"Next, we just need to find a room with a DV player and try to get in and get the video footage of the show." Qi asked.

However, based on Mrs. Xu's instructions just now, it is very dangerous for them to leave the room without listening to the words of their elders as Taxi and Duole now.

Qi Yan shifted his gaze to the piano score again, and said to Qi Xiaonian: "Xiaonian, can you try to play the piano score of "Non-existent Friends"? ”

After all, the do's and don'ts on the old yellow calendar do not mention that they can't play the piano, and this is the room of Duoxiduole, their current identity is Duoxiduole, and it is not forbidden to play the piano in the room.

Qi Xiaonian was stunned and nodded: "Of course it's no problem." ”

Qi Xiaonian, who has been learning piano playing since childhood, sat in front of the piano, he placed the score, and then skillfully put his ten fingers on the keys and began to play the song "Non-existent Friends".

Qi Xiaonian has a talent for art and music since he was a child, his ten fingers are running on the keys, and his movements are elegant and smooth, although it is the first time to play this piece, the music is not jerky and hesitant at all.

Every note of the score seemed to flow from his fingertips, and the key struck to play a slightly sad melody.

Qi Ji shifted his gaze back to the eerie crayon drawing hanging on the wall.

As the piano music progressed, the black fog on his illusion faded, and the blurred face cracked into a smile.

"Hello, this non-existent friend." Qi Yan faced the distorted painting and bent the corners of his lips silently.

But no one expected that in the middle of the play, a sharp exclamation suddenly came from the apartment building, and before Qi Xiaonian and Qi Yan could react, a loud noise suddenly came from the playground downstairs, and the old buildings were shaken.

Qi Xiaonian immediately stopped playing, turned his head and looked at Qi Yan uneasily.

Qi Zhen looked out from behind the curtains, and he couldn't see it clearly, but from the loud noise of the impact just now and the noise upstairs, he quickly obtained information and concluded: "A player has fallen from the building, it seems that the player whose spirit has been seriously polluted by 406." ”

After confirming the information, Qi Xiaonian breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, that player's death was almost foreseeable by everyone.

Qi Xiaonian: "Brother, what about me...?" ”

"Keep playing, finish this song." Qi Ji was determined.

Qi Xiaonian nodded, quickly gathered his mind and continued to play, as long as he was immersed in the music and performance, fear could not take him away.

While listening to Qi Xiaonian's emotional performance, Qi Yan observed the black figure that should not exist on the crayon drawing for a moment.

"It looks like there's going to be a new paper figure coming home again, who will it be this time?"

The end of the song.

Just as Qi Xiaonian removed his fingertips from the keys, a knock suddenly sounded in the hallway.

"Knock, knock, knock"——

The knock was soft, but urgent, and someone was knocking on their door with caution and eagerness.

Qi Xiaonian's face was vigilant, and his hands that he didn't have time to withdraw froze in mid-air.

Qi Zhen glanced at him, pressed his index finger to his lips, and signaled Qi Xiaonian not to panic and not to speak.

Qi Yan moved cautiously in the direction of the door: "Who are you looking for?" ”

As he spoke, he looked lightly at the cat's eye, and there was a paper figure in the corridor that he had never seen before, very short, and probably a little girl.

It seems that it was the newly returned paper man who knocked on the door.

"Help me, help me! He's back... It's back... When he found out, I was going to be beaten..."The paper man's voice was very low, and he was trembling slightly, as if he was terrified of something, and at the moment he could only bang helplessly on the door of 203's room, and he couldn't make much movement for the person looking for it to notice.

Qi Yan guessed that under the effect of the identity card, the newly returned paper man also regarded himself and Qi Xiaonian as Duoxi and Duole.

Because only the paper man thinks that the player is an "old man", will take the initiative to speak.

For the sake of safety, he didn't dare to open the door rashly for the time being, so he asked through the door: "Who wants to beat you?" ”

The voice of the paper man outside the door trembled even more: "He... He...! He's back! ”

"Who?"

