The pain was intense, but after a moment, the palms of the hands stopped being red and the burning sensation disappeared.

I stood where I was, looking at my right hand, uneasy, completely unaware that Grandma Xu, Xu Lan and Xiao Zhen had all run out of the door and went to the rockery to see the locust tree that had been knocked down by lightning. I didn't notice that Chen Qiu was lowering his head at all, and he was reading some vague words very lightly and briskly. And the white jade gluttonous statue actually moved, opened its closed mouth, and took a long breath greedily.

The sky darkened without warning, dark clouds were thick, and gusts of wind swept through the Xu family's old mansion, whistling, like the howl of a monster. The wind swirled wildly, rolling up countless leaves scattered on the ground, and even some branches that had been broken by the thunder just now, and the originally idyllic courtyard became gloomy and gloomy, and then it rained heavily.

Grandma Xu and the others had gathered next to the locust tree that had been knocked down by lightning, but the heavy rain suddenly poured down, and they had to run back to the small building as quickly as possible.

"Little Star, why are you standing in a daze?" When Grandma Xu entered the hall, she found me still standing at the table.

"Ahem, I just felt a pain in my palm, so I ......"

"Okay, why does the palm of your hand hurt?" Grandma Xu grabbed my hand and picked it up to take a closer look.

"Nothing. …… Well, this black mark is a bit weird, how did you get it? ”

“…… It was accidentally burned before. ”

"Hey, squad leader, you're too hot. Lo and behold, this black mark is like a cluster of flames! Jane leaned over and joked.

"Squad leader, when did you get hot? Burned by something? It seems serious! Xu Lan looked at my palm and asked a little strangely.

I was speechless, the fire was sent by the spirit rune of Chang Dao Chief, I don't know what it is.

Grandma Xu didn't ask again, but said, "Is it still painful?" Grandma Xu has a burn ointment here. I shook my head and withdrew my hand.

At this moment, the sky was getting darker, and a very bright lightning bolt streaked through the sky, and I hurriedly turned my head to avoid the dazzling light. However, I unintentionally swept my eyes, but I was shocked to find that the white jade gluttonous statue and the black stone that had been placed on the table were gone! I looked closer again, and there were only two boxes on the table, one with amber inside, both still there; The other one is empty, and the white jade gluttonous statue is really not on the table! Impossible! It was still there just now, why did it disappear in a blink of an eye? Did Grandma Xu put things away? But I've been in the hall just now, why didn't I find out?

“…… Grandma Xu, did you take the things on the table? I asked, with a glimmer of hope.

"What? No...... Yes? What about the gluttonous image on the table? Why not? Grandma Xu threw herself to the table and searched in vain for the top and bottom of the table, her tone very flustered.

Everyone looked at each other, when they ran out to see the locust tree that was knocked down by lightning just now, the white jade gluttonous statue was still on the table, and as soon as it rained, everyone ran back, no more than five minutes in the middle; What's more, Chen Qiu and I have been staying in the living room and not going out, how could the white jade gluttonous statue suddenly disappear?

"What are you doing standing stupidly? Hurry up and help find it! Xiao Zhen was the first to react and beckoned everyone to look for it in the living room.

Although the living room of the Xu family is very large, there are not many things, and we have searched for it all over after a while, and even the garbage in the corner that we have not had time to throw away has been turned over.

"How? Did you find it? Grandma Xu's voice was a little hoarse, and there was still a little fear in the panic that couldn't be concealed, as if the white jade gluttony was like an extremely precious and important thing.

Although we didn't say anything, our expressions clearly told her, no! Not to mention such a big white jade gluttonous statue, even a small stone cannot be hidden in the living room without being discovered by us!

"What can I do? What to do? …… Woe to you! Grandma Xu sat down in her chair in a distraction, and her mouth kept muttering. Everyone froze, not knowing what to do.

I tried to settle my mind and think carefully: when Grandma Xu and the others went to the rockery to see the locust tree, my palms suddenly hurt sharply, so I didn't go out of the living room; At that time, only Chen Qiu was standing next to me, she seemed to keep her head down, although I was uneasy and didn't pay attention to what she was doing, but it was certain that she had never left the living room! No one has ever come in halfway either! …… So, could it be that she took away the white jade gluttonous statue? Xiao Zhen once accused her just now, could it be that she was angry and hid her things?

