i must be in hell

Xia Tan's gaze stayed on these two sentences, thinking about the deep meaning in them.

When she first read this series of novels, she got a truth from it-everyone has at least once in his life the idea of ​​wanting to kill the closest person.When holding a kitchen knife in the kitchen, playing with friends, or embracing the closest person, there is always a moment when you think what would happen if you took this person's life now?What would happen if the kitchen knife cut off his limbs and grabbed his neck with both hands?

While most people can control themselves pretty well, these fleeting thoughts are just one of thousands of useless information their brains process.But for some people, once thoughts arise, they will gradually become demons.In the end, these people became actual murderers.

Xia Tan knows that the difference between a murderer and a general thought criminal is that one is put into practice and the other is not.If the law can punish thought, then 90.00% of the people in the world will be sentenced to death.

Each of us has evil thoughts in our hearts, and whether we can control them is the key to distinguish rationality from irrationality.On the cover of the book, the author left such a sentence.Xia Tan didn't understand the meaning at first, but recently she gradually began to understand.Sometimes killing a killer is really just a thought.

"Why are you still reading?" The door was pushed open, and Han Youwei came in with breakfast. "You started to consume your brain power early in the morning, and your body has recovered?"

Xia Tan put down the book and smiled innocently.

Han Youwei looked at the book she put on the bed, smiled and said, "It seems that you really like mystery novels."

Xia Tan nodded, and asked again: "Is... how is he?" Her throat was a little hoarse, because she had inhaled a lot of carbon monoxide and her body was weak, so she couldn't speak much yet.

"Ask Xiao Yu next door?" Han Youwei said, "Why, he saved you and wanted to give him his body? If Zhu Ming knew, he would be very sad."

"Isn't it possible?" Xia Tan said, "I'm going to thank him."

"Well, I should thank you for saving my life. But he stayed in the room and didn't come out very often." Han Youwei thought for a while and said, "I'll take a look for you later and take you there to thank you."

Xia Tan finally breathed a sigh of relief, she put down the book and looked out the window.

It is still cloudy today, and it is raining continuously outside the window. This is already the second day since the mountain road was blocked, and the people in the villa are gradually getting used to this isolated life.

Zhu Ming sat by the window, watching the rainy weather with some impatience.Then he saw Yu Jun walking through the trail in the rain, still holding something in his hand.

"What's the matter, boss, did you go out early in the morning to find something delicious?" When Yu Jun entered the room, Zhu Ming couldn't wait to ask.

"What's the matter? I went to the backyard to look at the livestock." Yu Jun patted the muddy water and said, "It rained heavily for two days in a row. I'll go and see if there are any sick chickens and ducks."

There is a vegetable field in the backyard of the villa, and a wooden house for raising poultry.Because there is always a strange smell of poultry excrement, few people want to get close.However, it is precisely because poultry and vegetables are raised on the mountain that the quality of food has not declined in the past few days, and self-sufficiency is not bad.

Zhu Ming joked: "Boss, you are very foresighted. Have you already prepared for the eight-year war of resistance? According to the situation, let alone a day or two, we will not be hungry if we live on the mountain for a month." .”

Yu Jun smiled and didn't speak.He looked up and looked around. Zhu Ming was in a daze in the living room. The college students were sitting in the lounge playing Three Kingdoms Killing. The young Japanese couple watched curiously, but they couldn't see the other people.

Seeing this, Zhu Ming said: "Don't look for it anymore, old man Xu is still studying his books in his room, and Han Youwei went upstairs to deliver breakfast to his cousin. As for the other guy." He snorted and said with his nose: " I haven't seen him come down these days."

From that day on, Xiao Yu basically stayed in the room and rarely communicated with other people.This also makes it difficult for others to understand him, especially in Zhu Ming's eyes, Xiao Yu is mysterious all day long, and he must not be doing good things.

At the same time, Han Youwei knocked on the door of the always mysterious Xiao Yu.After knocking twice, he heard someone get up inside.After a while, the door opened, and Xiao Yu poked his head out expressionlessly.

"what's up?"

"Hello, Mr. Xiao." Han Youwei said politely, "We haven't come to express our gratitude to you for saving my cousin's life in time that day. If possible..."

"No need." Xiao Yu interrupted him, just about to refuse.But at this moment, Han Youwei turned to one side, letting out a small head behind him.Xia Tan was hiding behind him, picking up Han Youwei's clothes and looking at Xiao Yu timidly.Seeing the other party looking at her, she showed a shy smile.

