Chapter 84

Xu Ming was not surprised by Yu Fei's reaction.

Such a haunted house, such a weird brother and sister, it would be fine if they were not in their right minds, but if they were awake, they would be scared. Not to mention Qiu Yu Fei, even she felt a chill on her forehead when she saw her "brother" in the kitchen.

Qiu Yu Fei was able to stay as calm as possible until now, and even had the mind to tell people the story of Yang Duo Duo, which was already very remarkable in Xu Ming's eyes.

On the other side, Qiu Yufei also knew that time was limited, so she quickly adjusted her mood, climbed up from Xu Ming's shoulder, wiped her eyes vigorously, and quickly got to the point:

"What should I do next?"

"Not sure yet." Xu Ming said honestly, "Tell me about your situation first?"

While speaking, she looked at the closed kitchen door defensively, patted the rule book in her bag, and let the little dog out.

She was not sure how sensitive the residents here were to the breath of outsiders, so she simply let out the most sensitive one on her side, just as an alarm.

"Me? Um..." Qiu Yufei pursed her lips and quickly organized her words. But she didn't know where to start, so she had to start from the beginning, "Well, I realized something was wrong after entering this house..."

To be precise, it was after she entered the living room.

Recalling the previous situation, Qiu Yufei still felt incredible. It was only after she was trapped that she realized that the person who had chatted with her for several weeks and finally tricked her into this place was not Mingming at all. Moreover, thinking back carefully, the other party had too many loopholes - but at that time, her brain was like a veil, and she couldn't feel anything.

If she still clearly remembered who she was and why she came when she went upstairs, then after entering this house, her whole state could be described as dazed. Her

mind was blank and her soul was floating. She only remembered that she came to see a friend, but she couldn't remember who she was looking for or why she was looking for her. When she heard the little girl invite her to stay, she nodded absentmindedly.

Until she heard the sound of a cup breaking.

"At that time... I was sitting in the living room. Xu Ling asked her brother to bring me some water, but the cup fell... It was because of that sound that I suddenly woke up." Qiu Yufei recalled as much as she could, speaking quickly, "Then... Then I was very scared, but I didn't dare to do anything rash..."

After all, Xu Ming had taught her that in such a strange place, one of the keys to staying alive is to try not to be afraid, or to say, not to let those "things" notice your fear.

On the other hand, Qiu Yufei had at least followed two ghost stories and had learned to judge the situation. After realizing that the little girl's greatest need was not "killing" but "family", she quickly made up her mind, suppressed her fear, and played role-playing games with her.

"Wait." Xu Ming suddenly felt something was wrong when he heard this, "You just said, her name is... Xu Ling?"

"Yeah." Qiu Yufei nodded hurriedly, "I heard her say it herself."

There were many children's books and exercise books in the little girl's bedroom, and the name written on them was all "Xu Ling."

"By the way." At this point, Qiu Yufei also reacted, "Is your sister also called Lingling?"

She remembered hearing Xu Ming say so.

Xu Ming's face became more serious when he heard this.

"...I did think I had a sister." After a moment of silence, she spoke softly, and because she used a whisper, it sounded a bit weird, "But I always thought her name was 'Gu Ling'."

The reason why she thought so was because the other party had always talked to her as her biological sister. Xu Ming's surname "Xu" comes from her aunt who raised her, but her aunt and her mother are distant relatives and have different surnames.

Coincidentally, both her parents have the surname Gu... So Xu Ming has never doubted the surname of her "biological sister". But when she thought about it carefully, she seemed to have never seen her full name on any occasion... She

only knew that her name was "Lingling".

... So, why is her surname "Xu"? Is it just a coincidence?

Xu Ming became more and more confused. Some bad thoughts vaguely emerged in her mind, but she couldn't catch them or see them clearly.

But time was limited, and she didn't have time to dwell on this matter. Soon, she calmed down and forced herself to shift her attention from this question, and asked, "Then what?"