I turned my gaze to Chen Qiu, who was standing silently beside me not far away. Met with a slightly puzzled look in my inquiring gaze, she seemed to have guessed what I was thinking, and gave a slightly sarcastic and disdainful sneer. I thought about it for a while, how could she possibly hide the white jade gluttonous statue in a place where we couldn't find it in such a short period of time. This is not her home after all!

I thought about it, and my head was still a mess. Outside the house, thunder rumbled, rain poured down, but the living room was very depressing. Grandma Xu didn't seem to be able to say anything, just sat on the chair, like a wood carved clay sculpture. Xu Lan frowned, trying her best to think. Xiao Zhen and the others looked at Grandma Xu and Xu Lan anxiously, not knowing what to say. Only Chen Qiu still stood indifferently, looking completely unrelated to me.

"What's wrong? It's so dark, and I don't turn on the lights! As she spoke, Grandma Xu's nanny, Aunt Liu, walked in and turned on the light switch in the living room.

The living room was as bright as day, and Grandma Xu, who was sitting in a chair, was awakened by the sudden light, she stood up suddenly, looked around, and then waved at us and said, "Children, it's late today, you all hurry home!" Grandma Xu's voice was tired and panicked, but she didn't blame us in the slightest.

My heart was hot, and I took a step forward and grabbed Grandma Xu's hand and said, "Grandma Xu, the white jade gluttonous statue hasn't been found yet, how can we go?" …… There are a lot of us, let's look carefully, maybe we can find it! ”

"yes, yes!" Xiao Zhen and the others echoed, "It's just a white jade statue, will it still run on its own feet?" ”

Hearing this, Grandma Xu's body shook slightly, the expression on her face became very bitter, she opened her mouth, but she didn't speak.

"Grandma Xu, what can't you find? Do you want Lao Tang to help you find it? Aunt Liu hurriedly walked over and helped Grandma Xu and asked.

"No, I'm afraid it is...... Can't find it! Grandma Xu lowered her head, her voice was extremely low, as if she was talking to herself.

Aunt Liu wanted to ask again, but suddenly a woman's scream came from the small building behind her through the patio. The screams were so sharp that they almost drowned out the thunder, and apparently the person who made the cry was so frightened that he was a little hysterical.

"It's Auntie!" Xu Lan and Aunt Liu immediately helped Grandma Xu to the door of the living room, and we stayed for a while and followed behind them.

Out of the living room, turn a small aisle, and it is the patio. It was raining heavily, and we were about to rush over when a man stumbled over from the patio. I saw that his hair was wet, his clothes and pants were mostly wet, and the shoes on his feet were stained with a lot of mud.

He usually manages the courtyard of the Xu family, and when he has nothing to do, he rests in the ground floor of the back one. At this moment, his face was blue and white, his body seemed to be shivering from the cold, and he didn't know whether it was rain or sweat dripping on his face.

As soon as he saw Grandma Xu, Xu Lan and Aunt Liu, he hurriedly said, "Yes...... There are ......" glanced at us, and when he saw that we were all there, he immediately continued: "Yes, there is...... People are on the second floor! The word "human" he said was very stiff and awkward.

Grandma Xu didn't say a word, but first walked through the patio and ran towards the second floor where she entered.

While I was running with everyone, I thought vaguely in my heart: What did Xu Lan's aunt and Uncle Tang see? People? It doesn't look like much!

When our group, drenched in heavy rain, ran up to the second floor behind the Xu family in embarrassment, we saw a middle-aged woman with neat clothes and a delicate face, holding a pillow tightly, shrunk next to the floor slab at the corner of the stairs, staring at the leftmost room door on the second floor without blinking, as if something vital would pop out of it!

"Min Shu, what's wrong with you?" Grandma Xu lowered her voice and asked anxiously.

The middle-aged woman neither looked at Grandma Xu nor answered her question, her eyes were still fixed on the door, and she repeated two words in her mouth: "...... Father! …… Father! ”

Her voice was not loud, but the words came to our ears clearly.

Grandma Xu and Xu Lan's faces immediately changed greatly, she is Xu Lan's aunt, isn't her father Xu Lan's grandfather who has long since died?

"Min Shu, your dad is gone. …… Come, Mom will accompany you back to your room. After Grandma Xu finished speaking pleasantly, she went to take her hand.

"Don't! I'll wait for Dad to go with me! …… Daddy is back. She shook off Grandma Xu's hand, with an expectant expression on her face.

I thought to myself: her scream just now was so frightened, as if she had seen some terrible monster, and in the blink of an eye, she said expectantly that she would wait for her father, it seems that she is really mentally abnormal!

