Chapter 39: A dilemma

As soon as he turned around, a bottle of red wine was touched to the ground, making a crisp 'pop' sound, splashing the blood-colored liquid on the ground. Ruan Zhan frowned, not understanding where this uneasiness in his heart came from.

"Boss, I'll clean up." Liu Tie walked over obediently.

Ruan Zhan nodded, dodged to the side, and broke another wine glass with a wave of his hand, but he didn't notice it at all, just silently walked to the staircase and sat down.

Something must have happened!

He thought, feeling the weeds grow in his heart and gradually soak into his limbs, making his every pore tighten.

Generally speaking, the people who can make him feel so strongly should be the people closest to him - Wan Li, Xiao Xia, maybe Bao Datong, and even his father.

The world is indifferent to him, so he also treats the world indifferently, but in his life, there are always things that warm him, although they are very weak, but for these warmth, he can fight against everything. Therefore, even though he didn't like to intervene in supernatural events so much, he also intervened one by one, and when he found out that there were demons that plagued the world, an indifferent person like him couldn't help but want to take action!

Was it the warmth that changed him? What's more, Xiao Xia has slowly melted the ice in his heart! He understands that now he can't afford to lose these most precious things no matter what!

But what made him flustered?

An hour ago, he suddenly felt something in his heart, but this time it felt very strange, as if something was attacking his heart on both sides, causing him to have unprecedented confusion for a while, not knowing which information to track, not knowing who was in danger?!

Because of the strong feelings, there was a clear telepathy between him and Xiao Xia, but in order to make her forget what happened in Hongqing Town, he forcibly sold her memories, which not only made her body a lot more fragile, but even the induction between them was blurred. He thought that time could change all this, but now only he knew how much he regretted it, and if Xiao Xia was hurt because of this, he couldn't forgive himself!

The phone has been called, but it can't be reached, and Xiaoxia's can't get through! And just as he was in a hurry and was about to run out to find out, the information on the two sides was cut off one after another! But this did not make him feel better, on the contrary, it made him feel that something was going on quietly, but he had no way of knowing, and he was at a loss.

Bao Datong on the side was very surprised when he saw Ruan Zhan's appearance.

His friendship with Ruan Zhan is not deep, and it is not shallow. But in his opinion, no matter how Ruan Zhan's appearance changes, his heart is always indifferent and indifferent, and his demeanor is always calm, even if he encounters great danger, he has never seen him flustered, what is the difficulty that can affect him like this now?

He spent the day upstairs recuperating today, and came down in the evening when the bar was open. Because he knew that although Ruan Zhan did not harm himself, in order to save him, he hurt Nei Xi and Yuan Shen a lot, so he went downstairs to help take care of the bar's business. The so-called non-workers can't eat! But he stayed here for a long time, and saw that Ruan Zhan had always been in a state of distraction, neither speaking nor raising his head, as if he was thinking about something important.

"Ah Zhan! Soul back! He skillfully paused the small talk with a few drinkers, came to Ruan Zhan's side, and patted him on the shoulder.

Ruan Zhan didn't react as if he hadn't heard.

Bao Datong was surprised, and just wanted to continue calling him, Ruan Zhan suddenly sat up straight, then stood up and walked quickly to the bar.

It turned out that there was a phone call, but because there was still melodious music in the bar, almost no one noticed that the phone was ringing, Ruan Zhan was the farthest away from the phone, but he heard it, obviously although he was stunned on the surface, he must have been very vigilant in his heart.

Bao Datong looked at Ruan Zhan, only to see that he listened carefully, and then said a few words, as if he was a little puzzled, and then returned to the staircase.

"What's the matter?" Bao Datong asked seriously.

"The villagers of Xitoudian called."

"What?" Ruan Zhan's voice was very low, and Bao Datong thought that he had heard it wrong.

"When I left Xitoudian, I gave the village chief a sum of money and told him that I would find a mage to help them with the whole village and ward off evil spirits. As a condition, I left my phone number so that they could find someone to call me in town if they found anything special. ”

"You're so cautious, that's good, who knows what new tricks that pair of demons have?" Ruan Zhan did things so well, which made Bao Datong really admire, "What's the news now?" Good or bad? ”

Ruan Zhan shook his head, "I don't know. They only said that there was a heavy rain there the other day, because Xitou shop is always dry, so this rain made everyone happy, especially the children. Several of the children did not listen to their parents and ran to the bottom of the mountain to play in the rain, only to find a body washed down the mountain by the torrential rain. ”

"Just call the police about this, tell you what to do?" Bao Datong shrugged.

