Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

"System, are you sure you are in there?"

Xu Changping looked at the dilapidated courtyard in front of him with a hint of hesitation on his face.

As soon as he got off work, he rushed on his bike and found the place according to the location given by the system. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a scrap collection station.

"Host, I'm sure, please come and save me!"

"All right!"

Hearing the system's urgent voice, Xu Changping pushed his bicycle to the door and gently knocked on the door of what looked like a casually built small house.

Soon the door was opened by an elderly man from the inside, who asked in a rough voice:

"Who are you looking for?"

"Uncle, I want to see if there is anything I can use."

Xu Changping originally wanted to ask the other party if he had seen a calico cat, but when he saw the old man's unfriendly look, he swallowed his words and made up an excuse.

"You are dressed so well, what can you possibly use here?"

The old man looked at Xu Changping, then at the bicycle he was pushing, and asked with a vigilant look on his face.

After hearing what the old man said, Xu Changping narrowed his narrow eyes slightly, lowered his head, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handed it to the old man, and said with a smile:

"I just moved to a new house, and some of my furniture doesn't fit, so I wanted to see if there's anything I can use."

"Then you can go in. You can take a look, but you can't rummage around. If you want to buy anything, bring it to me at the door." The old man took the cigarette, looked at Xu Changping deeply, and waved his hand to let him in.

"Okay, I definitely won't rummage around." Xu Changping quickly assured with a smile.

After saying that, he pushed the bicycle into the yard and locked it up.

Xu Changping didn't look very carefully when he was outside just now, but after he came in, he found that this scrap collection station was quite large and not messy at all, so everything was neatly classified and organized.

Since Xu Changping said he was here to look at the used furniture, he didn't stay anywhere else and went directly to where the used furniture was.

It is not yet the time to destroy the four olds. The scraps in the scrap collection stations are only sold because they are really unusable.

Xu Changping walked around the periphery while looking at the system's positioning in his mind.

At first there was no expression on his face, but as he observed the location of the system, his face darkened and his tone became a little cold.

"System, you asked me to save you so urgently, is it because you were pressed under the book?"

It turned out that the system was positioned in the direction where discarded books and papers were piled.

"Host, I was locked up downstairs." The system said angrily after being looked down upon by Xu Changping.

"Is there a secret room down there?" Xu Changping asked immediately.

"Well, when I was wandering outside, I met a man with a broken system. After following him here, I was locked up."

"Then I'll come back to rescue you at night. It's broad daylight and there are people guarding the door, so I can't get in."

"Host, what if that person comes back at night and kills me?"

"You're not an AI, so losing your skin shouldn't hurt you."

"Host, my skin is very valuable. If it's damaged, it will be gone."

"Then what do you say we should do? I can't stay here forever."

"Stay..."

Before the system finished speaking, the old man who had just received a pack of cigarettes from Xu Changping at the door came in with a limp and shouted at him:

"Hey young man, have you finished looking? You've been here for a while, why are you here again? There's no furniture here."

"Uncle, the furniture is too worn out, so I want to take some old newspapers home to paste on the walls."

Xu Changping suddenly had an idea and said it casually.

"Okay, then hurry up." After the old man said that, he didn't leave, but just stared at Xu Changping.

Seeing him like this, Xu Changping could only pinch his nose, bend down, and pick out some old newspapers from the waste paper pile.

"Uncle, are you the only one running this scrap collection station?" Xu Changping asked with a smile, walking beside the old man while holding old newspapers.

"Why, do you want to work here?" The old man glanced at Xu Changping and said in a somewhat unfriendly tone.

"No, I just see that everything here is neatly arranged. It would be too tiring for you to take care of it all by yourself." Xu Changping replied with a wry smile.

"Hmph~" The old man glanced at Xu Changping again and quickened his pace to leave.

Seeing that he didn't get anything out of his question, Xu Changping stopped trying to talk and just followed behind obediently.

After leaving the scrap collection station, Xu Changping followed the old man to the door of the dilapidated house and watched the old man take out a notebook from inside.

"Just give me two cents for these."

Xu Changping had seen enough of the old man's face, so he took out two cents and handed it to the old man without saying a word. Then he threw the waste newspaper on the back seat, got on his bike and rode away.

The old man at the scrap yard slowly raised his head, looked at Xu Changping's leaving back, and a sinister smile slowly formed at the corner of his mouth.

Xu Changping rode his bicycle to a corner and stopped. He opened the map provided by the system, found the back wall of the purchasing station, and rode there.

When he was near the back wall, Xu Changping found an alley that seemed empty and prepared to go in to put away his bicycle and change his clothes.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned in, he met an old lady. She looked puzzled when she saw Xu Changping.

"Young man, have you come to the wrong place?"

"Auntie, I'm looking for Zhang Xiaolong. Isn't this his home?"

Xu Changping was being stared at by the aunt, so he quickly found an excuse.

Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, the vigilant lady smiled and said to him:

"You're looking for Xiaolong. His house is in the alley ahead."

"Ah, then I'll go over first, Auntie. Thank you."

Xu Changping didn't expect that the excuse he made up actually turned out to be a real person. He hurriedly thanked the old lady and rode his bicycle to the direction she pointed.

Riding his bicycle to the place the old lady pointed, Xu Changping felt that the sight behind him was still there, so he had to turn into the alley.

Only then did he notice that the layout of the houses in the vicinity was so strange, with each house having a separate door in the alley.

After getting off the bicycle, Xu Changping listened attentively and confirmed that there was no one at home. He put the bicycle away and quickly changed his clothes.

He looked out and saw that the old lady had already gone home. Then he walked out of the alley with lingering fear.

After going around the perimeter of the scrap yard, Xu Changping estimated the location and, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, he jumped in.