"You're soaking wet, do you want to take a hot shower first?" Gao Qiuwu put me in the kitchen of Yue's house, "This is?" "I have the feeling that Grandma Liu has entered the Grand View Garden. I hadn't looked closely at the kitchen during the day, and I wanted to boil hot water for a bath, but there was an earthen coal stove that I didn't recognize. And...... Stomach growling.

"I'm hungry." Gao Qiuwu said with a smile: "Want to cook supper?" He twisted the switch and the fire ignited.

"It just looks antique, and it's all modern home."

"Didn't see the kettle." I muttered.

"Electric kettle, just plug it in. Do you boil water to drink? There is it in a thermos. ”

"Is it better to boil hot water for a bath?" I'm embarrassed.

"Oh, not that far behind." Gao Qiuwu smiled. "No need to boil water, water heater, electricity. However, it should be turned on first, and wait 30 minutes for hot water to come on. ”

The bathroom and toilet are together, and I have never heard of this kind of place where rental houses are inferior...... This is the style of the Republic of China?

"It's an old-fashioned shower, here's the water switch, here's the power switch, here's the shampoo, here's the shower gel. Towels are here, toothbrushes are here, clean clothes are in this basket, dirty clothes are put in the washing machine outside, and I happen to do the laundry together. Gao Qiuwu pointed out one by one, fortunately, I am smart and have a good memory, not to mention the second time. Just amazed. "Is there a water heater for sale here in Longtan Township?"

"There is e-commerce! The one sent by Taobao can be used as long as there is electricity. Gao Qiuwu sat on the two-seater sofa, this sofa is obviously old-fashioned, wooden, the oil is natural paint, the wooden furniture here in the Yue family is good, generous and strong, and the ergonomic use is appropriate.

When I came back to my senses, I caught a glimpse of a lit candle standing on the table, and it seemed that Gao Qiuwu had been here.

"I just brought this candle down from upstairs, and the power will go off as soon as it turns off at twelve o'clock." Gao Qiuwu explained while wrapping my body in a quilt, "I couldn't sleep, so I went downstairs casually and found that the door to your room was wide open, so I came in." I didn't expect to see you running through the window...... in the courtyard."

Are these words true or false? I lowered my eyes and looked indifferent.

"If you don't want to get sick, hurry up and take a brown sugar water," Gao Qiuwu patted my head, "You didn't bring any personal belongings, did you?" I'll go find you some of the women's clothes. "

He was about to turn around after speaking, but I stopped him: "No need, you can go, close the door!" "

"Are you angry?" Gao Qiuwu turned back to me: "Who are you angry about?" "

"Nope!"

I turned my head, "I just want to tell you that we don't know each other, you don't have to bother so much about me!" "

"Haha!" Gao Qiuwu straightened his wet hair and laughed, "It's so you're angry with me!" It makes you sad to see you this afternoon and ignore you, doesn't it? "

"I'm sad?! It's funny, I'm not even friends with you now, why be sad! ”

I said excitedly, I don't know what's wrong with me, I will lose control of my emotions when I face Gao Qiuwu, I really hate his attitude towards me this afternoon, which makes me feel like I am alone?

"Water Moon!" Gao Qiuwu turned my head over and said solemnly, "If you are angry because I ignore you, I apologize to you, but please don't say that we are not friends!" "

"Am I wrong? You already knew that I was the heir to Yue Wenbin's estate, right? That's why you're not surprised at all when you see me in Yue's house. Your deliberate waiting for me on the way to the village clinic was deliberately trying to make me tell me what happened to me, deliberately saying that you want to be friends with me again, in fact, your purpose is all for this legacy, right?! "

"I'm not!" Gao Qiuwu frowned and grabbed my shoulder, "If your suspicion is to protect yourself, then too strong a defensive heart will hurt you even more!" Now, calm down and listen to me—"

Seeing that my emotions calmed down a little, Gao Qiuwu let go and said, "I only found out that you were Yue Wenbin after I met you again, that is, the day before yesterday...... Heir, my feeling at the time was that he shouldn't push you into the fire pit of the Yue family's inheritance! Do you know how powerful and spicy Mrs. Yue and Yue Lanyue are? They won't let you get the money so easily! You have already seen Yue Lanyue's attitude, and Mrs. Yue, do you think that it is sincere for her to ask you to consider not giving up the inheritance? I think she just doesn't know what you're thinking, so she just stabilizes you first. I listened, nodding my head in understanding. I suddenly remembered Yue Shiyin,

"What about you, don't you have any intentions for the inheritance?"

I asked, staring at him.

