Lu Si'er was pointing at a wooden puppet in the window.
It was a very delicately made puppet, with facial features like a real person, extremely realistic and lifelike, and eyes as beautiful as sapphires. It was wearing a white wedding dress, a veil on its head, and a bouquet in its hands, just like a girl waiting to get married.
But precisely because it looks so much like a real person, it gives people a creepy feeling.
Soon, Xiao Tangqiu also discovered something wrong. The eyes of this puppet were actually moving!
Its sapphire-like eyeballs moved slowly twice, as if looking at the people outside the window -
After seeing the people outside the window, two tears slowly flowed from its eyes!
"Fuck! Alive!"
Tang Mianmian was so scared that she jumped three feet high and hugged Xiao Tangqiu beside her.
Xiao Tangqiu kindly reminded him: "It's just a living puppet. Haven't you seen it enough these days?"
Tang Mianmian thought about it and immediately calmed down.
They had indeed seen many living puppets in recent days, but they had never seen one like the one in the window.
A living puppet that can shed tears and has emotions.
Xiao Tangqiu looked at Shen Yuan: "Do you want to go in and take a look?"
Shen Yuan's eyes were deep: "Come in."
Xiao Tangqiu pulled Tang Mianmian through the door and walked straight to the window where the puppet was. It was obvious that the owner of the antique shop liked this puppet very much, so he decorated the window for display beautifully.
He carefully picked up the puppet, and sure enough, tears rolled out of the puppet's eyes and slid down into his hands.
Its tears are ice-cold, without any of the warmth of human tears.
"Are you a puppet?"
Xiao Tangqiu asked tentatively.
However, the puppet did not speak as he had imagined, and its eyeballs stopped moving. It seemed to have lost all vitality and its luster dimmed.
If it weren't for that tear, he almost thought that everything that happened just now was just an illusion. However, no matter how he shouted, the puppet no longer moved, as if it was just an ordinary puppet.
At this moment, Shen Yuan suddenly said, "The sun has set."
Just before they stepped into the antique shop, there was still a lingering glow of the setting sun on the horizon, but after they came in, the sun had completely set, the last ray of light disappeared, and the sky became completely dark.
The temperature difference between day and night in this small town is also very large. As soon as the sun sets, the temperature seems to drop by more than ten degrees in an instant. Tang Mianmian shivers in the wind: "The sun has set, we should go back quickly. What if we can't make it back by midnight..."
Xiao Tangqiu instantly understood Shen Yuan's meaning. He frowned slightly and said, "The sun has set... Could it be that this puppet can no longer move after the sun has set? Is that why it didn't respond to us?"
Tang Mianmian quickly realized, "But when we first arrived, it was still broad daylight. Didn't we pass by this antique shop then? Wouldn't the puppet have been moving then?"
The two looked at each other and suddenly said in unison: "It's dusk!"
This puppet cannot move during the day, and this puppet cannot move at night, so there is only one possibility left - this puppet will only move at the turn of day and night, that is, at dusk!
Duan Hongzhen tilted his head and said, "That seems to make sense. Then we can only wait until tomorrow evening to look for it."
Xiao Tangqiu carefully put the puppet back to its original place, but for some reason, the puppet, which was sitting well, suddenly tilted and fell to the side.
He was stunned for a moment, then quickly bent down to pick it up, only to find that the puppet had twisted its arm joints when it fell to the ground, and its hand was now pointing at one of the tables.
He instantly sensed something and turned around to walk towards the table. There were many antiques and even a set of exquisite porcelain tableware on the table. In the most inconspicuous corner, there was an inconspicuous small wooden box containing jewelry.
Xiao Tangqiu instantly remembered Maria's jewelry box, and hurriedly picked up the small wooden box and opened it. Sure enough, there were several letters inside!
He picked up one of the letters and was shocked to find that the cover was addressed to Veronica, and the recipient's address was exactly Damon Town!
Seeing that Xiao Tangqiu had made a great discovery, the others immediately came over. Lu Si'er, the only one who could speak, began to read the letter, while Tang Mianmian accompanied Xiao Tangqiu to look through the other things in the small wooden box.
In addition to the letters, there were several old photos in the small wooden box. One of the photos was a photo of a little girl and her family in this antique shop.
"Is this little girl Veronica, Lepnobet's third wife?" Tang Mianmian touched her chin. "It seems that she is not only from Dimon Town, but also the young owner of this antique shop!"
The next few photos show the little girl growing up gradually, and finally she became a graceful and beautiful girl who looked like Lili Marlene.
At this time, Lu Si'er also hurriedly read the letter: "It's similar to the letters that Lepnobet wrote to Maria before. Veronica saw his marriage proposal in the newspaper and wrote him a letter. She grew up in Dimont Town and has always been curious about what kind of person the owner of the castle is..."
"Lepnobet wrote her back and asked her to attach a photo of herself. She sent all the photos of herself from childhood to adulthood to Lepnobet, and then she received a marriage proposal from Lepnobet."
The naive girl married into the castle out of curiosity and longing for the castle's owner, but she had no idea what was waiting for her...
"What is the relationship between this puppet and Veronica?" Xiao Tangqiu frowned slightly. He lowered his head to look at the puppet he had just picked up, trying to find out the truth. However, no one could tell him. The puppet was motionless and unresponsive.
Tang Mianmian's imagination suddenly opened up: "Could it be Veronica?"
Xiao Tangqiu frowned slightly. "Lepnobet made Veronica into a puppet and displayed her in the window of her own antique shop?"
Just as the two were discussing, the little boy suddenly screamed. He had been extremely quiet and well-behaved all day. It was not known whether he realized his current situation or for some other reason, but now he seemed to have regained his naughty nature and screamed, which immediately scared Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian.
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