The atmosphere of the hall was subtle.

Seeing the young man staring at him blankly, Liu Chu glanced up and down, and the corners of his lips curled up. He teasingly said, “Young Master Song, Do I have flowers on my face?”

The policemen were all holding back their laughter. They also discovered that the young master of the Song family looked at the boss in the same way as if seeing a good friend.

Their boss has a good appearance and those young miss likes it so much that their legs turn weak when they see him. It’s the first time that a man stares at him so unblinkingly.

Huang Dan came back to his senses, “Chief Liu looks like an old friend of mine.”

Liu Chu raised his eyebrows, “Oh?”

Huang Dan said, “It doesn’t look like it when you look at carefully.”

Liu Chu twitched his lips but didn’t say anything, not interested.

Huang Dan looked at the middle-aged man, “Patriarch.”

Patriarch hummed in answer.

When building the ancestral hall last year, the Song Yuan Shi took out the same share as everyone else, not much more.

The Song household all sneered, saying that the Song Yuan Shi had such a big business and owned a large tea garden. This much worth could not spend in a few lifetimes. So she should be responsible for the maintenance of the ancestral hall alone.

Song Yuan Shi turned a blind eye to it and gossip had no effect in front of her. Where and how to spend the money she earned was her business and no one has right to decide.

The Song family ran to patriarch every three days and he was annoyed by that matter. Even had a bad fight with the Song Yuan Shi.

He stepped into this mansion today because of the seriousness of the situation and had to come here in person.

The Ye family is also a well-known family in the town. Ms. Ye is missing. Song Wang is her classmate and the person she meet before disappearing.

Patriarch’s face is full of majesty. Song Wang had better have nothing to do with this matter, otherwise he can only deal with it according to the clan rules.

“Patriarch, What makes you so excited?”

Song Yuan Shi leaned on a cane, and walked slowly with the support of her personal servant girl.

Everyone in the hall greeted, “Old Madam.”

Huang Dan walked over and helped the old lady to sit on a chair.

Song Yuan Shi patted her grandson’s hand, silently comforting, “It’s noon, I just fell asleep when I was woken up by the movement outside.”

Patriarch said, “Miss Ye is missing. I brought Chief Liu for questioning.”

Song Yuan Shi glanced at Instructor Wang and the dozen or so people standing outside the hall, “Just an inquiry. I thought they were here to arrest people.”

Patriarch looks embarrassed.

Several people including Liu Chu have nothing to do with this matter. The twists and turns of the Song family are more exciting than those in the drama. Patriarch Song brought so many people here. The meaning there is very deep, but also very shallow.

He just wanted to embarrass the old lady.

However, Patriarch Song’s wishful thinking didn’t work out instead old lady saw through his mind.

“Ah Wang, you have to tell the whole story about that day.”

Song Yuan Shi looked at her grandson and said sternly, “You can’t hide anything from patriarch and Chief Liu.”

Huang Dan said, “Good.”

Patriarch picked up the teacup and blew on the floating leaves, give a fleeting glance at Liu Chu from the corner of his eye.

Liu Chu put the knife on the table aside, “Young Master Song, where was the last time you met Miss Ye?”

Huang Dan said, “Earthworm River.”

Liu Chu asked, “Was anyone else present?”

Huang Dan said, “A few of my servants were following. There were people walking on the bridge and all can be seen.”

Liu Chu asked again, “Miss Ye ran out from the banquet to meet Young Master Song that day, did you make an appointment in advance?”

Huang Dan said no, “We just met by chance.”

Next, no matter what Liu Chu asked, Huang Dan would answer. He was unhurried and his attitude was very calm, without any abnormality.

A policeman was taking notes and no one else in the hall made a sound.

Liu Chu paused for a few seconds and confirmed with the policeman who was taking notes, “Young Master Song, I need to go to your room to take a look.”

Before Huang Dan could respond Song Yuan Shi said, “Patriarch, isn’t this outrageous?”

Patriarch took a sip of tea, “Old Madam, this incident will have a great impact on the Song family. We should cooperate and let Chief Liu find the clues as soon as possible. This will be beneficial to the Song family.”