"Sisi! Don't bother with Duoxi and Duole! ”

There was a sudden reprimand from upstairs, and the knocking of the paper figure outside the door stopped abruptly.

At the same time, the position of the cat's eye on the door suddenly seemed to be covered with a hand, and nothing could be seen.

"Hello? Are you still there? Qi Yan asked through the door.

No one responded.

When the cat's eye was shining through the light again, Qi Zhen saw that there was no one outside the corridor, and the paper man who knocked on the door for help disappeared.

Chapter 204: Year (23)

At the same time, a crumpled piece of paper was stuffed into the crack in the door.

Qi Yan immediately bent down and picked it up, the paper was irregular, there were obvious traces of tearing, and there was gray grit sticking to the side without a printed font, which looked like it had been forcibly torn from the wall.

The words printed on the paper have faded, but they are still legible on closer inspection—

"Name: He Xiang; Age: 2 1/2 months; Gender: Female; Height: 55 cm; Characteristic: A white birthmark on the left eye cheek. At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing a white cotton jumpsuit and small cartoon shoes.

He Xiang disappeared near the apartment building at around 5 p.m. on December 31, 19xx, and if you see a baby that fits the above characteristics, please contact us immediately.

Contact: Tel: 0079-1984-1231, Qin Ruilan (grandmother) / Qin Mo (mother)

We will reward those who provide valid leads."

Obviously, this is a missing person notice.

Qi Zhen remembered that there was a torn missing person notice in the apartment hallway, and the torn off part should be the content of the paper.

Qi Ji quickly skimmed through this missing person notice twice, and while obtaining some information, a few questions popped up in his heart:

First, judging from the age of the missing child on the missing person notice, the paper man who came to knock on the door just now was not what he thought, so what was the purpose of the missing person notice to himself?

Second, the signature of the missing person notice is Mrs. Xu's sister Qin Ruilan, she is also He Xiang's grandmother, so this Qin Mo is Qin Ruilan's daughter and He Xiang's mother, but why is there no name of the child's father on the contact?

Qi Ji put away this broken missing person notice, and when he looked at the cat's eye again to confirm the situation outside the door, a chaotic eye suddenly appeared in the originally empty cat's eye, and the eyeball was yellow and bloodshot, and at this moment the cat's eye was tightly blocked to look into the house, Rao is Qi Yan was startled by this sudden situation.

This is the most disgusting jump scare for horror fans when watching horror movies, just like the knee jump reaction, it is just a physical instinct to start, not a clever scary technique.

Mrs. Xu's giggling voice came from outside the door: "Duoxi Duole, someone suddenly came to knock on the door just now, didn't it scare you?" ”

Qi Jiu: "......"

Knocking on the door is not scared, you can scare people by slapping your eyes on the cat's eyes.

Mrs. Xu told through the door: "Don't open the door at will, don't open it to anyone, the old yellow calendar said, it's not appropriate to visit the door today." ”

Qi Jiu: "We know, don't worry. ”

"But Sisi came to us just now, and she seemed to be in a hurry, saying that someone was going to beat her, did something happen?" Qi Ji asked tentatively, just now he heard the paper figure "Sisi" upstairs calling for the door.

Mrs. Xu's smile immediately froze, and after two seconds, she continued to hide her guilt with a dry smile: "It's okay, adults will take care of these things, you two don't have to worry." ”

Qi Jiu: "That... Grandma, what's wrong? ”

Relying on his identity as a favored "little granddaughter", Qi Zhen has no fear, such a big NPC stands in front of the door, and the clues are not asked.

Mrs. Xu's laughter became more and more stiff: "Why are you talking nonsense today, this kid?" Are you too tired from the journey home? Rest for a while, and we'll call you later. ”

At this moment, the system suddenly emitted a prompt sound -

[Congratulations to the player for finding the relevant clue fragments and triggering the side plot "The Paper Man Who Shouldn't Go Home"]

[Side quest exploration will bring rich survival coin rewards, unlock special props and side plots, stay tuned]

The opening of this branch line made Qi Yan a little surprised - "the paper man who shouldn't go home"?

