【027】Antique shop
Vanilla has to go to the city to get a blood test list, and the person who accompanies her is naturally Wengen. Before leaving, she didn't wait for Zhong Kui to deliver it, but walked alone in the direction of the station.
Vanilla did not alarm Xu Qian when she left the county seat. Because of the fear and fatigue of the night, she is still indulging in dreams at this moment. The woman who had not been seen for a long time appeared in the dream again without warning.
In the dream, she had no ability to resist, just stood in front of the woman mechanically. Very close distance, panicked, in the strange atmosphere from all directions, but there is no strength to break free.
The woman held a beautiful, delicate and clear thing that resembled a rose, handed it to her, and said with a mysterious expression: "When the crystal rose is defeated, it is the key to the end of your life. ”
The woman's hideous smile disappeared into the dream when Xu Qian let out a stunned scream. When I woke up, I was drenched in sweat, and my underwear was already soaked.
Dizzily rolled over and got up, glanced at the vanilla bunk in a daze, it was empty, and suddenly remembered that she was going to the city today. There is an old-fashioned wardrobe in the room with a round mirrored finish.
Footsteps drifted to the mirror to see that his hair was messy, his face was pale, and his eyes were dark. This is all the confirmation left by the unknown back of the tracking last night, and the events of last night are still vivid, but I can't tell who is right and who is wrong!
After washing his face and rinsing his mouth, he finished eating a little and walked out of the house. The tenants of Zhong Kui's house seem to be so busy, no matter morning or evening, the courtyard is empty, as if there is no one else except Xu Qian and Vanilla.
The sky is gloomy, Xu Qian counted you carefully, and it was the second time she came to the county seat. For the first time, there was a willow branch incident. After that, she left in a hurry, this time she must take a closer look at the cultural features of the county or something, to see if there is anything new to discover.
In the years when Zhong Kui and they were not there, the county added a lot of different projects and different types of business households. For example, Xu Qian walked into this antique shop, from the floor-to-ceiling glass window outside the store, she saw a porcelain, it was a vase.
It was the crystal rose in the vase that caught her eye.
There seemed to be no one in the antique shop, Xu Qian's eyes were fixed on the vase, and she subconsciously walked in. And picked up the vase, and looked carefully and seriously at the crystal rose in the vase.
The rose is so realistic, if it weren't for the cold feeling of her fingers, and the lack of the unique fragrance of roses, she would have thought it was a real rose. The vase is also delicate, with a multicolored vase with a fine white porcelain base. On the vase, a charming woman snuggles up on a railing, and outside the railing is a lotus pond with pink lotus flowers. Under the thick lotus leaves, a pair of mandarin ducks snuggled together.
I don't know why, just a glance, a glance. She fell in love with this rose, and with this vase, she couldn't put it down.
Especially the woman on the vase, giving Xu Qian the feeling of being herself. The woman, although very small on the vase, was very delicately painted, and the lazy appearance of leaning against the railing, and the blank expression were all so reverie and pity.
There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and his instinctive consciousness told Xu Qian that the owner of the antique shop must have returned. The moment I turned my head, I secretly wondered if the boss would be an elegant and funny old man.
When her eyes met genuinely, she was stunned...... This person seems familiar, but not impressed. Her mind suddenly fell into a boundless confusion, as if something was rushing towards her at once, and as if an elf that could not be touched and seen was pulling away from her body.
He's not very old, he's the kind of mature male being. He is handsome and elegant, with a charming smile, and unabashedly undisguised charm. A potential demagogic power almost bewitched Xu Qian......
She paused, tried to restrain the panic in her heart, and after stabilizing, hurriedly asked, "How much is your money?" ”
The boss shook his head.
"Aren't you selling?" Xu Qian suddenly looked very nervous, pinching the vase with her fingers, not wanting to put it down.
"It's not." The boss's deep voice sounded familiar to her. "She's priceless."
"Priceless?" Xu Qian smiled bitterly, and finally reluctantly put down the vase and crystal roses, "It seems that I can't afford it." ”
"If you like." The boss groaned, staring at Xu Qian intently with deep eyes.
Do you want to blackmail, or because you like it, you want to ask for a sky-high price? Xu Qian secretly guessed. Avoiding the other party's gaze and looking outside, the street, which was few just now, is now lively.
"If you like, I can do without money." The boss's teeth are so white, as white as vase porcelain.
No way! How could it be sent to me for nothing? It's my first time here, and I don't know anyone before! Xu Qianhu glanced at the other party suspiciously. "No, no, I can't just ask for something from strangers." If you don't want money, I won't buy it. ”
The boss smiled bitterly, didn't say anything, and wrapped the vase in a slippery manner. "Ten bucks."
Xu Qian handed him ten yuan, took the heavy vase and left.
A gloomy and dreary day, changeable. There is no sun but it is extremely hot, and this stuffiness indicates that a thunderstorm is coming. Boom, a dull sound of Thor, far away and sometimes near.
Xu Qian couldn't help but speed up her pace, but when she entered the door, she unexpectedly saw Zhong Kui at home.
A glass of wine, half a catty of dry pot beans, and a pair of wooden chopsticks. Take a sip, then look up comfortably, squint your eyes, what do you think? I don't know, anyway, the mind is already messy at this moment.
Xu Qian saw Zhong Kui drinking again. My heart hurts like a needle prick.
Zhong Kui's drunken eyes were hazy, and he caught a glimpse of Xu Qian entering the house with something in her hand. Grinning and saying, "What good things did you buy?" "A glass of wine in hand, tilt your neck and drink it all in one gulp.
Xu Qian's face was bitter, and her eyes fell on the Adam's apple that was exposed when she raised her neck. Stunned, "It's nothing, a vase." Then he remembered something and asked, "Vanilla, they went to the city?" "Knowingly ask! It seems that the ghost hunting shop is not open today.
Zhong Kui drank as if he hadn't heard Xu Qian's words.
Sometimes he frowned, sometimes pouted, and no one knew the pain in his heart. What happened last night made him feel disgusted with her who used to be so fond and caring, and the feelings were so strange.
Xu Qian entered the room and put down the object in her hand. Peeling off the wrapped paper skin, I admired the vase with all my heart, but a strong wind hit behind it, and the vase fell crookedly, and the bones rolled an inch away, and it fell to the ground at once. 'Whoa' smashed to pieces!