Xingnian Tea House

The first thing Qiao Xingnian paid attention to was naturally Jiang Mohan. After comforting him, he turned to Lin Nanyue, who had been silent all this time.

A man who never expected to work hard continuously without breaking down, is now haggard like this.

His hair was felted, his eyes were dark, his beard was unshaven, his originally strong body had lost a lot of weight, his clothes were wrinkled, and there were even a lot of sweat stains, which was completely inconsistent with his usual image.If the two meet on the road, maybe he really won't recognize each other.

"Captain Lin, you are..."

Seeing that Qiao Xingnian was intact, Lin Nanyue was relieved, but a sense of grievance suddenly surged in his heart, and his eyes turned red.He looked down at himself, completely unaware that he was so sloppy now, and he felt a little helpless for a while, and said, "You... just as long as you're fine, I'll go back first."

Seeing Lin Nanyue fleeing from the ward in embarrassment, Qiao Xingnian suddenly felt distressed, and said, "Brother, what's wrong with Team Lin?"

"In the past few days, he followed the rescue team to look for you in the mountains every day. If he hadn't fainted from heatstroke, the rescue team sent him back to the hotel. He is still on the mountain today." Jiang Mohan patted Qiao Xingnian's arm and said : "Xiao Nian, it is your luck that you have such a friend."

"Team Lin..." Qiao Xingnian didn't expect Lin Nanyue to do this for him, and his peaceful heart rippled.

"Let's not talk about that, if Xingnian can come back, that means good luck and good luck." Zheng Qiao couldn't help comforting him when he saw this.

Qiao Xingnian looked at Zheng Qiao and said gratefully, "Brother Zheng, you are still needed for the business of the tea garden. You should go back quickly. If I delay your business again, then I will feel even more sorry."

"If you tell me this, you will be out of touch. They are all from your own family, so don't be polite to me. Besides..." Zheng Qiao couldn't help sighing, with a sad look on his brows, and said: "The terrible thing happened in Chashan There are all kinds of things on the Internet, and the business of the tea garden has really plummeted."

Qiao Xingnian had expected this, but tea gardens were an important source of income for Licheng, so the government should take corresponding measures to reduce the loss of tea gardens.He changed the subject and said, "It's been so long, Hucheng should have received the goods."

"Don't worry, I received it three days ago."

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "How is sister-in-law doing? Are you still having nightmares?"

Speaking of Lin Rou, Zheng Qiao finally had a smile on his face, and said: "Since you gave her the amulet, she has never had any nightmares, and she sleeps well every day, just worried about your safety, I gave her the amulet just now Call, she also said that she would come to the hospital to see you."

"I'm fine, so don't let my sister-in-law make a special trip."

"By the way, Xingnian, what happened, why did you get lost with them?"

Before Qiao Xingnian could answer, there was a knock on the door of the ward. Jiang Mohan turned around and looked over, saying, "Please come in."

The door was opened, and Liang Hua walked in, followed by Jiang Ting whom he had seen last time.

"Captain Liang?" Zheng Qiao looked at Liang Hua in surprise, but was soon relieved.

Liang Hua was also taken aback when he saw Zheng Qiao, and said, "Boss Zheng, you are here."

It could be seen that Liang Hua and Zheng Qiao knew each other.

"What is Team Liang coming here for?" Although he guessed it, Zheng Qiao still asked.

"We came to Boss Joe to ask him what happened on the mountain."

Qiao Xingnian smiled weakly, and said, "Team Liang ask, I will definitely cooperate."

Such a big incident happened in Chashan, and he was the last person to leave the mountain. It was only natural that the criminal investigation team came to him to find out the situation. Qiao Xingnian was not surprised at all.

Liang Hua asked bluntly: "I heard from Dr. Jiang and Team Lin that you and them got lost halfway. What happened after that?"

"Because I can't hear, I have two mobile phones. One is used for normal use, and the other is used for making and receiving calls and for translation. When I got down to the middle of the mountain, I found the one responsible for translation. I lost my phone."

Qiao Xingnian coughed suddenly, Jiang Mohan hurriedly poured him a glass of water, he took a few sips before slowly stopped coughing, and said: "Sorry, I've been short of food and drink for the past few days, my body can't take it anymore .”

"It's okay, take your time, we are not in a hurry."

Qiao Xingnian paused for a while, and then said: "Then I looked back and found that the mobile phone was not far away, because it was not far away, so I didn't call them, I just wanted to get it back and catch up with them.