"I only care about the interests of each person, as long as people don't embarrass each other, I won't fight with them for anything. In fact, I was also very unhappy that there was no other person's name in the will, and because they were not related by blood, they thought that their husbands and children were just outsiders...... It's really muddy! Do you think, in this case, as soon as I see you, I look very familiar with you, will the Yue family think that we colluded to steal the Yue family's inheritance? This will only be worse for you! "

"I ......"

Although I think he has a point, I am still a little unwilling.

"It's true, I confirmed it with my partner just now."

"As for you saying that our encounter was planned...... Gao Qiuwu smiled lightly, "That's really ...... Could it be that I could not predict the prophet? “

"But ......"

I pursed my lips, half of my anger gone.

"Let's take a shower! And what questions are left until you come out after taking a shower! Gao Qiuwu lit a candle in the bathroom next door and pushed me in, "You rinse it quickly, I'll bring Yue Shiyin's clothes and put them at the door." "

"Then you don't wash? You're getting wet too! ”

That's when I felt like I couldn't go.

"What do you mean......" Gao Qiuwu showed his usual playful smile again: "Let's wash together?" "

"Bastard!"

I stomped on him hard and slammed the bathroom door shut.

Hot water poured down from my head, warming my limbs and reminding me of the man I had just had.

Just now, in order to protect me, he fell on the stone slab, and the blood on his palm flowed, and I am afraid that the injury was not light.

Just now, my mind was so confused that I lost the ability to think, but now in the fog, I sat in the bathtub full of hot water, and looked in the mirror to think carefully about everything related to him. Where is a dream? Where is the truth?

If I hadn't come, would I have died in the rain and would not have been found out in a few days? Just like that female tourist?

Gao Qiuwu, can I still trust you? You must know Yue Shiyin, maybe there is a story between you and Yue Shiyin! As I thought so, I saw my eyes move in the mirror, and two lines of tears flowed from my eyes, flowing down the water, spilling over the frame, and falling to the ground with a pop......

Coming out of the bathroom, Gao Qiuwu was already sitting on a chair in the room waiting for me. I smelled a strong, musty smell.

"You're so slow, I've already washed and cooked this...... You're just coming out. Gao Qiuwu held up a small teapot, and hot air kept coming out of the spout.

"What is this?"

I asked. "No, it won't!"

"Brown sugar water, it can prevent colds, you drink it to see how it tastes." He poured a glass and handed it to me.

"It's very fragrant! When I was sick when I was a child, my sister would cook it for me to drink, and I miss it very much! ”

I picked up the cup and took a sip, and immediately felt warm all over my body, "I didn't expect you to cook this." "

Gao Qiuwu smiled: "In addition to good skin, I can't always be useless, right?" "

"Who said you were good for nothing! Your sketches are just very good......"

As if I had thought of something, I ran to my wet clothes and rummaged through them.

"What are you looking for?"

"Sure enough!"

I pulled the crumpled piece of paper out of my coat pocket and said disappointedly, "The business card is wet, and the print is all melted." How the hell did you end up in a law firm? "

"You've always had my business card with you?" Gao Qiuwu's voice suddenly became very soft, "It's okay, if you like it, I can give it to you again." "

I smiled at his change of topic, "By the way, did you and Yue Shiyin meet abroad?" "

"Yes. How do you know that Yue Shiyin said it? Gao Qiuwu asked in surprise.

"Hmm, that's what Yue Shiyin said when she picked me up......"

"Well, when I was in college, I met an elder in my family who sponsored me to go abroad, and it happened to be a graduating student led by Yue Shiyin's tutor. Yue Shiyin likes me very much, and has taken me to Yue's house a few times, saying that I look very much like her brother. I didn't see each other again after I graduated, so I thought I might go back to my hometown. I didn't expect to meet here. "

"Yue Shiyin's brother looks very similar to you?" I don't think there is a similarity between Gao Qiuwu and Yue Wenbin!

Yue Shiyin said. I don't look like it, it's just that the figure, fat and thin are about the same, and the temperament is far behind. However, our faces are a bit similar, but our eyes are not the same, Yue Shiyin's brother Yue Wenbin's eyes are big and energetic, and I am a four-eyed chicken, still with single eyelids, and the facial features are not good-looking, as for the value, it is not comparable to Yue Wenbin. "

"yes, yes."

I said in my mouth, thinking in my heart, or Yue Shiyin just loves his beautiful girl, and the lover has Xi Shi in his eyes, since even Yue Shiyin himself thinks they are alike, then the two of them must be similar to some extent, maybe Gao Qiuwu is taking advantage of this resemblance...... Or the plot of the brother-lover, since then, he has purposefully approached Yue Shiyin, coveted the inheritance, and started a conspiracy to gain both people and money.

