It is often said that yawning is contagious. In fact, fear is more obvious. Chen Shuihong rushed out of the door in a hurry. How could Chen Guangyu be different? Especially after confirming that only the two newcomers, himself and Peng Yuxiang, were left at the scene, he was instantly chilled and walked away, rushing to the door with a speed that was not inferior to that of the middle-aged fat man.
but……
Just when he was about to go out, Chen Guangyu, who was about to rush out the door, suddenly remembered a certain promise he had made earlier. He hesitated for a moment, then turned back and stared at the living room.
As he turned around and cast his gaze, he saw that Peng Yuxiang was so quiet. He was currently sitting on the corner of the sofa with his head bowed silently. Although he bowed his head temporarily and showed no expression, this action alone still gave people a strange feeling. A sense of calm.
(Um?)
Seeing this scene, Chen Guangyu was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that there would be people at the scene who dared to ignore the order, and didn't even care about staying away from the senior people. What's going on? Could it be that Peng Yuxiang had a cold that caused him to have a fever, and then he became confused because of the fever?
"Hey, Lao Peng, why are you sitting there in a daze? Didn't you see that He Fei and the others have left?" Out of curiosity, Chen Guangyu asked tentatively. While asking, he returned, first returned to the living room and came to the front, and then stretched out his hand. She stretched out her arm to touch the man, intending to touch his forehead to test whether he had a fever, but...
Snapped.
Just when his palm was about to touch the thin man's forehead, the man moved. Peng Yuxiang, who had lowered his head and remained silent for a long time, suddenly raised his right hand and grabbed the other man's wrist before Chen Guangyu could touch it.
He removed the opponent's wrist and gently lowered his arm. Then, under Chen Guangyu's increasingly suspicious gaze, Peng Yuxiang slowly raised his head.
The other person's appearance in the eyes is still the same. However, if you look carefully and search carefully, you can still find slight changes in the thin man. The most obvious one comes from the other person's faintly bleeding nose!
Peng Yuxiang's nose bleeds.
This time it was real bleeding, and the blood was flowing and dripping red in a way that could be clearly seen with the naked eye. At this moment, two lines of nosebleeds slowly flowed out from the left and right nostrils. It is true that the amount of blood was only a little sparse, but it was undeniable. Peng Yuxiang did have a nosebleed.
"Ah, Lao Peng, your nose..."
Sure enough, as soon as he noticed that the other party was bleeding, Chen Guangyu instinctively reached out to look for a tissue. However, before he took out the tissue, Peng Yuxiang waved his hand again and said no, then he raised the corner of his mouth slightly in Chen Guangyu's doubtful eyes and spoke with a smile. Say something, something inexplicable:
"Hehehe, if nothing else, just because you came back to call me just now is enough to prove that you are a trustworthy person. It seems that Brother Chen has indeed not forgotten our original alliance agreement. Well, since you keep your promise, I, Lao Peng, won’t hide it anymore, now I just want to ask you one question, do you want to die or live?"
Many times, human reactions mostly depend on the problems at hand. For example, if a person cries bitterly, then he must face collapse and despair. For example, if a person is ecstatic, then he must have received great benefits, but if a person freezes silently and looks dull, , then he must be confused and confused.
Facing the man's strange inquiry, Chen Guangyu was stunned. After a long time, he broke away and regained consciousness and asked: "What do you mean by this? How about living? What about dying?"
"If you want to die, you can leave now, but if you want to live to the end, then you must help me get rid of someone first."
………
Different from Weir Farm, which is small and simple overall, James Farm can be classified as a medium-to-large farm. There are many herds of cattle and sheep here, and the courtyard area is equally wide. Looking at it, except for the tall building erected in the center, Outside the houses, there are also cattle sheds, horse sheds, sheep pens, barns and other agricultural and animal husbandry facilities scattered around.
10 minutes later, James Farm.
When he saw Tom for the first time, He Fei concluded that he was a smart, lively little boy who was not afraid of strangers. In addition to He Fei, Cheng Ying, Qian Xueling, Chen Shuihong and for some reason Shanshan also had this opinion. Peng Yuxiang and Chen Guangyu arrived late.
Will did not lie. His only neighbor, James, was indeed friendly and hospitable. When he saw Will bringing a group of strangers to visit, James, who was preparing lunch with his wife, immediately welcomed him with a smile. While introducing himself and welcoming him politely, he ordered his wife to take out the mutton. , it is so obvious that it cannot be obvious anymore. This is an extra meal, a luxurious extra meal decided on a temporary basis to welcome the arrival of guests.
"Hey, James! Are you done with the farm work?"
"Huh? Will, why are you here? Wait, the gentlemen and ladies around you are..."
"Let me introduce these are the members of the ars expert team I mentioned before."
