Through the Mirror
Xia Yi looked around. The warehouse was warm and not small. It was filled with food such as rice, flour, grain and oil. Various carpets and beddings were also piled in a corner of the warehouse. Xia Yi walked inside. The further he went inside, the darker the light became and the more miscellaneous items were placed there.
Xia Yi took a look and saw some tables, chairs, benches, and some short and plain clothes hanging on the hangers.
In the innermost part seemed to be toys that Xia Lijuan had discarded before, watercolor pens, dolls, a small wooden horse and old newspapers.
The dust on the innermost bench had been swept clean. Anjie must have sat there yesterday. Xia Yi sat down and immediately saw small words scribbled in black marker on the shelf: I didn't do it! I didn't steal the mirror. I helped her chase a thief who stole that mirror before. I don't know if she framed the thief or if he actually stole it. It was probably a false accusation. When I thought about it carefully, I realized that every thief who stole the mirror had been her best friend. She gave us the most gifts, and we did our best to speak well of her. Oh, and we also went to the Mirror House. Anyone who has been there knows that I always take some jewelry back. That counts as stealing, I admit it. But the funny thing is, when they collected the stolen goods, they actually collected this as well.
That bitch Xia Lijuan actually said that the necklace was hers too!
What the hell is this? Recycling? Giving things away, and then finding a trumped-up crime to collect your own property? What the hell is this? Free benefits and praise?! Now when I think about all the praise my sisters used to say about Xia Lijuan, I feel like vomiting.
I think calling her a bitch is a compliment to her!
Xia Yi tilted her head in disbelief. Things were even more outrageous than she had expected, but what Anjie said seemed to be exactly right.
Xia Yi shook his head and turned back to rummage through the pile of toys. He found a photo album at the bottom. In the album, Xia Lijuan was still wearing the cheapest princess dress, but she was smiling happily. As time went by, the clothes in the whole picture became more gorgeous, and the hook-nosed butler and the male butler gradually appeared in the album. The smile on her face became more and more formal.
The last few photo albums featured foreign scenery, and at that time Xia Lijuan's living conditions were already very good.
Xia Yi frowned, seeing the words on the back through the marks on the album paper. She pulled out the photos and found only a few node diagrams with words on the back, not much. "I found that I have to refer to Jing Fang's dress and appearance in order to sign our family's contract. I have to match Jing Fang's schedule with ours in order to get better and bigger contracts." "Money is such a good thing. It's great to have money. It makes me feel like I'm not myself anymore when others praise me." "How can Jing Fang have such a huge fortune without doing anything?"
Xia Lijuan knew everything, but she did everything in order to make more money.
The impact of family on children is really terrible.
Xia Yi paused and looked through the photos of Xia Lijuan abroad again. At that time, Xia Lijuan was dressed very richly.
That's not right. The anchor point can't be the mirror house. It must be something movable.
In order to become richer, they also need an anchor when they are abroad to continue competing for the Jing family's wealth.
There are still a few unclear points about the sacrifices, and I don’t know where they are divided.
Xia Yi casually piled the photo albums back into the box and continued to rummage through the things. He casually glanced at the newspapers. The top newspaper was a foreign newspaper, which said that due to typhoons and rainstorms abroad, the price of grain had increased significantly. The top of the second stack of newspapers was still a report on the sharp increase in grain prices. The third stack was also a report on the sharp increase in grain and oil prices. Several reports were from different years, but each newspaper revealed that people who grew grain this year would make a fortune.
Xia Yi opened several bundles of yellowed old newspapers and sorted them out. He found that every newspaper contained reports about making a fortune by growing crops.
Xia Yi read several copies in succession and slowly moved his gaze to the place where the grain was piled in the warehouse.
Could this be a clue about the sacrifice?
Xia Yi stood up and trotted to the warehouse door. After listening for a while and hearing no sound outside, he turned around and picked up the bag of flour.
The entire pile of grain was as high as half of Xia Yi's height.
Xia Yi was sweating as she moved to the end. She muttered as she felt around the corner, "If there's no clue, all my efforts today will be wasted."
Xia Yi finally dug out a small brick from the corner of the wall and took out a small envelope covered with gold foil.
"Want to know the secret to getting rich? The Mirror Spirit will tell you. The fourth and most important step in creating a Mirror Spirit is to connect your anchor point to the wealthy family you've chosen. Soak the talisman paper for the connection with a large amount of gold powder and write money symbols on it. Most importantly, sprinkle the Mirror Spirit seeds in the home of the wealthy family you've chosen."
"Remember to feed the mirror spirit with fresh blood. That way, even if there is a backlash, it will be the wealthy families who will suffer first."
"Every time a mirror elf appears, it will indicate the number of people who appear with it in the mirror. The time of appearance of the mirror elf is fixed. If the mirror elf is not full, it will die. Once a mirror elf dies, the mirror elves will form a group to seek revenge."
Xia Yi sat on the ground. She knew the reason for Jing Fang's death.
