Xingnian Tea House

Chapter 117 I am here

Qiao Xingnian came to the front of the house and walked in directly. He hasn't come back for several months. The house hasn't changed at all, it's clean and tidy, and it looks like someone has always lived there. As for who it is, he doesn't need to guess.

Qiao Xingnian walked around the room, and finally stopped in front of the refrigerator in the kitchen, which was covered with labels, and each label was written with densely packed small characters.He took a closer look, and found that all the recipes were written on the labels, but although there were many postings, there were only eight dishes in total, but each dish had a different recipe, and they were all recorded.

"Spicy fish, fish with pickled cabbage, spicy hot pot, Maoxuewang..."

Qiao Xing read the names of the dishes above in a young voice, and every dish was his favorite.

Open the refrigerator, it is full of ingredients, and there are two unfinished dishes, one is spicy fish, and the other is pickled fish. Looking at the dried chilies floating in the dishes, and the bright red color, you know that this is the food. How spicy.

After closing the refrigerator, he walked into the kitchen and reached out to open the seasoning cabinet. It was full, and the most conspicuous place was thick and thin chili noodles, as well as dried chili, chopped chili, chili oil, chili sauce...

Lin Nanyue's taste is bland. Even with him, Qiao Xingnian never forced him to eat spicy food. Every time he cooks, he makes two servings, one spicy and one non-spicy.But now these peppers in the cupboard, and the recipe on the refrigerator...

"This idiot, really..." Qiao Xingnian's eyes were a little sore.

In the police station, Lin Nanyue was sorting out the case files of the Gao Minqiang case. On the day when the ghosts attacked the city, Sun Xinxin was in the interrogation room. It's about to become a meal for ghosts.

……

On the day when the ghosts attacked the city, the lights in the interrogation room suddenly went out, and Sun Xinxin, who was in a state of madness, froze for a moment.

Then he shouted loudly: "What are you doing, what kind of tricks are you playing? Let me tell you, no matter what you do, if you want me to confess, there is no way!"

"Woooo..." A faint cry sounded, and it looked extraordinarily gloomy in the dark and quiet interrogation room.

Sun Xinxin leaned back a little scared, and said, "Who? Don't play tricks, come out quickly!"

"I died so miserable, woohoo, I died so miserable..."

A familiar voice rang in his ears, Sun Xinxin's eyes widened unconsciously, swallowed nervously, and whispered: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! It must be a conspiracy, it must be a play you performed to make me confess , I won't be fooled!"

"Jie Jie, a conspiracy? Sun Xinxin, see if I'm a conspiracy."

A pale green light lit up, and a pale face appeared in front of Sun Xinxin's eyes. Scarlet eyes stared straight at her. It was Gao Minqiang she had just killed.

Sun Xinxin opened her eyes wide in horror and said, "You're not dead?"

"You bastard, I didn't expect that when a person dies, he will become a ghost. I'm here to seek revenge on you. I'm going to eat you raw one bite at a time, otherwise I won't be able to get rid of the bad breath in my heart!"

Gao Minqiang had just died, and it was impossible to turn into a grieving ghost. It was Si Ye who sent someone to help him and brought him to Sun Xinxin's interrogation room.

Sun Xinxin shook her head desperately, and said, "Impossible! Impossible! You must not be dead. Those policemen asked you to act in a play to trick me into confessing, right?"

"Whether it's true or not, you'll find out in a while." Gao Minqiang looked at Sun Xinxin sadly, and said, "I've lived half my life, thinking of various ways to die, but never thinking of being killed by a woman. You Fucking kind, I just got the money, and you killed it before I warmed it up, I won’t torture you to death today, I will take your surname!"

Seeing the ferocious expression on Gao Minqiang's face, Sun Xinxin was terrified and shouted, "Come on, come on! You can't do this, I want to sue you, sue you!"

Gao Minqiang liked to see women's terrified expressions, and said with a smirk, "Jie Jie, scream, scream, it's useless even if you scream, there are all ghosts outside, and those policemen can't protect themselves, who will come to rescue you."

"Come on! Come on!" Seeing Gao Minqiang approaching, Sun Xinxin said in horror, "Don't come here! Go away! Don't come here!"

"Call it, call it, the more you call, the more excited I am, hehe."

Gao Minqiang reached out and pulled out the belt around his waist, flicked it in the air, and then slapped it on Sun Xinxin's body.

