Chapter 131 The Man in the Mirror
Ye Yunhe searched the master bedroom.
The bedroom layout is a bit weird.
The room was not very big, with only a double bed and a large vintage wardrobe. Apart from that, there were heavy curtains hanging down and a square wedding photo hanging on the wall opposite the bed.
The familiar man and woman were wearing wedding attire, holding hands and smiling brightly at the camera, their eyes filled with happiness for the moment. The woman's long red curly hair was tied up high with a white veil, and the diamond ring on her ring finger was dazzling; the man next to her was dressed in a neat suit, and he was looking at the woman's profile with deep affection. They were a perfect match, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, and they were truly a loving couple.
There is a small empty area in the corner of the bedroom with nothing in it, which makes the layout even more weird.
"Why is there no makeup mirror?" Ye Yunhe suddenly thought of this and looked around. "That corner should have been where the makeup mirror was originally placed. Was it moved away? This is really strange. Could it be that this family is superstitious about something..."
In this mirror world, mirrors are intentionally avoided, so it is difficult for people not to have divergent thoughts. All kinds of thoughts came to her mind and she curled her lips.
His eyes moved to the double bed. The clean and tidy white sheets were laid out evenly, and a few fallen long red hairs could be found in the cracks and on the pillows. The pillow, which looked very soft, was slightly dented, proving that someone had been lying on it to rest for a while not long ago. But when you move your eyes to the other side, you will find that there is neither pillow nor quilt where the second person should be lying.
Separate beds? Ye Yunhe raised an eyebrow and glanced at the loving couple in the wedding photo.
It seems that the couple had a conflict, but I don’t know if it was a simple overnight grudge or something else.
The drawer of the bedside table was locked. She pried it open and pulled it open with ease. In the narrow space inside, she found a peach pink notebook with girlish pink bubbles drawn on it. It exuded a unique aura. Next to the notebook, there were several boxes of pills without them, scattered around, and judging from the packaging, they had not been eaten many times.
"......?" She was stunned for a moment, then tentatively picked up the book and questioned in a low voice, "Is this true? Why does it feel like the collection is so easy this time? Is there something fishy going on?"
After a brief hesitation, she tucked the notebook under her arm and picked up the tablets.
Si Yuan and Lin Muyu searched the study.
A single bed with a messy thin quilt was placed against the wall. The style of the sheets and the smell were obviously from an adult male, with an unpleasant smell of alcohol and cigarettes, which made the two people with sensitive noses subconsciously frown.
"When I came here last time, there was no bed." Si Yu'an lifted the quilt and found nothing underneath. "The furnishings are also different, but the potted plant where the empty medicine board was found is still there, but the plant has died and has been replaced with a new one."
"These garbage cannot be accumulated in one or two days. It seems that the man has lived here for a while."
Lin Muyu moved the single bed aside and looked towards the gap, and found a pile of dirty paper balls and cigarette butts accumulated inside, covered with dust, which looked extremely ugly.
"It seems that the couple has passed the sweet newlywed and honeymoon period and has some major disagreements," he analyzed.
Si Yuan complained: "This period of time is really short. It hasn't been that long, has it? Rather than having a disagreement, it's better to say that there was a rift long ago. Maybe the true nature of the relationship has finally been revealed."
There was nothing noteworthy in the study room. Even the laptop computer that should be used for work was nowhere to be found. It seemed as if this was simply a place for sleeping. But at least we know that the man is still alive.
The two of them did not miss any corner or lump, but in the end, apart from the garbage that was everywhere, they did not find any useful information. Oh, except for a men's wedding ring casually pressed under the pillow, which once again deepened the inharmonious relationship between the newlyweds.
Lin Muyu pushed the cursing Si Yu'an out of the study and met the eyes of Ye Yunhe who walked out of the bedroom with a wooden face. In the living room, Qi Heng was trying to turn on the TV with a black screen.
He looked at the pills and notebooks in the other person's hands, and said with some surprise: "Xiao Ye, are these all clues?"
Ye Yunhe shrugged and threw the notebook over: "I haven't read it yet. I plan to read it with you later. I'll give it to the captain now."
Si Yuan intercepted him in mid-air, humming as he walked towards the sofa with his notebook: "Then let me take a good look - all eyes are on me, the second round of discussion is about to begin."
Qi Heng, who was sitting next to him, nodded in response, pried open the battery cover of the remote control with his fingernails, stared at the missing battery and fell into deep thought again.
"It's rare that we are at a loss." Lin Muyu slowly sat down on the other side and expressed his guess, "It seems that apart from the medicine board and notebook found by Xiaoye, and the men's ring in the study, there are no other clues. Have you found anything else unusual?"
Ye Yunhe shook his head and looked at Qi Heng opposite him.
The young boy spoke calmly, his eyes somewhat vacant, and he looked absent-minded until he caught a glimpse of the time on the clock. "I did find a few oddities. The skin care products in the bathroom had been expired for a long time but were still being used; there was a single surveillance camera in the bathroom pointing at a mirror for 24 hours; the sanitation also looked good but was actually a mess..."
He glanced at the medicine plate used to treat mental illness on the table. The dusty plastic plate was still full of medicine, which meant that the patient who needed treatment had never touched it.
"It's hard to believe that this is a normal, happy family that just got married not long ago."
really. Lin Muyu nodded, thinking back to the intimate couple standing close together.
