"Hey, everyone is here, the event has begun, can we start sharing rooms?" I'm tired of sitting here all the time. ”

Han Chen grumbled while beating his legs.

"yes, okay." Lao Zhang (the old man, the butler of the bloodsucking alchemist) agreed, and took out the schematic diagram of the room on the second floor for everyone to see, Su Yong asked puzzled after reading it

"Huh? What does that mean? ”

The others were puzzled when they saw it: although each room was connected, the room numbers were very strange, 22, 24, 28, 29... 79, the number is irregular.

Just when everyone was wondering, Guo Xiang still had that cold poker face, and explained with a contemptuous smile

"Hmph, the teacher went crazy a long time ago, the whole house was designed by him, the masterpiece of a madman, naturally there are many things that cannot be understood."

This statement is generally accepted by everyone, except for one person, Yu Dongting frowned slightly, carefully observing these numbers, through the conversation just now, Song Xiaofang has always been very concerned about him, seeing his thoughtful appearance, he deliberately came to his side, trying to make some words

"What, Mr. Yu, is there anything wrong?"

Yu Dongting smiled politely

"It's nothing, it's just that looking at the numbers makes it feel like you're connected to something."

"Password? Could it be the place where the gold is hidden? ”

"Shhh

Yu Dongting hurriedly blocked Song Xiaofang's mouth, looked around, and found that no one heard it, so he breathed a sigh of relief

"Boy, if you don't tell you through it, let others hear it, what if you unlock the password before you do?"

Song Xiaofang himself didn't know why, and suddenly had a hint of admiration for the person he just met.

"And how are we going to divide the rooms?"

Han Chen looked very impatient, and he could see that he was really tired, and he just wanted to go upstairs and rest quickly.

"Let's draw lots then, okay?"

It was Fang Kexin who made this suggestion, which was indeed the best way to do it, and no one raised objections.

Fang Kexin saw that everyone did not object, so he tore a piece of paper, tore the piece of paper into 11 pieces, began to write numbers on it, looked up from time to time, compared it with the schematic diagram, for fear of writing it wrong, after writing, he put all the pieces of paper in a box, shook it, and arrived in front of Su Yalan, smiling shyly

"It should be Miss Su's youngest, so you should come first."

"Hmm." Su Yalan agreed, and then reached out to touch it, "No. 47." ”

Song Xiaofang also came over

"And that's me next? Number 28"

Next is Liang Yanyan

"Then the next one is me, my birthday should be younger than Mr. Fang, the 29th."

Fang Kexin looked at everyone, only to realize that he was the fourth smallest, carrying the box in his left hand and reaching in with his right hand

"Number 13."

The crowd drew lots in order of age, and the final result was

Su Yalan No. 47, Song Xiaofang No. 28, Liang Yanyan No. 29, Fang Kexin No. 13, Xiao Yanran No. 24, Su Yong No. 79, Guan Shuang No. 50, Hanchen No. 26, Zuo Hongyi No. 25, Yu Dongting No. 22, Guo Xiang No. 82, Lao Zhang and Qiqi (girl, Lao Zhang's daughter) sleep in their respective rooms.

Everyone walked slowly to the second floor with their luggage, and Song Xiaofang deliberately teased Su Yalan

"Hey, Yalan, the two of us have a room quite far away, if you are scared at night, you can come to my room."

Su Yalan also knew that he was purely joking when he said this, and he didn't care, pretending to pout angrily

"Forget it, it's more dangerous to be in the same room with you."

"Wow, I didn't expect the second floor to be so big?" Zuo Hongyi, who had just come up, exclaimed

The design of this house is indeed unique, there is only one hall on the first floor, and in addition to a dozen rooms on the second floor, even the kitchen is placed here, and there is only one staircase between the first and second floors, and from the outside, the whole house looks like a trapezoid placed upside down.

Xiao Yanran went upstairs and looked around, and saw through a glass that there was a river behind the house, the weather was so cold, but the river did not freeze, the fog floated up from afar, the river was immersed in a thick white fog, the river was steaming hot, the heat and the fog were connected, and then the river was like the Milky Way in the sky.

Xiao Yanran couldn't help but sigh

"Wow, that's beautiful."

"Miss Xiao, don't be deceived." Hearing Lao Zhang, who had just come up, say this, Xiao Yanran turned around and looked at him with a smile

"What do you mean?"

Lao Zhang continued to explain

"The current of this river is particularly fast, so it has not frozen, it looks like there is heat, but in this kind of weather, the river is very cold, it is estimated that it will not take more than five minutes to freeze and lose consciousness, plus the turbulent river, if you accidentally fall into it, there is basically no possibility of survival."

After listening, Xiao Yanran grimaced

"Of course I know that, and I'm not going down, which means it's beautiful."

Guo Xiang vaguely saw that on the other side of the river, there seemed to be a room that was not too big or small, and asked

"Excuse me, what's the building over there?"

Lao Zhang sighed and replied with a sad expression

"That's where the old man (the vampire alchemist) conducted experiments before his death, and he didn't like to be disturbed, so he walked a small bridge to that room every day and did the experiment quietly alone."

Song Xiaofang was a little surprised and asked the assistants

"Why, you've all worked on this island for a while, but you don't know much about it?"

Several people either shook their heads or shrugged their shoulders, but in short, they all said that the island had changed a lot.

Since the nine assistants left in turn, the vampire alchemist found someone to change the pattern of the island again, probably because he was frustrated with the assistants, so he no longer looked for any assistants, but because his body was no longer able to do it at that time, he found Lao Zhang and his daughter to take care of his daily life, that is to say, Song Xiaofang thought that it was not correct to change seven people in six years, to be precise, it should be seven people in four years, and in the last period of time, Lao Zhang and Qiqi took care of and accompanied him.

