Chapter 14: Fate (VIII)
Not long after Qiao Yuan and Su Yan left the room, Song Yanchi also walked into the room and discovered something strange about the coffin.
He also concluded that it must have been Zhou Lian who did it. Judging from the thickness of the coffin, it seemed like it was not something a girl could lift. Besides him, among the people present, Zhou Lian was probably the only one who had the courage to open the coffin.
After a few seconds of brief thought, he made the same decision as Qiao Yuan and lay down in the coffin.
The coffin was not big, and it was very crowded for a 1.8-meter-tall man like him to lie in it, so Song Yanchi guessed that it must be the coffin of the village chief's daughter-in-law. The air in the coffin was not circulating, and it was mixed with a foul smell, so Song Yan held his breath and quickly observed the inside of the coffin in the sunlight outside the window.
The first thing that caught the eye was the several scratches on the coffin lid. Judging from the depth of the scratches that penetrated into the wood, it was enough to show how much effort the person who left these marks had used. There were also bloodstains on the scratches.
After getting the information he wanted, Song Yanchi was about to leave the coffin when he discovered a line of red words next to the marks. It seemed to be written in blood, and judging by the color, it was still very fresh.
Zhou Lian and A Dao visited here.
There are also two stick figures drawn next to them, one wearing glasses and making a scissors hand gesture, and the other with fierce knife-like eyes. Although they are abstract, it can be seen that they are Zhou Lian and A Dao.
Song Yanchi: ???
If he could see the barrage now, Song Yanchi would definitely be able to see how lively his live broadcast is at this moment.
Although his outstanding appearance and lone wolf personality attracted a group of fans who like to watch cool guys and technical people in the game, the popularity of the barrage in the live broadcast room this time was still unheard of——
[I thought Zhou Lian and A Dao were a little weird before, but now I think he is a little sick. Did he think he was at some tourist attraction?]
[The above is really not Zhou Lian and A Dao’s fault this time. Let me, who accidentally saw the perspectives of Zhou Lian, Sister Qiao, and Song Yanchi, sort out what happened for you]
[Who is Sister Qiao? There seems to be someone with the last name Qiao in this instance. Could it be Qiao Yuan?]
[Ten seconds have passed, why hasn't the process I want been presented yet?]
[Ahem, don't worry, I'm typing it by hand after all. The first time I played it was from Zhou Lian's perspective, when Zhou Lian and his brother named A Dao entered the room. Zhou Lian said that he thought the paper figures were weird , so he and his brother walked into the room. As a result, the two of them found that there seemed to be a slight sound in the coffin. After discussing it, they decided that wealth and honor come at the cost of risk, so they opened the coffin together. ]
[However, as soon as the coffin was opened a crack, they found a female corpse inside. The skin was pale and swollen, and the arms were raised in front of the chest. White worms could be vaguely seen burrowing under the skin. The next second, the corpse turned its head and stared at the two of them. Only the whites of its eyes were left, and then two bloody tears slowly flowed down.]
[Everyone knows that live broadcast is to watch everything from the anchor’s perspective. I was almost scared to death outside the screen at the time. I saw Zhou Lian and A Dao stopped opening the coffin and ran away immediately]
【And then what?】
[The next part is Sister Qiao’s perspective. Because I watched the live broadcast midway, when I entered the live broadcast room, Sister Qiao had already laid down like Song Yanchi. She stayed there for a few minutes. She probably looked through enough clues and was about to leave. Then she discovered fresh bloodstains in the coffin.]
[…Isn’t that the blood and tears of the female corpse?]
【And then she wrote it? 】
[Hahaha, congratulations to the two people above, you both guessed it right]
【……】
【？ ？ ？】
[This operation made me stunned]
[u1s1, this painting is quite skillful, you can tell who it is at a glance]
[Let me put myself in this situation. If I were a female corpse, and I came back to find words on my coffin...]
【Taking everything for you will only hurt you.jpg】
[So the Sister Qiao you mentioned is really Qiao Yuan?! ]
[Yes, I have watched more than a dozen live broadcasts, but this action of hers made me want to call her sister for the first time]
Who is Qiao Yuan?
