I went to my room and changed into that long dress, and looked in the mirror, which I was a little unaccustomed to, because it wasn't like me. Pushing open the door of Aunt Mei's room, I saw her leaning lightly in the recliner, and I heard the sound and opened my eyes to look over.

I smiled at her and said, "Aunt Mei, do you think I'm not beautiful?" This dress fits perfectly. She sat up from the recliner, looked me up and down, nodded and said, "It's beautiful, Ah Xiao, sit down and talk." I pulled a chair and sat beside her, only to hear her say with infinite emotion: "It's been more than 20 years in a blink of an eye, you are twenty-five years old, you have been looking for every holiday since you were eighteen, and you have been looking for seven years, and you have found nothing." This time it was a long time, and I knew you must have found something to get out of here, but because of that, I became more and more frightened. Ah Xiao, give up, listen to Aunt Mei's advice, okay? ”

I gazed at her calmly and saw that there were lines in the corners of her eyes, she was very beautiful when she was young, and there were many good men who chased her, but she never married. Took me out of the countryside to work hard, opened the current gallery, bought this house, and built me a warm home.

Thinking of this, I rested my head lightly on her shoulder and whispered, "Aunt Mei, will you give me another three years?" At that time, if there is still no way to find it, then I will come back to learn to draw with you, and help you take care of those turnip-headed children and be the king of children. ”

"Cut, can you still manage people like this?" Aunt Mei complained directly to me, and then said: "You will be twenty-eight in three years, and it is difficult to find objects, now you can still pick it, and then someone else will pick you, do you understand, girl." ”

I softened my voice and said in a slightly coquettish tone: "It's not picking, it's mine after all." Aunt Mei, don't worry about this, this time I'll go out for a few days, go to a place to find someone, and I'll come back after looking for it. ”

She looked helpless, knowing that she couldn't persuade me, and sighed with a worried expression: "If I hadn't mentioned that incident to you at the beginning, you wouldn't have been so persistent later, in the end, it was Aunt Mei who hurt you." ”

I snorted twice in a row, and pretended to be unhappy and said, "What's not harmful, I'm fine, I didn't see me traveling, and I have gained a lot of knowledge." Aunt Mei, don't say this in the future. ”

Aunt Mei didn't say anything more, looked at me silently for a while and said, "It's okay if you want to go out this time, but let me go somewhere to meet someone tomorrow." ”

I asked curiously, "Where to go?" Who are you seeing? ”

"Do you remember Aunt Chen next door to our store? Her nephew has just come back from abroad, he is the same age as you, and he looks dignified in the photo, and he has made an appointment to meet tomorrow in Li Ziyuan, so you will go to meet him anyway, and you should know more people. ”

Hearing this, I finally understood, Aunt Mei asked me to go on a blind date. I couldn't cry or laugh, why did I put up the blind date, just about to open my mouth to find a reason to refuse, Aunt Mei said without discussion: "If you don't go, then don't go out this time, don't want to run secretly, I won't go to the gallery tomorrow and stay at home to watch you." ”

"Go, naturally I want to go, I have made an appointment with someone, where can I not go." I hurriedly said that it was not okay to be hard with Aunt Mei, she would eat soft and not hard. Isn't it just to meet a man, and it won't take much time for me to leave.

Aunt Mei nodded with satisfaction, "At half past eight in the morning, at the gate of Li Ziyuan, I should take a walk in the morning, remember to wear this long skirt." After saying that, I got up, I asked her what she was doing, she said angrily to help me pack my luggage, saying that I lost the box when I went out last time, and this time I directly took a snakeskin bag to me, saving me from being a loser.

In the end, of course, it wasn't snakeskin bags for clothes, but there was no lockbox at home, so Aunt Mei brought me a travel backpack.

When I got up early the next morning, I first looked outside the house and saw that Aunt Mei was actually in the living room, and I knew that I couldn't hide, so I could only change into a long skirt and walk out. After Aunt Mei looked me up and down, she said with a smile: "My Ah Xiao is actually very beautiful, hurry up, don't let people wait for a long time, your duffel bag will be left at the door, and you will get it later when you come back." ”

I could only go out in a state of interest, the plum garden is an open park, and there are many people walking there in the morning. It was only eight o'clock when I arrived, but just after standing for a few minutes, a young man asked me if my name was Cheng Xiao, I looked at the other party, and it was indeed above average in appearance, and after I nodded, he introduced himself as Yang Wenhao, English name Jerry. Suddenly the impression score is greatly reduced, what kind of English name are you a Chinese, admiring foreign countries.

Very perfunctory and the other party walked around the plum garden, thinking that there was a train that could leave at nine o'clock in the morning, so I found an excuse to say goodbye to him, and before leaving, he proposed to exchange calls, I just bought the mobile phone, the number can not be remembered, so I took it out and dialed him a number, so it can be regarded as an explanation to Aunt Mei.

