Xiaodou and Kang Ju passed by, although the person walked towards the west of the artificial island, but his attention was still focused on the woman behind him, one thing he was unintentionally realized just now, lingered in Xiaodou's heart, the touch of the woman's body to him, and the beautiful face, intertwined, so that Xiaodou couldn't figure out the truth,

Shaking his head, Xiaodou stopped thinking about these inconsequential things and walked forward faster.

There was no one on the two-story board house and the dock in the distance, the wind was whistling and blowing Xiaodou's hair, he gently brushed the hair back of his head with his hand, squinted his eyes and looked at the balcony on the second floor of the board house, behind the clothes hanging there, you can vaguely see that there seems to be a heavy light umbrella on the ground,

Xiaodou was very strange, all the heavy light umbrellas he saw were neatly hung on the wall shelves, why did the umbrella be placed on the ground? Has it just been used?

Walking directly in the direction of the umbrella, Xiaodou didn't notice that there was a figure shaking in the warehouse next to him, it was a tall man he had never seen before, probably in his 50s, his hair and beard were gray, but his muscles were prominent, and he looked good in spirit and strength.

The man is sorting out boxes of things to the corner of the warehouse, this is his work today, these days, in order to catch up with the heavy light umbrella, the warehouse has not been cleaned for a long time, the floor inside is damp, the smell is strong, and even dead fish and shrimp are stuffed in the gaps between the boxes, which makes people feel disgusting to look at.

After the man pushed the box to a clean place, he began to clean up the dead fish and shrimp into the black garbage bag, perhaps trying to pull them to the lake to dump them, and just as he straightened up and relaxed a little, he saw Xiaodou passing by outside out of the corner of his eye.

But immediately walked to the door of the warehouse and shouted to Xiaodou: "Hey! Who are you, lad? Where are you going? ”

Xiaodou stopped when he heard the voice, he turned his head and met the man's gaze towards this side, and in an instant, the man standing at the door of the warehouse let out a slight exclamation, and the man also took two steps back, as if he had seen a ghost.

The man called softly, "Nono... Nono ......, "But he never dared to shout the name out loud, and could only swallow it back into his throat more and more softly."

Xiaodou's pupils, as bright as pearls, were still staring at this strange old man, as if waiting for him to report his name first.

After stabilizing his emotions, the old man shouted to Xiaodou, "I will be Kanghong, a fishing worker here." ”

The hall in the prefabricated room is very simple, it is a boxy space, there is no partition in the middle, and there is no large furniture, and there are many things stacked like a warehouse. On this island, simplicity is convenience, and besides, the prefabricated houses need to be dismantled every day to place furniture that is not necessary, which can only lead to an increase in workload.

As he walked, Convoy took off the gloves on his hands, he wore a pair of cotton and linen gloves for work, the white kind, but the original color of the gloves was no longer visible, and they were stained with fish stumps and blood.

Coming to the staircase leading to the second floor, Kanghong stood there and shouted again: "Xiaoju, are you up there?" ”

This time, a voice answered him, but not her daughter's, but another man. The man's voice sounded very young, probably in his teens.

"Sister Xiaoju is out."

"It's Xiao Chen! Are you awake already? How's your preparation going today? It's almost afternoon departure, don't forget anything. Kang Hong walked upstairs, instructing the boy named Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen's voice was very clear, and he was also walking downstairs, saying: "Uncle, don't worry, I'm already 15 years old, it's impossible to lose everything, and Sister Xiaoju checked it for me again this morning, and there is no problem." ”

"That's good! Do you know where Ju goes? ”

"She said she was going to help out in the hotel kitchen, not because of that Yannuogu, huh!!"

Xiao Chen said this sentence very seriously, especially the last word, which showed that he was very dissatisfied with Kang Ju going to Yannuogu. Kang Hong happened to see him snorting with his nose, smiled and touched his head and said: "If you really like Xiaoju, then go to the city to train for a few years, make a lot of money and come back to marry her, but be fast, Xiaoju is 27 years old this year, she can't wait for you for a few years." ”

"Then what if after I leave, uncle, you go back on your word and marry Xiaoju to Yannuogu? Then you'll say that they're the same age! Xiao Chen said bluntly, usually Kanghong spoils him very much, so he doesn't care about anything.

Kang Hong said: "Xiaoju's secret is only you, and the two of us know it, do you think she can marry Yannuogu?" ”

This rhetorical question instantly made Xiao Chen speechless, and while he didn't speak, Kang Hong continued to ask rhetorically: "Do you have the confidence to go to the city and not forget Xiaoju?" There are many more people your age there than on this artificial island. ”

The man walked out of the room and walked downstairs step by step, wearing an ordinary shirt, touching his cheek with one hand, as if to make sure it was smooth, and the other hand in his pocket, clutching the key to the door, the ill-fitting cotton and linen trousers, which looked baggy.

Every step of the overly long trouser leg is almost stepped on by white shoes. There was a little tawny dirt sticking to the toe of his white shoes, like oil stains, like mud stuck to somewhere.

There were already people walking around in the hotel hall, all of them were busy aunts coming in and out, and the workers had not yet come from the board room, and the man called out to one of the aunts and asked, "Is Xiao Yan in the kitchen?" ”

"He just left, Xiao Chen, let me tell you, Xiao Yan is also strange today, either he doesn't come, or he hurriedly cooks all the meals at once, it only takes half the usual time, we can't serve it, you wait and see him and ask what's going on? Xiao Yan has always had the best friendship with you. ”

"I see, Auntie, I'll go find him now." After the man called Xiao Chen finished speaking, he hurriedly walked outside the hotel, this man is completely different from Kang Chen, he looks much more mature, about 35 to 40 years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a pair of eyes that are very good-looking, from the appearance, he is the same type of person as Yun Yeyao, but Yun Yeyao's eyes are very bright, and his eyes are only much gloomy.

