The person who came was the main owner of the Changjia Tea House, Chang Ziming.

And the Miss Bai he called in his mouth was this black-haired girl, Bai Ran.

"But, but, they, they owe it twice, oh no, three times!"

Chang Ziming came directly to Chang Xiaoqiao's side, ignored her protests, and took the card from her hand with a smile.

"Sister, Yan Qi and Bai Ran have always been another way of paying. Chang Ziming turned his head and glanced at his sister with a smile.

"What? Alipay or WeChat, isn't the QR code all there, scan it. As he spoke, Chang Xiaoqiao placed the stand sign printed with a QR code on the counter in front of Bai Ran.

"Poof. Chang Ziming didn't seem to hold back, chuckled, then shook his head and said lightly: "That's something that only they can give, and sister, don't you often talk to me, saying that this white sister is too pitiful, and saying that you want to buy her clothes and dress up..."

"Ahhh Chang Xiaoqiao was at a loss, he cared in private, but he resisted in person, such an arrogant thing was really a bit shy when it was exposed.

Not to mention whether Chang Xiaoqiao said those words, but it is true that she cares about Bai Ran.

Yan Qi's attitude towards Bai Ran had been seen herself, and she even suspected that this Bai Ran was bought by Yan Qi from a human trafficker, but it was too ridiculous to think like this.

This Bai Ran seemed to be willing to listen to the stinky boy of the Yan family, but no matter what, Chang Xiaoqiao felt that it was really too much to treat a little girl like this.

Especially if this little girl is still thrown on the street, everyone will rush forward to please her.

This stinky boy is simply out of conscience.

Because of this, Chang Xiaoqiao didn't have the slightest affection for Yan Qi, and even had some disgust.

Looking at Bai Ran's clothes that he couldn't bear to look at directly, he really had the urge to dress up this little girl.

But looking at this child again, all over her body, except for the clothes and shoes that are slightly old, leaving traces of time, but there is no other stains, it seems that she also loves this outfit very much, and she is very clean.

"Okay, sister, leave this matter to Ziming. ”

Chang Xiaoqiao was helpless, she didn't believe her younger brother, for so many years, if the tea house only relied on the income on the surface, it would not be able to support the two of them.

His own father seems to have made some big mistake before... When things failed, I took my mother with me.

Chang Xiaoqiao, who was only in junior high school at the time, and Chang Ziming, who was in elementary school, were left helpless, and they had nothing except this dilapidated small tea house.

But that's it, they also survived, thanks to their younger brother's means of finding information for others.

"Ahh Then, okay, then I'll go out to buy vegetables, Xiao Ran... Let's eat here, right?"

"No need. ”

Chang Xiaoqiao is really helpless, aren't these two really brother and sister, this is simply a model of mass production machine.

Or have you been abused by your brother all the year round, and you have developed this kind of character? But don't, the temper of the stinky boy of the Yan family, but he will be beaten wherever he goes.

This situation seems to be serious.,Is it necessary for me to go to the neighborhood committee to react?。。

Later, when he put on his coat and walked out of the counter, Chang Xiaoqiao subconsciously glanced at Bai Ran's shoes, which were wet by the rain and very old flat boots.

This little girl is really pitiful.

Muttering in her heart, she sighed again that Yan Qi was inhumane, and she left the tea house, and when she left, she turned over the sign written on the door of the store.

Chang Ziming didn't care about her sister, he walked straight to the counter, shook the card and pen in his hand in front of his eyes, and said with a smile.

"The old rules?"

"Hmm. Bai Ran's expression was still cold.

"Interesting. Chang Ziming seemed to be lost in thought. "This time, it's not small..... There was so much movement. ”

What Chang Ziming said was naturally a recent homicide.

"How did Yan Qi wade through this troubled water, is there an organization to intervene?"

No matter how powerful Chang Ziming is, it is just a private person, and he naturally doesn't know about the secret of the organization personally authorizing the investigation of this case, and Yan Qi obviously doesn't want Chang Ziming to know too much.

"......" Bai Ran didn't say anything else, just because he had explained, don't say more when he sees Lao Chang.

"Well, it seems that I am right, the little master of the Yan family has never liked to care about things other than 'Lingbo' and 'organization'. Chang Ziming's eyes suddenly lost that kind smile, and he stared at Bai Ran like a falcon, as if he wanted to see through her whole person.

But in just a moment, his coldness was put away, and he changed to that kind expression again. "I see, come in. ”

Chang Ziming turned around and lifted the curtain of the inner room, and behind the heavy curtain was an unfathomable darkness that seemed to engulf everything.