"Then... Then I just kept lying down. She wanted to hear a story, but the children's books she gave her were all very strange. I was afraid of being brainwashed and didn't dare to read them to her, so I said I would read her the e-books I had cached..." Qiu Yufei said this and subconsciously touched the pocket where her mobile phone was. Xu Ming raised his eyebrows slightly and couldn't help but ask, "Yang Duoduo?"

"!" Qiu Yufei looked at her in shock, obviously not expecting that she already knew about this. She paused for a moment and whispered, "This is the only thing in my phone!"

She took a plane to go out of town last weekend, and she bought a full set of e-books and cached them for fear of being bored on the road. The relevant data happened to have not been deleted.

...Don't mention it, the child really likes to listen. Because she didn't want to read children's books, the girl's expression was gloomy for a while, which made Qiu Yufei terrified; after listening to Qiu Yufei reading two chapters, her expression gradually eased, and she took the initiative to follow her to read.

Qiu Yufei was even promoted because of this - when she entered this house, she used the identity of "friend", and Xu Ling always called her "friend sister"; but because of listening to her "Yang Duoduo's Adventures", Qiu Yufei was promoted to "sister" and was given the second bedroom that originally belonged to "brother" to her, and "brother" was directly driven to sleep on the sofa.

"This should be considered a good thing..." Qiu Yufei said uncertainly, "But she doesn't seem to be particularly satisfied with me. Whatever you say, I'm not particularly perfect either, but I'm much better than the previous 'sister'. The previous one didn't even have the qualifications to be perfect, she was particularly bad..."

"Well, I don't know what happened to the 'previous sister' she was talking about, and why she was said to be like this..."

"Don't worry." Xu Ming said immediately, "It's fine. It was just kicked out of the house."

As for the second question, to be honest, she also wanted to know.

Even the domineering president literature can find a place to live in this weird talk. Po Haitang, how many heinous things did you say at that time...

"That's good... Oh, yes, I also found this in my bag." Qiu Yufei said this, and suddenly remembered something. She quickly pulled at her neck and pulled out the work card that had been hidden in her clothes. "I thought this would be useful, so I always carry it with me and write something on it..." The work card

hanging around her neck was the work card that Xu Ming had given her before. There were three more lines of small words on the blank space of the work card:

[Your name is Qiu Yufei. You don't belong here, don't forget it.

[Wait for Xu Ming to come find you.

[Strange Talk about Demolition Office.]

Xu Ming: "..."

She understood the reason. She also thought Qiu Yufei was very smart and her trust in her was very touching, but who could tell her... why there was a signature of the Demolition Office at the end?

"I think it's more auspicious this way." Qiu Yufei muttered softly and argued.

Xu Ming: "..."

No matter what, the situation was better than she thought. Xu Ming exhaled, and looked at the kitchen door vigilantly. He was about to say something when he heard Qiu Yufei say "Hey", and suddenly pulled her: "Wait, I thought of it!"

Xu Ming: "?"

Qiu Yufei couldn't hide her excitement: "Didn't you say that the last 'sister' was kicked out because of poor performance? Then as long as I perform a little worse, can't I leave too?"

Xu Ming: "......?!"

You are really a clever little ghost.

Don't say, Xu Ming really thought about this idea before - but before he saw his "brother".

"No, no, no, calm down first. Don't do anything rash." Xu Ming hurriedly said, "Your situation is different from its. It would be bad if it doesn't work properly..."

They still didn't know what the Begonia said that day. Even if they knew, Qiu Yufei, who had been accepted into this family, might not be let go. What if she was punished or forced to become "more perfect" would be even more scary.

"... Let's do this. Let's try to collect some more clues." Xu Ming pursed his lips and made up his mind, "If you notice any information, write it down and put it in your bedroom..."

The two quickly agreed on the way to exchange information in the future. Just after they finished speaking, they heard a "bang" from outside, and then the little dog hidden in the bag began to twist desperately. Xu Ming realized that something was wrong, and quickly gave Qiu Yufei a look, stepped back, and returned to the simulation scene in a blink of an eye.

