After closing the door of the bookstore, the street was still crowded with people, and the excitement was not reduced at all. Lin Mo blended into the crowd, left Fenglin Street, and took a taxi to the vicinity of the garden community.
Without stopping at the entrance of the garden community, Lin Mo chose a relatively quiet path.
Many communities often have more than one gate. In order to facilitate travel, the garden community has two doors, both of which can be opened to traffic. This is obviously for the convenience of the owners here.
Walking slowly along the street, Lin Mo didn't bring anything with him, like a person who came home late.
First, we came to the street opposite the main entrance of the Huayuan Community. We stopped and looked towards the entrance of the community. At the entrance of the community was the security room. Standing across the street, we could see a person sitting in the security room. This
It was none other than the security guard who had talked a lot with Lin Mo earlier.
Looking at the time, it was already mid-eight o'clock in the evening. From the look of the security guard, it was obvious that he was not ready to change his shift. Lin Mo was not in a hurry and did not stay here all the time. He walked far away along the street and walked slowly on the street.
's walk.
After passing a corner, Lin Mo walked in naturally and entered the community through a small door in the garden community.
This is an entrance and exit that Lin Mo discovered last night. This small door can only allow one person to walk and is not open to traffic. It is mainly for convenience because this is a small park.
After entering the garden community through this door, it was Building 5, which Lin Mo just passed by last night but had never been to.
"Why is this neighborhood so deserted?"
I scanned the situation in the community. It was only eight o'clock in the evening, but there were not many people in the community. But thinking about it, it was normal. It was already dark. How could anyone be here at this time, like
Walking around like Lin Mo?
"There are no grandpas or aunties doing square dancing here, but this time should be when many people go home. Why can't I see a few cars coming back?"
One person muttered, and Lin Mo began to look at the surrounding situation. The two previous times, Lin Mo came here during the day, and the other time, he came here at about one o'clock in the morning. The times were different, so there was no reference.
value.
Looking up and looking around, Lin Mo discovered something strange.
Logically speaking, these young people have a rich night life, and many young people have to face the problem of working overtime. Generally speaking, going home at eight or nine o'clock is relatively early for young people.
Most of the elderly, or those who need care at home, have returned home at this time. The family is sitting together, happily eating, watching TV, and chatting about various things that happened today, but that doesn't happen.
It's like this neighborhood is so deserted.
In addition, according to what the security guard said, there are many tenants in Building 4, and most of the tenants are young people, so the deserted situation made Lin Mo feel a little uncomfortable.
Just when Lin Mo turned the corner next to the building, he saw a car driving in from the gate of the community, and several people walked into the community behind the car. They were chatting and laughing, and this made Lin Mo feel normal.
A lot.
Without staying in Building 5 for too long, Lin Mo quietly walked around to Building 4, found a suitable angle, sat casually on the side, pretending to be idle and watching the stars, and looked towards Building 4.
Look at the 4th floor.
His eyes swept through the window of Lucy's house. There were lights on in the room, and there were vague figures flashing across the room, but he didn't know what the people inside were doing.
A small black figure appeared on the balcony, then lay there and glanced outside. It seemed that he was too short to see the outside scene, so he moved something for a stepping stone. The slightly smaller figure disappeared first,
Then it popped up again, a little higher than before.
A round little head was exposed there, with two big eyes looking into the community. Lin Mo's eyes swept over the little head.
"Huh?"
It seemed that something was wrong. After Lin Mo glanced over, he turned his attention to the little guy again. But at this time, the little head that was originally lying on the balcony had disappeared. There was a figure shaking in the room, probably...
Entered the house.
"Is it little Lily? That child is quite lively."
With this sigh in his mouth, Lin Mo felt vaguely that something was not quite right. He didn't think of it for a while, but he didn't care too much about it.
When Lin Mo came to the Huayuan Community this evening, his goal was not Lucy, but Lucy's neighbor, the crazy old lady. He turned to look at the window of the old lady's house. The room was dark, and there was no one there.
A little bit of light.
The curtains in that room were still drawn, and it was difficult to see what was going on inside from the outside. The light from the street lamp outside shone on the window, slightly illuminating part of the curtains.
"Why doesn't that old lady turn on the light in her room?"
Although both Lucy and the security guard said that the old lady was a madman, Lin Mo felt that some of the old woman's actions did not look like a madman.
Whether the old man is standing at the window, gesturing, making expressions, or quietly coming out to check when someone knocks on the door of Lucy's house, it can only mean that the old man is behaving strangely. Is he crazy?
Hard to say.
And another thing that made Lin Mo guess that the old man might not be a madman was the fire he saw in the old man's room when he came here yesterday.
If we say one in the morning
At two o'clock, the fire that appeared in the room was caused by the old man lighting the candle, so this matter was rather strange.
To light a candle, you need to use a lighter, and outsiders are never allowed to enter the old lady's room. In addition, everyone thinks she is a lunatic. Even if they care, they don't dare to get too close. In other words, during the day, the old lady's home is basically
There will be no visitors on the street, let alone at night.
Under such circumstances, it seems that the only person left who can light a candle in the middle of the night is the old lady herself.
Moreover, Lin Mo guessed that lighting candles or other things at night might not have happened suddenly.
Judging from the time when the old man heard someone knocking on Lucy's door, he would come out to check this behavior. The old man lit candles or other things in the middle of the night, which may have continued for a long time, but no one noticed
That's all.
What did the old man burn?
Candles or paper money? Or just some unwanted items?
The fire lasted for a long time and was very weak. If it was a candle, it would be normal. But if it was paper money instead of a candle, it would definitely not have burned much, and special care was taken to avoid being discovered.
But whether it's candles, paper money, or anything else, it's impossible for them to appear out of thin air. Those people just gave food to the old man, and they definitely wouldn't buy these things for her. So where did the old man get them?
And if it burns every day, but the old man's house does not catch fire for such a long time, it means that the person who lit the fire knows how to pay attention to safety.
If a madman, or a mentally disturbed person, can really keep lighting a fire in a room for such a long time without causing any accidents, that can only mean that this person may not be really crazy.
However, if a person is not really crazy, why would she lock herself in a room, never leave the door, and still pretend to be crazy every day?
There were many doubts about this old man. Without understanding the situation, Lin Mo couldn't figure out why the old man did this.
In addition, when going downstairs from Lucy's house, the old man once stood at the window and kept signaling to Lin Mo to leave quickly. This also deepened Lin Mo's curiosity about this crazy old lady.
"What is she trying to hide? Or, what is she afraid of?"
"Of course, does she have any other purpose for staying in this room? Is there any secret in the room, or is she waiting for someone?"
Lin Mo calmly analyzed the meaning of all the old man's actions, and had a vague feeling in his heart that maybe there was some connection between the closed room in Lucy's house and this crazy old lady.