But Bai Ran didn't have any scruples, she bypassed the counter and walked straight into the boundless darkness with Chang Ziming.

Chapter IV

The familiar room, all the furnishings, were exactly the same as that day, and the vase on the windowsill was filled with the flowers that his mother had just changed, so bright and dripping, so real that he could even smell the faint scent of flowers coming with the breeze.

On the coffee table was a freshly cut fruit plate and today's newspaper, that day... It seems that a guest is coming.

Yan Qi casually picked up a grape and put it in his mouth.

I don t like to spit out when I eat grapes, this has been said by my mother several times, the sweetness spreads in my mouth, and unexpectedly, Yan Qi actually smiled.

Further in, is the sound of my sister playing the piano.

Next week is her piano competition, this child is still practicing hard, since she was a child, she has to compete for the first place in everything, for this, this brother is not less offended.

"Xiao Yu..."

Everything was the same as that day, Yan Qi walked in his familiar home, carefully feeling all this, if all this, everything stayed in this moment, just in the afternoon of this weekend, how nice it would be...

"No matter how good it is, time will move forward. Whispering like this, Yan Qi suddenly found that the surroundings around him began to change, and it was still noon when the sun was shining, and it was already sunset.

The vase on the windowsill had been shattered, the fruit bowl on the coffee table was scattered all over the ground, the afternoon warmth had long since disappeared, and now all that was left was the chilling cold.

That room...

The room directly across from the living room... The room that emitted a faint cold light, and was hidden.

It's like it's back to that day.

And along with it, there is a sense of powerlessness, a sense of fear, and a bone-chilling cold...

It was as if I had changed back into that 10-year-old child.

One step, one step... Walking towards the empty room, the closer I got, I could hear a strange murmur coming from the room... Seems to be some kind of spell.

Finally, I came to the door of the room...

Gently push away.

It stinks... It smells so strong.

His parents knelt on the ground like puppets with their backs to them.

Around them, there was a dark red pool of viscous liquid.

In the midst of them ... It's the one he holds dear to him...

"Xiao Yu!" Yan Qi called out and rushed in.

The girl stepped barefoot in a pool of blood, trembling weakly, she turned around and faced Yan Qi, her originally delicate and small face was now filled with fear, and it looked a little distorted.

She held out her hand towards Yan Qi.

"Brother. Brother..."

Behind the girl, in what should have been a wall, a huge crack appeared.

As Yan Qi approached, the rift slowly stretched out, opening wider and wider, and in the middle of the rift was boundless darkness and chaos.

The girl seems to be pulled by something... Step back one step at a time.

"No! Don't go, don't go!

Yan Qi desperately stretched out his hand to grab her, but his body suddenly seemed to be entangled in something, and at this time, a roar erupted in his mind, which seemed to be someone's roar and whose cry.

He held his head with one hand, and stretched forward desperately with the other, but he was still a little short.

Suddenly, Yan Qi found that the abyss behind the girl was actually a huge eye, which kept turning left and right, as if desperately trying to see the world here.

"Ahhh

Rumble.

After a loud roar, the whole room seemed to be swallowed up by another kind of darkness, and gradually, the surrounding scene disappeared completely, and the giant eye seemed to be surprised, it seemed to be very afraid of the spreading darkness, and tried to stare wider, and its restraint and traction on the girl became stronger and stronger.

"Brother.. Brother!!help me!!help me!"

The girl seemed to be suddenly awake at this time, crying and rushing towards Yan Qi.

All this intensified, Yan Qi's brain seemed to explode, he desperately maintained his consciousness, and also crawled towards the girl, but the giant eye suddenly stretched out countless tentacles, entangled the girl to death, and pulled towards him.

Help, save us, save us.

Yan Qi suddenly had this thought in his mind, who he was asking for help, he didn't know, the next moment, he lost consciousness, and in the end, what he saw was a girl with a desperate face and huge eyes that gradually closed.

Everything.. It was the same as that day, as if Yan Qi, who was in the dark, was thinking like this, and after that, he could no longer see it, because he lost consciousness.

But it doesn't seem to be over.

The darkness around him suddenly collapsed like glass, and his left foot suddenly seemed to be grabbed by something, and the next moment, he was pulled by a huge force and fell straight down, accompanied by a sharp pain like his body being torn.

Yan Qi cried out in pain, obviously, the pain could not be paralyzed, no matter how many times they went through, no matter how many times they were experienced, they were as clear as carved on the bone marrow, and it was terrifying.

