Before going to bed at night, Qiao Yushen mysteriously explained to me and An Lan: "When you rest at night, turn on the light, it will be much safer." ”

"Why? I'm not used to the light bulb being on, and I can't sleep at all. An Lan was very confused and worried about this matter.

"Forget it, An Lan won't ask, he knows a lot, but he is afraid, Qiao Yu is not wrong to let the light go to sleep, we just do it."

"Good night, Qiao Yu, tomorrow we all get up early and go out to find food, don't miss the meal again, hungry in vain." I reminded Qiao Yudao.

"Okay, got it, let's meet at the door of the room at eight o'clock.

By the way, my phone is turned on, and you can call me at any time if you have any emergency. After Qiao Yu finished explaining, he hurriedly went to the room to rest.

After Qiao Yu left, An Lan and I locked the door and prepared to rest.

Looking at the two narrow beds, An Lan and I, who had been working all day, each obediently lay back to their beds after washing.

I hated that bedding was unhygienic, so I lay on the outside of the quilt with my clothes, casually put a quilt corner on my body, and began to yawn, ready to fall asleep.

An Lan was full of doubts, sat on his small bed and looked around the room, when he saw that the window glass was open, he got up and locked the window, but standing in front of the window, he pushed and pulled it a few times, only to find that the window was broken and could not be locked at all.

The window glass is of very poor quality, and there are no protective windows outside, but the strange thing is that the glass track is very slippery, and the thin windows are pulled back and forth, and there is almost no sound.

"Hey, such a low little wooden building, it would be terrible if a bad guy climbed up, I have to think of a way." An Lan said to himself.

He turned around and found a white ceramic teacup from the table, and placed it gently against the glass window, so that if someone pushed the window in, the cup would fall to the ground and shatter, waking the person from the dream.

After designing the anti-theft problem of the window, Anlan checked the door lock again and found that the old-fashioned wooden door was dilapidated, and an ordinary spring lock could hardly play a role in preventing thieves.

An Lan was not at ease, so he turned around and dragged the wooden stool against the door and put it away, and then lay down in his clothes like me, ready to sleep.

Maybe it was because of the fatigue of the day's journey, and it didn't take long for me to fall asleep in a groggy state, and I don't know when Anlan fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, I was suddenly woken up by a sound of *, it turned out that Anlan had a weak constitution because of low immunity, and he ate cold food at night, and suddenly had gastroenteritis.

At this time, drowsy, I raised my hand and looked at the watch on my wrist, and found that the time was about two or three o'clock in the night, when everything was quiet, and the only few guests in the hotel were sleeping and screaming, and the sound of snoring came through the thin door panel.

Seeing An Lan sweating in pain, I had to get up and look for medicine for him.

"Lingyun, I'm nauseous, my stomach hurts terribly, and I can't straighten my waist, in fact, I woke up a long time ago, but seeing that you slept soundly, I couldn't bear to wake you up." An Lan said to me weakly.

I gave him a blank look and reproached him: "You are stupid, you don't call me when you are sick, if it is serious, it will be troublesome, and maybe it will delay everyone's trip."

Fortunately, I have medicine for indigestion with me, I will go and take it for you, I guess by dawn, you will be much more relaxed. ”

"Help me up, Lingyun, I don't want to sleep." An Lan's face turned pale, and he begged me in a low voice to help him up.

I walked up to An Lan, helped An Lan sit up from the bed, supported his back with a quilt and pillow, and asked him to sit down, then I opened my hand and found a medicine for stomach problems from the backpack I brought.

found the medicine, and went to look for water, but when I looked at it, I found that there was no hot water in the room, which could be used for medicine for An Lan.

What to do? When I stroked An Lan's forehead with my hand and felt the faint fever symptom, I didn't dare to hesitate any longer.

No, I can't wait any longer, I need to go outside to find boiling water for Anlan to take medicine.

"Anlan, you wait for me in the room, I'll go to the store to find some boiling water for you to take medicine."

"Okay, Lingyun, be careful, there's something to call me." Anlan reminded me to stay safe.

With my mind decided, I removed my stool, opened the door to my room, and walked down the dimly lit and narrow hallway.

The hallway was dim and damp, and there was an eerie feeling, so I tightened my coat and walked cautiously downstairs.

The bar is located on the first floor, so I think there will be people who will stay there at night to serve the guests staying at the hotel.

When I walked down the dark staircase alone to the bar, I saw that the lights in this small space were turned off, and I craned my neck to look around for water, but I couldn't find it.