"Min Shu, Aunt Liu cooked a very delicious red bean ball soup. …… Let's go to the living room to eat! Grandma Xu patiently persuaded her.

"I'm going to wait here for my dad to go! …… Daddy made me wait for him! She said stubbornly, her eyes fixed on the wooden door of the room.

Grandma Xu was speechless, and Xu Lan smiled apologetically at us. Everyone was silent for a while, not knowing how to coax her out of here.

"She's always staring at that room, is there no one in it?" Unexpectedly, Chen Qiu actually spoke first, "Go in and have a look!" ”

“…… Ahem, don't go in! …… Inside...... No one! …… No one! Uncle Tang dissuaded a little nervously.

"Old Tang, didn't you just say that someone was on the second floor? Why is it said that there is no one now? Aunt Liu asked strangely.

"This ...... I just ...... Wrong! Uncle Tom's tone was rather forced.

"Since there's no one, it doesn't matter if you go in and have a look!" Chen Qiu folded his arms and looked at Grandma Xu and Xu Lan coldly.

“…… It's good. Old soup, open the door of the room on the left, let's go in and have a look! Grandma Xu motioned to Uncle Tang to open the door.

Uncle Tang's lips twitched a few times, but he couldn't say anything to object. So, with some trembling, he opened the room on the left side of the second floor. Grandma Xu and Xu Lan walked in first, and we followed in. It was a room for storing miscellaneous items, with a few worn bamboo chairs and wooden boxes scattered around, as well as a large cabinet with an open door. It was true that no one was in there, and I walked around the room to be sure.

"Huh? Odd! Who opened this cabinet? Also, who opened this window? Look, the rain is leaking into the room! Aunt Liu said as she prepared to close the wide-open window to the north.

"Daddy! …… Dad, how did you go so fast? Wait for me! Xu Lan's aunt, who had stayed outside the room, suddenly shouted loudly.

Everyone was taken aback, Chen Qiu and I rushed out of the door almost at the same time, only to see Xu Lan's aunt clinging to the pillow and stumbling down the stairs, at the same time, out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of the back of a tall man passing by the end of the stairs very quickly.

Sure enough, there are people!

I turned my head and shouted, "Grandma Xu, there's a man downstairs running out!" ”

"What? …… Who is it? Little Star, do you see what he looks like? Grandma Xu asked me loudly as she withdrew with the rest of the room.

"It's too fast! I didn't see his face clearly, only his back. It's a tall man! ”

"Tall? Is it an old man or a young man? ”

“…… Can't tell! I shook my head and looked at Chen Qiu with an inquiring eye, maybe she saw it clearly.

But I found that Chen Qiu was frowning, his eyes were staring downstairs, and he once again had a strange expression on his face, in addition to the accident, there was also a little anger and fear.

"What's wrong with you? Did you find anything? I leaned closer to her and asked in a whisper.

She turned her head to look at me, her eyes seemed to be flashing with some kind of strange light, fleeting, before I had time to understand, she returned to normal, and shook her head coldly at me, indicating that she didn't see clearly!

"Grandma Xu, who could it be? We don't have anyone like that here! Aunt Liu was also a little nervous, "Why don't you ask Lao Tang to go outside and find someone to help?" ”

"No need. …… You and Lao Tang will get Min Shu back! Grandma Xu frowned, as if she was deeply troubled by something.

Uncle Tang took out two umbrellas from his room and went to find Xu Lan's aunt with Aunt Liu.

We looked at each other and said to Grandma Xu in unison, "Let's go and help too!" ”

"Okay. …… It was raining heavily, and everyone went with umbrellas. If you find Minshu...... It was Xu Lan's aunt, so she immediately told Aunt Liu and Uncle Tang. …… Be careful! Grandma Xu's tone was quite strange, as if she was worried, especially the last sentence, as if she had a premonition that something would happen.

Although the storm outside is still falling, the rain has already subsided. The five of us followed Xu Lan in the courtyard and began to look for people, there was no one by the rockery and the fish pond, we looked forward along the corridor, Aunt Liu and Uncle Tang happened to come from the other side of the corridor and met in front of the stone cave door.

"Did you find your aunt?" Xu Lan asked.

Aunt Liu and Uncle Tang both shook their heads, "Otherwise, if the two of us go outside to look for it, will she run out of the alley?" Uncle Tang said.

"Okay. Let's look again in the yard! Xu Lan nodded.

Aunt Liu and Uncle Tang took umbrellas, walked out of the stone cave door, and went outside the alley to find them.

