Chapter 22: The Chimney
"How, what should I do, Master Su......"
Qian Min looked at me tremblingly and walked towards me tremblingly.
"Don't panic, he can't get in."
I clenched the charm in my pocket tightly with one hand, and the hunting knife with the other, staring at the wooden door that had been crumbling by the gambler.
"I know you can't run...... Qian Min ......"
"Giggle......
The voice of the gambler was very unpleasant, as if he had grabbed a handful of sand and rubbed it in his hand, which was very rough.
Qian Min's broken door is also a little bad, although there is a threshold, but the position below this door is not connected to the threshold, resulting in us standing inside the door can still see the rotten feet of the gamblers outside, the flesh and blood on the feet are gone, and a dry layer of skin wraps the bones.
He staggered up and down the doorway, making a rustling sound from time to time.
But his footsteps always walked left and right at a distance of more than ten centimeters from the door, and he never came closer.
I thought to myself that the cinnabar and rooster blood sprinkled on the door must have done the trick.
This gambler shouldn't be able to get in tonight.
Sure enough, after a while, the gambler also seemed to realize that he had no way to get close to the house, and after walking a few more steps, he turned around.
The footsteps grew farther and farther away, and gradually faded away.
For a while, Qian Min held a large Coke bottle containing black dog blood in one hand, and carefully poked me with the other, and asked softly, "Master Su, is he ...... Gone? β
I raised my hand to signal Qian Min to remain silent, and then tiptoed towards the door.
"Master ......"
I crouched down by the door, cautiously lying on the side of the door, and looked out towards the crack in the door......
A ...... No, it was a dozen pairs of eyes that turned and finally looked at me.
A face full of eyes, with small tentacles sticking out of the eyes that swayed like weeds.
My heart jumped, I forgot to react at the moment, and just stared at him blankly.
The little tentacles grabbed at me as if consciously, and I fell to the ground with a scream, hurriedly grabbed the hunting knife and slashed at the tentacles.
Fortunately, those tentacles took it back the moment they touched the rooster blood sprinkled on the door, let out a miserable scream, and the figure quickly retreated and disappeared directly into the darkness.
It wasn't until he disappeared for a long time that my sanity seemed to have been restored, and I immediately sat down on the ground panting for air, and my clothes were soaked with cold sweat.
A burst of prostration and weakness.
"Click, click......"
Just as he was about to speak, there was a voice above his head, as if the tiles outside had been stepped on by something, but after a while, the voice disappeared.
"What's going on?"
Qian Min looked overhead and said, "Maybe it's a wild cat, there are often wild cats near my house that run to the roof." β
As soon as I nodded, I heard a "pop pop" sound above my head.
I got up with my hunting knife and looked at Qian Min suspiciously, who was also at a loss, scratched his head and said uncertainly: "Maybe there are a lot of wild cats tonight?" β
"I hope so."
There was a feeling of uneasiness in my heart, and the gambler could even think of controlling that little thug to hack Lao Dao to death, and he shouldn't just leave so easily.
He walked too easily.
"Heyβthat kid! What are you doing climbing on someone's chimney! β
If you listen closely, it is an old man's voice, as if someone had climbed onto the chimney.
I was shocked.
Tremblingly asked Qian Min: "You say, whose chimney is he climbing?" β
"Click, click......"
That strange voice came again.
Qian Min's face was even more ugly than crying, and he rubbed his hands and looked at me with a little hope, "What do you say...... It can't be my chimney, right? β
"Bang."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud noise in the kitchen.
It was as if something had fallen to the ground.
I looked at Qian Min suddenly, and the uneasy premonition became stronger and stronger.
Qian Min asked in a low voice and timidly: "Su, Master Su...... What's that......"
"I ...... I don't know...... It shouldn't be ......"
I was about to say that I wasn't a gambler, but from the direction of the kitchen, I heard the sound of shoes rubbing against the floor.
Qian Min's house is a dirt floor, with a layer of bricks on the floor, and the paving is not very even, and the soil and bricks are mixed together.
The voice was very harsh.
"Let's go, let's go!"
I pushed Qian Min, who was still stunned, and Qian Min was like waking up from a dream at this time, damn it, in order to prevent the opponent from coming in, we also added several big locks to the broken deadbolt of his house, which was like lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot!
"Hurry up."
The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, and I felt my heart rise to my throat, watching the progress of Qian Min's unlocking while staring at the gambler.
The gambler walks very slowly, and his figure is also swaying when he walks, as if he is a person with inconvenient legs.
"You hurry, you hurry! Hurry up and he's coming! β
I kept patting Qian Min's back urging him to move faster, and Qian Min also responded eagerly: "I know, I know, I'm ...... soon"
I was so nervous that all the ideas I had had before he came were all out of the clouds at this time, and there was only one thought in my mind.
Run.
"Okay, huh? Okay, okay? β
Seeing the gambler approaching step by step, his terrifying eyes staring at me, I was terrified to the extreme.
"Hurry up! Hurry up he's coming! He's coming! β
"Okay, okay, okay......"
Qian Min said several words in a row, the gambler's pace moved slowly, and he reached out and grabbed me!
In the flash of light, I finally remembered the charm that I had forgotten, and I quickly took out the charm and threw it at the gambler.
"Hurry!"