Chapter II

Time: Afternoon of June 2

No one could have imagined that the weather would change so quickly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

It was cloudless and sunny in the morning, but just after noon, the whole sky began to gradually become dull, dark clouds overpowered, and the rhythm of heavy rain was coming.

Zhang Zhantao pressed down the brakes, casually wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hands, looked up at the sky, turned his head to glance at Xu Ran and said, "This ghost weather, most of it is heavy rain." It's surrounded by rice paddies, and it's rare that there's a temple in front of us, so we'll take shelter from the rain there."

The breeze blew, taking away a hint of fatigue, and then there was a rumbling sound, and a thunderclap suddenly sounded in the sky.

Xu Ran, who had just reacted, was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhang Zhantao, nodded a little sneeringly, and then the two rode side by side towards the quaint-looking temple in front of them.

It is also strange to say that Xu Ran, who has lived in Shanghai for two years, although he is said to be a foreigner, has not gone out for a walk after work, although he heard that there is still farmland in the suburbs of Shanghai, but here, there is a temple that looks old, but it is a little confused.

Time passed faster than expected, and the two of them came to the temple as soon as they slipped through the smoke. Before, Xu Ran didn't feel it from a distance, but after coming to the gate of the temple, he was invaded by the very quiet and unique strange silence of the temple. In particular, the big locust tree in front of the temple looked very old, and there were palm-sized and some eye-catching star-shaped red banners hanging on the withered branches.

An inexplicable coldness began to surge from the soles of Xu Ran's feet to the top of his head. If he had a choice, Xu Ran wanted to go back now, or refuse Zhang Zhantao's damn invitation at first.

"There is a door next to it, so you should be able to ride in, it seems that not only do we have to shelter from the rain here, but we are probably going to live in the temple today."

Zhang Zhantao raised his head, muttered a sentence in his mouth, first went around to the side door, and rode in, but he didn't see a monk coming out to block it, and the temple was still quiet.

I always felt that something was wrong. Xu Ran thought so, rode over, and as soon as he entered the temple, he was surprised to see that in the temple with a courtyard structure, in each room, there was smoke curling and it looked a little hazy.

In an inconspicuous corner, a black Audi was parked.

With a few cheerful laughs, a little boy dressed in white first ran out of a room in the middle, followed by a little girl in red clothes, two children frolicking together, followed by a pair of adults came out.

"Xiao Tao! Why are you here? ”

Things took a sudden turn for the worse.

The tall man holding the hand of the beautiful woman looked at Zhang Zhantao with a surprised expression.

"Uncle! How did you end up here, and bring your aunt and children with you? ”

It is hard for anyone to believe that in such a remote place, in this somewhat dilapidated temple, Zhang Zhantao's uncle would bring his grandson and granddaughter here.

I heard Zhang Zhantao mention that he only has one uncle.

After a few sounds, the surroundings became quiet again. Xu Ran never saw a single monk, the only so-called "uncle" he saw, the smile looked somewhat evil, and there were two children playing and playing, which was also a little weird.

"Xu Ran, this is what I mentioned to you, my uncle who often took me out for a ride when I was a child"

Looking at Zhan Tao's surprised expression, he was excited. Xu Ran smiled reluctantly and replied politely, "Hello, I'm Zhang Zhantao's roommate, Xu Ran."

"Your cousin is busy, let me take the baby out for a walk. Originally, I was going to have a picnic with your grandchildren with your aunt, but I didn't expect to see a temple, so I simply came in to have a look. It's going to rain, and the two children can't get used to living in the temple, so your aunt and I decided to drive to the city, do you two want to be together? ”

If it rains, it won't stop for a while, and most of the riding plans are going to be put on hold. Zhang Zhantao spread his hands a little depressed, looked at Xu Ran and said, "I think it's better to go back!" I'm afraid I won't be able to get used to it."

Uncle and Zhang Zhantao worked together to stuff the bicycle into the rear compartment, the aunt sat in the co-pilot, the uncle sat in the driver's seat, and Zhang Zhantao and the two children sat in the rear driver's seat, still leaving a large position.

