Accompanying the middle-aged woman into the horror bookstore, there was also a thick and pungent smell of perfume.
But I didn't even bother to raise my head, and pointed at Li Fansen coldly: "Tell him what kind of drink you want to drink."
After saying that, I buried my face in my arms and ignored this middle-aged woman again.
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged woman was stunned, and a hoarse voice came from her throat: "I'm not here to drink. I want to find the owner of this bookstore."
Not a drinker? Want to find the owner of this bookstore?
In the absence of Fan An, the nominal owner of the horror bookstore is me. Is she here to find me?
I suddenly became energetic and looked seriously at the middle-aged woman in front of me.
If you don't look carefully, you won't notice it. If you look carefully, you will be shocked again and again.
It turns out that the "middle-aged woman" in front of me is not a "middle-aged woman", but her mature clothes made me think she was a "middle-aged woman".
To be precise, she is a young woman in her mid-twenties, because under her fair forehead, she has a delicate and soft face, which is simply stunning.
But this delicate face is strangely wearing a black hat.
This black hat looks very old-fashioned, like a product of the 1980s and 1990s.
Not only that, her soft and slender waist was actually wrapped in a red cheongsam, making her look very much like a "middle-aged woman."
"She is obviously so young, why is she dressed so old?" I was confused in my heart, but I said seriously: "I am the owner of this bookstore, what do you want to see me for?"
"Are you the owner of this bookstore?" The woman suddenly pulled her collar in embarrassment.
I just noticed that the cheongsam on the woman was very strange. It had a very long black collar sewn on it.
This black collar goes around the woman's neck, covering her entire neck.
"There seems to be something hidden in the woman's neck." I immediately stood up from the bench and tried to peek at the woman's neck.
But the black collar was too tight. No matter how I tiptoed and peeked, I couldn't clearly see the woman's neck.
My reckless behavior seemed to arouse the woman's vigilance. She shrank her neck in a defensive posture.
I had no choice but to give up observing the woman's neck and sniff the perfume on her: "The perfume on this woman is too strong. Who would deliberately spray so much perfume on her body? It's really strange."
Seemingly noticing my gaze, the woman in cheongsam took a few steps back, as if she didn't want to get too close to me.
Seeing that I didn't answer, the woman who took a few steps back seemed a little impatient: "Hey, are you really the owner of this bookstore? You look too young, I guess you are still studying."
I suddenly became unhappy and sat down on the bench: "Who said that if you study, you can't open a shop and be the boss? If you have anything to say, please tell me, I am very busy."
The impatience on the cheongsam woman's face disappeared in an instant, and she bowed slightly with an apologetic look on her face: "I was the one who was rude, please don't blame me, boss."
When the woman bent down to apologize, there was a surge in her chest. I was fascinated for a moment: "Haha, we are all customers at the entrance, so how can I blame the customers? By the way, what do you want from me?"
"That's good." Qi
The woman in the robe took a deep breath, took out a book from her arms, and asked nervously: "Is this book sold in your bookstore?"
I took the book with one hand and looked at it, and found that it was a book called "Sichuan Mahjong Encyclopedia", which mainly teaches readers to learn all the playing methods of Sichuan Mahjong.
I did not choose to open the book, but turned the book around and looked at the back of the cover.
When I saw the square seal on the back of the book cover, I touched my chin and nodded: "This book was indeed sold from my bookstore. What's wrong? Is there a quality problem with this book?"
I stared at the woman in the cheongsam full of doubts, my eyes full of questioning.
Unexpectedly, the cheongsam woman who was calm one second suddenly collapsed this second. She was crying with a trace of fear on her face.
"No wonder, no wonder my husband is missing. It turns out that this book came from here. What a sin." The cheongsam woman shed tears as she spoke, looking very sad.
I was immediately confused and had no idea what was going on. I asked anxiously, "What's wrong? What does this book have to do with your husband's disappearance?"
Under my questioning, the cheongsam woman spoke pitifully, and I finally understood the whole story.
According to the cheongsam woman's description, her husband was originally a good young man who didn't gamble, drink, or hang out in nightclubs. But since he bought the "Sichuan Mahjong Encyclopedia" a few weeks ago, his personality has changed drastically and he has become a better man.
He gambles and drinks well and often hangs out in nightclubs.
After her husband went crazy with gambling, he would often hit the cheongsam woman, which made the cheongsam woman miserable.
However, the cheongsam woman did not file for divorce because of the good relationship between husband and wife for three years, but silently endured her husband's evil deeds.
The cheongsam woman's tolerance did not bring her husband's improvement, but her husband's temper became worse and worse. The cheongsam woman finally decided to divorce.
