My Endless Life.

Chapter 354 Basement

The knight's rage was not without reason. Judging from Sun Xiaoqing's appearance, she obviously knew the consequences of bringing Meng An to the United States Federation.

But Sun Xiaoqing did not admit her mistake. Instead, she kept looking at Meng An, as if she was expecting Meng An to say a few words for her.

Seeing this, the knight felt even more disappointed.

He stopped looking at Sun Xiaoqing and looked down at the doll-like little boy. Seeing the fear vaguely emerging on his face, he softened his voice and said in Chinese:

"Your name is Meng An, right? Don't be afraid, I'm your grandmother Zhang Fengyun's student. I'm here to take you away... Come with me, okay?"

The knight extended his hand to Meng An.

Sun Xiaoqing didn't care what happened, as long as she could find a way to take Meng An away.

Even if the situation really reaches the most critical moment, the knight will give the Cross of Rebirth to Meng An to use.

But the premise of all this is that Meng An believes in him.

The young Meng An looked at the knight with a blank expression. His eyes swept back and forth between the knight and Sun Xiaoqing, and finally he hid behind Sun Xiaoqing and said:

"I…I don't believe you."

His voice is so soft that it might be ignored if you don't listen carefully.

But the knight heard it clearly. Helplessness appeared on his face and he sighed deeply.

You can't expect a child who is only a few years old to trust a stranger so quickly and unconditionally.

Compared to the knight he just met, Meng An obviously wanted to be closer to Sun Xiaoqing, with whom he had been together for a long time.

What's more, the knight had just scolded Sun Xiaoqing in English. Meng An might not understand what he was saying, but he could see his attitude.

Perhaps in Meng An's heart, the knight is a bad guy.

The initial impression was not good, let alone gaining the trust of the child. The knight took a deep breath and turned to look at Sun Xiaoqing, saying coldly:
"As soon as tomorrow morning comes, you will leave here with me. I can't believe you are running around with the teacher's child!"

"Uh, knight..."

After hearing what the knight said, Sun Xiaoqing seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"how?"

The knight asked unhappily.

Sun Xiaoqing said weakly: "After entering here, it seems that we can't get out, and... I heard that it is very dangerous here during the day."

"What danger?"

"I don't know, but I heard that... it seems that everyone who went out during the day disappeared."

Sun Xiaoqing explained to the knight.

This is what she heard from the townspeople here. Regardless of whether it is true or not, for her own safety, it is better not to go out during the day.

.........

Silent all night.

The next morning, Li Qi finally left the room, went out to have breakfast with Sun Xiaoqing, and met other people in the mansion.

Lisa seemed to like children very much. Her expression softened a lot after seeing Li Qi come out. She actively introduced Li Qi to the little girl Kate.

In order to avoid behaving too abnormally, Li Qi happily played with the little girl Kate.

But in fact, he was listening to the conversation of people in the mansion.

However, there was not much useful information in the conversation between the few people, and not long after they started talking, the mayor Vincent came to find Sun Xiaoqing, so Li Qi didn't listen for long.

Vincent's purpose in coming to see Sun Xiaoqing was simple, which was to let her choose where to live.

There are not many places to live in the town, with only about a dozen households in total, half of which are already occupied. Only some residents who do not want to live in those old houses will choose to stay in the mansion.

There is actually not much difference between choosing to live in an old house or in a mansion. The purpose of Vincent's arrangement is to make the town more lively.

Sun Xiaoqing was somewhat puzzled by this:
“Does this make sense?”

Since there is no difference between living in an old house in the town and living in a mansion, it is better to live directly in the mansion, which will also make management easier.

Vincent exhaled: "It doesn't make any sense, but don't you think it's very ceremonial?"

"..."

“And whether we can go out or not, we still have to live. Living together may indeed make management easier, but there are also many other troubles.

"Besides, many people want to have their own space and don't like to bother others, so I decided to give them the houses here."

Vincent said this and asked Sun Xiaoqing: "...By the way, Lisa should have told you about the town, right? So have you decided where you want to live?"

"I...want to stay in the mansion."

Sun Xiaoqing's eyes fell on Li Qi who was playing with Kate in the distance.

It was Li Qi's idea to stay in the mansion. The reason was very simple. There were a lot of people in the mansion, and it seemed like they had been living there for a long time without anything happening.

In this case, it is safest to choose to live in a mansion.

After Vincent knew Sun Xiaoqing's choice, he didn't say much. Instead, he said with understanding:
"That's right. You are alone and have a child. It's right for you to live with more people. At least it will be safer this way."

"Yeah, I think so too." Sun Xiaoqing said perfunctorily, then turned her gaze to the surroundings of the town and asked Vincent:

"You've been trapped here for so long, haven't you ever thought about finding a way out?"