[Oh my god, oh my god, I just quit her live broadcast room because I thought some of her actions were too stupid]
[I haven’t watched the previous live broadcast, but this Qiao Yuan…isn’t he that celebrity? Or someone with the same name?]
[Yes, it’s the star you were thinking of]
[So Zhou Lian was just helping others and got nothing for himself? ]
[So that's right, I didn't even have time to see the clues]
[Didn’t he receive the wrath of the female corpse?]
Su Yan curiously asked Qiao Yuan why he got into the coffin. Qiao Yuan was vague: "I found something, but I still need to verify it."
By the way, he also gave Zhou Lian and A Dao a gift.
She sighed in her heart. If she was not afraid that Zhou Lian and A Dao were using pseudonyms, she would not have to spend so much time drawing two portraits. This would have made it easier for her to find the body by following the map and accurately locate the person.
Su Yan nodded and didn't ask any more questions. After hesitating for a few seconds, she suddenly said firmly, "Ms. Qiao, I don't know why you acted differently from the show. It seems that you don't want Mr. Zhou to know what you did."
"Don't worry, I will keep this a secret! I'm very tight-lipped. When I was in elementary school, a boy and a girl told me that they had a crush on each other, but I kept it to myself until now..."
Qiao Yuan: "Are they together?"
Su Yan: "No, we are still secretly in love with each other."
Qiao Yuan believed that Su Yan was indeed very tight-lipped, and the fact that she would not ask any further questions also made Qiao Yuan feel very satisfied.
After completing their assigned tasks, the two men turned and walked towards the front yard, ready to meet up with the main force.
When the two of them walked to the front yard, they happened to meet Zhou Lian and several others there. Lan Lan was questioning Li Lei in a shrill voice why he lifted other girls. Hearing the footsteps approaching, several people looked up.
Qiao Yuan felt that Brother Chen and Li Lei's gazes were full of surprise and confusion. But she soon discovered that, to be more precise, Brother Chen and Li Lei were looking at Su Yan who was standing next to her.
Li Lei was the first to speak: "Why did you come back so soon?"
"What about Shamatte?"
Lan Lan thought about the whole story she had just heard from the others and couldn't help but snorted coldly, "Could it be that they just dumped him somewhere randomly?"
Although it was Brother Chen's instruction, Lanlan still felt dissatisfied when she thought about her boyfriend carrying a sedan chair for another girl.
Su Yan:?
What is going on?
Su Yan looked confused, but still answered obediently: "Why come back so soon? I've been here the whole time."
"And shouldn't Shamatte be cleaning the front yard? How can I know where he went..."
As Su Yan finished speaking, Li Lei's face changed, his lips trembled, and he looked as if he had encountered a difficult problem that puzzled him: "How is it possible? Obviously..."
From Li Lei, Su Yan and Qiao Yuan finally understood why these people were so shocked.
When Su Yan heard that a person who looked exactly like her got on the sedan chair and took the killer away, her face turned pale and her voice seemed to tremble: "But, but I didn't leave the backyard just now..."
Qiao Yuan also helped confirm her words.
If it was true as Su Yan said, that she had never left the backyard, then who were Zhou Lian and others carrying before?
Li Lei and Lan Lan stood where they were, feeling a chill running through their internal organs.
Qiao Yuan's gaze fell on Zhou Lian and A Dao. She could tell at a glance that the so-called surprise on their faces was just superficial acting. It was obvious that the other party had already realized that something was wrong with the fake Su Yan.
This is indeed the case. When Zhou Lian helped the fake Su Yan out of the car, he realized something was wrong from her cold body temperature.
It just so happened that Shamatte was naive and stupid, so Zhou Lian chose him and deliberately found an excuse to let Shamatte take the fake Su Yan away.
But for the moment he still pretended to be anxious, saying that they could not abandon any of their companions no matter what, and the top priority was to find the Shamatte first.
The few of them quickly split into groups of two and started searching in the village.