The next second, the kitchen door opened, and the "brother" with his hands full of soup walked in, nodded at the stiff Qiu Yufei, turned around and went to get the dustpan for sweeping the floor. Xu Ming hid in the simulation space and secretly observed, thought about it, and quietly turned to the living room, only to find that the bowl of mycelium soup left by Qiu Yufei had been overturned on the ground, splashing soup fragments all over the floor.

The little girl was still sitting at the table at this time, looking very unhappy. Xu Ming saw that she was clean and estimated that it must be the "brother" who accidentally knocked over Qiu Yufei's soup bowl just now - this made Xu Ming secretly relieved.

It was obvious at first glance that the white mushroom threads were not something that could be eaten. She was originally thinking about how to help Qiu Yufei avoid this meal, and she was planning to hide under the table and overturn it. This way, she wouldn't have to take that risk.

However... the soup bowl looked like it was "brother" who knocked it over. And before, Qiu Yufei did say that the reason she was able to wake up was because "brother" broke the water cup...

One coincidence is a coincidence, two coincidences, or still a coincidence?

Xu Ming's heart moved slightly. But some things are still uncertain, and it seems better to observe further.

Not long after "brother" entered the kitchen, Qiu Yufei finally came out reluctantly with a spoon. Xu Ming was afraid that she would be forced to eat another meal, so he quietly squatted beside her, ready to overturn the table at any time; but after sweeping the debris on the ground, the "brother" said that the soup was gone, and finally gave Qiu Yufei a bowl of water. It's

not that the water in the strange talk can't be used, but it will probably make you sick if you use it, but no matter what, it's better than the mycelium soup.

Qiu Yufei obviously remembered this knowledge point, so after making sure that there was nothing else in the bowl, she finally closed her eyes and drank it with a spoon. Xu Ming took the opportunity to search the kitchen and living room again, and finally took advantage of the people at the table not paying attention, and took advantage of the furniture to carefully sneak into the master bedroom.

The master bedroom was the room where Qiu Yufei and Xu Ling had stayed before. It was spacious, well-lit, and had a built-in balcony. Even in this place with its own dim filter, it was still brighter than other rooms.

The furnishings were clearly in a childish style. Children's books and toys were piled randomly on the floor and bed, and there were many graffiti drawn on the white walls with crayons. Some of them Xu Ming could understand, such as flowers, refrigerators, and cartoon characters, but some were very ambiguous.

For example, there was a black box with a smiling little girl inside. Thinking optimistically, Xu Ming thought that this painting might be a TV; but once she turned to a less optimistic direction, she thought that it might be a coffin...

Xu Ming thought silently, and continued to search along the wall, her eyes occasionally scanning the wall surface - but when she reached the innermost side of the wall, her footsteps suddenly stopped.

Her eyes were fixed on the wall in front of her, and she frowned slightly in confusion. After a moment, she seemed to realize something and slightly widened her eyes in disbelief.

- I saw that there was a house painted on that wall.

It was also drawn with crayons, a two-story small house with a spacious yard outside. There was an open iron gate in front of the yard. Through the iron gate, you could see the glass house next to the main house, and there were vegetables planted in the glass house -

exactly the same.

It was exactly the same as the small house she lived in now.

Xu Ming couldn't help but pursed her lips, and she could hear her own growing heartbeat.

She didn't think she was overthinking it, after all, the style of the house was too similar. Especially the furnishings in the yard - when she was a child, there was a period of time when she was particularly reluctant to go out to play, so her aunt made a lot of simple facilities in the yard to entertain her. What about rattan chairs, swings, wooden horses, and those iron hoops that can roll...

Only after the aunt finished making them did she realize that she didn't really like playing with them. And as she grew older, Xu Ming gradually overcame her social problems and had classmates to hang out with, so these things didn't stay in the yard for long before they were taken down again.

But they are in this painting. Every facility is painted in the yard, and although they are ugly and difficult to recognize, they can still be matched one by one...

As if he noticed something, Xu Ming's face changed slightly again, and he quickly turned around and looked at the graffiti he had seen before one by one -

as expected. Many of them can be matched.

