After Ruan Zhan arrived in City A, he stayed at the Yeyuan Hotel where Li Jingming stayed last time.

He didn't deliberately ask for a room or simply live in the attic where Li Jingming met the ghost, because he believed that if there was something to find him, he would naturally find it, and he was very suspicious that with the fact that the ghost could not be combined now, he would dare to provoke.

He went to observe the river behind the house, and found that it was a river around the town, not deep nor shallow, calm and waveless, not only can it be used as a transportation path, but the scenery is also very beautiful. However, with his eyes with special abilities, he could still see the ferocious aura in it, but it was a pity that his ability had been sealed for too long, so he couldn't see it really, and this section of the river behind the Yeyuan Hotel was the deepest part of the entire river, and he had to dive to the bottom of the river to figure it out.

There is no need for equipment in this small scenic place, so he asked Wanli who stayed in the bar to buy diving equipment for him and check it over, and then waited for the equipment to arrive to find out. But he has not been idle in the days he has been waiting, pretending to be a folk culture collector to consult the county chronicles, asking around about a hundred years of folk tales, and trying to recall the diving skills that have been deserted since his college days.

That evening, when he finally returned to the inn satisfied, after integrating the various scattered threads into a well-defined story, he found that something unusual had happened in his room.

The door was open, the cabinet was passing, there was an unfamiliar smell in the room, and the sound of water was coming from the bathroom.

Ruan Zhan gently pushed open the bathroom door, a person was leaning over the sink to wash his face, when 'it' looked up and saw two people in the mirror, one of them was Ruan Zhan's gloomy face, it was startled, and screamed 'ah'.

"I just understood today what it means to be 'scary, scared to death', don't you walk silently?" Xiao Xia wiped the water from her face indiscriminately and said angrily.

"Why are you here?" Ruan Zhan frowned, feeling deeply troubled.

"Can't I come?"

Seeing Xiao Xia's provocative look on her face, Ruan Zhan knew that discussing topics such as danger and necessity with her would only lead to arguments, so it was better not to say it at all. And Xiao Xia unceremoniously squeezed out between Ruan Zhan and the crack in the door, and sat peacefully on the other bed, with the air of not leaving.

"How did you get in?"

"I told the shopkeeper that I was your sister."

"What an honor!"

"I'm more at a loss, I'm much better looking better than you."

"I'm sorry for you." Ruan Zhan changed the angle of questioning. "Do you have nothing to do over there?"

"Don't worry, everything is going well on my side. The application for forensic psychiatric evaluation was approved smoothly and quickly, and is currently in progress. There's no chance that 'what' will merge into one. ”

"So you're here?"

"Who let you go like a yellow crane and never look back." Xiao Xia put the blame on him, "I asked you for help, at least you have to give me a little news, but you don't have any news, I have reason to suspect that you were eaten by a ghost or didn't do your best." So for the fact that I came to you, although you are not happy, you also have to bear a little responsibility. ”

She was so arrogant, Ruan Zhan had nothing to say.

"I know you think I'm in the way, but there's no way around it! What age is this, you don't even have a mobile phone, so I can't contact you at all. She doesn't have to get involved, who doesn't like it easily, but this is her case, she insisted on saving Li Jingming, and Ruan Zhan just helped. Although he didn't say it, she knew that this matter was quite dangerous, how could she let it go and let the people who helped her family take risks alone. She is timid, but she believes that it is always useful to have one more person at a critical moment.

Ruan Zhan still didn't speak.

"You must be scolding me for quibbling right now, right? But the lawyer is inherently -- you can't raise your head if you have a reason, and you can't raise your head if you are unreasonable. It's you who can't recognize the situation and provoke people like me. ”

"Whatever you want, what's wrong, don't blame me for being scared to death!"

"You're not going to scare me to death." Xiao Xia is sure that he won't leave her alone.

"You just know what you're doing. Let's go, I'll take you to book a room. ”

"Whatever room you book, I'll stay here. Aren't there two beds here? You can't use it alone, don't waste it. ”

Her answer made Ruan Zhan almost despair. Ever since she occupied his room on the second floor of the bar, he had to sleep in the warehouse. He is so enthusiastic to help, it is not that he wants to get rid of this abnormal life mentality as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, thousands of miles away, she still made him uneasy.

"Otherwise, I'll help you pay for the room, you can choose which one you like, or you can go to that three-star hotel."

"No! It is shameful to waste social resources. ”

"Miss, please understand a fact." Ruan Zhan said tiredly: "I'm a man, and we don't know each other very well, isn't it inappropriate for you to be in the same room with a strange man like this." Although this is not a feudal era, can you be less daring? ”

"It's because I'm timid that I want to live with you! And I know you hate me and won't be interested in me. You are really not kind, you must be clearly said. Hey, by the way, did you have dinner? ”

Ruan Zhan shook his head.

"Then I will treat you to a famous local dish, right? I checked with the owner, and there is a century-old store not far from here. ”

Ruan Zhan had a splitting headache.

"Don't be so awkward! I just wanted to hear what your survey and your plans are these days. You know it's about 'that', I'm timid, and it doesn't sound that scary in a crowded place. Let's go, let's go, you have to be told that you are willing to move, really! ”

Nguyen Zhan completely surrendered. He was dizzy now, and he couldn't figure out what the character of the person in front of him was. He has never seen such a person with a dual personality, obviously a rat gall, but he is so reckless, obviously he has good self-esteem, but he can rely on his skin.

The hundred-year-old store was built on the riverside area, because it was the off-season for tourism, there were not many customers in the store, Xiao Xia and Ruan Zhan chose a window position to eat while talking about the fact that it was already clear.

It turned out that more than 100 years ago, the owner of Ye Yuan was the richest man in ten miles and eight towns here, and now the place where they live is already a small corner after being divided into many parts. According to the county records and the old people from generation to generation, the Ye Garden was very prosperous at that time, and the wealth was boundless, but then it slowly declined, until the generation more than a hundred years ago, there was no male to inherit the incense. So the only lady of the Ye family recruited a tried and failed landing show in the town to be her son-in-law. At that time, everyone envied the good luck of this showman, saying that a big gold mountain fell from the sky at their doorstep.

But only a year later, Miss Ye, who was already pregnant, drove him from the inner courtyard to the outer courtyard on the grounds that Xiucai often stole money. In fact, it was Miss Ye who disliked him for being cowardly and incompetent, and took a fancy to others. At that time, the southern atmosphere was conservative, and she couldn't marry another husband, so she found an excuse to send Xiucai outside, and she secretly lived with her lover, who had been promoted to the rank of chief housekeeper.

But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and soon this matter was spread by the servants of the Ye family. But the Ye family is powerful, and no one dares to say anything openly, just take the show. Xiucai was originally a poor person and was looked down upon by everyone. Later, he suddenly bumped into shit luck, which naturally made other people jealous, and he couldn't be a man, so he was a little arrogant when he was proud, and he offended many people. Now that he is unlucky, there is still a reason not to fall into the well.

His nominal wife blatantly stole people, and he was accused of being a thief, which disgraced Sven and lost face, and his ancestors were disgraced because they did not even dare to go on the street. He refused to leave, so the rough servants in the Ye Mansion made things difficult and abused him in every way, and Miss Ye seemed to have approved these things. After another two years, when his nominal children were almost two years old, it was suddenly rumored that he was going to murder Miss Ye out of jealousy. Because the evidence was conclusive, the Ye clan used clan rules to lynch him and put him in a stone box and sank to the bottom of the river.