The man is not very tall, perhaps because he is slightly hunched over, which gives this impression. When he walks, one leg doesn't seem to be very neat, but it's not as obvious as a lame man, and he will never notice it if you don't look closely.

He seems to be deliberately paying attention to the condition of his legs, walking slowly, trying to make himself look like a normal person. When he walked past his aunt and wanted to push open the door of the hotel, the aunt behind him suddenly shouted: "Xiao Chen, why are your trouser legs behind you wet?" ”

"Ahh Is it? It may have gotten wet when I went out for a walk in the morning. Xiao Chen was startled and quickly replied.

"I told you not to wear such long pants, these pants don't fit at all and are easy to fall." Auntie complained, put the garbage bag in her hand on the side of the counter, squatted down and prepared to help Xiao Chen pull up his trouser legs, the people here are not divided into each other, everyone treats each other as family, so it doesn't matter if you do a small favor.

It is not easy for a person to walk from the artificial island to the dock, especially for a young man like Xiaodou, who is already weak, against the wind on the lake, it took about 20 minutes for Xiaodou to stand firmly in the center of the pier, and the surrounding lake water is undulating, making Xiaodou feel that the small pier is like a pontoon, which may capsize at any time.

Shodou steadied himself, turned and walked towards the mooring harbor hidden under the artificial island, where the ships were neatly arranged, and Shodou laboriously moved a pedal, and after setting it up, he was ready to go to one of the ships to see the heavy light umbrella on it, he was indeed very interested in those special umbrella bones.

At this moment, there was an exclamation from a long distance, at first glance, it sounded like a man's voice raised, but on closer inspection, it looked like a woman. Shodou glanced up at the artificial island, but due to his current location, he could barely see the condition on the island.

After a few seconds of thought, Bean gave up the idea of going back to see the excitement and continued to board the boat along the pedals to get up close and personal with the heavy light umbrellas. He never imagined that in the current hotel, there was a teenager who was looking for trouble with his girlfriend.

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Inside the Artificial Island Inn

When Yueyue saw the menacing Xiao Chen, she didn't know what was going on? I don't know why Xiao Chen came to her for trouble? She couldn't even understand what Xiao Chen said!

"I'm telling you, you'd better stay away from Sister Xiaoju, otherwise, I will beat you up no matter if you are a woman or not!" Xiao Chen said loudly to Yueyue in front of everyone in the hotel hall.

Yueyue was also very angry and retorted: "What do you want to do? I don't know you at all, and Xiaoju and I just talked a few words, why are you threatening me like this? Is this your way of hospitality? ”

After a series of rhetorical questions, Uncle Li hurriedly ran in, and when he saw the situation in the room, he slapped Yan Nuogu, who was leaning against the east counter and watching the bustle, and said, "You are stupid! Hurry up and pull Xiao Chen out! ”

"It's not that I don't want to pull, it's that Xiaoju has already pulled it just now, it's useless, Xiao Chen, this guy just ignores it, Xiaoju is angry with him! And ......"

"And what?" Uncle Li asked inexplicably, he felt that Yan Nuogu looked at him a little strangely, and he chuckled in his heart, and immediately realized that something bad must have happened.

The fifth room that Lao Nuo entered first was the room where the uneasy tenant lived, but since Lao Nuo suddenly locked the door, we had no way of knowing what was going on in the room. In other words, this matter is currently known only to Lao Nuo, and perhaps the tenants in the room know, but the tenants must be alive now.

Leaving aside the unnamed tenant, let's take a look at what happened after Lao Nuo entered the patient's room next door.

This time, he really saw a corpse, not the sick person's, not the unpleasant tenant, but a man without head and feet.

When he first entered the room, Lao Nuo didn't find a corpse lying on the bed, but just like the criminal police and actors yesterday, he felt a strong wind blowing in his face, blowing so much that he couldn't open his eyes. Because, the window opposite the door was wide open, and the room was filled with the strong smell of lake water, Lao Nuo didn't care, and walked directly through the whole room, and walked over to close the window.

It wasn't until he had closed all the wooden blinds that the room was quiet, and Lao Nuo picked up the little things that had been blown to the floor by the wind, put them back on the table, and then went to the bed to check on the patient.

The patient's entire body was covered, with only one hand sticking out of the futon and his fingers bent up on the edge of the bed, as if he was knocking on the edge of the bed, and unconsciously fell asleep.

Lao Nuo said to the bed, "Are you okay?" It's almost lunch, the weather is nice today, I'll help you go out for a walk after dinner. ”

But there is no reaction in bed, which is also normal, and patients, especially those who lie in bed all year round, are always a little more sluggish than others. What's more, this patient is still 'asleep'. Lao Nuo naturally thought the same way, so he didn't speak again, but reached out and lifted the covering of the head of the person on the bed.

But the first thing he saw was not a familiar face, but a piece of flesh with the top cut off and the flesh grinding! Lao Nuo didn't react at once, his brain was like a computer crashing, blank for a second or two, and then a small cervical vertebrae exposed to the flesh in his pupils finally realized what he had seen before?

Lao Nuo opened his mouth and let out a silent scream, the person stepped back straight, sat on the ground, he still pulled a corner of the futon in his hand, and lifted the futon off the bed with too much force, and the terrifying corpse on the bed was all exposed in front of his eyes at once.

