Night falls.
The moon was high in the sky, and the faint moonlight it emitted was barely enough to illuminate the yard.
Although she had escaped the night without any danger after encountering a ghost last night, Su Yan still felt a little nervous when night came. The most direct manifestation was that she didn't sleep for several hours yesterday and was busy all day today, but now she didn't feel sleepy.
"Are we still taking turns to keep watch in the same order as last night?" Su Yan asked impatiently as soon as she entered the room.
Qiao Yuan smiled and said, "Maybe we don't need it."
Su Yan was stunned: "If it is the ghost from yesterday, we really don't need it, but what if it is the ghost that killed Shamatte..."
From Zhou Lian’s description, Su Yan felt that the ghost that replaced her was obviously not the same one they encountered yesterday.
Before Su Yan's question was answered, Song Yanchi's voice rang out: "That line of words was indeed left by you."
Qiao Yuan turned to look at Song Yanchi and realized that Song Yanchi had also entered the coffin after her and found the line of words she left.
No wonder she felt that after they met today, Song Yanchi's eyes were always on Zhou Lian. She thought that the former was also deceived by Zhou Lian's hypocritical personality charm.
When Qiao Yuan was looking at Song Yanchi, Song Yanchi was also looking at her with deep eyes.
Song Yanchi always has only three emotions towards people: ignore, hate and don't hate people.
Before entering the game, Qiao Yuan was wavering between the two emotions of being ignored and being disgusted. However, after entering the copy, the other party forcibly developed his fourth emotion, which made him know what it meant to have complicated and mixed emotions.
When Song Yanchi saw that line of words, his first reaction was that Zhou Lian and the others were sick, and then the figure of another person slowly emerged in his mind——
Qiao Yuan.
Does she really have the courage to enter the coffin?
He still clearly remembered the variety show just before entering the copy. It was just a fake coffin, but the other party was hesitant and said with a look of horror that he didn't want to go in.
However, Qiao Yuan's behavior after entering the copy was completely different from before. Maybe it was because of her performance last night, but Song Yanchi felt that this thing that seemed incredible to anyone else became reasonable after it happened to her.
Seeing the tentative look in Qiao Yuan's eyes when he looked at him, Song Yanchi frowned slightly and said, "As long as your behavior does not hinder my plan, I will not interfere."
Although Qiao Yuan was unexpected in some aspects, Song Yanchi no longer wanted to explore. Song was used to being alone, so he had no intention of communicating with Qiao Yuan or sharing clues.
After hearing what Song Yanchi said, Qiao Yuan felt relieved.
It seems that Song Yanchi did not ruin her plan.
She automatically ignored the warning in the other party's words and made an "OK" gesture to Song Yanchi.
She had the same idea as Song Yanchi. As long as the other party did not ruin her plan, she didn't bother to care about Song Yanchi's actions.
Su Yan looked at the two of them in confusion, not knowing when they had started to keep a secret from her.
It was clearly a movie about three people, but she was the only one who seemed to have her microphone turned off and forcibly muted.
Fortunately, Qiao Yuan also took her feelings into consideration. He turned to look at Su Yan, raised the corners of his lips, and smiled brightly with a hint of cunning: "Do you want to watch a show later?"
Song Yanchi sat at the junction of the door and the window, so that he could see the yard clearly through the window and always pay attention to the situation near the door.
Even though he hadn't rested for such a long time, Song Yanchi still didn't show any sign of tiredness, like a dormant beast. When he heard a slight sound, he immediately turned his head and looked over vigilantly, until he realized that the noise just now was because Qiao Yuan standing in front of the window sighed, and then he looked away.
It seems that Qiao Yuan's method is useless, and he overestimated the other party.
Qiao Yuan was standing in front of the window like a ghost-watching stone, observing the situation in the next room through the window.
However, to her disappointment, the door of the other person's room was quiet and there was no movement at all.
Qiao Yuan looked down at the time displayed on his phone.
Before midnight, she and Song Yanchi started searching the room at the same time. Su Yan didn't know why at first, but after hearing Qiao Yuan say that they were looking for things related to the village chief's son and daughter-in-law, she also started to get busy.
Since entering the room last night, Qiao Yuan felt something was wrong. The two rooms were too empty, and there was no sign that the village chief's son and daughter-in-law had ever lived in the rooms, as if no one had lived there for some time.
