Chapter 76: Strange People Living in a Foreign Land
"Can you two see that house ahead?"
Standing in front of the gate of No. 66 Wutong Road, Yu Sheng raised his hand and pointed at the old building in front of him, and spoke to Hu Li beside him and Irene who was in Hu Li's arms.
"Yes," Hu Li nodded naturally, "It's right in front of me. I can see it when I go out, and I can see it when I come back."
Yu Sheng nodded, and looked at Little Red Riding Hood who had followed him: "Can you see it?"
Little Red Riding Hood opened her eyes wide, looking at the empty space in front of her and the low wall at the end of the space. Then she turned her head and looked at Hu Li and Irene suspiciously: "Can you two really see it?"
"It seems that you can't see it," Yu Sheng understood the situation as soon as he saw it, "Even if I send you an 'invitation', you can't see it standing here."
Little Red Riding Hood spread her hands.
Yu Sheng began to think.
He was now very curious about many things, about himself, about foreign lands, about the Secret Service, and about the Night Valley - of course, including this strange mansion where he had been living for the past two months. Out of a little bit of "necessary research spirit", he invited Little Red Riding Hood when he returned home today, wanting to test how many more strange things there were in the "non-existent No. 66 Sycamore Road".
Now he has preliminary test results.
Hu Li and Irene can see No. 66 Wutong Road, but Little Red Riding Hood cannot. Even with an invitation from the "owner of the house", she cannot observe its existence.
Yu Sheng thought about it briefly and found the biggest difference between Hu Li, Irene and Little Red Riding Hood.
"So... it should be a problem of 'blood'?" He raised his head thoughtfully, his eyes moving between Little Red Riding Hood, Hu Li and Irene.
Both Hu Li and Irene had "received" his blood, which established a subtle "connection" between him and them. It was through this connection that the two of them were able to sense his "resurrection" - Little Red Riding Hood had no such experience.
This is the most likely reason Yu Sheng can think of now.
Little Red Riding Hood did not notice the change in Yu Sheng's expression. She was looking around curiously at this time.
The setting sun was gradually sinking, and in the shadows of the roadside buildings, the outlines of wolves appeared and disappeared from time to time. The wolves were paying attention to the movements of the entire block, acting as the girl's eyes and ears.
She discovered one thing: from the moment she entered Wutong Road, the closer she got to the open space deep inside, the fewer pedestrians there were around. By the time she arrived at the open space where "No. 66 Wutong Road" was located, there were no pedestrians at all around.
It was as if there was an invisible dispersing force that prevented ordinary people from approaching this mansion.
However, even her wolf pack could not detect how this power worked. The "environment" of this entire block was so "clean". In the eyes of supernatural power, it was as clean as a vacuum.
At this moment, Little Red Riding Hood suddenly noticed the gaze falling on her. She immediately turned her head and saw Yu Sheng looking at her seriously.
The girl suddenly felt a little awkward: "Um...what's the matter?"
Then she saw Yu Sheng stretched out his hand directly to her: "Want a bite?"
Little Red Riding Hood: “…Ah?”
"Blood. Irene and Hu Li have both come into contact with my blood, and some changes have occurred since then. And now they can still see No. 66 Wutong Road," Yu Shengte explained seriously, "So I was thinking whether you would like to try it too, just as an experiment..."
Little Red Riding Hood's expression became visibly weird, and she even took a half step back. Her eyes were like a wolfhound with its fur standing on end. After confirming that Yu Sheng was really just doing this out of pure "research spirit", she softened a little, but still refused: "No!"
"It won't make you sick," Yu Sheng actually expected the other party to react like this. After all, inviting someone to have a bite of him right away sounded a bit sudden, but he still wanted to fight for it. "Don't you want to see what No. 66 Wutong Road looks like from the outside?"
"I'm not a cat, why should I be so curious!" Little Red Riding Hood took another half step back and turned to look at Hu Li and Irene, "Why does he do whatever he wants?"
Irene moved slightly in Hu Li's arms, and after confirming that there was no one around, she finally had the chance to speak: "He is like this, he does whatever he wants, and he even talks about 'research spirit'. Don't pay attention to him."
"How can you say that?" Yu Sheng was dissatisfied. "Am I that serious?"
Irene didn't say anything either, just quietly exuded the lotus fragrance in Hu Li's arms.
Yu Sheng: “…”
"If you don't want to, forget it." After two or three seconds of awkward silence, Yu Sheng smiled dryly and waved to Little Red Riding Hood. Then he walked to the door of his house. But just as he unlocked the door and was about to go in, he remembered something and stepped aside, calling the fox girl who was following behind him, "Come over and see if you can open this door."
