hey, Xena? Why didn't you answer the phone call just now? β
"I'm sorry, I'm on the street, it's a little noisy, I didn't hear it just now."
"Three days have passed, and Pei Pei has not been able to crack the digital code."
"I know."
"How do you know?"
"Jing Xiaoran told me, we are already good friends, you didn't expect it." Sina on the other end of the line laughed.
Hearing Xinna's laughter, Hang Yi's mood was extremely happy. He also smirked: "Hehe, yes......"
"What are you calling me about?" Sina asked.
"It's nothing, just ask how you're doing these days."
"'Pretty good.'"
"By the way, why are you still on the street so late?"
"I'm a little hungry, so I'm out for some supper."
"You're alone?" Hang Yi became worried, "I'll come to you." β
"No, no, I'm with my friends. Hang Yi, don't worry, you go to bed early. β
"Oh, okay......" Hang Yi was about to say "pay attention to safety", when he suddenly heard a little girl's voice on the other end of the phone - "Big brother, buy a rose for your 'girlfriend' friend, this big sister is so beautiful!" β
Then, the phone receiver seemed to be covered by Xinna, but Hang Yi still heard a small voice, it was Xina who was saying, "No need, little sister." β
Hang Yi's heart tightened. Sina with a guy?
He couldn't help but ask, "Xinna, who are you with?" β
"Ah, it's just a friend......" Xina hesitated.
At this time, a familiar male voice came from Xinna's side: "Who, Hang Yi?" β
Hang Yi heard it, this was Ji Kairui's voice. His heart was falling, and he couldn't speak for a while.
Xin Na may have sensed that Hang Yi's mood was wrong on the other end of the phone, and hurriedly said: "Hang Yi, don't listen to the nonsense of that little girl who sells 'flowers'." Actually, I'm just hungry...... My house is relatively close to Ji Kairui's house, so I asked him to accompany me to the night market for a bite to eat, and I didn't have any other intentions......"
Speaking of this, Sina suddenly stopped, as if realizing that she didn't need to explain it to Hangyi.
Indeed, there was no need for her to explain anything to me. Hang Yi himself knows it. Why should I take care of my family? He took a deep breath and pretended not to care, "Oh, okay, then you go home early, good night." β
"Good night."
After hanging up the phone, Hang Yi collapsed on the sofa, his eyes were empty, his heart was twitching for a while, and he was so sad that he wanted to cry.
It's 10 o'clock in the evening, and Sina is still having supper with Ji Kairui. Moreover, it was Sina who took the initiative to ask Ji Kerry to come out......
Even the little 'girl' who sells 'flowers' next to her can see that the two of them are like a couple.
They're not all together for three days, right?
In fact, Hang knew early on that Ji Kairui also had a good impression of Xin Na, but he didn't know Xin Na's intentions. Now it seems clear.
Hang Yi closed his eyes, feeling as if he was slowly sliding towards a cliff, but he couldn't exert any strength in his body.
But gradually, he regained some strength and stabilized his falling body.
Why didn't Xinna just tell me that she was with Ji Kairui? And she was in a hurry to explain to me just now, as if she sensed that I was jealous. Hang Yi pondered. Maybe this shows that she still cares about my feelings and knows my heart?
If that's the case, maybe there's hope. Hang Yi comforted himself. Xinna just said that she was only close to Ji Kairui, so she asked him to come out to have supper with her, maybe there was really no other meaning.
Thinking like this, Hang Yi felt much better. He secretly decided in his heart that when the time was right, he must muster up the courage to confess to Sina.
With this in mind, he made his way upstairs. The other few people probably slept, and the house was very quiet.
Hang Yi had just taken two steps up the stairs when he suddenly heard a "pop" sound.
The sound was not loud, but in this quiet environment, it seemed very abrupt. Hang Yi stopped and looked left and right.
He felt that the voice was somewhat familiar, as if he would hear it from time to time. After thinking for a while, he suddenly remembered something and looked towards the water dispenser.
This look made his mouth open wide in shock. Before calling, he took the water to drink, and then clearly remembered that he had turned off the faucet. But at this moment, the cold water outlet of the water dispenser is open, and a thin stream of water flows down and slowly expands on the floor.
Hang Yi understood, the "snap" just now was the sound of the cold faucet jumping up by itself.
The water dispenser turns on its own water, how can there be such a strange thing? Hang Yi didn't dare to slack off. This anomaly alarmed him. He quickly walked to the second floor, woke up Han Feng and Lu Hua, and told them about the water dispenser.
They walked to the living room together, Han Feng turned on the light, walked over to the water dispenser, and stared at the stream of waterβthe ground was already soaked with a small patch. He asked in surprise, "Hang Yi, you said it opened it by itself?" β
"Absolutely."
"Was it the same last night?"
"Mostly."
Han Feng looked at the two friends: "What's going on?" Broken water dispenser? β
"Is that all you can think of?" Hang Yi squinted his eyes and said.
"And what do you think is going on?"
"Anyway, it won't be as simple as a broken water dispenser. If it's broken, how can it only go wrong at night? Hang Yi said.
"That's not a real deal. Anyway, let's close it first. Han Feng walked over and pressed the faucet down.
"What about all this spilled water?" Lu Hua asked.