Fang Kexin came to the window, and after looking at it for a long time, he didn't find the bridge that Lao Zhang said

"Is it too foggy? Why didn't I see that bridge? ”

Lao Zhang's eyes became more misty

"A week before the old man died, he burned the little bridge like crazy, and kept shouting, 'Burn, burn, just like the world misunderstands me, all of it will be reduced to ashes.'" It was not only the bridge that was destroyed by the flames, but it was as if the soul of the old man was also consumed by the flames of the demons, and it was not long before the old man passed away. ”

Lao Zhang's description is full of color, and his demeanor becomes more and more terrifying with the description, and even a little hideous, there is a very complete heating equipment in the room, and the temperature wants to be warm, but Lao Zhang's words make everyone feel a chill in their hearts, and the second floor, which was still very noisy just now, suddenly quieted down.

"Hey, old man! Is there a way to get to the opposite lab now? ”

Han Chen, who had been silent, shouted.

Lao Zhang didn't seem to care about Han Chen's impolite title, and still replied in a very polite tone

"Yes, but you have to keep walking downstream along the river, there is a place where the river bank is narrowed, you can just jump over it, and then turn back to the laboratory, but in this weather, it will take at least an hour to get there."

"Huh? Wouldn't it take two hours to make a round trip? If you have to walk for two hours in this weather, wouldn't you freeze to death? Zuo Hongyi scratched the back of his head.

Lao Zhang nodded and added

"But if you take the original bridge, it will only take about two minutes."

"What's the use of saying that?" Han Chen choked Lao Zhang again, and strode to his room with his luggage.

Lao Zhang raised his voice, as if he was saying it to Han Chen, and it was like saying it to everyone

"After everyone puts their luggage, let's go back downstairs to eat, Kiki and I are going to prepare dinner for everyone now."

Song Xiaofang was about to say thank you, but Han Chen didn't look back and said a word

"Don't call me, I'm not eating!"

"What a nuisance." Song Xiaofang said casually, and then he found that Yu Dongting was looking at Han Chen with a smile, as if he had seen through everything.

Song Xiaofang was very concerned about Yu Dongting now, and leaned over and asked

"Mr. Yu, what are you laughing at?"

Yu Dongting shrugged

"Mr. Han is in such a hurry, he must want to go to that laboratory to have a look."

"Huh? How do you know? ”

Yu Dongting continued to explain nonchalantly

"I guess he must think so, assuming that the teacher really refined gold, then it must have been practiced in the laboratory, so it is very likely that the gold is still in the laboratory."

Song Xiaofang felt that his analysis was very reasonable, and he was a little anxious

"Well, I... Shall we also take a look? What if he gets the first shot? ”

"No, it won't." Yu Dongting's smile became more confident, and he continued

"The reason why the teacher burned the bridge was probably because he didn't want people to go to that laboratory again, but he said, 'It's like the world's misunderstanding of me, it's all to ashes,' which shows that he still hopes that people will find the gold and dispel people's misunderstanding of him, so I believe that the gold must not be in that laboratory."

Song Xiaofang was stunned by Yu Dongting's analysis, and laughed dryly

"Then Han Chen is really busy in vain."

Yu Dongting looked disdainful

"Hmph, when Mr. Zhang was talking about the teacher just now, whether it was sad or afraid, everyone had some waves in their hearts, but he was the only one who only cared about how to go to that laboratory, he only had that batch of gold in his heart, this kind of person, let him suffer."

As he spoke, Yu Dongting had already come to the door of his room, turned around and smiled at Song Xiaofang

"Song Da writer should work hard, if I can't find that batch of gold, at least I hope you can find it, because I want to see the achievements of the teacher's life."

This smile didn't have any mockery, like a sunny smile of a 16-year-old boy, Song Xiaofang smiled awkwardly

"Hmm... I'll try. ”

After Yu Dongting entered the room, Song Xiaofang sighed

"Such a keen observation, this kind of person must be the protagonist detective in my novel."

"What about the cold morning just now?" Su Yalan asked jokingly

Song Xiaofang was particularly disgusted with Han Chen now, and said after thinking about it

"Yalan, let me tell you, this kind of person, in my novel, must be a murderer."

Su Yalan shook her head and smiled

"Haha, no kidding, go put your luggage, I'm really hungry."

"Hmm." Song Xiaofang agreed, dragging the luggage of the two and walking deeper into the corridor.

The doors of each room are exactly the same, and they all look like they are made of many steel plates, and if you don't look at the door number, you can't tell which one is which.

After coming to Su Yalan's room No. 47, Song Xiaofang found that next door was Guan Shuang's room No. 50, and the room of Su Yong and Guo Xiang, who had a larger number of rooms, had to make a big turn to arrive, so it can be said that Su Yalan's room was the penultimate room at the end of the corridor.

Maybe to love someone is to hold an umbrella for her in your heart, Song Xiaofang seems to be a little too sensitive

"Yalan, isn't this room a little too inward, are you scared? Why don't we change it? ”

"No, it's okay, anyway, if you live alone, it's the same in any room."

Su Yalan refused with a smile, and took out the key to open the door lock.

Song Xiaofang put her luggage aside and helped Su Yalan open the door

"Wow, this one is so heavy."

The weight of the door was a bit beyond Song Xiaofang's imagination, the first time it didn't even push it open, the second time it added a lot of strength, and with the harsh friction sound, the door slowly opened.

Only then did Song Xiaofang notice that these doors were not only tall and wide, but also very thick and amazing, about the thickness of a brick.