"Ah!" The metal buckle of the belt hit her shoulder, and suddenly there was a sharp pain. Sun Xinxin couldn't help screaming, and tears burst out of her eyes instantly.She screamed and said, "No! Don't hit me! Stop!"

Gao Minqiang admired Sun Xinxin's painful expression. To his ears, the piercing screams were like beautiful music, which complemented the sound of the belt slapping someone's body, composing a piece of music that made him feel relaxed and happy.

"Crack!" The metal buckle slammed Sun Xinxin's face fiercely, her beautiful face was torn apart, blood flowed into her mouth, and the smell of blood made her nauseous.She subconsciously wanted to cover her face, but her hands were handcuffed to the chair, so she had to bend down, and at this moment, the belt was drawn again, hitting her temple. With a sound of "buzz", her head seemed to explode, her eyes went dark, and she couldn't recover for a long time.

When she came back to her senses, she finally realized that this was not acting, Gao Minqiang in front of her was real, and wanted to put her to death.

She said weakly: "Forgive me, I was wrong, please, please forgive me..."

"Forgive me? When you killed me, why didn't you think of letting me go?" Gao Minqiang threw his belt aside, looked at Sun Xinxin fiercely, and said, "How did you know that I gave me an injection?" with?"

"Right hand, or left hand?" Gao Minqiang stretched out his pale hand, held Sun Xinxin's right hand, and said, "It should be the right hand."

There was no warmth in the cold hands. Only then did Sun Xinxin believe that Gao Minqiang had really turned into a ghost. She widened her eyes in horror and said weakly, "No, please don't..."

"Such a beautiful hand, it should taste delicious."

As Gao Minqiang said, he squatted down, with a salivating expression in his eyes, as if what was in front of him was not human hands, but delicious food.

Sun Xinxin desperately wanted to break free, but Gao Minqiang's hands were like pliers, biting her wrist tightly, unable to break free at all.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, I was really wrong, forgive me, as long as you forgive me, you can do whatever you want." Tears came one after another, like beads with a broken thread.

Gao Minqiang ignored Sun Xinxin's pleas, opened his mouth to show his yellow teeth, and bit Sun Xinxin's little finger in one bite.

"Ah!" There was a shrill scream, and Sun Xinxin's face was distorted by the severe pain and panic. Now she was full of regret, but it was useless. She could only watch Gao Minqiang swallow her bit by bit.

"Crackling", "creaking", the rubbing sound of bones and teeth clearly entered Sun Xinxin's ears, causing the panic in her heart to reach the extreme. At this moment, she only thought about how to survive. Those so-called star dreams have long been She left it behind, but it was too late.

Starting from the fingers, and then the entire arm, blood flowed all over the floor, and the small interrogation room was filled with a strong smell of blood, and Sun Xinxin was leaning on the chair in a vigorous manner at this moment, without even the strength to groan up.

She really wants to die now, this kind of pain that can only watch her being eaten by others is more frightening than death, but it is a pity that she is still alive, and even fainting is a luxury.

When Gao Minqiang was thinking about what to eat until her thighs were eaten, a strong suction hit him, and he flew up involuntarily, passing through the police station, the resentment in his body was quickly drawn away, and his soul was drawn away The tearing pain swept over, and the excitement just now disappeared. He wailed and watched his body being torn apart, and finally ended his sinful life.

Sun Xinxin finally swallowed his last breath after Gao Minqiang died.

……

Although it didn't take long for the ghosts to attack the city, hundreds of people died. The police station had limited manpower and couldn't handle it.The government department had to ask for help, but unfortunately the communication was blocked, and no reason could be found. They sent someone out to deliver the letter, drove for a day, and then drove back. They couldn't get out of Lake City.The government departments had no choice but to respond, calling on cadres to serve as volunteers, checking the information of the dead, temporarily storing all the corpses in the gymnasium, and cremating them in a centralized manner to avoid plague.

It's not that they don't investigate, it's just that these dead people were killed by ghosts, even if they investigate, they can't find anything.The first problem they have to deal with now is how to keep the general public of Lake City alive without being able to get in touch with the outside world.

Fortunately, it was the time of the autumn harvest, and there was still a lot of stock in the urban grain depot, so it would not be a problem to last for a year or so, but it would be hard to say if it was longer.

In order to appease the masses, the government has spent a lot of effort. It took only one month for the dissatisfaction at the beginning to calm down later, but they all knew that such an effect could be achieved.

