Chapter 18: Danger (1)

Lao Gu is a person who loves cleanliness, and the back kitchen is well organized by him, and the big pot of fried fritters is placed on the gas stove specially built with bricks.

Under the wooden shelf opposite the gas stove is the rice jar where Xiao Zhao is hiding, and Xiao Jin is squatting next to the shelf where vegetables are placed diagonally opposite.

I went to the locker next to the stove, opened the door and said, "Two days ago we took off the splint from the cabinet and put a small maza in it, so that people can sit in it." You see, this riot fork and this electric baton were left by Shi Chong for us to defend ourselves. ”

Shen Yu leaned over to take a look, as if he was thinking about the size of the space inside.

"I'll hide it with you." She said.

"However, the space is very cramped......

"Do you dislike me?"

"No, no, no, no, then you sit on the horse, and I sit on the bottom of the cabinet."

"Okay."

"Teacher Yan," Xiao Jin held the bundle of green onions, stuck out his head and whispered to me, "If you are too crowded, let's change!" ”

"Change your sister, hurry up and squat!" I rebuked him angrily and laughing.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Zhao retracted their heads with a smile, Shen Yu first hunched over and sat down, I was tall and had to kneel down and climb in, carefully squeezing beside her, while trying not to touch her, so as not to arouse her disgust.

I squeaked the door shut, and the cabinet was so narrow that the air was thin, and we both remained silent for a moment.

Because the cabinet is too small and too close together, even the slightest sound can be heard very clearly.

The space was too narrow for me to catch a glimpse of her iconic breasts, but the tip of her beautiful nose was right in front of my eyes, like the work of some classical sculptor.

In fact, sometimes when I am in a hurry, I will secretly look at her nose, which is so perfect that people often forget all desires and just want to indulge in the appreciation of art.

I could hear her breathing a little short, too. The atmosphere was simply awkward.

"The ......" we both spoke almost at the same time, and then shut up at the same time.

"You speak first." - and invariably opened their mouths at the same time.

She burst out laughing.

"Then I'll talk about it first!" She said.

"Uh-huh, I'll listen."

"Do you remember what I said?"

"I remember everything you say." I say.

"Don't be poor."

"Really. It's like remembering the emperor's living notes. ”

"Don't be poor!"

"Okay, you say."

"I told you, I have an ability to pick out the most illogical point in a pile."

"Logical singularity." I remembered what she said.

The topic suddenly broke like a blown fuse, and silence returned to the cabinet. I had to think about the topic again.

"You say a logical singularity, can it be found in every case?"

"Most of them can be found, but only this back-handed case can't be found, so I'm a little confused." She said truthfully.

"I see—can Du Wanqian's case find a singularity?"

"Yes, the singularity is the canoe. The boat was hidden under the trestle for a year, which shows that Du Wanqian's death was not a random murder by accident, but that the murderer had already chosen the target and prepared everything needed for the ceremony a long time ago. What does this mean? It shows that the murderer came with a deliberate mentality. ”

"So it's really possible that An Yue's family did it......"

"What did you say?" Shen Yu asked me.

I told her about Lin Ying and the others visited, and Shen Yu didn't speak for a while.

"I also met Lin Ying today, and she didn't tell me about the progress of Du Wanqian's case, probably so as not to distract me today."

I could tell that she was in an unusual state today, and there was always a sentimentality in her voice that would never normally exist.

"As I said once, we could be the same kind of people." She continued.

"I remember, it was the night of June 22 five years ago, Beijing time. You were on the East Coast of the United States at the time, and you spoke to me. ”

"Do you really remember the time?" I could feel that she must be staring at me in surprise, even though I couldn't see her eyes.

I nodded, though she couldn't have seen me nodding either.

"Do you remember the context in which I said this?"

"Of course I remember, you said that you also saw the black ship when you were a child, and then caused some family changes. I was afraid that you would be sad when you thought about it, so I never mentioned it again. ”

"Well," she said, "when I was a child, I saw exactly the same black ship as you described, and there was also a woman in red on the black boat. ”

"Huh?"

"I sometimes wonder if my ability to be a logical singularity is brought to me by the Black Ship?"

"I don't think so." I say.

"Didn't you have that super memory, didn't you only have it after you encountered the black ship?"

