Chapter 109 Chapter 109

The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment.

Not far away, Gu Yanyi's apprentice heard Song Wen's words and almost rushed forward to shoo him away, but was stopped by Gu Yanyi's gaze.

Gu Yanyi's smile faded: "I wonder why reporter Song asked this question?"

Song Wen smiled cunningly, but there was inquiry in his eyes: "Just think of me as curious."

Gu Yanyi took a sip of tea and slowly said: "I have also heard about the rumors outside. Although they are very outrageous, they are also a recognition of my craftsmanship in making puppets. Therefore, I am not angry about these rumors. Over time, the rumors will naturally dissipate. The more I care about them, I am afraid that the more I will fulfill the wishes of people with ulterior motives."

He emphasized the four words "ulterior motives" a little, and looked at Song Wen meaningfully.

Song Wen seemed unaware and continued to ask, "Five days ago, the night of the city hotel owner's son disappeared. Where were you at that time?"

Gu Yanyi, "I was making puppets in the studio."

"Who can testify for you?"

"My apprentice was with me."

Song Wen raised his eyebrows, "Oh? You remember the situation five days ago so clearly? Did something happen that impressed you?"

Gu Yanyi laughed, "Because five days ago, I completed the work I was going to participate in the most recent puppet competition. No normal person would forget such an important moment." Song Wen

wanted to ask more, but was interrupted by Gu Yanyi, "Reporter Song, I respect your work, but the questions you asked should not be within the scope of a reporter's job, right? If you really have any doubts, you might as well call the police directly and let the police inspector investigate." As

he spoke, he served tea again, and his intention to send the guest away was obvious.

Song Wen knew that he couldn't get anything out of him, so he could only pick up his things and leave the doll shop.

After seeing him off, Gu Yanyi still sat on the sofa, looking out the window through the glass wall, stunned for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.

The apprentice who had been waiting nearby came forward and said angrily, "Master, why didn't you let me chase him away just now! This kind of person came here not for an interview, but to gather information with bad intentions!"

Gu Yanyi said indifferently, "If we really chase him away, who knows what kind of story will be made up in the newspaper tomorrow. It's better to say a few more words to send him away to avoid future troubles."

He stood up and said to the apprentice, "You clean up here. I will continue to work. Don't bother me again. You will be responsible for entertaining the guests from now on."

Gu Yanyi returned to the studio, closed the door, and locked it.

He did not return to the workbench to continue carving, but opened a cabinet full of puppets and reached into the puppets to explore for a while.

Then there was a slight click, and the secret door hidden in the cupboard opened silently without making any sound.

He turned on the flashlight and illuminated the dim road. It was a downward road, and at the end was a tightly closed iron gate.

Gu Yan went down the stairs, took out the key, and opened the iron gate. Although the iron gate was old, it did not make a harsh sound. It seemed that someone had taken care of it.

"Click."

After entering the secret room, he pressed the switch on the wall, and the light came on.

After seeing the furnishings inside clearly, everyone took a breath of cool air.

In the center of the secret room was a stone platform, and on the stone platform was a child lying.

The body of a dead child.

...

[No, brother, the reporter just left and you exposed the werewolf right after? Aren't you afraid that the other party will kill you back? ]

[I just heard his calm tone and thought that the reporter had misunderstood, but I didn't expect that the little idiot was actually me! ]

[Those who often kill people know that if they are calm in the face of emergencies, they will have at least ten lives on their hands. ]

[There is a puppet right in front of the stone platform! According to the principle of one puppet, one life... the truth is too terrible, I dare not even think about it. ]

Gu Yanyi walked into the secret room, closed the door, and slowly walked towards the stone platform.

The camera turned with his line of sight, and everyone finally saw the person on the stone platform clearly.

This was a boy of eight or nine years old, wearing an old-fashioned suit. Judging from the fabric and style, the price should not be cheap.