“I thought about it, but I can’t find it.” Vincent sighed and replied, “We once tried to drive into the woods to find a way out, but we walked a long way and couldn’t see any exit. It was as if we were just going around in circles in the woods.” Because it was dangerous at night, even if Vincent and his friends looked for an exit, they had to return to town before nightfall.

So every time they would drive halfway and turn back immediately when they saw that time was running out. This also resulted in less time for exploration, and they had even less time to explore more places.

"Sleeping in the car overnight?"

Sun Xiaoqing raised another question after hearing this.

Vincent shook his head and said, "Someone tried, but...he and the car never came back."

Sun Xiaoqing remained silent after hearing this.

If you take the main road, you will go in circles and eventually return to the town. If you walk through the forest, you will not find the end and you must go back when the time comes.

But if you continue driving forward, ignoring the danger after the sun sets, the end result will be that both you and your car will disappear, never to return.

The town was isolated from the world and became a place where no one could leave.

After talking to Vincent, Sun Xiaoqing asked the last question:
"So why is it okay in the house?"

If the town is so dangerous, why is it that living in the house is safe? How can a house that looks like it is made of bricks and wooden boards isolate itself from dangers from the outside world?

"This is probably because of a legend in this town."

Perhaps more than one person asked this question, Vincent answered immediately.

"legend?"

“It’s not quite right to call it a legend, it’s more accurate to call it a fairy tale. The content of the fairy tale is too long, so I won’t go into detail. I’ll just talk about a few key points.

“It is mentioned in fairy tales that houses are absolutely safe. As long as you close the doors and windows and don’t easily invite others in, you will be absolutely safe in the house.

“Perhaps it is because of this fairy tale that the houses in the small town can become safe houses.”

Vincent explained.

The town is well-known in the surrounding area for its ghost stories and rumors, and the ghost stories circulating in the town are definitely not the only ones Vincent mentioned.

But so far, the only thing that can be roughly confirmed is the "fairy tale" that Vincent told.

……

Li Qi and Kate were playing on a simple swing in front of the mansion, and they paid some attention to the conversation between Sun Xiaoqing and Vincent.

The town is famous for its ghost stories, and there are buildings nearby that were built based on the ghost stories, but they are now abandoned.

When everyone was trapped in this small town in the beginning, many people speculated that maybe they had encountered some strange story in the town, which was why they all gathered here.

But after Lisa compared them one by one, everyone found that none of the strange stories circulating in the town were similar to what they were experiencing now.

Over time, people stopped talking about this matter.

Li Qi has also heard of several strange stories circulating here, such as "mysterious phone calls", "unknown figures", or "non-existent old houses". They sound like ghost stories, and no one knows why they can attract groups of enthusiasts to come here for tourism.

No useful information could be obtained from the conversation between Sun Xiaoqing and Vincent.

Li Qi was considering whether to go out at night to see what the situation was like here at night.

Just as Li Qi was considering this, the little girl Kate suddenly got off the swing and asked him mysteriously:
"Ann, I know a very interesting place, do you want to join me?"

The little girl saw that Li Qi looked absent-minded and thought he didn't like the games here.

Kate, who is one year older than Li Qi, naturally took on the role of "sister" and came forward to recommend places that she thought were interesting.

Li Qi then realized that he had been thinking for too long and ignored Kate, which led Kate to misunderstand something.

But facing Kate's invitation, Li Qi couldn't refuse. After all, it would be troublesome if he really made the other party cry.

Thinking of this, Li Qi asked with some trepidation and curiosity:
"Where?"

"follow me!"

Kate waved to Li Qi and trotted into the mansion.

Li Qi followed Kate closely, in the mood to play with the children.

The two of them entered the mansion one after the other. No one stopped them. Only Jeff, who was taking a nap in the living room, told them to run slower, and then continued to nap on the sofa.

I don't know why he is so sleepy.

Kate was a very lively little girl. She took Li Qi to the end of the first floor of the mansion and pushed open a tightly closed door.

Li Qi looked inside the door and a spiral staircase leading to the basement appeared in front of him.

Feeling the chill coming from the basement, Li Qi became a little more alert and frowned, wanting Kate to stop.

But Kate had already entered the room and waved at Li Qi:

"Ann, come in quickly, before Aunt Lisa and the others find out!"

"..."

Seeing Kate looking excited about going on an adventure, Li Qi thought about it and followed her into the basement.

Looking at Kate's expression, you can tell that this is not her first time in this basement. Since there were no accidents before, the probability of an accident happening now is not high.

Li Qi was also a little curious about what was hidden in the basement of this mansion.

(End of this chapter)