But, since the relationship between the newlyweds was not as close as imagined, was the woman's mental illness really triggered by the man's death? Or maybe it was because she thought she had recovered and did not need to continue taking medication, so under the unexpected blow her mind became confused and she did something unexpected.
But looking at the layout and details of this house, it doesn't seem like something a normal person would do. If he were a doctor, he would definitely advise the patient to continue taking the medication.
Unable to think of anything, Lin Muyu raised his eyes and asked, "Yuan, what's written in the notebook?"
Si Yu'an was serious. Under Ye Yunhe's disdainful gaze, he placed the peach pink girl's heart book on the low table in front of him, pinched the thick cover and flipped it open.
The torn pieces of paper piled up together, were blown up by the wind for a moment, and then fell back lightly, making a miserable appearance after this grand opening.
Most of the originally thick paper had been torn off by someone. Behind it were the only other papers with handwriting on them, with words covered in black ballpoint pen, either lightly or heavily. The horizontal, vertical, left and right strokes were written with force. The messy and crazy strokes and the blurred yet clear fingerprints covered the entire white surface with black marks, some of which even punctured the paper, revealing a black hole.
The originally rough paper became thin and light after being soaked in ink, and the excess black ink seeped out and printed on the next piece of paper. The paper that still had words on it was once again covered by new black scratches until it seeped into the next piece of paper again. Layer upon layer, unable to dry up.
Just turn the pages one by one until the last page.
Without exception, all the papers were covered with dark marks, completely covering up the beautiful handwriting that was originally written neatly on the horizontal lines. In the end, only this weird notebook was left, covered with a beautiful peach pink cover that blocked all the contents. It seems like just an ordinary diary filled with a girl's thoughts.
“…”
Si and An closed the book silently.
A few seconds later, the brown-haired young man held his head and screamed, "What the hell is this? How many ballpoint pens will be wasted?!"
"Is this the point?" Ye Yunhe felt the mental pollution she had felt earlier come back to her. She collapsed on the sofa helplessly. "What the hell is this suite? I searched it thoroughly but couldn't find a clear clue. I want to give this copy full of riddles a thumbs up."
The diary, which was the most hopeful and the most important in the routine, was actually covered with black marks, without a single word or line left. This instantly dashed the people's initial eagerness to try it out, and they recalled the various chaotic information in their minds in confusion.
However, the information obtained from different spaces has only a rough outline until now. The clues, big and small, are like puzzles without the skin. It is impossible to know whether they are put together correctly just by looking at the appearance. The chaotic timeline and space jumps make it even more confusing, and even what we know now may not be the truth.
Fragments of anomalies were everywhere, like a child's random, irregular and meaningless circles, which were torn into pieces and scattered all over the floor. Even if they were pieced together by force, they would only leave a question mark on one's head, leaving only an inexplicable chill running up the spine and the words that were about to be spoken but stopped in the throat.
Most likely the suite is just a surface level location where you spend your time without getting much substance. The breathing during this period has caused the alienation to begin to spread from the feet, gradually deepening and turning the previously suitable body temperature into ice-cold, freezing the bone marrow and making it difficult to think deeply.
Even though they had a fallback plan, the three of them couldn't help feeling anxious. If even they are helpless against this copy, how much better off will others be? As long as this black fog is not cleared away one day, the disaster will remain lurking until the moment it becomes an S-level copy.
Lin Muyu clenched his hands, took a deep breath to suppress his emotions, endured the stiff pain and chill, and began to think frantically.
"The central city is so huge that it would be a waste of time to search the previous spatial areas one by one and collect again. We must find the true direction before we can move on. The man and woman are now missing. Should I ask other people in the community...?" he thought to himself.
"Or we can find the mirror channel that we used to be able to travel through and try to travel back to the previous space. But now the main storyline is not clear, and going back might just cause trouble..."
“…”
Thoughts gradually multiplied, tangled into dense threads in the brain, giving rise to an uneasy feeling that things were getting out of control.
Suddenly, a sigh brought several people back to their senses.
"Why do you have that expression?"
The young boy, who had been silent for a long time, spoke in a calm tone. He looked at the three people with slightly surprised expressions, and a hint of helplessness flashed between his eyebrows. In this anxious and depressing atmosphere, he was actually the most stable person. His precocity, which was completely contrary to his age, was once again revealed, making his words have the effect of soothing people.
"I already told you that I have a surprise for you, right? If I had known you would be so upset, I would have told you directly."
Qi Heng sighed in distress, he stood up, patted the shoulders of Si Yu'an, who was closest to him, and blinked with the corners of his lips raised, revealing some cunning for some reason.
He has indeed become more cheerful recently, as if he wanted to make up for all the smiles he had in the past. A smile, whether light or faint, is always appearing on his lips and in his eyes. It makes people forget his previous indifferent appearance.
"...Surprise?" Ye Yunhe opened his mouth and then asked.
"Yes." The young boy smiled at her, "But since we've come all the way here, it would be pointless to tell you directly. It's better to see it with your own eyes."
He tilted his head and walked out the door first. He held the men's wedding ring between his fingers. Under the light, the initials of his name engraved on the inner ring reflected the light. "Okay, hurry up. It will be bad if you miss the best time."
“Maybe the piece of the puzzle we need most is hidden there.”
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