Chapter 057
A glimmer of joy flashed across his eyes, as if he was longing for rebirth. I reached out and hugged his feet, and he calmed down and was no longer so panicked. I then pulled him out of the rope around his neck with force.
I just felt that this person was extremely heavy, and I lost my balance and nearly fell to the ground with him. He hit the wall and tried to breathe as if he were a human being, but I felt that it was just an appearance because he couldn't breathe in anything.
I was actually still afraid, so as soon as I got him out of the rope, I turned around and ran away, for fear that he would come to his senses and pounce on me.
Fortunately, none of these situations happened. I stepped back and leaned against the bed, looking at him in horror, but he leaned against the wall and kept trying to breathe, as if he wanted to experience the feeling of being alive again.
I called him tentatively, and his breathing stopped immediately. His eyes stared straight at me, which scared me out of my wits and I dared not say anything more.
I thought it would be better to get away from him as soon as possible before he showed his power, so I quickly tightened the things in my hands, stared at him, moved my body carefully, and walked towards the door little by little.
As soon as I walked out, I felt relieved, but when I looked at the time, it was only seven o'clock, and Lu Yao probably hadn't woken up yet. I didn't want her to follow me, and I didn't want to disturb her, so after hesitating for a while, I decided to leave her a note. I rummaged through my bag and finally found a small piece of white paper, but I didn't have a pen, which made me very distressed.
There must be one in the room, but I didn't dare to go in. At this moment, I suddenly felt someone touching me. I turned around and found a hand reaching out to me, holding a ballpoint pen and waving at me.
I was overjoyed and took it quickly. When I was about to write, I felt a chill in my heart and felt that something was very wrong. I quickly looked towards the owner of the hand.
This sight really scared me to death. I saw the man from before standing next to me, with a faint smile on his face, staring at me in a trance.
I shuddered and quickly stepped back, hugging the wall. He straightened stood there motionless, still looking at me without saying a word.
I looked at him for a while and saw that he had no intention of hurting me. I yelled a few times like a ghost, but he did not run away, nor did he have any intention of approaching me.
My nervous mood relaxed a little, thinking that maybe because I just helped him, he would at least remember the favor and wouldn't explode so quickly.
I then tightened the white paper in my hand, looked at him carefully, and started writing on the paper. The gist of it was to tell Lu Yao that I was leaving first and asked her to take good care of herself in the future.
When I finished writing, the man still stood there without moving. I felt a little distressed because he was blocking Lu Yao's door! He and I just stared at each other, and then I couldn't stand it anymore. I sighed and said softly, "Can you please move away?"
As soon as I said this, he turned around and moved a few steps to the side as if he had received an order. Although it was just a simple action, I felt that it was really not easy. Seeing him move aside a little, I slowly walked to the door of Lu Yao's room, squatted down, and carefully slipped the note under the door.
The man kept looking at me and I kept looking at him. I was really frightened by his gaze, but there was nothing I could do. I saw that most of his tongue was still sticking out of his mouth, and he didn't show any intention of going back. He was just like the Bai Wuchang in the legend, except that he was dressed more fashionably.
After I finished my action, I nodded slightly to him, as a token of thanks. Then I walked out of the hotel. But this man kept following me. I stopped and turned my head to look at him. He also stopped immediately, a short distance away from me, with an inexplicable smile on his face.
I walked tentatively a few times and suddenly stopped, but the same situation happened every time. This ghost now gave me the feeling of a pug. It followed me wherever I went, not to mention that it had its tongue sticking out of its mouth, just like a follower.
I mustered up the courage to scare him a few times, but he didn't react at all. I had no choice but to keep moving forward and pretend I didn't see him.
After leaving the hotel, I stood on the roadside and looked for a car. I planned to go back to the old house to take my luggage away. Even if my uncle was there, he would probably still be sleeping. I glanced at the hanged man. After I got in the car, he stood on the roadside, staring at me with his eyes wide open.
As soon as the car started, I laughed in my heart, thinking, you idiot, I can run faster than you now!
But just as I had this thought, the ghost suddenly appeared in the empty seat next to me! I was so scared that I couldn't help but scream.
