Chapter 9 Mysterious Blue and White Porcelain 3. The hidden secrets of blue and white porcelain
After dawn, Yunyun got up, washed, and put on the red cheongsam again. Wu Yu was sleeping soundly at this time, and his snoring was particularly loud in the silence.
Yunyun hadn't finished dressing yet when she heard footsteps outside the door, followed by Niao Niao's voice: "Sister Yun, can we go now?"
"Okay, I'll be right there." Yunyun said as she hurriedly looked in the mirror, then turned around to pick up her painting supplies and hurried out the door. She saw Niao Niao and Xinluo standing outside the door with umbrellas, so she turned around to pick up the Xishi umbrella and went out.
They came out of the old house as usual, then walked along the deserted street to the breakfast stall they often went to, had breakfast, walked slowly across the street with umbrellas, turned onto the arch bridge, looked at the water town filled with mist in the early morning, and walked towards the school.
Although the street was deserted, there were still some pedestrians. People who were not familiar with them or had heard of the legend about them would think they had seen a ghost when they saw them wearing cheongsams and holding Xishi umbrellas and walking gracefully on the rainy street.
When they arrived at school that day, there were no students yet. Niao Niao was bored, so she played some dance music and danced to the beat. Xinluo was busy cleaning, while Yunyun put the painting supplies in place and started to paint for Niao Niao.
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Wu Yu woke up hazily and found Yunyun was not in bed. He looked out the window and thought it was late. He checked his cell phone and it was almost ten o'clock. He wondered why he slept so deeply.
Wu Yu slowly got up, and suddenly a man's voice came from outside the door: "Yu, are you there?"
Wu Yu recognized it as Su Wei's voice, put on his clothes and went to open the door. Su Wei was holding an umbrella and looking at him with a slight smile.
"What's the matter?" Wu Yu looked at him sleepily and asked puzzledly.
"I'm going out to get breakfast, and I wanted to ask if you've eaten yet. If not, we can go out together, so that I can have company."
Wu Yu nodded and said, "Then let's go." Then he turned around and looked at the corner of the door. Seeing that there was no umbrella, he smiled at Su Wei and closed the door.
They were silent all the way. When they turned out of the street, Su Wei suddenly asked, "How long do you plan to stay in the old house? When will you return to Guangzhou?"
"This..." Wu Yu pondered for a while before slowly saying, "It's hard to say. It all depends on Yunyun's opinion. It may take a week or a month." Wu Yu said this, glanced at Su Wei and said, "What about you?"
"I'll leave after I figure out the origin of the ancient town's mysterious ghost wedding and some other things."
"Going back to Guangzhou?"
"Either it is, or it isn't."
"What about Niao Niao? She is a very pretty and kind girl. In a big city like Guangzhou, there are no girls as pure as her. If you love her, you should cherish her."
Su Wei hummed and nodded.
"What do you think of the old house?" Wu Yu always had a vague feeling that he had another purpose for moving to the old house, but he couldn't figure out what it was, so he found something to test his reaction.
"When I first came to the ancient town, I heard the legend of the ancient house in the car. I thought it was just a sad story, but I didn't expect to see a girl in cheongsam at the riverside. I thought I saw a ghost at that time, but later I met Niao Niao and knew the story of the ancient house, so it was nothing."
"The story of the old house?" Wu Yu became alert instantly after hearing it.
"I heard from Niao Niao that many years ago, a wealthy businessman lived in this old house. The businessman had a priceless blue and white porcelain. But whether the blue and white porcelain is real or not, and whether it is collected in the old house, is unknown. However, Niao Niao also said that there used to be a lady named Xinluo and a maid named Niao Niao in the old house. Niao Niao once complained about why her family named her Niao Niao."
Wu Yu was awakened by Su Wei's words and asked hurriedly: "Has Niao Niao ever told you about her parents?"
"Well... not really. Why are you asking this?"
"I've never met their parents, so I find it strange."
"I noticed that Niao Niao was always evasive when talking about her family, so I stopped asking."
After hearing this, Wu Yu imagined that Niao Niao's parents might have passed away, otherwise they would have lived in the old house.
As they were talking, they unknowingly arrived at the breakfast stall, sat down at a spot on the roadside, and ordered breakfast.
After breakfast, Su Wei left because he had something to do. Wu Yu thought he should go back to the old house to see if the old man was still there. Wu Yu felt that the blue and white porcelain might be related to the legend and Su Wei's affairs.
The sky was gloomy and drizzling. Wu Yu hurried back to the old house and went straight to the backyard.
Before Wu Yu reached the old man's door, he heard a series of strange noises. After listening carefully, he still couldn't tell what the noises were. The noises seemed to come from the kitchen, and curiosity prompted him to follow the sound.
The strange sound became clearer and clearer, like the sound of a knife chopping down somewhere. What was the old man doing? Wu Yu suddenly remembered that the old man had killed a cat before, but the strange thing was that this sound was obviously different from the sound he made last time.
Wu Yu walked to the kitchen door in confusion and saw the old man sitting in the dark kitchen. He held the handle of the knife with both hands and chopped hard again and again. Then there was a "thump thump thump" sound of wood falling to the ground. Wu Yu then realized that it was the sound of chopping wood.
The old man was just concentrating on chopping wood and didn't seem to notice Wu Yu outside the door.
Wu Yu felt that this old man seemed to be getting more and more terrifying. Why did he always do things that terrified people?
After watching the old man chopping wood, Wu Yu quietly walked back, thinking about when to find a suitable time to check the old man's room again.