"Ah? Okay." Hu Li was stunned for a moment, but still nodded, walked forward and grabbed the handle of the door.
With a click, the unlocked entrance door was easily pushed open.
But in Little Red Riding Hood's eyes, a door appeared out of thin air in the open space, floating near the low wall with many abstract graffiti.
"Okay, at least this way it will be convenient for you and Irene to come in and out, and you don't have to ask me to open the door." Yu Sheng was relieved when he saw this. After learning that No. 66 Wutong Road was a "foreign land" that outsiders could not observe or enter, he had many concerns about the details, including but not limited to takeout not being delivered, home appliances not being delivered, addresses not being able to be left for online shopping, and the two residents in the house not being able to come in and out freely, etc. But now he is relieved - at least one of the troubles is gone.
"Come in and sit down," Yu Sheng said with a smile on his face, extending his hand to Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll cook for you later and we'll have dinner at home as a thank you for accompanying Hu Li and Irene for a day today."
"It's nothing, you've already written half of my homework for me." Little Red Riding Hood said, but still accepted the invitation and walked into this mansion that did not exist in the real world.
Yu Sheng turned on the lights in the living room. The bright lights dispelled the darkness of the evening and quickly warmed up the cold atmosphere in the house.
Then he quickly packed up the things he had bought, took out the ingredients for that night from the shopping bag, told Little Red Riding Hood to find a place to sit, and turned to the kitchen.
Little Red Riding Hood looked around cautiously with a hint of uneasiness and curiosity.
This was her second time visiting this place, and this time as an "invited guest".
She seldom visited other people's homes, and her visits to various foreign lands even exceeded her visits to other people's houses. But on the other hand, she knew clearly that this seemingly ordinary house was actually a "foreign land", and today's "visit"... was essentially an exotic adventure.
This was truly the most bizarre "adventure" she had experienced since becoming a spirit detective. There were no weird and distorted scenery, no pervasive pollution, no phantoms disguised as teammates, only bright lights and a warm environment. A gentle and friendly fox demon stood next to her, a joyful puppet was running to turn on the TV, and the entity in the alien world... the powerful entity that could eat "hunger" alive, was cooking in the kitchen.
She could even go to the dining table and do her homework while waiting for the meal to be cooked.
There were so many things that were not in line with her, she didn't even know which one to complain about first.
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But the noisy Irene soon made her have no time to think too much - the noise of the little doll came from the living room: "Come and watch TV! The TV in the living room is bigger than the one in the dining room!"
"I need to catch up on my homework," Little Red Riding Hood shook her head and replied casually as she walked towards the table, "I still need half a book!"
"Hey, you humans are so tired," Irene, who had already climbed onto the sofa, suddenly sighed loudly, "Fox, are you coming?"
Hu Li waved his hand and walked towards the kitchen leisurely: "I want to see if my benefactor needs any help..."
She just walked into the kitchen, and then pushed the door open and walked out within two minutes, holding a braised chicken leg in her hand and eating it as she walked.
Little Red Riding Hood, who had just started doing her homework, saw this and was surprised: "...Why are you out again?"
"I was kicked out. My benefactor said I stole some spices. If I ate them all, I wouldn't be able to stew the meat," Hu Li said innocently, and then he showed off by holding up the chicken drumstick in his hand. "But my benefactor gave me a chicken drumstick. Do you want to eat it?"
Little Red Riding Hood hesitated: "Um... I will..."
Hu Li immediately took the chicken leg back: "If you don't eat it, I will eat it all."
little Red Riding Hood:"……"
At this time, a hint of the aroma of cooking had already wafted out of the kitchen, whetting people's appetite.
Little Red Riding Hood thought about it, reached into her bag, took out her cell phone, and dialed a number.
"It's me. I'm not going home for dinner tonight. I'm eating at a friend's house. Hey, we're new acquaintances. Be safe. I'll tell you when I get back. I'll be home before 10 o'clock. That's it..."
After hanging up the phone, Little Red Riding Hood turned around and saw Hu Li staring at her - while still gnawing on the chicken leg.
"This can't be eaten." Little Red Riding Hood subconsciously covered her phone.
She didn't know why she said such a thing.
Hu Li didn't care about this, but asked curiously: "Were you contacting your family just now?"
"yes."
"Your parents?"
Little Red Riding Hood looked a little unnatural: "Uh...my parents died early, and they were with someone else in the family."
"Oh," Hu Li nodded. Little Red Riding Hood didn't know what this fox girl had been thinking about for a few seconds, and she suddenly handed over the chicken leg that she had almost finished eating, "Would you like to have a bite? Only a small bite."
little Red Riding Hood:"……?"
She felt that it was still difficult for her to understand these "weird people" living in a foreign land.
(End of this chapter)
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