Han Feng yawned: "Let's deal with it tomorrow morning." I'm going to buy a new water dispenser tomorrow. This one is old-fashioned. β
Hang Yi sometimes really feels that Han Feng's thinking mode is different from ordinary people. He said: "Han Feng, this matter is not a problem with the water dispenser at all, don't you realize it?" β
"But you can't figure out what's going on." Han Feng said, "I also think it's a little strange, but it's impossible to gather everyone at night for an emergency meeting because of such a trivial matter as a water dispenser leaking, right?" β
Lu Hua said: "Han Feng is also reasonable, let's wait until tomorrow morning." β
Hang Yi sighed, looking very helpless. But if you think about it carefully, it's really not good to work hard because of this little thing, so everyone is uneasy, so you have to give up.
The three returned to the upstairs bedroom. Hang Yi didn't get much sleep that night.
Early the next morning, Hang Yi got up and 'got up'. He went to the drawing-room and was surprised to find thatβas yesterday, there was a large puddle of water on the floor of the drawing-roomβthe bucket of pure water that had been placed on the water dispenser had leaked again.
Hang Yi hurriedly woke up a few friends. Han Feng was the most surprised, and he shouted, "I obviously turned off the faucet last night." β
"Obviously, it turned on automatically again." Hang Yi said.
"What the hell is going on?" Han Feng scratched his head.
"Let's get the ground clean first." Mi Xiaolu said, ready to go and get the dun cloth.
"Wait," Lei Ao said after staring at the water stain for a moment, "The water stain formed by the water leak in the past two nights seems to be the same shape. β
Everyone stared at the water stains for a long time, and Han Feng said suspiciously, "Really? β
"If I'm not mistaken, the same was true of the water yesterday morningβ" said Leo as he pointed in the direction where the water had spread, "and this side is right down the stairs, and here is the place where only one person is left to pass. β
"What does that mean?" Han Feng looked at Lei Ao.
"The instructions are quirky. It stands to reason that the water stains formed by the leak should be random, how can it be possible to form the same shape for two consecutive days? β
Lu Hua frowned and said, "Actually, when Hang Yi told me last night that the water dispenser started by itself, I wanted to say it......" He looked at Sun Yuchen, "Didn't you perceive with your mind that the identity of the 'old god' was related to water?" β
Everyone was stunned. Han Feng opened his mouth and was stunned for a long time, then smiled dumbly: "What do you mean?" Could it be that this water dispenser is trying to hint at us something? Is this possible, and it's not a fairy tale. β
"No, I think it's possible......" Sun Yuchen said hesitantly. Both nights, I used my superpowers in my room to try to further explore the secrets of the Old Gods. Since I sensed 'water' last time, I'm always thinking about things related to 'water', hoping to get new hints with the help of 'water'. He swallowed, "Could it be that my 'mind' unconsciously took control of the water in the water dispenser and made it flow out of its own accord?" β
"Very likely," Lu Hua said, nodding, but immediately fell into doubt. "But what does this water mean?"
Everyone pondered that if this was a puzzle, the clues provided were too obscure. Just when they were at a loss, the 'door' bell rang.
Han Feng looked at the time, it was only 8 o'clock in the morning. He muttered, "Who?" So early. "Go over and open the door.
A middle-aged 'woman' and 'woman' in her 40s stood at the entrance of the 'door', and after she saw Han Feng, she said angrily: "What kind of fame are you doing here?" β
"What's wrong?" Han Feng was inexplicable.
The middle-aged 'woman' and 'woman' snorted and walked straight into the room, she saw the water dripping on the floor of the living room at a glance, and exclaimed angrily: "Ah, I said it! Why do you have so much water on your floor? It can't be a few guys fighting water at home, right? β
"How can we be so naΓ―ve," Han Feng explained, "It's caused by a broken water dispenser and a leak." β
"Then you should wipe the floor dry when it gets wet, how can you keep the water flowing? Have you thought about it for us downstairs? β
"What's going on down there?"
"Your water has soaked through the cracks in the floor, and the ceiling 'flower' board in our living room is now a big imprint, ugly and dead!"
"Oh, I'm sorry." Han Feng hurriedly apologized, "Let's use a dun cloth to suck the water dry." β
"It's too late now, our snow-white sky 'flower' board is now a large yellow 'color' imprint, what do you say." The middle-aged 'woman' and 'woman' said angrily.
Han Feng thought for a moment and said, "In this way, I'll go down with you to see how serious the immersion is." Depending on the situation, I will compensate you appropriately, is it okay? β
"That's pretty much it, let's go."
Hang Yi said to Han Feng, "I'll go down with you to take a look." β
"I'll go too." Sun Yuchen said.
As a result, Han Feng, Hang Yi, Sun Yuchen and Lu Hua went to the downstairs neighbor's house together. Sure enough, there was now a large embarrassing water trail on the ceiling board. Han Feng had nothing to say. "Auntie, you can make a price and see how much is appropriate."
The middle-aged 'woman' probably didn't expect this young man to be so cheerful, and of course she didn't know that Han Feng, who was holding an unlimited credit card, didn't care about this money at all. She crossed her fingers and calculated: "I think about it, the cost of buying paint, plus labor costs......"
Han Feng was a little impatient, and didn't want to wait for this middle-aged 'woman' who was calculating to settle the accounts. He 'fumbled' his wallet and was ready to give her a thousand dollars directly - that was enough.
Han Feng was about to take out the money, but Lu Hua grabbed him and Hang Yi with both hands, staring at the water trail on the Tianhua board with stunned eyes, and said in amazement:
"Do you see the shape of this imprint like a map?"