On the one hand, it’s because they really can’t get out, and on the other hand, it’s because the city is still functioning normally. Once it reaches the point of lack of food and clothing, I’m afraid social unrest will follow.

Regarding that disaster, the people of Hucheng kept a secret, many rumors were quietly spread among the people, the most widely spread and most convincing was the rumor that "Qiao Xingnian committed suicide due to cyber violence and turned into a ghost to take revenge".

After all, most of the people who died were people who had cursed Qiao Xingnian online.In addition, after the incident, Qiao Xingnian never appeared in front of people, so this rumor was believed to be true by many people.

Due to the inability to communicate with the outside world, the demolition of the Heping Community was also delayed. The residents of the community moved out one after another, because they were afraid that Qiao Xingnian would come back. After all, they had done something to hurt him before.But the people who live in the community now are those who live at the bottom and cannot afford the rent.

Lin Nanyue, who recovered his memory, naturally understood what was going on. In order to let Hucheng pass this time safely, he returned to work in the police station again.

"Dong dong dong", there was a knock on the door, and Lin Nanyue said without raising his head, "Come in."

Sun Jiajia came in from the outside and said, "Captain, after receiving the call, Gaozhuang found a male corpse."

"Notify everyone and call the police immediately."

"Yes, Captain."

Lin Nanyue put the file in his hand into the drawer and locked it, picked up his coat and walked out.

In the southern suburb of Gaozhuang, the police car stopped at the entrance of the village. Lin Nanyue opened the door and got out of the car, glanced at the people around, and walked towards the village.

"Captain, it was Gao Xiujuan who found the deceased. The deceased was her tenant. She hadn't gone out for several days, and there was still a foul smell coming from the room. She opened the window and looked in, and found that the deceased died in the room. .”

Lin Nanyue nodded and walked straight towards the crime scene.The policemen at the police station had cordoned off, and Lin Nanyue bent over and walked over.

This is a courtyard house with three main rooms and two rooms on the east and west sides. These four rooms are for rent, which are the same as the small courtyard that Feng Yu rented before.The room where the accident happened is the second one on the east side, next to the door.

A middle-aged woman stood at the door of the main room with a sad face, and she knew without guessing that it was the landlord Gao Xiujuan.

Lin Nanyue came to the door and looked inside. The layout of the room was very simple, a bed, a wardrobe, and a table.The quilt on the bed was spread out, and half of it fell to the ground; the trash can on the ground was overturned, and the garbage was dumped all over the floor; there was a water glass under the table, which was broken in half.

Lin Nanyue put on gloves and shoe covers, walked in cautiously, came to the dead man, and carefully checked the condition of the dead body.The corpse was already highly decomposed, and the original appearance could not be seen. It could be judged from the clothes on his body that it was a man.He slumped on the chair, staring at the direction of the window, his hands and feet spread out, and there was no obvious trauma on his body.

Tang Ran walked in, Lin Nanyue greeted him, then walked out of the room, outside the courtyard, and walked towards the caller Gao Xiujuan.

"The first body you found?"

Gao Xiujuan nodded and said: "He hasn't gone out for several days, and there was a strange smell in the room, so I knocked on the door to ask him what's the matter, but I knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered. I was worried that something might happen. I opened the window and found that he was dead."

"What's the name of the deceased? Did you provide a copy of your ID card when you rented the house?"

"His name is Huang Hui. A copy of his ID card was given to him at the time. If you want it, I have to look for it."

"Then trouble you."

After a while, Gao Xiujuan walked over with a piece of paper and said, "This is a copy of his ID card."

Looking at the photo on the ID card, Lin Nanyue was slightly taken aback, and then asked, "Is the photo on the ID card his own?"

Hearing his question, Sun Jiajia, who was taking notes, also came over, and when he saw the person in the photo, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

Gao Xiujuan was taken aback by the question, nodded hesitantly, and said, "Yes, that's him. I compared this with him at the time. Is there any problem?"

Lin Nanyue shook his head and said, "When did he rent the house?"

Gao Xiujuan looked at the copy of the ID card in Lin Nanyue's hand, pointed to the date written in pencil on it, and said, "December 12 at the end of last year, it's written on it."

"Has he lived here all this time?"

"No, he seldom came to live in the first half of the year. In July or August, I forgot the exact time. He lives here every day and hardly goes out. Every time I eat, I will put the food on his window sill. Then he took it in and ate it, and put the bowls and chopsticks on the window sill after eating, and I will come and collect them when I have time."