Isn't this referring to the paper man that Mrs. Xu is afraid of? Why did you open the "Paper Man Who Shouldn't Go Home" branch after meeting Sisi? Could it be that Sisi, who knocked on the door just now for help, has anything to do with the paper man that Mrs. Xu is afraid of?

There is also the baby girl named He Xiang, since she is Qin Ruilan's granddaughter, what is the relationship with the paper man that Mrs. Xu is afraid of?

After the previous branch, Qi Yan found that the main line could be advanced through the unlocking of the small branch, which was the story of Duoxi and Duole before, and now it is the story of He Xiang and Mrs. Xu's sister Qin Ruilan's family.

Does "Friends Who Don't Exist" have anything to do with the story of this family? Are missing children friends who don't exist?

As new plot fragments surface, more and more questions followed, and all the clues and information were too fragmented, and they needed to be explored and smoothed out little by little.

Mrs. Xu was still outside the door, Qi Yan suddenly thought of something and asked: "By the way, grandma, Duole and I want to take advantage of the winter vacation to review the cultural lessons that have fallen, but our textbooks are in drawers, the desk drawer seems to be locked, and the key is not in our room, do you know where the key is?" ”

Mrs. Xu patted her head: "Ah, I'm sorry, I cleaned up your desk when I was cleaning, and the drawers were locked, but I'm old and I don't remember where the keys were, what can I do..."

Qi Jiu: "......"

Mrs. Xu touched all the pockets on her body: "By the way, here's one, you can see if you can open the drawer, I'll go to another room to find it for you later." ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Xu handed in the only key she had found through the crack in the door.

Qi Yan picked up the key: "Okay, thank you grandma." ”

"You don't need to study so hard, a good rest is more important than anything else, and you have to relax and be happy during the New Year..."After Mrs. Xu finished admonishing, she left the corridor and walked towards the entrance of the building.

Qi Yan, who got the key, immediately went to try to open the drawer of the desk, trying it one by one from left to right, and when the lock was successfully twisted and the penultimate drawer on the right made a "click" sound, the two people who were not very hopeful were stunned for a moment.

The drawer was opened smoothly, and inside was a beautifully designed picture book "Nian".

"Year?" Qi Xiaonian was slightly stunned.

Qi Yan took out the picture book from the drawer, the picture book was kept by the owner of the room very late, the book cover was spotless, and there was no oil stain mark common on children's books: "It seems that this picture book is the subject of this copy." ”

"That's the point." Qi Yan said with a slight teasing.

Qi Xiaonian: "......"

Qi Yan noticed that the author of the book was written on the spine: Xu Zhiwen/Painting

Because the picture book was well preserved, he subconsciously wiped his hands with the corner of his clothes, and then carefully turned the page, and someone wrote a line of words on the title page of the picture book with a black ink pen-

"Xu Zhiwen gives a lot of joy and a lot of happiness, may I have a happy new year"

The handwriting is neat, and the force penetrates the back of the paper.

It seems that this Xu Zhiwen is not only a picture book artist, but also one of Mrs. Xu's family, who personally gifted the books to Duoxi and Duole.

But what is very strange is that only the first six pages of the picture book are illustrated, and most of the back half of the book is blank paper, like an unfinished picture book, and even the index with numbers is only marked to the sixth page, and the second half is deliberately blurred.

The only six remaining entries in the index are: "Sticking Spring Festival Couplets", "Cutting Window Flowers", "Making Dumplings", "Watching the Party", "Keeping the New Year", and "Setting Off Firecrackers".

Just looking at the table of contents, people will mistakenly think that this is an ordinary picture book about the traditional customs of the Chinese New Year, but after turning the corresponding page number and carefully looking at the content of the painting, you will find that it is completely different from the bright color and childlike style of the picture book, and the content of the picture book is very weird, with seemingly festive content and style, showing a strange sense of daily distortion and disorder.