If it were before, Qiao Yuan would think that the village chief put it away because he was worried that the scene would remind him of his past. And because this mission was a wedding, Qiao Yuan almost followed Brother Chen in the early stages and his attention was all on the wedding.
But after seeing the scratches on the coffin, she changed her mind and wanted to know more about the village chief's son and daughter-in-law.
Especially the latter.
Unfortunately, nothing was found.
While Song Yanchi was keeping watch, Qiao Yuan and Su Yan slept for a while, and then got up quickly when they thought it was about time.
After searching, they sat or stood in front of the window for almost half an hour, but nothing happened.
Song Yanchi only trusted himself, so even if Qiao Yuan and Su Yan woke up, he had no intention of resting.
Su Yan yawned secretly while guessing what the play was about, but Qiao Yuan was puzzled.
Is tonight Christmas Eve?
Or maybe this ghost is not like yesterday's ghost, the type that likes to come to your door?
Or maybe she overlooked something, but in order to prevent the ghost from seeing it, she wrote it where the other party could see it at a glance...
By the way, she didn’t even take the cultural level of the corpse into consideration. What if the other party needed pinyin annotations?
After all, not every ghost has the ability to tell stories based on pictures.
After all, she still made a mistake!
Qiao Yuan sighed with regret on the surface and beat her chest in her heart, but she was consistent inside and out, making Su Yan think that the show she wanted to watch was to see the colorful changes in her facial expressions. Although they changed in many ways, what was revealed in the end was regret.
Just when Qiao Yuan wished she could turn back time and submit her answer again, there was finally movement coming from the next room that she had been eagerly waiting for.
As far as the eye could see, a figure appeared silently in the courtyard.
If Qiao Yuan hadn't been staring at the direction of the yard, he would probably have noticed nothing.
Qiao Yuan stared at the figure intently: "Here it comes."
From her body shape, it can be seen that she is a female. Her hair seems to be stuck with something dirty, and is divided into strands that hang on her shoulders, covering most of her face.
The moonlight fell on her but left no shadow on the ground.
Although he had never seen the corpse in the coffin, Qiao Yuan intuitively felt that the female ghost walking towards Zhou Lian and their room was the other person.
When Su Yan heard Qiao Yuan's words, she thought something was going to happen, so she turned around and looked over, then paused.
Fortunately, she had made great progress compared to last time. She didn't scream or sit down, but opened her eyes wide.
It's a new ghost!
At the same time, I was screaming in my heart, "Save me, save me, save me!"
And that figure had already raised his foot and walked forward.
Her steps were equally strange. She walked barefoot on the ground, as if her knees would not bend. Her feet would not leave the ground with every step, but would just rub against it.
As if she had noticed something, she suddenly turned her head and looked towards the room where Qiao Yuan was. The force was so strong that her neck felt dislocated.
Then the three people in the room all felt a cold gaze falling on them, as if it had substance and wanted to drill into their bodies, and their internal organs were permeated with the chill.
The ghost girl discovered them!
Su Yan's hands and feet began to tremble involuntarily, and she subconsciously wanted to stay close to Qiao Yuan, as if she could gain strength by doing so.
Song Yanchi had also stood up and stood by the window, staring at the female ghost with sharp eyes. At the same time, his brain was working rapidly, thinking of countermeasures.
However, just when the three people had different thoughts, the female ghost stared at them for a few seconds, then suddenly retracted her gaze and walked in another direction.
That was Zhou Lian and their room.
The room was silent for a few seconds, and then Su Yan's relieved voice came to mind: "... Just, just left like that?"
Suddenly she seemed to have thought of something, and looked around like a frightened rabbit: "Could it be that he pretended to leave on purpose so that we can let down our guard?"
"Did you feel it just now? The way she looked at us was like a ghost that had been dead for hundreds of years..."
Su Yan couldn't help but shudder when she recalled the gaze that had just fallen on her. Although her roommates always said that the resentment of the morning students was deeper than that of ghosts, Su Yan felt that the difference between the resentment of the female ghost and that of the female ghost was as big as the former being a lake and the latter being an ocean.
What Su Yan didn't expect was that it was still Song Yanchi who answered her this time.
Song Yanchi: "No, she should have just seen our faces clearly."
He didn't expect that he would have to use his face here.
Su Yan:?
She subconsciously touched her face, not knowing when she had awakened the ability to ward off ghosts and exorcise evil spirits. She said blankly, "Are we already so impressive?"
Then won't she be able to use face recognition when participating in dungeons in the future?
