Act 13: Parents go missing
Twilight returns to the residence, and at a glance sees the breakfast cart empty in the doorway, "It's impossible for my parents to close the stall at this time, is there any situation?"
"I'll go back to my hometown with your mother, it will take a long time, find a place to eat and —— Father Xiao"
"I'm going to go to such a pit, and it's really my father. ”
Twilight rolled the paper into a ball, unaware that the back of the paper revealed a trace of spiritual power. Twilight flattened the paper again, revealing a charm-like pattern and a few pieces of text behind it.
Twilight notes the symbol, and there is a pine tile next to the wall at the head of the bed with cash in it. - Red Lotus"
"It's better to be a mom. Twilight looked at the symbol, with a praying hand on her left and a red sun on her right. Twilight had never seen this symbol, and thought that maybe it was a peace charm that her mother had asked for, so she didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, there are a few erased marks at the end of the note that catch Twilight's attention.
Twilight picks up a pencil and carefully covers the words "10 million guarantees" to appear.
Twilight thought to herself, "Take care, don't sound reassuring at all, like knowing that something bad is going to happen." If the mother really wanted to write these words, but erased them, it would be even less uneasy, and I hope they are all right. ”
After a few days of calm and calm, Twilight felt that she was too careful, and she was also running around the school, the madman's house, and her residence as usual. A few more days passed, and Twilight couldn't stand the loneliness of the house, so she simply moved to the madman's house to rely on, at least there was someone to talk about.
Several days passed like this, and early one morning, Twilight got up early to buy breakfast for the madman as usual, but saw the madman sitting in his chair and smoking a cigarette pouch with a heavy heart. The smell of sweat and the heavy smoke of his sweat were a sign that the madman might have stayed up all night.
The madman looked at Twilight and sighed deeply, "Hey, your parents are back, but ...... You can go home and have a look. ”
Bad signs swept in, and Twilight didn't care about anything else, and flew home.
After less than 20 minutes of running, Twilight Shadow arrived at the entrance of the community, and before she could enter the door, she heard everyone talking about where the fire was!
Twilight chuckled in and walked in, and sure enough, the small miscellaneous room rented by her parents was surrounded by a crowd of people, and four or five police officers were investigating the scene.
Twilight didn't dare to make a noise, and observed on the periphery, the miscellaneous room had different degrees of charred black from the inside to the outside, as if it was burned by fire, but it was very unnatural, and some were even regular markings, this was obviously not an ordinary fire, but like the weeds that night, it was the appearance of the soul source dissipating and the spirit body dying after being attacked by spiritual power.
Twilight has a bad feeling and is about to leave, when suddenly a fat woman screams and turns the crowd's eyes to him.
"It's him, he's the son of this family, like he's in high school here. I'm really unlucky to rent the house to them, big brother policeman, you have to blame them and blame them, you can't arrest me. Twilight recognizes this person as the landlord, and although Twilight hasn't seen each other in a long time, the obnoxious voice is unforgettable.
"They have their responsibilities, but you're also breaking the law by renting out the utility room to live in, and now the house is on fire, whatever the reason, you're responsible. I warn you that if you incite the masses to refuse to cooperate with the investigation, we will take coercive measures. Take it away!"
After saying that, the landlord was taken into the police car. At this point, the policeman who spoke 'boldly' was walking towards him again, and Twilight was about to suffocate with nervousness.
"You're a child of the family. ”
"Yes. ”
"Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Yes. ”
"You...... Nervous?"
"Yes. ”
"Why?"
"I'm afraid you'll treat me like a bad person. ”
"Then should we treat you like a bad person?"
"Uncle policeman, I'm really not a bad person, I don't know anything about this, I can't say it clearly, I can only ask my parents, but I guess my parents can't explain it, and you won't believe it......." Twilight released her nervousness in one breath, and she kept talking.
"Uncle Policeman, okay, don't talk about it yet. You kid probably won't be able to speak clearly for a while. Let's talk about it slowly when we go back to the game. The policeman gestured to the car next to him.
Twilight is aggrieved, but he knows he shouldn't resist before the police. So he obediently lowered his head and stretched his wrists together in front of him.
"What are you doing, who is going to torture you, I see how many people here are not good to ask, take you to a quiet place to ask, what do you think?"