The man was at the bottom of the lake, and after watching his beloved leave, he began to swim towards the east of Bifang Island, which was the direction of the back kitchen of the inn, and he picked up his speed, gradually following the dark shadow that had just swam past from a short distance.

The tall worker always helps Lao Nuo do things, the man is already a little bored, he can't spend it like this year after year, this is a good opportunity, it is not easy to have a criminal police officer to come to Bifang Island, the man must seize this opportunity.

Emerging from the surface of the lake and taking a sharp breath, the man dived down again, keeping an undetected distance, and the man watched as the dark shadow opened the waterproof door in the middle of the giant bracket and entered inside. Then let go of his hands and feet, swim to the waterproof door in one go, hide there and wait.

He knew very well what the black shadow was going to do, but he must not let him discover what was at the bottom of the lake, and even if his actions were discovered by the criminal police, he could not be seen by the people on the island. The hands paddling in the lake gathered together, pulled a thin ribbon from the wrist, and slowly twisted it on the top of the hands.

As soon as the dark shadow inside comes out, the man will immediately attack, and the deadly fishing line hidden in the ribbon can easily strangle the neck.

Everything seemed to be as he had imagined, and in less than five minutes, the black shadow inside the hollow stand opened the door and swam out again with a tool in his hand, the black shadow was a master of swimming and diving, and the man had to be careful to be countered by him.

Fortunately, the black shadow opened the door and did not notice the anomaly behind it, and his attention was temporarily distracted, giving the man a chance, he quickly wrapped the ribbon around the black shadow's neck, and pulled it back with all his strength.

The black shadow struggled desperately, his hands and feet stirring under the surface of the lake, bringing up foam and waves, and clouding the eyes of the two men. Now it's not just strength that they're competing for, it's also stamina, and whoever can stay under the surface of the lake for a long time will win the competition.

Black Shadow is not a vegetarian either, when he was struggling, he hit the man's side with his elbow desperately, trying to get him out of strength, but the man did not give up because of this, and endured severe pain, but the man pulled the ribbon back harder.

I don't know how long it was, but suddenly there was the sound of bones breaking under the water, followed by the last low roar of a person before he died. There are also gurgling foam floating on the surface of the lake. A few minutes later, a man with a twisted and hideous face, almost crazy, rose from under the lake, his black hair scattered like a demon floating from the bottom of the lake.

The man was at the bottom of the lake, and after watching his beloved leave, he began to swim towards the east of Bifang Island, which was the direction of the back kitchen of the inn, and he picked up his speed, gradually following the dark shadow that had just swam past from a short distance.

The tall worker always helps Lao Nuo do things, the man is already a little bored, he can't spend it like this year after year, this is a good opportunity, it is not easy to have a criminal police officer to come to Bifang Island, the man must seize this opportunity.

Emerging from the surface of the lake and taking a sharp breath, the man dived down again, keeping an undetected distance, and the man watched as the dark shadow opened the waterproof door in the middle of the giant bracket and entered inside. Then let go of his hands and feet, swim to the waterproof door in one go, hide there and wait.

He knew very well what the black shadow was going to do, but he must not let him discover what was at the bottom of the lake, and even if his actions were discovered by the criminal police, he could not be seen by the people on the island. The hands paddling in the lake gathered together, pulled a thin ribbon from the wrist, and slowly twisted it on the top of the hands.

As soon as the dark shadow inside comes out, the man will immediately attack, and the deadly fishing line hidden in the ribbon can easily strangle the neck.

Everything seemed to be as he had imagined, and in less than five minutes, the black shadow inside the hollow stand opened the door and swam out again with a tool in his hand, the black shadow was a master of swimming and diving, and the man had to be careful to be countered by him.

Fortunately, the black shadow opened the door and did not notice the anomaly behind it, and his attention was temporarily distracted, giving the man a chance, he quickly wrapped the ribbon around the black shadow's neck, and pulled it back with all his strength.

The black shadow struggled desperately, his hands and feet stirring under the surface of the lake, bringing up foam and waves, and clouding the eyes of the two men. Now it's not just strength that they're competing for, it's also stamina, and whoever can stay under the surface of the lake for a long time will win the competition.

Black Shadow is not a vegetarian either, when he was struggling, he hit the man's side with his elbow desperately, trying to get him out of strength, but the man did not give up because of this, and endured severe pain, but the man pulled the ribbon back harder.

I don't know how long it was, but suddenly there was the sound of bones breaking under the water, followed by the last low roar of a person before he died. There are also gurgling foam floating on the surface of the lake. A few minutes later, a man with a twisted and hideous face, almost crazy, rose from under the lake, his black hair scattered like a demon floating from the bottom of the lake.

Why did Xie Yunmeng mention Xiao Chen's character? What did the detectives find? What is the difference between Xiao Chen in the quarrel, Xiao Chen who walked down from the second floor of the hotel, and Xiao Chen in the mouths of Lao Nuo, the chef and Aunt Tao? Lao Nuo went to the hotel, why was there no sound at all? Is Cannes alive or dead? These will soon start from the discovery of the first body and begin to enter the line of sight of the criminal police and actors.

The time has passed 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and the open-air table in front of the board house has almost been cleaned up, Yun Yeyao and Xie Yunmeng have nothing to do, just standing in front of the lakeside guardrail, Mr. Actor saw that everyone was almost gone, so he asked his friend: "Xiaomeng, what is it?" Take it out and I'll take a look. ”

He was referring to the thing that Xie Yunmeng secretly took from the dock, which Mr. Criminal Police revealed to him during the meal just now, Xie Yunmeng stretched out his left hand from his pocket, spread out his clenched fist, and there was a strand of black hair lying in his fist, which at first glance looked like those black ponytail hairs in the hotel kitchen.

