Chapter 21. Something under the black cloth

¨ˉ????? Moved briskly to the platform where I came with the last time? I climbed up to the second floor silently like a gecko. The glass that was kicked and shattered by the old man was still broken with a big hole at this time? The night breeze that is constantly blowing in my ears is whirring inside.

It's pitch black in the room? Moonlit areas. Can you still see the part where Zhao Huaikui was scratched by Liu Xier at that time? Traces of blood on the ground. At this point, of course, it was already thoroughly dry. Don't make sure you look closely? Thought it was vegetable oil or something? Accidentally fell to the ground.

Eyes to the right? Do I see on the wall by the window lattice? And a skull painted in red paint? How much does it make people feel a little hairy in the night? It is also not known whose masterpiece it is. In fact, I think the person who drew the skull was a little too careful? After Liu Xi'er and Mrs. Liu died one after another? Few people in the village should dare to come to Liu Xi'er's house to steal things or get close to Liu Xi'er's house. And the last time you went into the house? Didn't stay long? I also found out that Liu Xi'er's home has nothing of value at all? Even the TV set is that old-fashioned? A big-headed TV bulging outward. But I feel a little strange when I think about it? If there are really many men around Liu Xi'er? She's going to get a lot of good.

Because men nowadays are willing to throw money at women. So what about the money and goods that Liu Xi'er got? Where have they gone?

Thinking about it? I don't think it's really important. I left it behind. Then I slowly stooped through the broken glass hole last time and walked in.

Go into the house. I've been looking around the room? Nothing changed. Is it still exactly the same as the scene where Liu Xi'er was killed that day? Even the messy bedding in this room at the time? All the same? Do I remember when I was looking for useful clues in bed? Flipping the quilt from the window to the other side? And at this time. The location is exactly the same? Not the slightest change.

Other words? No one should have come in the house, right?

Just when I was thinking so? I looked to the ground again? I'm hunched forward? While watching from the ground very casually? Just when I was about to withdraw my gaze? Keep your body straight. When it's time to catch a breath? Suddenly, I found a faint footprint on the ground!

The length of the footprints...; …; I gestured with the balls of my feet? Should it be the same as me? So what about estimating the height of this person? Shouldn't it be too far from me? The fluctuation range should be around 2?3 cm.

Of course? This is the impression of seeing that footprint for the first time? Most likely less accurate. But at least one thing is for sure? Someone in this room? And judging by the size and width of the footprints? It should be a man! Who will this be?

Did you mention it in Brother Niu's mouth? The man in the black cloak?

Thinking of this? I immediately raised my vigilance? Standing still? Ears pricked up? Listen to the movements in other rooms and living rooms!

And yet two or three minutes passed? Nothing out of the ordinary? Maybe the man in the black cloak had ever been in this room? I should have run away a long time ago!

I suddenly felt stupid.

That's when I thought? The man in the black cloak? Is he a thief? Or is it a suitor who has a romantic relationship with Liu Xi'er? Or maybe it's someone from the Time Society?

Thinking about it? Can't think of anything famous? I just stood up? Slowly walked out of the bedroom.

Next? I searched the whole house. Aside from footprints in the bedroom? Nothing else has been gained. All the furnishings were the same as after the police came that day? Take away Zhao Huaikui's appearance is exactly the same. And where Liu Xier was lying down at that time? The police used a white fixed line of the corpse at the scene to outline the position where Liu Xi'er was lying down? At this time, the corpse inside has already been taken? The inside of the fixed line looks empty? As if to tell some kind of desolation.

I'm looking around? While pondering? What did the man in the black cloak look for when he entered Liu Xi'er's house? He's not going to come in and walk around and go out, is he?

So soon? I don't give up and go back to Liu Xi'er's room? After opening the drawer, I found a newly developed drug from the Time Society? Still quietly in that drawer.

These drugs should have cost a lot of money when developing research? But if it's useless? It's worthless. Maybe the Time Society doesn't have any nostalgia for it. And after seeing this drug? I don't think it's very likely that the black-cloaked cloak is someone from the Time Society.

What the hell is he doing in Liu Xi'er's house?

The more I think about it, the more curious? The more curious I became, the more I wanted to find out. So what's next? I searched the room again? Finally on the bare wall to the east of the living room on the first floor? Something was wrong.

Is that a lime wall? It wasn't even shaved on it. Have a bumpy surface? If you touch it with your hands, you may also prick your hands.

What makes me feel wrong? It's the angle at which this wall reflects in the moonlight.

I always feel like it's discordant overall? Although not shaved white? But it shouldn't give me a very three-dimensional feeling. I think my gaze is a little distorted after looking at it for a long time? Does that feel like there's a fire burning in the air? The firelight distorted the vision in an instant!

Why is this happening?

My hand keeps touching on that wall? Finally? When I touch the middle part? I feel like the place feels different from other places.