When Twilight heard this, she looked up and saw that this policeman had short neck hair, bright teeth and bright eyes, and a heroic posture, where is this uncle, it is clearly a big sister.
Twilight stared at her sister in surprise, embarrassed, what kind of nervousness it was to be able to say for so long without distinguishing between men and women.
The policeman also shook his head helplessly as he walked: "Uncle policeman, uncle policeman?" The other colleagues also laughed secretly, escorting Twilight out of the crowd and into the car.
After a short time at the police station, the police took Twilight to a desk, took off her hat, and smoothed her hair, instantly changing her image of not being angry and arrogant to being smart and smart.
"Okay, now 'Uncle Police' is going to ask you questions, are you ready?"
Twilight lowered her voice, "Can you stop saying that, I'm sorry." ”
"Hmph, you're still embarrassed, there are a lot of people who say that I am a man's wife, and there are really not many people who call me uncle directly. My name is Liu Li, what's your name. ”
"My name is Twilight. ”
"Tell us about your family. ”
"Well, my mother's name is Li Honglian, my father's name is a bit strange, he has been called Father Xiao since I was born, and I don't know why he changed his name like this. We moved here a few months ago, I went to the first middle school, and they came to accompany us. ”
"Where did you go last night?"
"My master, an old man surnamed Zhou, I went to him to learn ....... martial arts. ”
"Oh, do you have any enemies in your family?"
"Definitely not, my parents are very good, they usually sell some breakfast, and I have never heard of an argument with anyone. ”
"And do they usually come into contact with any strange people?"
Twilight was nervous again, and when she asked the strange person, did she see something strange?
Twilight thought for a moment, "Does someone who doesn't pay for breakfast count?"
The corners of Police Officer Liu's mouth grinned, and he couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Twilight. "Okay, these are okay, there are traces of a fight at the scene, there are burn marks, but fortunately there are no bloodstains, we will look for the disappearance of your parents as soon as possible, and at the same time, we must notify us as soon as possible if there is news of them. These are the finances of your room, you can take them with you. After saying that, Police Officer Liu turned his head and went over to process the documents.
Twilight has these finances, most of them textbooks, a few thousand dollars in cash, and some clothing. These things have been packed in woven bags and plastic buckets, and strangely enough, they have not burned at all.
Twilight asked, "Did you find all these things from my house?"
"Yes," policeman Liu replied casually without replying.
"Why haven't these things been burned?" asked Twilight as she wished to slap herself. Isn't this leading the problem to an unreasonable place?
"When we found these things, they were covered with a cloth, probably fireproof. ”
"Oh" Twilight didn't dare to speak again.
Liu Li suddenly stopped what she was doing, smiled and asked, "Or, what explanation do you think is more reasonable?"
Twilight looked at Liu Li's eyes, those eyes seemed to be able to see everything, and Twilight began to play stupid: "Then who knows, maybe it was an alien who did it?"
"I think so, too. Liu Li continued her work after speaking.
Twilight didn't say anything more, picked up the things, and walked out of the police station.
As soon as Twilight Shadow went out on the front foot, Liu Li followed her back foot, and it turned out that she was pretending to ignore Twilight Shadow's love for answers. The Q&A just now seemed casual, but it exposed Twilight's two suspicions. One is that he clearly perceives the unreasonableness but does not investigate it deeply, and the other is that his parents are obviously nervous but avoid it with jokes.
Twilight doesn't notice anything unusual, and is contemplating what to do next. After thinking about it for a while, it confirmed that he was homeless, and there was no other way but to go to the madman.
Twilight tries to call her father anyway, but unsurprisingly no one answers. Twilight edited a text message, originally to tell her father where she was, but then she thought that if her parents were really being hunted by the enemy, they must have been able to deal with it if they were still able to protect the family property. If the phone is not in the father's hand, the edited text message is even more revealing of himself. Besides, even if they don't contact their parents, they definitely know that they will go to the madman.
After thinking about it, Twilight realizes that she has nothing to do, and angrily drops her phone on the grass.
After losing her temper, Twilight looked down to pick it up, and wonderfully remembered why Liu Li didn't ask herself for a phone? The landlord should have my father's phone, but he should confirm with me anyway.