He knew what was pulling him.

They found themselves.

Come on, come on, we'll take you to your sister, come on.

A whisper from the abyss sounded in his ears, it wasn't his language, but he heard it very well.

Yan Qi looked at the end of the falling abyss, the whirlpool-like abyss, the abyss that could devour everything, contain everything, and even existence could devour it, it was that eye.

Behind that, is it really the peace and tranquility you want?

I'm sorry, Xiao Yu, I didn't save you.

Bang!

There was another violent thud, and then the space above his head cracked as if it had been torn apart, and a dark red claw stretched out from the side of the crack, grabbed Yan Qi's entire body, and pulled him up without saying a word.

The force that pulled him down was obviously unable to resist this force that tore through the space, and soon, he was getting deeper and deeper away from the spatial rift. Yan Qi felt a wave of dizziness in front of his eyes.

Mutter!!!!!!!

A strange roar came from the abyss, the sound was muddy, and it seemed to be mixed with too many emotions, this is the 'spirit thin', the abyss that swallows everything and contains everything.

Boom!

Yan Qi, who fell from the bed, slowly opened his eyes, and what caught his eye was a pair of old yellow boots, and the trousers of her calves were still stained with rain, and the girl seemed to be in a hurry to come back.

"Don't.. Leave me... Don't leave me behind.." At this time, Yan Qi's pupils actually faintly revealed a trace of fear, and his voice trembled slightly.

"Hmm. The faint girl replied softly, and she saw that the boy's hands were trembling slightly... It's like the little boy back then, weak... Helpless.

But after a while, the fear in Yan Qi's eyes faded, he calmed down, sat up from the ground, and didn't look at Bai Ran beside him again.

"When I'm not by your side, don't let your consciousness sink into the spirit lightly. ”

Yan Qi didn't answer, just looked up at the clock, at this time, it was eleven o'clock in the night.

The room was very dark, and the old-fashioned chandelier was making a noise of dissatisfaction, making the lights of the whole room flicker on and off, which seemed very depressing.

Apart from this wall clock, there is an old-fashioned refrigerator and a wooden bed in the room, and nothing else. Although it was simple, it was unusually clean and tidy, which was where Yan Qi and Bai Ran stayed, but they never called this place "home".

"And... Do you need me to help you get out of the nightmare this time?" the girl stood obediently in the corner of the room.

"Bai Ran. Yan Qi suddenly said to the girl: "What is that eye back then?" ”

"There are many beings in the depths of the Soul that you don't understand, but it's... As I told you before, those things can't come into your world alone, someone... Invited its coming. Bai Ran didn't look at Yan Qi, but his tone seemed to be a little hesitant.

"What about you... What are you, how did you come to our world at that time... You monsters... What the hell are you going to do?" Yan Qi's tone brought a rare hint of anger into it.

Bai Ran didn't answer, Yan Qi hadn't asked her this question for a long, long time, and she hadn't seen Yan Qi have such emotional fluctuations for a long time.

"What you see in Lingbo is only what you experienced back then, there are many things, but you can't see it, you can't leave the nightmare on your own now?"

Bai Ran was still standing in the shadows in the corner.

She had been standing there since Yan Qi had fallen to the edge of the bed and had been standing there, and it also happened to be a dark corner, her upper body almost completely hidden in the darkness, and the faint light could only shine on her slender legs.

"My spirit body, there has been an anomalous disturbance lately, that power is repulsed by yours, and something in that world seems to be searching for you. Yan Qi said.

"Your mental power is far from enough, and if you continue to improve spiritual fusion, it will cause great danger to your consciousness. It might even make you..."

"It doesn't matter. Yan Qi interrupted Bai Ran, he had heard these words many times, at this time he took out the old flip phone from under the pillow, but found that it had already run out of power and turned off.

"This world has suppressed almost all your strength, relying on you like this, I can't find out the truth of the year, and I can't do it..."Yan Qi put the phone on the side of the bed and clenched his hands violently. "There's no way to turn off the connected channel..."

"There's a text message from Treber. Bai Ran didn't continue the topic, he looked at Yan Qi's mobile phone and said.

But Yan Qi's gaze turned back to glare at Bai Ran like a sword.

"I said, peek again, eavesdrop on my..."

Goo –

The embarrassed voice came from the girl's belly just right.

Yan Qi's cruel words to his lips seemed to be unable to continue, he got up and came to the refrigerator, and when he opened the refrigerator, he glanced at the girl again.

The girl's eyes actually showed a look of anticipation, although it flashed, but it was well captured by Yan Qi.