Jingfang was the only one of the three mirror elves who did not eat anything that night. After she returned, she was starved to death by the backlash, which is why she appeared in that bizarre suicidal posture.
Wait, didn’t two of the two mirror elves that chased them last night also not get any food?
Xia Yi shook his head, perhaps there was a time lag in death.
No, according to the mirror elves, they will form groups to seek revenge after their death. Wouldn’t the mirror elves appear again tonight?
Xia Yi couldn't help but find it funny.
At noon, the hook-nosed housekeeper came to deliver lunch. She glanced at the messy warehouse and put the food down in a bad mood: "Look at you, you are so naughty at such a young age, and you even come to the warehouse to vent your anger. The goods in the warehouse were stacked by us with great effort. When you are taken away by the police, we will have to reorganize them." The hook-nosed housekeeper curled her lips in gloom.
Xia Yi didn't say anything. After finishing his meal, he turned on his cell phone and sent a text message to Gao Yang and the others: Come and pick me up in the evening. The mirror elf will appear again tonight, so stay away from the mirror house.
Gao Yang replied immediately: "But today we've been assigned to the Mirror House for duty. I'll tell Lao Xiong and the others that we'll sneak away at night. By the way, you came into this dungeon alone, right? You don't know anyone at the Xia family, right?"
"That counts as one, right? Did you go to see the body today?"
"That's right. I saw a familiar kid. He was supposed to be in the same dungeon with us, and we thought we could take him with us, but he ended up in our hands." Gao Yang didn't hide anything. "If we know him, we should run away if we encounter the Mirror Elf. Damn, this dungeon isn't scary at all, why is it so frustrating?! I want to kill him but I can't! I better find the clues and pass the level quickly. If I stay here for five days, I might die of frustration."
"Of course, we can't compare to you. No one has ever been more frustrated than you. You don't know how shocked I was when the housekeeper rushed into our room this morning. Before I could even react, I heard you were taken away (smile)." Gao Yang typed quickly, flicking past the sad part before sending a quick, teasing message. "When the shift changes tonight, we'll be the first to pick you up. Of course, if things don't progress, we'll mercilessly lock you up again."
"Okay." Xia Yi replied.
In the afternoon, Xia Yi looked for clues again, but found nothing substantial. The sky gradually became gloomy. In the evening, the hook-nosed butler brought her dinner again. Xia Yi turned on the lights and finished dinner. It started to drizzle outside.
It was not until around eleven o'clock in the evening that there was a knock on Xia Yi's door.
"Xia Yi, wait a minute. I'll knock the lock off the door." Old Bear finished speaking, and then there was a deafening knock. "We think the mirror elves are going to come out early tonight, but it's just a hunch. I've inquired, and Master Xia is going to take Madam Xia and Xia Lijuan out again. I think these three people are really shameless. I've been through so many dungeons, and I've never seen people like them."
"In their eyes, the law is something that can be easily fooled." Luo Dian couldn't help but complain.
"Hey, why don't you just say, do they even care about the law?" Gao Yang interrupted. "Let's go to the main hall and hide on the fourth floor. I've been trying to get the police to tell me, and they said that only the fourth and fifth floors of the entire main hall were intact by the mirror elves. The other floors show signs of damage."
Before Xia Yi could reply, a scream suddenly rang out.
The voice actually came from the main hall.
When Xia Yi looked up.
"Ahhhh, what is this? Miss, Miss, are you okay?" The maid's cry seemed to be the beginning, and the endless screams sounded again like last night.
One maid couldn't stand it anymore and ran out of the Xia family, screaming in despair: "What a horrible place! I won't work here anymore. If I had known, I should have quit like everyone else yesterday!"
"It has also started in the side hall. This time, Master Xia and the others didn't rush to leave!" Luo Dian showed a happy smile!
"Something happened to Xia Lijuan. Something's wrong. I just saw Master Xia leading his men outside." Gao Yang said, "Besides, didn't the monster come out from the side hall first? How come the first scream came from the third floor? This is not right!"
"That's not right. Let's go up and take a look." Old Bear said as he rushed to the third floor of the main hall.
Before entering the third floor, Xia Yi could smell a strong smell of blood. The sound of footsteps rang out in the corridor on the third floor, and the mirror elf walked outside!
"The monster is out. Let's go to the fourth floor first." Luo Dian's ears moved, and he quickly climbed up to the fourth floor with a few people. In the critical moment, his speech became faster. "No, why is there more than one monster! There is also a four-legged creature following the monster. I can't tell what it is. It looks more like an animal, but are there any animals of this size? Let's go to the fourth floor first, it's safer."
Xia Yi looked outside through the gap in the doorway on the fourth floor. The mirror elf went out and walked down the stairs. There were thick bloodstains dragged on the ground, and the scales were also covered in blood. There was something chewed in the mouth. If Xia Lijuan was inside, she would definitely be in great danger.
If it’s not the monster in the mirror in the side hall, then it must be the anchor point!
The anchor point can definitely connect to the Xia family, and the mirror elf can definitely come out of the anchor point!
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