Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 369 You have changed

As Xiao Ran walked towards the store, he was full of doubts and hesitation.His mind is also in a mess now, and he can't figure out the origin of these photos at all, let alone show Hu Bayi and Fatty the basement.

But when he stepped into the store, the place where he felt most secure in the world, he suddenly firmed up his mind, which was to involve Hu Bayi and Fatty in his personal affairs as little as possible. middle.

Although there are two other people in these photos, no matter what the second uncle's intentions are and how many things he has kept from him, at least the safety of the other two people has not been endangered.And during the trip to the ancient city of Jingjue, the second uncle came forward to rescue more than once, and even almost took his own life.

Maybe he should not only try to get the second uncle out, but also try to say some good things, so as not to let the vigilant Hu Ba develop hostility towards the second uncle, and even Xiao Ran.

Thinking of this, he turned to Liu Shengli at the counter and said, "Please invite the two elder brothers to the reception room and make a pot of good tea."

After saying that, he walked towards the basement of the back room without looking back. The fat man who originally wanted to follow saw this, so he had to wait in the reception room first.

Xiao Ran went to the operating table in the basement, took out the pack of photos from the ground, looked through them one by one, and then took a deep breath to pack them up.

He took the photo and went to the reception room, where the fat man was "sizzling" drinking tea, and Meiq sighed "uh-uh" after taking a sip.On the other hand, Hu Bayi sat with his hands crossed with his chest expressionless, and when he saw Xiao Ran coming in, he put on a smile full of politeness and distance.

"Brother Xiao, your tea is fine. It wiped off all the oil and water from yesterday. The more you drink, the hungrier you become..."

The fat man took the initiative to strike up a conversation with him, but he didn't look up at him at all, as if he was talking to the teacup on the table.Xiao Ran knew that the fat man was using his character to convey conflicted friendship.

Both of them tried their best to maintain a calm atmosphere, but it was this kind of deliberation that filled the small reception room with an awkward atmosphere.Even the nervous Liu Shengli felt something strange, looked at the three of them blankly, and stammered, "That... I'll go out first..."

Xiao Ran waved his hand, Liu Shengli retreated and closed the door, Xiao Ran put the envelope with the photo in his arms on the table, pushed it in front of the two of them, and sat quietly opposite him.This scene is exactly like a primary school student who failed an exam, sending the exam paper to his parents, waiting to be criticized.

Hu Bayi grabbed the photos, and the fat man poked his head to look at them. The two flipped through them one by one.

Xiao Ran has seen these photos two or three times, all of them are photos of the general's tomb and underground fortress in Yerengou with Hu Bayi, Fatty, and Yingzi.

From the perspective of taking pictures, the photographer—or the second uncle hid very secretly, keeping a distance of tens of meters from them all the time, and not lying on the ground or hiding by the wall, and pressing the button in a hurry when taking pictures. So it's kind of blurry.

It seems that this trip to Ganggang Yingzi was quite lively. Besides him as a foreign aid, there was one more...

"Military reporter, second uncle, this is it! No, what's the fashionable word now? Photographer?"

After the fat man finished reading the photo, he even grinned, and the way he looked at Xiao Ran returned to the kindness he had before.

Hu Bayi smiled and said, "What kind of photographer is a photographer, isn't Shirley Yang the photographer of some magazine?"

"Oh yes, yes, photographer! But second uncle's skills are far inferior to others, and he didn't take a tenth of Fatty's majestic appearance! Is my bomb throwing posture so ugly?"

As the fat man said, he posed for one of the photos of him throwing a grenade, but no matter how he posed, it looked like a bear reaching out to break corn.

"I didn't see the majestic appearance, but the bear appearance is quite..."

Hu Bayi spoke out what Xiao Ran was thinking, and handed back the photo at the same time.Like the fat man, his face also regained its previous intimacy, and his body, which was originally sitting upright, slid down a bit, becoming his most relaxed slumped sitting.

Xiao Ran still looked at Hu Bayi with some doubts, Hu Bayi smiled and said: "Just a few photos, it doesn't explain anything. The rest of us, and the second uncle, were born and died together. Regardless of why he followed us and took these pictures again, at least one thing, he definitely couldn’t be doing it to harm us, right Fatty?”

After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and pulled the fat man who was still posing. The fat man was taken aback, and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, that is definitely not possible. We have not been dealing with the second uncle for a day or two. But what is he for? What? Brother Xiao, do you know?"

The fat man asked this question purely out of the simplest logic, but Hu Bayi turned to Xiao Ran with a "I like it" expression on his face, with a meaningful smile on his face, he was waiting for the answer, Or try to find answers.

Xiao Ran was dumbfounded by this sudden question, how could he know?He also always wanted to ask his second uncle why he followed him to Ganggang Yingzi, and why he only followed him to take pictures, but his second uncle didn't help him several times in critical situations.

With question marks in his head, he froze there for a moment, and he didn't know what to say after moving his mouth several times.But Hu Bayi seemed satisfied with his reaction, he slapped his thigh and said, "Come on, no one will make us breakfast today, I'm hungry, let's go to Mrs. Fang's to eat..."

He stood up abruptly, as if this period was over.He drank the warm tea on the table in one gulp, said: "Good tea!" Then he wobbled towards the door.

