"Looks like it's empty?!"

Xu Xiaxi's heart moved, and he suddenly had an idea.

She withdrew her hand, walked briskly to the door, and closed the door—behind it stood a small toolbox, right next to the fire box.

She picked out a crowbar from it, then walked back to the wall in the northwest corner, and pried hard at the gap between the tiles.

The hollow wall tile quickly loosened and crumbled.

Xu Xiaxi hurriedly dropped the crowbar, continued to hold on to the wall tile, and shook it in the direction.

After a while, the wall tiles are completely detached from the wall.

The 30CM*60CM wall tile is quite weighty, and Xu Xiaxi took some effort to move the wall tile to the corner of the wall.

Straighten up and look at it, stunned.

The wall behind the tiles is not concrete, but reveals a small boxy, slightly smaller than the tiles, with a small copper clasp on the lattice.

In the quiet room, the 'ticking' sound became clearer.

It's from the little dark grid!

Xu Xiaxi restrained his frantic heartbeat, trembled and stretched out his index finger, hooked the small buckle, and pulled it gently.

There was a 'crunch', and the wooden compartment that had been sealed for an unknown amount of time was opened.

A dark gold pocket watch first entered Xu Xiaxi's eyes.

Actually, there really is a pocket watch!

Xu Xiaxi was surprised and delighted, and couldn't wait to take out a small white square scarf from his pocket, cover the pocket watch, and bring the pocket watch to his eyes.

Take a closer look.

The case of this pocket watch is made of copper, and the case is carved with a caryophyllus pattern, and the stamens are dotted with fine pieces of obsidian.

Under the light reflection, there is a slight royal blue light, which is gorgeous.

"Wow!" Xu Xiaxi couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration, and his eyes seemed to be stuck to the object in his hand.

She had never seen such a beautiful and delicate pocket watch.

The sound of 'tick' and 'tick' was close to her ears, but she no longer felt scared.

It is as if you have been carried by this vintage pocket watch, and you have traveled back in time and space to Europe in the 19th century.

The men each had a pocket watch, and they were in a hurry, and the horns of cars, the whistles of steam trains, and the footsteps of pedestrians mingled.

Messy, but orderly.

At this time, the sound of the second hand echoing in the ears, which is extremely clear, as if telling a story of time.

'Smack'!

The sound of a heavy object hitting the floor suddenly sounded, startling Xu Xiaxi.

She looked intently, only to see that the wooden compartment with the pocket watch before had fallen directly to the ground because it had been drawn too far.

The contents were scattered all over the floor.

Xu Xiaxi secretly said that it was bad, and he hurriedly cleaned it up.

But when she picked up the scattered papers and all kinds of bits and bits and pieces back into the box to be restored.

She glanced at the contents of the paper, and a word caught her attention—

【Death from mechanical head injury caused by external force】

Xu Xiaxi paused, took out all the things inside, and was about to take a serious look at the content on the paper, when a male voice suddenly came from behind him: "What are you doing?" ”

Xu Xiaxi reflexively turned his head.

As soon as Xu Xiaxi turned around, the strong light happened to hit her face, stabbing her eyes tightly, and she suddenly felt dizzy, and her heart seemed to jump to her throat.

The deep male voice came closer: "What are you doing?" ”

Xu Xiaxi sounds a little familiar.

Quietly opened a slit, and Fu Lichen's handsome face appeared in front of her.

"Ahh Natsuki still couldn't help but scream.

Fu Lichen frowned, stretched out his hand and pulled her up, "Don't scream, it's me!" ”

Xu Xiaxi wanted to cry without tears: It's you who are terrible, okay!

"You, you, are you a human or a ghost?!"

Fu Lichen was so angry and funny, he didn't know what Xu Xiaxi's little head had made up in just a few seconds, and he would ask such a question.

But seeing that the other party was so frightened that his voice was swayed, he had to grab Xu Xiaxi's little hand and press it his chest, "Do you feel it, this is my heartbeat!" ”

Xu Xiaxi's expression was stunned, and then his little hand seemed to be burned, and he struggled to pull it out of Fu Lichen's big hand.

The small face is hot without a fight.

"Aren't you on a business trip? Why come here? Xia Xi didn't know what was hot in his face, and he didn't dare to look at Fu Lichen.

Fu Lichen looked at Xu Xiaxi with deep eyes for a while, and said quietly: "The matter is done, go back to the office and get something." ”

After answering succinctly, he asked, "What are you doing here alone?" ”

Xu Xiaxi was excited, and then hid the things in his hand in the bag behind him.

This is a subconscious action, and after doing it, even Xu Xiaxi himself is inexplicable.

But he could only bite the bullet and continued: "No, nothing! ”

Fu Lichen: "......"

Who can be fooled by such a lame lie?

However, Fu Lichen didn't delve deeper, and even ignored the things lying on the ground, and only said, "It's too late today, I'll send you back." ”

Xu Xiaxi hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, I'll ...... myself"

"It's so late, aren't you afraid alone?" Fu Lichen asked calmly.

Xu Xiaxi wanted to cry without tears: "......"

I wasn't afraid, so why remind her!

Fu Lichen: "I'll give you two minutes to clean up, I'll go back to the office and get a copy of the materials and leave!" ”

"Don't! I can go with you now! "It's hard to look forward to a big living person, and Xu Xiaxi doesn't want to stay in this room alone.

She pushed the dark grid back indiscriminately, picked up the bag and followed Fu Lichen's side, as if she was the little tail where the other party went.

