Hailing barren city

Tao Rujiu shook his head helplessly.

Not everyone who lives alone is used to sleeping naked, this is probably just a sharp personal hobby.

Tao Rujiu had no right to interfere with other people's privacy, but sleeping naked would undoubtedly make this eerie night more ambiguous.He watched the man lying less than [-] centimeters away from him, always worried, wondering if Ling Li would suddenly tear off the last layer of bath towel.

It stands to reason that people of the same sex have the same structure, so there is no problem even if they look at each other a few times.However, Tao Rujiu hasn't been in a group bathhouse since he was three years old, and even the university has its own bathroom.Whether it is the same sex or the opposite sex, it is strange to young people.

Not to mention that since having the earth-shattering dream that night, Tao Rujiu's sharp eyes have gradually been covered with a faint pink color that is unknown to both parties.

"I don't have pajamas, so can you give me a bed sheet?" The young man decided to take a step back and demanded, because there was only a quilt on the bed, he didn't have any confidence, and he still kept a distance of [-] centimeters from Ling Li when he fell asleep.

Especially the amulet hanging on the chest must never be touched again.

"Are you sure you want the bed sheet?" Ling Li frowned, and it was obvious that he was holding back a smile, "If you need it, I can give it to you."

As he spoke, he got up, took out the bed sheet from the kitchen cabinet and threw it beside Tao Rujiu.The young man quickly unfolded the bed sheet and wrapped him up like a silkworm chrysalis, turned over and lay on the outside of the bed, said "good night", and reached out to turn off the wall lamp on his side.

"Do you know what you look like?" In the darkness, a sharp and low voice came from behind him, "It seems...it's a woman who just finished her work..."

Tao Rujiu was shocked when he heard these words, and a coquettish girl wrapped in a sheet with her breasts slightly exposed jumped out of her mind, and she just wanted to find a place to jump in.Behind him, Ling Li laughed muffledly because of his discovery, but he didn't expect Tao Rujiu to tighten the sheets on his body even more, rolled out, and simply lay down on the floor.No matter what Ling Li said, he didn't respond aloud.

Tao Rujiu spent the night like this on the floor, and when he woke up the next day his throat was a little sore, presumably because the floor was too cold and he caught a cold.He wobbled and sat up, the surrounding was eerily quiet, and there was no sharp shadow on the bed.

There was a slight sound of rain outside the house.

He went to the window and opened the curtains, so he could see the heavy and heavy sky.Turning into an indigo blue sea, there are only thick lotus-gray clouds and fine raindrops on the sea.

Tao Rujiu folded the sheets and put them aside, he opened the bedroom door and walked out.There was no movement anywhere in the villa. It was [-]:[-] in the morning. The young man went upstairs to put on the clothes he took off yesterday.

Ling Li had already left, and Tao Rujiu saw the note he left on the dining table, and at the same time saw a strangely formal Chinese breakfast—the young man should have been moved by Ling Li's extra care, but the appearance of the meal was really impressive. He couldn't say a word of gratitude.

Big fish and big meat, vigorously arranged the food in the appearance of worshiping the ancestors, and even inserted the chopsticks on the top of the rice like Gao Xiang.The lights were not turned on in the restaurant, and Tao Rujiu couldn't whet his appetite at this eerie scene in the dark sunlight.

It was raining outside the house, Tao Rujiu who came without an umbrella decided to call Ling Li to borrow an umbrella.He took out his cell phone and dialed.

"Umbrella, I put the spare one in the kitchen. The specific location seems to be..." Ling Li on the other end of the phone was thinking about it, when suddenly someone spoke to him, "Wait a minute..."

So Tao Rujiu still held the phone and walked towards the kitchen as Ling Li said.There are no umbrellas in sight, and this is almost a kitchen that has never been used. Except for the refrigerator and microwave oven in the corner, there is not even the most basic stove.It's true to think about it, how can a person with an identity like Ling Li have time to learn cooking skills?

At this moment, Tao Rujiu suddenly noticed something strange.

Since there is no stove in this house, where did the tribute-like Chinese food on the table come from?