"Squad leader, the six of us are divided into two groups and go separately to find them!" Xu Lan said, "I, the squad leader, and ...... Chen Qiu group; Jane, you're in a group with them. Wait a while, meet at the fallen locust tree in front of the rockery. ”

"Okay." Everyone said yes and went their separate ways to find it.

Xu Lan and I walked side by side in front, and Chen Qiu followed behind us.

"Xu Lan, how did your aunt look like this?" I asked softly.

“…… She was fine, but after my grandfather died, she became a ...... That's it! ”

"Oh, your grandfather seems to have been dead for a long time."

"Well, it's been six or seven years, and I'm just starting school! …… My aunt also studied archaeology, and she was my grandfather's student. ”

"She's still your grandfather's student? No wonder she has such a good relationship with your grandfather! "I sighed.

“…… In fact, my aunt didn't become like this not only because she had a good relationship with my grandfather. Xu Lan hesitated for a moment, then said, "...... Six or seven years ago, my aunt and grandfather followed the archaeological team to excavate an ancient tomb, which was in the north of the 100,000 mountains in Guangxi Province, and the terrain was not high, and there was a small county town not far from the ancient tomb, called Shangsi.

It turned out that they were going to study the tomb customs of Guangxi, and the excavation of the ancient tomb was also very smooth, and the grandfather would send a telegram back from the small county town called Shangsi every three or four days, and simply tell the grandmother about the process of excavation, which was an old habit that the grandfather could not move.

Just when they had been going for more than three months, had basically completed the excavation, and were ready to transport the unearthed cultural relics back, one day my grandmother received a telegram from my grandfather, saying that they had found a hidden tunnel at the end of the ancient tomb and planned to dig further! ……

After that, my grandfather never sent another telegram back, and we both thought that things were not very good. It wasn't until half a month later that their archaeological team finally returned! Xu Lan's expression was gloomy, "Aunt and grandfather are back." It's just that my aunt is crazy! Grandpa has ...... He's dead! ”

"Huh? How so? ”

“…… I don't know! The archaeological team only told us that ten days ago, they opened the secret tunnel, and my grandfather and aunt volunteered to check it first, but after the appointed time, they still did not come out. The team sent six people to answer in a row, and found the unconscious aunt and grandfather who was no longer breathing in the tunnel!

The tunnel is not long, less than 100 meters in total, and at the end is a thick mountain wall, and the tunnel is empty, there are neither mechanisms nor moving things, I don't know how there was an accident. They had to carry my grandfather and aunt out first, and when my aunt woke up, she said vigorously, 'Daddy has been in for a long time, has he come out?' Actually, didn't she go into the tunnel with her grandfather? …… What's more, her grandfather's body was next to her, but as if she hadn't seen it, she kept wanting to rush into the ancient tomb. The people of the archaeological team thought that my aunt was just overly sad for a while, so they sent someone to watch her and prepared to go into the tunnel again the next day.

It's a pity that there is no chance! That night, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and heavy rain poured down. The next day, they found that the tomb had collapsed, along with the secret tunnel! The mud and rocks, large and small, buried them tightly, and the water gushing out from time to time carried the nearby mud and stones there. Not only could no more excavations be carried out, but there was also a risk of large-scale landslides and mudslides, so they evacuated immediately after consulting their superiors. ”

Xu Lan stopped, and I also stopped, "It's really strange!" What the hell is going on in that tunnel? …… I mean, what the hell did your grandfather and aunt encounter in the tunnels? Could it be some kind of virus or bacteria? (I once read a book about the 'Egyptian pyramids', and there was also this kind of mysterious death from the investigation of ancient tombs, and some scientists speculated that it was caused by bacteria or viruses in the ancient tombs!) ）

"I don't know. …… Grandpa is gone, and my aunt has been like this since she came back, and no one will know what happened in the tunnel that day! Xu Lan smiled bitterly.

"So, what about the artifacts that your grandfather unearthed in the ancient tomb? Maybe you can find some clues in them! "I'm not giving up.

"The excavated cultural relics have long been carefully studied by the experts of their archaeological team, and there is no doubt about either the text or the real thing, and there is no hint that the hidden tunnel has anything to do with the ancient tomb!"

"That's nothing!" I sighed and said regretfully.

“…… It's not for nothing, either. There are at least two things, so to speak, that are the clues left behind. ”

"What's that?" I asked.