Seeing this, the corners of Fu Lichen's cold and hard mouth were slightly hooked.

Xu Xiaxi's little milk cat that he has to follow all the time is really painful, and he is so hungry that he wants to reach out and take someone into his arms and knead it.

However, it's not time yet!

Fu Lichen pretended to cough, "Let's go!" ”

The lights in the archives were turned off, and the entire hallway was darkened.

Suddenly, a small light lit up from the corner of the hallway, followed by the sound of 'ooh, oa, oa'.

There was a 'squeak' and the door to the archives opened.

After a churning sound, there was a long period of dead silence.

Then there was a 'crunch', and the drawer of the hidden compartment was pulled open again.

The light on the mobile phone screen is faint, reflecting a blurry black shadow, which is standing in front of the dark grid and constantly flipping.

————

In the car, there were only two people in the confined small space, Xu Xiaxi and Fu Lichen, which felt too embarrassing.

Natsuki had no choice but to take the initiative to put her mind back to what she had just found in the archives.

A pocket watch, an autopsy report, a few photographs, and a few things she didn't have time to look at, but they were enough to scratch her heart.

Who is hiding these things in the dark?

Who is the one who died?

What does all this mean?

Xu Xiaxi's mind was full of questions, and when he was distracted, a man's deep voice came from his ears, "What are you thinking?" ”

Fu Lichen drove the car, and while waiting for the red light, he turned his head to look at Xia Xi.

Xu Xiaxi was stunned for a moment, turned his head suddenly, and immediately turned back when he met Fu Lichen's dark eyes.

Flustered, he sat down with a serious face and stammered, "No, nothing." ”

According to the routine, Fu Lichen should ask more.

But Fu Lichen waited for the green light to turn back and continued to concentrate on driving.

Xu Xiaxi: "......"

Now it was her turn to sit still.

Xu Xiaxi held back for a moment and whispered tentatively: "I heard that the current archive room was formerly the office of barrister Chen Jing?" ”

Fu Lichen glanced at her from time to time, and asked rhetorically, "What are you asking for?" ”

Xu Xiaxi smiled awkwardly and said casually: "Sister Wan said that Lawyer Chen died in the office." ”

"Hmm." Fu Lichen nodded, reluctant to say more.

Xu Xiaxi was even more curious, didn't hold back, and asked again: "How did you die?" ”

Fu Lichen slammed the steering wheel, then braked to stop, and replied in an almost casual tone: "The official statement is that he committed suicide in fear of sin." ”

"What about the unofficial?" Xu Xiaxi asked subconsciously.

Fu Lichen turned his head and glanced at Xia Xi.

Xu Xiaxi suddenly remembered that Wan Xiao had said that Chen Jing was Fu Lichen's master in the past......

The words in his mouth were swallowed back violently, and he turned his face away in a panic, "I didn't ask." ”

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, Xu Xiaxi pretended to look around, and was dumbfounded again: "How do you know about my family?" ”

She only returned to China half a month ago, and the place where she lives is still her friend Ye Qian's old house, how did Fu Lichen know?

Fu Lichen had already parked the car, raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "What do you say?"

Xu Xiaxi was keenly aware of this issue, she definitely didn't want to talk about it, pretended not to hear, and quickly said thank you before leaving.

But Fu Lichen stopped her again, and smiled brightly, "The leader sent you home, just such an innocuous thank you?" Hee-hee, you're too casual, aren't you? ”

"What do you think I should say, Honorable Leader?" The title literally popped out between her teeth.

She knows too well the virtue of Fu Lichen's guy, and she doesn't know how many times she has been cheated by that guy like this in college.

It's just that Fu Lichen didn't ask her to run errands or ask her to eat or anything like before.

He only chuckled lightly, but didn't speak, laughing so hard that Xia Xi's heart was furious, and then he approached her very slowly.

Getting closer and closer, even she involuntarily leaned back.

It was as if the breath was spraying all over her face.

When Fu Lichen's face was about to stick to her, Xu Xiaxi suddenly felt that his mind was full of thoughts, his little face was so hot that he almost wanted to reach out and push people away.

The tongue also began to knot, "You, what are you going to do?" ”

Fu Lichen still smiled and put it straight to her lips.

For a moment, Xu Xiaxi felt that he was even breathless.

But just as their lips were about to be closed, Fu Lichen moved to the side, and the two staggered.

Then there was a 'click'.

It turned out that Fu Lichen was here to open the door for her.

Realizing this, her face was hot again.

Damn, why does she suddenly feel that her brain is so dirty, don't want it?

Especially in the face of Fu Lichen's smiling expression, she almost wanted to find a hole to get into.

"I'm hot, I'm going back." Xu Xiaxi was completely defeated by her brain hole just now, and she no longer knew what the logic of whether she was hot or not went back was there.

She grabbed her bag and rushed out, as if something was chasing her.

rushed forward in a hurry, and even the dark path she had feared the most at night was unconsciously skipped by her.

By the time Xu Xiaxi came back to her senses, she had already run home.

Fu Lichen didn't chase after her, she was a little relieved, but she wouldn't have thought that because she escaped too fast, she missed another very important thing.

So much so that when she thinks back on today's events in the future, she can only send herself four words: stupid home.

Fu Lichen had been sitting in the car watching Xu Xiaxi leave like he was running away, his smile became more and more unfathomable, and he muttered for a long time: "Since you are back, I will not let you escape again this time no matter what." ”