But when I picked up the phone, I found that my surroundings suddenly changed, and a cave appeared in front of me.When we rescued those tourists before, I heard them talk about the cave, and my heart was trembling for a while. When I turned around, my brother and Team Lin had disappeared. "

Seeing Qiao Xingnian stop, Liang Hua continued to ask: "Then what happened after that?"

"I was a little scared, and ran in the opposite direction of the cave without looking back, but no matter how long I ran, I would always meet that cave again, like... like a ghost hitting a wall, and I couldn't escape no matter what .”

Qiao Xingnian's eyes were full of fear, and his expression was panicked, as if he was immersed in the previous nightmare and couldn't get out.

"Then how did you escape?"

Qiao Xingnian looked at Liang Hua in horror, and it took him a while to regain his composure, and said, "I couldn't run any longer and fell to the ground. Suddenly a black shadow rushed towards me, and I lost consciousness after that." .”

"A shadow? What kind of shadow?"

"A huge black cat, a black cat bigger than a human." Qiao Xingnian opened his eyes unconsciously, and said, "Its eyes are red, blood red..."

"A black cat bigger than a human?" Jiang Ting frowned and said, "How is this possible?"

"Yes, I can see it clearly, it's a huge black cat!"

Seeing that Jiang Ting didn't believe what he said, Qiao Xingnian looked a little excited.

"If there was such a big black cat and it attacked you again, how did you survive?"

"I don't know. After I saw it clearly, I lost consciousness. I didn't know what happened afterwards. When I woke up again, it was already five days later. I was lying in a weed bush, in the mountains. There is no signal and I don't know where I am.

Moreover, he has not eaten or drank for several days, his body is very weak, and it is difficult to even get up.Fortunately, when I was groping down the mountain, I found a backpack and found some water and food. "

"You walked in the mountains for two days?"

"Well, I'm not a local. Although I have been to Chashan several times, I woke up in a strange place. I don't know where I am. I can only rely on the sun to tell the direction. I walked around the mountain for two days before I found the way down the mountain. way."

The tea mountain is very big. The road that Qiao Xingnian and the others climbed has been repaired, and the one that reached the top of the mountain recently. The other directions are undeveloped, and tourists seldom go there.

"So you don't know exactly what happened in those five days."

Qiao Xingnian shook his head and said, "Officer Liang, what happened to that cave? Have you found anything? I heard that Xiao Lan had two other companions who also disappeared while climbing the mountain. Did you see it too?" The cave?"

"We asked all the tourists who came down from the mountain, and they all said that they encountered that cave. Out of curiosity, they entered the cave, and then lost consciousness. When they woke up, they saw you. But these days we I've been looking for this so-called cave, but I haven't found it."

Qiao Xingnian then asked: "Have Xiao Lan's companions been found? Are they still trapped in the mountains like me?"

"They're dead." When Liang Hua spoke, he kept staring at Qiao Xingnian.

Qiao Xingnian was startled, then said, "They are dead, how did they die?"

"It's not just them. We found 35 corpses on the top of the mountain. They were all tourists climbing the mountain. Their death conditions were extremely tragic."

"35 corpses..." Qiao Xingnian opened his eyes wide in shock. It took him a while to recover, and asked, "How did they die?"

Liang Hua looked at Qiao Xingnian for a while, but did not see anything unusual, so he sighed helplessly and said, "I want to know too."

Thirty-five people died at one time, and they were tourists from all over the country. Nearly a hundred survivors who came down from the mountain kept saying that they lost consciousness inexplicably after entering a cave.

But the police searched all over the mountain, but they couldn't find the cave. In addition, the top of the mountain was struck by lightning, and there were nine places where it was struck by lightning.

What made them unacceptable the most was that although the causes of death of those deceased were different, they had one thing in common, that is, the scars on their bodies were left by animals, most likely cats and dogs.

As soon as the forensic report came out, the entire police station was blown up. If it was said that ferocious beasts like tigers and wolves killed people, they would understand.But the result of this identification was cats and dogs. If the outside world knew that these 35 tourists were all killed by cats, cats and dogs, I don't know how they would react.

Anyway, they didn't believe it, so they invited a forensic doctor from a nearby city.And scientists from all walks of life conducted a joint autopsy, and the results were not different.

From the top to the bottom of the police station, everyone is in a state of distress. If this person kills, there is still investigation, but how can this animal kill someone?

Taking a step back, even if the murderous cat and dog were found, would the victim's family accept this fact?

If this is the case, they don't need to think about it, and they will definitely be scolded on the hot searches.

