He opened the door and sat directly in the passenger seat of the car. Tang Linsu, who was on the other side of the car, shook her waist-length red hair; she opened the door and got into the driver's seat.
"How's it going? Is everything going well?"
"Well, everything went well, at least on the surface it looked that way."
The car doors and windows were closed tightly at this time, and all the noisy sounds outside the car were blocked out. Inside the car, only the gentle breathing of the two siblings and the sounds of soft conversations were left.
After a brief inquiry, Tang Yiling recounted everything she had experienced to her sister in detail.
After listening to what their younger brother Tang Yiling said, the two siblings looked at the back of the car at the same time.
"It seems that you already thought that someone would come to check, so you asked me to prepare another suitcase of the same style in advance."
"It's better to do less than to do more. Judging from the tone of the hotel manager's words, they should also know about the back room."
"So, they also hope that one more thing is worse than one less thing, and sending you away early is the primary goal."
"Well, in a sense, the hotel manager and I reached a consensus without words in the end."
As soon as Tang Yiling finished speaking, an icy cold air came through his fingers, rapidly advancing through the intimate action of rubbing his ears. Along with the pain and coldness, Tang Yiling looked at his sister in the driver's seat in disbelief.
"Sister, what are you doing!"
Tang Yiling's words of pain and confusion were heard in her ears. Tang Linsu bowed slightly and bent towards the co-pilot. Her face was fair and pink, and she whispered softly into Tang Yiling's ear.
"What do you mean, it's only been one night, you won't forget everything..."
The warm breath of his sister's words continued to blow into Tang Yiling's ears. Although he knew that this was his biological sister, as he rarely had contact with women, his ears were quickly stained with a blush.
As a man who could afford to let go at home, Tang Yiling immediately admitted his mistake to his sister; in fact, he had long understood that if he continued to act stupid, his sister would not let him go easily.
"Sister, I was wrong, please let me go."
"Sorry, I shouldn't have teased you before and called you a tsundere... eh!"
The sudden force of Tang Linsu's fingers made Tang Yiling scream involuntarily; Tang Linsu stared straight at Tang Yiling with an angry face.
But in the next second, he released his fingers from clasping his ears, and his bent body sat upright again, returning to the driving position.
"Forget it, if you keep your promise and let yourself come out completely, sister, I won't argue with you anymore."
"boom!!!"
The roar of the car engine sounded; Tang Linsu spoke to Tang Yiling leisurely with a relaxed expression and emotion.
Tang Yiling rubbed her still red ears, with an expression on her face that looked like she was about to cry without tears.
"Okay, okay, I'm glad you can come back safely... Well, I'm sorry, maybe I pushed a little too hard."
Tang Linsu reached out to Tang Yiling again with some distress, and gently rubbed her ears, which were still flushed and painful. It wasn't until Tang Yiling's face improved that Tang Linsu drove the red car and slowly drove away from the hotel in the middle of the street.
After a night of wind and blizzards, the streets had already been frozen with a layer of ice that was not only thick but also had sharp edges. The cloudy sky of the blizzard was dispelled by warm sunshine and cloudless sunny days.
But the ice on the street, which has been repeatedly crushed and compacted, cannot be completely dissolved after a day or two of exposure to the sun.
Passers-by on the streets and sidewalks take one step and slide ten steps forward. Vehicles of various brands also moved forward slowly at a speed as slow as a snail.
Among the many dark-colored vehicles, there was a bright red car that was squeezed in the middle of the cars and unable to move.
Although it is already past the morning rush hour, looking at such a crowded traffic flow, both drivers and passengers will feel a sense of congestion and depression.
But on the contrary, the two siblings in the red car looked relaxed and their eyes were full of smiles.
But beneath the excited face, some mysteries that have always lingered in Tang Yiling's mind have still not been solved.
(The source of the curse, the strange darkness, the dismembered curse, the headless puppet, the only pronunciation of "mu")
Countless thoughts were lingering in his mind, and Tang Yiling's eyes gradually became distracted, staring at the red "Tang" hanging in the car in a daze.
"Sister, tell me what to do with the things in the suitcase."
"Keep the ones that are still usable and replace the ones that should be replaced with new ones; I have my own arrangements for the headless puppet and the bottle of unknown mixture."
When talking about topics related to business, Tang Linsu will unconsciously enter a [rational] state; although it will change when talking to Tang Yiling, if you are not someone close to her, it is difficult to see any obvious difference. .
"Is that so? But why have you never told me, sister, about your own work?" Tang Yiling asked somewhat abruptly, leaving Tang Linsu speechless for a moment before she could react.
"Uh, this... After all, this is where I work. If those people know that you are my brother, I won't say anything, but I will feel very embarrassed in my heart, okay!"
"You are avoiding my problem... ugh!"
Tang Linsu stretched out her arm and directly covered Tang Yiling's mouth as she continued to ask questions. Then he took advantage of the open traffic and concentrated on driving the vehicle, no longer covering Tang Yiling's mouth, and stopped listening to what Tang Yiling said in due course.
Tang Yiling knew her sister's temperament, so she stopped asking questions. Instead, she immersed herself in her own thoughts again and continued to think about the answer to the puzzle that had not yet been solved.
The slow traffic flow is like a diversion that is merged into the river, and the speed of the traffic flow has also accelerated a lot; however, due to the weather, the traffic flow still adheres to the principle of safety first and moves slowly.
It wasn't until the time was almost 12 noon that Tang Linsu parked the car in the parking space and got out of the car to greet Tang Yiling.
"Help, I can't handle these two suitcases by myself."
"Didi! Click!"
After moving the two suitcases out of the car and confirming that the car was locked, the two siblings walked to the elevator room in the parking lot, each pulling a suitcase.
"Ding! Buzz!——"
As the elevator started running, Tang Linsu and Tang Yiling, two siblings, stood in the elevator with two wet suitcases, watching the floors displayed in the elevator continue to climb upwards.
It wasn't until the elevator stopped on the thirteenth floor, which was also the top floor of this building, that the elevator door slowly opened.
"Click, bang!"
The weak security door was violently kicked open by Tang Linsu. After pulling the suitcase into the door, she threw it away and collapsed on the sofa.
Tang Yiling, who was walking behind, looked at her sister's smooth movements with a blank expression.
He picked up the suitcase that was lying next to the door, raised his foot and kicked the security door shut. Then he pulled the suitcase in his hand into the storage room near the main entrance.
The wind brought by the two suitcases blew up part of the yellow paper charms close to the door in the storage room, revealing the somewhat yellowed wall behind it.
There were no windows in the storage room, which made the room feel a little cold. In addition to the yellow talisman paper that covered the entire wall, there were many incense candles, paper money, and other related items scattered around the room.
"Put the puppets and hybrids in this room for the time being. You don't have to worry about [waking up] in a short period of time." After closing the door of the storage room, the storage room was completely plunged into darkness.
After finishing all this, Tang Yiling threw his backpack behind the sofa, and together with Tang Linsu, slumped down on the old sofa with a sense of age.
It's said to be the top floor, but it's actually just a utility room that's much larger than the basement. Since Tang Linsu started working, this storage room on the top floor has become the permanent base for the two siblings.
At the same time, due to the peculiar architectural structure of the top floor, apart from the door of the storage room, there is only one fire door leading to the stairwell.
