Chapter XII Exchange of Information

"Children are the most likely to lose their souls and be frightened, come, let me take a look." Bao Datong took a step forward, picked up Xiao Tong, let Xiao Tong's little body lie completely on his shoulder, patted Xiao Tong's whole body gently with one hand, and said something in his mouth.

"Are you alright?" Lu Yan asked worriedly.

"It's okay, it didn't scare him." Bao Datong put the child back into Lu Yan's arms and narrowed his eyes.

There are no anomalies. There was nothing unusual at all. It was completely the breath that a child should have, even if he used the Dao method to secretly probe the child's body, there was no reaction. But why, he just thought this little thing was weird?

"Oops, Natsu-chan, your hands are bleeding." Lu Yan exclaimed, hurriedly put Xiao Tong on the bed, pulled up Xiao Xia's left hand, and saw a deep scratch on her ring finger, and there was still some rust on the side of the wound, "I'll help you deal with it." ”

"It's better to go to the hospital." Bao Datong stopped Lu Yan, "If there is rust, it is better to disinfect and get vaccinated, otherwise you will die if you get tetanus." So, let's go first, and I'll come to help tomorrow. Bao Datong said and glanced at Xiao Tong again, and saw that Xiao Tong was still sitting on the bed with tears in his eyes, fragile and harmless, thinking that he was nervous?

"Okay." Lu Yan said embarrassedly, "You helped me so much, Xiao Xia was injured, I'm really sorry." ”

"Look at what you said, it's not your fault" Xiao Xia hurriedly comforted Lu Yan, and then faced Xiao Tong, "Xiao Tong, Auntie is gone, I will come to see you in the future." ”

The little boy nodded, his eyes full of reluctance, but he still said goodbye obediently, and watched the three adults walk out of the room.

The footsteps were far away, and only the sound of traffic outside the window could be heard faintly. There was a strange silence in the room, not even the sound of breathing, as if it was another world isolated from the human world.

Xiao Tong, a five-year-old disabled child, jumped out of bed, as dexterous as a monkey and as silent as a fallen leaf.

He slowly walked to the closet and looked at himself in the mirror, the look on his face changed. Bit by bit, with the rise of the corners of the mouth and the change of eyes, innocence is slowly replaced by triumphant.

He grinned silently for a while, then looked down at the little fist he had been clenching—a bloody rusty iron nail in his outstretched palm. He picked up the iron nail and quickly drew a spell on the mirror.

The iron nail slashed through the mirror, making a piercing 'creaking' sound, and as the charm was drawn, the 'little boy' pressed lightly, and the iron nail sank straight into the mirror, making a 'woo' sound, as if crying.

"You said you played with me, Auntie." The 'little boy' sighed softly, his face changed to stern again, his eyes stared at him with a creep, and he did not move.

Da-da-da-da-da-

The sound of footsteps came, and the little boy knew that it was Lu Yan, so he jumped and returned to the bed to sit. And the mirror, blackened by his departure, was a small human form, as if his shadow had remained in the mirror.

With a wave of his hand, the mirror returned to its usual appearance, and Lu Yan just walked in the door.

"Little boy, what did you do?" Lu Yan asked with a straight face.

And just when Xiao Tong had these changes, Xiao Xia and Bao Datong had already come to the street. What happened just now made Xiao Xia a little dizzy, and the sun in the sky was more scorching, so Bao Datong ran to the roadside stall to buy ice cream, and Xiao Xia stood in the shade of the tree and waited.

Although the change in Xiaotong just now was not as obvious as that day, even if she was idiot and dull, she deeply felt the difference. What she doesn't understand is why such a cute child can become shivering?! She knew that Bao Datong had already tried it when he was holding Xiaotong and patting it, but since he didn't say anything, it proved that he hadn't found it. But why did the child suddenly become a stranger in such a cute situation? Is it a psychological illness or is there something abnormal?

She was puzzled and looked aimlessly at the pedestrians on the street.

Play with me!

Suddenly, a voice sounded in her heart. At the same time, she suddenly noticed that there was a street scene that she was very familiar with, and she couldn't help but look at that place again!

A little girl is standing on the opposite street corner, about five years old, with a floral dress, long hair, melon seed face, and big eyes, who is Zhang Jialin, who has been missing for a long time!

Xiao Xia Huo stood up, "Zhang Jialin! She screamed and tried to run across the street, but when she got to the side of the street, an arm reached out from the stab and dragged her back.

Immediately after that, there was a crisp sound of 'pop', and the signboard of the store that was being renovated fell, slamming into the place where Xiao Xia was about to run over.