When they heard that Qiao Xingnian, who had been missing for seven days, had come back alive, they came to the hospital non-stop, but it was a pity that they didn't know anything about it.

"Captain Liang, I think we've run into something evil. Whether it's the cave or the black cat I saw, it doesn't seem like it could exist in reality. Do you think there will be monsters or ghosts?"

Hearing what Qiao Xingnian said, Liang Hua was not surprised at all, because almost all the tourists who came down from the mountain said so.

"There are no ghosts in this world. There are people pretending to be ghosts." Liang Hua stood up and said, "Boss Qiao, take good care of your illness. If there is something wrong, we will contact you and leave first."

Seeing that Liang Hua was about to leave, Qiao Xingnian said excitedly, "Captain Liang, this incident is too weird. Really, you have to believe me, I really saw a huge black cat."

"I see, we will investigate clearly, you have a good rest, goodbye."

Before leaving, Liang Hua glanced at Jiang Mohan and motioned him to follow him out.

Jiang Mohan understood, followed Liang Hua out of the ward, and asked, "Captain Liang, what do you need from me?"

Liang Hua said in a low voice: "Doctor Jiang, Boss Qiao must be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. You'd better take him to see a psychiatrist."

"Captain Liang, if it's just Xiaonian who said that, it's possible that you said it, but everyone says that. Could it be that everyone suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder?"

Liang Hua was at a loss for words, and after a moment of silence, he said, "No matter what, we still hope that you will not disclose any information about the case until the facts are clarified."

"Don't worry, Captain Liang. We still have this basic common sense. I have to go back to take care of Xiaonian, so I won't send you two away. Goodbye."

Liang Hua took a soft nail, couldn't help but smiled wryly, and left the hospital with Jiang Ting.

Jiang Mohan returned to the ward, looked at Qiao Xingnian, and said, "What do you want to eat, brother will buy it for you."

"I want to eat spicy fish, I want to eat braised chicken, I also want to eat barbecue, hot pot..."

"Got it. Just wait, I'll buy it for you."

Seeing this, Zheng Qiao stopped Jiang Mohan, and said, "I know this place well. I know where the food is delicious, so let me buy it. Doctor Jiang will stay and take care of Xingnian."

"How can this work? Wouldn't that mean we are taking advantage of Boss Zheng? We can't always let Boss Zheng spend money, I'll go."

Qiao Xingnian interjected: "Brother, Brother Zheng has some kindness, so don't be polite to him."

Zheng Qiao said with a smile: "Xing Nian is right, they are all from my own family, so there is no need to be polite."

Jiang Mohan said helplessly: "Okay, then I'll trouble Boss Zheng. But Boss Zheng can just buy some light meals. His body is weak and he can't eat spicy, cold food."

Zheng Qiao was stunned for a moment, and then responded, "Okay, listen to Dr. Jiang."

After sending Zheng Qiao out of the ward, watching him walk away, Jiang Mohan returned to the bed and said, "What happened?"

"This whole incident is the revenge of the evil spirits. I saw countless cats, cats and dogs being tortured and killed on the top of the mountain. Those people were all killed by these evil spirits." Qiao Xingnian couldn't help but sighed.

"Evil spirits? Why are there so many evil spirits gathered in the tea mountain?"

Jiang Mohan has always been very perceptive, Qiao Xingnian is not at all surprised that he can ask such a question.

"Probably because of me..."

Qiao Xingnian selectively talked about what happened at that time. Now that he has been resurrected, there is no need to tell Jiang Mohan what happened before, which will only increase his worries.

"So the purpose of the people behind the scenes to control these evil spirits is to lead you to the top of the mountain, which is not good for you? Who is the person behind the scenes?"

Jiang Mohan didn't know that the previous two cases were also related to Qiao Xingnian.

"I don't know." Qiao Xingnian shook his head and said helplessly, "It should be my enemy who wants to kill me."

In the past few days when Qiao Xingnian disappeared, Jiang Mohan asked Lin Nanyue about Qiao Xingnian's identity, and learned of his identity as a spirit crosser.

"There should be a spirit crosser in Licheng. Why didn't he come forward when such a big thing happened?"

"We don't know who he is, how do we know he didn't show up?"

"The time and place of our trip are temporary decisions. How could the person behind the scenes know and make such preparations in advance?"

"This person is not a mortal and knows me well. It is not surprising that he can calculate our itinerary."

"Know it like the palm of your hand? That's the person next to you? Can't you guess this?" Jiang Mohan's brows became tighter and tighter.