“So you can read.”
Qiao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
When the female ghost approached, it would be a lie to say that they were not nervous. Qiao Yuan even thought that she had done something wrong and let the female ghost target them. Fortunately, the female ghost was able to distinguish between gratitude and resentment and was not face-blind. She left after seeing them clearly.
After hearing Qiao Yuan's words, Song Yanchi fell into silence.
For some reason, he felt fortunate that the ghost had come, otherwise he didn't know what impression the other party would leave in Qiao Yuan's heart. He didn't expect that one day he would become a ghost and have to prove himself.
After hesitating for a moment, Song Yanchi did not go back and sit down.
After hearing Qiao Yuan's brief explanation of the reasons, Su Yan finally understood that this matter really depended on face in the literal sense, but it was probably just this one chance.
Su Yan: "Did Zhou Lian and his gang kill the Shamatte?"
She is just socially inexperienced, but not stupid.
After the first night, Su Yan actually felt that Zhou Lian was a little weird. Coupled with Qiao Yuan's current behavior, she realized that there must be something wrong between Zhou Lian and A Dao. Otherwise, based on her understanding of Qiao Yuan's character, he would not do such a thing.
Now think about it, when Shamatte died, Zhou Lian and Adao were also present. With their experience, it should have been impossible for them not to see that something was wrong.
All the abnormalities were connected together, and she got an answer that made Su Yan feel cold.
Qiao Yuan nodded with satisfaction. He did not expect Su Yan to be such a teachable person. He said with emotion, "Yes, sometimes human hearts are scarier than ghosts."
"They want a peaceful life, so they naturally try every means to make us carry the burden forward."
It was obvious that Qiao Yuan was talking about Zhou Lian. After Su Yan heard her words, she nodded and the image of Qiao Yuan inexplicably emerged in her mind.
And the second half of the sentence was clearly quite touching, why did it sound so strange coming from Qiao Yuan's mouth? !
Hearing that the female ghost coming to her door was the scene that Qiao Yuan had been looking forward to, she looked out with curiosity and fear.
The three of them stood by the window, their eyes finally focused on the same place.
After the female ghost disappeared at the door of the room, Qiao Yuan clasped his hands together and closed his eyes.
Although Qiao Yuan didn't say a word, Song Yanchi found that he could actually guess what he was thinking: "According to the usual rules of the dungeon, the ghost can only kill one person at a time in the early stage."
This also means that tonight Gui can only kill one of Gui or Adao at most.
This rule is obviously to protect the players, otherwise the ghosts would kill all the players on the first day.
It is precisely because of this unspoken rule that most veteran players know that there are many people who lure new or inexperienced players to die for them.
But Song Yanchi disdains to do such a thing.
Qiao Yuan did not show a disappointed look as Song Yanchi thought. Instead, he suddenly realized, "That's good. If it's the same ghost tomorrow night, we can be safe for another night."
At that time, she was just afraid that she would not have this opportunity again, so she wrote two names in one go. Otherwise, she would definitely distribute them reasonably, one today and one tomorrow, so as to attract the ghost's attention.
Song Yanchi: "..."
It seems that there is nothing wrong with Qiao Yuan's logic.
No, did Qiao Yuan write the coffin lid as a death note?
Because of the death of the Shamatte roommate, the atmosphere in Zhou Lian's room was a bit depressing.
Although they never mentioned the existence of Shamatte, Li Lei and Lanlan avoided the corner where Shamatte stayed yesterday since they entered the room. It was not because they were sad, but because they were afraid of being contaminated by bad luck. After entering the dungeon, they also became very secretive about such things.
Lanlan even used a pillowcase to cushion the water and threw away the cup that Shamatte had drunk from, so as to avoid accidentally bringing bad luck to them.
Zhou Lian watched it silently, and had no intention of stopping it. He just thought that what Lan Lan did was ridiculous.
Although the threshold greatly reduced their chances of being chosen by ghosts, because they had just encountered a ghost, Zhou Lian still arranged for them to take turns to keep watch for safety reasons.
And it was his turn during this period of time.
However, Adao did not fall asleep, but paced in front of him with an irritable look on his face.
Zhou Lian was affected by Adao's emotions and felt a little anxious.
After realizing that his emotions were being led away by Adao, a hint of coldness flashed in Zhou Lian's eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses.
