The Midnight Owl

Qian Ai woke up in the faint smell of oranges.

As soon as I woke up, the smell was gone, and there was only the hazy night wind, which made people's noses itch.

He sat up, sneezed, and was stunned when he saw his surroundings clearly.

He was still in the front yard, and in front of him was the closed flower door, which was within reach. Obviously, no one had moved him from fainting to waking up.

But the yard behind him was clean and tidy.

Lao Zhang, Lao Peng, and the chaos of fighting all over the place disappeared, and the entire outer courtyard was as if nothing had happened.The chessboard is still at the door, but no one is playing.

He looked down at his calf again, the trousers were still rolled up to his knees, but the weird young frog was nowhere to be seen, and his calf showed no signs of injury.

There is no way to say whether the situation is good or bad, Qian Ai just feels chills in his heart.

Looking at the vertical flower door again, Qian Ai tried to pat the door panel twice, and called his teammate's name with a volume that was not too loud but enough to be heard from the opposite side: "Xu Wang, Wu Sheng, Xiao Kuang..."

The voice was scattered in the night wind, and there was no response from the door.

Qian Ai patted the hand on the door panel, slipped down dejectedly, sat there for 2 minutes, and finally returned slowly with the last reassurance before he fell into a coma——

[Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to join you. 】

These words, like a transport plane, injected new strength into Qian Ai's trance-like mind.

He seldom had such a manly moment, and he didn't remember why he dared to be so sure at that moment, but since he said it, let's fuck it!

Qian Aiteng stood up at once, and inspected the entire front yard as quickly as possible.

The situation in the living room is the same as in the courtyard, except that the fish tank in the corner is gone, and there are four cups of tea on the table, everything else is the same.The sofa was not moved, the floor was not broken, and there was no water or young frogs all over the place.

He couldn't explain this weird situation, but at least those who might have attacked him were really gone.

After confirming that there is no risk of being attacked, Qian Ai returned to the Chuihua Gate and concentrated on breaking the door!

Body bump!

Stationery!

Climb the wall!

He used all the tricks he could think of, the door stood still, and the wall was blocked by a transparent film, which could not be broken through.

Qian Ai was sweating profusely and out of breath, but he never thought of giving up.

Owl said that there is only one chance.

He does not believe in evil.

A hundred-dollar bill can be thrown away as a hidden weapon, he is no longer the former Qian Ai!

Uh, wait.

Qian Ai took advantage of the adjustment of breathing, and suddenly turned towards the ground not far away, and waved his arm vigorously: "Heh!"

The money dart came out in response, and the sharp corner was directly inserted into the crack of the floor tiles in the courtyard, and then fell limply to the ground.

Qian Ai's whole face lit up, and he ran over, took out the big bill from the crack in the floor, and stuffed it into his pocket happily.

A guess.

The banknotes turned into smoke.

Qian Ai: "..."

Well, he was just doing an experiment, and it really didn't work.

"Get rich overnight" failed, and Qian Ai continued to ponder the "Road to Convergence".

The image of the money dart embedded in the crack of the floor tiles suddenly flashed in his mind.

You can't break the door, you can't climb the wall, which means you can't go through the ground and the sky, so why not try...underground?

Yes, underground!

Qian Ai set off immediately, searching the yard and house for tools that could dig three feet into the ground.The money dart will be soft as soon as it hits the ground, it is useless, it must be a hard-core tool that can really dig the soil!

Unexpectedly, after searching for a long time, there was no shovel or shovel in such a huge front yard, even a cooking shovel!In the end, I found a broom and a plastic dustpan.

Qian Ai looked at the dustpan shaped like a shovel, and with a sudden heart, he took it and shoveled it under the hanging flower door!

As soon as the dustpan was down, the floor tiles did not move at all, and the plastic dustpan almost cracked.

"You embroidered pillow!"

After scolding innocent things righteously in his heart, Qian Ai stood up, bathed in a thin peripheral vision, looked at the dustpan on the ground, and fell into deep thought.

2 minute later.