"Ah, nice to meet you, please come in!"
As Will described before, James has a good temper and is also a fat bald man with a cheerful appearance. His obesity level is even higher than that of Chen Shuihong. As soon as Will introduced everyone, the fat bald man took out a beer and enthusiastically Several agricultural majors were invited to the meeting. Perhaps it was because of their similar body shape that James felt naturally close to him. Even though they had just met, James was already chatting with Chen Shuihong. Chen Shuihong was also smart. Under He Fei's eyes, Fatty Chen showed his full strength. Special started talking nonsense, chatting and laughing with James while avoiding agricultural knowledge as much as possible. During the process, he obtained information by the way. It was obvious that unlike Will, a foreigner who had recently moved in, James obviously had a crush on Dalosen, who had lived with him for many years. With a deeper understanding of the area, and with the mentality of casting a wide net and fishing for more, He Fei did his best to collect local intelligence as much as possible.
Similarly, if Chen Shuihong is responsible for James, then Qian Xueling takes the initiative to contact the fat man's wife. His wife's name is Kaili. Although she is no longer beautiful in middle age, the woman's enthusiasm is not at all inferior to that of her husband. In addition, Qian Xueling Intentionally getting close, the two quickly became warm.
As for He Fei...
He focused on Tom.
Children often have limited appetites. Sure enough, lunch was only halfway through. After touching his round belly, the boy put down his knife and fork and walked to the next door. Upon seeing this, Cheng Ying looked at each other and nodded. He Fei got up and left his seat to follow him. back.
Following Tom to the room on the right, he looked carefully. First of all, he was sure that this must be the boy's personal bedroom. If nothing else, he could tell at a glance just from the toys scattered everywhere and the single bed in the corner. Of course, the room It is not the point in itself. The point is that the boy was very happy about He Fei's arrival. Since his parents were quite strict in discipline, during the meal, although the boy kept looking at the guests curiously, he was intimidated by the presence of his parents and did not dare to chat and ask questions casually. He thought that He could not meet the guests until after the meal, but he never thought that one of them would follow him to the bedroom.
The result was predictable. Seeing that there were only two people in the room, the child's unique curiosity was instantly activated. Looking at the handsome oriental-looking young man in front of him, Tom, who had never been afraid of strangers, asked a question directly:
"Mr. He Fei, you and your companions look so strange."
strangeness?
It is said that children's brain circuits are novel and true. As soon as the two parties came into contact, Tom asked a question that made He Fei laugh or cry.
Seeing the boy blinking his eyes with confusion on his face, the college student who was very knowledgeable in language and knowledge smiled. He did not answer the other party immediately. Instead, he walked to the bed and sat down slowly. He raised his hand and touched the boy's head until the other party's curiosity became more intense. He Fei He opened his mouth with a smile and asked, "So what do you think of my appearance?"
"You look very handsome, even more handsome than Mr. Will!"
After hearing the boy's answer, He Fei suddenly became interested, nodded and continued to ask: "Oh? What about the others?"
"Others...it's hard to say. Anyway, I only know that the sister named Cheng Ying is very beautiful! I have never seen such a beautiful girl. In addition, sister Qian Xueling is also very beautiful. They are the most beautiful in your team. people!"
"Haha, you are really a smart kid. You know how to comment on girls at a young age? Well, since you want to know, I will tell you frankly. Our appearance, your parents and even our relationship with The people you see in the past are different, and the reason is that we are from country Z."
"People from country Z?"
"To put it simply, they are foreigners in your eyes."
"Foreigners? I think I heard my dad mention it. He often goes out to deliver goods. Occasionally, he can meet foreigners with different appearances. Some have white cloths and white robes on their heads, and some have darker skin and weird hairstyles. They all You are doing business. By the way, since you are foreigners, why are you in the United States?"
"Of course it's because of work. Just like me and my companions, because we were all proficient in agricultural knowledge, we were hired by the local ARS Agricultural Research Institute, and we have stayed at the institute to work since then."
"Are you really an agricultural expert?"
"If it's fake, it's absolutely true, and the purpose of our coming here is to help your Uncle Will develop and plan the farm. Oh, by the way, when it comes to work, I also have a question to ask you."
"what is the problem?"
"Everyone needs a job, just like your dad is a farmer and we are agricultural experts, so what about you? Tom, what is your job?"
Language is an art. With superb language skills, you can take the initiative in the conversation and unknowingly change the topic to whatever you want to talk about. It is conceivable that even adults can easily fool people. When Fei was facing a younger child, the college student quietly changed the topic in just a few sentences, successfully leading the topic to the issue he was most concerned about at the moment.
"Um, I, my job..."