Song Yuan Shi’s complexion was not looking good.

Liu Chu chuckled, “It’s my duty, so I hope Old Madam and Young Master Song will be considerate.”

He is wearing a Chief Police’s dark colored standard outfit. At this time, the curvature of the smiling lips is obviously mixed with that ruffian energy, which has a kind of compelling aura.

Some people are born with a bad personality, which has different meaning from being bad. They are not messy or foolish but very mature and responsible.

Song Yuan Shi wanted to speak, but Huang Dan shook his head at her. Let them look, it doesn’t matter.

Not long after, Liu Chu appeared in Huang Dan’s room.

The original owner was studying abroad and what he sees and hears are very different from the things in the town. There are some gadgets brought back from the West, such as telescopes and oil paintings, in the place where he lives.

Liu Chu picked up the binoculars, “Miss Ye also has a pair of binoculars.”

Huang Dan said, “I bought it with her.”

Liu Chu’s meaning unclear, “It seems that Young Master Song and Miss Ye have a good relationship.”

Huang Dan said, “Not bad.”

He stretched out his hand and accidentally touched Liu Chu. Liu Chu swung it away reflexively and the telescope slipped from his palm and fell to the ground.

Huang Dan was hit on the jaw.

Liu Chu turned his head and saw the young man bent his back with a painful expression on his face. He clicked his tongue in disgust, “Eldest Young Master is so delicate?”

Huang Dan didn’t hear clearly, the man’s slap was very sudden. Not to mention his jaw was injured and the teeth in his mouth were knocked together vigorously. The shock made his temples hurt.

Liu Chu bumped into the tearful eyes of the young man. He picked up the binoculars in a daze for a moment and found that several places were cracked, “I’ll take this binoculars for you to repair and return it to you after it’s repaired.”

Huang Dan cried and said, “Up to you.”

Liu Chu raised one corner of his lips, “Seriously, Young Master Song, your ability to cry is better than any other woman.”

He leaned against the door, “Learning western knowledge is so different.”

Huang Dan took off the hand covering his chin, big red spot visible, “Chief Liu, you hit me and still making sarcastic remarks here. Isn’t it a little too much?”

“I hit you?”

Liu Chu laughed, “If I had hit you, you will not only have a red chin but not be able to stand here and talk to me either.”

Huang Dan wiped away the tears from his face, his voice was hoarse from crying, “Okay, you didn’t hit me, I did it myself.”

Liu Chu, “……”

Huang Dan hissed and rubbed his chin, his painful face wrinkled together.

Liu Chu frowned and the next moment unconsciously turned his head and shouted to the door, “Si Mao, enter for me!”

Si Mao rushed in holding a knife and looking left and right with a nervous face, “Boss, what’s wrong?”

Liu Chu stretched out his hand, “What is that medicine, bring it.”

Si Mao blinked unknowingly, “What medicine?”

Liu Chu kicked his calf, “Just that baby of you.”

Si Mao immediately turned into a bitter face, and slowly took out a small bottle from his arms, “Boss, don’t use too…”

Before he finished speaking, Liu Chu threw the medicine to Huang Dan.

Si Mao widened his eyes.

Liu Chu dragged him out.

In the garden, Si Mao was released and he pouted, “Boss, Young Master Song is the only grandson of Old Madam Song and the entire Song family belongs to him. Is there anything he want and don’t get?”

The implication is that Young Master Song will not take anything from him as a favor.

Liu Chu said as he walked, “I’ll get you some medicinal materials later and you can get more medicines.”

Si Mao immediately grinned. He suddenly remembered something, “Boss, I see Young Master Song was crying, what did you do?”

Liu Chu said, “It has nothing to do with me.”

Si Mao was suspicious, “Then why was Young Master Song crying? Boss, you were not bullying him, are you?”

Liu Chu pursed his lips, “I only bully women.”

Si Mao hehehed, “Leave it! Whenever we go to drinking with oiran, you always have face of boredom, and you just drink, you haven’t even touched a woman’s hand, and you are still bullying, you know that on paper, once you practice it, you will be quick than anyone else.”