He knew what Ah Dao was thinking. He glanced at Li Lei and Lan Lan who were sleeping soundly on the bed, and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "It doesn't matter. According to the general routine of the copy, although we looked into the eyes of the female corpse today, the Shamatte has already died for us."
Ah Dao was not comforted: "Where is that Shamatte?!"
"According to Qiao Yuan, all the middle-aged men who died before have returned as ghosts!"
"So what? He doesn't know who killed him." Zhou Lian still had that gentle smile on his face, but he sneered in his heart: "Besides, wasn't the middle-aged male ghost looking for Qiao Yuan and the others last night?"
"You checked it, too. They still haven't found the problem with the threshold."
Zhou Lian learned this method from the previous copy, and he didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.
After hearing Zhou Lian's words, Ah Dao's frown finally relaxed a little: "That's right."
"But I always feel that Qiao Yuan and Su Yan are a little strange. The Shamatte died, and they encountered a ghost yesterday, but they didn't even ask to live with us..."
Zhou Lian said calmly: "Perhaps Song Yanchi gave them the illusion that he could protect them, making them foolishly think they had found their savior."
When Zhou Lian mentioned the word "savior", there was a hint of mockery in his voice.
Although he looks like an elite, in reality he is just a manager of a small company, but does the same work as an employee. His daily task is to deal with the difficult client.
Until he entered the game during a negotiation with Party A, and the Party A, who had been so arrogant before, also entered the game with him.
After surviving his first dungeon, Zhou Lian realized the beauty of this game.
No matter how arrogant and domineering Party A was before, he was just an ant waiting to be slaughtered in the game. After discovering that Zhou Lian had cracked the hidden rules of this copy, he had to kneel down and beg for mercy, asking Zhou Lian to help him survive this copy. Of course, thinking of the other party's previous difficulties with him, Zhou Lian did not let him walk out alive.
In the following games, whenever he introduced himself and shared his experience in participating in dungeons like an interview, many newbies would crowd around him as if they saw a savior and treat him with great respect.
This is an experience that Zhou Lian could never have in the real world.
And A Dao was the person Zhou Lian met in a game copy. As the copies he encountered became more and more difficult, Zhou Lian realized the importance of finding a companion, and A Dao came into his sight.
In reality, A Dao is a wanted criminal who has killed several people. He is hiding in a remote farm as a butcher, and A Dao is a fake name. However, Zhou Lian doesn't care. A Dao can't find him even if he leaves the game.
And in the game, Adao still needs his experience to survive.
Thinking of his past experiences, Zhou Lian smiled and then said, "The most important thing now is to deal with Song Yanchi in the process of completing the mission. I think he will be a big trouble. If we don't deal with him now, it will be even worse if we meet him in the mission later."
"Qiao Yuan and Su Yan are nothing to be afraid of. They might die tonight."
"After they found out that Shamatte had died today, they both became less talkative."
This is a normal reaction among newcomers. Ah Dao has seen newcomers like this before. After hearing Zhou Lian's words, he felt relieved: "Then..."
Before he could even utter the last word "OK", he was interrupted by a slight noise.
There is sound!
Both of them reacted very quickly and closed their mouths, holding their breath and concentrating. For a moment, the room became very quiet, allowing them to hear the movement more clearly.
There was a sound like something rubbing against the ground, which rang out in the silence and made people feel creepy from the bottom of their hearts.
And the sound came from the door of his own room.
Zhou Lian and A Dao looked at each other silently, made their decision, and walked towards the window, wanting to secretly open the curtains a little to observe the situation at the door.
As soon as they opened the curtains, they saw a figure at the door.
The figure also looked over.
The next second, the stench of decay filled the room, and the figure appeared behind the two men.
When I raised my eyes, I met a pair of eyes with only whites!
It was the female corpse in the coffin yesterday!
The other party finally found me!
But he had clearly given the Shamatte to the other party, the female corpse shouldn't still be staring at them...
Although he has participated in several copies, Zhou Lian still has a natural fear of evil spirits that can take his life, especially at such a close distance.
Zhou Lian's reaction had been trained in the previous copy, and he immediately dodged subconsciously after coming to his senses.
"Damn, what the hell?!" Ah Dao was a step too slow. Just as he was about to dodge with a curse, he felt a cold hand grabbing his arm. The coldness seeped through the fabric through the fingertips. At the same time, several white worms fell on his hand.
Although he looks thin, he is actually very strong and can carry the corpse of an adult male weighing nearly 200 kilograms.