"I don't remember it clearly, but I seem to have a good memory since I was a child. My parents said I could read and write when I was one year old. ”

"Well, I guess I misjudged." There was a slight wistfulness in her tone, "Don't you want to know the truth about the Black Ship at all?" ”

"This ...... I thought about it, but the thing disappeared later, and I don't know how to find it. ”

"But I've been thinking about finding a chance to revisit. But there are also shadows, and if I touch something, it will all collapse like dominoes. She said.

I suddenly remembered that the visitor from hell had mentioned it, and he said that I had a certain smell on me, that it was someone who had seen the black ship.

Could it be that Shen Yu also has some kind of smell on his body?

Is it because we have both seen the black ship, so we are destined to meet and get along?

Could it be that I can't get close to her blind date, but I can't leave her, and it's also because the black ship makes us have the same magnetic field, so we can't get rid of each other, so I can't fall in love with someone else?

Suddenly I thought of one more thing, something that could be connected to the present, to the here and now!

Shen Yu often said that my brain is a "paper version of the encyclopedia", and I have a lot of knowledge, but if others don't turn it, I can't provide anything myself!

I didn't think so, but when I think about it, it really is.

A visitor from Hell once left me a pre-liberation archaeological booklet, which recorded the events of the Western Night Kingdom. There is a strange account of how Siya conquered the three neighboring countries and not only took their people captive to the capital of the country, Huggall, but also pried off all the iron pots of the three countries and transported them away.

From this point of view, isn't the Western Night Kingdom the ancient "backstabber"?!

I know that the pot robbery incident 1,300 years ago seems to have little connection with the present.

But if you carefully analyze the following logical chain of events, I'm afraid it's completely different-

Shen Yu and I both witnessed the black ship when we were children—Visitors from hell found me and talked about the black boat—Visitors from hell left pamphlets—There was an incident of robbery of the pot in the Western Night Kingdom in the booklet—There was a "Blame Man" case in Weiyang, and that person walked very much like a Hell's Visitor—Shen Yu and I investigated the "Blame Man" case......

A few seemingly unrelated things, but all unfolding around us!

It's a pity that I'm not Shen Yu, and I can't use logic to clarify the connection between these fragmented events.

"That ......," I finally couldn't help but speak, "I met a mysterious person before......"

"What?" Shen Yu turned to me in the dark, the tip of her nose sweeping across my cheek.

But at this moment, I heard a "click" sound from outside the door of Xiangyunju, which was a warning sign that a suspicious person had appeared.

I suddenly became nervous, Shen Yu stopped talking, and we both held our breath, because the backstabbing man might really be here.

I looked at the helium luminous watch I was wearing on my wrist, it was 0:46, and the lunar eclipse was about to start in the sky outside.

It's better to tell her about the visitors from hell later, and don't distract her for now. I think.

There was a sudden sound of rustling, as if someone was gently pushing the outer door of the back kitchen.

"Didn't Lao Gu lock the door? How could the man pick the lock so easily and walk in? I said to myself.

A cold, thin hand covered my mouth, and I understood that Shen Yu was not letting me make any sound.

She was so close to me, even huddled with me, but I didn't have time to think about it, because the footsteps of the man were getting closer. In a short time, he had already squeaked open the door of the back kitchen.

Judging from his movements in one go, he is very familiar with the front hall and back stove of Xiangyunju, just like the owner of this shop.

I think Shen Yu should have thought of this as well, because I could feel her body throbbing slightly.

The man stepped into the back kitchen, but his movements slowed suddenly.

A bright light flashed through the crack in the cabinet, and I think he must have turned on his flashlight and was scanning the room to see if it was safe enough.

I silently prayed in my heart that Xiao Zhao and Xiao Jin would not expose their targets, but what I didn't expect was that the white light suddenly aimed at the cabinet where the two of us were hiding, and the white light shot straight into the gap, shining right on Shen Yu's eyes. She subconsciously leaned to the side and leaned right into my arms.

I was a little at a loss for a moment, because her soft body was now clinging to me.

"Hold me, don't move." She spoke in a very soft voice in my ear.

I understood what she meant, because she had lost her balance when she had turned sideways, and now that there was a burglar outside the door, she might have made a louder noise if she had hastily adjusted her posture, and if she had not been able to get all the booty, all preparations would have been in vain.

And, I could already hear the man's footsteps stop.

At this moment, he should be standing outside the cabinet door, holding a flashlight to shine on the cabinet from top to bottom.