Xu Lan just wanted to answer, but Chen Qiu, who had been silently following behind us, suddenly interjected coldly: "Hey, why haven't the three of them come yet?" ”

I was taken aback, only to find that the three of us had finished walking the corridor, and we were standing next to the locust tree in front of the rockery at the moment, no wonder Xu Lan stopped, this is the place where we agreed to meet just now.

"Wait a little longer, they might still be looking!" I turned back to Chen Qiu and said.

The rain became lighter, but it didn't stop, so we had to hold up our umbrellas and stand next to the locust tree that had fallen to the ground, waiting for Jane and them. I don't know how long I waited, the rain was always falling, but Xiao Zhen and the others never appeared, my heart began to feel uneasy, this yard is not too big, even if they can't find Xu Lan's aunt, why don't they come to meet us at the locust tree?

"Jane, Jane! Where are you? I shouted loudly, stirring up echoes in the empty yard, but no one answered me except the rustling of rain.

Xu Lan and I glanced at each other, and we shouted Xiao Zhen's name together, but no one answered.

"Stop screaming, there's something wrong with this yard!" Chen Qiu had been looking around, and then suddenly said to us.

"Yard? What's wrong? Xu Lan and I couldn't help but look around, rockeries, fish ponds, plane trees and corridors, nothing has changed!

Chen Qiu didn't answer, and ran straight to the corridor. Xu Lan and I followed her, looking left and right as we ran, and soon, we also felt that something was wrong, but what was wrong? We followed Chen Qiu from one end of the corridor to the other, and from that end back to this end, and after running back and forth a few times, we were all out of breath.

"Hey! …… We...... Why do you do this...... Running around? I couldn't help but ask.

Chen Qiu stopped suddenly, and I suddenly stopped my feet and hit her directly.

"I'm sorry! …… I'm sorry! I hurriedly apologized, but found that Chen Qiu was unaware, standing in the middle of the cloister, her eyes staring straight at the walls of the cloister.

I followed her line of sight, and the wall? Wall! Wall! Oh, my God! I finally knew something was wrong!

The cloister should extend from the stone cave door to both sides to the rockery, that is to say, the stone cave door divides the cloister into two, and the stone cave door is used to enter and exit the Xu family. But now, this cloister is connected from beginning to end, and the stone cave door in the middle of the cloister is gone!

"The door is gone!" I threw myself to what was supposed to be the door of the stone cave, and pushed it out, and the tentacles were cold and solid bluestone wall tiles; I banged the walls on both sides again, my hands were numb from the shock, this is not an illusion, the door is really gone!

"Look no further!" Chen Qiu's tone finally became a little flustered, and he was no longer completely cold.

"How do we get out without a door? How can you not look for it? I glared at her and yelled, a little angry.

"If you can find it, the door won't be gone!" Chen Qiu replied to me in an almost sighing tone, looking at my eyes, he was unprecedentedly full of anger, and he almost rolled his eyes at me like Xiao Zhen!

Could it be that her previous rejection of people thousands of miles away was just an illusion? I was so frightened by the look on her face that I stood there stupidly, staring at her with wide eyes, almost forgetting the predicament in front of me.

"Yes, squad leader, since we can't find the door, let's go back and go upstairs to my house." Xu Lan's voice trembled a little, but her personality was originally very calm, so her thoughts were not confused, "Let's look for Xiaozhen all the way, whether we can find them or not, we will go back upstairs to talk to my grandmother about what to do!" ”

"Good!" Chen Qiu nodded decisively, took my hand without saying anything, walked out of the corridor, and walked towards the small building.

I hadn't recovered from the shock just now, and I just followed Chen Qiu forward blankly. Xu Lan took a few steps and took my hand, and the three of us walked side by side, walking briskly in this suddenly gloomy and strange mansion, leaning close to each other, as if only in this way could we feel a little at ease.

Bypass the rockery and fish pond, and you will go to the small building in front. Along the way, the rain gradually stopped, the wind stopped, the sky brightened a lot, and in the silent courtyard of the Xu family, there was a fluttering but seemingly ubiquitous undercurrent, which made people confused and uneasy, but they couldn't catch its traces.

The three of us thought that it would be best to find Xiao Zhen and them as soon as possible, and then return to Grandma Xu, so we all walked forward at a rapid pace, while trying our best to check the movement in the yard. However, at this time, except for the sound of our heavy footsteps and unsteady breathing, there was no other sound in the courtyard, and it was as if Jane had never existed! The fear in our hearts increased with this unusual silence, and we had no choice but to run into the small building faster, faster.