When this idea came to mind, Twilight became even more suspicious of Liu Li. This person asked me questions that barely had to be answered, and it felt like he was going to doubt me, but he didn't pursue it anymore. Strange fires, strange disappearances, strange fire marks, strange belongings, so many strange places she didn't care at all, I'm afraid it's not a big heart, it's waiting for my flaws. ”
Thinking of this, Twilight wonders whether to go to the madman's house or not, but considering that she has already told the madman, it is even more suspicious not to go there now.
So Twilight has more eyes, pretending to be tired during the walk, going to the toilet, losing things, and checking many times whether someone is following her. This toss really made him realize that someone was following.
Twilight didn't know the bottom of her mind if she was aimless, but it was much easier to find someone following Twilight, and he hurried to the madman's house.
The madman was sitting in the living room smoking a cigarette when Twilight knocked on the door and shouted in a pretending crying voice, "Master, my house is on fire, my parents are gone, I am homeless now, can you take me in." He pointed to the door, his eyes, and walked again.
The madman knew the clue when he heard Twilight call him master, and without saying a word, he pointed to the positive sun flower on Twilight's chest.
Twilight shook her head and saluted as a policeman.
The madman nodded and shouted outside: "Silly boy, one day is a teacher and a father for life, you come in quickly, tell the master what the hell is going on, are you hurt, have you called the police?" ”
Both of them were amused by their own cowardly behavior, but they closed the door very tacitly and entered the inner room.
Liu Li followed here and saw no suspicion, looked around the old building and left silently.
The madman confirms that the police are leaving, puts down his disguise, picks up the tea, and lies down in the chair, while Twilight anxiously paces back and forth in the living room, asking random guesses and questions, as if the madman didn't hear them.
Twilight's eyes were red, and she suddenly clenched her fists and knelt on the ground: "Master, I can't restrain my blood feelings, please reveal one or two, at least let me feel at ease." ”
Seeing this, the madman immediately sat up straight and helped Twilight to her feet. "The more difficult it is to restrain yourself, the more you have to be calm, if it is difficult this time, your mentality will harm others and yourself. ”
Twilight lowered her head, as if she had realized something, and sat down impatiently.
The madman poured a glass of water and handed it to Twilight, "Calm down, and then think about what to ask me." ”
Twilight wondered, "Why didn't you tell me anything when you knew about it!"
"Skip over this one and think about something else. ”
"You drink that kettle straight to your mouth, can you drink the water that comes out of it?" Twilight joked as she pointed to the glass.
"Hey, you're not a psychopath, you're going to change pretty fast. ”
Twilight said absentmindedly, "It's not like the master is teaching you well. After a pause, Twilight asked, "I know that I am not strong now, and you have your considerations, but my heart of caring for my parents will never change because of my own strength, I want to know if my parents are safe now, this is my bottom line, I hope the master will understand." ”
The madman nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, okay, okay, if you really can't help but ask, I may not be able to afford you." But let's talk about the ugly things first, you can't do anything real without my permission. ”
Twilight took a deep breath and sat down slowly on the couch, her eyes glazed away, and nodded.
"Your parents are involved in a trouble, a trouble I can't meddle in. ”
Twilight looked at the madman in surprise, "You can't interfere, as far as I know, the Zhengyang Monarch has great power, if you can't interfere, is the other party a manager, a person from the Four Universities?"
The madman smiled with satisfaction and did not reply.
Twilight nodded and asked, "What can I do?"
"Increase your strength!"
"And then?"
"Then accumulate battle records, gain prestige, become the new Zhengyang Monarch Envoy, and cultivate your own Zhengyang Envoy, then you have the right to participate in it. ”
"This will wait until the Year of the Monkey!"
"Unless you have the power to help your parents regain their freedom, they will never have the day to hide. ”
Twilight was anxious, but couldn't retort, "What are you waiting for, let's train." ”
The madman waved his hand: "Don't worry about this, let me ask you if you have done your homework first?"
Twilight was taken aback, he could barely believe his ears. "When is this coming, I still have ...... mind"
The madman shouted: "You are a student, no matter when studying comes first." Your father has given you to me, and I will be responsible for you. Get out of the way and get homework. ”
This is the first time the madman has urged himself to learn, which may mean that the madman is no longer a mere spiritual teacher to Twilight.