Qiao Xingnian shook his head and said, "The people around me are all mortals, and the only person I have contact with is Yin Er. We have a good relationship, and it is impossible for them to deal with me."

"That……"

"Brother, I've already asked Bing Yanjun about these things. It shouldn't be long before there will be news, so let's stop guessing."

Jiang Mohan nodded, and sat down in front of Qiao Xingnian's bed. Although he didn't speak anymore, his brows were furrowed.

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian asked, "Brother, what happened after you went down the mountain?"

"After we went down the mountain, we originally wanted to go to Zheng Qiao's villa, but there was no one in the villa. Then we called and found out that he took his wife to the hospital, so we took someone else's car back to the hotel. We waited at the hotel for two days. You didn't come back, so we called the police."

"You probably didn't tell the police about the evil spirits."

"No. We discussed the rhetoric in advance and agreed not to tell anyone about it."

"Where are Li Xiaoshuai and Xu Jianing?"

"They should be in the hotel. We went to find them before we came, but they were not in the room. I will call them now to reassure them."

"They moved to our hotel?"

"Well, I moved here on the same day." Jiang Mohan said as he connected the phone.

When Zheng Qiao came back from shopping, a completely new Lin Nanyue also walked in.

Qiao Xingnian looked at Lin Nanyue now, although he took a shower, shaved, and changed his clothes.

But with bloodshot eyes and a thin face with protruding cheekbones, he could still imagine what he had experienced before, feeling very guilty, and... distressed.

"Captain Lin's nose is really sharp. Brother Zheng just bought food, and you came here."

The familiar voice and tone made Lin Nanyue's eyes a little sour. God knows how he got here these days. As soon as he closed his eyes, Qiao Xingnian's face and all the things they got along with in the past, which he had never tasted before, would be in his mind. He was suffering from lovesickness, and he really experienced it once, and finally understood the heart-wrenching feeling when those couples broke up.

"Hmm." He obviously had a thousand words in his heart, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only respond lightly.

Jiang Mohan finished the food, put it on the table of the hospital bed, and said, "Stop talking, hurry up and eat."

"Let's eat together. Look at you, you've lost so much weight, it's like you're the ones trapped on the mountain."

Zheng Qiao followed suit and said, "I bought so much that Xingnian can't finish it all by myself. Let's eat together."

Jiang Mohan nodded, greeted Lin Nanyue, handed him a pair of chopsticks, and said, "Team Lin, come over to have some food. Thank you for your hard work these days."

Lin Nanyue took the chopsticks, looked at Jiang Mohan and smiled, and said, "As long as he's fine."

He didn't dare to look at Qiao Xingnian, he was afraid that he couldn't hide the emotion in his eyes. The separation these days made him understand that he didn't simply like Qiao Xingnian, but... deep love.

"Your relationship is really enviable." Looking at them, Zheng Qiao couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"What is "you", should be "we". "

After this incident, Qiao Xingnian truly recognized Zheng Qiao and regarded him as a friend.

Zheng Qiao was startled, then smiled and said, "That's right, it's us, haha."

Zheng Qiao let out a long sigh of relief, the depression accumulated in his heart for the past few days also dissipated a lot because of this smile.

Several people sat around the hospital bed talking and laughing while eating, although they all stood up, although they didn't eat a few mouthfuls, but the joy of regaining the loss dispelled the haze that had shrouded their heads these days.

They had just eaten when Li Xiaoshuai and Xu Jianing came, and then Lin Rou. Everyone they knew in Licheng had already arrived.

Qiao Xingnian looked up at Lin Rou, and found that there was still a vague resentment on her body. She couldn't help being a little puzzled, and asked, "Sister-in-law, have you slept well these few days?"

Seeing that Qiao Xingnian still cared about her while lying on the hospital bed, Lin Rou was very moved and said, "Thanks to your amulet, I haven't had any nightmares since that day."

"That's good." Qiao Xingnian looked at Lin Rou's wrist and asked, "Sister-in-law, where is the amulet I gave you?"

Lin Rou and Zheng Qiao looked at each other, a hesitant look flashed across their faces, and sighed, "I'll wear it for Xiao Hai."

Qiao Xingnian then asked, "Is there something wrong with Xiao Hai?"

Zheng Qiao also sighed and said, "I didn't want to trouble you anymore, but Xiaohai's situation is really..."

Qiao Xingnian frowned slightly when he heard the words, and said, "Brother Qiao, it's too far-fetched for us to talk about these things. If you have anything to say, you can just speak up. I will never refuse to help if I can."