Liu Chu squinted, “What are you mumbling about, hurry up and call old Zhang and the others and follow me to the tailor shop.”

Si Mao trembled and hurried to call the brothers.

Liu Chu’s footsteps stopped. When the eldest young master cried, his business got interrupt. He cursed in a low voice, let’s check back later.

After the patriarch and Liu Chu left, Song family’s main gate closed.

Song Yuan Shi asked the housekeeper to call everyone in the mansion, “From now on, no one is allowed to let the Young Master go out without my order. If anyone is careless, I will break his leg.”

The servants responded in fear, “Yes, Old Madam.”

Huang Dan is miserable.

Not to mention the gate, even the back door, the courtyard wall, and even the dog hole are guarded by servants. Unless he has wings, he will never be able to get out.

It was hot and still annoyed Huang Dan rolled up his sleeves and drew in the pavilion.

The big household is different. The pens, inks, papers and inkstones placed on the stone table are all first-class. He is painting the lotus in front of him and he spreads green paint on the paper.

Pencils and brushes have completely different tactile sensations as well as strokes and drawing methods.

Huang Dan works in a construction firm and deals with drawings every day, and occasionally travels to construction sites. He doesn’t feel tired, but sometimes there will be a small accident, which is nothing to others, but to him, that’s the big deal.

So there are medicine boxes in the car, and some of them were carried with him, lest he get knocked somewhere.

A dragonfly flapped its wings and flew across the side of the pavilion. It flew to the lotus pond, stopped on a lotus leaf, and changed another one, playing mischievously.

Huang Dan lowered his head, changed to a brush and started to paint. Not long after, there was an extra dragonfly in the painting.

After an unknown amount of time, Juan’er came over with a sliced watermelon, and quietly stood aside, her usual docile appearance, with a weak sense of presence.

Huang Dan put the brush on the edge of the inkstone. He ate a piece of watermelon from a celadon plate. The skin of the melon was cut after it was fished out of the well, and it was still a little cool on the top. “Juan’er, help me take care of the painting on the table.”

After speaking, Huang Dan sat on the railing and ate the watermelon leaning on the pillar.

Juan’er rolled up the painting, turned and left.

Huang Dan ate a few slices of watermelon, and all the pens, ink, papers and inkstones on the table were taken away, and there were snacks and tea. He faced the sun, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked a bit lazy.

“Mr. System, is there any news about Ye Lan?”

System, “No.”

Huang Dan frowned, it had been three days since Ye Lan disappeared, if she was captured by that demon, she really wouldn’t be able to come back.

If it is found that someone was killed again like salesman, the people in the town will definitely become panicked. Unavoidably, because of the fear in their hearts, they will doubt and suspect each other, even if they are relatives and friends.

At that time, as long as someone has a little rhythm, everyone will rush forward and make terrible moves.

That’s what the demon wants to see, the messier the better.

Huang Dan was considering some points, the old lady seemed to know something, she didn’t let him go outside during this time, she is protecting him, and she is afraid of accidents.

Could it be about demons?

Huang Dan asked the housekeeper and went to the meditation room in the backyard.

The light in the room was dim, and there was a big Buddha statue on display, and the incense burner was surrounded by sandalwood smell which was spreading around.

The old lady has her eyes closed and knelt on the futon to recite scriptures. She had a string of dark brown beads in her hand. As her fingertips moved away, the beads rolled back one by one.


Huang Dan knelt down on another futon, folded his palms together, and worshiped the Buddha statue. He wanted to speak, but felt that it was inappropriate, so he waited on the side.


The old lady didn’t know what sutra she was reciting, but she kept on reciting it. Huang Dan yawned, his consciousness gradually sank, and he was in a daze. An old voice called in his ear, “Ah Wang , Ah Wang.”

Huang Dan opened his eyes suddenly, and what he saw was a wrinkled face. He swallowed his saliva and swallowed the horror into his stomach, “Grandma.”

Song Yuan Shi said strangely, “You child, how can you sleep in front of the Buddha.”

Huang Dan said, “I’m sorry.”

“If you sincerely repent, Buddha will forgive you, but you can’t do this again in the future.” Song Yuan Shi put the beads in a box at the end of the incense table, “You are looking for grandma, what is the matter?”

