Jiang Yue can naturally feel the old man's kindness.
But now is obviously not the time for him to stay. Every extra minute of delay will make the situation on Lao Han's side more troublesome.
In the old lady's retaining eyes, Jiang Yue still decided to open the door and leave.
The people in this neighborhood who were hiding behind the curtains behind the doors breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Jiang Yue striding away.
Jiang Yue walked in the streets of Wu Mei, and the Wu Mei in his memory gradually overlapped with reality. Although there have been many changes in two years, the main layout of the streets and alleys will not change much.
Jiang Yue quickly judged his position.
Wu Mei may not be big, but she's actually not that small. If you go looking for it from house to house, it won't be so easy to find the Beauty Snake Gallery.
Moreover, many galleries are concentrated in certain buildings, and you may not be able to see conspicuous signboards from the outside.
Bang, bang, bang!
Jiang Yue was walking when he heard a series of harsh sounds in his ears.
Looking up, I saw a figure not far away rummaging through the trash can. The movements were so large that the trash can clanged.
Jiang Yue had something strange in his heart, feeling that something was quite abnormal.
Everyone here wants to close the door and weld on several layers of insurance to completely isolate themselves from the outside world.
Even if you are hiding at home, try not to make any noise.
This guy was an anomaly. Not only was he wandering around on the street, but he also seemed to be angry, deliberately making such a big noise.
Isn't he afraid that ghosts will haunt him?
When Jiang Yue approached, the man just raised his head and glanced numbly, and continued to rummage through the boxes.
Before he even got close, Jiang Yue smelled a pungent rancid odor from this man's body. It was likely that he had not taken a bath for at least three to five months to ferment this stench.
It turned out to be a homeless man.
In the sunny era, no matter what the tramp did, he could still miss a bite to eat. With the arrival of the weird era, a bite to eat became the most precious thing.
Of course, the first to starve are the homeless people.
Judging from the eagerness with which he rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, he was probably hungry for more than a day or two.
Seeing Jiang Yue approaching, the homeless man didn't even bother to raise his eyes. Hunger had already made him feel numb to anything else, so he naturally had no fear or worry.
It’s already been like this, why are you still scared?
"Hey, buddy, are you looking for something to eat?" Jiang Yue casually took out a Snickers bar from his backpack and threw it over.
The homeless man probably never expected that someone would show up in the middle of the night and actually give him something to eat. He instinctively caught it and hurriedly tore off the package without even pulling it cleanly, leaving the wrapping paper attached.
He hurriedly stuffed it into his mouth, as if he was afraid that if he moved too slowly, someone would jump out and grab it.
One Snickers bar obviously couldn't keep him full, so the homeless man ate very seriously, repeatedly licking the wrapper and the crumbs that leaked out between his fingers, until he couldn't find any crumbs.
After eating, the homeless man looked at Jiang Yue eagerly. He didn't take the initiative to speak, but his eyes said it clearly that he still wanted it.
"Still want to eat?"
"think."
It turned out that he was not mute, and his voice didn't seem to be too old, but his hair and beard were messy, covering half of his face, so his age couldn't be seen at all.
"I'll ask for a place. If you know, I'll give you another one."
The homeless man swallowed his saliva, obviously savoring the deliciousness of the Snickers bar, and then nodded heavily, looking at Jiang Yue with his eyes full of expectation.
"Do you know where the Beauty Snake Gallery is?"
As soon as Jiang Yue asked these five words, the homeless man's eyes suddenly twitched, and then he seemed to remember something terrible, and his body started to tremble involuntarily.
The fear in his eyes continued to increase, and he staggered back with his feet.
It's as if the Snickers bar suddenly lost its flavor.
Jiang Yue was also quite surprised when he saw his reaction.
He didn't have much hope at first. He was just a homeless man. How could he pay attention to the gallery?
There are at least hundreds of galleries in the entire Wumei community, and the probability that a homeless man in the city will know a certain gallery is almost zero.
But what Jiang Yue didn't expect was that the homeless man's reaction was so extreme. It seemed like he really knew about the Beauty Snake Gallery?
Jiang Yue waved his hand, and a Snickers bar appeared in his hand again: "Brother, as long as you tell the location of that place, it will be yours."
The temptation of Snickers and the desire for food made the homeless man regain his composure a little.
The body is honest and so is the belly.
Dirty hands came over to take it, but Jiang Yue blocked it.
"Let's talk about it when we get there."
The homeless man hesitated for a while, seemingly unable to resist the temptation of food after all. He winked at Jiang Yue and signaled to follow him.
