Chapter 7 Exquisite Lacquerware
Ruan Zhan woke up from a nightmare and was covered in cold sweat.
He has never had nightmares since he was five years old and was sent to his adoptive father by a ghost.
In the dream, Xiao Xia was entangled by a snake, and the tighter it became. Finally, her bones and tendons were broken, and she was covered in blood. He had always wanted to save her, but he could not get through the river, and could only watch her fall into the state of death!
Watching her die in front of her, the pain made his angina smolder and covered in dust.
Something must have happened to her! Ruan Zhan believes in her premonition.
He is the so-called "spiritual power". The deeper he thinks about the person in his heart, the stronger his telepathy with the other person. So he understands very well what she is entangled with and must see what happened to her again!
He ran to Wanli in the middle of the night and "give me Xiaoxia's cell phone number."
"What happened?" Wanli asked worriedly. He knew that if Ruan Zhan came to him in the middle of the night, there would be something wrong.
"I'm going to visit City A, I feel something will happen to her."
"I'll go with you!"
"No, you are not like me who is free. You still have a job. If I can't handle it, you can't go." Ruan Zhan patted his backpack, "I'm ready and booked an early morning flight. I'll arrive at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
"She won't have anything to do now?" Wanli believed Ruan Zhan's premonition very much and was eager to know the current situation.
Ruan Zhan paused for a moment, as if he was feeling carefully in his heart. In fact, he was not sure, because it was involved in Xiao Xia, and his heart was completely confused. "It should be nothing, but there must be danger."
"Okay, then you go first. I believe you can bring her back safely." Wanli is not a mother-in-law and no longer talks when she hears the situation. "I happen to be an insider here. If you have anything to investigate, try to bother me."
"That's what I mean." He looked at the watch on his wrist, "After you go to work, you will find out where she works. If I can't find her for a while, at least I have to have a goal."
"Okay, leave it to me." Wanli agreed.
After saying goodbye to Wanli, Ruan Zhan went straight to the airport. Although it was the earliest flight I could book and arrived in City A on time, Ruan Zhan was still anxious because he had called Xiaoxia's cell phone before, but he could not connect.
He had no choice but to call Wanli, find out where she worked, and then pretended to be her boyfriend and went there to find her directly. However, when he arrived at her workplace, he learned that she had asked for leave from the company because there was a murder in the place where she lived, and the person was currently providing clues in the police station.
As soon as he heard of the murder, he understood why he was uneasy. The uneasiness did not ease a little because he heard that she was in the police station, so he went to find her without hesitation. When he was more than ten meters away from the police station gate, he happened to see her walking out.
However, there was a man beside her, a man who was not tall, but delicate and smart. The man held her shoulders with one hand and held her arm with the other, looking inquisitive about his well-being. Strangely, Xiaoxia did not refuse and leaned half on the man.
"Xiao Xia!" He walked over and shouted subconsciously, feeling uncomfortable because she was so close to other men. He didn't know if this was jealous or not, it felt that he was not familiar with it. He only knew that he wanted to bring her out of the man's arms.
Xiao Xia was shocked when she heard someone calling her. When she raised her eyes, she saw Ruan Zhan standing in front of her. She thought it was a dream. Because the sudden accident caused her to have no time to control her emotions, tears suddenly surged into her eyes.
"Ruan Zhan!" She called him happily and took a step towards him, but the heartache from the soles of her feet made her fall forward with a 'oop' and was hugged by Ruan Zhan.
In his arms, she sighed comfortably, and the panic that had never stopped suddenly disappeared.
"Be careful!" He hugged her, reluctant to let go, "What's going on this time?"
This question made Xiaoxia wake up from her dreamy encounter.
Yes, something happened to me again! But she didn't want Ruan Zhan to get involved in her trouble again. This kind of trouble was so she quickly stood up straight, but the pain in her feet made her unable to stand firm at all.
"Stop being stubborn." He went over and held her waist tightly, let her lean on him, and squeezed the strange man aside without any trace.
"Tell me what's going on with your feet?" he asked.
It was obvious that her feet were injured, and even if they didn't look at her expression, they could judge from her appearance. Her two feet were wearing men's shoes, and one of them did not touch the ground, and they were hanging all the time, screaming in pain as soon as they touched the ground.
But is this shoe owned by that man? What is his relationship with Xiaoxia?
"There is still a face." He asked one after another without waiting for her to answer.
At such a close distance, he could see clearly that there was a scratch on her left face, which was red and slapped on her fair face from her temple to her chin. This made him feel distressed and he unconsciously stroked it, not considering the intimacy of this action.
Xiaoxia was sweet and panicked by his closeness, and blushed in discomfort, "Nothing, last night - the murder occurred in the place where I lived." She whispered, as if it was her fault, "But the police have solved it, so don't worry."
"I'm asking about your injury."
"Oh, that's when Miss Xiaoxia came out of the room and stepped on the broken glass." Kenji Kawamura spoke, "The face was accidentally scratched."