Huang Dan asked, “Grandma, do you think there are demons in the world?”

Song Yuan Shi’s hand holding the Buddha beads froze, and then returned to normal, “Why do you suddenly ask this kind of question?”

Huang Dan said in a curious tone, “I heard about it in a teahouse a few days ago.”

Song Yuan Shi closed the box, lit three sticks of incense and put them in the incense burner, “There are everything in the world, maybe there is, maybe there isn’t.”

Having said it, it means not saying it, Huang Dan continued, “Grandma, some people in the teahouse say that who ate the salesman is not a tiger on the mountain, but a big demon. I don’t think a demon will hurt people.”

“Grandma sees that you have stayed abroad for too long, and only the things in the book are left in your head.” Song Yuan Shi said, “If it doesn’t harm others, can it be called a demon?”

Huang Dan, “……”

It’s really hard for him to refute this logic, “People can be divided into good and bad, and so are demons.”

One person and one thought can be overthrown and replaced so easily.

Song Yuan Shi disagreed with grandson’s way of understanding, “That should not exist, it represents bad luck and death.”

Her gaze was looking at a place in the void, as if she was looking at a more distant period of time, “If anyone sees it, disaster will come.”

Don’t know if it’s because of the background of the room. Huang Dan remembered a horror movie he had seen with the butler. There was also a similar meditation room. There was an old lady with gray hair who was reciting scriptures with her back to the camera. One eye was bleeding, and the skin on her face was gone.

That old lady spat out a mouthful of blood, and a lot of blood clots fell down, all over the TV screen, and it felt like it was splashed out.

At that time, Huang Dan was drinking watermelon juice, so he put down the cup silently but the housekeeper was still drinking, and he drank with relish.

Huang Dan came back to his senses, seeing the old lady in a fancy dress with jade hanging on her chest, for a brief moment, there was an illusion of overlapping, he shook his head, and the illusion disappeared.

When people get old, age spots will appear, the skin on the face will loosen, the bags under the eyes will droop, and when you stare at it blankly, it looks a bit scary.

Two days later, Huang Dan got the news that Ye Lan was found by Liu Chu, and she is still alive.

Huang Dan was going to Ye’s house, and Song Yuan Shi was also going.

Ye Lan was found in the woods. At that time, her hair was disheveled. The light purple cheongsam was torn in many places. There were many injuries on her arms and legs. She fell while running and was scraped by branches. It is said that She looked crazy and possessed, looking for something or someone.

Huang Dan looked away when he saw the man talking to his subordinates, followed Ye mansion’s servants non-stop, and walked towards Ye Lan’s room.

Liu Chu shouted, “Hello.”

Huang Dan didn’t stop.

Liu Chu shouted again, in an impatient tone, “Young Master Song.”

Huang Dan still hasn’t stopped.

Liu Chu pointed out his name with a stern voice, “Song Wang.”

Huang Dan stopped, turned sideways and asked, “Chief Liu, do you need something?”

Liu Chu looked at the young man’s pale chin, it is all right, he smiled and said, “What’s the matter, it’s been several days, my comrade’s medicine, when are you going to return it to me?”

Huang Dan said, “Hand over my thing, you still want to go back?”

“……” Liu Chu had no expression on his face, “I told you to give?”

Huang Dan said, “I don’t want to talk to you now.”

Liu Chu suspected that he had misheard, so he turned around and asked, “What did he say?”

Si Mao coughed, put his hand to his mouth, and whispered, “Boss, Young Master Song said he doesn’t want to talk to you.”

Liu Chu’s face turned blue and red, “What the hell.”

Si Mao whispered to the others, “Do you know what happen to Boss? He became angry from embarrassment.”

Liu Chu patted Si Mao on the shoulder and gave him an extremely friendly smile, “You go to the case of someone’s chicken being stolen in Ping’an Village.”

Ping’an Village is far away, not to mention the demons over the mountains, there is no oil and water. Si Mao howled, “Boss, I was wrong.”

“Leave aside.”

Liu Chu looked at the young man’s back and frowned.