Chapter 9 Mysterious Blue and White Porcelain 1. Room Horror
Wu Yu returned to the old house with doubts. He suddenly remembered Su Wei's mysterious letter. He felt that this matter was very strange, but at present he had to find out whether Su Wei was dead.
Wu Yu thought about the ancient town and it had been many days. Not only did they not know the truth about Su Wei's death, but they also did not know the secrets hidden in the ancient house, the stories behind Xinluo, Niao Niao and the old man. But they were right beside them, and they seemed to be getting closer and closer to the truth.
Wu Yu always felt that the truth behind Su Wei's death was related to this ancient house, Xinluo, Niao Niao, and the old man. He had to figure out the mysterious relationship between them and Su Wei.
When Wu Yu thought about this, he suddenly had an idea, so he came out of the room and quietly walked towards the backyard.
After Wu Yu entered Xinluo's room, he gently closed the door. Through the dim light, Wu Yu carefully looked at Xinluo - a young lady's boudoir. Everything in the boudoir was almost the same as the room he and Yunyun lived in: carved screen windows, an old wooden round table, and a screen mirror on the table...
Wu Yu looked for a while and found a photo frame on the table. He walked over to pick it up and saw that the photo was of Xinluo wearing a red cheongsam, with Qingyin Temple in the background. Wu Yu felt that the photo seemed familiar. Suddenly, he remembered that he secretly took a photo of Xinluo at Qingyin Temple that day. Isn't this photo... When Wu Yu thought of this, he was shocked and wondered why the photo was here with her, or maybe it was taken by Xinluo and it was just a coincidence.
Suddenly, in the quiet room, a voice like that of a baby came from outside the door. Wu Yu was startled. He knew it was the cry of a cat, so he ignored it.
At this moment, a small hole was suddenly poked in the screen window, and a strange eye looked at Wu Yu quietly.
Wu Yu seemed to hear the sound of footsteps outside the door, and shouted boldly, "Who?"
There was no echo outside the door. Wu Yu walked slowly towards the door timidly. With a creak, the door opened. Wu Yu looked around. Outside the door, there was only the damp rain falling. It was quiet. But Wu Yu felt as if someone was watching him from behind. Wu Yu hurriedly closed the door and walked back to the front yard.
In the evening, the laughter of Niao Niao, Xinluo and Yunyun came into Wu Yu's room from outside the door from time to time. After a while, the door rang and Yunyun, wearing a red cheongsam, walked in. Yunyun put the Xishi umbrella at the corner of the door, then turned around and looked at Wu Yu who was sitting in front of the screen mirror and looking at the painting in a trance, and said, "It must be boring to stay in the room alone."
Wu Yu didn't say anything, but suddenly turned his head slowly to look at Yunyun. Yunyun saw the dim light of the lantern illuminating his gloomy face, and walked forward while asking, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, I just feel that after coming to the ancient town, everything seems to be getting more and more mysterious. And what's wrong with you? You always like to wear the red cheongsam of the dead. When you do that, it always makes me feel uneasy."
Yunyun fell silent after hearing this, and her smiling face suddenly became gloomy and strange. Wu Yu looked at her and was shocked. At that moment, he felt that Yunyun had become mysterious and strange since she put on the red cheongsam. At this moment, she looked like a dead person.
"I have packed dinner and brought it back. You eat first. I'm going to go to Niao Niao's place." Yunyun said as she went over to open the door and went out, closing it behind her.
In silence, Wu Yu pondered over why Yunyun's temper had become so strange, as if she were a different person. He thought about the dead person's red cheongsam, and a hint of uneasiness was revealed in his deep eyes.
As Wu Yu was thinking about the red cheongsam, he suddenly remembered the day he met Xiaoxue in the car on his way to the ancient town. Xiaoxue told him about the legend of the ancient town. He thought of the legendary red cheongsam and white cheongsam girls he had met, as well as the legendary Xishi umbrella from the Republic of China, and... He suddenly thought of blue-and-white porcelain. If the legend of blue-and-white porcelain is true, then blue-and-white porcelain may be real, but where is the blue-and-white porcelain collected? Is the legend behind blue-and-white porcelain true? Wu Yu couldn't help but wonder.
Wu Yu suddenly realized that Xiaoqing was Xiaoxue's sister. Xiaoqing might know the truth about the old house and the truth about Xinluo and Niao Niao, so Xiaoxue must know it too. However, Xiaoqing refused to tell him, so would Xiaoxue tell him? In this case, he had to go to Xiaoxue to ask her clearly. When he thought of this, he felt that he had a clue to find the truth. He suddenly wondered why he hadn't thought of it before.
