"What are you looking at?" The old woman said in a shrill, thin voice with a look of fear on her face.
"Nothing," Jiang Yingbai shook his head and changed the subject, "How old is your grandson? When did he disappear?"
She was thinking that the boy often came to visit the old grandmother, and the old lady said that her grandson was missing. Is there a possibility that the grandson she was looking for was the little boy? This is the routine in novels.
The old woman's words disappointed Jiang Yingbai. She couldn't help but feel a headache. "He disappeared a year ago. He seemed to be in his 20s at the time."
There is only one child in the compound, a boy. The boy is Wei Ze's cousin. Wei Ze is 22 years old this year. Wei Ze has an uncle, two aunts, and an uncle. They are all married and have children, some of them even have three children, so in the compound There are seven or eight people the same age as Wei Ze.
This screening process is no small task, "Grandma, do you still remember what your grandson looks like, what his name is, and what his personality is?"
The old woman looked confused, her dark eyes trembling slightly, "My grandson's name is Ye Xiao... I don't know the other ones, I can't remember them, I can't remember them."
The old man was very excited, lowered his head and kept repeating "I can't remember". He couldn't believe that he had forgotten his grandson.
The old man didn't look like he was lying. He had only been missing for a year and couldn't remember any information except his name. Could it be due to the limitations of the mission? How important is it that no information is revealed at all?
Thinking of Jiang Yingbai's intention to ask more questions, the old man who was scratching his head and scratching his head suddenly stood up. Her eyes were full of fear, and she ran into the woods without saying a word.
"My grandson is a very good man. He didn't want to kill anyone. He was forced to do it! He's trapped here! He's... trapped here."
There is currently no clue as to who killed the person, except for Wei Ze who can't get out.
Jiang Yingbai was about to chase after him when he saw the child lowering his head and grabbing his arm, "What's wrong?"
"I have something to tell you." The child let go of his hand and raised his head with a calm expression that was inconsistent with his age. "You must remember what she said. Everything she said is right."
Jiang Yingbai grabbed the boy's hand and said, "What did you think of?"
"I'm not sure yet," a person has to be responsible for his own words. He won't speak out his thoughts until he is sure. He stretched out his hand to Jiang Yingbai, "Can you give me a candy?"
A bad premonition came to Jiang Yingbai's mind. She took out the candy from her pocket and put it into the child's hand. The child quickly put it into his pocket.
"Go back," after saying that, he turned around and returned to the compound. His mouth opened and closed and he murmured something, but the voice was too soft and Jiang Yingbai didn't hear it clearly.
"I am a puppet, I am a perfect puppet, a puppet does not need to think, a puppet does not need to work hard, a puppet has no life, a puppet only needs to obey."
"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Yingbai quickly ran in front of the child and held her hand against the child. He was not very strong and Jiang Yingbai could easily stop him, but the child did not stop. He kept looking straight ahead. Step on the ground.
Jiang Yingbai lowered his head and looked at the child's expression carefully. The corners of his mouth were raised to reveal his white teeth, and his eyes revealed the purity and love that only children can have. However, Jiang Yingbai only felt weird, remembering the behavior of the children in the compound before. look.
"Is he happy? What caused him to change back to his previous appearance? Could it be that the old man is back? But how did he know?"
Questions instantly filled Jiang Yingbai's mind. She moved a step to the side to make way for the child, "Follow me and you'll find out."
The child jumped back to the courtyard, where a figure stood with his back to them. The child shouted and rushed over, "Brother!"
Jiang Yingbai stopped subconsciously, brother? Which brother?
The figure turned around to reveal a pale and bloodless face. Jiang Yingbai walked over quickly, "Wei Ze?"
Wei Ze first smiled at the child, then touched the child's head, "Xiao Yi, what are you doing here? I remember that your teacher assigned a lot of homework a few days ago. If you don't do your homework, you are not a good child. Be good. Now go back to your room."
The child nodded, rubbed Wei Ze's palm, and skipped back to the main building, "Then I'm going back to my room. Goodbye, brother!"
Wei Ze watched him leave and showed a forced smile to Jiang Yingbai.
"Where have you been today?" Jiang Yingbai stood several steps away from Wei Ze, looking at him and asking curiously.
"Grandpa's body was missing. I went outside to look for it."
Looking at Wei Ze's desolate expression, Jiang Yingbai also knew that he had not been found, "Do you think someone stole the body?"
Wei Ze nodded.
Jiang Yingbai came closer and asked softly, "Why do you think so?"
Wei Ze looked at Jiang Yingbai and his expression froze. Yes, wasn't he just looking for Jiang Yingbai to catch ghosts? How could he think this was man-made?
Wei Ze shook his head, "I don't know, my intuition tells me that's the case."
Jiang Yingbai lowered his eyes and thought, the people in this compound were like robots doing the prescribed things, and there were punishments for disobedience. Some people knew their situation but couldn't disobey. For example, the man in white in the courtyard during the day, some of them were uncomfortable. He knows his own situation and thinks that what he does is normal, like being a child during the day.
Then the problem is that the child just didn't do things according to the rules, but it seemed like nothing happened to him, but then he changed back to the prescribed appearance in front of Jiang Yingbai, so some kind of change must have happened during this period to make him change. In that state, if he still moves freely under this change, he will be punished.
Jiang Yingbai thought about the only change. She raised her eyes and looked at Wei Ze. Wei Ze was looking at her blankly. Could it be him?
Jiang Yingbai began to review the doubts about Wei Ze. Wei Ze's mental state was divided into two types. The abnormal state was suspected to be caused by a black cat. The surrounding environment would change from good to bad and bring danger. He believed that his situation was very serious. Danger, cognition and memory are very confusing. I have two memories of my grandfather's death and my grandfather's not-death, and I can't tell which one is true. I want to kill the black cat.
Under normal conditions, there is no change in his surroundings. He has a gentle personality and is easily shy. He has many actions and controls. He cannot explain his behavior. After being reminded, he knows that his behavior is abnormal, but he will not change it. He seems to be somewhere between a child and the man in white. Look at it this way. The reason why Wei Ze came out of the compound to find someone was not because he was special, but because the thing that controlled him asked him to do so.
Then the goal is very obvious, find the mastermind behind the scenes and kill him.
Jiang Yingbai carefully went through the events of the past few days in his mind, and found two things worth noting.
1. The old man made a surprise attack in the middle of the night
2. The old lady burns paper in the backyard
Jiang Yingbai didn't think that there would be meaningless things in the task. After all, the task was not like the author of an online article who needed the word "water".
The old man's raid was either because he didn't want her to take it too easy, or it was deliberately arranged by the mastermind behind the scenes.
It's strange that the old lady burned paper. I really wanted to just tell her that the compound and the people inside were not normal. Jiang Yingbai always felt that it was not that simple, but there were too few clues to tell anything. It seemed necessary to go to their room to take a look. .
Jiang Yingbai sighed silently. Wei Ze noticed that she seemed unhappy and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you? Did something bad happen?"
Jiang Yingbai shook his head, "Can I go to your room and your grandfather's room to have a look? Maybe there is something dirty."
Wei Ze hesitated but agreed.