Yun Yeyao gently twisted a little with his fingers, leaned in front of him and looked at it and asked, "What's so strange about this?" ”

"Of course there's nothing to be strange about, it's strange where he's located, do you want to know?" Xie Yunmeng deliberately went around in circles with him.

Yun Yeyao tilted his head and thought for a while and said, "Let me guess, it shouldn't have been taken out of the umbrella bone, because you didn't break the umbrella bone at all." It's not something on the umbrella surface, I touched the umbrella surface of the umbrella in your hand, the pattern is completely painted, and nothing is pasted? ”

"Let me prompt, this thing does come from an umbrella, but it wasn't taken down from the umbrella in my hand, Xiao Yao, you should be able to guess it, right?"

"Ah, I see, what do such simple questions do you have to do with me? It's a big umbrella on the bow of the ship, right? You make me think about it again, the large umbrella attached to the bow of the ship, the umbrella surface is fiery red, except for the handle, most of the umbrella bones are connected to the boat, it cannot be hollow. Well... That is, you got these things from the middle of the umbrella handle? There must be a notch in the handle that can be opened, or a lid, right? ”

"Haha......" Xie Yunmeng suddenly showed a smug look on his face, and said to Yun Yeyao: "Lost twice, twice." ”

"What? What does it mean to lose twice, you can explain it to me. Yun Yeyao immediately jumped up and yelled at Xie Yumeng.

Xie Yunmeng hooked his shoulders and said to him, "The first time is Uncle Li's sleeve, and the second time is the source of this thing," After speaking, he pressed his palm towards Yun Yeyao's eyes again.

Aunt Ye sat alone in the room on the second floor of the hotel, and her room was the fourth room from east to west, that is, the room where the patient lived 15 years later. But 15 years apart, are the people living in the same place? We can't guess either. Now, she clutched that injured hand to her chest and looked out the window alone, pensive.

There was no one else in the room, and Lao Li closed the door when she went out to let her have a good rest, so she could easily think about some of her own things. Aunt Ye didn't care much about the pain in her hands, and she didn't care much about whether she would be able to draw those heavy light umbrellas in the future, because she had been doing this work for many years, and she was tired of doing it.

There was no one else in the room, and Lao Li closed the door when he went out to let her have a good rest. So the obese woman can easily think about some of her own things, she doesn't care very much about the pain in her hands, and she doesn't care very much about whether she will be able to draw those heavy light umbrellas in the future, because she has been doing this work for many years, and she is tired of doing it.

Even if he can't paint anymore, he won't lose his job on this artificial island, and it will not be a problem to make a living. Aunt Ye sighed secretly, her left hand rubbing the gauze on her right hand as if she was used to it, as well as the dried blood stains.

'I don't know what happened to Xiao Chen and Xiao Ju? Now, Lao Li should go to him for trouble, he really shouldn't have let him supervise that child in the first place, I hope Bi Fangyu can play a little role. Thinking of Bi Fang's umbrella, Aunt Ye unconsciously trembled again, she seemed to have been very scared of this, and her performance at the counter yesterday was also unnatural.

There is no way to say the reason buried deep in her heart, Aunt Ye raised her head, the sky was as muddy as a lake, she couldn't see a trace of clarity, and the blurred scene in front of her made her almost shed tears. However, when you are alone, you can't cry, only the sourness that occupies your heart makes people more uncomfortable than pain.

Turning her head and looking around the room, there are more or less things that she has used over the years, the most is paint, all kinds of paints, but these are gray and white in her eyes at this moment, I don't know when it started, some things seem to have slipped away quietly from her heart, and she will never come back.

This may be a punishment, or it may be the deepest pain in her heart, and Aunt Ye herself can't figure it out! Or perhaps, it is the ending he wants to see in his heart, even if it hurts! The woman's head was as cloudy as her pupils, and the hand she held in front of her chest gradually lowered and fell to her knees. She sighed again and stood up, trying to close the window facing the lake.

The night before Nono's father went to sea, after four o'clock in the morning

In the courtyard of the two-story slab house where someone lived in the forest, a man was opening wooden boxes one after another to check the contents, and not far from him, another man was hiding behind a tree, carefully watching his movements.

The two men each had their own doubts, they wanted to meet, but they were not sure whether the other was trustworthy, and at this moment, the friendship they had built up over the years seemed to crumble somewhat, and in the end, the man hiding behind the tree decided to trust his friend and ran in the direction of the courtyard of the board house.

The area surrounded by trees was already dark, and the two men did not know what to say, and then they quarreled, one of the men yelling very loudly, and the other tried to keep his voice as low as possible, for fear of being heard.

However, his wish was still not fulfilled, and after a while, the light on the first floor of the board room was turned on, and the hazy voice of the hostess was heard from inside, and the two men immediately stood on the united front, and one of them told the other to hurry up. And threw all the things he had just taken out back into the box, closed the lid, and hurried back into the house.

This inexplicable quarrel, and the inexplicable behavior of the two men, stopped under the sudden interruption of the woman in the house, and afterwards, we can still faintly hear the voice of the man in the house explaining to the woman, and the strange bird cry coming from somewhere.

The lights in the board room went out without warning, but the sound from inside lasted for a long, long time, until it was almost dawn, and the sound of birds that had been surrounding it also stopped at dawn.

The heavy curtains were pulled up, and the sunlight shone through the treetops, shining into the courtyard of the board house, I don't know when? The boxes we saw at night were gone, and where the boxes were placed, there were only a few boxy indentations left on the grass, and I don't know if these boxes were taken by the man in the house, or by the man who left in the middle of the night, anyway, what were the contents there? We simply don't have a way to see clearly.

