Chapter 864 – Borrowing a Room

　　”What is that place?” Baili Chubby looked from afar, “It’s a village?”

　　”It’s a fishing village.” Cao Yuan looked down at the map and frowned slightly, “The map doesn’t mark out that there’s a fishing village here …… is the scale too small and missed it?”

　　”The location here is too remote, there isn’t even a decent highway, if you want to go to the city from here, you’ll have to walk for at least more than five hours if you’re on foot, plus this fishing village isn’t very large, it’s not surprising that it wasn’t recorded on the map.” An Qingyu paused and added quietly:

　　”Of course, there could also be some other whatever reason ……”

　　Baili Chubby shivered, “When you say this, I feel that this fishing village is even more evil …… Do we have to go in?”

　　”Of course we have to go in, the past and future of this fishing village is chaotic, it would have indicated something, the disappearance of the [Mask] squad has nothing to do with this place.” Lin Qiye said with certainty, “But before that, let’s send a message to the headquarters just in case.”

　　Lin Qiye took out his cell phone and contacted Zuo Qing, describing his location and situation before hanging up.

　　”Let’s go, go in and see what’s so special about this fishing village ……”

　　Lin Qiye and the others packed up their traveling clothes and took a step towards the fishing village in the distance, the tides in the darkness lapped against the shore, and those lights that danced in the night were getting closer and closer to the crowd, emitting an eerie aura.

　　Soon, the crowd reached the edge of the fishing village.

　　”Did you find anything?” An Qingyu asked in a low voice.

　　”No. From what we’ve seen so far, this is an ordinary fishing village.” Within this range, Lin Qiye’s spiritual power had long since swept the fishing village, “There are about twenty to thirty families in the village, most of them have already rested, nothing unusual has been found.”

　　”There is no abnormality ……,” An Qingyu frowned slightly, “How should this be checked?”

　　”The fastest way, of course, is to ask the villagers directly.” Lin Qiye stretched out his hand and pointed to a few of the homes that still had lights on, “Those families are still awake, so maybe we can go and give it a try.”

　　”In the middle of the night, a few outsiders suddenly barging into the village asking questions will scare people, right?” Baili Chubby scratched his head.

　　”Leave it to me.” Calan patted his chest, “I’ll pretend to be lost, go find a random family to borrow a room for the night, and then find a chance to ask the villagers if they’ve seen anyone from the [Mask] squad, and also get some information about this village.”

　　Lin Qiye pondered for a moment and nodded, “This method is feasible, but we haven’t gotten to the bottom of this village yet, it’s too dangerous for you to go alone ……”

　　He turned his head to look at An Qingyu and Jiang’er, “Qingyu, Jiang’er, you guys go with Jia Lan.”

　　An Qingyu raised her eyebrows and a subtle expression appeared on her face, “Why don’t you go with Jia Lan?”

　　”I’m going to bring the [Eye of Peeping Secrets] to search around the village a bit more to see if there’s anything else I can find.” Lin Qiye shrugged.

　　”Fine.”

　　”Then I’ll go with Old Cao and Drag to borrow a room in another house.” Baili Chubby volunteered.

　　”It’s fine, but remember not to let Cao Yuan knock on the door, he doesn’t look like a good person and will scare the villagers.”

　　Cao Yuan: ……

　　”Then let’s split up tonight to collect clues for the time being, and gather back here in the morning, if anything happens during that time, don’t worry too much about it, just make a commotion, the bigger the better, and the others will rush over immediately.” Lin Qiye solemnly said to the crowd.

　　”Roger that!”

　　Deep Night.

　　Duh duh duh duh-!

　　”Who is it?” A voice came from inside the old house.

　　The door of the house opened, and a fisherman in his forties stood at the door with a wary expression, slightly stunned when he saw a man and a woman in front of him.

　　These two were both new faces, the woman was draped in a dark blue han robe, with a head of black hair tied with a red rope vertically around her waist, and her eyes were as bright as stars; the man was gentle looking, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, with a coy and kind smile.

　　Seeing these two harmless faces, the vigilance in the fisherman’s eyes relaxed a little.

　　”Who are you guys? Where did you come from?”

　　”Sorry for the disturbance.” An Qingyu bowed slightly and spoke with an apologetic face, “We came here for a trip around here, and we accidentally got separated from the tour group and got lost, and walked all the way to this village ……

　　Now it’s already late and we don’t recognize the road, so we want to find a place to land first, I wonder if it’s convenient?”

　　The fisherman shot him a suspicious glance, and then looked to the side at Jia Lan.

　　”Uncle, it’s really too dark and cold outside, can you lend us an empty room to sleep in? If we really can’t, we can sleep on the ground as well ……,” Jia Lan spoke pitifully.

　　When the fisherman heard this, the vigilance in his heart dissipated a little more, he carefully sized up these two young people, how to look at it doesn’t seem like a bad person, after hesitating for a moment, he still nodded.

　　”Alright, we still have an empty room in our house, you guys sleep for the night and leave in the morning, understand?”

　　”Thanks.”

　　”Thank you Uncle.”

　　The fisherman took a step back and walked into the house, An Qingyu and Jia Lan glanced at each other, a smile appeared at the corner of their mouths at the same time, and took a step into the house.

　　The fisherman’s house was very simple, the living room only had a square table, a few benches, the four walls were densely hung with fishing tools, and as soon as they walked in, there was a faint smell of the sea.

　　The fisherman reached out and pointed to the still-vacant room, saying, “That’s it, it was my son’s room before, no one has lived there for a long time now, so you guys can make do.”

　　Calan hmmm’d and took a step into the house.

　　An Qingyu, on the other hand, turned back and smiled as she continued to chat with the fisherman:

　　”May I ask your name?”

　　”My surname is Chen, Chen Gou, and everyone in the village calls me Old Gou.” The fisherman casually moved a stool to sit down, and pointed to the opposite bench with his chin, signaling An Qingyu to sit down.

　　He reached into his pocket and fished out a box of cigarettes, popping one out of it and handing it to An Qingyu.

　　The corners of An Qingyu’s mouth twitched slightly, and she wanted to refuse, but after hesitating for a moment, she still reached out and took it.

　　”Uncle Chen.” An Qingyu pretended to hold the cigarette in her hand and asked, “Normally, do you live alone?”

　　”Yes ……,” Chen Gou picked up a box of matches from the square table on the side, gently rubbed it, and faint sparks ignited, lighting the cigarettes in his and An Qingyu’s hands, “My wife died of illness years ago, and my son walked out a few years ago of this fishing village and went outside to make a name for himself.”

　　An Qingyu looked back at the room that hadn’t been inhabited for a long time, “Haven’t been back for many years?”

　　”Yes.” Chen Gou’s gaze gazed at that room and smiled faintly, “However, this kid is the first child from our village to go out, it’s considered to give his old man me a long face.”