There was a huge bloody hole in his abdomen, and there were various small wounds on his body. Except for his face, there was no intact skin exposed.

Gu Yanyi's eyes wandered over the boy's body for a moment, then he took out a piece of chalk and began to draw a strange formation with the stone platform as the center.

After the formation was drawn, he stood between the boy and the puppet, touching the boy's head with one hand and the puppet with the other, chanting a spell that no one could understand.

Gradually, the hand that was touching the little boy's head emitted a blazing white light, which slowly entered his hand, moved along his arm, shoulder, neck, eyes, and then moved to the neck, shoulder, and arm on the other side, and finally gathered on the hand that was touching the puppet.

Finally, the blazing white light left his palm and merged into the body of the puppet.

The originally dead puppet suddenly moved, again and again, as if it could not adapt to its own body, and was about to fall down as soon as it stood up.

Gu Yan quickly reached out to catch the other party.

If it really fell, its body would definitely be smashed to pieces.

The puppet was stunned, and for a moment it did not realize its situation. It looked around in panic, and its artificial eyeballs suddenly stopped on the corpse of the young child lying on the stone platform.

It began to tremble all over.

That was his body, but why could he see his own body?

Gu Yanyi brought it closer and said, "As you can see, you are already dead."

The puppet jumped onto its own body and grabbed it hard, as if it couldn't believe it, and then suddenly looked at Gu Yanyi, with hatred in its inorganic eyes.

Gu Yanyi lifted him off the body by the neck, turned around, opened a small door on the side, and threw the puppet inside.

The small house at the side door was actually a toy room. The lights inside were not turned off, and it was decorated very warmly, and there were all kinds of toys.

Several puppets were running and playing inside, and a few were playing with building blocks.

The sound of the door opening made them all stop and look at the door.

Seeing that it was Gu Yan who came with a new puppet, everyone looked around curiously.

The new Pinocchio was frightened by the moving puppet in front of him and forgot that he was also a puppet. He got up and hid behind Gu Yanyi, secretly poking his head out to examine the puppets in front of him.

"Okay, you guys just stay here for now."

He left the room and locked the door.

When he came out of the underground secret room, the light coming through the gap in the curtains had disappeared, and it was night.

He came out of the studio, the store was closed, the apprentice had gone home from work, and there was dinner prepared for him on the table, still warm.

After dinner, Gu Yanyi cleaned up the garbage, put on his coat, and left through the back door.

Under the street light at the back door, there was a person standing at this time.

Seeing Gu Yanyi coming out, the person walked towards him, and it was Shen Ming.

Shen Ming was not wearing his original clothes at this time, but a uniform with a hat on his head.

Gu Yanyi said calmly: "Superintendent, if you have something to talk to me about, you can come directly into the store and don't have to wait outside. "

Shen Ming looked calm: "I saw that Boss Gu's store was closed, and I didn't find anyone when I went to your place. I thought you might still be in the studio, so I just came here to wait."

Gu Yanyi didn't say much, walked to the corner to throw away the garbage in his hand, and asked by the way: "Police Inspector, what's the matter with you coming here to see me?"

Shen Ming pulled the brim of his police hat and said: "Regarding the rumors circulating on the streets recently, I want to ask you directly what you think."

Gu Yanyi walked slowly towards home and said: "Police Inspector, did you make an appointment? The reporter came to me during the day, and you came to me at night, just to ask me about a rumor that I don't know whether it is true or not?"

"Do you really think it's fake?" Shen Ming asked.

"Oh, what do you think is true, would you like to hear the details? "

"In the recent series of missing children cases, witnesses saw someone who looked like you at the crime scene."

"You said suspected, which means there is no evidence to prove it was me."

"The missing children have never been found, whether they are corpses or survivors."

"That's your fault, inspectors. You're blaming me for this?"

Shen Ming was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Someone saw a live puppet at the door of your puppet shop in the middle of the night."