This guy has probably been wandering in Wumei for a long time, and is extremely familiar with the streets and alleys of Wumei. He walked around in them, and his familiarity even surprised Jiang Yue.
Fortunately, Jiang Yue was quite impressed with these places.
Ten minutes later, the homeless man came to the entrance of an alley and said, "Go over here. The sixth private house is where you are looking for."
The homeless man's eyes flickered, staring longingly at the Snickers bar in Jiang Yue's hand, and at the same time he looked eager to leave.
He looked very nervous and looked into the alley from time to time, as if he was afraid that a monster would suddenly emerge from the dark alley.
"Are you familiar with Wu Mei? Have you been here for many years?"
The tramp shook his head, as if he didn't want to say anything more. He just stared at the food in Jiang Yue's hand, wanting to end the transaction as soon as possible and leave.
"Here you go." Jiang Yue didn't break his promise, and threw the Snickers bar to the other party casually.
As if the homeless man was amnesty and got the food he wanted, he turned around and left, as if an evil spirit was about to jump out and claim his life at any moment.
"Green Grass Alley?" Jiang Yue saw a road sign at the entrance of the alley with an indicator arrow on it.
This kind of village alley is relatively old, and they are all old houses from the original Wumei Village. The original appearance is relatively intact, and there are not many changes.
Because after this place formed a cultural industry, it also deliberately protected the old local buildings, so it was not like the crazy demolition in other old cities.
Jiang Yue had known about this Green Grass Alley before, but he had only passed by it before and had never walked in it.
He also knew that most of the private houses here were villagers' own houses, but they were basically rented out to various galleries and studios, and the rents were quite considerable.
Most of the old residents have bought commercial housing in Xingcheng and live in buildings.
Because of the power outage, there were no street lights. When I looked inside the alley, it was pitch black, like a bottomless abyss. There were countless weird and terrifying possibilities lurking there.
The sixth private house?
Jiang Yue still felt a little strange. Why was a homeless man so familiar with this alley? So familiar with a gallery?
Even specifically which house?
Thinking about it carefully, something seems wrong?
But when the tramp got to the field, he turned around and left after getting the real thing, with no intention of having an in-depth conversation with Jiang Yue.
"Forget it, let's go in and take a look."
Jiang Yue took a deep breath and stepped into the alley.
Bang!
As soon as Jiang Yue walked into the alley, he dropped a pot of green plant from the fence of a nearby resident without any warning, and it fell one or two meters in front of Jiang Yue.
If Jiang Yue had taken just one or two steps faster, he would probably have been eaten by the green plant.
Jiang Yue looked up and saw that there was indeed a row of green plants on the wall, but they were obviously fixed well and blocked by something.
Under normal conditions, it will not fall down at all.
Um?
Is there someone behind the door?
Private houses have double iron doors, so you can see each other from the inside out.
However, in the darkness of the night, the line of sight was relatively poor, and the man was hiding behind the doorpost next to the iron gate, so Jiang Yue did not see him for a while.
When Jiang Yue reacted, the man suddenly took off his feet and rushed into the house. Then he hid in the house and refused to come out.
Although the darkness affected his vision, Jiang Yue's night vision ability still worked. Judging from the figure of the other party, he should be a middle-aged woman, about the same age as the proprietress of the children's clothing store last time.
However, this woman is relatively petite and thinner.
"Did she intentionally push down the potted plants on the wall?" A thought flashed through Jiang Yue's mind.
"Is she trying to remind me of something?"
Jiang Yue thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure it out and had to leave.
After a while, Jiang Yue arrived at the sixth building.
There are actually buildings at both ends of the lane, and there is also a sixth building.
However, Jiang Yue soon discovered that the building on the left after entering had obviously undergone some repairs, was carefully designed and decorated, and exuded a strong artistic style.
The most important thing is that there is a signboard "Beauty Snake Gallery" hanging on this building.
"Is this right here?"
Jiang Yue was a little surprised that it turned out to be quite smooth.
The courtyard door was only ajar and not locked. Jiang Yue gently pushed it open and stepped inside.
We have already come this far. If there is surveillance, no matter what method is used, it cannot avoid the other party's eyes and ears. It is better to be more generous.
What surprised Jiang Yue was that after entering the door, he didn't feel that weird feeling.
There doesn't seem to be that eerie feeling of being haunted by ghosts.
This kind of old house has a small yard, but it is very delicately decorated.
There are drawing boards placed in many places in the yard, and some drawing boards still have unfinished paintings.