But at this moment, he couldn't even pry open the hands of the ghost in front of him.
The next second, a tearing pain came from the place where he was held, and even Adao couldn't help but let out a scream.
It hurts, it hurts so much!
His right arm was forcibly pulled off from the elbow, with the flesh torn and half of the bone protruding. Blood dripped out from the broken part, and soon formed a pool at his feet.
That was the hand that Ah Dao always used to kill people.
He once used this hand to kill a father who was carrying a birthday cake and wanted to go home to celebrate his child's birthday, a mother and daughter who were begging for their daughter to live and could choose to die, and a student who was trembling and telling others that he had just finished the college entrance examination...
For Adao, killing is a common thing. Even in the game, relying on his ruthlessness and Zhou Lian's cooperation, he has never been put in danger.
Therefore, Adao never felt that he was afraid of death. He even thought that the desperate looks of those people he killed who begged for mercy before they died were ridiculous.
But it was not until now that he realized the feeling of approaching death. The blood in his body seemed to be boiling, and every cell was desperately trying to stop the slip of life.
He doesn't want to die!
The desire to survive took over, and Adao had no time to stop the bleeding. He took advantage of his broken arm to lunge to the side, trying to create some distance between himself and the female ghost, and then ran straight forward.
As long as he can stay alive, he can do anything...
Lanlan and Li Lei were awakened by the strong stench.
Lanlan muttered: "It stinks..."
"Yes, there is a ghost!" Li Lei woke up and soon saw the figure holding A Dao. He couldn't help but screamed, but it was soon drowned out by A Dao's screams.
Lan Lan was also frightened by the scream and woke up instantly, subconsciously grabbing Li Lei who was beside her.
Fortunately, Zhou Lian was standing not far away from them. Although his back was facing them, his familiar figure still gave them a sense of security.
"Mr. Zhou..." Li Lei got out of bed with soft and trembling legs, wanting to go to Zhou Lian, and Lan Lan followed closely behind him.
Zhou Lian came over quickly and saw the two men with anxious looks on their faces and gestured for them to come over quickly.
As soon as Li Lei's feet touched the ground, he found A Dao rushing towards Zhou Lian. The ferocious expression on the man's face and the bloody wound on his right arm made him look like a ghost, which made Li Lei freeze.
Zhou Lian originally wanted to use the same trick again and catch Li Lei and Lan Lan as scapegoats, but he didn't expect that these two cowards stopped after walking a few steps, and A Dao, who was closest to him, rushed towards him, as if he wanted to divert the trouble to someone else.
Seeing Adao and the female ghost approaching, Zhou Lian gritted his teeth and overturned the table beside him.
The table was between him and Adao, temporarily hindering Adao's movements.
These few seconds of pause were enough to decide Adao's life or death.
This time, Adao's legs were grabbed by the female ghost.
His resistance seemed pale and powerless in front of the female ghost.
I didn't know when my pants were soaked by liquid.
He was frightened and became incontinent, just like some of the people he had killed before.
The ghost's face also changed. Sometimes it was the crying mother and daughter, and sometimes it was a child with a distorted face because of fear...
The people he had killed appeared before him one by one, attacking his fragile nerves, but this time he could not lift the butcher knife.
At this moment, his whole body was like a fragile piece of paper, being torn by them at will.
But he was able to feel the whole process, so he could clearly feel that his left leg was torn off the second time, his throat was crushed the third time, and his eyes were gouged out the fourth time. His internal organs rolled to the ground along with his broken body...
However, because his throat was crushed, after saying "I'm sorry for killing you back then", he couldn't even scream, and could only make sounds like air leaking.
At this moment, he actually hoped that he could die quickly so that he would not feel pain anymore.
But now, death has become a luxury for him.
Lanlan and Li Lei had peacefully closed their eyes and fainted not long after Adao was caught by the ghost. It was the first time that Zhou Lian realized that his ability to endure was limited. However, he was afraid that after he fainted, the female ghost would have other situations and would not be able to react in time. Therefore, he could only watch everything in front of him while suppressing the feeling of churning in his stomach.
The air was filled with the smell of blood and decay. Zhou Lian chose to pinch his nose and breathe through his mouth. If he couldn't smell anything, he would just pretend the air was still fresh.
Is this what the Shamatte encountered at that time?
But the other party's paper figure was clearly complete at that time. We can only wait until tomorrow to go to the ancestral hall to find out the specific situation.
