Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and someone knocked on the door slowly.

"Xiaoliang?" A clear and gentle voice sounded, "Are you there?"

The coldness in the room suddenly disappeared. Before Zhang Chunliang had time to observe the scar on the child's hand clearly, he saw deep fear in his eyes, and then he disappeared in an instant.

He was still in a daze when the door knocked a few more times.

"...I'm here." Zhang Chunliang tried to sit up and open the door.

As a result, his stiff body was aching and he stumbled to the ground, just in time to pin down the big dog that was unable to move on the mattress.

The big dog was pressed so hard that it uttered two "Mmmmm" sounds and licked his face flatteringly with its tongue.

Zhang Chunliang quickly got up, rubbed its big head, and limped to open the door - in fact, this door could not block anything at all, and someone outside the house could open it with a little force.

But Xu Er knocked on the door politely, and it must be said that this made Zhang Chunliang feel a little safe.

"Why are you here?" Zhang Chunliang was a little confused when he saw the man outside the house who had changed into navy blue clothes. "Aren't you tired? Why don't you rest earlier?"

Xu Er glanced into the room and smiled sheepishly: "Lai Zi said he came to see you, but you were not in the room. I was worried that something happened to you, so I came to see you."

Lai Zi came to look for him? But why didn't he hear anything?

Zhang Chunliang was a little confused, so he turned aside and let Xu Er come into the room.

"..."Xu Er walked into the house obediently. When he saw the layout of the room clearly, his eyes widened slightly, and a hint of surprise appeared in his expression.

"Ahem." Zhang Chunliang felt a little embarrassed to be seen in such a miserable state by a friend he had just met, so he hurried to make amends: "Laizi found me a new place to live, but just now...something went wrong here, so I didn't meet him."

"Then let's go now." There was no emotion in Xu Er's voice. "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Zhang Chunliang straightened his shoulders and spoke as if he was a little embarrassed: "...No, I don't plan to go over there."

Xu Er turned his head slightly, as if looking at Zhang Chunliang - the room was too dark and Zhang Chunliang could not see Xu Er's expression clearly.

He then explained: "I think it's quite quiet here."

As he said this, his throat choked up and he couldn't help but clench his hands slightly in embarrassment.

Actually, no. There was only one reason why he wanted to stay - that child. He had seen him in the memory in the main mission fragment. Although he had never shown his face in the memory, the scar on his hand caused by fire was too easy to recognize. He was the Xiaoping mentioned by Xu Guifen.

Since arriving here, players have been forced to run around in the fields all day long, without even a chance to explore the main quest.

The only person Zhang Chunliang had contacted who knew Xu Aiyong was Xu Er. However, it was not difficult to see from the previous test that Xu Er was very resistant to this topic.

He didn't want to test an NPC's bottom line too blatantly, even if the NPC showed him great kindness.

And now, another key NPC appeared in his territory, and Zhang Chunliang would not give up the opportunity to collect information.

For this, he would rather reluctantly say goodbye to the big house with soft beds.

"Hmm." Xu Er was silent for a while and did not continue to persuade him. He walked straight to the wall, stretched out his hand and pushed it, and his hands were covered with dry dust.

Zhang Chunliang didn't know what to say. He could guess the reason for Lai Zi's change of attitude. Xu Er must have helped him a lot behind the scenes, and the new house was probably his work.

——Now, he himself felt that he was a little ungrateful.

"What is that?" Xu Er suddenly spoke.

In the dim corner, there was a large cocoon-like creature that kept squirming, trying to get closer to Zhang Chunliang.

"Oh-oh!" Seeing that Xu Er was finally willing to pay attention to him, Zhang Chunliang woke up as if from a dream. He took two steps forward and hugged the big dog's head in his arms.

"I, I just picked up a dog on the road." Zhang Chunliang held the dog's head next to his face, wanting Xu Er to see it clearly.

The big dog mistakenly thought that Zhang Chunliang wanted him to lick him, so he happily stuck out his tongue and swept it across his face affectionately.

"Bang." Xu Er probably didn't see the things in the room clearly, and kicked the only remaining piece of furniture in the room - the lame wooden table.

The kick was probably a bit too heavy, and the table fell apart with a loud bang.

Zhang Chunliang stared at the dust flying all over the room in a daze, not knowing what to say.

The big dog was frightened and began to make threatening "Woo--" sounds again.

"Oh, sorry." Xu Er seemed to smile again, "Xiaoliang, you should go to my... new place tonight and have a good rest. If you want to come back, I can help you arrange some new furniture tomorrow."

"Ah Qiu." Zhang Chunliang sneezed and said with a nasal tone, "Excuse me, I'll pack my things first."

So he lit up his "Guangming" flashlight again - it was not that he was stingy, but there was no place to replace the batteries here, and he would need the flashlight more in the future.

He opened his small suitcase again and checked carefully to see if any items were missing. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the fifteen dollars he had placed in the corner was still intact.

The big dog seemed very curious about things with Zhang Chunliang's scent, and twisted the big mattress and put its head next to the box.

"Go, go." Zhang Chunliang gently waved its head. This guy was dirty all over, and he didn't want the big dog to touch his clothes.

"Woo——" It began to hum in grievance again.

Zhang Chunliang was amused by its appearance - its wound had not healed yet, but it had already started to act like a rogue skillfully.

"Are you ready?" Xu Er looked at his watch in the light and asked politely.

"Well, okay, okay--" Zhang Chunliang hurriedly quickened his movements. In order to avoid the attack of the big dog, he accidentally moved the suitcase, and the thick notebook on the top layer fell to the ground and spread out.

Zhang Chunliang walked over and tried to pick it up, but his hand stopped in mid-air.

In the dim light of the flashlight, a line of crooked bloody words were imprinted in his pupils.

——I am guilty.

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