Dustpan receives prompts - if it can hear.

【Owl: Someone used <[Magic] Iron Will> on you~~】

Qian Ai squatted down again, picked up the reborn dustpan, and shoveled and pried towards the cracks in the floor tiles under the door panel. Bang, a floor tile rose up, revealing the deep black soil underneath!

Qian Ai was overjoyed, and without any hesitation, he swung the dustpan and started digging.

……

In the inner house, in the withered and yellow garden corridor, a young man appeared.

At that time, Xu Wang, Wu Sheng, and Kuang Jinxin were leaning against the door and gasping for breath. They couldn't make up their minds whether to move on or find a way to get back Qian Ai who was separated by the door. They didn't even know about Qian Ai. Is Ai still in the front yard?

Just when his mind was in such a mess, the boy appeared, walked forward along the veranda, and went further into the house, only allowing them to catch a looming figure from behind.

The three partners discovered him at the same time, and it seemed that some inexplicable intuition led them to look in that direction.

Wu Sheng got up first, followed by Xu Wang and Kuang Jinxin. The three pushed aside the withered flowers and plants as quickly as possible, jumped from the railing into the veranda, and chased after them.

Wu Sheng's flying speed on the grass was the fastest, and he was the first to make a sound: "Please wait a moment—"

They were ready for the opponent to run away, but the figure stopped when they heard the sound, and turned around naturally, looking at them suspiciously.

The three partners were stunned.

It was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, tall and tall, with handsome features and a dashing equestrian attire, as if he had just returned from a member-only racecourse, with a look of galloping horses in his eyes.Although he has not yet fully grown, he is a little thin, and his eyes are full of youthful looks, but there is a faint trace of fortitude between his brows, which makes him have no doubt that he will have a double achievement in the future.

"Is there something wrong?" The boy took off his equestrian helmet and stared at the three of them with bright eyes.

Although I suddenly became more than ten years younger, and my voice was less magnetic and more youthful, but the facial features and facial features were instantly compared with the memories of my friends...

"Chi Zhuolin?" When he called out this name, Xu Wang felt that he was absurd, but he was standing in front of his eyes. He really had to believe it, unless Chi Zhuolin had a twin brother who was younger than teens, or a teenage boy. Then there was a copy-and-paste illegitimate child.

The teenager smiled curiously: "You know me?"

"I know..." After Xu Wang finished speaking, he shook his head in a daze, "but it's not you..."

Puzzled in the eyes of the young Chi Zhuolin, it was obvious that he didn't understand at all.

"We know Chi Yingxue." Kuang Jinxin said, "We're here to find him."

"You know my brother?" Chi Zhuolin, a young man, was surprised at first, and then a happy light appeared on his face, "My brother told you about me?!"

Kuang Jinxin was taken aback, but he didn't expect the other party to react like this.

Xu Wang was also very surprised. This person didn't question their identities, but he was very happy because of such a trivial thing as "being mentioned by his brother"?

"Well, yes, I said it." Kuang Jinxin had no choice but to follow along.

The young Chi Zhuolin immediately asked, "How did you say that? What did you say?"

Kuang Jinxin was stuck, and glanced at his captain as if asking for help.

Xu Wang quickly interjected: "Let's say he has an older brother named Chi Zhuolin, uh... he's very good!"

Chi Zhuolin laughed: "You don't have to cover it up for him, you must have said nothing nice about me."

"..." For the president's set of food, housing, and confession of being rejected, Xu Wang felt a little sympathetic to this brother, and it made him feel even more sad when he thought that his brother would return the favor.

It's just... why in Chi Yingxue's world, her brother is only a teenager?

How big is that Chi Yingxue?

If you want to match Chi Zhuolin in front of you, Chi Yingxue is at most ten years old, but what they showed Mrs. Chen was the adult Chi Yingxue's photo, and Mrs. Chen didn't raise any doubts...

A bunch of question marks dangled in the heads of the friends, and Chi Zhuolin spoke again: "You just said that you came here to find my brother?"

