Chapter 201 Go to Sleep
Qin Qinsen protected Teng Su's neck and laid him flat with a calm expression. Others could not tell from his behavior whether the matter was serious or not.
"Keep an eye on him, don't leave the room. I'll have Boss Huang and the others come over to help keep watch."
"Where are you going?" Teng's mother was worried that he would do something dangerous, so she immediately grabbed Qin Qinsen.
Patting Teng's mother's hand, Qin Qinsen smiled lightly, "Don't worry, Teng Su will be fine."
"Who asked him? I'm asking you, what are you planning to do in such a hurry?" Mother Teng put away her gentle side, obviously dissatisfied with Qin Qinsen's avoidance of the question.
Teng's mother's eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Teng Su's. When she hides her gentle expression, it gives people the illusion that Teng Su is frowning in displeasure in front of him.
"Are you planning to find the peach tree demon yourself and take all the responsibility on yourself?" Mother Teng's firm tone made Qin Qinsen look away, not daring to look her in the eye.
"If you have any problems, go to the police. Remember what our teachers taught us."
Amidst Teng's mother's gratified expression, Teng An made a phone call. "Hello, Captain Jiang, I need to report a crime... It's done. They said they'll be there in half an hour."
Qin Qinsen was helpless. "Jiang Wei and the others might still ask me for help in the end. Why don't I..."
"For such a large bureau, are you the only consultant? Besides, if they rely on you, an extra-staff consultant, for everything, why would the government set up the Bureau of Strange Affairs? They could just let you, the masters of the Mysterious Sect, do whatever you want."
A gentle pat fell on the shoulder. It was Father Teng. "Dad is right, Xiaosen, you didn't sleep all night last night. Now take some time to rest and don't exhaust yourself."
Under the half-forced and half-worried urging of the Teng family, Qin Qinsen ended up lying side by side with Teng Su.
I don’t know if I was really too tired or if this bed had some magic, but as soon as I touched the pillow, the familiar smell entered my nose and I fell asleep directly.
When Qin Qinsen opened his eyes again, the familiar bedroom had disappeared. He was lying on the ground, surrounded by many fallen peach-pink petals. There was no one in sight, it should be a forest.
After chanting a cleansing spell to clear off the dirt on his body, Qin Qinsen walked forward.
The weather was gloomy and foggy. There were only trees here, no insects or birds chirping, only the subtle sound of footsteps on dead branches and leaves.
Qin Qinsen didn't know how long he had been walking before the scenery in front of him finally changed.
He seemed to have finally left the woods. In front of him was an open space. The land was charred and cracked, with no grass growing.
There was a deep pit in the center of the clearing, as if something had been pulled out. Looking down, you could see broken roots.
Qin Qinsen raised his eyebrows, actually jumped into the pit, and took out the broken wood with his bare hands.
Then, as if guided, he headed straight towards the east.
As their pace quickened, the dense fog gradually dissipated, and the sounds of birds and animals began to appear in the woods. Soon, the sound of a gurgling stream came from the front.
After turning a corner, Qin Qinsen was shocked to find three or four women dressed in ancient costumes washing clothes by the stream ahead.
"...That scholar went crazy, insisting his orchid had become a spirit and demanded his body. Hey, why don't you just take a piss and see how dignified he is?"
"Don't disbelieve me, my husband's uncle got married a while ago, and suddenly gave birth to a fat baby last month. You know how interesting that girl is! She's been married for less than half a year, and her belly is flatter than the floor of my house, and she actually gave birth to a human. Hey, my uncle treats them like treasures. If I were to see it, they might be monsters from somewhere!"
"Didn't the village chief say he invited a Taoist priest? Hey, sister Shi, how is your brother now?"
The young woman who was pushed finally came to her senses. After hesitating for a few words, she said that she had something to do at home, picked up the basin and walked towards the village.
"Well, if you ask me, the Shi family is unlucky to have such a son. He finally passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, but now he just sits there day and night, holding a piece of wood and thinking..."
Before he could finish his words, the women who were still washing clothes and chatting by the water disappeared like mist.
Seeing this, Qin Qinsen hurriedly caught up with the woman who had left early.
As we walked into the village, perhaps because of the strange incident the women had just mentioned, the village was quiet and even filled with a tense atmosphere. Every household had their doors and windows tightly closed, and from time to time, strange cries and shrill laughter could be heard.
The woman surnamed Shi walked very quickly and almost ran in the end.
Qin Qinsen followed closely behind and came to a house surrounded by bamboo fences.
It was a very ordinary farmyard, with a few chickens and ducks, and a grape rack next to it. Unfortunately, the leaves were withered and no one had taken care of it for who knows how long.
"……elder brother?"
Unlike the speed at which she fled home, the woman took two deep breaths in front of the door before carefully pushing it open, as if she was worried about disturbing the people inside. Her movements were very gentle, and the sound was also, barely louder than a mosquito's buzz.
But the people inside seemed to be disturbed. After the clanging sound, a panicked male voice was heard.
"Don't, don't go! It's my sister Shi Ning, don't go!"
There was another noise, as if someone had fallen to the ground, bringing something down with them.
Shi Ning, who had been frozen at the door, didn't care about anything else and immediately threw the basin away and ran inside, "Brother! Are you okay——!"
Shi Ning froze in the room, covering her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from screaming.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one saw him, Qin Qinsen swaggered into the house. He bypassed Shi Ning and took in the entire scene in the house.
Tables and chairs were overturned, teapots and cups were broken. A man lay sprawled on the ground, clearly the one who had fallen. Near him lay a charred piece of wood.
The man probably fell hard and couldn't get up for a long time.
Instead, the wood grew limbs like a human being and slowly crawled up.
The wood stood up, walked to the man, reached out and patted his face, then turned to look at Shi Ning. The wood had no facial features and could not make any expression, but neither Qin Qinsen nor Shi Ning would misunderstand its meaning.
——If you dare to make a sound, you will die.
Before Qin Qinsen could figure out what this scene meant, the figure in front of him began to distort and disappear.
The scene changed quickly. This time, Qin Qinsen didn't need to look for the destination. He just needed to stand there and countless discussions came into his ears.
"Who the hell stole my chickens? They're for my wife during her confinement..."
"...Another one dead, what a sin..."
"My son! You died so tragically! Who on earth was it, who the hell wanted to kill you—"
"What did the coroner say? Or was he..."
"...It was all blood, blood everywhere, it was so tragic..."
"First it was chickens and ducks, then wild boars and wolves, and now there's even a human life! Village chief, what do you think..."
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