"Still stunned for what to do. Xu Ran, you came up! ”

Only Xu Ran was left standing next to the car, holding his stomach with his right hand, and said with a somewhat painful face: "Oops! My stomach hurt so badly that I couldn't hold it anymore. Zhang Zhantao, lend me your mobile phone, mine is out of battery", as he said, Xu Ran threw his mobile phone over.

"Here you go! Password, six six" Zhang Zhantao glanced at Xu Ran with strange eyes, and his uncle who was sitting in the driver's seat raised his voice several minutes, "Go to the right!" ”。

Even when I used to go to a Fortune 500 company for an interview, I didn't have so much pressure. Xu Ran, who was holding his stomach, saw that he had turned a dead corner, hurriedly took his hand back, glanced back, looked ahead, ran as far as he could, until he saw an inconspicuous stone pipe covered by a branch, without saying a word, he moved the branch, glanced inside the pipe, and got in. Xu Ran leaned over, then covered it with a branch, panting roughly, picked up the mobile phone with his right hand, quickly opened Zhang Zhantao's mobile phone address book, and was surprised to find that at some point, there was not a single contact in the address book, not even a historical record. After hesitating for a few seconds, Xu Ran dialed tremblingly, and the number in his mind was a little vague, but it was still clear: 158XXX98179.

A few seconds after the mobile phone rang, the other end of the phone was finally connected, and then a very vicissitudes of voice came, "Hey! Is it Xiao Tao? Find your uncle something."

Syllable!

Almost a conditioned reflex, the mobile phone in Xu Ran's right hand fell firmly on the stone surface in the pipe. The miserable white light shone on Xu Ran's miserable face, Xu Ran gasped, only felt that his heart was beating so fast, as if he was about to jump out, tremblingly picked up his mobile phone, and replied: "Uncle, hello!" I'm Xiao Tao's roommate, he was recently promoted, I want to ask if you are at home now? I want to send you a gift in person."

There was a sudden silence on the other side for a few seconds. Then there was a hearty laugh, "I thought something was wrong." Don't give gifts, you tell Xiao Tao that you can come over and play when you have time. I'm always at home and there's nothing to go out of."

Intuition, despite the lack of rational data analysis and later verification to deduce its accuracy, is undeniably able to give a certain degree of judgment to a certain extent.

Who are those men and women? And the two kids? Who can believe that in such a barren suburb, except for acres and acres of farmland, there are no people, and they will meet their relatives! Not to mention, in the temple with incense, there is not even a monk in the weird.

Hands, feet, face, including the whole body, Xu Ran felt that his whole body was full of sweat. It wasn't until the sound of "Hey, Hey, Hey" came from the phone that Xu Ran came to his senses and hung up the phone. panting roughly, he muttered, "How should I inform Zhang Zhantao."

Before I could think of a good way, the dark mobile phone suddenly lit up, followed by a ringtone, and the two big words "Xu Ran" appeared on the screen weirdly!

Another indescribable feeling rose from Xu Ran's heart.

If the mobile phone is not powered, it can also be charged with a power bank, but if the mobile phone has a boot password, it will definitely not be opened for a while, especially for this time. Xu Ran has always paid attention to his privacy!

Fear, little by little accumulated fear, filled Xu Ran's mind.

A little in a hurry, Xu Ran wanted to work hard to open the back cover, but after finding that it was fruitless several times, his head was hot, and he slammed the phone towards the inner stone surface of the pipe.

I heard a loud crack, and the whole pipe fell silent for a few seconds. But there was a thunderous thunder,

The heavy rain followed the pouring down, Xu Ran just breathed a long sigh of relief and relaxed, but there was a sudden sound of rustling at the mouth of the pipe in front of him.

No matter how loud the rain was, Xu Ran could still hear it clearly. Little by little, Xu Ran curled up and moved towards the mouth of the tube, and was about to glance out when suddenly a pungent stench came, followed by a huge big face, Xu Ran wanted to open his mouth and shout, but found that his mouth had been covered by something, and then, the whole person suddenly lost consciousness and fainted.