Gu Yanyi suddenly stopped, turned to look at Shen Ming, and said, "Inspector Shen, I want to report a case."

Shen Ming: ?

Gu Yanyi: "Someone was wandering around the door of my puppet shop in the middle of the night. I suspected that a thief had scouted the area in advance and tried to steal the puppets in my shop. You know, my puppets are very valuable. "

Shen Ming:...

"Inspector, if you really think I'm a suspect, I hope the next time we meet is at the police station."

After saying that, Gu Yan left without looking back.

Shen Ming called out from behind: "I heard that the serial killer has announced a new murder plan!"

...

Time flies.

The netizens in the live broadcast room seemed to be watching a fast-forwarded pantomime.

Gu Yan's schedule is very simple. He only travels between his home and the studio. He has no friends, no partner, no family, and the people he communicates with the most are the apprentices in his store.

The pantomime suddenly stopped fast-forwarding one day and returned to its original speed.

That night, the sky was gloomy, and it started to rain in the afternoon. There were almost no pedestrians on the street.

The store There were no customers in the store, so he asked his apprentice to go back first. He took some things and worked at the counter to kill time while watching the store.

Suddenly, the bell at the door of the store rang and someone came in.

Gu Yanyi looked up and saw that it was the reporter, Song Wen.

Song Wen walked in under the heavy rain without an umbrella. After entering the store, he shook his head and all the water on his head fell on the puppet.

Gu Yanyi frowned: "Reporter Song, what's the matter?"

Song Wen seemed not to notice his displeasure. He came to Gu Yanyi and said mysteriously: "Mr. Gu, do you know that the mayor's daughter is missing? It was just last night, and the police station hasn't found her yet! "

He stared at Gu Yanyi's face, as if he wanted to find out some emotions from the other's face, but Gu Yanyi said "Oh" and lowered his head to continue carving the puppet.

Song Wen was disappointed: "Mr. Gu, are you not curious at all?"

"Not curious. Reporter Song, my apprentice has gone off work, so I won't treat you to tea today. If there are any dolls you want, you can choose any one in the store. "After saying that, he ignored the other party.

Song Wen looked at the rain outside, which was getting heavier. He didn't have an umbrella in his hand, so he just walked around the store.

It must be said that Gu Yanyi's craftsmanship is very good. The puppets on the shelves are lifelike and each has its own characteristics. Gu Yanyi likes to carve and make wood according to the texture of the wood, and each puppet is unique.

Song Wen picked up the price tag on the puppet and took a look at it, then took his hand back in shock.

He couldn't even afford the cheapest puppet with his monthly salary.

As he walked around, Song Wen gradually walked to the end of the store and stood in front of the closed door.

Inside was Gu Yanyi's studio.

Song Wen tried to gently twist the handle, and the door actually opened.

He turned his head and glanced at Gu Yanyi at the counter, who was carving wood with his head down, so he didn't hesitate to slip into his studio.

The studio was pitch black, and Song Wen took out the mini flashlight he carried with him, turned it on, and carefully inspected the entire studio.

Looking at the rows of puppet blanks in the cabinet, Song Wen sighed that Gu Yanyi was worthy of being a puppeteer.

Just as he was trying to dig out something unique, a burst of small movements in the silence caught his attention.

Song Wen listened with his ear to the side and confirmed that the sound came from his feet, and he slowly squatted down again.

Just when he was about to bury his head in the pile of blanks, Gu Yanyi's voice suddenly came from the door.

"What are you doing? "

Song Wen was startled and quickly stood up, laughing: "I just saw the studio door was open, so I came in to take a look out of curiosity. Master, are these your unfinished works?"

"Get out." Gu Yanyi said coldly.

Song Wen apologized awkwardly and left Gu Yanyi's puppet shop in the heavy rain.

He didn't stamp his feet until he turned the corner.

He clearly heard something just now, a subtle movement!

In the movement, there was even the sound of someone talking!