Chapter 19: Encounters

"You stupid! You can't turn off your computer anyway, you won't spill your instant noodles on it! ”

Xiao Xia stood in a daze, not knowing what to do for a while.

"W-that's it?"

"Isn't that the end of it?" Bao Datong shrugged, "Next time this kind of thing happens, don't forget to recite the water spell before watering the computer." You see, your computer is not plugged in, but it still burns out, and that's the result of the spell. ”

"Spells?"

"It's a spell." Because Bao Datong was proud, he didn't feel that Xiao Xia's tone was wrong, "Didn't the Five Elements Forbidden Law teach you?" ”

"Taught me?"

"Definitely taught!"

"Okay, I'll pay for the computer." Xiao Xia was frightened at first, and now he was angry, and he stretched out his hand to Bao Datong angrily, "Aren't you just going to get rid of it from the computer?" If I could splash it with water, why should I ask you to do it? ”

"That's—it's easier to work on."

"Effort-saving, huh? Then pay me a new computer, otherwise I will let you have no effort for the rest of your life, and you will always lie in bed and eat and wait for death! Xiao Xia jumped out of bed as she spoke, closing the doors of the closet one by one.

"How can I have money?"

"Then you will continue to defraud the rich, I don't care, you must compensate me!" This is the second computer she has broken in the past year, the last time it was because of Guan Zheng, this time because of the missing child, she has no money to buy a new one, and all the information she has saved is in it, she will show it to a friend tomorrow, if the hard drive is not broken, see if you can recover some of the data.

"Okay, okay!" Bao Datong was really annoyed when he saw Xiao Xia, so he had to agree, "Go back and put a spell on the computer, like a mobile phone, so that the demon can't cast illusions through the computer." ”

"If it wants to find me, it will have access everywhere. Did you find out? It can't enter the room directly, but it can influence me through a lot of media. Xiao Xia sighed, "Forget it, let it be tossed as it wants, as long as I can inform you at any time." She shook her phone.

On the back of the phone was a sticker with a large head sticker for Datong, which was actually used to cover up the spell he had drawn. If it weren't for this spell, it would have been impossible for her to call Bao Datong just now when the demon had blocked all contact with the outside world. In fact, she didn't call her mobile phone, but directly informed Bao Datong of the critical situation here through that charm.

"By the way, are you back?" Xiao Xia asked.

"Not yet."

"Is there that much backlog?"

"This-I think, how to say it? I'm not a person who doesn't sow discord, but his whereabouts are very suspicious, and he should not be doing his job. Bao Datong squeezed his eyes mischievously, "I don't think you should wait for him, let's go downstairs and play for a while, there are many people there, and I will personally sit in the battle with Master Bao." He knew that the information of Xiao Xia's work was all in the computer, and now it was obvious that he could not continue to work, so he suggested.

Xiao Xia hesitated, "Forget it, I'm going to sleep for a while, and I'm going to act as planned in a few hours, I don't want to go to work tomorrow with panda eyes." ”

"Aren't you afraid of being upstairs alone?"

"I'm afraid. But there is no way, I have to face it myself, and I can't always let people protect me. Remember to me that I am a partner, not a burden! Xiao Xia paused and said, "Besides, as long as you put a spell on this phone and electrical socket, there will be no direct medium to contact the outside world, and it has just made a fuss, and I am afraid that I won't have the energy to bother me anymore." ”

Bao Datong nodded, "You're right, Ah Zhan's formation is still useful, otherwise such a powerful thing wouldn't rack its brains to get close to you in other ways." But it makes me wonder why it's so interested in you. ”

"I wish it had turned a blind eye to me." Xiao Xia was very annoyed, is her eight characters really so declining? "Stop talking nonsense, draw a spell!"

At Xiao Xia's urging, Bao Datong went back to his room opposite, took out the small wooden box, took pen and paper, and pasted it on the landline and plug hole. The small wooden box is full of very special evil spirits, and even the paper, pen, and cinnabar used to draw talismans are also spiritually powerful, so the effect is very great.

Now it's not too late to make amends, Bao Datong has done these repairs, and she can sleep peacefully for a while. Because Yangyang's mother came back a day earlier, Bao Datong banned Yangyang's family again, so now they have no worries.

Xiao Xia cleaned up the messy room, then lay on the bed, reached out from under the pillow and felt a small bloodwood sword and put it on his chest.