I hadn't thought much about the scribbled refrigerator before, but after a closer look, I realized that it was indeed the same as the one in my aunt's house. Even the logo and the "Nutrition Pyramid" refrigerator sticker on the refrigerator were restored. The cartoon characters were exactly what Xu Ming liked when he was a child, and he bought a lot of related stickers at that time. The flowers were also painted, and the color and shape looked like lilies, and the fresh cut flowers that my aunt bought most often were lilies...

Unconsciously, I walked to the center of the wall. Xu Ming looked at the graffiti in front of him and suddenly felt a chill on his back.

In the middle of the wall, there were three little people holding hands. The one on the far right was the tallest and looked like an adult woman; the one on the far left was slightly shorter, carrying a schoolbag, wearing a school uniform skirt, and had short hair; the one in the middle looked the smallest, with double ponytails and a white veil. She was

dressed just like the little girl in this room.

And if it corresponds to that little girl... then who are the two people next to her?

And, back to the question - why is this child's name "Xu Ling"?

Xu Ming closed his eyes tightly, and felt that bad premonition came up again, like a heavy flock of crows hovering over his head, lingering and noisy.

No matter what, at least one thing is certain.

This child would find her, and it is very likely not by casting a wide net. Maybe she was serious and very devoted, wanting to be on the same household registration book with her and her aunt.

... Thinking of this, it made his scalp tingle even more.

Knowing that at this time, it was more important to find clues first rather than guessing blindly, Xu Ming did not dare to delay on this issue any longer. He tried his best to pull his thoughts out of the matter, turned around and searched again. Not long after, he found something in the pile of books on the ground.

That thing was mixed in with the children's books, but it looked like a notebook. When he opened it, the first few pages were full of doodles made with crayons, and the back had some traces that looked like calligraphy practice. He flipped through more than a dozen pages, and the handwriting gradually became regular and connected into sentences. The pen used also gradually changed from crayons to colored pencils that were more convenient for writing - it looked more like a diary. I

just don’t know if it’s because the writer is not knowledgeable enough, most of what he wrote is very brief, just one or two sentences, and there is no time mark in the record. Some of the words are even unclear and confusing:

[Uncle Hu doesn’t want to be my father. It doesn’t matter. I don’t really want a father either.]

[I want a mother. But she didn’t come. I have to find one myself. And I have to find a sister.]

[I found a brother. Not very good. I want to change.]

[Sister Tian doesn’t like me, I’m very sad. I like her very much. I think she is very suitable to be my mother.]

[But she can’t be my mother. I don’t want her to control me anymore.]

[Let Sister Tian become a brother too. I kept her, and my brother is more perfect, that’s great.]

[The garbage on the second floor can’t go out. I’m so angry. It can’t help me digest anymore. Fortunately, Uncle Hu on the fourth floor is still there. He eats very slowly, but it doesn't matter. He is an old man and I should be considerate of him. 】

【The old man on the first floor is still useful and he can find food by himself. But he is so ugly. I hate him. 】

【Tried to go downstairs and came back. The sensor light is annoying and I can't get through. Uncle Hu can't help me more. He is so useless. 】

【Damn old man! Useless garbage! He blocked the fourth floor and I can't get up! He is like this, he might as well disappear! 】

【I really like Panpan, she is so suitable to be my sister. She would be perfect if she just cut off a little bit of her feet. But I don't want her mother, she is so stupid. Why does she have to stay with such a worthless mother? It's so annoying. 】

【Found my sister. But it doesn’t seem to be. I think this one won’t do. It’s better to eat it. 】

【The new friend can be the elder sister, and can tell interesting stories. The body is also similar. But the face is not suitable. It would be better if the face was more similar. 】

【Maybe I can find the elder sister I lost before and give her face to the current elder sister. That would be perfect. 】

【Tsk. 】

【Can you stop laughing. You don’t look like her when you laugh. 】

Xu Ming read the last line in one breath: “…”

……?