Lin Rou looked at Zheng Qiao and said, "Let me do the talking."

Everyone looked at Lin Rou, waiting for her next words.

"Old Zheng and I came back from the hospital that day. Instead of going back to the villa, we went to our parents' house. We smelled a pungent fishy smell as soon as we entered the door. We called several times, but no one answered. There were voices in the kitchen and we went over to find the kitchen full of buckets of fish.

There were fish viscera piled up in the sink, and fish scales on the ground. Dad was still killing the fish, so Mom sliced ​​fish fillets for Xiao Hai to eat. There was blood all over his mouth and body.We were terrified, Lao Zheng hurried forward to stop Xiao Hai, but they acted like crazy, not only did not stop, but also pushed Lao Zheng to the ground, and Dad even had a knife in his hand.

When I saw something was wrong, I hurried forward to pull it. When I touched them, they screamed like an electric shock. The sound was not human at all, but more like..."

"Like a cat." Zheng Qiao continued, "I clearly saw that after they twitched for a while, a black shadow of a cat ran out of their bodies."

"So my sister-in-law gave Xiao Hai the bracelet to wear."

"Yeah, with that bracelet, I didn't have any nightmares for three days in a row. I guessed that the bracelet was really useful, so I put it on for Xiao Hai. He's still so young, and I'm afraid he'll be entangled in dirty things. Now, in case something goes wrong..."

Zheng Qiao held Lin Rou tightly in his arms, and said, "We also went to nearby temples to beg these days, but the so-called evil spirits we begged for were useless. Xingnian, where did you beg for that bracelet?" Come, we will also ask, no matter how much it costs, we are willing."

"I believe in ghosts and gods, so every time I travel to a place, I will go to the local temple or Taoist temple. I have saved a lot of these things in the next year. This time the black cat failed to kill me. It's probably because I'm wearing an amulet."

Qiao Xingnian looked at Jiang Mohan and said, "Brother, take Brother Zheng and sister-in-law back. I still have a few spells for exorcising ghosts and suppressing evil in my box. You can give them to Brother Zheng."

Jiang Mohan nodded and said, "It's not too late, let's go there now."

Zheng Qiao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "Okay, then I will trouble Dr. Jiang."

Jiang Mohan smiled and said, "They're all my own, so don't be so polite."

Jiang Mohan didn't delay any longer, and went back to the hotel with Zheng Qiao and his wife.

After the three left, Li Xiaoshuai asked puzzledly: "Brother Qiao, don't you plan to tell Brother Zheng about the evil spirit?"

Qiao Xingnian said with a smile: "It will cause panic. Of course, the fewer people who know about the evil spirits, the better. Xiaoshuai, Jianing, you two come here."

Li Xiaoshuai and Xu Jianing looked at each other, and came to the bed one after another.

Qiao Xingnian recited the incantation silently and executed with his fingers, erasing the two people's memories of evil spirits.The eyes of the two returned to normal after a moment of bewilderment.

Qiao Xingnian asked aloud, "Xiaoshuai, Jianing, why don't you go back to school?"

"Such a big thing happened..." At this point, Li Xiaoshuai's eyes suddenly became a little dazed, he scratched his head, and said, "We are worried about Brother Qiao, so we will stay and wait for the news."

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "I'm back, and I can't leave for the time being. If you have something to do, go back first. Let's get together again when we return to Lake City."

Li Xiaoshuai always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it at all, so he looked at Xu Jianing and said, "Jianing, what do you think?"

"Then let's go back first, what happened this time..." Xu Jianing was also taken aback as he spoke, and said, "It's too weird, let's leave early."

The two chatted with Qiao Xingnian for a while, Qiao Xingnian also booked them a flight tomorrow morning, and they also left the ward in the evening.

The ward was originally full, but now only Qiao Xingnian and Lin Nanyue were left.

Seeing Qiao Xingnian looking over, Lin Nanyue looked away helplessly, and said, "I'll pour you a glass of water."

Qiao Xingnian responded lightly, but did not look away, but kept looking at him.

Although it was a faint gaze, Lin Nanyue felt extremely hot, his face flushed unconsciously, and he was so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

"Team Lin, Team Lin!"

When Qiao Xingnian's voice came, Lin Nanyue suddenly turned around and said blankly, "What's wrong?"

Qiao Xingnian looked at the cup on the table and said, "The water is overflowing."

Lin Nanyue looked down at the cup, let go of his hand quickly, blushed even more, and said, "That... I'm a little distracted."