The hanged man still had no expression on his face and sat very straight. It seemed that he was quite well-mannered when he was alive. But in comparison, the driver was not so calm. He was so scared by my shouting that the car shook. After he recovered, he looked at me in the rearview mirror and said, "Brother, what did you shout just now? You scared me into going to the hospital with you!"
I was somewhat embarrassed and hurriedly chuckled to cover up my guilty conscience. The driver looked at me again and probably thought I was sick, so he chose to remain silent.
Soon, we arrived at the old house. To my relief, Lin Tian's car was still parked at the door and was not taken away by his father.
I pushed open the door, fearing that the noise would wake up my uncle. When I approached the yard, I turned around and saw that the hanged man was standing at the door. He looked hesitant, as if he wanted to follow me in, but looked a little scared.
I smiled maliciously, thinking to myself, if you have the guts, come in and see whether you or the human-faced tree is more powerful.
Anyway, I saw that he didn't dare to move, and I didn't want to pay attention to him, so I went straight into the house. My uncle probably drank too much last night, he slept on the second floor, but I could still hear his snoring downstairs.
I packed up mine and Lin Tian's things. Luckily, Lin Tian's things were both there, not too many and not too few, so they were all put here, including the wallet and even the car keys.
I carefully dragged my luggage out the door, trying not to make any noise. But when I got to the door, I saw that the hanged man was still standing there. He looked a little happy to see me come out, but my face immediately fell. I thought, damn, you are just going to torture me mentally for a long time, right?
I was worried about Gu Qi. Although he was just following me and there was no danger, I remembered the experience of Yingnu before. It was a painful and bloody lesson! How could I make the same mistake again so easily?
I asked him, "You want to follow me, right?"
The hanged man nodded, his tongue twitching rapidly.
I said okay, just wait!
As soon as I finished speaking, I turned around and ran towards the house without waiting for his response. When I reached the second floor, I slowly slowed down my pace, took the ladder, and climbed up to the attic.
This was the first time I came to this place after my funeral. I saw small red jars all over the ground. After Lin Tian released those ghosts, I guess no one wanted to stay back inside.
I picked one up at random, ran downstairs and out of the house, gestured to the hanged ghost outside the yard, and said, "Come in, I'll take you away!"
This hanged ghost must be a simple-minded person, otherwise he wouldn't have been strangled to death. As soon as I put the little red jar outside the door, he went in in a flash!
I quickly put up the lid I brought with me. Based on Tintin's previous experience of collecting starving ghosts, this should be the end.
I took the Onitsuka in my hand and weighed it. It was a little heavy, but I could hold it with one hand. I don't know why I suddenly felt proud, like the monk Fahai, feeling a bit happy after accepting the White Snake.
I saw that everything was packed, took Lin Tian's key and got in the car. It was then that I realized that having a driver's license was a good thing. Although I couldn't afford a car, having a skill could help me in an emergency.
I put the luggage in the trunk and sat in the driver's seat. I took a look at the Onitsuka in my hand and didn't know what to do with it. I didn't know if there would be any unexpected situation if I put it in the back, so I just put it on the passenger seat so that I could see any sudden situation.
I rolled down the car window and took a look at the old house. I wondered when I would be back next time. I sighed slightly and then got on the road.
I have a habit of driving, I tend to fall asleep easily after a long time, so I have to be very alert. And the speed is relatively slow, because I don't have the opportunity to drive normally, so I am always very careful.
It took me a long time to get out of the city. If it was Lin Tian, he would have run much faster than me.
The journey was smooth and nothing happened. But when I got to the back of the mountain, I couldn't help but recall the things about the paper figurines. I was always nervous and looked into the bushes from time to time.
However, in broad daylight, there are still many vehicles that occasionally pass me, so I guess those paper people won’t come out.
But after walking a little further, there was suddenly a traffic jam. I leaned over to take a look and saw that the queue of cars was very long and I didn’t know what had happened ahead.
I saw several drivers of cars in front of me got out of their cars and were talking to each other, as if they were trying to find out what was going on. I didn't know how long I would be stuck in traffic. I couldn't stay in this mountain for even a minute, fearing that something horrible would pop up again if I stayed there for too long.
I simply turned off the engine, got out of the car and asked.
