Having said this, the old melon seller looked even more sad. Under the reflection of the fire, on his face covered with vicissitudes of life, what I saw was helplessness and despair for life.
The cloudy eyes were still dry, as if the tears had long since dried up in the past ten years.
"I'm sorry, old man, for mentioning your sadness."
The old man selling melons waved his hands and forced a smile on his face, "It's okay, it's been so many years, I have long forgotten the feeling of grief."
I felt that the old man who sold melons could tell me about his son, which meant that he had completely let down his guard against me.
So I turned around and took a sneak peek at the dim room, and then asked again: "By the way, old man, your wife is with her...!"
I just asked tentatively to see the reaction of the old melon seller.
I thought he would tell me about his wife, but he suddenly turned his head and looked at me, and the smile on his face immediately disappeared and turned into a smile. An extremely cold face.
"Young man, you have too many questions. It's getting late. Go get some rest and leave as soon as the rain stops early tomorrow morning!"
After saying that, the old melon seller stood up and walked back to the dark room, when the door was completely closed.
I didn't expect the old man selling melons to react like this. I couldn't recover for a while. I squatted in front of the stove and was stunned for a long time. I didn't come back until my trouser legs were hot from the fire. God comes.
I sighed helplessly, thinking that since he didn't want to say it, I wouldn't force him. Anyway, I didn't come to Iron Coffin Gorge to take care of their family's affairs.
After sitting for such a long time, the clothes on my body were almost completely roasted, so I turned around and went back to the house, intending to take out Liu Tingting's clothes to roast them too.
But Liu Tingting shook her head repeatedly and said she wouldn't let me touch her clothes.
I was anxious at that time and told her that if the clothes were not dry, she would still catch a cold and get sick if she wore them tomorrow, so regardless of whether she agreed or not, I grabbed her clothes that were draped on the chair and left the room and returned to the stove. .
I didn't think anything of it at first, until I opened the pile of wet clothes and baked them separately, and I actually found two pieces of close-fitting clothing among them.
This made my face feel hot immediately. I finally understood why Liu Tingting refused to let me bake her clothes. It turned out to be this.
I have already taken them out, I can't half bake them and then send them back. Besides, these close-fitting clothes need to be dried even more, otherwise it will be very uncomfortable to wear them.
So I bit the bullet and baked Liu Tingting's clothes one by one.
Originally, I was there to feel the faint aroma emanating from Liu Tingting's clothes, but I was distracted by another strong smell.
The door of the old melon seller's house was closed, but from the gap, you could smell the stench and the smell of rotting flesh emanating from it.
But among them, there is a smell that is more pungent than these two smells. My intuition tells me that it is the smell of blood.
And that smell happened to be wafting out from the gap under the door of the house.
The clothes in my hands were basically dry. I grabbed all the clothes in my hands, stood up from the pony, and walked lightly towards the door of the old melon seller's house.
The moment I approached the door of the house, the smell of blood became even stronger, and it was so pungent and refreshing among the other two odors.
Out of curiosity, I quietly put my ear close to the door, intending to listen to what was going on inside.
It was quiet inside at first, there was no sound at all, only the sound of rain outside could be heard.
But not long after, I suddenly heard a slight noise coming from the house, and a clear sound similar to a chain.
The crisp sound was so harsh in this silent house, and every sound made my heart skip a beat, which made me suddenly feel guilty as a thief.
The sound paused for a while, then sounded again, then paused again, then sounded again...
Slowly, my brows knitted together, because I found that the sound of the chain became more and more clear, and I felt that the position where the sound finally stopped was behind the door in front of me.
ah……!
Suddenly, a shrill wail came from the other side of the door, and then the door in front of him was slammed hard from the other side.
This sudden turn of events shocked me all over, and I instinctively ran backwards quickly. I actually used my body to enter the door behind me and retreated to the house of the old melon seller's son.
"Xie Dongzi, what happened?!"
Liu Tingting was holding the quilt on the bed and looking at me with fear on her face.
I looked back at her, really not knowing how to answer, so I turned my head and looked at the door opposite again.
Then, there was a burst of noise in the house, but the noise did not last long and soon became quiet again.
After a long time, the door slowly opened, and the old melon seller stuck his head out from the crack in the door.
"Young man, it's okay. Old man, I'm hunting mice. It's getting late, so go to sleep."
After saying that, the old melon seller closed the door again.
Although it was very dark in front of me, I found that the face of the old man selling melons was much paler than before, and the moment he opened the door to the house, the smell of blood became even stronger.
Fight the mice!
Even the ghosts didn't believe what he said, because the sound was not something that a mouse could make.
I really wanted to rush forward and kick the door open, then rush in and take a look.
But when I think about it, it is really not a clear choice to rush in like this without knowing what the situation is. Moreover, it is a stormy night. If this pisses off the old man selling melons, he will forcefully drive him away. If we go out, Liu Tingting and I really don’t know what to do.
At this time, Liu Tingting, who was nestled in the bed, spoke up. She said to me softly: "Every family has its own sutras that are difficult to recite. Since it is not convenient for the old man to reveal it, we should stop asking and close the door. Come on... rest early!"
When she said the last sentence, Liu Tingting turned her head away and avoided looking at me.
I didn't think much about it at the time. I agreed casually and closed the door. I was worried that something unexpected might happen at night, so I even locked the latch on the door.
In this way, as long as there is a little noise, I will be aware of it.
I walked to the bedside and placed all Liu Tingting's dried clothes on the bedside. "I dried all the clothes for you and put them here for you."
"Um!"
Liu Tingting agreed, and then said solemnly: "Well... it's getting late, you should... go to bed... and rest."
"good!"
I agreed and planned to take off my clothes, but as soon as I took off my clothes halfway, I suddenly felt something was wrong and hurriedly put my clothes on again.
Looking at Liu Tingting, who was about to be covered with only one pair of eyes exposed, I had mixed feelings in my heart. I thought, what does Liu Tingting mean? Is she coveting my body?
Needless to say, in this situation, it is easy for that kind of thing to happen to a woman with Liu Tingting's appearance.
Although I have thought about what it would be like under that thick quilt, I can't do that.
Because I have always regarded Liu Tingting as a member of my family, how could I do such a thing to my family members, even if there is no blood relationship between the two.
Moreover, Liu Tingting's unruly and willful character is simply unacceptable to me. If I get stuck on her, wouldn't I be in dire straits for the rest of my life?
I am a person who loves freedom and longs for freedom. I will definitely not do something like this when I am shackled.
The most important thing is that when I look at Liu Tingting lying on the bed, I always feel a sense of guilt in my heart, as if I am sorry for some woman.
But who it is, I can’t tell!