"I still want to ask, haven't you seen that elder since you returned to China?"

"He emigrated overseas and never contacted me again, I'm sure of that."

Otherwise, I said in my heart, it was the elder who helped you climb the high branches. Then you have found a better step to enter the body, I can't imagine that the will of the Yue family is so xenophobic, am I exposing you or is it false and wronged? I didn't tell Gao Qiuwu about Mu Tongtong's true identity from the beginning. Thinking that she was still so infatuated with Gao Qiuwu in the past, and her heart for him was the same as everything that had been untouched in those green years, which deeply moved me, an outsider. At the same time, I was a little sad, because the person she loved was as illusory as a dream, not only did her body and mind not belong to her, but even her feelings were fake...... And Mu Tongtong never doubted his feelings......

After a moment of silence, I suddenly remembered something important: "Gao Qiuwu, do you know Mu Lingbo?" "

"Mu Lingbo? You mean Yue Moye's grandmother? "

"It turns out that Yue Zhenxing is Yue Moye's grandfather? Has he passed away too? ”

I asked as I opened the cabinet in the corner, but I couldn't find the tablet anymore. Could it be that anyone else has been to this room besides?!

Gao Qiuwu nodded: "I've heard that they all passed away more than twenty years ago...... Why do you ask this? "

I told me about the discovery of the tablet and the sight of the human form: "Is the ghost haunting of the Yue Mansion related to Mu Lingbo?" "

"Where do you start? My partner once told me that some strange things did happen in the Yue Mansion, that is, since Mu Lingbo married into the Yue family...... However, I have always believed that the real ghosts in this world only exist in people's hearts! "I always felt that Gao Qiuwu's words were unknown.

"So, do you think what just happened to me was just my hallucination, or my inner imagination?" I sneered.

"Psychologically speaking, that's true......" Gao Qiuwu looked at me and paused, "But, I believe you, since you said you saw it, then they must exist, just wait for us to solve these mysteries one by one." "

"Thank you!" Gao Qiuwu's trust made me feel very warm, "So, can you tell me everything about Mu Lingbo and the entire Yue family?" "

Gao Qiuwu took a sip of sugar water and said in a low voice: "It all started with a dragon king's marriage twenty years ago...... I've only recently started investigating, and there are a lot of things I can't figure out. Gao Qiuwu showed a tired expression in front of me for the first time, "I only know that after the death of Yue Moye's father, the eldest son of Yue Zhenxing, the old man Yue, and Yue Moye's father, strange incidents in the Yue family emerged one after another...... My partner used to live here, and according to him, he would be awakened every night by the sound of intermittent sobs that could not tell whether it was a man or a woman, and the servants of the Yue family also privately rumored that they saw a figure wandering around the house in the middle of the night, and everyone's nerves were tense. Until one day, the ancestors of the Yue family had a big fight, and many years later, Yue Wenbin told me that it was because he had discovered a secret ...... of his great-grandfather."

"What's the secret?"

I asked.

At that time, Yue Shiyin, the youngest sister of the Yue family, had just turned one year old, and she often cried in the cradle at night, and Yue Wenbin's room was next door to the room in the baby room, so she sometimes got up to take care of the little sister herself. Late one night, he saw his great-grandfather staggering downstairs into the haunting house...... He crept over, pushed the lightly closed door open a crack, and saw a young and beautiful woman lying upright on the floor, her eyes closed and her face pale, without the breath of a living person, while his great-grandfather knelt beside the female corpse and caressed the female corpse's head lovingly! "

"Ahh

I let out a soft cry and unconsciously looked down at the wooden floor beneath my feet, "That woman...... Is it Mulimbo? Could it be that he is not dead? Those film and television dramas with rich family grievances are like this, such as water and clouds! "

"I also asked, but the partner said that if Mu Lingbo hadn't died, it would have been impossible for the Yue family's dragon king to marry! I don't understand, but I just guess that it might be a corpse, but I don't know how to preserve it intact for many years! Gao Qiuwu frowned, "Yue Wenbin saw that his great-grandfather was wiping his face and talking to the female corpse, and then he stood up and turned off the light in the room, he quickly hid in the storage room under the stairs, and when his great-grandfather returned upstairs, he dared to enter the room - but there was no one in the room! This has been the case several times in a row. Many years later, Yue Wenbin recalled this incident and always thought that his great-grandfather was having a tryst with a female corpse every night, and he fell in love with the female corpse! "

"It's incredible, isn't it? Could it be a necrophilia? "I am reminded of the story of Charlemagne, the so-called fairy in the lake, in the earliest folklore, is a female corpse, which is also mixed with necrophilia, Lord of the Rings and other stories, these wealthy families are really dirty!