"Anyone? Is the boss there? My friend is sick and urgently needs to take medicine with water, where is the boiled water? I asked three times in a row, and then an old deep voice replied, "Got it, I'll look for it." The sound came from a small space under the stairs in the bar, and with the sound, a tall, thin man emerged.

I looked at it and saw that it was the old man who received us at the hotel in the evening.

He reluctantly put an old teapot on the bar and whispered to me, "In the middle of the night, I want to drink water, and my good dreams are gone."

Drink water and pour it yourself. ”

When I saw that the boss had finally found boiling water for me, I was overjoyed and took out my cup to pour it.

Because the light was too dim for me to see the mouth of the cup for a while, I leaned down and stared at the mouth of the cup, carefully pouring the water from the tea bottle into the cup.

As soon as I was halfway down, I suddenly noticed something strange behind me, and at that moment, I couldn't help but get goosebumps all over my body, and I was indescribably frightened and surprised.

I turned my head, and by the dim light of the stairwell, I saw the strange old man's eyes shining like a wolf, and he was about to stretch out his hands to take me by surprise.

Perhaps my ears were a little too sharp, and he was like a cat walking in the dark, and although he approached me silently from behind, I was still aware of it in time.

I noticed that the old man looked at me with a terrible look, and his eyes shone with a green light, like a wolf seeing its prey.

Because I was scared in my left hand, I was still holding my mobile phone when I went downstairs, because Qiao Yu had told me and An Lan before going to bed that we could call him in case of emergency.

At this moment, I noticed that the old man was strange, so I dropped the teacup in my hand and quickly dodged to the side.

I stared at him coldly, and quickly rang Qiao Yu's phone.

The reason why I didn't shout for help was that I was afraid of disturbing the guests staying at the hotel and disturbing the guests' rest, and secondly, because An Lan was sick and weak, even if he came, I am afraid that he would not be the opponent of this old man like an eagle falcon.

At this time, Qiao Yu's phone had been dialed, and I clearly heard Qiao Yu's voice coming out of the earpiece.

"Lingyun, where are you? What happened? ”

The old man was hard of hearing, and the faint voice coming from the earpiece did not disturb him, and he still approached me unscrupulously.

"Girl, the tea is hot, I'll serve it for you." His reasons sounded high-sounding.

I took a step back and stared at him, and it was only then that I noticed that the old man had somehow an extra white towel in his hand.

However, just when I was in a stalemate with him, Qiao Yu, who had great powers, had already rushed over.

"Lingyun, are you alright?" He asked me with concern as he went downstairs.

"I, I'm fine." Frightened, although my teeth trembled, I still mustered up the courage to answer Qiao Yu's question.

I grabbed the teacup, dodged the old man, and hurriedly ran to Qiao Yu's side.

Qiao Yu protected me by his side and calmly fled from the old man's eyes with me.

When we returned to the room, Qiao Yu said to An Lan and me: "Lingyun, you are really clever enough, that old man just now had bad intentions, and the towel in his hand was stained with narcotic drugs, if you didn't find out his misdeeds in time, it was very likely that you would fall into his trap."

By the way, this store is a real black shop, the reason why I remind you to turn on the lights and rest, is because I am afraid that in the middle of the night, this black-hearted boss will repeat his old tricks, send someone to smoke the tenant with *, and then go in unscrupulously to steal the finances. ”

"Huh? The owner of this shop is too black-hearted, he can't imagine that this thin old man is so evil, his shop is so dirty and dark, why no one reports him? I was surprised and angry, and asked Qiao Yu in confusion.

"Because of this place, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and most of the guests who come here to stay are passers-by who are weak and weak.

Every time a burglar calls the police, the so-called police will come to solve the case, but these policemen will not check the whereabouts of the thief at all, they will pretend to check it, and then they will leave, and before leaving, the old man will secretly send someone to send the money to these policemen. ”

"Ah, you said that this black shop is actually colluding with the bad guys in the police, that is too evil and terrifying.

Qiao Yu, these people are really too deceitful, under the bright and clear world, they dare to do such nonsense, if my stomach doesn't hurt, tonight, I will definitely go downstairs to repair that obscene old man, I will beat him all over the ground to find teeth, so that he can no longer do evil.

Qiao Yu, aren't you full of superpowers? Release yourself and teach the old man a lesson for the stolen guests. ”

An Lan's provocative words made me can't help but give him a blank look.

"God An, your stomach doesn't hurt anymore, right, you're in good spirits again.

I don't approve of letting Qiao Yu stir up trouble, a few of us are only investigating cases in a foreign land, and we don't know how big the underworld is, in case the other party is so powerful that they will chase after us, wouldn't it be a big trouble. "I said worriedly.