Maoshan female Taoist priest

192 One Night

Bai Xiaoxi stood at the entrance of the alley and frowned. Seeing that it was getting late, she thought about it, then turned and left.

Not long after Bai Xiaoxi left, the youthful face of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy appeared from behind another storefront, staring at the direction in which Bai Xiaoxi was leaving, and smiled wickedly.

……

When Bai Xiaoxi returned to the bookstore, he first put down the bag in his hand, then went to get the mobile phone on the counter, opened it, and was immediately startled—so many missed calls!

Grinning, Bai Xiaoxi opened the communication log, and saw that Han Nuo had called three times, and there were more than a dozen unrecorded numbers. Bai Xiaoxi looked at the number and thought for a while, and suddenly remembered that this is not Old Man Meng's shop. in it?

how?Why is old man Meng calling himself in such a hurry?
Bai Xiaoxi thought for a while, then picked up the small pocket and cell phone, turned around and closed the door, and went to the next street to find old man Meng.

Before he reached the door of old man Meng's shop, he saw old man Meng sitting slumped outside with his head drooping, as if he was very depressed.Bai Xiaoxi was a little strange, approached and asked, "Old man Meng, why are you looking for me in such a hurry? Don't you want to watch "The Origin of Maoshan Mountain"?"

When old man Meng heard Bai Xiaoxi's voice, he was startled at first, then jumped up from the stool, grabbed Bai Xiaoxi's arm, and shouted anxiously, "Xiaoxi, you are back! It's amazing!" "The Origin of Maoshan" was stolen!"

"Ah?!" Bai Xiaoxi stared.

"It's my fault. I just went to the door to sell something. The book was in the house. When I came back, the book was gone. Take a look. I searched the store and couldn't find "Maoshan" "Origin" was stolen!" Old man Meng continued to explain to Bai Xiaoxi with a sad face.

Bai Xiaoxi looked into the store, and sure enough, he saw that old man Meng's store had been turned upside down. He remained silent for a while, then looked at old man Meng again, "When did "The Origin of Maoshan" disappear?"

The old man Meng said anxiously, "I got it from you early in the morning, and within two hours, I disappeared in the blink of an eye and disappeared! This must have been missed for a long time!"

Bai Xiaoxi nodded, not as outraged as old man Meng expected, "Well, did any suspicious people appear when you lost it?"

Old man Meng shook his head, "I didn't see it! It's in my store! I'm still wondering where the book went! It can't be stolen by some little ghost or something, right?"

Old man Meng just said this, but Bai Xiaoxi's heart skipped a beat, he frowned slightly, and didn't speak.

Seeing Bai Xiaoxi's silence, old man Meng thought she was angry, and looked at her with a guilty conscience, "Xiaoxi, tell me, should we call the police? This book is very important to your family, right?"

Bai Xiaoxi looked up at him, then shook his head, "Let's talk about it."

"Huh?" Old Man Meng was surprised, "Xiaoxi, aren't you in a hurry to lose "The Origin of Maoshan Mountain?"

Bai Xiaoxi looked at old man Meng's shop again, and said, "What I gave you is actually just a simplified version. The real and complete "Maoshan Origin" is actually in the old house, and there is nothing you can do if you lose it. I will discuss it with my dad. Let's go."

When old man Meng heard that "The Origin of Maoshan" was a simplified version, he immediately felt a lot relieved, and said with a sigh of relief, "Yes, this matter really needs to be discussed with Bai Erye. "Original Source", otherwise it would not be tempting to steal it intentionally, I am afraid that the person who stole the book will use the book to do bad things!"

Bai Xiaoxi shook his head, "It shouldn't matter, the simplified version of "The Origin of Maoshan" is just for people to read, the real stuff is not in that book."

Old man Meng nodded, smiled while holding a wreath next to him, and said, "It's okay, Xiaoxi, you don't know, today is enough to scare my old man out of a heart attack."

Bai Xiaoxi looked at him, and said, "Then I'll go back first, you should pay more attention to whether "Maoshan Origin" has appeared somewhere recently, and try to find it."

Old man Meng must have fully agreed, after all the book was thrown into his hands, seeing Bai Xiaoxi turned away, old man Meng said to himself again, "It's strange to say, who would have known that "The Origin of Maoshan" would be in my hands What about it? It came to me this morning, but it’s only been two hours!"

Bai Xiaoxi, who was walking forward, stopped for a moment when he heard old man Meng's words, but immediately resumed his pace and walked slowly back to the bookstore.

It was already dark, Bai Xiaoxi turned on the lights in the store, stood in front of the bookshelf, looked at the warehouse where Su Ze usually rests, pursed his lips and stood quietly for a while, took out his mobile phone, found Su Ze's number, hesitated for a while , or dialed the number.

"Beep-beep-"

no one answered...

Bai Xiaoxi pursed her lips again, and put the phone on the counter. Fanfan, who was sitting on the counter, stretched out her paw and scratched her wrist. Bai Xiaoxi rubbed him casually, and then looked in the direction of the warehouse.

"Meow~"

Fanfan called out to her, Bai Xiaoxi came back to her senses, looked at him, smiled as if comforting herself, and said, "Probably not, Fanfan..."

Fanfan tilted his head and stretched out his paw to scratch her palm.

Bai Xiaoxi stared at the rice for a while, then sighed lightly, went to the door and pushed the store door closed, then sat down at the table, poured all the materials bought in the afternoon on the table, and began to concentrate on the food. Prepare props.

The props this time were extremely cumbersome and complicated. Bai Xiaoxi buried her head in front of the table to carve and draw all night without closing her eyes. It was not until the next morning when she heard the sound of getting up early from the shop outside that Bai Xiaoxi rubbed the soreness. eyes and a deflated stomach, opened the door of the store, went out to buy a few buns to fill his stomach.

At a certain corner of the street, Su Ze, who stood in the dark and watched the lights of Bai Xiaoxi Bookstore turned on all night, gently hid behind a camphor tree on the green belt.Seeing Bai Xiaoxi's haggard and thin figure, Su Ze couldn't stop the pain in his heart, and secretly clenched his fists tightly.

After Bai Xiaoxi returned to the shop and ate the hot buns in two or three bites, he packed up the props, looked up at the wall clock in the shop, and found that the appointment time with Zheng Han was only more than an hour away.Bai Xiaoxi thought for a while, and decided to go out early in the morning, preparing to stroll slowly to Zheng Han's neighborhood, just in time to tidy up the recent messy life.

Han Nuo's confession, inexplicable text messages, Su Ze's suspicion, eldest brother's investigation, Bai Dongdong's figure...

The messages flooded into Bai Xiaoxi's mind, and Bai Xiaoxi felt even more confused, frowning and walked forward, when suddenly he heard a piercing siren from beside him.

Bai Xiaoxi was startled, quickly opened his eyes and looked to the side, and saw a black car parked not more than one foot away from him, with a man's head protruding from the driver's seat, and swearing at Bai Xiaoxi , "Fuck, don't die?!"

(End of this chapter)