Hans hesitated for a while, then finally nodded and said, "Okay, but I only know the approximate location. If I can't find it, I have other things to do."
Dong Qiangqiang nodded: "Thank you very much. If it were me, I would definitely be lost."
*
Lei Lanting limped towards the northeast with Tong Lele. At first, they were worried that the wild boar would catch up. After running for about ten minutes, no wild boar caught up, and then they felt relieved.
The two walked for a few more minutes, leaning against the tree and waiting for Dong Qiangqiang, but neither the left nor the right came. There was no signal on their mobile phones, and they could not contact Dong Qiangqiang at all.
Tong Lele was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and kept urging Lei Lanting to go back for a while. Lei Lanting was worried about Dong Qiangqiang's safety, and worried that it would be unsafe to leave Tong Lele alone. He was so anxious that he broke into a sweat. Finally, he Stomping his feet, he said to Tong Lele: "We go back, what if we don't meet Dong Qiangqiang, but other wild boars?"
Tong Lele also had no idea and murmured: "Then... what do you think we should do?"
Lei Lanting thought for a while: "Let's go to the villa as soon as possible. Check whether there is a signal on the phone at any time along the way. If there is a signal, call Dong Qiangqiang immediately. If no one answers his phone, we will call the police. How about that?"
Tong Lele couldn't think of any other better way, so she could only nod: "Just do as you say."
The sun seemed to be playing hide and seek with them, dodging behind the clouds from time to time. Tong Letan's feet were sprained and she couldn't walk fast. She kept walking and stopping, but there was no signal on her mobile phone.
"How far is it?" Tong Lele couldn't hold on any longer. She wiped the sweat from her face with her hands.
"I think it should be around here. Sit here and wait for me." Lei Lanting placed Tong Lele on a big rock, holding a tree stick and walking along the sparse bushes.
"Hey, Lei Lanting, don't go too far, I can't see you." Tong Lele shouted from behind Lei Lanting.
"Okay." Lei Lanting used a tree stick to gently push aside a long branch with lush leaves. He saw a shadowy shadow in front of him on the right, and he quickly walked over.
When he walked around a thick tree, a gray and black three-story villa came into view behind the green plants.
He shouted excitedly: "Lele, Lele, come on."
Hearing his shout, Tong Lele didn't know what happened. She thought he had encountered another animal and ran towards him in a hurry. However, she accidentally tripped over a tree root entangled on the ground.
Seeing that no one came for a long time, Lei Lanting immediately turned back to look for Tong Lele, only to see her crawling on the ground. He quickly knelt down and helped Tong Lele sit on the small mound of soil nearby. He saw tears in Tong Lele's eyes, unable to say a word, and looking very aggrieved.
"Lele, we...are here." Lei Lanting stammered. He wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know where to start. He could only awkwardly tell her that he had found the small building, hoping to distract her. attention.
"Is there any potion in that building?" Tong Lele looked down at her legs with a cry. Following her gaze, Lei Lanting saw that her palms, arms, elbows, thighs and calves were all scratched. , dark red blood slowly flowed down her fair skin, looking very pitiful.
"Well, I think there should be. Let's go and have a look." Lei Lanting supported her, and the two of them staggered towards the villa.
Outside the villa is a patch of grass, with some medium-sized green plants planted in the middle of the grass. However, due to lack of maintenance for many years, the medium-sized green plants look languid, while the surrounding weeds are more crazy and lush.
The two walked closer and closer through knee-deep weeds, and the whole picture of the villa gradually became clear: it was a three-story German-style building, with a steeple-roofed attic with a small window on the third floor. The villa looks a bit old, with the exterior walls peeling off in many places, exposing the gray bricks and rafters inside. Several exterior walls are covered with ivy. It is the turn of spring and summer. The tops of the ivy have climbed to the attic on the top of the tower. Some areas not covered by the ivy reveal different exterior wall colors.
In front of the steps, a wooden mailbox fell into the weeds. The door of the mailbox has gone somewhere, and the letters inside are scattered in pieces in the surrounding soil. Lei Lanting bent down to pick up one of the letters, dusted off the floating soil, and could vaguely see the date on the navy blue postmark: May 23, 1995.
Letter from 6 years ago? Lei Lanting's heart skipped a beat: This seems to be different from what the agent said.
The two of them climbed up the stairs. Lei Lanting asked Tong Lele to sit on the bench in the verandah outside the main entrance, while he walked around the villa a few times. There are two large rooms with gabled roofs at the back of the building, one on the left and one on the right. Lei Lanting guessed that these two rooms may be garages and storage rooms where the owner keeps farm tools and other sundries. He looked at the door locks. They were all rusty and looked like they hadn't been opened for a long time.
Tong Lele sat on the bench, lowering her head to check the injuries on her arms and legs. Birds fluttered around her from time to time. Something seemed to be running through the grass, making a rustling sound.
She raised her head and stared nervously in the direction of the weeds. A gust of wind blew through the pavilion. Behind Tong Lele, the two main doors with a big iron lock hanging and a gap ajar suddenly closed tightly with a loud "bang" sound. Tong Lele was staring at the weeds intently. When she heard the noise, she thought someone came out of the door. She was so frightened that she immediately shouted: "Ah!"
The sound echoed in the forest, and a flock of birds immediately rose from the top of the tree next to the villa and circled away into the distance.
Hearing the shout, Lei Lanting trotted back. Looking at Tong Lele, whose beauty was pale, he asked urgently: "What's wrong?"
Tong Lele said nothing and pointed in the direction of the main door.
Lei Lanting walked up the steps, took out the key, opened the metal lock on the wooden door, and gently pulled it with his hand. When the two wooden doors opened, the door hinges immediately made a creaking sound. A gust of cold wind mixed with wet and cold moisture blew in his face from the door. Lei Lanting quickly covered his mouth and nose. The cold wind was still blowing. A group of bats roared blackly over his head, scaring Tong Lele behind him as he stepped back. He shouted again.
"Lei Lanting, let's... go back." Tong Lele originally came out to play with him for the purpose of relaxing. On the one hand, she saw the German villa, and on the other hand, she also changed her mind before preparing for study and exams. But she didn't expect that it seemed like Simple cleaning could be so dangerous, and it was a wild boar and an ancient building. After all, she was a girl, so she felt discouraged.
"Even if you leave, you have to tell Dong Qiangqiang. Does your mobile phone have a signal?" Lei Lanting glanced at his mobile phone, but there was no signal at all.
"No." Tong Lele sighed, raised the phone above her head, walked a few steps forward and left, and finally shook her head.
"I don't have mine either." Lei Lanting put his cell phone in his pocket, held the tree stick in front of his chest, and comforted, "I came here with the agency last time, and it was quite clean inside, not that scary. If you really I’m afraid, let’s leave after calling the police. Okay?”
"This building is so old, can it have a phone?" Tong Lele asked doubtfully.
"I remember there seems to be a phone on the first floor. Besides, you can't leave like this. Let's look around. Maybe there's something like alcohol and gauze. You go in with me or wait for me at the door. "Lei Lanting asked.
Tong Lele looked around and saw nothing but trees: "What if there are wild boars again? I..." She paused, as if she had made a lot of determination, "I'd better go in with you and look for them together."
Lei Lanting nodded, took a deep breath, and strode into the main door. Tong Lele hurriedly followed him and walked in.
The afterglow of the sun was completely obscured by the dense woods, and no light could penetrate.
