eurekapd Chapter 77 His Birthday
Chapter 77 His Birthday
He must have met Yan Xun, Sun Zhao thought.
He went to the supermarket to pick up some things, and near the daily necessities section, he found a small door. It seemed that the owner lived in the store.
He put the pile of things on the counter and said, "Check, please."
"Cash only," the boss said without looking up.
"Have you met a streamer before?" Sun Zhao asked again, this time referring to his brother.
"I came here because I watched his live stream." He took out cash and gave it to the shopkeeper. He had watched the live stream and knew that electronic payment was not widespread in Wusheng Village, so he brought a lot of cash with him.
"Ah..." The shopkeeper took the money and gave him change. "It seems there is such a person."
"He was acting strangely and wandering around the village aimlessly."
“I also watched the live stream,” Sun Zhao said. “Someone got a vote, which is how I got the chance to connect with them.”
"I heard that person secretly connecting via live stream from inside the pigsty, and there were pig squeals nearby..." He tentatively asked the shop owner, "Are there pigsties in your village?"
"If not, I would suspect that person is a fraud."
"Pigsty?" The boss looked at him with a puzzled expression. "Where is the pigsty?"
“No pigs have been raised in Wusheng Village for at least 20 years, and all the previous pigsties have been demolished.”
"Probably a scammer," the shopkeeper clicked his tongue. "He was tricked into coming to Wusheng Village; there's nothing worth seeing here."
"Why did you tear down the pigsty?" Ruan Yun asked, leaning closer. "I heard raising pigs is very profitable!"
"Many died from swine fever before," the shop owner said, waving his hand while chewing gum. "The villagers are getting old, they find it troublesome, and they're too lazy to raise pigs anymore."
"Go out if you're not going to buy anything."
"Don't block my way of doing business."
But what business is there here? Ruan Yun thought to herself, but she also knew that this meant the boss wanted people to leave, so she could only leave Xiaoxiao Supermarket with Sun Zhao and the others.
“The boss has a problem,” Meng Zhi said.
"I suspect they're in cahoots with Yan Yu," Ruan Yun said, turning to Sun Zhao. "What do you mean?"
“There’s no pigsty in the village and the clues from the live stream don’t match up.” Sun Zhao thought about his script. He had been very concerned about the pig squeals that the person his brother was connecting with in the live stream heard, but after searching the village, he couldn’t find a pigsty.
"Either those things they're calling for aren't pigs, or someone is secretly raising some at home without anyone else knowing," Sun Zhao guessed.
Sun Yue doesn't talk much. As a minor character in the movie, she, like Gu Jia, has little presence.
“…Just now, my protective amulet said that Yan Xun should be nearby,” she said.
Sun Zhao was stunned for a moment. He looked at Sun Yue and asked, "You've formed a pact with those...?"
Sun Yue nodded.
The claims about protection are mostly true.
Sun Zhao glanced at Ruan Yun and the other person, and saw that they nodded. It seemed that the matter of Sun Yue forming a bond with those beings was true.
"Aren't you teammates?" he asked instinctively.
“Of course not,” Meng Zhi said.
Sun Yue thought to herself, "Is it really that dangerous?"
Her thoughts were naturally known to her protector, and the being merely chuckled a few times, saying they were all fools and not to bother with them.
The protector even revealed a piece of information to Sun Yue—
If you are afraid, you can go to the Compassionate Mother Goddess.
'Don't tell your teammates, it's a secret.'
Sun Yue, of course, wouldn't tell anyone. With only a few days left before the temple fair, she wanted to take advantage of the evening to go to Cimu Hall alone to find out what was going on.
……
Yan Xun watched from the window as Sun Zhao and the others circled the house several times, even coming to the window.
He tried knocking on the window a few times, and Meng Zhi pressed his face against the glass, but they still couldn't see anything.
Yan Xun was not surprised. He knew that when Yan Yu had asked him to hide here, he had most likely set up some kind of invisibility spell.
Watching those people slowly leave, Yan Xun sent a message to his informant, Gu Jia—
[Yan Xun: When is your birthday?]
[Gu Jia: March 1st.]
[Yan Xun: Could you ask the other people for their birthdays for me?]
In less than a second, Gu Jia replied.
[Gu Jia: Also March 1st.]
Yan Xun looked at the message. Of course, Gu Jia couldn't possibly ask everyone's birthdays in less than a second. The fact that he could answer so quickly only meant one thing—
This is a crucial clue in the other party's script.
"It seems that we all share the same birthday, March 1st," Yan Xun said, adding that Yan Xun's character in the movie also has a birthday on March 1st.
He didn't continue asking about Yan Yu's birthday. If he kept probing like that, the system would easily detect that he was trying to get clues from her.
Taking advantage of Yan Yu bringing food over in the evening, Yan Xun tentatively asked, "When is your birthday?"
"December 1st." Yan Yu put down the food in the lunchbox. "Why are you suddenly concerned about my birthday?"
"Just asking."
Yan Xun said.
He sat at the dining table, watching Yan Yu busily taking the food out of the food box and placing it in front of Yan Xun.
There was only one set of bowls and chopsticks, indicating that the meal was prepared solely for Yan Xun.
"..." Yan Xun looked down at the food, then looked up at Yan Yu, "Aren't you going to eat?"
"The sacrificial ceremony is approaching, and I will be fasting for the next few days," Yan Yu explained. He sat down in front of Yan Xun, looking at him. "You can try it; does it suit your taste?"
Yan Xun wasn't afraid that Yan Yu had poisoned him; he was afraid that he shouldn't have eaten those things.
But Yan Yu was watching too closely, and after hesitating for a long time, he could only start with a vegetable dish. After slowly chewing it a few times, he said, "It's alright."
"That's good." Yan Yu was immediately relieved upon hearing this.
Yan Xun pondered the meaning behind the other person's words for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "...You made this yourself?"
“Yes,” Yan Yu said, “otherwise it would arouse suspicion from others.”
"...You're so thoughtful." Yan Xun said insincerely. He looked down at the food Yan Yu had brought him, ate a few bites quickly, and put down his chopsticks after filling his stomach.
Seeing that he had finished eating, the hardworking Yan Yu began to tidy up his table.
"It'll get dark a bit earlier these days," Yan Yu reminded her as she tidied up.
Yan Xun glanced out the window. It was not even 6 o'clock yet, but the sky was already getting dark... But it was still the height of summer, and the sun shouldn't be setting so early based on the location.
"The closer we get to the temple fair, the more restless the children become."
“These days, it’ll get dark earlier and earlier.” Yan Yu finished packing his things as he spoke. In the backpack he had brought earlier, there were some clothes for Yan Xun to change into. “You can wash up and go to sleep later.”
"If something knocks on your window or bangs on your door at night, do not pay attention to it."
Yan Xun sat on the stool, watching Yan Yu, dressed in a long robe, bustling around. "Will you be getting busier and busier these days too?"
“There will be more and more things to do,” Yan Yu said, carrying a food box. “If I don’t have time to deliver the food, go to Xiaoxiao Supermarket and buy some.”
"So where do you stay at night?" Yan Xun asked, referring, of course, to the golden-roofed building.
Yan Yu nodded, then glanced back at the darkening sky outside the window. "It's getting late, I should leave now."
"You absolutely must not go out tonight."