Overall, this is a very normal creative spot.
Toot toot!
Jiang Yue stepped forward and knocked on the door.
There was indeed someone inside the door, and the opening speed was not slow, but the person who opened the door still looked at Jiang Yue with some caution on his face.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Beauty Snake Gallery?" Jiang Yue asked in surprise.
Opposite me was a young man with long hair and a slender figure. He rolled his eyes and said, "Don't you know how to read?"
The tone is quite aggressive.
Jiang Yue was not angry at all, he smiled and said: "Are you the owner of this gallery?"
"Are you okay?" The other party looked a little impatient and seemed not to welcome Jiang Yue as an uninvited guest.
"Brother, can you go in and have a chat?"
"It's inconvenient." The long-haired young man's impatience was written directly on his face, and he wanted to close the door with his hands.
Jiang Yue stretched out a hand with a playful smile and stuck it on the crack of the door.
"Get started." The long-haired young man said with a dark face, "I won't be responsible for any damage."
"Ask something."
"I don't know, come on!" The long-haired young man stretched out his hand and grabbed Jiang Yue's arm, intending to move his arm away to close the door.
"A pack of cigarettes," Jiang Yue said.
The other party was startled, and then looked impatient again.
Before the other party could say goodbye, Jiang Yue escalated again: "One!"
Sure enough, there is nothing in the world that cannot be discussed. The key is that you have to give the other party the bargaining chip they want.
Jiang Yue saw that this young man had yellow teeth, yellowed fingers, and a strong smell of cigarette smoke when he opened his mouth. He quickly concluded that this young man was a heavy smoker.
For old smokers, cigarettes are the most attractive.
"Where are the cigarettes?" The long-haired young man's attitude was a little relaxed. He looked Jiang Yue up and down to see where he could hide a cigarette.
Jiang Yue actually had a lot of food and medicine in his backpack, but he really didn’t have any cigarettes.
"I don't have any cigarettes now, but I'll get one for you later."
"If you don't have cigarettes, just say something." The other party was obviously unhappy and felt that Jiang Yue was playing tricks on him.
"I don't have cigarettes. I can use food and medicine as collateral, but you can't just want cigarettes, right? Isn't there a demand for food and medicine?"
The man was stunned again, glanced back subconsciously, and said hesitantly: "Do you have any anti-inflammatory medicine?"
Jiang Yue quickly took out a box of two tablets of cephalosporin capsules and threw them away.
The long-haired young man probably didn't expect that things would go so smoothly. He even had some doubts as he carefully turned over the two plates of cephalosporins.
"What do you want to know?" The long-haired young man checked for a long time before remembering that Jiang Yue was still standing at the door.
"Did a group of people from the Operations Bureau come here yesterday?"
"People from the Operations Bureau?" The long-haired young man was confused, "No one came here yesterday, right?"
The long-haired young man's tone was surprised. Jiang Yue looked at his words and found that the other person was not lying or concealing anything.
Lao Han and the others didn’t come here?
It shouldn't be. The operations of the Operations Bureau are very disciplined. Since they are here to investigate the strange incident at the Beauty Snake Gallery, there is no reason why people haven't arrived for so long.
Seeing Jiang Yue's confused face, the long-haired young man couldn't help but ask, "You must be looking in the wrong place, right?"
"Isn't this the Beauty Snake Gallery?"
The long-haired young man looked a little embarrassed. He casually put the cephalosporin capsule into his trouser pocket, then pulled Jiang Yue towards the door, pointed at the signboard and said: "Brother, you can see clearly, this is Qiu Sheng Gallery."
What?
Jiang Yue rubbed his eyes and saw that there were only four words on the sign - Qiusheng Gallery.
how so?
Jiang Yue was considered well-informed, and now he even broke out in a cold sweat.
Just now he clearly saw the words "Beauty Snake Gallery" on the signboard.
Even if his eyes were dazzled, he wouldn't be dazzled like this.
Jiang Yue deliberately walked to the signboard and observed it carefully for a while, confirming that he would definitely get it right this time. It was those four words, Qiu Sheng Gallery.
Seeing his dumbfounded look, the long-haired young man couldn't help but wonder if this person was mentally ill? He couldn't even count four or five words, yet he was so shocked.
But he always has food and medicine on him, so he obviously doesn't look like that kind of mentally retarded person.
"Brother, do you see clearly? We have spoken before, and you have already asked me what I have to say. Will the cephalosporin be withdrawn?" The long-haired young man emphasized as if he was afraid that Jiang Yue would regret it.
This chapter has been completed!