Chapter 10 Tea Room Night
I hurried back to the county town as my grandfather told me.
It was bumpy again, and when I rushed to the tea room with sweat, it was already dark.
As expected, there were still no guests in the tea room. The boss sat there alone, looking at a newspaper boredly, rubbing the jade artifact in his hand.
When he saw me coming back, he had no expression, but his eyes were obviously not good. I greeted him, wiped his sweat, and immediately picked up a rag to wipe the table and set up a chair, for fear that he would cause trouble for me again.
But when he saw me working, he stood up and walked slowly to the side. He looked at me as if he didn't know me for a long time, and suddenly said, "Is this table dirty?"
I was stunned and said casually: "Not dirty..."
He glared: "It's not dirty, why are you doing wiping it? Boil water!"
I was so amused and crying, but I said with a bitter face: "Boss, it's about to close, why are you boiling water?"
"Take it to me after the burning, I want tea!"
I agreed, but my stomach started to snort. The boss glanced at me and said with a reluctant smile: "I'm anxious when I came back, afraid of delaying the matter in the store, so I haven't eaten yet..."
"Didn't eat?" he frowned and said, "You're late and you're out of food. Have some water..."
After saying that, he raised his head and left with his hands behind his back. He looked slightly hunched, and he looked like a miser.
Bah, I made a face at him from behind. This kind of virtue deserves no guests to come to him.
I was too lazy to bother with him, so I ran to boil a pot of water, waited by the side and then took it to him after it boiled, and then took it to him. But he had already locked the back door, so I didn't understand. How could I deliver water to you if I locked the back door? Well, I guess I was deliberately trying to tossing me again. He didn't drink it, I would drink it.
I found a cup, filled it with water, and grabbed two pieces of leftover snacks from customers in the kitchen, which was considered to have fooled my stomach. At this time, the sky was completely dark.
Looking at the time, it was almost eight o'clock, I got up and dropped the door panel of the tea room, closed the window, and prepared to close the work.
But when I closed the last window, I hesitated. What if I locked myself in this way, what if I couldn’t get the thing out of my way and ran away?
After thinking about it, I still didn't close the window, but quietly left a gap. In this way, I could escape through here at any time, which was a way out for myself.
Then, I moved the chair, stepped on it, took out a "Zhen" formula, dripped it, and stuck it on the beam of the house. After pressing it a few more times, I jumped down and looked around. In the dim tea room, I was the only one standing under the beam of the house. The air was so quiet that I could almost hear my breathing.
There was also the weird wall clock, ticking.
I felt a little scared in my heart.
But that wasn't over. I took out the box that my grandfather gave me from my arms, opened it, and took out a fragrant smell of chopsticks, the thickness, length and length. Grandpa said that this is called the soul-sucking fragrance, which can not only attract souls, but also attract ghosts.
I subconsciously swallowed and looked around. The black shadow yesterday shouldn't be staring at me in the dark, right? I thought to myself, and suddenly I felt a little regretful. After looking at the words posted on the beam of the house and the soul-sucking fragrance in my hand, I suddenly felt that it seemed a bit unreliable. Can this thing work?
I couldn't help but feel a little scared, but I understood that this is the first lesson in my life. No matter how scared I am, I have to persevere. This is the fate of the Han family.
After a moment of random thoughts, I sat at the table and waited for the time. Grandpa said that the fragrance must be lit before and after midnight, so that the effect will be the best.
But I only survived until after ten o'clock and could no longer hold on. Somehow, a wave of fatigue came and my eyelids kept fighting. If I didn't light the fragrance, I would probably fall asleep.
After hesitating, I still lit the soul-sucking incense, but only one was lit. Grandpa said that one of the incense was to attract ghosts. If three were lit, it would be worshipped. In order to avoid causing trouble, I would just lit one.
I stood the soul-sucking fragrance on the table and placed it under the clock. The strange fragrance penetrated my nose, but I immediately became energetic. The tiredness I had just disappeared, so I pretended to read the newspaper for a moment, then lay on the table and pretended to sleep. But secretly observing the movements in the room, my heart was beating, nervous and excited.
I don't know, what will happen later?
In fact, after my grandfather asked me to do these things, he turned off the light so that the thing would not come out. But I saw that I was already getting cold all over now, so how could I turn off the lights?
Just like that. If it doesn't come out, it means that this matter has nothing to do with me. After these two days and returning to school, it has nothing to do with me. I glanced at the clock and thought to myself.
About a quarter of an hour later, the incense head had burned out for a while, but nothing unusual in the room. I was puzzled secretly, and suddenly a roar came from the door, almost scaring me half to death.
"Don't turn off the lights in the middle of the night, you're so desperate. I'm telling me why the electricity bill is dozens of dollars this month!"
I was shocked, but it turned out that the boss was shouting in the back room, and my heart was pounding. This scream was even more scary than seeing an evil ghost. I had no choice but to respond and turn off the light quickly.
It's over, the room is pitch black this time. I hurried in the corner, looking around nervously, and suddenly I felt why I was so timid. I secretly scolded myself: I have no prospects, and I still have to carry forward the inheritance of the family. Now I haven't even seen a ghost, what are you afraid of?
Just as I was silently encouraging myself, a gentle sound suddenly came from somewhere, as if something had fallen over. Then, a cool breeze passed by...
At the same time, the wall clock on the wall suddenly made a strange hiss, and then stopped swinging...
I suddenly became energetic and looked up quickly. I saw a black shadow waving up to the beam in the darkness, and then disappeared.
My heart was beating wildly, and I felt like a rabbit running into my arms at this moment. No, it should be a kangaroo running into it, pounding and jumping around forever.
I stared nervously at the beam of the house. In the darkness, I could vaguely see a figure lying on the beam of the house, which looked a bit like a cat, but its size was much bigger than an ordinary cat.
Where did this strange shadow come from? I didn't see clearly. I looked at the wall clock again and it did stop swinging. At this time, it happened to be midnight, at about 11 o'clock.
Mostly, it’s the alarm of this wall clock? I sat at the table, suppressing the urge to jump up, waiting for a miracle to happen.
However, time passed little by little, and I peered at the beam of the room, but the expected miracle did not happen. The black shadow was clearly lying on the beam of the room, right next to the word "town", but the note I posted had no reaction at all, as if it was just an irrelevant piece of waste paper.
I couldn't help but be stunned, my little heart was beating slowly falling down. My dear, I locked the door, but it turned out like this?
Suddenly, the black shadow turned his head, as if he had discovered something, and he began to scan the room. Suddenly, it stood up again, stared in my direction, and slowly moved forward, as if it was about to pounce down.
I was panicked and subconsciously took two steps back, staring at the black shadow, and it stood up. I could see clearly that the note with the word "Zhen" written on it was ten centimeters in front of it. It turned out that the note was not useless, but that it had not touched it yet.
Go forward, go forward...
I muttered secretly, my heart almost reached my throat, my body kept retreating, thinking that it was only a little bit short, as long as it took a step forward, it would be successful...
Suddenly, I seemed to hit something, and my waist hurt a little. When I looked back, I found that I had retreated to the counter and was hit by a corner of the counter. But when I looked up accidentally, I was shocked. A figure stood inside the counter!
But when I looked closely, I denied my opinion and couldn't help but feel shocked.
No, this is definitely not a human, because it is impossible for a human to look like this...
Chapter completed!