Is that place cold? Outwardly? Nothing different from the rest of the wall? But what if you touch it? Do you feel like the place is made of sheet metal? The material is not the same? So the touch is naturally different!

"Is there something strange about this wall?" Am I in a big surprise? Then I pressed the metal plate hard? Nothing happened. I'm trying to draw circles on it? Still no response.

Finally pushed me too hard? I slammed my fist into the metal plate.

Suddenly...; …;

Just listen to the "boom"? Like inside the corner of the bathroom on the first floor? Something like a mechanism seems to have been opened!

Sure enough, it's weird!

Is it any wonder that just looking at that wall felt so discordant? Is it because there are a lot of metal plates on this wall? At first glance, you might find that this is a monolithic wall? But if you keep your eyes on it for a long time? You can still find a slight difference.

But who would have thought that Liu Xi'er's house would actually hide something in it?

Then? After that loud "boom"? I rushed to the bathroom as soon as I could? Open the bathroom door? After taking a look? I was dumbfounded!

See the location of the toilet in the bathroom? Sink at least a little more than a meter down? Revealing a huge black pit? Look inside this pit? Can you tell there's a dark passage inside? I don't know where it leads.

I thought about it a little? Just take your phone out? Turn on the lighting function? Fall down the pit? Want to see what's inside!

But what does it look like? Looks like my eyes are a little glazed? I only saw a black black patch. And then I got a soap dishman down the bathroom? Threw it in hard? As a result, the soapbox quickly makes a very slight sound of landing? I don't think there's a lot of space in there? But where is this space connected? Could there be something weird and inexplicable hiding inside? Could it be related to the body of the old lady of the Liu family?

All this? It's all an unknown mystery.

Now what? Would you like to go down and have a look?

I just hesitated? A decision was made quickly. Take out the switchblade? Pinched in the palm of your hand? Then I sat down slowly down the pit? Legs dangling in mid-air? A little bit down.

In the process of my leg sticking down? Is my heart beating fast? Because I'm scared of something popping out of it? Scared me? So I'm holding my phone in one hand for lighting? A switchblade in one hand? Slowly put the leg down. And then the ass moved forward? But my feet never touched the ground. Although I don't think there's much distance inside at this point? Just in case? Do I still hold a switchblade in my mouth? Put your phone in your pants pocket first? And then I grabbed the edge of the pit with my hand? Slowly kicking the edge of the wall with your legs? Eventually, my foot finally touched the ground. All in quotation marks.

Then? I secretly breathed a sigh of relief at the same time? I took my phone back out? While looking ahead? While the cat clenched the switchblade and slowly walked inside.

Really? Haven't been gone for a while? It's almost the end.

At most, there is only 10 square meters of space.

I slowly rotated the light of my phone around? Honestly? While doing this action? Am I a little sweaty in my palms? Because I'm afraid I'll suddenly see a corpse or something here? Am I not afraid of corpses? But I'm afraid that there will be something "moving" in this sudden sealed space? Is this the human instinct to be afraid? No matter how many strange things have happened? Instinct can't be changed.

Fortunately? Nothing in this? There is only one safe. There was also a black cloth more than a meter long on the ground. There seem to be bottles and cans under the black cloth? Because where is the whole black cloth? Looks bumpy? Something angular is evident underneath.

Watching it for a long time? I don't see why? So I'm going to the safe first? Is that an old-fashioned mechanical safe? Look at the exterior and the structure on it? I think it's an old antique from more than 10 years ago. The iron sheet has peeled off a lot of paint? There's a round lock on it that can be rotated? Take a photo with your phone? I found that there was a scale on it. Seems like it can be rotated in one direction? Then unfasten the lock.

But at this moment...; …;

Is the door to the safe open? Empty inside? Something seems to have been taken away.

This safe must have hidden money before, right? No wonder Liu Xi'er's valuable things can't be seen? It turns out that the money may all be hidden here.

Can...; …;

Who took the contents of the safe? Come to think of it, it should be the man in the cape. But the question is, how did the man in the cape know there was a safe here? Did he stumble upon the mechanism just like me? Or is it? Hit from the beginning? Did he know that such a secret space existed?

When my brain is spinning fast? I put the dagger in my mouth again? And then I bent over? Slowly reach for the black cloth on the ground.

I want to see what the hell is covering the black cloth.

But when I lifted the black cloth? I was instantly scared! Immediately threw away the black cloth again? Subconsciously jump backwards!

Until I'm done jumping? My heart is still pounding! It's like jumping out of my throat!

No doubt? The moment the black cloth was lifted just now...; …;

I see dozens of human heads densely packed? Lying neatly on his back to the sky under the black cloth.

What is the protrusion on the surface of the black cloth? It's the tip of the nose that protrudes from the head high...; …;