Perhaps the image that flashed through my mind just now was too abrupt. I didn't want to be like the scene in that image, stabbing the person in front of me to death with a knife.
Yan Yan shook his head. It seemed that both of us could see through time and the essence of things in each other's eyes.
I didn't say a word and just stared at him. After a stand - off, I was finally the one who gave in.
It was strange. In front of him, I always seemed to be the loser.
The Fatty patted my shoulder. "Hey, who do you think you can persuade? With your soft - hearted look, you can't even persuade me. Don't struggle anymore, okay?"
The Fatty was joking and laughing beside me, but I could clearly hear the heaviness in his joking words.
The Fatty was just smiling on the surface. In fact, it was obvious that he was also very confused.
"Fatty."
I patted his shoulder. "I'm sorry about this."
The Fatty looked at me absent - mindedly. I shook my head helplessly. "What are you talking about? Are we still brothers?"
"Don't worry. I've always regarded you as my brother, and it's never changed. It's just that the previous things were a bit tricky. Who on earth did you offend? I always feel that there's a mastermind behind all this, but your second uncle really isn't likely to be the one."
I never believed that my second uncle would be the one who wanted to harm me. Even now, I still didn't believe that he would really do me harm.
"Who do you think it is?"
I looked at Yan Yan. With his introverted look, he never let others know what he was up to. I didn't think it was him.
"Have you heard of the Floating Master?"
The police officer beside us suddenly interrupted. The Fatty and I had the same expression. We didn't quite understand the police officer's sudden words.
"I've heard of him, but I don't know much. Your ex - boyfriend from Hualian should know more than us, right?"
The Fatty sneered as soon as he opened his mouth, but the sharpness in his eyes couldn't deceive anyone.
The police officer looked at the Fatty helplessly. "You seem to know me quite well. But don't worry, I won't harm you. I'm not that shameless. I've only heard some things about the Floating Master. It's said that when he was young, he got guidance from a master, which is why he became so powerful. But he used to be a monk, and now he calls himself a master. He uses the skills of a monk to do things that a monk shouldn't do. This is also a kind of oddity in the industry in a sense."
I stared into the guy's eyes and probed. "Do you mean that the Floating Master isn't clean?"
The police officer sneered. "In your line of work, there's no such thing as clean or dirty. What right do you have to judge others?"
Seeing me being retorted, the Fatty couldn't help but retort back. Yan Yan's back never paused for a moment because of our conversation.
The few of us quickly crawled into the dark passage. I couldn't help but look back in the direction of the brightly - lit area and asked, "Are those people really not going to chase us in?"
Yan Yan shook his head. "They have rules. They won't come in. No one has ever gotten out of this place."
My heart sank. "You even know that no one has ever gotten out of this place. What if we can't get out either? Are you too confident in yourself or too confident in us?"
"You won't die in here, because your connection with this place can't be broken. They don't know, but I do."
This cold - faced guy usually doesn't say a word, but when he does, it scares you.
Wait a minute. What does it mean by your connection with this place? Dude, what you said is too ambiguous, isn't it?
"Yo, I've watched our young master grow up since he was a kid. Who do you think you are? How do you know so much?"
The Fatty hooked my shoulder with a half - smile, sizing up Yan Yan. In his eyes, besides jealousy, there was more curiosity.
Yan Yan didn't answer the Fatty's question and completely ignored him.
The three of us limped forward. And I, a half - disabled guy, was half - supported and walked forward.
This was a triangular building. We didn't know how far it extended underground. The three of us limped down.
The dark steps seemed to be man - made. We still didn't know what strange things were in this place.
We limped along, but our movements were a bit stiff.
"Wait, what's that?"
I suddenly widened my eyes and looked ahead.
The Fatty stared at the front with his mouth agape, looking at the huge statue in front of him in disbelief.
"Damn it, this statue is really huge."
The statue stood there, its dark eyes staring motionlessly ahead, giving people an uneasy feeling.
I turned to look at the Fatty and swallowed hard. "What's going on? This statue looks so much like me!"
The Fatty glanced at me, then looked up at the statue, and then silently gave me a thumbs - up.
"I have to say you're really amazing. I've known you for so many years, but I never knew this. Come on, when did you put your great image here?"
Does this guy have a disease that makes him die if he doesn't talk? I rolled my eyes at the Fatty and was still waiting for Yan Yan to give me an explanation.
He looked at the statue as if he was seeing it for the first time. "It's lucky that they didn't come in. If they had come in and seen this, it would have been bad."
He only said this after a long time. At first, I didn't understand, but later I kind of got it.
Indeed. It was lucky that the people behind didn't chase in. If they found a statue that looked exactly like me in the forbidden area, I'm sure I wouldn't end up well.
Because those people were extremely fierce and crazy. If they found themselves in a century - old hoax, I didn't think they would regard me as a god - like figure.
He shook his head and looked back at me as if he was very helpless. "We knew each other in our previous lives."
He calmly said this astonishing fact, with no ripple in his eyes.
I twitched the corner of my mouth. When I turned around to leave, my movement suddenly froze. Something flashed by behind me.
The Fatty let out a scream beside me. "What's that?"
The big cat that had once been in Yan Yan's house appeared in the darkness. Its grey - green big eyes were like two big lanterns in the dark, standing quietly not far away.
Fortunately, my eyesight was quite good and I saw it early. The Fatty was really scared by this cat and couldn't help but start swearing.
"Can you be more careful? It's at least a small animal. Can you show some care for small animals?"
The Fatty was dissatisfied. "I said we've grown up together. If you have the energy to care about small animals, why don't you care about me?"