Wu Yu thought that blue and white porcelain might be real, but where should it be kept? In the old man's strange room? This is possible. He suddenly remembered what Niao Niao once said: My grandfather's room is very strange. My sister and I have never been in it since we were young. When he thought of this, he suddenly remembered something and got up and went out with the lantern.
Wu Yu walked quietly to the backyard with a lantern in his hand. He saw a dim light coming from Xinluo's room. As he approached, he could faintly hear their laughter.
Seeing that there were no lights on in the old man's room and kitchen, Wu Yu thought that the old man was still outside and had not returned yet, so he tiptoed to the old man's door, gently pushed it open, slipped in and closed the door.
After entering the room, he looked around carefully according to the light and found that the room was just as Niao Niao said, it was indeed very dark, with various colored cloths placed everywhere, like ghosts hiding. Wu Yu felt strange, how could he make the room like this?
Wu Yu walked through the dyed cloth with doubts in his mind, and found the bed where the old man slept, as well as chairs, desks, and cabinets. The black curtain hung low, and you couldn't see behind it. On the chair beside the curtain were clothes of various colors. Wu Yu smelled an unpleasant smell from the dark room, which was the old man's stench.
There were a lot of miscellaneous things on the desk: old books, ancient teacups, faded wooden boxes, paper lanterns...
Wu Yu looked carefully for a while but did not find any blue and white porcelain, so he started rummaging through the drawers and cabinets.
At this moment, the door of the room creaked open softly, and then a faint yellow light shone in. Wu Yu was startled and didn't know what to do for a moment, so he quickly blew out the fire.
The pale yellow light gradually drifted to the bedside, and through the light, a skinny old man appeared like a ghost. He was the strange old man.
The old man put the lantern on the desk and sat on the bed. He sat there in silence for a while, glanced at the desk casually, and suddenly, his eyes became extremely terrifying, as if they were completely white like a dead body.
At this time, Wu Yu, who was hiding behind the dyed cloth, was so nervous that he was almost suffocating.
The old man seemed to sense that something was near him, tightening his heartstrings, and he called out hoarsely, "Who is it?"
Wu Yu was shocked. He felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest and didn't know what to do. Suddenly, a scream came into his ears, followed by the sound of footsteps outside the door.
"Dead cat, wait and see when I will kill you." The old man cursed fiercely.
Wu Yu's tense nerves couldn't help but relax, but he immediately became uneasy again. If the old man didn't leave, he would inevitably be discovered by him. If he was discovered, he might have to move out of the old house, and then it would be difficult to know the truth about the old house and Su Wei.
While he was worrying, the old man seemed to stand up, holding a lantern and walking to the faded old wooden cabinet. He suddenly turned around and looked around for a while, then opened the cabinet with confidence and got in. Instantly, the room was dark.
Seeing this, Wu Yu relaxed his guard and began to breathe heavily. His rapid breathing could be clearly heard in the silence. When Wu Yu calmed down and was about to leave, he suddenly felt something was wrong: the light disappeared after the old man entered the cabinet. Could it be that the cabinet... When Wu Yu thought of this, he was even more confused about the secret in the cabinet. He decided to make plans after leaving, so he used the light of his mobile phone to quickly get out of the dyeing cloth.
Wu Yu walked to the door and was about to open it when he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps. Then he saw a ray of light outside the window and quickly turned off the phone.
The sound of footsteps gradually became clearer, and Wu Yu knew that they were not Yunyun's footsteps.
As soon as Wu Yu hid behind the dyed cloth, he heard a delicate female voice coming from outside the door: "Grandpa——" She couldn't get a response, so she called a few more times.
Wu Yu thought that Niao Niao would leave if she couldn't hear the echo, but unexpectedly, the cabinet suddenly made a creaking sound, and the old man came out. He seemed to have heard Niao Niao's call and responded, "Is there something wrong, Niao Niao?"
Wu Yu couldn't help but be shocked.
"Grandpa, have you had dinner?"
"not yet."
"Then come over here, Grandpa. I just have something to tell you."
"Yeah." The old man said as he walked towards Wu Yu, then opened the door, closed it, and walked away with Niao Niao.
Seeing this, Wu Yu's pounding heart gradually calmed down. Wu Yu wondered whether Niao Niao and her grandfather had told Su Wei about wanting to move into the old house. Wu Yu suddenly didn't want to leave after calming down. He wondered what was hidden behind the cabinet and wanted to go in and see what was going on. However, he felt vaguely uneasy, as if he always felt that the old man was about to come back. So he immediately opened the door, leaned over to look outside, and seeing no one, he sneaked back to the room.