The divorce date was set five days ago, but the cheongsam woman waited in the law firm and did not wait for her husband to show up. Instead, she waited for the news that her husband was missing.
So these days, she has been looking for her husband, until she came to my horror bookstore with the book "Sichuan Mahjong Encyclopedia".
After knowing the whole story, I said a little speechlessly: "There are many reasons for your husband's disappearance, and it is not necessarily caused by this book."
Little did he know that the cheongsam woman went crazy: "No, it must be this book! My husband is not a bad gambler at all, but he has changed since he got this book!"
"Maybe your husband is hiding it deeply. If he doesn't like gambling, why would he buy this book? I didn't force him to buy it." I spread my hands helplessly and handed the book back to the cheongsam woman.
Unexpectedly, the woman in the cheongsam did not reach out to pick up the book, causing the book to fall to the ground with a "canopy" sound.
The cheongsam woman kept scratching her arms: "No, I know my husband. He is not a gambler at all. It must be caused by this book. Why don't you believe me!?"
"Okay, okay, I believe you, please calm down." I immediately comforted the cheongsam woman and prevented her from completely losing control: "There are chairs here, please sit down first."
After comforting the cheongsam woman on a chair and bringing her a cup of hot tea, she finally calmed down and said, "Believe me, it was the book that caused my husband's temperament to change drastically. This book came from this bookstore, and it must have been contaminated.
I caught the terrifying atmosphere in it.”
The cheongsam woman looked at the red leather lantern on the ceiling, and then at the wooden platform not far away. She was convinced that this was an unknown bookstore, and her husband's purchase of the books in the bookstore was the reason for his drastic change in temperament.
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Seeing that the fear on the woman's face didn't look fake, I began to believe that the horror bookstore was causing trouble, and tried to get more details from the woman's mouth: "By the way, besides bad gambling and bad temper, what else is strange about your husband?"
behavior."
"Strange behavior? Let me think about it." The cheongsam woman held hot tea in her hands and fell into deep thought.
While the woman was deep in thought, I stood up and pushed aside Li Fansen. As for the few drunkards scattered around, I politely invited them out of the store.
What the woman is about to say may involve the secrets of the horror bookstore, and I don’t want others to hear it.
Just after I asked the drunkards away, the cheongsam woman's meditation finally ended. She said excitedly: "I remember that since my husband got this book, he often talked to himself alone, as if he was talking to the book."
"Talk to a book? There is nothing strange about this book." I casually picked up the "Sichuan Mahjong Encyclopedia" that had fallen to the ground, and slowly opened the pages.
There is nothing strange about the content in the book. It basically teaches people how to play Sichuan Mahjong.
"In addition to talking with books, I often see my husband going out late at night with a book. I don't know where he went, and he didn't come back until dawn." The cheongsam woman's voice rang again.
The doubts in my mind grew more and more, so I asked tentatively: "Then where was the last time you saw your husband?"
The cheongsam woman thought for a moment, then replied in a hoarse voice: "In Building 301, Jinxiu Building D, which is where my husband and I live."
"Jinxiu Building? Is it the Jinxiu Building in the southwest suburbs?" I asked
"Yes, the housing prices in Xicheng are too high. My husband and I can't afford it, so we have to buy a building in the suburbs." The cheongsam woman's eyes flashed with memories, and she must be missing the time she and her husband shared the joys and sorrows.
"Then you didn't call the police?" I placed the "Sichuan Mahjong Encyclopedia" on the bar and asked in a deep voice.
"Already reported."
"Did the police find any records of your husband leaving the city?"
"No, no matter whether it is at the bus station or the high-speed rail station, there is no record of my husband leaving the city. He just disappeared." The cheongsam woman had tears in her eyes.
I was a little at a loss and said prevaricatingly: "I still think your husband might just be avoiding you. After all, you have decided to divorce."
"No! Even if he wants to avoid me, he won't even bring his ID card!" the cheongsam woman said firmly.
"He didn't even bring his ID card?" A trace of surprise flashed across my face.
After an adult loses her ID card, she can't do anything. She can't stay in a hotel or buy a bus ticket, so her husband shouldn't be avoiding her.
"Is her husband's disappearance really related to this book? This is troublesome." If the books sold by the horror bookstore will cause problems for customers, then should I continue to open a bookstore?
"No, this matter must be investigated clearly. I don't want to cause a big problem." After making the decision, I whispered to the cheongsam woman: "Can you show me your husband's ID card?"
"Yes, yes, but I left my husband's ID card at home." The cheongsam woman said with some embarrassment.