After listening to the question, Tom, who had just been full of curiosity and only asked questions, suddenly became silent and became embarrassed. Of course the little boy did not have a job, but the problem is that children are often very concerned about face, especially children like Tom who often pretend to be adults and care more about themselves. Face, that’s the truth, but I really don’t have a job? Fortunately, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Just when Tom was hesitating and not knowing what to do, He Fei saw the opportunity and intervened decisively. He immediately clapped his head and said suddenly: "Ah, look at my memory, I remembered it." , remember what your job is, I heard from Will that you seem to be a little painter?"
As soon as these words came out, Tom was stunned for a moment, and then nodded as if enlightened. While nodding his head wildly, he hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes, Mr. Will is right. I usually like to draw. The one posted in the living room Zhang Tractor was painted by me!”
With excellent language skills and a short conversation, He Fei successfully opened up the situation and brought the topic onto the right track, and then...
"Oh? It turns out you painted it, Tom. Your painting skills are not low, and I admire them very much. In that case, can you show me the other paintings as well?"
"Okay, wait!"
Sure enough, after being praised like this by the college student, Tom instantly became energetic. In a child's unique show-off mentality, he immediately walked to the desk and opened the drawer. Before long, seven or eight pieces of drawing paper were placed on the desk.
Seeing this, He Fei stood up and looked closely. Finally, he found the key and found a special picture among many drawing papers.
The reason why I use a special description is because most of the other paintings are ordinary, and the content is either cattle, sheep, farm animals, or farm tools and houses. However, the content of the one in front of me is weird, so weird!
This is a portrait of a faceless man in a suit.
It is true that Tom's skills are limited and his lines are extremely rough. However, when he saw the painting in front of him, He Fei instantly recognized the man in the painting, the white head without facial features, the black suit that wrapped the body, and the long man in the painting. The body and limbs that can be described as deformed, with all kinds of signs and expressions, the painting in front of him is exactly the terrifying portrait that Will has been concerned about for a long time!
Not only that, in addition to a tall, thin, faceless man standing in the middle of the picture, there is also a background behind him. On the left is a dark forest, and on the right is a farm-like house. It is obvious that Will did not lie. The guess is indeed in line with the real environment. If the guess is correct, the forest in the painting corresponds to the southern forest, and the house in the painting most likely represents the Weir Farm. There are also round smiling faces floating above the forest and the farm respectively, one black and one white. The black smiley face exists at the top of the forest, and the white smiley face hovers over the top of the farm.
Since the meaning of the smile is unclear, similar to Will, He Fei also subconsciously looked confused after discovering the smile.
However, the weirdness isn't over yet, far from it.
(Huh? This, this is...)
While the college student was looking at the painting and thinking deeply, suddenly, he discovered something. As he stared at the painting longer, he found that in addition to the faceless man, forest, and farm that Will had informed about in advance, the painting contained two pictures: one black and one white. Apart from the smiling face, at this moment, there are actually more things in the painting again! ! !
When the field of vision was zoomed in and locked below, there were 6 more symbol icons in the blank space below the forest. Oppositely, 6 symbol icons also appeared below the farm.
The symbol is simple and easy to understand, and the whole thing is similar to a simple drawing of a fireman. The circle clearly represents the head, and the 'big' font outline connecting the circles at the bottom undoubtedly represents the torso and limbs. There are 12 firemen in total, and they are currently being separated. There are 6 forests and 6 farms under each forest. Seeing this scene, He Fei, who had just been suspicious just now, suddenly changed his expression to serious. He frowned and his face was blank. It was so tight that in the end, my body was shaking and my forehead was sweating!
Why are you sweating? Why are you nervous? Or even shaking uncontrollably? He looked scared!
The reason is very simple. As an experienced veteran, He Fei's understanding ability has reached a new level. In other words, when he first saw the 12 firemen, his subconscious mind had already understood the firemen. Understand it as an executor and treat it as the 12 executors who are executing the group plan! .
The six firewood men near the forest represent Zhao Pingping and the six members of the forest exploration team, while the six firewood men below the farm undoubtedly represent the six people on our side who have not entered the forest. To be honest, is it certain to abandon the firewood men? Let’s not talk about the executor. Even if the firewood man represents the executor, the above is still not enough to make college students nervous and fearful. Who is He Fei? He is both the captain of the team and a senior veteran of the team. He has experienced countless near-death encounters. He is extremely courageous and has a strong mind. Not to mention a mere painting, even if the spiritual monster appears in front of him, the young man still has the ability to maintain his strength. Basically calm, so what really caused He Fei's expression to change drastically after seeing the fireman was...
He found that only five of the six firemen close to the farm remained standing.
In other words, one of the six firemen is lying on the ground! ! !
………
"Haha, Mr. Chen is indeed knowledgeable and talented. Although you are engaged in scientific research, your understanding of officialdom is no less than that of a real official. No, it should be said that you are more like an official than our local officials! Could it be that Mr. Chen has always been from the beginning? Ever worked in politics?”