"Ruan Zhan." She murmured softly, as if just calling his name would give her peace, "You want to come back safely." ”

The Bloodwood Sword seemed to understand that Xiao Xia was calling its master, and it trembled slightly, and Xiao Xia slowly fell asleep in this throbbing.

"We're just waiting?"

At midnight, Xiao Xia and Wan Li sat in Ruan Zhan's car and parked outside a newly built residential complex.

"Sometimes it's better to wait for a rabbit than to run around." Wanli adjusted his seat to make himself more comfortable, not at all nervous as Xiao Xia, as if he was going to the movies instead of chasing evil spirits. This made Xiao Xia admire and worry a little.

But Wan Li is right, this city is too big, there are only two of them, and they may miss the evil spirit on any street, and waiting in a selected place, the probability of finding a clue is greater.

"Why here?"

"Because it's one of the few places where the defense is weak." Wan Li explained, "Since the police issued an announcement to let parents with school-age children pay attention to their children, there are still children who continue to go missing. Parents who have lost their children say that even if they don't sleep, they will be inexplicably unknown at a certain time, and the dog at home doesn't even bark, and the child is gone when he wakes up. As you should know, this incident has caused a collective panic in the city. In this case, the police have done their best and deployed a lot of police to patrol at night. I think that no matter how powerful the demon is, he will not dare to clash head-on with such a large number of extremely vicious policemen everywhere. It will definitely be more careful, or it will not dare to do it, or it will pick on the weak police force. ”

"Is the police force unevenly distributed?"

"It's caused by a lack of police, but this is a big case, and this loophole will be closed soon, but until then, it's more dangerous for children."

"Where did you investigate these situations?"

"The information involved in this matter is top secret, how can I inquire about it, I am guessing." Wanli knocked on Xiao Xia's head, "You think, the previous cases all happened in the urban area, and of course the police force will be concentrated there." And this is a newly built community in the suburbs, and even the police station has not been set up, so how can there be time to arm. ”

"You can think of it, the police are not stupid, of course they want it."

"Yes, yes, not only us, but also the evil spirits will understand this. But when you think about it, in the case of insufficient strength, of course, there will be some emphasis. In fact, there are patrol police here, but they are not like the urban area. ”

"There's a patrolman?" Xiao Xia looked in the rearview mirror, "Have you ever thought about it, we are also in trouble doing this." If the patrol sees a man and a woman sitting sneakily in the car in the middle of the night, maybe they will take us as suspects! ”

Wan Li glanced at Xiao Xia with a smile and didn't speak.

"What are you laughing at?"

"You also said that it was a man and a woman, sneaky, and when the time comes, won't it be over when we pretend to be cheating? Speaking of which, you sit down and let us huddle when the patrol officer comes to suspect us in a moment. You know, sometimes body language is more telling the story. ”

Xiao Xia slapped Wanli's arm, "Don't be poor!" You're so hateful, I'm so nervous! What if we do? ”

Wanli smiled again, and once again did not answer.

Recently, he has been very busy and has had a lot of things, of course, because of that hateful Bao Datong, he has not been alone with Xiao Xia so quietly for a long time. The familiar, warm, and relaxed feeling between the two has always been something he likes very much, it is a feeling of mutual trust, mutual comfort and a little ambiguous. This made him calm and comfortable, although this beautiful feeling had changed in his heart and gradually evolved into love, but he also understood that her feelings for him were still at a stage where there was more than friendship and less than love.

She loves his best friend. He understands this very well, but although his job is to guide others how to face their hearts and how to make the right choices, he himself is now in chaos, so he simply does not touch it. After living for so many years, he has learned a very useful thing - let go of the things that can't be solved, and time will decide everything for you.

"What about you, what should I do if I am so 'lucky' to meet that evil spirit in a while?" Xiao Xia slapped Wanli again.

"Follow the missing child!" Wan Li pulled back his thoughts, "Fifteen children have been missing since Zhang Jialin started, and there are no reports of missing children leaving the market, so there must be a place to hide, unless they have entered the belly of the demon." ”

He said it calmly, but Xiao Xia shuddered when she heard it, she couldn't imagine that there would be a man-eating demon lurking in such a bustling and lively city. What kind of world is this, how many secrets are still hidden in the crowd, maybe everyone is glamorous, but there are also the most unseemly desires in every corner!