The only explanation is: that was not prepared by Ling Li.

The originally relaxed mood suddenly became tense again, Tao Rujiu stood blankly in the kitchen, Ling Li on the phone was still dealing with other things.The young man turned around slowly. If he wanted to leave the villa, he had to go through the dining room behind him and walk to the entrance.

At this time, a notification tone of a short message came from the phone.

"At least the mobile phone still has a signal..." Tao Rujiu calmed down, comforting himself like this.He temporarily cut off the phone line to read the content of the text message.

"Help me open the door."

He turned around in horror, looked up and saw at the end of the hallway, a vague figure reflected on the frosted glass door.

The figure told him to open the door.

"It" is not Ling Li, the man is currently in the central control room of Hailing City.And as the master, Ling Li has the key to the villa himself.

The man does not have a key, but wants to come in.And there is Tao Rujiu's mobile phone number, or in other words, he can get in touch with Tao Rujiu in some form.

The young man forced himself to calm down, after all the amulet was still hanging around his neck, and he had absolutely no contact with Ling Li last night.

He looked down at the number from which he had texted.

It was Qin Huakai.

Tao Rujiu ordered himself to calm down.

Huakai is dumb, if the person outside the door is really him, he can only get in touch with Tao Rujiu in the house through text messages.

But if the people outside the house are flowers blooming in a normal state, then who prepared the sacrificial food on the table.

Tao Rujiu turned around slowly.

The surrounding area was very quiet, and the villa had no back door. In any case, he knew that he could only go out through the dining room and through the main entrance of the porch.And outside the door, the shadow was waiting for him.

He asked himself to be calm again.

Instead of standing surrounded by imagination and fear, it is better to go to the porch, at least first confirm whether the person standing at the door is a flower.

So Tao Rujiu stepped forward quietly, and he bravely walked towards the dining table. The dining table with sacrifices looked more like an incense table in a mourning hall at the moment.

When he walked in front of the sacrifice again, the young man suddenly had an association:

If I had eaten this meal in honor of the dead just now in a state of ignorance, what would be the result?die?Or become a living corpse manipulated by ghosts?

As soon as he started to imagine, an unstoppable sour feeling surged in his stomach.

At this moment, the cell phone he was holding tightly started beeping again.

The crisp chord music tore through the silent space, and at the same time, the shadow who had been silent at the door immediately sensed Tao Rujiu's presence, and knocked on the door vigorously.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The hollow voice was very cold in the rain, Tao Rujiu reflexively rushed out of the restaurant and hid in the space under the stairs.Looking down at the caller ID on the phone, it turned out to be Ling Li.

"Hey, I remembered the place where the umbrella was placed, it's right there..." The man on the other end of the phone was still relaxed without knowing it, but Tao Rujiu's heavy breathing caught his attention, "What's wrong, You sound like you're having asthma."

Tao Rujiu clutched the phone tightly, not knowing where to start. After a long time, he calmed down slightly and murmured: "On the table...the sacrifices on the table..."

He originally expected to hear Ling Li's equally puzzled voice, but he didn't expect the man to giggle instead.

"No way? Did it really scare you?"

"You did it?" Tao Rujiu suddenly raised his voice. "You set the food?"

"Those are also props in Hailing City!" Ling Li explained with a smile on the other end of the phone, "Last time a Taoist priest said that Hailing Film and Television City could be revived only if I set up meals in the villa to pay tribute to the ancestors. Bring a few waxy ones over here. You can go over and see if they are all fake."

Tao Rujiu was dubious after hearing this, he returned to the dining room, turned on the light and approached the food, only to find out that they were all imitations of foam and wax when he touched them.

"Those are the masterpieces of TV prop masters. They all make a living by pretending to be fake. They can't even deceive myopia like you. How can you tell them to mess around?"

Ling Li obviously felt that teasing Tao Rujiu was a lot of fun, but after playing the prank, he still didn't forget to comfort him.

"By the way, by the way, Huakai should be coming to you soon, right? I said you didn't get up after falling asleep, so he's going to give you breakfast..."