He opened the refrigerator, and he had already reached for the fresh bread he had just bought in the morning, but suddenly stopped, and there seemed to be an imperceptible smile on his face.

"Eat it and get out. He threw the girl an unknown plastic bag.

This was the one that was moldy last week, and from the hardness and color, Bai Ran immediately could tell that it was not the one she bought in the morning.

The disappointment spread quickly from Bai Ran's face, but this time she didn't stop it in time, she looked up and saw that Yan Qi was staring at her, so she immediately stuffed the bread into her mouth, as if she was afraid that even this piece would be taken away.

"It's obviously a monster..."Yan Qi muttered quietly and closed the refrigerator.

Bai Ran, who was still looking down and eating moldy bread, was slightly stunned, but immediately continued to eat the food in his hand as if he hadn't heard it.

Monsters need to eat, too.

But she made such a small protest in her heart.

At this time, Yan Qi remembered that Lao Cui's text message had not been read, and he was afraid that there was something urgent, and it would take some time to charge and turn on now.

"What did Lao Cui say. He asked the person who had already seen the text message.

"I'm done eating, now it's over. Bai Ran acted as if he hadn't heard it, and walked straight towards the door.

"......." Yan Qi didn't speak, just looked at Bai Ran like this.

"9 o'clock text message..."Bai Ran finally stood still, and she obediently began to recite the content of the text message.

"Xiao Yan, I've worked hard for you in the past few days, I will pay you a card, or buy Xiao Ran 'some delicious food and new clothes'. ”

The last sentence, Bai Ran read it very hard.

But Yan Qi selectively ignored it.

"10 o'clock text message, Xiao Yan, this thing is strange. ”

"That's all there is here, that's all. After Bai Ran finished speaking, he glanced at the refrigerator again, as if he was still looking forward to something.

Yan Qi lowered his head and thought for a while, Zou Xing, to be honest, Yan Qi didn't have any special impression of him, a very old-fashioned uncle, if he thought according to the general line, then Zou Xing must be the murderer.

But......

But it's a little strange......

Is it the same as what Lao Cui said?

It's just that at the moment, I don't have time to think about it.

Yan Qi thought about it, turned his head and asked Bai Ran.

"How's that going, old man. ”

"It's a little different from what you think, that business card is very clean, there is no breath left, but that pen, the remaining magic element is very large and chaotic, Chang Ziming gave a few places, just in case, I have confirmed, they all pointed to the same place, but continue to follow up to this location, all the breath is gone, as if it was blocked by someone"

Bai Ran said, taking out an old parchment scroll from the small waist bag around his waist.

The scroll is dark yellow, it looks dilapidated, look closely, it seems that there is still some black breath, Bai Ran spread out the parchment scroll, the black aura quickly spread, they seem to consciously converge together, forming a black mist, approaching the brother and sister.

"Scattered. Yan Qi muttered a word in his mouth, and the black mist instantly became unstable, as if there was some faint wail mixed with it.

In the next moment, the black fog dissipated as if it had never appeared.

"After being locked up with Chang Ziming's thaumaturgical scroll for so long, and he is still so energetic, it seems that the master is a big guy, so it seems that there is something wrong with Zou Xing. Yan Qi picked up the scroll, looked at it, and after confirming that there was no more breath, he closed his eyes, and his fingers wrote something on the scroll, which seemed to be tangible, but nothing.

After a while, the entire scroll was filled with ethereal words, which were not known to mankind, and this was the bargaining chip that Yan Qi and Chang Ziming had exchanged.

"Let's go back. Walking to the side of the bed, Yan Qi casually threw the scroll out, but before it could hit the ground, the scroll floated up as if it had a spirit, and then flew away into the distance at an extremely fast speed.

"Is this the thaumaturgy that only humans can master... It is indeed different from our strength, but it seems to have something in common..."Bai Ran couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the scroll that flew away.

"The Chang family's technique has always been like this. ”

Although Yan Qi was very cold about everything, he had always praised Chang Ziming's family legend technique.

"He gives you information and support, and you pass on knowledge of other worlds to him, and I wonder how you got started with this trade. ”

Bai Ran's question was not answered by Yan Qi, she seemed to have gotten used to it, and she didn't continue to ask.

"Let's go, meet him. ”

Yan Qi had already put on his coat at this time, and he threw his phone to Bai Ran.

"Bring the power bank and charge my phone. ”

"Oh. ”

After a light conversation.

The two did not communicate again, and the door was slammed shut.