Throughout the night, Kirton wasn't sure if he was really asleep. ◣ Banyan tree. Tree. Wen. The thrilling scene in the oak grove played out in his mind like a midnight movie. He had been in a state of half-dreaming and dazed thinking, so that he could not completely separate his reverie from his dreams—but fortunately, their contents were the same, and there was no need to distinguish them. Echoing this was his mixed feelings of trepidation, panic, suspicion, and fear—the only thing he knew for sure was that from the day he discovered the book, the four of them had been swept into a vast vortex of fear and mystery. Now, the vortex is getting more and more intense, almost engulfing and tearing them apart.

Kirton knew very well that what had happened in the oak grove meant that the whole thing was not as simple as it used to be. Judging from the fact that they were attacked by the murderer, there must be a bigger secret hidden in this incident, a huge secret that they had never thought about before!

However, there are two sides to everything, Cotton thought to himself - the attack by the murderer is terrible, but it has led to a very key person - the librarian Lao Luo!

There is no doubt that Lao Luo obviously knows something! Before, I and my friends thought that we had solved the mystery of the prophetic poetry collection, but now it seems that it is not, if we want to completely solve the secret of the poetry collection, it seems that we must start from Lao Luo, but what should we do......

In this way, Kirton thought almost all night until dawn, and finally watched the pale sun rise in the east outside the window. It was only a little after eight o'clock, and he anxiously called Lu Hua, Lan Xi and Sean.

"What? Right now? Sean on the phone yawned sleepily, it seemed that he hadn't slept well last night, "Alright then, you guys come to my house." ”

"No, I told Lan Qian and Lu Hua to meet at McDonald's on the West End Commercial Street." Kirton said.

"McDonald's? Why where? There was a constant stream of people eating breakfast there, and it wasn't a place to talk at all. ”

"I'm just looking for this kind of high-footed, bustling place that makes it safer for us — and I have a plan for it — I'll talk about it when you come."

"Okay, I'll do it." Sean recalls last night's horror and is completely sleepy.

At the window of the second-floor restaurant at McDonald's, Sean met three of his friends. At the table in front of them, a whole bunch of burgers, chicken wings, hot cakes and coke had been ordered. Sean sat down and asked, "Why did you order so many things, can you eat?" ”

"Yours too." Lancey said.

"Oh, thanks, I just didn't have breakfast." Sean grabbed an eggy cowburger, stuffed it into his mouth and took a big bite.

"Do you want to tell him that it's his share to pay?" Lu Hua whispered to Kirton.

"It's okay, he doesn't care about that." Kirton replied quietly.

Sean finished the burger, drank another half glass of Coke, and politely wiped his mouth clean with a tissue, then looked at Kirton and asked, "What are your plans, Kirton?" ”

"Yes, now that everyone is here, don't sell it, just say it." Lan Xi's slightly red and swollen eyes said listlessly, "I didn't sleep well at all last night, and I trembled with fear when I lay in bed thinking of the murderer - I was dragged out by you again early this morning, and I am still dizzy now." ”

"Stop complaining, Lancy, each other." Lu Hua said gloomily.

"Then I'll get down to business." "I thought about it all night last night, and came to the conclusion that we were now involved in a dangerous incident that was initially completely unexpected," said Kirton, leaning over as little as he could. And the heart of this incident is the book of prophetic poems! We thought we had unlocked the secrets of this book of poetry, and it was a strange book that foreshadowed the great calamities to come—but now it seems that we were wrong! This collection of poems must contain a bigger secret - otherwise, why would Lao Luo not only take back this book, but also have to kill us? Maybe he thinks we shouldn't have insight into the contents of the poetry collection, so he wants to kill us to prevent the secrets of the poetry collection from leaking out? But what is the purpose and significance of his doing? In any case, only by uncovering all the secrets and letting everything come to light can we get out of danger and save our lives! ”

The three of them listened intently to Cotton's words, and Sean asked, "So what?" What exactly are you going to do? ”

"I've thought about it, there's no other way." Kirton stared at them, "Just go directly to Lao Luo and confront them face to face!" ”

Sean frowned: "But he invited someone to kill us last night, and we went to find him today, didn't that happen to be delivered to the door?" ”

Kirton snorted: "I don't believe he dared to attack us in broad daylight at the door of the library!" ”

"But, Kirton, there's a problem." Lu Hua's face was worried, "If what happened last night was really instructed by Lao Luo, would he be stupid enough to admit it to us?" Didn't you say it yesterday, if he denied it, or simply pretended to be confused, then we wouldn't have anything to do with him. ”

"No, I thought about it later, but we actually have a way." "Come to think of it," said Kirton, "Lao Luo now has a fatal wound in our hands—"

Sean and the three looked at each other blankly, as if they didn't understand the meaning of Kirton's words.

"A book of poems, a book of poems!" Kirton reminded in an accentuated tone, "Have you forgotten? All he did was to reclaim that book of poems. And this book of poetry is still in our hands! Speaking of which, Kirton looked at Lu Hua, "By the way, you didn't bring out the poetry collection today, did you, Lu Hua?" ”

"Of course not, I hid it in a secret place in my house, and no one but me tried to find it."