Everyone was stunned, including the renovation workers.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry - I don't know how." He desperately explained, "I obviously installed it, and it didn't loosen, I don't know-I-"

"Alright, alright, it's good that it doesn't hurt anyone." Bao Datong helped Xiao Xia, who was scared stupidly, "Hurry up and clean up, it's not good to hurt other people." ”

Seeing that the victim had no intention of pursuing the situation, the workers left with a thousand thanks.

Natsu looked up at the corner in shock. But the little girl is gone! The crowd was still bustling, but the girl disappeared like air, as if she had never been there.

"I-I might be hallucinating." Xiao Xia faced Bao Datong's gaze uneasily, "My life is really big, otherwise I will definitely hang up this time." ”

"Not an illusion." Bao Datong helped Xiao Xia sit under the pergola, licked his hand and threw away the ice cream, but still stained with some melted cream, "I saw it too." Zhang Jialin, isn't it? ”

"You saw that too?!"

"That's right." Bao Datong turned his head and smiled ruffianly, not at all like he had just encountered a moment of shock, "You think this signboard fell for no reason?" Do you think your life is great? The former is because of the evil thing, and the latter is because of me! Little fool! ”

Ruan Zhan had also seen Xiao Tong, but like him, he didn't find anything abnormal. At first, they only thought that the house was bad, but since strange things came with the mother and son, the root of the problem is self-evident.

"Exchange information!" Bao Datong sat on the edge of the bar and said.

It's the weekend, but the bar isn't open yet, only the owner and the psychiatrist are there.

"Let's talk about Xiao Xia's hand first?" Ruan Zhan frowned.

As soon as Natsu entered the door, he noticed the wound on her hand. Although she kept leaning sideways, trying not to be seen. But even though his eyes didn't look at her, his heart revolved around her, and her every move, including a slight frown, could not escape his gaze.

"This is also a piece of information, and we will exchange it together."

"Cut, won't I ask myself?" Wanli scolded lightly.

"What the hell is going on, or you'll roll up and fuck off." Ruan Zhan had a cold face, "I promised your dad to help you, but I didn't say that you would eat and live for nothing!" ”

"Okay, okay, I said." Bao Datong raised his hand to surrender and told the scene that happened at Lu Yan's house at noon.

Wan Li was taken aback, looked at Ruan Zhan with a solemn face and said, "What do you think?" Is that problematic for mother and child? ”

Ruan Zhan didn't speak, frowning.

"Sometimes the least likely is the most probable." Bao Datong said, "But what I don't understand is, why can't we all feel the evil aura? ”

"There's a possibility." Ruan Zhan also sat down, "That is, his Dao method is much higher than ours, then he can restrain the evil qi or demonic qi, so that we can't detect it in the slightest." ”

"It's a big guy again, our lives are really hard." Wanli sighed.

This time, Bao Datong did not reply.

What Ruan Zhan said was possible, he also thought of it. But he has been reluctant to face the problem. It's not that he's afraid, it's that he can't imagine it. He has been cultivating with his father since he was a child, and Ruan Zhan is even more talented, if they can't see it, then the opponent is very likely to have hundreds of years of Taoism. But how could this make him believe that a delicate young woman and an innocent child were the culprits of everything! But what is it for?

"It's also possible that there are other reasons that we don't know." Ruan Zhan seemed to know the contradictions in Bao Da's concentricity, or he also had this complicated mood, "The world hides too many things that we can't know, everything can only be revealed at the end, and there will be any possibility." ”

Bao Datong shrugged, "That's right, then let's have a look, anyway, everything will come to an end." They came to the door, not me! ”

"So- this is your information?" Wanli asked, "You've been busy with intelligence for more than a week?" ”

"Hey, I've been helping Xiao Xia do good this week, and I almost broke my leg. Do you try to open a store in such a short period of time with so little money? Bao Datong complained, "In this way, I also took the time to investigate Zhang Zixin's matter, and by the way, I also touched the bottom of Lu Yan's mother and son in reality." ”

"Tell me about it." Ruan Zhan said.

"Zhang Zixin is a reporter from the city's morning newspaper, you know that." "But you may not have noticed that he is a reporter for the social news page, and he is an amateur writer, especially keen on reportage." Five years ago, on the eve of his marriage, he originally decided to combine the statutory marriage leave and the usual accumulated vacation for the honeymoon with Lu Yan after marriage, but for some reason he suddenly terminated the plan and applied for a reverse leave in advance. According to Lu Yan, he had an urgent interview mission, but according to my investigation, he heard about a supernatural event, so he decided to go for an interview and then write a report. Because he doesn't believe that there are ghosts and demons in this world, he wants to solve this puzzle! ”

"You investigated?" Ruan Zhan listened extremely carefully.