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The morning of Nono and his father's last voyage

The wind and waves on the lake have risen suddenly, and Nono and his father have been gone for a long time, and the fishermen have no choice but to guard the big lake, praying that it will calm down as soon as possible, so that they can go out to sea to find the two people who have not yet returned.

Yun Yeyao, who was alone in someone else's room, seemed to be lost in thought, he had been leaning against the window for a long time and had not moved, if it weren't for the slight tapping of his fingers on the window frame, we would really think that he had fallen asleep unintentionally, or that someone had attacked him and fainted.

What the hell is Yun Yeyao thinking? We don't know, we just know that there is something that attracts him in this room that continues to ferment, and after Mr. Actor's gaze adjusts to the darkness, he keeps looking around the room, everything in front of him is hidden in a dull color, unable to distinguish its original color.

Why is this so? Secretly speculating in his heart, Yun Yeyao moved his gaze to the floor, where he also had doubts, the details of the quarrel he heard in the morning were replayed in his mind, Yun Yeyao's memory was very good, he remembered almost every word.

'Two people...... One voice is loud, the other is hoarse...... Between the exchange of words, the tail note... It seems that there is no overlap. If...... Let me say the words'

Yun Yeyao thought of this, cleared his throat, and began to repeat the quarrel he heard in the morning, he is an actor, he is very good at imitation and dubbing, he tries to use a very close tone and tone, imitate the words of the two people in the morning.

The low voice echoed in the dark room, and the people outside the door should not be able to hear it if they didn't listen carefully, Yun Yeyao was not afraid that someone would come back, even if he was discovered, he said at most that he found that the door was not locked, so he came in to take a look. Others won't do anything more than blast him out.

"What the hell do you want?! What else do you need me to do before you are satisfied?! (Questioned by the loud-voiced)

"I never asked you to do anything, if you are unhappy with me, you can drive me away, it's no big deal, Lao Nuo won't stop it!" (The voice of a hoarse man is accompanied by reluctance and crying in his tone.) The two of them will pause for about a second or so in the exchange of words.)

"What do you say?! You didn't ask me to do anything, everything was wishful thinking on my part, didn't you?! (The loud voice asks, this time, the man can hear that he is already on the verge of going berserk)

"That's not what I meant, why do you have to make everything clear?! We could have lived a dull life, why do you have to let everyone know about us?! (The hoarse voice of the person begins to change, and he changes from being questioned to being questioned, and he sounds like he is crying anymore.)

'It looks like a heated argument is an illusion, the room has been cleaned up afterwards, there are footprints, conversations, and things in the house, and I have to let Xiao Meng take a look. Thinking of this, Yun Ye Yao walked straight to the door of the room.

At this time, there were footsteps in the corridor, and a woman's voice came in, Yun Yeyao immediately stopped in place, listening intently to which room the people outside wanted to enter?

But after listening for a while, the people outside were still talking in the corridor, Yun Yeyao secretly opened a little crack in the door, and looked out, it turned out that Aunt Tao and her colleagues were collecting clothes and sheets, their position was in the middle of the corridor, and they didn't pay attention to the situation in the east room.

Yun Yeyao sneaked out of the door, closed the door lightly, and greeted Aunt Tao: "Auntie, do you want me to help together?" ”

"Oops! It's a handsome little guy, where did you come from? It scared us. Aunt Tao turned around and said that she was indeed startled, because Yun Yeyao suddenly stood at the end of the corridor, as if by magic.

"Haha," Yun Yeyao touched his head, pretending to be honest and said, "I've been up for a while, and when I saw that this room was unlocked, I was curious to go in and take a look, you wouldn't mind, right?" ”

"Naturally, we won't mind," Aunt Tao said, "However, you can't tell Xiao Chen about this, this is his room, he will mind." ”

"Kang Chen's room! I saw that it was cleaned up, and I thought it was a small orange! Ay? What does a tangerine look like? Can you describe it to me? Yun Yeyao asked.

He wasn't lying, he did feel like he was entering a woman's room just now. Maybe it's because he's usually lazy and sloppy, thinking that everything that is cleaned up is like a woman's room.

Aunt Tao didn't answer the question immediately, but retorted: "Our men here are very hardworking, everyone will clean up the room every day, especially Xiao Chen, who is more diligent than us aunts!" ”

"Really? Haha, it looks like I have to study hard, Auntie, let's talk about the little orange, the little orange must be very beautiful, right? ”

"Hmm... I can't describe it as pretty! Aunt Tao pondered.

Another aunt beside her said: "What the little handsome guy said is right, the little orange is white and pure, doesn't everyone who sees her say that she is beautiful?" ”

Also after lunch, Xiaodou helped in the kitchen, Yueyue and Xiaochen entered Aunt Ye's room together to help her treat her injuries, the situation seemed to be much calmer than the artificial island 15 years later, everyone did their part, at least there were no particularly serious incidents.

In the fourth room on the second floor

Xiao Chen helped Aunt Ye correct her bones while fixing her injured place with gauze and small wooden boards, Aunt Ye made painful gasps from time to time, and the expression on her face was also a little distorted, because of her obesity, her fingers appeared thick and short, and the index and middle fingers that stretched out at the moment were still oozing blood, and the gauze turned red after a while.

Yue Yue squatted beside them and watched their movements, and said to Xiao Chen, "Why is it still bleeding for so long?" It stands to reason that this kind of wound shouldn't be like this! ”

"That's because it's hard for my blood to clot, that's how it was when I was young, after being injured, the scab always scabs a long time later than others, and I don't know why?" Aunt Ye replied herself.