After returning to the room, Wu Yu kept an eye on the movements in the yard, but the old man had been chopping wood all day and had not gone out.
At noon, Yunyun called, said a few words of greeting, and then hung up.
Wu Yu was only thinking about his own worries. He checked all the people who were related to the ancient house and Su Wei's death or mysterious disappearance, such as Xiaoxue, Xiaoqing, Xinluo, Niao Niao, the old man, Su Wei... Wu Yu felt that in addition to finding out the truth and secrets hidden behind the blue and white porcelain, he should also go to Zhejiang again. In addition, he must take action and cannot sit back and wait.
In the evening, Yunyun, Xinluo and Niao Niao returned to the old house at about seven o'clock as usual. This evening, Yunyun packed dinner again. Wu Yu took Yunyun's dinner and asked, "How is the painting today?"
Yunyun patted the water droplets on her red cheongsam, then untied her long hair and replied, "Niao Niao's figure and appearance are very beautiful. It seems difficult to draw her better than the real person, not to mention her fairy-like heart."
"Then you should put more thought into it. By the way, are you going to Niao Niao's place tonight?"
"Go, of course! I've made an agreement with Niao Niao Xinluo that I will draw for them during the day and they will teach me how to play the piano and dance at night."
After hearing this, Wu Yu started to eat dinner in silence.
After Yunyun took a shower, she changed into a long dress worn by women in the Republic of China. Wu Yu looked at her in surprise and said nothing more. He wondered why she liked to wear women's clothes in the Republic of China since she moved into this room, not to mention the clothes of a dead person.
Yunyun didn't pay attention to Wu Yu's eyes, picked up the lantern and went out. Not long after she left, the sound of a faint piano came from the backyard.
After about eight o'clock, Wu Yu quietly closed the door and went out. He knew that the old man would stay with Xinluo until about nine o'clock before coming back.
Wu Yu walked towards the old man's room with the dim light of his mobile phone. He saw from a distance that there was no light in the room and couldn't help laughing. Just when he was feeling proud, he suddenly heard a faint and delicate sound of footsteps. Wu Yu quickly turned off the light of his mobile phone and calmed down. He realized that it was not the old man's footsteps. After spending some time together, he could clearly distinguish the footsteps of everyone in the courtyard.
The footsteps were accompanied by a shadow gradually appearing in the courtyard. It was vaguely seen that the shadow seemed to walk to the old man's door, and suddenly stopped and stayed where it was. After about a few seconds, a "Yiya" sound was suddenly heard, and then the door closed. Wu Yu was startled.
Wu Yu thought that the black shadow must be him. He knew why he moved to the old house. He was more surprised when he thought about it. Did he know the secret behind the blue and white porcelain, or did he come here because he heard that the blue and white porcelain was priceless?
Just as he was surprised, a faint light came from the old man's room. Wu Yu knew it was the light from a mobile phone. The faint light appeared and disappeared in the dark room.
After a while, a pale yellow light suddenly appeared outside Xinluo's door, and then the shadow holding the lantern walked towards Wu Yu, with faint footsteps coming along the way. If you didn't listen carefully, you would not be able to react. Wu Yu was sure that this was definitely an old man, so he was shocked.
The old man walked to the door, opened it, went in, and then closed the door again.
Wu Yu didn't understand why he was so nervous. He didn't expect that the old man had already begun to suspect that someone had entered his room. He was suddenly glad that he hadn't gone in just now, otherwise if he was discovered by the old man, the consequences would be disastrous.
Wu Yu was worrying about the man when there was a slight noise in the room, and then he saw the light of the lantern reflected outside the door. Wu Yu could not hear any movement inside, and wondered if the old man had not noticed him, or if the old man had just returned to the room to get something, causing him to be alarmed.
Wu Yu saw the old man walking towards Xinluo's room, then heard the door open, and saw him hurriedly step into Xinluo's room.
After Wu Yu watched him go in, he hurried forward. He had to take the risk and go in to see what was going on.
After entering, he went straight to the place where blue and white porcelain was collected.
Wu Yu entered the secret room where the blue and white porcelain was collected with trepidation, and found that the blue and white porcelain was still in its original place. Wu Yu carefully looked at the blue and white porcelain depicting a beautiful woman in the dim light. He looked carefully and felt that the woman seemed to be smiling at him. Wu Yu was afraid that he would be seduced by the beauty of the woman, so he had to stop there and did not dare to look any further.
Wu Yu carefully looked at it for a moment and found that apart from this stunning woman, there was nothing special about the blue and white porcelain. Wu Yu looked at it for a while and then became confused. Could it be that the legend was false? Or was the secret hidden in the blue and white porcelain in this charming woman? What secret did this woman and the blue and white porcelain have...
Wu Yu was confused for a moment. After thinking for a while, he felt that this woman was so mysterious that he should start with her, so he bravely looked at the woman carefully.
Wu Yu ignored the woman's eyes and looked directly at her clothes and figure. He felt that the woman's depiction was so lifelike, and her figure in the red cheongsam was so graceful .
Wu Yu looked for a moment , then looked at the woman's face and eyes. He seemed to feel that the woman was smiling at him, so Wu Yu quickly looked away.
In the silence, Wu Yu could only hear his own heart beating non-stop.
Wu Yu felt that it was difficult to solve the mystery for the time being, and he was afraid that the old man would come back, so he did not stay for long. He quickly turned around and walked out of the secret room.
Wu Yu had just closed the old man's door and was about to walk towards Xin Luo, but before he could take a step, the old man appeared outside the door holding a lantern, which gave Wu Yu a false alarm.