For such a weak little girl, even if she is as indifferent as Xiao Yu, it is hard to refuse anything.

"She wants to express her gratitude in person." Han Youwei said, "It only takes 10 minutes."

What else can I say?Xiao Yu moved away. "come in."

Xia Tan entered the room cautiously, Han Youwei gave her an encouraging look, then walked outside the door and waited.After Xiao Yu closed the door lightly, he moved a chair for her to sit on.The little girl who was face to face with her savior suddenly didn't know what to say.

After a long time, it was Xiao Yu who spoke first.

"Are you in good health?"

Xia Tan nodded hastily, pointing his fingers awkwardly.Suddenly, her gaze swept across the corner of the table, surprise revealed in her eyes.

"You like to watch it too?" She pointed to the table and said with joy, "I like it too."

Xiao Yu looked back and saw that she was referring to the novel, so he took the book in his hand.

"You read this book?" he asked.

Xia Tan nodded. "It was recommended by someone else, and it looks great. But I'm not smart, so I can't understand it."

"It's just a speculative novel." Xiao Yu said: "It's just setting up a few situations that outsiders can't understand. There is nothing worthy of praise."

"No, it's not!" Xia Tan stubbornly engaged with him. "It's beautiful, the author, and it's amazing."

Xiao Yu laughed when he saw the little girl's appearance of arguing with him even when she said nothing. "You like reading mystery novels so much? Then I'll test you a few questions."

When Xia Tan heard this, he quickly sat upright, waiting for his question.

However, Xiao Yu's first question made her stunned.

"Lighting candles in a closed room can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. You don't know that, do you?"

Xia Tan's eyes widened all of a sudden, he didn't expect him to ask this question.

Taking her reaction into his eyes, Xiao Yu said: "People who often read mystery novels should have this common sense. So, you actually blew out the candles that night before you rested."

The sharp gaze projected from those eyes made Xia Tan dare not look at each other.

And Xiao Yu didn't wait for her to escape, and continued: "You know that someone is going to harm you on purpose, and you can even guess who the other party is, don't you?"

Hearing these words, Xia Tan dodged his eyes.

"Why, you want to help the suspect hide?"

Several questions in succession made Xia Tan pale, her feet were weak, and she wanted to get up and leave the room, but she couldn't even stand up.The way Xiao Yu stared at her so closely that she didn't even have the courage to deny it.What to do, what to do, if he still wants to get to the bottom of it...

With a bang, just as the atmosphere was tense, there was a sound of a heavy object falling to the ground downstairs, followed by Aunt Liu's scream.There was a sudden silence downstairs, followed by a commotion.

What happened?

Xiao Yu couldn't sit still, so he wanted to go out to check. Before he left, he didn't forget to tell: "You stay inside, don't run around."

And when he ran out of the room, he realized that Han Youwei was no longer at the door.Xiao Yu was the last one to rush downstairs. When he arrived, several other people were surrounding Mrs. Liu.A group of people gathered in front of the corridor in the basement, looking at Aunt Liu's pale face and asking questions again and again.

"What's the matter, what's the matter?"

"Yes, yes..." Mrs. Liu was trembling, with a panicked expression, she pointed to the basement and was speechless.

Several young people looked at each other, wondering if something went wrong in the basement?

"I'm coming!" Zhu Ming held a wooden stick he had pulled from nowhere in his hand, and pushed open the door of the basement.The old wooden door creaked and slowly opened in front of everyone.

Into the eyes, a mess.It looked like it was broken into by a large beast, the floor was covered with muddy marks, the only window was broken, and the wind and rain were blowing in through the broken window.The items placed in the basement were all turned over in a mess, as if a typhoon had passed through.

Everyone was stunned, not knowing what was going on.

"W-Is this a thief or a beast?" Zhu Ming asked in a daze.

Yu Jun's face was ugly, he looked at the traces on the ground, and at the small window in the basement that was broken.The window that can only allow one person to enter and exit clearly shows traces of someone climbing.

"It's not a beast." He whispered, "Someone went into the basement to steal something."

Yu Jun glanced at everyone present, and said word by word: "An outsider broke into this villa."

Hearing his words, Han Youwei and Xiao Yu's expression changed almost at the same time.

Xia Tan, you're still upstairs alone!