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Chapter 377 The Ring in the Cat's Mouth
Lin Mi was alone drawing water from the well in the small broken yard. Hearing the strange barking of wild cats and dogs from all directions, he suddenly became timid.She vaguely felt that these crazy animals had no food to eat in the cold weather, and they were so hungry that they wanted to break into the houses.

Holding a well-worn wooden barrel with both hands, she mentioned the narrow and low kitchen without saying a word, closed the loose wooden door, and planned to light a small oil lamp to burn a pot. boiling water.

As soon as two pieces of firewood were added to the stove, a big black cat about two feet long emerged from the broken window, its green eyes were fixed on her like will-o'-the-wisps, and it was biting a bloody thing in its mouth .

The girl quickly grabbed a kitchen knife and retreated behind the door.

Cousin and Li Yan are not here, Jianhua and Caiwei are probably already fast asleep.He couldn't let his father deal with the wild cat, so Lin Mi relied on the kitchen knife to embolden himself, trying to drive away the uninvited guest.

She didn't dare to use too much force, the wick of the oil lamp was almost exhausted, and if there was another blow of the sleeve wind, it would be extinguished.

The bean sprouts are too big to ignite, and they must not be extinguished.People can't see the five fingers in a dark room, but the wild cat can see them clearly, and it can come and go freely in the dark.

The cat hopped right up to her feet.It stared at a pair of green eyes, remained silent, and squatted motionless, as if hesitating to speak.

It stretched lazily, and hiccupped like no one else was there.

Accompanied by this loud hiccup, a shiny little thing was spat out by it, and it fell to the ground with a crisp metallic sound!
She clearly smelled the blood from the cat's mouth, and her calf began to tremble.

"Isn't this cat eating rat meat?!"

Lin Mi instinctively walked around the scary black cat, stepped on the pickle jar under the window sill, grabbed the window frame and jumped out desperately.

When she landed, Jianhua and Caiwei came out of the opposite room with a lamp.

This night, in Caiwei's dream, the strange man in yellow fur who chased her and Lin Yitang during the day appeared, and suddenly woke up with a tremor.

Another round of coughing from Mr. Lin sounded in her ears, and she got up anxiously, waking up Jianhua who was sleeping soundly next door.

Jianhua put the glasses next to his pillow on the bridge of his nose, took out the matches in his coat pocket, and lit the windproof lamp commonly used on night shifts.

The brother and sister were originally going to Mr. Lin's room, but happened to meet Lin Mi who looked panic-stricken on the way.

Shocked, she was not too frightened to speak incoherently. She pointed to the kitchen and said intermittently:

"Cousin and Li Yan went out to buy medicine jars"

"A black cat came to our house. It also spit out a metal thing. It seemed to come from a person."

"Black cat? Metal thing?"

Jianhua's reaction was quick, he immediately walked in front with a lamp, and entered the kitchen in two or three steps.

The cat is still there.He recognized at a glance that it was the black cat of Mrs. Luo, the landlord.

And the metal object that the cat spit out was a ring belonging to Mrs. Luo.

That day, when renting a house, the landlady, who was a bit oppressive to outsiders, spread out her right hand wearing a gold ring aloofly and asked him to pay three bets and one land.

On the day he moved, he heard a kind neighbor remind him: "Young man, you live in a haunted house where several people died. Are you afraid?"

Jianhua was stunned at the time, looking at the other people who were happily moving, he had no choice but to keep this secret in his heart.Haunted house?Mrs. Luo kept saying that the house had good geomantic omen, and even charged the price by one-third higher than other houses around.

From that day on, he was worried that something would happen in this house sooner or later, but he didn't expect that it was the landlady herself who died this time.

Seeing the cold sweat on his head, Jianhua staggered back out, and shouted to the two shivering girls outside the door:
"Go to Uncle Lin's room quickly and pack all the important things you can take away! I'll come over right away!"

Lin Mi took Caiwei and ran to his father's room.Mr. Lin was panting and leaning against the chair, his lips were ashen. Seeing them, he didn't even have the strength to speak.

Lin Mi held a box of medicines that Qilan brought in his hand, Caiwei saw the money bag and water glass on the table, quickly tore off the sheets, and packed them together with the winter clothes hanging on the wall.

As soon as he finished packing, Jianhua came in with two small bags on his shoulders, carried Mr. Lin on his back and rushed out.

"Sisters, run from behind with me!"

Caiwei saw that her brother, who was not tall and strong, not only had a package on each of his left and right arms, but also had Mr. Lin who was half a head taller than her on his back. She was afraid that Jianhua would fall because of the inconvenience of wearing glasses, so she wanted to help him. Share some.

"Brother, throw the bag on the ground, I'll do it!"

Jianhua didn't look back, and ran with all her strength, so she had to follow closely with a bunch of things.

Lin Mi was carrying a heavy box of medicines.After running far, his legs and feet began to feel weak, but when he thought of the danger that might appear behind him at any time, he couldn't stop taking a step.

Those alleys are like sheep's intestines, with twists and turns, and the feet are very strenuous, but no one dares to stop.

Everyone ran out of the winding third alley in one breath, and came to a secluded morning market with rotten straw all over the floor.The four of them slumped on the ground exhausted.

Out of breath, Jianhua raised his head and squinted to see the small broken courtyard that had shrunk into a black spot, and his heart was relieved.

"Uncle Lin. We can no longer live there. The black cat that came to the house at night is the cat of Mrs. Luo, the landlord. It has blood in its mouth and spit out a ring of hers. It is likely that the owner was killed."

Caiwei gently brushed her messy hair together with her hands, and asked in confusion:
"Ms. Luo is not kind. She rented the haunted house to us at a high price. She must have done this before. She offended someone, made a grudge, and was killed. What does it have to do with us renters who keep their own laws? Brother, You are too savage, aren't you?"

Jianhua shook his head:

"No, I'm definitely not worrying unnecessarily. Mrs. Luo is such a shrewd person, she will never be killed for renting a house. It is very likely that she was silenced."

Caiwei's little face turned pale with fright, "I thought it was because my brother had read too many foreign detective novels. Who knew it was a real murder case."

Lin Mi hugged his knees and let out a long breath: "Fortunately Brother Jianhua took us out."

Jianhua slapped his head violently and said regretfully:

"Hey, I ran away so patronizingly, I didn't even leave a mark! What if Tangtang and Li Yan are in danger when they come back? No, I have to go and see!"

The young man was about to stand up from the ground when unexpectedly a hand grabbed his arm forcefully.

"Uncle Lin, don't stop me, I'll just make a mark on the door, go and come back!"

Mr. Lin held Jianhua's arm tightly, his lips opened and closed slightly, and his voice was extremely low. Lin Mi leaned over and held his breath before he could barely hear what his father said:

"Don't worry"

"They .will.take care of .themselves"

Jianhua sat down again.It's not that I believed these reassuring words, but I was afraid that if something happened to Mr. Lin once I left, how would the two little girls cope with it.

(End of this chapter)