Christmas

Xiao Tong led Shi Xie into a corridor, it was very dark and there was no light on, Xia Yao stared hard but still saw nothing, his pupils adapted to the darkness, but still couldn't see anything.

The light here seems to be completely swallowed by something, the deadly darkness, it seems that this is the real darkness.

Xia Yao grabbed Shi Xie's arm and breathed lightly subconsciously. He found that Shi Xie hadn't reacted at all from the beginning. Xia Yao thought that he might be the same as Liang Weisheng at that time, and now he couldn't control his body.

Holding Shi Xie's hand tightened constantly, Xia Yao felt a little oppressed in his heart, he couldn't see anything, the endless darkness wrapped around him like a viscous liquid, it seemed to be strangling his neck, Passing across the back of his hand, the cool touch made his hair stand on end.

Xia Yao didn't know if there were really things on his body, or if those were just his imagination, Xia Yao only knew that he couldn't stay here any longer.

In such a quiet and dark space, all the senses in his body seemed to become extremely sensitive, and Xia Yao could even clearly hear the sound of himself swallowing saliva, like a torpedo that suddenly fell into the deep sea and exploded.

I don't know how long it has passed, but it seems like a century to Xia Yao, his face is a little pale, the knuckles holding Shi Xie's arm are turning white, and the palms of his hands are already soaked in cold sweat.

Xia Yao licked his dry lips, and suddenly found a faint yellow light leaking in from the front, the light was like salvation to Xia Yao, he couldn't help but took a big step forward, but found that he was still Grabbing Shi Xie.

After thinking about it, he still didn't let go. This place is so weird, if Shi Xie and the little blue boy suddenly disappeared as soon as he let go, he wouldn't dare to bet.

Fortunately, the little boy was indeed walking towards the place where the light was exposed, and the light exposed became bigger and bigger until a door frame with light appeared.

Xia Yao half-closed his eyes and looked at the glaring door frame. The boy in blue stopped suddenly, turned around and reached out to grab Shi Xie's arm.

Xia Yao saw his hand, the skin was pale, and there was a kind of papery light, it was indeed not a person's hand.

The boy in blue suddenly pulled hard, and Xia Yao felt his body suddenly lose weight. He and Shi Xie flew towards the shining door frame at the same time.

Xia Yao suddenly opened his eyes and panted heavily with the sound of "嗡味——" in his ears. The sudden weightlessness was not very pleasant, as if he suddenly fell from a tall building with dozens of floors.

Xia Yao breathed with his mouth wide open, and felt that his hand was still holding Shi Xie's arm, and then slowly calmed down.

Only then did he realize that they were now in a very spacious room, just like what Liang Weisheng had described at the time.

There are many wooden cabinets neatly placed on both sides of the room, which look very regular, and there are so many that there is no end in sight.

There are many small grids on the top of the mahogany cabinet, and each small grid has a copper-colored pull ring engraved with an exquisite gluttonous pattern.There is also a chapter of red paper pasted on the pull ring, which seems to be written on it.

But no matter how Xia Yao looked at it, it seemed to be covered by a cloud of gray mist, making it difficult to see clearly.Everything was just as Liang Weisheng said, the black cloth on Shi Xie's face had long since disappeared, and his control over his body had returned to his own hands.

Shi Xie tried to move his fingers, just now he suddenly felt as if something had entered his body, suppressed his consciousness, and thus controlled his body.

With his head down, Shi Xie pretended to be overly frightened, his face was pale, and the fingers of both hands were tightly clasped together, which showed that he was very nervous now.

But Shi Xie's mind was thinking quickly, after much deliberation, it should be because of the scent he smelled when he first came in

Xia Yao didn't dare to grab Shi Xie's arm when he came here, for fear of wrinkling his clothes and being discovered, he just clung to Shi Xie's side tightly and never left.

Shi Xie also felt Xia Yao's nervousness, but he couldn't comfort him now, so he moved his arms to cling to him.

He raised his head and looked around carefully, and realized that this was the place Liang Weisheng was talking about. They are now in the center of the room, and there is a carpeted road in front of them.

And at the end of the road was a mahogany table, and a short-haired man in a white Tang suit was sitting upright behind him, with his hands crossed on his stomach, and he was looking at Shi Xie with a smile, but that smile looked more like a Like a perfect mask, the formalized smile doesn't reach the eyes at all.

Shi Xie swallowed, and rubbed his hands with thick and rough joints nervously. He looked up carefully at the figure in the white Tang suit, and after a long time, he still hunched over and walked towards that person slowly.

As soon as Shi Xie walked to the mahogany table, he saw a wide chair suddenly appear behind him, and then a gentle force pushed Shi Xie onto the chair and sat down.

"Welcome to Xiangsizi Pawn Shop, my guest, how can I help you?"