"Actually, the police are already looking for a hiding place, because they can't speculate that all this is done by evil spirits, at most they will speculate that perverts are attacking children. But the city is too big, and they need time. I think we should try to solve this problem, and if it doesn't work, we should also try to sabotage it, and if we can save one of them, and we can help the police indirectly. ”

"I understand." Xiao Xia nodded.

The two stopped talking, and sat quietly in the car, staring earnestly at the darkness around them.

This is a newly built area, not only there are some dirt roads, there is not a single street lamp, it is dark and dead all around, and it is in a clearing next to it where there is still long grass, from time to time there is a chirping of summer insects, and there are also some small insects that make a little bit of faint light shining. This quiet summer night should have made people feel peaceful, but at this moment, Xiao Xia felt that she was in the scene of chatting, and even the night breeze blowing through the car window made her feel a little cold. Just like now, she suddenly felt that the wind was a little stronger.

She sat up straight, feeling Wanli's big warm hand pressed against the back of her hand, making her feel uneasy. But she could feel Wanli's whole body tense, and her head turned to her side, staring at the open space outside the window.

In the grass, there was a sound of sooting, and their eyes, accustomed to the darkness, could see the grass moving in a chaotic manner, as if something was moving under the long grass, towards the side of the road behind them.

This scene made Wan Li make a decision, took out two invisibility talismans left by Ruan Zhan, and pasted them on his and Xiao Xia's shoulders.

In the rearview mirror, they saw that the grass was moving for a while, and then a small figure came out of it.

It was a little girl about five years old, wearing a beautiful red gauze skirt, small sandals, and short hair, although she couldn't see her facial features clearly, her eyes glowed green like two little fireflies, which reminded Xiao Xia of the ghost boys she met in the hospital last time.

Hmmm――

Another gust of wind blew, and the little girl who was standing on the side of the road in a daze suddenly turned at a strange right angle and walked in their direction, her movements stiff, slow, and swaying, as if she were sleepwalking.

"What should I do?" Xiao Xia asked in a low voice.

"Don't be afraid, we're invisible now." Wanli held Xiao Xia's hand, feeling that her soft palms were full of cold sweat, "As long as you don't speak." He believes in Ruan Zhan, Ruan Zhan's skills are no longer the same, the invisibility talisman he drew must not even be able to see through the demon, although the people with the talisman will see each other, but in the eyes of both people and spirits, this car is empty!

Xiao Xia nodded, nervously watching the little girl come over, the footsteps were rhythmic and heavy, step by step! She prayed for the little girl to stay away from their car and pass quickly, but every wish she made was in vain. Not only did the little girl walk by clinging to their body, but she also stopped at the door and turned to face the car!

Click—she opened the car door and sat in the back seat!

This was definitely an accident, when the sound of the door closing sounded, Xiao Xia glanced at Wanli, not knowing what to do. Wanli thought for a moment, then winked at her and smiled softly. She understood that it was telling her not to panic, not to move, and to wait and see what happened.

Natsu obediently stood still, observing the little girl in the rearview mirror. I saw that her facial features were delicate and cute, and although the green light in her eyes was gone, it made Xiao Xia look even more creepy - even if her face was expressionless, and the muscles on her face were controlled, but the skin on this little girl's face didn't move at all, she didn't breathe, her eyes kept staring ahead, not focused, like a doll made of real people who could move!

I don't know why the doll was in the car, and I don't know what she was going to do, she just sat quietly in the back seat, motionless.

'Do you want to take her away?' Xiao Xia asked Wanli with his eyes.

Wan Li blinked and shook his head again, meaninging, 'Of course I want to take her away, but I have to wait.' ’

Natsu didn't know what he was waiting for, but she didn't refute it. After a dozen seconds, she suddenly heard a metal scraping sound overhead, moving from the back to the front.

She didn't see anything behind her climbing onto the roof, but now it was clear that something was climbing above their heads.

Hiss-sss

Slowly, the sound reached the front of the roof, but suddenly there was no movement, and after waiting for a while, the front window of the car and an upside-down head hung down! Although she was standing upside down, and although her long black hair was swaying softly on the front window like a weed, Xiao Xia still recognized her at a glance - Zhang Jialin!

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