"The people in the village are superstitious, and there have been so many things in the past few years, and they are afraid that the two things are related." Ruan Zhan stroked his forehead irritably, "And this deceased is wearing Taoist clothes." ”

"Huh? This problem is complicated! Bao Datong was surprised, quite surprised by this situation.

"I've got to go check it out." Ruan Zhan said, looking at his watch, "But I can't rest assured about this matter." Xiao Xia should have left work a long time ago, but now there is not even a figure - the phone cannot be reached, and no one answers the phone from the unit. Wanli, this guy, can't get through on his mobile phone! ”

"Maybe the two eloped." Bao Datong made a joke, but he also felt that something was wrong, "Otherwise, you keep an eye on here first, and I'll go out and look for it." ”

But before his words fell, the door of the bar opened, and Wanli walked in with a tired face.

He looked around and found that Ruan Zhan and Bao Datong were standing at the top of the stairs looking at him, but there was no trace of Xiao Xia.

"Is Natsu back?" Wanli asked.

"Who do you ask? I still ask you! Bao Datong said.

Ruan Zhan didn't speak, but his heart kept sinking.

"I had a patient who had a little bit of a problem." Wan Li sighed, "Patients with mild depression were originally fine, but their psychological condition has been significantly alleviated, but they committed suicide today." I was called in a hurry, tossed for three hours, and suddenly he wanted to open again and stop killing himself. He looked around as he spoke, "Is it true that Xiao Xia hasn't come back?" ”

"What are you lying to?"

"But when I came back from the patient's house and went back to the clinic, there was no one in the law firm?" Wan Li was a little surprised, "When this kind of sensitivity, she shouldn't run around!" I called her cell phone to try. ”

"I've already called, but no one answered." Bao Datong stopped him, turned his head to look at Ruan Zhan, and saw that Ruan Zhan's face was pale and he didn't say a word.

Did she really have an accident? Why didn't he feel her danger later?

Suzu -

When the phone rang again, the three people who looked at each other heard it, but it was Ruan Zhan who rushed over to grab the phone first. Wan Li and Bao Datong looked at him from the side, only to see him nodding, his face becoming more and more pale.

"Xiao Xia has something!" Knowing everything, he took the lead and walked over, "What's wrong?" ”

"More than an hour ago, employees at a mall found a customer's missing backpack in the fitting room of the underwear department, and found traces of a struggle in the nearby children's clothing department." Ruan Zhan's eyes were anxious, "Later, two wooden models in children's clothes were found in the fire escape, and there were blood stains on the palms of the models. ”

"Children's clothing?" Bao Datong sighed in his heart, "That backpack-?" ”

"It's Natsu's." When Ruan Zhan said this name, he felt as if he had been cut by a very thin knife, and he couldn't find where the wound was, but he kept bleeding. Although the other two people had already guessed the facts, they were still stunned for a moment.

"A call from the police?" Wanli asked.

"Yes. The police found Natsu's notepad in the backpack with the phone number here. ”

"Then let's get her out!" Bao Datong rolled up his sleeves, "Let's go to Lu Yan's mother and son now, it must have something to do with them." ”

"Slow down!" Wanli stopped him, "Being anxious will only be bad, at least you have to plan it." Zhan, what do you say? ”

Ruan Zhan didn't speak for a few seconds, forcing himself to calm down. The moment he learned that Xiao Xia had been kidnapped, he was so distraught that he could barely think. She is his weakness, no matter how calm and composed he is on weekdays, he can't treat her rationally when he encounters her. Or, it's called 'care, it's messy'!

"Are we going to attack together, or are we going to split up?" Bao Datong was anxious, and couldn't help but say again, "Do you think the incident at Xitoudian was accidental?" If it's accidental, we'll go together to save Xiao Xia, if not, what about that side? ”

"Xitou shop?" Wanli was surprised, "What's going on over there?" ”

Bao Datong told Wan Li what he had just done. Ruan Zhan, on the other hand, was silent, desperately suppressing the panic in his heart and considering countermeasures.

