Well of Mystery

Bai Xiuqi got out of the car and inquired about it. The market in front is Jiulihuai, which kind of means a village in the city.I heard that the land has been auctioned to Dingli Real Estate, but the people in the village are still unwilling to move, and the negotiating parties are trying their best.

The car will definitely not be able to drive in anymore, and Li Kun, as Dali's small driver, might end up with something if he is recognized.Bai Xiuqi didn't sell his teammates, and patted Li Kun on the shoulder to let him go back the same way, and continued walking in the muddy water.

There are some fields near Jiulihuai, where seasonal vegetables and fruits are grown.The market seems to be dominated by fruits and vegetables, and the prices are good and affordable, all of which are self-produced and sold.Many people put a tricycle full of goods directly at the door of their house, and they didn't yell or sell, but just sat and basked in the sun with a cup of tea.

Bai Xiuqi weighed a catty of cherries, and asked the grandma who collected the money for the address on the land deed.

"Hangruo Road?" Grandma listened to it several times, and then asked him loudly: "That's not a good place, what are you doing there?"

"I'm looking for someone." Bai Xiuqi lied casually.

"Looking for someone? Then you have to ask Xiao Jiang..." At this point, the grandmother suddenly turned her head and looked around a few times: "He was still here just now... Xiao Jiang!!"

She raised her voice and called out, but no one answered.Bai Xiuqi also looked around, almost all of them were uncles and aunts, without the faces of juniors.

Forget it, go two steps inside and find someone younger to ask.

After thanking Grandma, Bai Xiuqi continued to walk to the depths of Jiulihuai Market.The fishy smell of aquatic products and the special smell of meat came faintly from a distance, and it seemed that the meat eating area was just ahead.

He walked forward a few more steps, and found puddles of blood began to appear here and there on the muddy ground, and there were clipped fish fins and piles of chicken feathers scattered on the side of the road. see everything.

Like the stuff in that bouquet of daffodils.

Bai Xiuqi is not such a fragile person, but he has pharyngitis, and when he smells a strange smell, he will feel nauseous and vomit.He had to cover his mouth and nose with one hand to avoid the more serious irritation caused by the stench.

Just at this time, a door on his right suddenly opened, and a man wearing rubber gloves, an apron, and overshoes, with a cigarette in his mouth, poured out a large basin of stinky bloody water soaked in hairtails. .

It almost splashed on Bai Xiuqi's body.

Bai Xiuqi was taken aback for a moment, and a red light suddenly flashed in his mind.The same color as blood, but scarier than blood—it was the hell in the dream.

The acidic water in his stomach had surged to his throat, he covered his mouth tightly, but tears flowed down physiologically.

Vision began to blur, turning into a mass of distorted and deformed color blocks.And amidst the grotesque colors, Bai Xiuqi suddenly caught a glimpse of a face.

It was a man, a handsome and tall man, that face... He hadn't had time to forget it, the man he had kissed passionately in his dream last night.

Who is that? !

With the posture of covering his mouth and nose, Bai Xiuqi quickly got up and searched.

His gaze passed through the pillars of the fish stall diagonally ahead, and landed on the pork stall farther away.The man who ran out of his dream was standing by the side of the meat stall, reaching out to take a bunch of processed pork.

It was completely different from the anger and excitement when they met in the dream. Although only half of his side face could be seen, Bai Xiuqi could be sure that the man's expression at the moment was relaxed and even happy.

Wearing a modern attire with short curly hair, he looks younger and more energetic. His curved eyebrows and upturned mouth have a natural affinity.

It's really attractive no matter how you look at it...

After recovering from the brief daze, Bai Xiuqi started to walk in the direction of the man.But when he went around the corner of the street where people were coming and going, he found that there was no one in front of the meat stand.

Where did he go? !

Bai Xiuqi immediately asked the stall owner, but the answer he got surprised him even more.

"Look for Xiaojiang, he went back after shopping."

Xiao Jiang...is he "that" Xiao Jiang?

For a few seconds, Bai Xiuqi's mind went blank, and then the first thought that appeared was - this is definitely not a coincidence!

Xiaojiang's full name is "Jiang Chenglu", he is a well-known handsome guy nearby, he appears every few days at Jiulihuai's market to buy ingredients, but his job is the apartment manager.

"Xuanjing Apartment", an old, dilapidated apartment with few residents, is also the destination of Bai Xiuqi's trip.

So there was an apartment on that lot?Are there people still living in the apartment?

Bai Xiuqi thought a little bit wildly, and then stepped forward with both legs in the established direction.

There is still a straight-line distance of 600 meters from Jiulihuai to Xuanjing Apartment, during which there are complex lanes with twists and turns.Since he didn't arrive so soon, Bai Xiuqi simply caught people along the way and asked "Did you see Xiao Jiang?", wanting to try his luck.

Actually, a few passers-by gave him the answer he wanted, pointed and pointed him, and led him to an open space in the northwest of Jiulihuai.

That large piece of wasteland was roughly divided into square areas of different sizes with ropes or scaffolding films, and various vegetables were planted inside.

This is a vegetable field shared by nearby residents. It is said that Xiaojiang also has a piece of it, where peppers, eggplants and green onions are grown.When the weather is fine, he can often be seen working in the fields.

It's really unexpected that that man actually has such a hand.It seems that the saying "dreams are the opposite" does have some truth.

