Chapter Eighty-Six: Tracking Zhiqiang
"Yes, if you think about it carefully, is there anything unusual about your parents? For example, do you often take you to the temple, or do you have any regular worship ceremonies? I looked carefully at Xu Zhiqiang in front of me, hoping to find a trace of clues from him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"No, our family has never engaged in these superstitious activities, and even our family does not worship during the New Year, and we have never posted a door god or something. I asked my dad why other people's houses set off firecrackers and put pictures on their doors during the Chinese New Year, but our family never had one. My father criticized me and said that they were engaged in feudal superstition, and now it is a new society, and those are not in vogue from time to time. ”
After listening to Xu Zhiqiang's words, I felt that something was wrong. His dad sounded reasonable, but I always felt that wasn't the case. His family seemed to be hiding something, and I suddenly felt the urge to go and see them.
"Xu Zhiqiang, I want to go to your house to have a look, don't you know if it's convenient?" I asked him tentatively.
"Uh...... I'll have to ask my parents for their opinion. As soon as Xu Zhiqiang heard me say that he was going to their house, he suddenly became embarrassed.
"Don't your parents like strangers in the house?" I asked.
"No, my parents weren't hospitable. It's just that I used to bring a girl home without their permission, and they got angry and said why didn't I tell them in advance. Later, he drove the girl away. Anyway, things were quite unpleasant at the time, and the girl broke off my friendship because of it. Later, every time I went to my house, I had to get their permission. After they agreed, I dared to take people home. Xu Zhiqiang's face turned red involuntarily as he spoke.
After listening to Xu Zhiqiang's words, the more I felt that there must be some huge secret hidden in his family, a secret that cannot be discovered by outsiders.
Tao Ying secretly tugged my arm, I looked back and saw Tao Ying's eyes, and I knew that Tao Ying also wanted to go to Xu Zhiqiang's house to have a look.
"Then you go home and tell your family, just say that you are taking your classmates to your house to play. What do you mean by Mom and Dad, okay? "To be honest, I'd love to visit their house too.
"Well, okay then, I'll go home and ask my parents." He said this in embarrassment and left.
"Tao Ying, you feel strange that you don't have their family, even if you don't have feudal superstitions, you don't have to go on for years, right? Isn't that excessive, you say? I looked at Xu Zhiqiang who was far away and said.
"I think so, too, and, you see, they never accept guests who don't make an appointment in advance. Is that because they weren't prepared and didn't hide what they didn't want people to discover? ”
"It's very possible, all of this can only be verified after Xu Zhiqiang goes home and asks his parents' opinions." I don't think we'll be able to get into Xu Zhiqiang's house.
"If his parents don't approve of us going to their house, we'll never figure it out! Xu Zhiqiang had no choice but to be frightened, or as he himself said, he would die unexpectedly soon. In fact, it's a pity, Xu Zhiqiang is not only a little verbose, but also a very good boy. Tao Ying sighed.
"However, I feel that even if his parents agree to go to their house, it is very likely that we will not get anything." I suddenly realized that there was a more real problem.
"Why?" Tao Ying asked suspiciously.
"You think, if his parents agree to let us go to their house, then they must be prepared. Hide everything that should be hidden, how can you leave us any clues! ”
"yes, why didn't I think of that, so what should we do now?"
"There's only one way right now." I looked at the figure of Xu Zhiqiang, who had not completely disappeared, and said.
Tao Ying looked at me, nodded tacitly, and said, "Then what do you have to wait for, let's go!" After waiting for a while, the people were gone. ”
"Clever! Walk! Tao Ying and I quietly picked up Xu Zhiqiang.
Xu Zhiqiang later got on the bus, and Tao Ying and I stopped a taxi and followed the bus, and then followed Xu Zhiqiang to get off the bus.
Xu Zhiqiang walked into a dilapidated community, which looked like it had been around for some years, and even the gate of the community at the door was rusty and mottled.
"Seeing that the community is so old, Xu Zhiqiang's family is very difficult." Tao Ying looked back and forth and said.
"I don't know, I guess! Let's go, hurry in, otherwise Xu Zhiqiang will disappear immediately. "I reminded Tao Ying not to look any further.
I pulled Tao Ying and was about to enter the gate of the community, "Who are you looking for?" "A voice suddenly came from the dilapidated janitor's room at the door, startling me.
"We, let's go in and walk relatives!" Tao Ying hurriedly said, lest the man come out and ask more details, and we can't answer, and then pull me and rush inside.
But just as we were about to enter the gate, the big rusty iron door suddenly shut. Shut me and Tao Ying out. At the same time, a voice came from inside: "Hurry up, I'm for your good, I'm afraid you can go in, but you can't come out!" Let's go! ”
"No, we're just stringing relatives? Why can't you get out? Tao Ying shouted loudly to the door.
"You have to go to Xu's house, don't blame me for not reminding you, you'd better stay away from their house, otherwise you will get into trouble when you cry." The voice came out again.
After hearing this, Tao Ying and I looked at each other. Who is he, it sounds like an uncle, but how does he know that he is going to Xu Zhiqiang's house?
"Uncle, you open the door for us, we are not going to the Xu family, we are just going in to visit a relative, uncle......" Tao Ying shouted a few words at the door, but no one inside responded.
"What's going on?" Tao Ying asked.
I shook my head and said, "I didn't know, I didn't expect there to be such a responsible doorman in such a dilapidated community." ”
I looked back and forth and said, "Come, follow me!" "Looking at this dilapidated community, the fence is very low, I believe that with Tao Ying and me, it must be easy to jump in.
Tao Ying and I came to a place where no one was, I squatted down and said to Tao Ying, "Come, go!" ”
Tao Ying looked at me, then at the low wall, and gave me a thumbs up. Then he stepped on my back with understanding, but I didn't see Tao Ying jump up for a long time, I really couldn't hold on, so I asked, "Tao Ying, why don't you go up?" I almost couldn't hold on. ”
Tao Ying jumped to the ground and stopped talking.
"What's wrong? Why don't you go up? It's so short, is it possible that you can't go up? "I stood up and complained a little about Tao Ying.
Tao Ying pointed to the top and said, "The knife is extinguished!" ”
I looked in the direction of Tao Ying's finger, and saw the face of a middle-aged man on the wall, staring at us. My back is cold when I see it, what's the matter with this man, why is he standing here?