"No, no, Mr. James has won the award. Where have you ever been engaged in political work? It's just that he likes to read some official articles in his spare time. It's just a personal hobby. After all, what I am engaged in is agricultural research."
"Yes, what Mr. Chen said makes sense. I appreciate you more and more. If possible, I hope to make friends with Mr. Chen."
"It's a trivial matter. It's no problem to make friends. But before that, I hope to understand the local customs. Um, I mean, are there any rumors or legends in the area of Dallowson? Mr. Will just moved here recently. I don’t know much, so I hope to hear some interesting news from you, Mr. James.”
Lunch is now over, but the atmosphere remains lively and lively. In the living room, everyone is sitting on the sofa chatting among themselves. Among them, Chen Shuihong's performance is the most outstanding. Under Cheng Ying's disdainful gaze, Fatty Chen shakes his fat and talks endlessly. , with the unique communicative skills of officials, Vice Minister Chen stunned James, who was also fat, and James did deeply admire Chen Shuihong's excellent communicative skills. In fact, James was the only one who admired Chen Shuihong deeply. one person? Will, who was also sitting and drinking tea at the scene, also secretly admired Chen Shuihong's erudite literary talent, which was well-known for everything except agriculture. He originally thought that the team leader named He Fei was already very eloquent, but now Only then did I realize that among the experts in front of me was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! ?
Some people are happy, some are worried, some are chatting, and others are busy. Although Qian Xueling does not have the ability to be fooled by He Fei, nor can she collect clues in the chat like Chen Shuihong, she still relies on her female identity to talk to the farm hostess Kelly Zhen Huan, in order to win the favor of the other party as much as possible and obtain information easily, Qian Xueling took the initiative to take on some of the housework for Kaili after the meal.
Based on the unwritten rule that one should always give face to one’s husband when guests are present, Kelly pretended not to know how to go out and be busy when her husband was chatting after dinner. After all, the farm is too big and there are indeed many places that need to be busy. At present, the most important thing is The task was to gather the cows, first drive together a few cows grazing leisurely outside the farm, and then milk them one by one. In fact, she originally wanted to wash the tableware before starting work, but Qian Xueling volunteered to wash the tableware on her behalf. , I don’t deny that Kelly quickly refused, but after Qian Xueling’s repeated insistence, the hostess had no choice but to nod in agreement. After all, Americans are more casual in dealing with people, and there are not so many cumbersome politenesses between people. It was not a big deal for guests to wash dishes. At first, Tom once helped Will clean the house when he met him for the first time. When Will came as a guest that night, he also repaired the sheepfold for the James family and played a temporary role as a carpenter.
only……
Just when Qian Xueling walked out of the house with the tableware, in the living room, Peng Yuxiang, who had always been silent, flashed in his eyes, with a fierce and fierce light that was difficult for anyone to detect!
"Oops, my stomach feels a little uncomfortable. By the way, Mr. James, where is your toilet?"
As the saying goes, a Taoist has three urgent needs. Anyone who is in a hurry will always choose to release her immediately. Not long after Qian Xueling walked out of the living room, and when everyone in the living room was chatting happily, she covered her lower abdomen, and Peng Yuxiang looked embarrassed. , directly asked James about the location of the toilet. When he heard that someone wanted to use the toilet, the bald fat man was very direct. He pointed to the door and told the location: "The toilet is in the north of the compound, separated by the cowshed and the barn. Anyway, keep turning right when you go out. That’s right.”
"Well, everyone, sit here for a while while I go to the toilet."
Perhaps the turbulence in his stomach had reached its limit. Sure enough, as soon as James finished speaking, the thin man stood up and rushed out the door after saying a few polite words. In the process, he bared his teeth and frowned, as if he was in a hurry to go to the toilet.
"Hey, Lao Peng, wait a minute, I'm going too. I just want to make it easier."
Many times, coincidences often occur after a meal, and the so-called coincidence refers to the convenience of relieving oneself. It is also a logical coincidence. After all, we have just eaten. It is undoubtedly reasonable and reasonable to have a release request. Therefore, it is reasonable and reasonable there. By coincidence, as soon as Peng Yuxiang left, Chen Guangyu also called out to the other person, got up, left his seat and followed him. At this point, both of them left the house.
Peng Yuxiang was very anxious, very anxious, at least when he was in the living room, but surprisingly...
As he walked out of the living room and left the house, and when he and Chen Guangyu turned right to the cowshed together, the man's expression changed.
Looking closely, I saw that the expression on his face just now that was in urgent need of going to the toilet had disappeared. He was no longer anxious or frowning, but instead...
His face was filled with ferociousness!