But at this moment, there was no sign of Xiao Jiang in the field.

Bai Xiuqi began to look around, and soon made an unexpected discovery.

Passing through the wasteland, about 300 meters ahead, a low mountain rises slowly on the flat land.But what really attracted Bai Xiuqi was the dark gray and strange monster that appeared in front of the short mountain.

It was a lonely concrete building, boxy like a giant matchbox.

"...Unfinished building?"

In the era of curtain wall glass and dry-hanging stone all over the street, the only ones who dare to expose the cement material boldly are basically unfinished buildings.

Bai Xiuqi immediately realized that that direction was basically his family's land...

That is "Xuanjing Apartment"? !

For a second or two, Bai Xiuqi was speechless.It was not what he imagined the studio should be, but if it was to be demolished and rebuilt, it would take more than double the effort.

Forget it, it's useless to think too much.It's better to look for that man named Jiang Chenglu first to find out who he is.

Bai Xiuqi walked northward along the ridge in the middle of the wasteland, which was much faster than turning around in the alley.Soon, he discovered that there was still a straight asphalt road in front of Xuanjing Apartment, but it had obviously been abandoned for a long time, and even the street lamps were of an extremely old style.

There are obviously traces of development and construction here, but why is it still a mess now?Is there any irresistible force that forces developers to quit?

Bai Xiuqi felt vaguely strange, but he didn't stop, and he came to the side of the road in a blink of an eye.

From here, it can be clearly seen that the "Xuanjing Apartment" has six floors up and down, and the windows are covered with newspapers, so the situation inside can't be seen clearly, and it doesn't look like there are people living there.There is an iron door in the middle of the first floor, which seems to be the entrance to the apartment.

Seven or eight meters away from Bai Xiuqi, there is an entrance and exit of an authentic cross-street tunnel.But now that there are no ghosts on the road, only a fool would go underground. He strode forward with long legs.

"Xuanjing Apartment" is just around the corner.

It wasn't until this time that Bai Xiuqi was sure that it was definitely not an unfinished building.

Although there is no decoration on the gray exterior wall, it feels smooth and delicate, as if covered with a layer of varnish, and even has a subtle feeling of sucking the palm of your hand.

He stroked the wall and walked slowly. When he came to the black iron gate, he found that there were two lines of white words written on it with white paint.

Jiangcheng Road

1 No.

...Jiang Chenglu?

Isn't that the name of "Xiao Jiang"?

Moreover, No. 1 Jiangcheng Road is not the address on the title deed... No. 13 Hangduo Road is written on the title deed!

Bai Xiuqi felt a "sudden" in his heart, and began to feel dizzy.

What exactly is this place?Is it still near Jiulihuai?Is that "Xiao Jiang" a real person, or is it an illusion created by his own imagination?

Maybe I didn't get up at all, I didn't receive the bouquet of bloody daffodils, and now I'm just lying on the comfortable big bed in the hotel and dreaming.

But, how to wake up from the dream?

……

His thoughts became more and more confused, Bai Xiuqi stood against the wall for a while, and suddenly heard a voice coming from the inside of the iron gate.

It's footsteps.

He looked up, just in time to see a young student who looked like a student coming out of the opened door, holding a bulging black plastic bag in one hand, which looked like he was taking out garbage.

Bai Xiuqi took a step towards him, which startled the young man: "You... who are you?!"

"I'm looking for Xiaojiang." Bai Xiuqi repeated his old trick.

The student looked Bai Xiuqi up and down, and probably thought that such a good-looking person would not be a villain, so he asked, "Why are you looking for Xiao Jiang?"

Bai Xiuqi took out the land certificate from the bag: "I want to ask where is No. 13, Hangduo Road written on it."

"I've never heard of it, so why does it have something to do with Xiao Jiang?"

The student also tilted his head to look at the land deed, and his eyes first fell on Grandpa Bai Xiuqi's name.

"Ah, isn't that Uncle Bai's name?!"

It turned out that I did not find the wrong place, this is the land on the land certificate.

The student who came out to take out the garbage was named Le Yaochun, and he was a fourth-year undergraduate student at a university in this city.However, since the second grade of high school, he has been working in Xuanjing's apartment to earn money, and he also met Bai Xiuqi's grandfather Bai Shu six years ago.

According to Le Yaochun, Mr. Bai didn't come to Xuanjing Apartment very often, but he came here occasionally but brought large and small bags of ingredients.Then everyone will have dinner together at the administrator Xiao Jiang's place - that is also the happiest time for the tenants of the apartment.

By the way, although Xuanjing Apartment looks dilapidated, there are still many people living in it.Some people even set up shops in it—for example, the Taobao store where Le Yaochun worked part-time.

This student can really tell, Bai Xiuqi waited patiently for him to finish, and then confessed his identity, and said that his grandfather had passed away peacefully last year.Le Yaochun sighed a few times, and then remembered that he should invite the little boss inside.

Behind the black iron gate is a passage seven or eight meters long. There are various posters on the walls on both sides, piles of tables, chairs, sundries, pots and pots, and even a mobile car repair booth. Dust of time.

The end of the passage is very bright, and it can be seen that Xuanjing Apartment should be a square-shaped building complex.But even with such psychological construction, Bai Xiuqi still felt the shock in his heart the moment he walked out of the passage.