Chapter 354 Basement

The knight's rage was not unreasonable. Judging from Sun Xiaoqing's appearance, it was obvious that she also 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 became even more disappointed.

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

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

The knight extended his hand to Meng An.

It didn't matter what happened to Sun Xiaoqing, at least she had to find a way to take Meng An away.

Even if it really comes to the most critical moment, the knight will give the Cross of Rebirth to Meng An for use.

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

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

"I...I don't believe you."

His voice was very soft, and if you didn't listen carefully, you might be ignored.

But the knight heard clearly, helplessness appeared on his face, and he let out a long sigh.

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 wants to be closer to Sun Xiaoqing, who has been with him for a long time.

What's more, the knight 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 mind, the knight is a bad person.

The initial impression was not good, let alone gaining the trust of a child. After taking a deep breath, the knight turned to look at Sun Xiaoqing and said coldly:

"At dawn tomorrow, you will leave here with me. It's unbelievable that you are running around with the teacher's child!"

"Uh, knight..."

Hearing what the knight said, Sun Xiaoqing hesitated to speak.

"how?"

The knight asked angrily.

Sun Xiaoqing said weakly: "After entering here, we seem to be unable to get out, and... I heard that it will be very dangerous here during the day."

"What danger?"

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

Sun Xiaoqing explained to the knight.

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

………

A night of silence.

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 let Li Qi get to know the little girl Kate.

In order not to behave too abnormally, Li Qi happily played with the little girl Kate.

But actually I was listening to the conversations in the mansion.

However, there was not much useful information in the conversation, and not long after they chatted, Mayor Vincent came to see Sun Xiaoqing, and Li Qi didn't listen for long.

Vincent came to see Sun Xiaoqing for a simple purpose, which was to let her choose a place to live.

There are not many places to live in the town. There are 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 whether you choose to live in an old house or a mansion. Vincent's purpose of making this arrangement is to make the town more life-like.

Sun Xiaoqing was a little confused about 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 is also easier to manage.

Vincent breathed out: "It doesn't make any sense, but don't you think it's very ritualistic?"

"..."

"And whether we can go out or not, we still have to live. Living together may be easier to manage, but there are also many other troubles.

"Furthermore, many people want to have their own separate space and don't like to trouble others, so I will make the decision to allocate the houses here to them."

Vincent said this and asked Sun Xiaoqing: "...Speaking of which, Lisa should have told you about the town, right? So have you decided where 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 opinion to stay in the mansion, and the reason was very simple, because there were a lot of people in the mansion, and it seemed like they had stayed there for a long time without anything going on.

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

After Vincent learned about Sun Xiaoqing's choice, he didn't say much. Instead, he said very understandingly:

"Yes, you are alone and have children around you. It is right to choose to live with more people. At least it will be safer."

"Well, that's what I thought too." Sun Xiaoqing said perfunctorily, then turned her eyes to the surroundings of the town and asked Vincent:

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

"I thought about it, but couldn't find it." Vincent sighed and replied: "We once tried to drive to the woods to find a way out, but we couldn't see the exit even after walking a long way. It was as if we were just going in circles in the woods. ”

Because it is dangerous at night, even if Vincent and the others look for an exit, they must return to the town before night arrives.

So every time they drove halfway, they had to turn back immediately when they saw that time was running out. This also resulted in less time to explore, and no time to explore more places.

"What about spending the night in the car?"

Sun Xiaoqing raised questions again after hearing this.

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

Sun Xiaoqing was silent after hearing this.

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

And if you keep driving forward, regardless of the danger after the sun goes down, the end result will be that you and the car will disappear together, and you will never come back.

The town was isolated from the rest of the world and became a place where no one could get out.

After chatting with Vincent, Sun Xiaoqing asked the last question:

"So why is it okay in the house?"

If the town is so dangerous, why is it safe to live in a house? How can a house that looks like it's just made of stone bricks and wooden boards be able to isolate dangers from the outside world?

"It's probably because of a legend in this town."

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

"legend?"

"It is not appropriate to call it a legend, but rather a fairy tale. The content of the fairy tale is too long, so I will not go into details. I will only mention a few key points.

"It is mentioned in fairy tales that houses are absolutely safe. As long as you close the doors and windows tightly 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 famous for its strange stories and rumors, and the strange stories circulated in the town are definitely not the only ones mentioned by Vincent.

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

…

Li Qi and Kate were playing on a simple swing in front of the mansion, focusing part of their attention on listening to the conversation between Sun Xiaoqing and Vincent.

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

When everyone was initially trapped in this small town, many people speculated that they might have encountered some strange story in the town, so they all gathered here.

But after Lisa's comparison 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 calls', 'unknown figures', or 'non-existent ancient houses'. They sound almost like ghost stories, and he doesn't know why they attract a lot of people. Another group of enthusiasts came here to travel.

From the words of Sun Xiaoqing and Vincent, no effective information could be obtained.

Li Qi was thinking about whether to go out at night to see what the night was like here.

Just when Li Qi was thinking about it, the little girl Kate suddenly got off the swing and asked him mysteriously:

"Ann, I know there is a very interesting place, do you want to come with me?"

Seeing Li Qi's absent-minded look, the little girl thought he didn't like the games here.

Kate, who is one year older than Li Qi, naturally shouldered the responsibility of 'sister' and came forward to recommend places that she thought were interesting.

Only then did Li Qi realize that he had been thinking for too long and ignored Kate beside him, causing 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 this way, Li Qi asked with a bit of uneasiness and a bit of curiosity:

"Where?"

"Follow me!"

Kate waved to Li Qi and trotted into the mansion.

Li Qi followed Kate closely in the mood of playing with the children.

The two entered the mansion one after another, and no one blocked them. Only Jeff, who was sleeping in the living room, told them to run slowly, and then continued to lie on the sofa and take a nap.

I don't know why he is so sleepy.

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

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

Feeling the coldness coming from the basement, Li Qi became a little more energetic, frowning and trying to ask Kate to stop.

But Kate had already entered the door and waved to Li Qi:

"Ann, come in quickly, don't let Aunt Lisa and the others find out!"

"..."

Seeing Kate looking excited about going on an adventure, Li Qi thought for a while and followed him into the basement.

Looking at Kate's appearance, one could tell that this was not the first time for her to come to this basement. Since there had been no accidents before, the probability of accidents now was low.

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