Lin Nanyue turned on the phone, pulled out a photo, handed it to Gao Xiujuan, and said, "Then, can you see if it's this person?"

Gao Xiujuan took the phone and looked at it carefully, and said, "That's right, it's him. Comrade policeman, why do you have his photo? Did he commit any crimes?"

"He is a wanted criminal." Lin Nanyue said truthfully.

"Wanted criminal?" Gao Xiujuan frowned and said, "Then what did he do?"

"Killer, he is the murderer of a serial murder case, haven't you read his arrest warrant?"

"No, I usually watch TV shows, and I never care about the news. Comrade policeman, what he committed has nothing to do with me. Really, it has nothing to do with it. You have to believe me!" Gao Xiujuan explained quickly.

"You don't need to be nervous. We will verify all these situations. We won't wrong good people. You just need to cooperate with us."

"Cooperate, I will definitely cooperate!" Gao Xiujuan sighed after finishing speaking, and whispered: "I don't know if it is because of the Tai Sui, it is really unlucky!"

"When was the last time you saw him?"

"About 5 days ago, I delivered meals to him as usual. He said he couldn't sleep, and asked me to buy him some sleeping pills. I thought that this kind of medicine was not available without a prescription, so I didn't agree. I went to deliver meals that night. , he didn’t eat, and the food was left on the window sill.”

"There were obvious signs of a fight in his room, didn't you hear anything?"

"No. If I hear it, it is impossible for him to die in my house. If there is such a scene, how can I rent this house in the future, alas!"

"You take care of his diet. Don't you find it strange that he hasn't eaten for several days?"

"Just that night, when I was collecting the dishes, I put a note next to it, saying that I don't need to deliver food to him anymore, so I didn't care about it after that."

"Is that note still there?"

Gao Xiujuan shook her head and said, "I just threw it into the trash can, so I shouldn't be here anymore."

"Thank you for your cooperation. If you think of anything, you can contact us at any time."

"it is good."

Sun Jiajia, who had been standing by the side writing the notes, couldn't help but said, "I didn't expect the person we've been looking for for so long to hide here. Captain, how do you think he died?"

Lin Nanyue understood what Sun Jiajia meant, but he didn't answer. Instead, he came to the bed, looked at the dead body opposite, and thought: "This is probably what people often say, "The French Open is not leaked." It killed so many people. , and finally died in the hands of others. "

The deceased was Huang Qinglan, whom they had been looking for for a long time. They didn't expect it to be right under their noses, and they didn't know how they escaped their search. It probably had something to do with Si Ye. Now that the person is dead, the truth is likely to be buried. .

A busy day passed quickly, and when Lin Nanyue returned to Heping Community, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

He locked the car and went straight upstairs. It has been four months since Qiao Xingnian left, and he has been living here for the past four months.Although the busy work every day can temporarily make him forget Qiao Xingnian, but once he stops, Qiao Xingnian's shadow will appear in his mind, and he can't get rid of it no matter what, making him taste the pain of lovesickness.

In the past four months, whenever he was free, he would stay at home and learn how to cook. He even went to Qiao Xingnian's favorite restaurant and spent a lot of money to steal his lessons.Day after day, he has changed from being a novice in the kitchen to being able to cook all kinds of dishes, especially Sichuan cuisine.

When he came to the door, Lin Nanyue was stunned for a while as usual, and then took out the key to open the door. Every time at this time, he always expected Qiao Xingnian to be in the house, waiting for him to come home like before.

"I'm back, are you busy today, why is it so late?"

The door was opened, and the person who was thinking day and night sat on the sofa and greeted him with a smile.

Lin Nanyue was slightly taken aback, with a wry smile on his lips, he closed the door casually, took off his coat, and hung it on the hanger.

"Well, there was a murder case in Gaozhuang today, so I came back a little late."

Every day when Lin Nanyue came home, he would see such a scene, but every time he reached out to touch it, Qiao Xingnian would disappear. He knew it was just his illusion.

So he would chat with the person in his fantasy every time, but he didn't dare to touch it.He knew it was self-deception, but if he didn't, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on.

Qiao Xingnian asked casually, "Another murder happened? Who is the deceased and how did he die?"

"The deceased is Huang Qinglan. The cause of death has to wait for the autopsy report."

Qiao Xingnian looked at the calm Lin Nanyue, his reaction was too abnormal, he frowned slightly, and said, "Have you had dinner yet?"

Lin Nanyue changed his shoes and said, "Not yet. Are you hungry? If you want to eat, I'll do it right away."