I said, "Then how did Yue Moye's grandfather die?" Do you say ......"

Just when Yue Wenbin told his father that Yue Moye was considering whether to tell the secret to others, his grandfather committed suicide in this house! The first person to find the body was Mrs. Yue, and the second was Yue Wenbin...... What he saw was Madame Yue sitting blankly in a pool of blood, with her great-grandfather's corpse lying beside her, and a sharp ancient sword piercing his heart, presumably a collector's item. But he had a smile on his face, as if he was in a dream......"

When I heard this, my hand shook, and the glass immediately slid down, but fortunately it was caught by Gao Qiuwu in time. Piercing the heart and dying, exactly the same as Mu Tongtong's death! Is there any connection between this?

Solemn?

Mountain?

What is the relationship between the two families who are married?

"After the death of Yue Moye's grandfather, the Yue family began to decline, the brothers were not that material, the business was not doing well, and the servants also went their separate ways one by one, leaving only the tiger aunt who married with Mrs. Yue. Under the bewitchment of the tiger aunt, the Yue family seemed to believe that all this was caused by Mu Lingbo, so they found a Taoist priest who hunted ghosts and did a ritual...... It was also stipulated at that time that the power would be cut off at 12 o'clock, saying that it was not allowed to light a lamp or light a fire so as not to alarm the ghosts, and that you must fall asleep immediately to seek peace......

Actually, I think it's all a superstitious trick. However, after more than 20 years, the Yue family moved out, during this period the house was really calm, although the Yue family's business flourished abroad, but they still missed the original old house, after the reform and opening up, the clothes returned to the hometown, with the local investment promotion, the industrial transfer is also very good, until——"

"Until what, you hurry up and say it!"

I hurriedly pushed Qiu Wu high. But he said something else.

"The Yue family has gone overseas, only the young Yue Wenbin was stayed, and for the next twenty years, he has lived in the capital, and has been taken care of by a distant relative of the Yue family, in these twenty years, even after the Yue family moved back, only Yue Moye often returned to China to visit him, and no one else cared about him at all!"

"How can the relationship between the Yue family be so indifferent!"

I was surprised.

"Because, he is regarded as an ominous person, even if it is his own mother! And the ups and downs of the Yue family also blamed him for the fall of the Yue family. To this day, his parents, siblings still can't forgive him! "

I can't imagine how Yue Wenbin faced the hurt of his family again and again, "With such anger, the relationship between Yue's family is really ...... It's intricate! "

"But that's fine, at least Yue Wenbin avoided that fire!"

"But I don't see any signs of a fire!"

I looked around the room, and although it was quaintly decorated, it still felt pretty good - if it weren't for the legend of the haunting man.

"Because later, the Yue Mansion was renovated again, but no one wants to live anymore." Gao Qiuwu said, "On the night I heard about the fire, the Yue family was asleep and suddenly woke up by a puff of smoke, so they got up in a panic and fled...... Fortunately, the fire was not too big in time, and the fire truck came quickly, so that the Yue house would not be destroyed! But unfortunately, in this fire, Yue Hongxu, the twelve-year-old sister of the Yue family, was burned by the fire and became what she is now. "

"Everyone else is fine, why is Yue Hongxu the only one who is burned? And it looks normal! ”

Because of my sister, I have infinite sympathy for the girl who also suffered an unjustified disaster because of the fire.

At that time, everyone only cared about their own life and death, or thought of Yue Shiyin, but they didn't expect this inconspicuous little sister who usually doesn't go up or down, and it was impossible to think about whether she had the ability to escape in the fire when she was young. By the time the firefighters rescued Yue Hongxu, everything was irreparable...... However, the reason why Yue Hongxu became the state of trance he is now was not because he was in this burning room at the time, but because of fear...... In other words, there is a good chance that it is her...... Caused a fire! "

"Oh my God! What's going on? "

Afterwards, Yue Hongxu said in fear that late that night, she went to the hall on the lower floor to get water to drink, and when she passed by this room, she found that the door that was originally sealed was actually open, and there was candlelight floating inside! She leaned forward and quietly peeked into the room - a young and beautiful woman was sitting in front of the window and grooming in the mirror, drawing her eyebrows and lips, wearing a phoenix crown and a veil, dressed as a bride! And...... It's exactly the same as the great-grandmother who has been passed down from generation to generation! ”

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"No one believes what Yue Hongxu saw, right?"