"This is my neighbor, Mr. Xian Er of Gangcun." Xiao Xia explained when Ruan Zhan looked puzzled, "He has helped me a lot."
"No, I can't say that." Kenji Kaangmura hurriedly said, "We are fighting each other against the enemy, and Miss Xiaoxia is the bravest girl I have ever met."
Ruan Zhan knew that Xiaoxia was going to be brave again, otherwise she should be able to protect herself based on the talisman she gave her.
"Let's find a place to stay first, it's best to put your feet on." Ruan Zhan frowned, stopped a taxi, helped Xiaoxia sit in, and did not let the Japanese get closer.
Kenji Gangmura watched clearly from the side without arguing.
After everything was arranged, Xiao Xia told Ruan Zhan alone about the whole incident and the situation in the morning.
In the early morning, the police visited the Lover's Hotel for the third time, but this time the owner Lanshan died.
He was cut in half, his upper body was embedded in the small window, and the remaining limbs in the window were left, keeping him from falling, but hanging there. He was strangely straight, like he was inserted into a wall, his arms drooped, shaking by the north wind in winter, like waving to the people below.
His face was blue and gray, a color that no one could describe. His eyes were closed but he did not die with his eyes open. His lower limbs fell on the floor of the attic, and there were internal organs falling out of his abdominal cavity.
Before the police blocked the scene, everyone passing by saw this scene, and none of them were not greatly frightened, including the three people who "survived" from the building.
In fact, their terror was even more profound, because as soon as they left the gate of Xian Er of Gang Village, they saw blood from the ground seeping from the attic, and ticking downwards. When Sister Wang saw this, she cried and screamed on the spot.
Xiaoxia never realized that although her clothes were neatly worn, she did not wear shoes in panic. As a result, she stepped on the broken wine bottle that Lan San fell to the ground, which was injured.
After the police arrived, she was busy inspecting the scene, so she went to the hospital to deal with the wounds with a police officer. When she was questioned by witnesses at the police station, she met Kenji Kaangmura, who was also a witness. The men's shoes under her feet were provided by the police because she was barefoot at all and could not put on her shoes after bandaging.
The police definitely didn't believe their words. At most, they understood that someone pretended to be a ghost and committed such a terrible murder. Of course, she understood that this Japanese seemed to be understandable. Only Sister Wang kept talking and tried her best to confirm her statement.
But she was indeed very curious and angry about this case, because this murder method was not only cruel, but also perverted! Such a murderer cannot be easily let go of him, no matter whether he is a human or a ghost!
However, she had decided not to mess up Ruan Zhan anymore, so she only told him about the general process of the matter, and did not tell him the real thoughts. She wanted to wait for her feet to be better, so she wanted to ask Sister Wang again to see if the first two incidents were in common with this one, and then combined them with her own experience to provide them to the police, hoping that an expert could repay the deceased as soon as possible!
Ruan Zhan listened quietly without expressing any opinions, but asked very carefully when talking about the Japanese, including his entire behavior, language, and behavior.
"He has helped me at least, but I don't like him." Xiao Xia said, and he was slow to notice that Ruan Zhan was relieved. "I heard that most Japanese men are polite and shy on the surface, but he is too shy. When looking at people, he always glances at them, as if he is calculating something."
"Just stay away from him." Ruan Zhan said lightly.
In fact, he was a little suspicious of Kenji Gangmura, not only his expression and breath, but mainly his feelings. When they returned to the hotel, he knew that Xiaoxia was very afraid. Although there were policemen walking around the house, she still stuffed things around when she packed things, hoping to leave quickly, and she was shaking at everything, as if she was afraid of taking away something unclean.
When he pretended to observe the surrounding environment and peeked at the Japanese, he found that although he had no obvious reaction, his movements in his hands accelerated, as if he felt someone observing him around him. Of course, the person was not a policeman.
He knew that his strength to hide his breath was impossible for ordinary people without spiritual power or Taoism. And the Japanese obviously discovered him but pretended not to know it, which was strange.
The most important thing is that although Gangcun Xian Er accelerated his movements, Ruan Zhan still saw him carefully putting it into a red painted wooden box in the suitcase.
The lacquer box is quite exquisite and beautiful, carved with complex flowers, and is a perfect craft. However, this craft is locked tightly by an equally exquisite lock, which looks particularly mysterious.
Moreover, although the exquisite lacquerware flashed by, Ruan Zhan still found some words hidden behind the flower, like mantras. He didn't understand Japanese, couldn't be sure, but he just felt that way.
The police's inspection cannot explain the problem. If he has Taoism, he can easily get away with it with a slutty method. But what is the lacquerware used for? What is it inside? Who is this Japanese? Why did he appear here?
Why did the ghost attack the hotel? Why was there no ghost energy in the hotel?
These puzzled questions lingered in Ruan Zhan’s heart.
At the same time, in this hotel where they temporarily moved into, Gangcun Xian Erzheng was playing with the red paint box with great care.
"I will fulfill your wish! Don't be anxious, don't be anxious! But you must fulfill my wish too." He chanted lightly like singing.
Chapter completed!