Shi Xie was nervous when the boss suddenly made a sound, Shi Xie's body froze suddenly, he quickly glanced at the boss through his half-length hair, and quickly lowered his head.

The boss is very young, only about 24 or [-] years old, and his appearance is also very ordinary, belonging to the type that will not be noticed in the crowd.

But there is a very special feeling about him, which makes people feel very comfortable, but it is obviously a bit weird. It seems that these gentleness does not belong to him, but it is him. In short, the contradiction is fierce.

"This...what is this place...how did I get here."

Shi Xie's voice was trembling, and he was holding the handle of the chair tightly with both hands, looking at a loss.

Seeing him like this, the pawnshop owner suddenly smiled, raised his hand, and a cup of steaming tea appeared in front of Shi Xie.

"This customer doesn't need to be nervous, I'm a serious pawnshop here for transactions."

Shi Xie glanced at the pawnbroker with some unease, hesitantly stretched out his hand to hold the teacup, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and couldn't help but licked his mouth.

"But... I'm just a tramp, I have nothing to trade..."

"Guest, our pawn shop is open to everyone, and if you come here, it means that you have something you can think of and something you can exchange.

So guest, what do you want? "

The pawnshop owner looked at Shi Xie with a smile, and suddenly wanted to lean forward. Shi Xie's body froze suddenly, but he saw that the pawnshop owner just took

He picked up a slender copper rod on the table and sat back down again, stirring the burning oil lamp on the table one after another.

Shi Xie stared at the swaying lights that he provoked, and licked his dry lips before opening his mouth cautiously.

"I...I want money, lots and lots of money."

"The guest's request can be met by the inn, so what do you want to exchange for the guest?

Our pawn shop does not accept worldly things at all, customers, you'd better exchange your most important things, emotions, smells, tastes and even souls..."

The pawnshop owner was speaking in detail, when he stirred the oil lamp, a burst of sparks burst out suddenly, and the soaring flames turned half of the pawnshop owner's face bright red, he stopped the hand holding the slender copper rod, Then he put it aside, leaned back slightly, and looked at Shi Xie with a smile on his face.

"Guest, have you thought about it yet?"

"I...I want to exchange my...my poverty, this...is this okay?"

Shi Xie's voice became softer as he spoke, and he couldn't help lowering his head, not daring to look at the pawnbroker again, and he was holding on to the dirty corner of his clothes tightly, looking very nervous.

It's just that what the pawnshop owner didn't notice was that when Shi Xie lowered his head, he signaled Xia Yao who was on the side with his corner of the vision, and asked him to go to other places to check.

The tacit understanding between the two needless to say, just one glance at Xia Yao understood Shi Xie's meaning, nodded at him, turned and left

In fact, even if he didn't mention Xia Yao, he was going to take a look. Those small grids are really curious.

As soon as Xia Yao walked away, the pawnshop owner burst out laughing suddenly. He leaned his body, put his elbows on the table, clasped his hands and looked at Shi Xie with his chin resting on his back.

"My guest, you really don't look like a tramp."

As soon as the pawnshop owner's words fell, Shi Xie's fingers stiffened suddenly, thinking that the pawnshop owner had discovered his identity.

Fortunately, the next words of the pawnshop owner completely dispelled his guess, and he loosened his stiff fingers and grabbed the corner of the clothes again, still in a submissive manner.

"Those who don't know think that this guest is a shrewd businessman. Exchanging your poverty for wealth is a sure-fire business."

The pawnshop owner took a sip of tea, and the dim light cast a shadow on his face, making him look very mysterious.

"But...but I..."

"My guest, if you want what you want, you have to pay for it. You should also understand that there is a pie in the sky.

situation. "

Shi Xie lowered his head, his breathing was rapid and his face was pale. He suddenly reached out and took a few gulps from the teacup on the table, the spilled tea wet his collar.

The pawnshop owner ignored him while playing with the teacup, as if to give him time to think.

Naturally, Shi Xie wouldn't say much, time passed by every minute and every second, and the surroundings were terribly quiet, as if even the air had condensed. At this moment, Xia Yao came back in a hurry, Shi Xie pretended to turn his head, He glanced at Xia Yao from the corner of his eye.

Xia Yao nodded slightly, raised his arm and pointed to the watch on his arm.

The time for the Invisibility Pill is approaching.

Shi Xie pursed his lips, raised his head suddenly, and was about to open his mouth to say something, but the pawnshop owner suddenly said, "Customer, do you smell anything?"

Shi Xie's breathing stagnated for an instant, and even Xia Yao on the side subconsciously held his breath.

The pawnshop owner made a sniffing motion, Shi Xie's face froze, but he also knew that he couldn't show his secrets now, so he quickly changed to a dazed look, and slowly shook his head at the pawnshop owner.

"No, I didn't smell anything."

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