I closed my eyes sadly, I could feel the pain, just like I once walked into a non-existent Dragon King Temple and met someone who had died in the parking lot! However, Yue Hongxu is even more miserable than me, and he has to endure both mental and physical torture!

Gao Qiuwu nodded lightly: "Although the fire investigation report came out, the cause of the fire was indeed because the candles burned the curtains, but the Yue family was a little suspicious about this. Yue Hongxu lives in a nursing center on Peach Blossom Island, where a psychiatrist believes that he has some kind of hallucination, and under the catalysis of this hallucination, he does something he doesn't know about—such as lighting a candle and accidentally burning the curtains. "

"Didn't anyone think that maybe what Yue Hongxu saw was neither an illusion nor a ghost, but a real person, and the so-called curse of the Yue family's family could also be man-made?!"

I said.

Gao Qiuwu tapped the table with his fingers: "Shui Yue, you and I have thought of this together!" Not only Yue Hongxu, but Yue Wenbin had also seen a woman's corpse here, and further reasoned that when Old Man Yue died here, it was very likely that he had seen something destroyed...... So the biggest secret of the Yue family lies in this room and that young and beautiful woman! Mu Lingbo! "

In this way, in this ghostly room, a total of three people died, including Yue Hongxu, and one person was burned, which is really strange: "I always feel that there is a secret secret here, is there a secret passage!" ”

I said and stood up, and went to find the candle.

Gao Qiuwu stopped me with a smile: "Don't worry, we have time, it's not too late to find it at dawn, you listen to me first." Later, when the Yue house caught fire and wanted to be renovated, the Yue family was disbanded. Twenty-four-year-old Yue Lanyue married Yue Ningyu at an astonishing speed and went with him to settle in the capital. It just so happened that the distant relative who took care of Yue Wenbin at that time also passed away, Yue Wenbin was admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a master's degree, crossed the ocean, and soared into the sky after returning. And Yue Hongxu, because she needs treatment, has been living in the best nursing center near the capital, she has completely collapsed, especially extremely mentally confused, sometimes like an insecure child! Mrs. Yue also left her family behind and went to Huilongguan on Taohua Island in the capital village to live in seclusion, staying for nearly ten years.

And Yue Shiyin has been running at home and abroad, but in fact, since then, she has become an orphan invisibly, and no relatives take care of her wholeheartedly, just being a trapeze artist every year! probably also thinks that she is to blame for Yue Hongxu's neglect! "

"Yue Shiyin is so pitiful, Yue Wenbin has at least had a father who loves him to visit him in those twenty years, but Yue Shiyin is alone at such a young age......"

"Yes! The only family affection in the Yue family is Yue Moye and Yue Wenbin, father and son. At the beginning, Yue Moye insisted on sending Yue Wenbin to the United States, and later he also wanted to use the advanced education level of foreign countries to cure Yue Wenbin's heart disease. It's just that he didn't expect that later, Yue Wenbin developed his career in the United States, founded his own Wenbin Group, and merged the Yuejia industry with the support of some elders.

At that time, I had just drifted north from the capital to the United States. I met Yue Shiyin, and then Yue Wenbin and I became best friends, and I was able to enter the current office with his support, so it can be said that our tacit understanding is incomparable! Speaking of this, Gao Qiuwu suddenly looked a little sad, "I have always been very compatible with the Yue family. Yue Moye treats me very well, like both a father and a brother, which makes me feel dependent. And Yue Shiyin took good care of me, allowing me to regain the warmth I had missing...... But a few years ago, Yue Wenbin's branch in the capital had just been established, and he was ambitious to prepare to go to Beijing, but he died in a car accident unexpectedly. Since then, for the development of the group, everyone has kept it secret.

"Did you learn so well in your business to repay you?"

I didn't know how to comfort him.

"At first, it was just a hobby, wanting to make myself happier, but then it was really because of kindness."

"You're such a nice guy! I heard from a police friend that I saw you at Yue Moye's funeral. "I deceived him.

"yes. Yue Wenbin and I went to Beijing together. Then...... Probably after the funeral, Yue Wenbin began to suspect that the cause of Yue Moye's death was not as simple as a car accident, so he planned to spend the remaining three years in the capital and the United States, on the one hand, to deal with the real estate affairs of the capital, and on the other hand, to prepare for a secret investigation, but unfortunately he died before he could get out of the school! "

"Did he tell you why he suspected something he had found?"

Gao Qiuwu shook his head: "I don't know, or I didn't have time." However, I don't think Yue Wenbin died in a car accident, I have seen his body, and I feel very strange, and I can't tell what the problem is......"

My heart "chuckled", he had seen Yue Wenbin's body, it seemed that Yue Wenbin was really dead, but who did I see that night?

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