Yueyue asked, "Then have you been to the hospital to see it?" ”

"No, I've always lived on this artificial island, and it's very inconvenient to go to the hospital, not to mention that I'm only occasionally injured, and I don't feel unwell in other ways, so I've never cared about it."

"Aunt Ye, my father said that any abnormality in the body should be paid attention to, if the blood is not easy to clot, it may be that there are fewer platelets in the body, or the coagulation function is poor, you must go to the hospital to see what the cause is, and then relatively supplement some food in this area." Yueyue helped Aunt Ye analyze very seriously.

"Yueyue, thank you, but it's okay, I've been here for so many years, and this body is not so delicate." Aunt Ye smiled faintly, she didn't care about it, but she was still very grateful to Yueyue for caring about her.

Xiao Chen waited until the bandaging work was all done before he spoke, "Aunt Ye, I'm sorry!" I didn't want to hurt you so badly just now, don't worry, when the bones grow, there should be no major problems in painting, but within three months, please take care of your injuries and don't touch the brush again. ”

"Three months? How? I'm the only one here who can draw, isn't it going to delay a lot of Lao Li's business for three months! Aunt Ye said embarrassedly.

Xiao Chen stood up, wiped his hands with the remaining gauze, and replied: "Uncle Li's business is his business, you don't need to be so nervous, you won't die if you make three months less money, you can recuperate with peace of mind, at most, let Xiaoju come over, won't she also paint?" After listening to Lao Nuo's words, Xie Yunmeng also felt that the situation was urgent, he strode into the hotel, the living room was empty, there was nothing, Xie Yunmeng looked back at Lao Nuo and asked, "Where is the body you said?" ”

"One is in the fourth room upstairs, and one is in the kitchen tank."

"I'll go right away, you all stay here now, don't leave, wait for my news. Also, if you see my friend coming, don't tell him the truth just yet, and let him stay at the door of the hotel and wait for me. After Xie Yunmeng finished speaking, he turned around and stepped into the corridor leading to the kitchen, and before Lao Nuo could answer him, his person was gone.

The conversation between Lao Nuo and the criminal police, everyone at the door of the hotel heard it clearly, and everyone panicked all of a sudden, especially Chef Yan, who asked Lao Nuo: "You can't be mistaken, right?" Who the hell died? ”

Lao Nuo regained his confused appearance, sat down on the edge of the gate in a dejected manner, and replied, "I don't know either! I don't really know ......."

Seeing that he couldn't ask a reason from Lao Nuo, Chef Yan said to the others: "Let's hurry up and find out, who is not here?" ”

As soon as he spoke, the people at the door became confused, asking each other questions, walking around to make sure that anyone was not around? Within a few minutes, the results were counted, and the people who were not there included: Kang Chen, Xiaoju, three aunts, and a male guest who lived in the fifth room on the second floor of the hotel.

Chef Yan asked Lao Nuo: "Don't sit there, tell me, is that bad-tempered guest in his room?" By the way, I remember he didn't come out to eat just now! ”

"He... Not in my room, I don't know where he is! I've seen every single room. He replied that his hands and arms were stretched straight on his knees, and his hands were open and clenched as if they were nerve contractures, repeating the motion.

"What the hell is going on?!" A voice in the crowd shouted, "Why don't we go in and have a look!" Who knows if that detective is real? We'll have to find out for ourselves what happened. ”

As soon as these words came out, it was like opening the floodgates, and everyone squeezed into the hotel, Lao Nuo didn't even have time to stand up, he could only watch them rush in, a few people ran towards the guest room on the second floor, and a few people poured directly into the kitchen.

The strange atmosphere in the kitchen was getting thicker and thicker, and besides the effect of those rotten fish heads, there was another thing, but this thing was not noticed by everyone at the moment, and it was only a little exposed at the bottom of the water tank, which was pressed by the water tank.

It was a small collection of black hair, which at first glance looked like the hair on the tail of a horse that had not been cleaned, but on closer inspection, it was much softer and more delicate than the tail hair, more like the hair on a human head.

Xiaodou stood alone in front of the kitchen stove, watching Xiao Chen and the obese aunt busy inside, feeling a dry mouth, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and slowly approached the water tank, the water in the water tank was very clear, and he could see the end at a glance, so he thought that even if he didn't boil, it shouldn't matter if he took a sip.

Don't know why? The feeling of thirst had been bothering him, 'Maybe the craving for cigarettes has finally exploded!' Bean thought to himself, and poked his head over the water tank, the clear water surface fluctuated slightly, and black shadows could be seen below the water surface, maybe it was caused by the inner edge of the water tank, or maybe something else......

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In the fourth room on the second floor of the hotel

"Aunt Ye, can you tell me about the north side of the lake? Have you lived there in the past? Yueyue never forgot Xiaodou's purpose, and wanted to hear about the past in the north of the lake, but Aunt Ye was unwilling to tell her.

The middle-aged woman was silent, her eyes kept staring at the surface of the big lake, the wooden shutters had been twisted open by her at this time, and the wind blowing in the gap was whirring in the ears of the two people, and a trace of wind had been blowing through the side of Aunt Ye's eyes, making his eyes squint and be a little unable to open.

Seeing that there was no response to the questioning, Yue Yue had no choice but to swallow the next words back into her stomach, silently accompanying the injured woman, her fingers on her knees motionless, blood still slowly oozing out of it.

Yue Yue silently helped her remove the gauze on the surface and replaced it with a small piece of clean gauze, and she didn't react, like a wooden man. In an instant, Yueyue felt that this middle-aged woman was inexplicably distressing, and her eyes were a little moist.

