In the living room, my mother was holding something in her hands and fiddling with it in her arms.
Qin Nuo drank a glass of warm water and caught a glimpse of what was in his mother's arms. It was an old pipe, which was being gently wiped with a towel.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"This is your father's favorite pipe. He used to sit in the yard and take a puff on it in his free time. It's been there for so long, I wonder if it's still usable?"
"By the way, go out later and buy some tobacco. It has to be the kind used for hookah. If you smoke anything else, your father will cough badly." said the mother. She remembered all these things about her father very clearly.
Qin Nuo was a little confused: "Buying tobacco at this time?"
The mother paused, raised her forehead slowly, and said with a smile, "Because your father will be back soon."
Qin Nuo looked at the smile on her face, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Really? Then do you need me to buy anything else?"
"No, you're done shopping. Just take a rest."
The mother gently stroked the pipe with her fingertips, feeling something, then stood up and slowly left.
But after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Qin Nuo: "By the way, you must lock the door tonight."
"There are some thugs in town. They are very dangerous. If they break into our house, the consequences will be disastrous..."
"thug?"
Qin Nuo hesitated and said, "You said father will be back soon. What if he can't get in?"
Mother faced the gate of the compound and said, "Don't worry, your father won't come back through the gate..."
Qin Nuo pondered his mother's words. If he didn't come in through the front door, did it mean there were back doors?
Qin Nuo wanted to ask more questions, but his mother had already entered the room and closed the door.
…
In the blink of an eye, the sky was replaced by dusk.
Even at night, Quande Town still looks gray due to the thick fog.
Qin Nuo came out after washing up and followed his mother's instructions to close the door, push the bolt, and lock it with two large iron chains.
After confirming that everything was fine, Qin Nuo was about to return to his room, but he felt some movement in the backyard.
The backyard had been in a state of disrepair, covered with weeds and the fence was so loose it looked like it would collapse with a slight push.
Here, there is only a banyan tree, an ancient well that has been covered and unused for some reason, and a swing that fell from a tree branch.
A desolate and gloomy atmosphere permeated the place. Qin Nuo glanced around and was sure that he heard something.
A dark shadow came down from the tree and landed on the stone slab of the ancient well. It was a tabby cat. In the dark night, its eyes were as bright as light bulbs.
"Wild cat?"
Qin Nuo looked at the tabby cat and wanted to reach out and tease it, but it suddenly noticed something, its fur stood up, and it ran away.
"The reaction was so big that even my hair exploded."
Qin Nuo muttered a few words. The night wind was cold and bleak. He did not stay in the deserted backyard for long and returned to his room.
Of course, he didn't go to sleep, but waited until three o'clock in the morning to see what secrets the mirror had.
Sitting on the chair, Qin Nuo planned to read the two books borrowed from Li Ya. However, after reading for only half a minute, he felt pain and burning in his chest.
The strange disease became more and more severe, faster than Qin Nuo had expected. Although he was suppressed by the blood-eyed ghost's ghost power, his body was still not in good condition.
Qin Nuo broke out in a cold sweat, his eyes became blurred, and his consciousness began to become disordered again.
After taking a few deep breaths and seeing that there was no relief, Qin Nuo could only take out a small bottle of medicine and pour it into his mouth.
A slight chill went down his throat and into his chest. Soon, the horrifying blood-red corpse spots on his body and the black tumor on his chest gradually disappeared.
Qin Nuo wiped the cold sweat from his face and murmured, "This medicine is really magical. It works immediately after drinking it. What are the ingredients?"
I don’t know what the ingredients are, but I took two bottles in less than a day. The supply cannot meet the demand, so I have to get up early tomorrow to pull the cart again.
Time passed by, and the pendulum clock in the living room suddenly rang a few times. The loud sound pulled Qin Nuo back from the book.
"It's three o'clock in the morning."
I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but as soon as the last bell rang, the fog outside the window dissipated, and the moonlight penetrated the thin fog and fell on the desk.
Qin Nuo didn't waste any time and took out the broken mirror.
In the mirror, Qin Nuo saw half of his face. He had obvious bags under his eyes, and his eyes lacked a certain spirit.
The mirror was placed on the table and gently pushed with the fingertips into the range of the moonlight.
The moonlight fell on the mirror, reflecting some of the light onto the wall. Qin Nuo looked at the mirror, then looked around the room, and did not notice anything unusual.
“Is there not enough space, or is my method wrong?”
Qin Nuo lowered his chin and stretched out his finger to adjust the position of the mirror.
But he suddenly stopped the action, Qin Nuo's expression changed slightly, and he discovered something.
The mirror is placed flat on the table. Logically, the scene reflected in the mirror should be the ceiling of the room.
But Qin Nuo clearly saw a person's eyes appear in the mirror.
His eyes blinked, observing his surroundings, then half of his face.
Qin Nuo's eyes flickered, and a feeling of horror surged in his heart.
The half face in the mirror is obviously not his, who is in it?
Qin Nuo did not act rashly, and the person in the mirror obviously noticed Qin Nuo, and there was a hint of confusion and fear in his eyes.
At this moment, the mirror seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and half of the face inside disappeared.
The bustling sounds came from his ears. Qin Nuo raised his eyebrows, slowly turned his head and looked at the wall behind him.
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