"Ayue?" Qiao Xingnian looked at Lin Nanyue strangely. It was different from what he expected. Lin Nanyue's calmness made him doubt himself.

"Then let's eat spicy hot pot. I'm a bit busy today, and I don't have time to go to the supermarket. The ingredients in the refrigerator are limited. It's just right to make this."

Before Qiao Xingnian could speak, Lin Nanyue went straight to the kitchen.

Looking at his back, Qiao Xingnian felt a little uncomfortable, and began to wonder if she was really that important to Lin Nanyue.

Hearing the voices from the kitchen, Qiao Xingnian finally couldn't hold back and walked over, stood at the door and looked at the busy Lin Nanyue, and said, "Ayue, have you fallen in love with someone else?"

Lin Nanyue's movements paused. In the past, he dominated the chats. Qiao Xingnian in his fantasy always responded gently. He had never asked such sharp questions like today, which made him feel like the person in front of him was Qiao Xingnian's illusion.

Lin Nanyue turned around and looked at Qiao Xingnian. Although the person in front of him was just an illusion, he still wanted to answer seriously, "No, you are the only one I love from beginning to end."

"Then why aren't you excited at all when I come back?" Qiao Xingnian's question was unconsciously tinged with grievance.

Lin Nanyue couldn't help being startled when he heard the words. Looking at Qiao Xingnian in front of him, his heartbeat quickened unconsciously, and he said, "Are you back?"

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian frowned even tighter, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm back."

Lin Nanyue stepped forward and reached out to touch Qiao Xingnian's face, but stopped when he was about to touch it.He smiled wryly and said: "Four months, more than 100 days and nights, I will see you almost every day when I go home, but every time I touch you, you will disappear..."

Hearing this, Qiao Xingnian finally understood what was going on with Lin Nanyue's abnormality, and couldn't help feeling distressed.He reached out to hold Lin Nanyue's hand, put it on his face, and said, "Touch it, I'm real, real. Ayue, I'm back."

The real touch and the familiar temperature made Lin Nanyue's eyes turn red, tears welled up in his eyes, and he whispered softly, "You... are you back?"

"I'm back, I'm back."

Without further words, Qiao Xingnian hugged Lin Nanyue tightly, letting him feel his existence clearly.

The warm body, the familiar smell, and the familiarity engraved in the soul are all telling Lin Nanyue that the person he loves so much is back, really back, and is by his side.

"You're back! You're finally willing to come back! I thought you didn't want me anymore..." Lin Nanyue hugged Qiao Xingnian tightly and said with a sob.

Qiao Xingnian caressed his back caressingly, and his eyes couldn't help but feel a little sore, and explained: "Something happened in Hades, and I have to deal with it before I can come back, otherwise I'm afraid I'll drag you down."

"You...don't blame me?"

"It's strange, how could it not be strange. How smart you are usually, why was it calculated by Chu Yi and made you so embarrassed."

"I'm just... I'm just trapped by love and lost my judgment. I don't want any power, I just want to be by your side, even if I just look at you silently. But I didn't expect that Chu Yi would take advantage of the loophole and coax me to eat Unfeeling Pill, use your demons to control me."

Lin Nanyue let go of Qiao Xingnian, looked him in the eyes, and said, "I'm sorry, no matter how many reasons there are, I have plotted against you. I am the one who is sorry for you. You can punish me however you want, but can... can you Let me stay by your side?"

Qiao Xingnian wiped his tears for him. In a short period of time, people who were originally in good shape have now turned into paper figures. Holding them is like holding a handful of bones, and his heart hurts.

"Before you make a decision, you have to answer me a question."

Lin Nanyue looked at Qiao Xingnian anxiously with bright eyes, and said, "What do you want to ask?"

"What is your identity?"

The matter between him and Si Ye was caused by Chu Yi deliberately, and they were all included. After Qiao Xingnian learned the truth, he didn't blame Lianyi, but felt a little distressed.It's just that Lianyi concealed his life experience from him, and he was somewhat dissatisfied.

"You know it all?"

Qiao Xingnian nodded and looked at him silently.

Upon seeing this, Lin Nanyue quickly explained: "I concealed my background, but I have no bad intentions..."

"Have you no bad intentions?"

Lin Nanyue felt a little guilty and said, "Actually, I fell in love with you a long time ago..."

The author says:

Tomorrow's finale, there will be two chapters updated, don't miss it, cuties.