"For the sake of prudence, we are divided into three lines." After thinking about it carefully, Ruan Zhan said in a deep voice, "The matter of Xitoudian may have nothing to do with the matter here, but we can't take risks, so we have to have someone to go to the scene to investigate; And the police just called, asking us to go alone to cooperate with the police, and this also has to go alone; The other one, just go and get Xiao Xia back, give me your mobile phone number, remember to keep in touch at any time. ”

He never used a mobile phone, but later Xiao Xia gave him one. In that phone, he only had Natsu's phone number, guaranteeing that she could call him at any time. He loved it, as if she were his own, as if it was a secret between them, and although the idea was idiotic, he kept it that way. Now in order to facilitate contact, I have to add the numbers of tens of thousands of miles and Bao Datong.

"How do you assign tasks?" Bao Datong asked.

"Needless to say, each has its own strengths." Wan Li said, "I am familiar and can speak, so I went to cooperate with the police; You are familiar with the Taoist school, so you go to Xitoudian to study the old Taoist priest who has died; Zhan and Xiao Xia have telepathy, and the spell is the highest, so he came to save Xiao Xia! ”

The three of them finished their division of labor and acted separately.

"Konatsu-Konatsu-"

In the dark, Natsu hears someone calling out to her. The voice was so familiar that she immediately stood up.

Is it Ruan Zhan?

She listened carefully, conflicted. On the one hand, she wants him to come to her rescue, longing for his safe arms; On the other hand, she didn't want him to come, for fear that he would encounter some danger! Because now the situation is unknown.

She doesn't know where it is? Walking down the long dark hallway, I was locked up in this place where I couldn't see my fingers. This should be a room, not too big, about fourteen or five square meters, because although it is not visible, when she is pushed in violently, she stumbles about five or six steps and hits the opposite wall, according to the normal room type, there should be no mistake.

Also, guessing from the faint echo, this room is empty.

Soon after entering, she wanted to get up and study the layout of the room by groping around, so that she could get a chance to escape, but in the end she did not move, and sat in a dark, damp corner without moving.

In an unfamiliar environment, it is better to be still than to be still, and carefully consider your situation and the possibilities of escape!

This is what Ruan Zhan told her, and she decided to do as he said. Besides, the room was so quiet that even the sound of her breathing and the sound of her clothes rubbing during her activity were very clear and thrilling.

Thinking is also a difficult thing for her. Because she knew that if she let a thought stay in her heart for a little longer, it would make Zhang Jialin feel it. So whenever she thinks about escape, she immediately forces herself to divert her attention, or recall a clip from a movie, or hum a song in her heart, in short, although she succeeded in making Zhang Jialin not come to her trouble, but this kind of dual-purpose method makes her thinking chaotic!

It's just that she gradually discovered that what she was thinking more and more about was getting along with Ruan Zhan. She knew it wouldn't work! will make Zhang Jialin realize that Ruan Zhan is important to her, and maybe it will cause him trouble, so she desperately doesn't think about him, but at this time, his voice appeared in her head.

Maybe it's because I miss him too much and hallucinate, right? She thought so at first, but as his voice became clearer, she realized that it was true, and he must have known that she had been kidnapped, so he had come to her!

She stood nervously against the wall, unable to control what she was thinking for a while, for fear of being discovered by Zhang Jialin, although since she was locked up in this small black room, Zhang Jialin has not appeared, nothing has appeared.

She suddenly remembered her talisman, that talisman itself had the power to protect her, and it had been blessed by Ruan Zhan, so what wanted to infringe on her couldn't get close to her vital parts at all, and no one else could tear the talisman off her body except herself.

If it weren't for the protection of this talisman, Zhang Jialin would have killed her a long time ago, for some reason, Xiao Xia understood that she hated herself very much. Now she must be thinking of other ways to kill herself, so before that, this talisman may be able to block the demon boy's peeping into her heart.

Is it just to protect the heart or the head with an amulet? Although people's thinking passes through the brain, does the mood pass through the heart?

Xiao Xia hesitated for a moment, and when the voice of her name caused her heart palpitations again, she resolutely took off the amulet and pressed it on her heart. The brain is a scientific statement, and now that she is in a supernatural event, it must be the mind that is more important!

Ruan Zhan - Don't come!