Xiao Ran knew that Hu Bayi had already left him the question, and he had fully released his goodwill. His hanging heart was finally put in his stomach, and the next thing was between him and his second uncle.

The three of them had breakfast at Mrs. Fang's snack bar. Hu Bayi and Fatty said they wanted to go back to sleep. They were really tired after spending time with Yingzi and the others during the day and night.

After Xiao Ran said goodbye to them, he packed up the photos and went straight to the nursing home.When the car drove into the nursing home, I happened to see my second uncle and my father walking in the center of the yard accompanied by a nurse.

Xiao Ran greeted his second uncle, then turned to Xiao Changfeng and said, "Dad, do you feel better?"

Xiao Changfeng hesitated for a moment, then nodded, looking at Xiao Ran with a bit of pity in his eyes.Xiao Ran's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that he hadn't seen him for a few days. His father really got better...

"Xiaoran, who is this kid? He's quite polite, but he's confused at a young age, why call him Dad..."

Xiao Changfeng whispered to the second uncle, and the second uncle looked at Xiao Ran with a wry smile, shook his head and said, "See? I'm going for a walk with my father..."

Xiao Ran suddenly felt that he couldn't laugh or cry, no wonder his father and second uncle would go for a walk together, no matter how dear his brother is, at this age, he wouldn't insist on going for a walk together, it turned out that his father regarded the second uncle as him...

"Uncle Xiao, I came to play with Xiao Ran, if you have nothing to do, we will go to play first!" Xiao Ran said to Xiao Changfeng.

Only then did Xiao Changfeng put on a kind face, waved his hands and said, "Go, go, you young people, go and play, we old people also have activities for old people..."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked away. The nurse hurriedly followed, and Xiao Ran heard him whispering to the nurse: "Aunt Wang, you said my Xiao Ran is not young, why does he play with men every day? No Could it be a rabbit master..."

Xiao Ran sighed helplessly, and the second uncle asked, "Did you come to me today if you have something to do? Tell me quickly."

After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Ran decided to be more direct with Second Uncle, and asked, "Second Uncle, do you have something to hide from me?"

He looked directly into the second uncle's eyes, and obviously saw a trace of panic flashing in the second uncle's eyes, and his heart suddenly felt mixed.It seems that there is really no possibility of other people taking pictures of them with Second Uncle's camera.

"Second Uncle, what on earth are you thinking? Are you worried about me? I really almost died inside several times, so why don't you snap?"

Hearing what he said, the second uncle raised his eyebrows, the panic in his eyes was replaced by confusion, and the knuckles of his knuckles that were pinched white also relaxed.

Xiao Ran didn't say any more, and directly handed the photo in his arms to the second uncle.The second uncle took the stack of photos, took a look, and his old face was a little red, "hehe" smiled: "Oh, so...you found it in my old camera, right? To be honest, you As soon as I left, I went back to Zhaojing. I heard from Liu Er that you went to Ganggang Yingzi. I was worried that your body and bones had not recovered, and you went so far with the two people who didn’t know where they came from, so I checked all the way. I inquired about the map again. On the day I arrived, I happened to see you riding a horse and leading a dog out of the village. I didn’t know what you were doing, so I wanted to observe first. I also wanted to help you, but later I found out that you kid is easy to handle, as if you stepped on a little bit in advance, so I..."

"Stop! You old man take a breath, I can hardly breathe..."

In fact, what Second Uncle said here has already confirmed all of Xiao Ran's conjectures, it doesn't matter whether he listens or not.Next, just go back and explain to Hu Bayi and the others a little bit.

He thought for a while, and then said to his second uncle: "There is one more thing, I think our family... is being watched by people."

Then, Xiao Ran told his second uncle everything about his father being abducted by someone a few days ago, and the thieves in the house. Of course, he first omitted the konjac with corpse fragrance in the basement and Xu Er who was soaking in the cabinet.

When he said this, the second uncle was not so surprised, but looked at him quite calmly.It may be that Xiao Ran's sudden question just now made him emotionally prepared.

After listening to the second uncle, he touched his chin thoughtfully, as if he was thinking about something.After a while, he closed his eyes impatiently and rubbed his temples and said: "As you get older, your brain seems to be filled with paste, especially when you came back from Jingjue last time. That's not too far away. I can't think of anyone who can put so much effort into torturing our father and son, and I can't think of what he wants. Otherwise, your dad and I will be discharged from the hospital after a while. It's a disaster anyway. We can't hide, let's get together, we can have a helper for everything..."

Xiao Ran nodded, what the second uncle said made sense.If that person was just trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain last time, and such a long distance would have provided him with convenience, why not just take them home, the security in the city is relatively better, and it is naturally safer to have him by his side.

At this time, the second uncle said again: "By the way, there is something to remind you that you and your friends should also keep a little distance."

"Old Hu and Fatty? Didn't you say you wanted me to have a good relationship with them? You also said that you would recruit them as subordinates, why did you keep a distance?" Xiao Ran was puzzled.

Unexpectedly, the second uncle said something that made Xiao Ran's jaw drop with a secret face: "I'm talking about those treasures on your body, your knife, your mirror, and others. Don't you Do you think you have changed a bit recently?"

(End of this chapter)