wind in the dark night

Chapter 168
No. 14 Huaihua Lane.

Qi Yue turned off the engine and stopped.

The black girl wagged her tail happily inside the door.

Qi Yue got out of the car and locked the door, and there was a light slap behind him, like someone accidentally kicked a stone on the road, but then there was no sound.

It's normal to kick stones while walking.

But what about the stone kicker?
Ordinarily this person should go into the alley.

Qi Yue's hand slowly touched his waist holster.

At this moment, the neighbor's aunt appeared at the alley with a basket, and saw Qi Yue standing in front of the door, saying hello from afar: "Mr. Qi, you're back."

"Yeah, where have you been?"

Qi Yue thought to himself, maybe the aunt kicked the stone.

"Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. My family said that the festival should look like a festival. After thinking about it, I was right. I hurriedly went to the night market and bought two catties of moon cakes, half a catty of candied fruit, and fruits. Oh, this is hawthorn, the boiled sugar water is delicious..."

The neighbor's aunt shows the items in the basket.

Qi Yue said: "You are busy, I should go back."

"Okay then, let's go."

When passing by the courtyard gate, the extroverted neighbor's aunt didn't forget to say to the black girl: "Master is back, I am so happy that you are wagging your tail."

While talking, she walked away with a smile.

Wang!
The black girl called out.

Qi Yue breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he would have a long memory in the future, and try to talk as little as possible when he meets this aunt, otherwise, the chat will be endless.

woof!woof woof!

The black girl called out several times.

Qi Yue's heart suddenly became alert.

Dogs don't bite people they know.

The neighbor's aunt's house is in Huaihua Lane, and she passes by the door almost every day. In other words, even if there are neighbors nearby, the black girl will not bark.

It was obvious that there were strangers around.

In Qi Yue's view, this stranger is most likely the one who kicked a stone while walking.

Hiding in the dark and not coming out, this person is not kind!
Qi Yue quickly stepped into the yard, stood behind the pillars on one side of the porch, and observed the movement around him. As long as any stranger appeared, he would be spotted immediately.

All was silent, the leaves rustled.

After waiting for a few minutes, the black girl relaxed, unlike the previous state of facing an enemy, Qi Yue guessed that the "stranger" should have left.

He put the pistol back into the holster, opened the door and entered the house, sat in the living room for a while, got up and went to the bedroom, opened the closet door, groped inside, and took out the wooden box hidden in the mezzanine, the Angangxi drawing Given to Li Tiezui, the wooden box is now empty.

The firing steel needle spring is connected to the box cover, as long as the wooden box is opened, the steel needle will shoot out.

This mechanism design is effective for simple-minded people. Be a little more cautious, and at least take some necessary precautions before opening the box.

Qi Yue found a tool, removed the spring of one of the steel needles, put a blank briefcase into the wooden box, and connected the briefcase cord with the steel needle concealedly.

In this way, if the box cover is opened, only two steel needles will be shot out, and the remaining steel needle that is not fired will be considered to be malfunctioning.

In fact, this is the real killing move!
The person who sneaked into Qi Yue's house and was able to find the wooden box would definitely not be an ordinary thief. When he saw a blank document bag in the heavily-trapped wooden box, he would open it and check it in all likelihood. The file bag, the last steel needle will be fired suddenly, at such a short distance, there is no time to react.

Qi Yue did this just in case. The experience just now reminded him that he must be careful everywhere, and if he is not careful, he will fall into a catastrophe.

……

early morning.

Wind and sunshine.

Qi Yue finished washing.

Cuckoo stepped into the house.

"Come so early?"

Qi Yue asked casually.

Du Juan put the breakfast she bought on the table and went into the bedroom with a bundle: "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, come early and help you clean up."

Qi Yue sat down: "Don't worry, I'll clean up with you after dinner."

Du Juan said: "You eat it, I have eaten it."

Qi Yue said: "Du Juan, come out first, I have something important to tell you."

After a while, Du Juan Shi Shiran came out of the bedroom, pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Where did you get this suit?"

Qi Yue looked at Du Juan.

"Xiaoyu's, it's convenient to wear this to work."

When Du Juan came, she was wearing a cheongsam and high heels, but now she has changed into a short shirt and cloth shoes, and her hair is tied behind her head, which is completely different from the previous style.

Qi Yue said, "It doesn't seem to fit well."

Du Juan made a breast-expanding movement: "Does it not fit? I think it's okay, a little tight."

Qi Yue's eyes fell on the raised part.

Du Juan pretended to be angry and said, "What are you looking at?"

"It doesn't seem to be the same?"

Qi Yue muttered to himself.

"What's the difference?"

The dancer has been doing it for a long time, and she has heard similar teasing more than once. Du Juan has long been used to it, and she can barely accept it. In addition, she already has an admiration in her heart. Even if Qi Yue does something, she will not refuse.

"Slightly larger than normal..."

Qi Yue fell into thinking.

Even though he was as free and easy as a cuckoo, he didn't know how to deal with it, his face was red and his ears were red, and he froze on the spot.

Fortunately, Qi Yue reacted in time, and quickly explained: "Du Juan, don't get me wrong, what I'm talking about is not...well, what I'm talking about is the button loop."

Du Juan was stunned: "New loop?"

Qi Yue pointed out: "That one. Not only is it big, but the color is also different."

From left to right, the front of the cuckoo jacket is lined with a row of buttons and loops. This style is very common, and it has become popular since the end of the Qing Dynasty. Almost everyone, regardless of age, wears it.

Most of the new loops are hand-knitted and sold on the street, and you can make them yourself if you are handy.

This dress has a total of eight black button loops, and the one on the chest is slightly larger.

Qi Yue took a closer look.

Du Juan's face was blushing, and he could only pretend to be calm and said: "You men don't understand, the size of the button loop is all about craftsmanship, bigger and smaller, it's very common..."

Qi Yue asked: "Can you weave button loops?"

Du Juan nodded: "Yes."

Qi Yue said: "If I take it apart, can you restore it?"

Du Juan said, "Of course."

Qi Yue said, "Take off your clothes."

Seeing Qi Yue's seriousness, Du Juan didn't ask any further questions, and immediately went to the bedroom to change his clothes.

Qi Yue found a crochet hook.

Du Juan said, "I'll come."

Qi Yue said, "I'll come."

"What do you suspect?"

Du Juan handed over the clothes.

Qi Yue didn't answer directly, but asked instead: "You put on your clothes, does Xiaoyu know?"

Du Juan said, "She's not at home. I gave her a day off today for the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Does she wear it a lot?"

Qi Yue carefully removed the button loop.

Du Juan said: "Not many, just once or twice once in a while."

"Where do you usually put your clothes?"

Qi Yue asked again.

Du Juan said: "In the cabinet in her room..."

At this time, Qi Yue completely dismantled the loops, picked up a flat object from the middle of the messy rope, and looked at it carefully for a while: "What is this?"

　There's an earthquake, I'll update it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)