Yueyue has always been soft-hearted and very kind, she has seen many patients who are in pain and unable to take care of themselves, Yueyue feels that the current Aunt Ye is as painful as those patients.

The woman quietly left where she had been, and without anyone seeing, she walked straight forward, where something caught her eye, something she had just seen and had been given by someone.

The skirt on her body was in the way, and the woman simply lifted the hem of the skirt, kicked off the slippers, exposed her slender ankles, and a pair of reddened bare feet, and ran towards the target. The bare feet touched the ground, making a fluttering sound, and a small splash of water at every step.

The cool water stimulated the nerves on the soles of the woman's feet, and the upturned part of the ground scratched the soles of her feet, but she didn't care about all this, she just wanted to pick up what she saw quickly, and then let no one find out, return to the place where she was just now, and continue to play her role.

The woman could hear her heart beating, the sound was heavy and powerful, as if it was driving the muscles of her whole body to beat together, the heat flowing from the heart to every inch of her bones, and the broad shoulders squeezing into the narrow dress made her uncomfortable.

The woman simply rolled up her sleeves, unbuttoned her neckline, and pulled her clothes below her shoulders. She looked around in a panic again, and it was only after she was sure that there was no one again, that she exhaled, quickly picked up something on the ground and ran back.

This time she ran faster than before, and on two occasions, the woman almost slipped, but her balance was not bad, and she was always able to stabilize her body when her arms were spread.

Every time a woman's arm is opened, you can see the faint muscles above her arm, it seems that this woman is also a perennial worker, and she should be quite strong.

Running into the same place, she put on her slippers in a panic, whether she was wearing them right or backwards, and immediately ran upstairs with a kick and a tap, as if she was catching a train. The jumble of sounds drew in the people in the next room.

It was a man who lived in the first room in the east end, a man who was unusually withdrawn, and he just pulled the curtain open a slit, glanced out, and immediately retracted into the room. The woman doesn't care if the person sees what she's doing!

Glancing hurriedly through the window, the woman lifted her foot and, with a snap, kicked open the door to another room. She used too much force, and the door fell directly and hung diagonally on the door frame, but this was not because she really had a lot of strength, but because the connection on one side of the door had already been loosened due to many disassembly, and the sudden violent vibration could easily make it fall off, just like a joint that is easy to dislocate in people.

Although life in the fishing village looks dull and dull, the appearance of new life will bring a little joy every time, especially the women in the village, who will always run happily to tell each other, as if every child is their own child.

In this year, a little girl was born in the fishing village, she was very beautiful, with a round baby face, round eyes, and eyelashes like small fans. The tip of the nose and the small mouth are also fleshy. As soon as he was born, the first thing the little guy saw was not her mother, but Nono, who was eleven years older than him.

Nuno happened to pass by the girl's house with her father at that time, and saw the girl's mother washing clothes at the door with a big belly, women in the countryside are not as delicate as women in the city, and when they are about to give birth, some will move around, and even do some simple housework.

Nono's own mother was also such a hard-working woman, so Nono couldn't help but look at the girl's mother a few more times, and when the woman who was washing the clothes looked up and saw him, as if there was an omen, her stomach suddenly came with a sharp pain, and the person fell on the edge of the laundry tub at once.

Because there was no one else in the family, the girl's mother had to ask for help from Nuo Nuo's father and son, Nuo Nuo's father was a warm-hearted person, he quickly asked Nuo Nuo to call the village doctor, and he went into the yard to help the woman into the house, however, in order to avoid suspicion, Nuo Nuo's father soon left, and went to a few families on the side to find a few women at home to help.

Because of the help of Nono's father and son, the girl was born without danger, but she was born prematurely, and she was about two months before her due date. As for the cause of premature birth, everyone can't figure it out, because usually the girl's mother is fine, and there is nothing abnormal.

When the village doctor picked up the child, he found that the child's bones were not only not hardened, but also that the eyes were closed, the eyelids were glued together, and she couldn't open them at all, and the village doctor didn't dare to use a scalpel to cut it open for her, which would be very dangerous.

In the end, it was little Nuno who was more bold, and after obtaining the consent of the girl's mother, he used a small leaf to cut the girl's eyelids, without a trace of harm, black and clear, and the big eyes like pearls opened phantomly in front of Nono, as if they were Nono's sister, because the boy himself also had such a pair of clear eyes.

From then on, the girl had her eyes on Nono. As soon as he learned to walk, he became Nono's little heel, and the two were inseparable all day long. The girl's mother was a widow whose husband had recently died, and Nono's father, a widower, was so good to see their two children. The villagers wanted to match the two of them, but Nono's father was unwilling, and the matter was put on hold.

Of the three people left in the kitchen, two were slumped on the floor, and one was standing there, his legs shaking like chaff. Xiaodou and Auntie were so frightened that they couldn't react, 15-year-old Xiao Chen was still a little guts, after he came back to his senses, he glanced left and right at the two people sitting on the ground, and suddenly rushed out of the kitchen door.

Xiao Chen is going to move the rescuers, and the three of them can't do anything here at all, he wants to go to Kang Hong and Lao Li and let them solve the horror in the kitchen.

The only sober person ran out like this, and the only thing left on the damp kitchen floor was Xiaodou, who was sitting under the big table, and Xiaodou could hear heavy footsteps and the sound of her aunt's teeth fighting in the warehouse.

After a few minutes, without anyone seeing, Xiaodou's face slowly calmed down. The muscles that had trembled with fear just now no longer twitched. He slowly got up from the floor and found a rag to wipe his hands clean, and then walked step by step to the water tank containing the corpse, and when he walked to the door of the small warehouse, the aunt was horrified to see that Xiaodou actually put his hands into the water tank.

