(Last night, I rewrote the last two hundred words of the last chapter, mainly to change the action time to midnight … I, I actually forgot about this. ⊙ ▽ ⊙ If you read it early, you can read it again. It won't cost you extra.)
When the wall in front of him melted away, Zhang Heng crossed the green belt and walked into the house. The girlish pink wall gradually returned to normal behind him. Zhang Heng found the switch on the right-hand side, turned on the light, and looked around. To his surprise, he didn't see Tian Tian on the bed.
In fact, there was no one in the entire room. The quilt on the bed was still open, but the slippers were still on the bed.
Zhang Heng frowned. It was bedtime, and it was impossible for Tian Tian to go out. Her family wouldn't allow her to do so, and with the burglar-proof window, it was impossible for her to climb out of the window alone. After looking around, Zhang Heng's eyes finally fell on the bed and the wardrobe in the room. These were the only two places where someone could hide.
Zhang Heng first opened the wardrobe, which contained children's clothes and some bedsheets. In addition, the Disney school bag he gave Tian Tian yesterday was also there. Then, Zhang Heng squatted down and put his cheek against the floor. This time, he finally found something.
Zhang Heng found the "missing" Tian Tian under the bed.
She was lying in the innermost corner, curled up into a ball, looking a little frightened. Zhang Heng noticed that her eyes were open, which meant that she hadn't slept until 12 o 'clock.
What was she afraid of? Why was she hiding here? Would something appear in her room tonight?
Zhang Heng had a feeling that he was very close to the answer.
He stood up and decided to check his surroundings first to see if there was anything suspicious. Zhang Heng searched the wardrobe, then checked the two storage boxes. One of them contained Tian Tian's kindergarten awards and handicrafts, and the other was mainly used to collect toys, including Barbie dolls, teddy bears, and so on. From the appearance alone, these things didn't seem to be suspicious.
After that, Zhang Heng walked to the desk, which was mainly filled with stationery, textbooks, and some gadgets that girls liked.
Zhang Heng's eyes stopped at the Winnie the Pooh notebook. After he took away Tian Tian's old workbook, she began to draw in this notebook.
Her first drawing was of her grandfather on the hospital bed being hit by an IV stand. According to her usual pattern, her second drawing should appear the next day. However, when Zhang Heng opened the notebook, he saw a new drawing that he had never seen before.
The painting was obviously freshly drawn. It depicted a little girl hiding under a bed, looking terrified. If Zhang Heng was not mistaken, this should be Tian Tian herself. And the thing in front of her seemed to be … an eye?
So this was the thing that had been bringing disaster to her family?
Indeed, Zhang Heng felt a trace of evil from the eye, or at least in Tian Tian's eyes, it was evil.
In that case, the next problem became much simpler. All Zhang Heng needed to do was find the eye. That way, he could solve the constant accidents in Tian Tian's house.
Of course, the incident in the painting didn't happen exactly at the time, and he couldn't rule out the possibility that the thing hadn't arrived in Tian Tian's room yet. If that was the case, Zhang Heng would have to find a way to place a camera here. After the extra 24 hours had passed, he would try to capture the thing's true appearance.
But Zhang Heng seemed to be in luck tonight. It took him less than an hour to find the thing.
It was a small accessory that looked a little strange. It was made of an uncommon stone that was only about one-fifth the weight of an ordinary stone. It still retained its natural shape, but there was a small hole at the end that could be used to thread a rope, make a necklace, a bracelet, or a key accessory. There was a red eye carved on the front, and the strange thing was that no matter which angle you looked at it from, the eye seemed to be staring at you.
Zhang Heng found this thing under Tian Tian's pillow. Other than matching the eye on the notebook, it seemed to have been there for a long time.
To be cautious, Zhang Heng didn't touch the "eye" accessory directly with his hand. Instead, he tore two pieces of paper from the notebook, wrapped it up, and put it in his pocket.
At this point, the matter should have come to an end. As long as the frequent accidents stopped and the source of the "curse" was removed, Tian Tian's mental state would gradually improve after undergoing scientific psychotherapy.
Zhang Heng then spent another four hours checking Tian Tian's house. After confirming that there was nothing else suspicious, he left through the front door.
…
The time was 00: 45, and 45 minutes had passed since the state ended. Zhang Heng didn't go home. He was now standing on the side of the road with a mask and hood, looking at a KTV across the street.
He arrived at the address given to him by the bartender lady. A drunk man in a suit walked out of the KTV with two voluptuous princesses in his arms. He then hailed a taxi and went straight to the hotel. Coupled with the four burly security guards outside the door, Zhang Heng could roughly guess the nature of this KTV.
However, since the crackdown on pornography and illegal publications, the number of such KTVs had decreased a lot. The princesses here mainly chatted and drank with each other. At least, no one dared to "trade" face-to-face in a KTV. After leaving the KTV, however, it was a different story.
Men always socialized with each other, so no matter the city, such places were always popular. Besides, people's focus was not on singing, so the customer flow was guaranteed. Just like the Sex and the City bar, KTV was an excellent place to play games.
Zhang Heng did not take off his mask and walked straight to the KTV. His appearance immediately attracted the attention of the four security guards. The muscular leader took half a step forward, but when he saw that Zhang Heng had no intention of stopping, not only did they not stop him, but they also retreated back to where they stood.
Zhang Heng walked straight into the KTV, passed the counter in the hall, and came to private room 2306. This time, however, the two beauties outside the private room made a gesture to stop him from entering.
Although they had professional smiles on their faces, Zhang Heng could tell from their exposed arms and thighs that they had undergone systematic training. This reminded Zhang Heng of the two men in sunglasses who guarded the iron staircase on the first floor of Sex and the City. If the security guards outside were hired by the KTV, then the two beauties in front of him were obviously related to the gaming committee.
Zhang Heng flashed the string of player numbers on his shoulder. One of the beauties smiled at him, stepped aside, and said in a sweet voice, "Have a good time tonight."
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