When it came to the matter of keeping a wake for the village chief, the shopkeeper did not say much, but said:

"I don't know about this, anyway, the village chief's son said at the time that it was the village chief's own request."

At this point, he extinguished the half-smoked cigarette and looked a little ugly.

"The prestige of the village chief in the village is very high, and if it weren't for him, Goose Village wouldn't know what it would have become......"

Ning Qiushui asked:

"What bad things have happened in Goose Village before?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and mentioned the past, but he only replied:

"It's okay......"

After speaking, he stared at the pockmarked TV again, and his expression gradually became wooden.

Ning Qiushui didn't leave immediately, he looked down and checked the flashlight, candles, and lighters.

After it was over, Ning Qiushui threw the spicy strips back to the shopkeeper.

The latter stared at the spicy strips on the table and froze for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

"It's expired."

"If you don't look at the date when you pay, I won't refund the money."

"It's okay...... Just answer my question, has anyone ever come to you to buy this kind of pin before? ”

Ning Qiushui took out a thumbtack from his pocket and put it in front of the shopkeeper.

The pushpins are smooth and relatively new at first glance.

The latter picked up the pushpin and looked at it carefully, then nodded:

"Well, a kid came to buy this pushpin before and bought a box."

"Which child?"

"Yang She, the most ...... in the village The mischievous one. ”

The shopkeeper seemed to want to say something, but rephrased it.

Ning Qiushui nodded.

"Okay, thanks."

He turned to leave, and as he left, the shopkeeper looked at the pushpin on the table......

…

It's a bit dark in the village.

When Ning Qiushui came back, it was already dusk in the distance.

On the way, Ning Qiushui also met other people who went to the commissary to buy candles, and they didn't say hello to each other, and the atmosphere didn't seem to be very good.

Returning to the guest house, Ning Qiushui walked up to the second floor, and soon after passing by 201, he heard Qiu Wangsheng's voice behind him:

"Hey."

Ning Qiushui turned around.

"What's wrong?"

Qiu Wangsheng didn't answer, he looked around, and after confirming that there was no one, he gave Ning Qiushui another look, and then walked into his room, but the door was hidden.

Ning Qiushui felt curious, so he followed into Qiu Wangsheng's room.

"Close the door."

Qiu Wangsheng said coldly.

Ning Qiushui didn't mind, after all, from Yunshang's place, he had already learned that Qiu Wangsheng was a facial paralysis and his temper was a little strange.

After he closed the door, Qiu Wangsheng said:

"We have someone upstairs."

Ning Qiushui was stunned.

Upstairs?

"There's a person on the third floor of the guest house, but the door I look like has been sealed."

Qiu Wangsheng:

"When you went to the commissary to buy something just now, I walked around the vicinity of the guest house and didn't find any way to the third floor, and the balcony on the third floor was full of dust and cobwebs, not like it was occupied."

Ning Qiushui frowned.

"And how are you sure there's someone upstairs?"

Qiu Wangsheng:

"Because...... There were footsteps upstairs. ”

Ning Qiushui's pupils shrank when he heard this.

Footsteps......

He had just found a thumbtack in his room when he heard footsteps running outside.

In the brief moment of silence between the two, a strange voice sounded overhead:

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Qiu Wangsheng Road:

"That's it."

Ning Qiushui's expression became more serious, he looked at his head, and said slowly:

"It's not footsteps."

Qiu Wangsheng was stunned.

"Not footsteps?"

Ning Qiushui carefully experienced the voice just now, and said firmly:

"I'm sure it's not footsteps, unless upstairs there's a big fat man over 250 pounds, jumping with one foot on the ground...... Otherwise it would not have been possible to make such a sound. ”

"It's not so much the sound of footsteps as it is the sound of crashing."

"It sounded dull, not metal or stone, but a little like ...... Person. ”

As soon as Ning Qiushui finished speaking, the voice came from upstairs again, and it seemed to be even more violent than just now!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

It felt like someone in the room above their heads, with their head hitting the ground in a frenzy!

The two of them were inexplicably a little hairy, and Ning Qiushui said to Qiu Wangsheng:

"Go out and have a look."

Qiu Wangsheng didn't refuse, he followed behind Ning Qiushui and came to the corridor outside.

"Anyone?"

Ning Qiushui shouted upstairs.

No one responded.

The crash was gone.

After a while, panicked and chaotic footsteps appeared upstairs, Ning Qiushui saw this, did not hesitate at all, and immediately followed the footsteps!

However, when he followed the footsteps to the entrance to the third floor, the voice eerily disappeared.

Looking at the corridor in front of him that was completely sealed by cement, Ning Qiushui fell silent.

Qiu Wangsheng followed closer:

"Gone?"

Ning Qiushui replied:

"Yes."

He came down the hallway and looked outside, but there was no sign of him.

The gloom and coldness of the sunset breed, and it is not only the shadows that are stretched, but also the inexplicable absurdity and weirdness.

The ...... who made a noise upstairs just now Is it really human?

"Are you closed?"

Ning Qiushui suddenly said to Qiu Wangsheng.

The latter's face froze.

"It doesn't seem so."

Ning Qiushui picked up his things and turned around and walked towards the end of the corridor.

"Stay in my room tonight...... Of course, if you want to take the risk, when I didn't say. ”

Qiu Wangsheng's face was a little unsightly, he rubbed his silver-white hair with his hands, was silent for a while, and still followed behind Ning Qiushui.

"I'll stay for one night, and I'll leave tomorrow morning."

He gritted his teeth a little.

Ning Qiushui closed the door and said to Qiu Wangsheng in the room:

"It seems that your psychological quality is good, but no matter how powerful a person is, it is difficult to fight alone in the blood gate, and after many deaths and blood washing, there will always be someone stronger than you."

"The strength of a person is measured in the blood gate, not only his personal ability, but also other resources around him...... Like teammates. ”

Qiu Wangsheng stood at the window, looking at the village outside through the transparent glass, and his face reflected in the window was a little pale.

"Teammate...... Hehe. ”

His disdainful tone was full of mockery and did not respond to the question.

The two of them were silent in the deserted room for a while, when they heard voices coming from the hallway outside.

The other tricksters have also returned from the commissary.

"By the way, Ning Qiushui, did you find some ...... in the room today?"

"Pushpin?"

"Well, it looks like it's not just my room."

Ning Qiushui says:

"There is also one in the next room, it's not an accident, it's just someone did it on purpose, and if nothing else, it should be a child."

Qiu Wangsheng was stunned.

"Little children? How do you know? ”

Ning Qiushui explained:

"The pushpin I found in my room was relatively new, it had a sleek back, and there were almost no signs of friction or rust, which made me think that this pushpin might have been bought for a short time......"

"When I was at the commissary, I had a casual chat with the owner of the commissary, and he accidentally told me that they were the only commissary in the village and that a lot of groceries came from them."

"Then I showed him the pin, and the boss told me that a kid had bought it from him before."

Qiu Wangsheng's gaze flashed with a hint of complexity.

He tilted his head.

"Hmm...... But why would he do it? ”

"Just for fun?"

Ning Qiushui took out a candle and put it on the table to light it.

"I should know tonight."

ps: good night.