"You, what do you want to do?! You can't be a murderer! ”

No one answered the aunt's question, and she began to scream in terror, one after another, as sharp as the cries of sparrows preyed upon by eagles. Then the aunt crawled out of the back door of the small warehouse. The back door was almost pulled down by her, and there was a loud clattering sound.

At this moment, Xiaodou is really the only one left in the kitchen, and only he knows best in his heart that he is not a murderer, but the reason why he wants to act in front of Xiao Chen and his aunt is only known to him.

Thinking about something, Xiaodou held his breath and jerked the corpse's hands and arms, pulling it out of the water tank. The corpse was not yet stiff, faint green spots could be seen on it, above the cervical vertebrae that were not connected to the head, and the minced flesh and bones shook with the movements of the bean.

Xiaodou stared at every feature on the corpse, thinking, corresponding, wanting to know who this corpse was? It's a pity that he is not so smart that he can recognize the identity of the corpse at once. When he let go of his hand, Xiaodou already had some preliminary thoughts in his heart, he turned his body, still wiped his hand dry with the rag just now, and then suddenly began to push the water tank containing the corpse.

"I pushed the water tank to find clues to the incident. You don't have any evidence that I killed someone. And before I went into the kitchen, a lot of people saw me in action. ”

Xiaodou's words made some sense, Kang Hong and Xiao Chen, who were standing at the door of Aunt Ye's room, were speechless for a while, they seemed to have forgotten to help Aunt Ye, and they were still standing there.

Xiaodou continued: "Aunt Ye seems to have been poisoned, do you want to stand at the door and argue with me, or find a way to save her life?" ”

Kanghong finally reacted, he pulled the person behind him and hurried into the room, but before he was about to walk to the bed, he was stopped by Xiaodou who was standing up. At this time, Xiaodou was still holding the bloody gauze that had been untied from Aunt Ye's hand.

The gauze pounded against the edge of his trouser leg, and the jet-black blood underneath looked like it was about to drip down. Xiaodou changed his previous gentle appearance, his eyes were as sharp as knives, and he asked them, "Why are only the two of you coming in?" What about Lao Li, the manager of the hotel? Where did the other workers and innkeepers go? ”

"There has been such a terrible murder, and according to common sense, this place must be very noisy now! You guys are hiding the news, why don't you want anyone else to know? In the kitchen just now, Xiao Chen had three aunts beside him, one of them walked away from the door, and another aunt was also missing, and it should have walked out of the back door. ”

"Xiao Chen, you can't ignore the two of them, but why didn't you say a word and let them go? The water tank was next to the small kitchen door, and when the first aunt to walk away passed by me, she only had to tilt her head slightly to notice the abnormality in the water tank. ”

"Even if Auntie didn't find out at the time, then she should at least say hello to us before she leaves! Why don't you say hello? There was also a second aunt, who also quietly walked out of the back door of the kitchen. Xiao Chen, I always feel that both of them were deliberately let go by you. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a plan arranged by you, deliberately stirring up me and Yueyue, two outsiders who don't know anything, in order to frame us and blame us, right? ”

Kang Hong wanted to push Xiaodou away at first to see the situation of the person on the bed, but Xiaodou tried his best not to let him pass, and he had to listen to what he said, Xiao Chen stepped up and grabbed Xiaodou's collar, and shouted at him in a low voice: "You kid don't talk nonsense here, it's obvious that you are doing strange things, but you have to splash dirty water on our heads." I'm telling you, you'd better get out of the way, or don't blame my fists for not having eyes! ”

So far, everyone must have found two unreasonable questions: first, where did the only fat aunt left in the kitchen go? When Xiaodou left, she should still be in the warehouse behind the kitchen, but Yan Nuogu only mentioned that the kitchen was not cleaned up, and did not mention the aunt who was paralyzed there.

This shows that either the fat aunt has gone away by herself, or she has been hidden by someone, or even worse, she may have been killed by someone. This person who killed his mouth, Xiaodou and Kanghong Xiaochen are still evenly divided.

No one can guarantee that Bean did not touch the only person who witnessed his actions before leaving the kitchen. And Convoy and Xiao Chen, the two of them did not chase after Xiaodou rushed out of the kitchen, but stayed in the kitchen for several minutes.

In those few minutes, they had every chance of knocking out the witnesses or killing them, and then hiding, or why didn't they chase them immediately?

The corpse in the second kitchen, the body was soaked in the water tank, and judging by the black hair leaking from under the water tank, his head may have been pressed into the dark passage below. Xiaodou wants to push open the water tank to confirm, it should be this thing.

When he was in the room, Xiao Chen said that he had closed the water tank containing the corpse with a lid, which would indeed provide an extra barrier on the premise that no one could enter the kitchen. But Yan Nuogu had already entered the kitchen to inspect it, wouldn't he open the lid of the water tank and take a look?

Taking a step back, even if he didn't lift the lid of the water tank and just let the corpse sit there, as long as there were people in the inn lobby or near the kitchen, they would never have a chance to move the corpse somewhere else, and the existence of that lid would be meaningless, because at any time someone would want to use water and touch the water tank, especially in the kitchen much more often than elsewhere.

But in this regard, none of the people who found the corpse showed any concern, which can only mean that either Kanghong and Xiao Chen lied, they had already transferred the corpse to another place before going downstairs, maybe it was the space under the water tank, this is the easiest and most direct way, who would push the heavy water tank if there is nothing to do?

Either they are waiting, waiting for others to be the first witnesses to the corpse, so that they are not on the cusp, just follow the others and pretend to be terrified.