Chapter 97 Discovering the Basement
He put down the bowl and looked out the door.
"Auntie Wu?"
"Is that you?"
…
He waited for a while but didn't hear any response from Wu Ma, so he slowly stood up and walked out the door.
"You haven't come back yet?"
When I walked to the door, there was no sign of Wu Ma outside.
"Then this sound..."
He slowly turned his head and looked towards Fu Quezhou's study.
He remembered that he seemed to have heard a strange sound last time, and it seemed to come from the study.
Could it be this time too?
Having said that, he turned and walked towards the study.
Standing at the door of the study, he leaned against the door and listened for a while. Although the sound was not loud, he could hear some rustling sounds.
He slowly reached out and grasped the door handle, the coolness of the metal creeping up his fingertips.
He turned the doorknob gently, and the door hinge made a harsh squeak.
As the gap in the door gradually widened, darkness seeped out from inside like sticky ink, floating in the light mixed with dust.
In the basement, Lin Mo got so excited when he heard the door open that he twisted on the ground like a maggot.
The metal chair back creaked as he twisted his body against the ground.
Su Yumian was startled by the strange sound and hurriedly touched the switch on the wall. The study room instantly became bright.
Fu Quezhou's study is not big and the layout is very simple. There is a one-meter-five-meter-long sandalwood desk and a bookcase behind the desk that takes up half of the wall.
As he got closer, the strange sound became clearer, even accompanied by whimpering and gasping.
In order to confirm the source of the sound, he moved closer to the bookcase and put his ear close to it, and the sound became more obvious.
"This sound... is coming from behind the bookcase?!"
He reached out and knocked on the bookcase, then flipped through the neatly arranged books on it, trying to find out where the sound came from.
As he slowly moved forward, his hand touched the flying trophy.
He subconsciously reached for it, but didn't pick it up.
"Um?"
He looked at the trophy again and realized that the base of the trophy was connected to the bookcase.
Next to this trophy, there were other glass trophies, and he went to grab that one and picked it up easily.
I just can't lift this one.
He reached out to the flying trophy again and tried to turn it gently.
The next second, the bookcase moved!
Su Yumian was startled by the sudden movement of the bookcase, his pupils suddenly contracted and he took a step back.
As the bookcase moved to the side, the secret door, which was only wide enough for one person to enter and exit, slowly appeared.
This extremely dramatic scene made him a little dazed. He had only seen this kind of scene on TV and never expected it to happen in real life.
He stared at the secret door for a long time before reaching out to push it. The sharp and piercing sound of the door opening seemed particularly ethereal.
Light shone straight into the basement from the secret door, and Lin Mo finally saw a glimmer of hope for survival.
Tears of excitement rolled down his eyes. He had been trapped for so long and could finally see the light of day again.
Thinking of this, he twisted his body even harder, making a grunting sound with his mouth.
“Mmmmm…!!”
"gentlemen!"
Lin Mo's sobs were drowned out by the voice of Wu Ma who suddenly entered the villa.
Su Yumian, who was about to go down, was startled by Wu Ma who suddenly appeared, and quickly retracted his foot that had been raised to go down.
He turned and walked towards Wu Ma, "What's wrong?"
Wu Ma held up the kitten in her hand and said in surprise, "I found a cat outside the villa. Would you like to keep it, sir?"
"Cat? Let me see."
Su Yumian turned off the lights, then gently closed the study door and walked towards Wu Ma.
But he didn't notice that the study door was not closed tightly.
In the basement, Lin Mo raised his head in disbelief, staring blankly with wide eyes as the beam of light disappeared before his eyes, with the burn marks of the light still remaining in his pupils.
The darkness returned, thicker and more fishy than before.
The moment the basement returned to darkness, his head hit the ground hard.
He was enveloped in deep despair. He was only one step away, just one step, from escaping from here.
While giving him hope, it also brought him greater despair, as if God was playing a huge joke on him.
In the living room, Su Yumian stroked the kitten and asked Wu Ma, "Will Zhou Zhou agree if I keep it here?"
When Aunt Wu heard this, she laughed and said, "If it was Mr. Fu who wanted to raise the child, Mr. Fu would definitely agree."
Su Yumian's ears turned red as he stroked the kitten's tangled fur and said, "It's too dirty. It needs to be washed."
"Then I'll go drain the water first."
Aunt Wu got up and walked towards the bathroom, and Su Yumian played with the kitten.
“Buzz buzz buzz!!”
At this moment, the cell phone on the armrest of the sofa rang. He reached out and picked it up without checking the caller ID.
"Hello?"
"Mianmian, it's Daddy."
Hearing this, Su Yumian paused stroking the kitten and asked, "Dad?"
On the other end of the phone, Su's father's voice was a little choked.
"Mianmian, please come back soon. Your mother...she..."
Su Yumian's heart skipped a beat. She quickly stood up and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with Mom?"
"You'll know when you come back. If you don't come back, I'm afraid..."
Father Su deliberately stopped here, and the more he did this, the more panicked people became.
Su Yumian had always known that his mother was in poor health and had even undergone surgery last time. Hearing his father's tone, he felt a pang of fear in his heart.
"Dad, don't worry, I'll be back soon."
After saying that, he ran out in a hurry, without even having time to explain to Aunt Wu.
He ran to the side of the road, stopped a car, and said to the driver, "Master, go to Mao County, Wen City."
The driver heard it was a big order and said, "Okay, sit tight."
When Wu Ma finished running the bath water and came out, she saw that Su Yumian was gone.
"Where is he? He was here just now."
She muttered, bent down, picked up the kitten and walked towards the bathroom, "Come, your owner is not here, I will help you wash."
Because Su Yumian was in a hurry, the driver drove on the express lane and arrived home in just three hours.
After transferring five hundred yuan to the driver, he rushed to his door.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a bundle on the ground, and his mother was leaning in Su's father's arms, sobbing silently.
"Dad! What happened to my mom?"
When Father Su saw his son running out of breath and his cheeks flushed, heartache suddenly appeared in his eyes.
But he quickly hid this trace of heartache and lied to Su Yumian, "Your mother wasn't feeling well a few days ago. She went to the hospital for a checkup and the doctor said she had a lung cold. He told us to move to the countryside, saying the air there was better and would be conducive to recovery."
After Father Su finished speaking, he secretly raised his eyes to check Su Yumian's expression, fearing that he might notice something.
Su Yumian's face became serious when he heard it was a lung infection. "If it's serious, we should go to the hospital. Why go to the countryside?"
When Father Su heard this, he quickly explained, "The doctor prescribed some medicine. He said the pollution here is too severe and the countryside is a good place for recuperation."
Afraid that Su Yumian wouldn't believe him, Su's father's voice was filled with helplessness, "Your mother is too old to be in such a state. If she goes to the hospital again, what if, what if..."
Seeing that Father Su looked like he was about to cry, Su Yumian's heart softened and he sighed, "Okay, let's go to the countryside... But where can we find a house in the countryside?"
Seeing that he agreed, Father Su quickly said, "Yes, there is a house. Let's go quickly. The car has arrived."
Father Su seemed a little anxious. He picked up his luggage and went out, as if he was afraid that Su Yumian would change his mind.
Su Yumian helped his mother downstairs, where a commercial vehicle was parked.
The car door opened, and Su Yumian was stunned when he saw the person getting out of the car. "Why are you here?"
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