"yes." Bao Datong was a little proud, "His disappearance was thoroughly investigated by the police, and there is still no conclusion." But when I went to investigate, I noticed his best friend, Wang Yong, who was an absolute idealist. You know, we are the most observant people, so he told me what he didn't tell the police. ”

"Didn't you use some illusion again?" Wanli asked.

Bao Datong laughed twice, "That's not true, I'm just--just to let him dream of his friend who disappeared five years ago, and then give him the dream interpretation." ”

"Bao Datong." Ruan Zhan frowned, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, as a magician, you can use this ability to do good, but you can't blindly sway others, unless someone asks for it, it is against morality." ”

"Got it." Bao Datong did not refute, "I also know that there have been more of these recently, but this matter is too old, and if you don't use such means, you can't find out." But what do you say about that wealthy real estate businessman? ”

Ruan Zhan stretched out his thumb.

"This is the first time you've approved of me, and I'm going to write a journal in a moment to record this touching day." Bao Datong joked, "But what do you guess Wang Yong said?" ”

"Do you want to buy a ticket to listen to your story? Hurry up and continue. Wanli urged.

"He doesn't say, I really don't know. Five years ago, works about debunking supernatural phenomena were popular, such as the 'Devil's Valley', our reporter Zhang liked this kind of reading very much, and wanted to write a book day and night, but he never had a chance, until shortly before he got married, he heard that there was a supernatural event in a place, so he didn't care about the busyness of preparing for the wedding, and applied for a vacation to go there, wanting to investigate the story behind the supernatural phenomenon, and then write a book based on it. ”

"What's the matter? Where is it? Wanli asked.

I thought of Bao Datong but shook his head, "I don't know about this, I only know that Zhang Zixin booked a ticket to Xi'an." You know, sometimes best friends can have completely opposite personalities. Zhang Zixin and Wang Yong are like this, firstly, Wang Yong is timid and does not want to get involved in these things, and secondly, Zhang Zixin wants to crack the supernatural incident by himself and write a sensational book, so he did not reveal too much. ”

"You're a little bit of information." Wan Li said, "It just pointed out the general direction, and it was not very constructive." ”

"Then I attach one more article - Lu Yan and Xiaotong are indeed their own people, the files are complete, and they did not appear out of thin air. So, if they have a problem with their mother and child, their bodies are normal. So, what's your news? ”

"In the name of Master Bao, we visited the families of the ten missing children, and we heard—"

"Ten? Isn't it seven? Bao Datong interrupted Wanli in surprise.

"Apparently you're very busy these days and haven't read the newspaper." Wan Li said, "Three more children have disappeared this week, and the official has reminded the public to pay attention, so that everyone can keep an eye on their children and not be taken advantage of by gangsters." ”

"But it's not about child trafficking, is it?"

"It's really irrelevant. Because from the current point of view, they are just crutching, not selling. ”

"So for what, it won't be for food, right?" As soon as Bao Datong spoke, he was also taken aback.

I hope it doesn't end up like this, that's cruel. Eating children, he can't imagine. If that's it, they're facing demons!

Ignoring Bao Datong's speculation, Wan Li continued, "We asked many parents of missing children, and everyone said that the child's disappearance was very sudden and without any warning beforehand. And all the children disappeared in the middle of the night, and the doors were opened from the inside. But there is a problem, the missing children are four to six years old, very young, some of them can't even wear clothes well, if the security door is locked from the inside, some children can't open it by themselves, but when these children disappeared, they all wore their favorite clothes, and when they disappeared, their parents slept very deeply and didn't hear anything. Importantly, every mother heard some strange noises on the night of her child's disappearance. ”

"What?"

"Before going to bed, these mothers heard the baby's cry, but when they opened the door, there was nothing. And when I just fell asleep, I heard the voice of a child on the street calling - Mom! Mom! ”

"Boy or girl?" Bao Datong asked.

"Nonsense!" Wan Li let out a sigh of helplessness, "How old is the child, how can the voice distinguish between men and women?" ”

"And—" Ruan Zhan continued, "there are several parents of missing children who claim to have seen a strange little girl appear around. Because the little girl is more eccentric, she is very impressed. ”

"Is it Zhang Jialin?"

Ruan Zhan nodded, "That's right." There is also a strange phenomenon - all the missing girls are girls! ”

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