"Good." Kirton nodded, "We'll go to Lao Luo in a while, and if he doesn't tell us the truth, we'll threaten him, saying that we will make the contents of the poetry collection public, and we will also call the police and hand over the poetry book to the police for safekeeping, so that he will never get it!" ”

"Great, that's it! I'm willing to bet Ronaldo is 100 percent afraid of this trick - it's wonderful, Kirton! Sean said excitedly.

"Indeed...... It's a good idea. Lu Hua also nodded in acknowledgement.

"Then let's go now," Kirton eagerly got up from his dining chair, "I don't want to wait a minute any longer, I'm going to know all the secrets at once!" ”

The other three people also stood up together, and Sean was about to leave, when Lancy gently pulled him: "I'm sorry, Sean, can you buy the order?" ”

"What, you haven't paid for these things yet?" Sean asked in surprise, "But, doesn't McDonald's pay before you can eat?" ”

"I'm sorry, my cousin works here, and when we told her someone would come to pay, she graciously let us order something first." Lancey's eyes twinkled, and she handed Sean a small receipt, "It's 136 yuan in total - it's a piece of cake for you, right, Sean?" ”

"Yours are the real ones." Sean shrugged helplessly and reached for his wallet.

Walking out of the McDonald's restaurant, the four of them immediately hailed a taxi at the door and drove towards the library, arriving there in less than fifteen minutes. After getting out of the car, several people walked straight to the door of the library, thinking that they would immediately confront Lao Luo face to face, and several people couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

But—the moment they stepped into the library, the four of them were stunned—they clearly saw that it was not Lao Luo himself sitting on Lao Luo's seat in the past, but Director Xin, who had a sad face.

They stepped forward quickly, and Lu Hua asked, "Curator Xin...... Why are you sitting here? What about Lao Luo? ”

Curator Xin sighed in annoyance, cheered up and said, "Old Luo? I wish someone had told me where he was, too! ”

Several people quickly glanced at each other, this situation was obviously not expected by them before, and Cotton asked a little anxiously, "Why, didn't he come to work today?" As soon as he asked, he suddenly remembered what Lu Hua had told him, Lao Luo lived in the library.

"I don't think he came today, but he disappeared yesterday. When I came in the morning and saw that the door was locked from the outside, I knew that Lao Luo was not in it. You see, it's been more than half an hour since he went to work, and he hasn't come back yet - God knows where he's gone! Sadly, he didn't even say hello to me before, so I had to sit at this door to take his place! After complaining indignantly, Director Xin remembered yesterday's incident and said, "By the way, I've finished reading those two books." Truly...... It's amazing. ”

Several people were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered that they had come to see Director Xin yesterday morning—the terrible incident last night had drawn all their attention to Lao Luo, and they had almost completely forgotten to come to Director Xin to discuss the "Doomsday Prophecy". But—they are all apparently all agreeing now that the matter of the "Doomsday Prophecy" should be put aside for the time being, and the first priority is to find Lao Luo first.

"Director Xin, I didn't bring that book of prophetic poems today, let's study it another day." Lu Hua said a little apologetically, "I want to ask, after you opened the door in the morning, did you go to Lao Luo's room to take a look?" ”

"Of course I did, but he was clearly not inside." Director Xin asked with some confusion, "You didn't come to look for me, you came to find Lao Luo?" ”

Without waiting for Lu Hua to answer, Kirton asked eagerly, "Director Xin, is there ...... in Lao Luo's room?" Is his stuff still there? ”

Director Xin was visibly stunned for a moment, as if he was puzzled by the question asked by Kirton, but he replied anyway, "You mean, his belongings and luggage?" Of course it's still there - Lao Luo shouldn't be able to roll up and leave without saying hello to me, right? I thought he was just in a hurry...... But why do you ask? Kids, how do I feel like you're all mysterious? Is something wrong? ”

Curator Xin's puzzled eyes swept to the four teenagers in front of him, but they didn't know how to answer. After a long while, Lu Hua said unnaturally: "No, Director Xin, it's nothing...... We just casually asked Lao Luo why he didn't come, and of course we had something to do with him. But since he's not here, let's find another time. ”

"Oh, okay, you're welcome to come often." Curator Xin nodded at the boys.

After walking out of the library, Lan Xi said to Lu Hua, "Why didn't you tell Director Xin the truth just now?" Maybe he can help us! ”

"We're not sure about anything right now, it's all just speculation, how can I tell the curator?" The temples on both sides of Lu Hua's forehead said, "Besides, the current situation has completely made me unconscious, and I can't clearly convey this matter to others." ”

He turned his head and looked at the pensive Kirton, "What do you think, Kirton?" ”

"In fact, the current situation is not chaotic, and the development of things is reasonable. It's just that we need to find a safe place to sit down and sort out all the events and sort out the clues so that it can be clarified

What to do next. Kirton pondered.

"Let's go to my house." Sean said, "My parents are at work, and there is no one at home, so it's just the right time to talk." ”

"Is your home safe?" Lancey was like a frightened bird at the moment, "Do you want to call Jack?" ”