After parting, I hurriedly ran home, took my backpack, confirmed that I didn't miss anything, hurriedly took a taxi to the train station, and bought a ticket to leave for Jingzhou immediately. Yes, the city where I met Sheng Shiyao is called Jingzhou, and there is a very famous allusion in history called "careless loss of Jingzhou", this Jingzhou is not Jingzhou, with different words of the same phone.

After an eight-hour drive, it was already 5 p.m. when I arrived at Jingzhou, and I took a taxi to Heping Street without making any stops. I was very anxious in my heart, in fact, the reason why I rushed here in such a hurry was all due to an impulse, I was afraid that the longer I thought about it, the less timid I became, and in the end I would not have the courage to step into this city.

But when I really arrived at Liu Yufang, after seeing them, I didn't have any bottom in my heart. Just be mentally prepared, waiting to see Liu Yue's stinky face or be scolded by her to the point of blood. But these worries disappeared when I stood in front of No. 18 Peace Street, because Liu Yufang was gone.

Ironically, Liu Yufang's shop has turned back into a clothing store. I gritted my teeth and stepped forward to ask, the shopkeeper was a fat aunt in her fifties, I thought it was business coming to the door, and she came to entertain me very warmly. Seeing that I didn't believe it, Yang pointed to several qualification certificates hanging on the wall and said that she had gone through the formal procedures.

I calculated carefully in my heart, a month and a half ago, wasn't it when we set off for Jiuzhaigou, and then Liu Yue and Liuzi rushed over? Why did she sell her shop at that time? Is it because you already have a hunch that what's going on on our side is tricky? At that time, it was indeed very likely. It's not that I'm suspicious, but I've suffered too much at No. 18 Peace Street, and every time I come, there will be changes, and this time I changed back to a clothing store, and I always felt that there was a problem.

I chose a nearby hotel to stay, and in the evening I returned to Peace Street with my bag on my back. I thought that I would keep watch all night, and I didn't believe that I couldn't see any clues, but I kept watch until dawn, and when it was eight o'clock, I saw the fat aunt come to open the shop. The clothing store is still a clothing store, and it has not changed back to Liu Yufang. I went to that house for three days in a row, and I went to that house during this period, not to mention that the sixth son was not there, and the bar was still the little girl, and when I asked about the sixth son, she also said that he resigned more than a month ago.

These messages all indicate that they had prepared for the worst before they were ready to go to Jiuzhaigou, and they had finished everything here in a hurry. Does that mean they took a ride back to Chengdu from the clouds and never came back?

Walking out of the bar, looking around blankly, this city, which was not a stranger at all, suddenly became extremely strange after the loss of a few of them. It turns out that it doesn't mean that I can find them if I want to come and find them. Sheng Shiyao really said the same, and since then they have never seen each other again!

I spent the whole afternoon in the hotel, and in the evening, I made up my mind. Once again, I came to 18 Peace Street with my bag on my back, and I stood in the shadows, waiting for the fat aunt to close the shop at half past eight in the evening. Because I observed that this fat aunt doesn't live here. In the past, the second floor of Liu Yufang's store was Liu Yue's boudoir, and the backyard was the residence of Sheng Shiyao and Zhou Tong.

Since the beginning of the journey, I have been robbed many times, but I have never been a thief myself, so my heart is beating like thunder before I can act. I stayed nearby until about three o'clock in the morning, and even the teahouse opposite the original Liu Yufang had dispersed, turned off the lights and turned off the fire, and then walked to the door. At this time, the street was quiet, there was no half-human figure, and the street lights were dim and dim, which was equivalent to nothing.

After taking a deep breath, I took out the Shadow Moon to destroy the locked shutter door. I can't blame me for using such a barbaric way, but this shop is located in the middle, and it is difficult to climb over the wall, and the second floor above the shop does not even have a balcony, and there is nowhere to climb unless you bring a ladder. I'm here to be a thief, and it's so eye-catching to bring such a big guy. So I had to rely on Shadow Moon again, and the iron lock was as easy as cutting vegetables for Shadow Moon, and soon I cut the lock, pulled up the roller shutter door openly, and then broke the other iron lock on the glass door, and entered the house in a grand manner.

I secretly ironed in my heart, it would be quite convenient to rely on Shadow Moon to be a thief in the future.

After entering, he closed the two doors again, and then took out the flashlight he had prepared and quietly explored inside. Because it is just objectively judged that there may be no one in it from the fat aunt who does not live here, but it cannot be guaranteed, so it is better to be careful in everything. Walking to the staircase, I looked at the backyard first, but there was no light inside, so I hesitated for a moment and chose to go up to the second floor first.

As I climbed the stairs, I thought: I only know what it's like when I'm in my position, and if I haven't been a thief, I don't know how much pressure and psychological endurance it takes to be a thief. When I arrived at the staircase, I saw a door, and the flashlight shone twice, and I found that the door was actually equipped with an anti-theft lock. Although this lock can still be broken with Shadow Moon, there is no way to restore it if it is broken. In the end, I gritted my teeth and didn't do anything, since they were all in, there was no reason not to investigate.