The more once bustling places become deserted, the more desolate and weird they become. The gallery is a good proof of this.
The black page was so silent that one could even hear the heartbeat, and the friction sound not far away was so clear.
Lu Li raised the oil lamp higher, and the light spread slightly outward, but it was still the source of the strange friction sound.
Ignoring the oil painting for the time being, Lu Li put down the oil lamp, turned around and walked back.
Da da--
In the empty and lonely dark corridor, the sound of footsteps echoed slowly and disappeared into the darkness.
The shadow changed as the oil lamp swayed. After walking a certain distance, a strange reflection appeared on the edge of the bright light directly in front.
That was the road Lu Li had just passed, and he knew very well that there were no obstacles on the road before.
Lu Li took a few steps forward and brought the reflection into the range of the oil lamp.
His dark eyes shrank slightly.
A sculpture stood in the middle of the corridor, its cold and stiff face facing Lu Li, one stone leg stepped out, and it remained motionless as it walked towards this direction.
An inexplicable chill appeared all over my body.
Lu Li thought that the supernatural phenomena would appear later, but he didn't expect that they could not wait to appear as soon as it got dark.
The envelope said that the sculpture would be moved around, as long as it was placed far away, in this case...
Lu Li, holding an oil lamp, began to walk towards the sculpture step by step. His dark eyes stared at the sculpture without blinking, but nothing changed until he stood in front of it.
This is a sculpture with life-size proportions, close to Lu Li's chin in height, and showing the stone gray color of the stone itself. It has not yet been colored, and perhaps it does not need to be colored. Unlike the angular male sculptures, this female sculpture is soft and has a sense of beauty.
, the only slight drawback is probably the lack of clothes.
But it is a sculpture after all, and no matter how beautiful the appearance is, it can't hide its stiffness.
Lu Li quietly observed the sculpture, then suddenly tilted his head and looked at the base less than two meters away diagonally behind the sculpture.
The sculpture was moved from there...in incomprehensible ways.
But it doesn't seem to move under the gaze.
The slight movement caused the oil lamp in his hand to sway slightly. As the light and shadow changed, those dim gray eyes suddenly seemed to come alive and turned slightly towards Lu Li.
Lu Li felt for a moment that he was being watched, and looked away, his dark eyes falling on the eyes that were integrated with the sculpture.
Nothing changed, as if the feeling of being watched just now was just an illusion.
Following the instructions on the envelope, Lu Li placed the oil lamp on the floor and reached out to wrap his arms around the waist of the sculpture. The smooth and cold touch felt a bit strange, but very hard.
Lu Li picked up the stone sculpture. It weighed about 50 pounds or 45 kilograms, which was a bit light for a stone sculpture.
I lifted it to the base and put it away, but there was something wrong. It was originally in a standing position and turned into a walking position.
Maybe it will return to its original state automatically after dawn.
Lu Li thought to himself, walked backwards, bent down and picked up the oil lamp.
Because he kept his gaze on the sculpture, he did not have a scalp-tingling phenomenon like lowering his head to pick up the oil lamp and then looking up again when the sculpture suddenly appeared in front of him.
After passing the sculpture with an oil lamp in hand, Lu Li turned around and faced the sculpture and stepped back a few steps. He didn't turn around again until the sculpture was close to the edge of light five or six meters away.
Wow——
The moment he turned around, a strange friction sound sounded at the same time.
Lu Li turned his head if he noticed it, and saw a delicate and slender right leg stepping down from the base. Before that, the left foot should have been in front.
The moment Lu Li's eyes left it, it moved again.
Lu Li's brows suddenly wrinkled.
The envelope only said that the sculpture should be returned to its original position after being moved, but it did not say what to do if the sculpture kept moving.
He can't let himself think of ways to solve supernatural events while sculptures wander around the corridor on the other side...wait, he can.
Lu Li is not really a night watchman, and he does not need to work hard to get 20 shillings a night. On the contrary, Lu Li is here to solve supernatural phenomena.
There is no doubt that sculptures are also one of the supernatural phenomena.
If the statue disappeared, the paranormal activity in the gallery would decrease.
In other words, if Lu Li allowed the sculpture to be damaged or left, Benjamin would have to pay a corresponding fee to Lu Li.
Because he solved supernatural phenomena.
If the sculpture won't be repaired and returned.
After deciding what to do next, Lu Li stopped trying to restore the sculpture and allowed the sculpture to move around the corridor.
Lu Li will not take the initiative to destroy the sculpture for the time being, but if the sculpture tries to jump from the second-floor window as stated in the envelope, he will not stop it.
Ignoring the sounds of movement and friction behind him, Lu Li returned to the table in front of the door.
The oil lamp was placed on the corner of the table, and the swaying flame gradually became stable.
Sitting on the cold wooden chair behind the desk, before the breeze blowing around me completely dissipated, the friction sound that had not stopped for a moment suddenly stopped.
At the edge of the lighting range of the oil lamp, a figure stood on the dividing line between light and darkness, with uncertain brightness and darkness.
It actually followed Lu Li all the way back.
Unexpectedly clingy and difficult to deal with.
Ignoring the sculpture for the time being, Lu Li lowered his eyes and thought about how to solve the other three supernatural phenomena.
In addition to the oil paintings, the two dead female employees can definitely be ghosts. There may be a reason why they linger in the gallery. For example, this is the place where they died. Or...the murderer who killed them is related to the gallery.
The image of Benjamin cannot be suppressed from appearing in my mind.
Lu Li tapped his knuckles on the table. If so, it would be very necessary for Oliver to investigate the situation of the deceased and to go to the second floor to investigate himself.
If Benjamin is the murderer, he can ask for a large sum of confidentiality fees and commission fees, and then ask Oliver to call the police.
Or Oliver could ask for it and call the police himself.
At this moment, the table suddenly shook slightly.
Lu Li, who was aware of it, raised his head. A stiff face occupying his entire field of vision was very close at hand. His breath hit him and came back coldly.
The sculpture grabbed the edge of the table, put its feet on the table, and remained motionless.
It seems that before doing anything else, Lu Li needs to solve the sculpture problem first.
The envelope did not say what would happen to the sculpture if it was ignored for a long time, but there were only two outcomes: no change or worse.
Lu Li's eyes passed between the legs of the sculpture, and he left his seat, but did not go to get the oil lamp. He walked around the dummy, came to the door, opened the locked door, and opened one of the doors.
An unsettling aura filled the silent, dark streets.
I don't know when it started, but a thin layer of white fog began to appear outside, and the windows of the surrounding houses were dimly lit.
Lu Li turned around, and the sculpture had returned to its normal standing position, and he walked towards Lu Li, who had his back to it.
Lu Li picked up the sculpture, moved her outside the gallery door, and placed it in front of the door: "I still have work to do, you go play first."
After returning to the gallery, Lu Li locked the door from the inside with a soft click.