In the living room on the ground floor, the lights were still on, and the two boxes containing the amber and white jade statues on the table were gone, presumably Grandma Xu had put them away. There was no one in the living room, Xu Lan pointed to the right with her hand, and we walked down the hallway to the room on the ground floor. There are three rooms on the ground floor, the one on the right is the guest room, the larger one in the middle is Grandma Xu's room, and the one on the left is where Aunt Liu lives.

When we approached Grandma Xu's room, we saw that the dark black carved door was hidden, exuding a quiet and warm smell, which made our confused hearts suddenly settle down a lot. Xu Lan pushed open the door suddenly, and the three of us rushed in.

As I walked inside, I said in a loud voice, "Grandma Xu, Grandma Xu!" Jane, are they back? ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Xu Lan shouting and asking, "Who are you?" How did you get in? What are you doing here? ”

I stopped and took a closer look, Grandma Xu was not in the room, it was a strange man in the room. He was in his early sixties, tall, with a dark complexion, slightly gray temples, a pair of sharp eyes on his face, burning and shining, and a white beard on his chin, although not long, but erect, like the spikes on a cactus, which made his face extremely resolute. Hearing Xu Lan's question, he slowly got up from the old-fashioned mahogany rocking chair beside the bed, and looked directly at us with both eyes, his face calm and not embarrassed at all.

“…… You...... You ......" Xu Lan's eyes widened after seeing this person's face clearly, her body began to tremble constantly, her face was pale, and she couldn't speak, we could only hear the gurgling sound of her upper and lower teeth hitting each other.

I hurriedly stood up to Xu Lan's side, held her hand, and tried to comfort her. Her hands were cold, her palms were wet, and she was already sweating.

"Hey, who the hell are you? What about Grandma Xu? How could you be in her room? Intuitively, he was not a thief who broke in, but he was definitely not someone who should have appeared here, otherwise, Xu Lan would not have looked at him with such a frightened expression.

"Xiaolan, where's grandma? Where did she go? The man ignored me, leaned closer to Xu Lan, asked in a gentle tone, and stretched out his hand as if he wanted to touch Xu Lan's head.

Xiaolan? He opened his mouth and called Xu Lan's nickname, could it be an acquaintance of the Xu family? However, why did Xu Lan react as if she had had the most terrible nightmare and was trying to wake up? I can't guess why, but I know in my heart that I'm afraid it's not going to be good again.

Xu Lan took a big step back suddenly, and I stumbled, almost knocking down Chen Qiu who was standing behind us.

"Xiaolan, I'm back, why aren't you upset? What about grandma? What did she do? The man showed a look of surprise and walked over to grab Xu Lan.

Xu Lan's expression was even more frightened.

Suddenly, she spun around and pulled me out as hard as she could. That speed, it's really a race to lightning.

I stumbled after her, and at the same time, I didn't forget to turn around and call Chen Qiu: "...... Hey, let's go! ”

Chen Qiu did not hesitate, and immediately ran out of the door with us.

When the three of us ran away in one breath and finally stopped, we found that we were back next to the locust tree in front of the rockery.

“…… Composed...... Xu Lan, who is he? …… What are you doing...... Scared like this? "I couldn't breathe when I ran, and I was running around like a dog with such a burning ass all day, I was really "panicked like a lost dog"!

After a long time, Xu Lan spoke: "...... He...... He's me...... Grandfather! Xu Lan's voice was as small as a gnat, but it was like a thunderclap in my ears.

"You, your grandfather?! …… No way! Your grandfather...... He, he's not ......" I tongue knotted and couldn't speak.

"My grandfather...... I was 6 years old at the time of the accident! …… His appearance hasn't changed...... And the photos! …… I won't admit it......" Xu Lan's words were a bit incompatible, but how could we not understand what she meant?

The sky gradually darkened, the old house of the Xu family was shrouded in a hazy mist, more and more quiet, rockeries, fish ponds, corridors, jagged sycamores, mist that seemed to be absent, simple and elegant brick and wood buildings, all this, what a beautiful picture in the eyes of the poet!

However, the three of us were in this picturesque Xu house, but we were cold from the bottom of our hearts, not only frightened, but also isolated and helpless.

Xiao Zhen and the others are gone, Aunt Liu and Uncle Tang have not come back, the stone cave door leading to the outside has disappeared, even Grandma Xu is gone, and what is even worse is that Xu Lan's grandfather, who has long since died, has appeared!

What a hell of a life!