"Yes." Xu Wang nodded immediately.

Chi Zhuolin clamped the helmet under his arm, smiled innocently and honestly, defenseless: "It just so happens that I'm going to find him too, and I'll show you the way."

Xu Wang exchanged glances with Wu Sheng and Kuang Jinxin. Sure enough, everyone was a little bit confused, and always felt that things would not go so smoothly.

What's more, Chi Zhuolin, who only met once, in their impression, is a mature man with decent handling and extravagance. Suddenly, he changed from Lafite red wine to a cookie, and it was so thoroughly sweet, it was really hard for him. Practical.

He, like this garden frozen in a moment of withering, reveals a kind of hazy weirdness.

Before the friends could answer, Chi Zhuolin had already walked forward.

The three of them were anxious, should they follow or not?Don't follow, maybe this is their only chance to find Chi Yingxue!Come on, Qian Ai is still outside the door!

Seeing that Chi Zhuolin was going further and further, the three partners gritted their teeth and followed up!

The task is to find Chi Yingxue, not everyone finds Chi Yingxue together, so as long as every friend is in the checkpoint, even if only one person finds Chi Yingxue in the end, the whole team will hand in the paper together.

Old money, hold on!

Thinking that their teammates were still fighting fiercely outside the door, the three of them cheered up Qian in their hearts, and at the same time followed Chi Zhuolin's pace.

"I've never had a friend come to him before, hmph, if you secretly make friends and don't tell me..."

It could be seen that Chi Zhuolin was in a good mood. He walked in front of the three of them, all the way to the depths of the veranda, his steps were brisk, and he kept talking, talking about his younger brother all the time. drown.

"But it's good to make friends." He suddenly turned his head and smiled gratefully at the three of them. "I usually live in school, and it's rare to go home once. I have to be arranged to learn this and that, socialize this, participate in that, want to Play with him for a while, there is no time..."

In a few words, a life that has been cultivated in the direction of successors since childhood is taking shape.

Xu Wang knew that most of these families would send their children to private elite schools, and closed boarding systems were also common, but that’s how my elder brother went to school, wouldn’t my younger brother not use it?Even if it is not trained as a successor, it cannot be said to be an elite education, and a free-range breeder can play with him.

But from Chi Zhuolin's tone, "playing" seems to be his brother's main business...

"He's not in good health. He didn't go to school all the time, so he hired someone to teach him at home." Chi Zhuolin looked at Xu Wang and smiled.

Xu Wang was terrified, could he hear what he was thinking? !

Wu Sheng and Kuang Jinxin didn't know why, so they just felt that Chi Zhuolin's sudden statement was very abrupt.

But if you put aside the inexplicable context and just look at the sentence itself, Chi Yingxue is not in good health?Never been to school?Then here, how old is he now...

"Ten years old." Chi Zhuolin said naturally.

Wu Sheng: "..."

Kuang Jinxin: "..."

The two of them now knew what the astonishment in Xu Wang's eyes was just now - Chi Zhuolin could hear their voices.

And just now, Chi Zhuolin revealed the second information - Chi Yingxue was only ten years old.

Chaos.

If Chi Zhuolin could really hear their voices, then he should know that they were on a mission, why didn't they respond?And if Chi Yingxue is really only ten years old, then Mrs. Chen recognizes after seeing the photo...

Wu Sheng rubbed his temples and exhaled with difficulty.

This world has no rules, and all efforts to sort out logic will be smashed to pieces without warning in the next moment.

The corridor was very long, as if it would never end. At some point, fog started to cover the already dark courtyard, making it even more blurred.

As he was walking, Xu Wang suddenly turned around, startling Kuang Jinxin behind him: "What's wrong?"

"Oh, it's okay." Xu Wang looked around, shook his head, and turned his head back.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but he always feels that there are eyes staring at them behind him, in an unknown dark place.

A ray of cool wind passed through the veranda, and Kuang Jinxin suddenly smelled a sweet smell, and subconsciously muttered: "Oranges?"