And he didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the ghost in front of him looked very angry. Could it be because they had deceived the other party with the Shamatte technique?
But isn't this their normal operation before?
Many thoughts flashed through Zhou Lian's mind, but for a moment no one could answer them for him.
I don’t know how long it took, but the ghost finally disappeared with the silent Adao.
The organs and blood that fell on the ground disappeared, as if nothing had ever happened.
Zhou Lian stood there in a daze for a long time before he realized that it was already dawn.
But the chill all over his body still showed no sign of dissipating.
After a scream was heard from the next room, there was no movement.
There were no pictures or sounds, and even Qiao Yuan couldn't figure out what had happened. He could only wait for the answer to be revealed the next day.
It was just dawn, and after making sure that there were no more ghosts visiting, the three of them closed their eyes and rested for a while.
Qiao Yuan didn't wake up until the sun came out completely. He stretched his waist and stood by the window to bask in the sun for a while: "Ah, another day has passed."
It is really a happy thing.
This was the pleasant scene Su Yan saw when she woke up. She thought she had accidentally entered the filming site of some commercial. She only came to her senses after hearing Qiao Yuan's words.
Su Yan: “…”
She thought Qiao Yuan could change this sentence to "let others live another day."
Qiao Yuan looked down at the time and it was already six o'clock in the morning.
Zhou Lian came to call them at about this time yesterday. Qiao Yuan waited patiently for another half an hour. After making sure that the other party still had no intention of knocking on the door, she walked out of the room and knocked on the door of the room where Zhou Lian and the others were.
Song Yanchi was still resting with his eyes closed, so Su Yan followed Qiao Yuan.
It was Zhou Lian who opened the door.
The other person looked very tired. Behind him were pieces of furniture that had been completely dislocated. Lan Lan and Li Lei were lying on the ground with their eyes closed, and they seemed to have fainted.
Adao disappeared.
It seems that just as Song Yanchi said, the ghost can only take one person away.
Although he felt sorry that Zhou Lian didn't disappear, Qiao Yuan didn't show any sign of it. Instead, he looked extremely panicked: "Mr. Zhou, what, what happened?!"
Su Yan watched Qiao Yuan's acting skills change in a second from a close distance and was amazed in her heart.
Qiao Yuan had taught her that for the sake of her own safety, she had to learn to hide the fact that she knew the true identities of Zhou Lian and A Dao, otherwise the other party would act even more recklessly.
But her acting skills are definitely not as good as those of the professional Qiao Yuan, so she can only stand aside with her head down and brows lowered.
Fortunately, Zhou Lian was physically and mentally exhausted because he had not slept all night and had encountered a ghost, so he did not notice anything abnormal about Su Yan.
He couldn't even maintain his usual gentle and polite expression for a moment, and the corners of his lips showed a bit of gloom: "We encountered a ghost, Adao... Adao died, and the body was taken away by the ghost."
Although he had worked with Adao for a period of time, Zhou Lian did not have any emotions when he mentioned Adao. At most, he was just annoyed about having to find a new helper.
However, for Zhou Lian, the most important thing at the moment is to pass this copy. He can still find another helper like Adao.
"What?!" Qiao Yuan was shocked and said tremblingly, "Ghost? Was it the one we met yesterday?"
"Then, Mr. Zhou, are you okay?"
In the past, Zhou Lian would still be in a good mood and say "It's okay" very gently, but because of the ghost he just encountered, his mood is extremely bad now. In addition, Qiao Yuan and Su Yan in front of him are radiant and look like they had a good rest last night, which is completely different from him. This makes him even more upset: "It's not the ghost from last night."
"I'm standing right here, can't you see it?"
However, Qiao Yuan was even worse at reading his expression than he thought. He pinched the corner of his clothes and lowered his head as if he was hurt: "Mr. Zhou, I, I'm afraid you have internal injuries."
Zhou Lian: “…”
He felt that Qiao Yuan was going to cause internal injuries.
However, Qiao Yuan's attitude also reminded him that he would still need him to ward off evil spirits in the future, so he couldn't let Qiao Yuan feel disgusted with him.
After repeating in his heart several times, "Don't be angry. If you get angry and get sick, no one will take your place.", his tone returned to normal: "I'm sorry, because another friend died, my tone just now was not very good."
"I don't have anything to do, it's just that Ah Dao..."
It was as if he couldn't bear to continue.
Qiao Yuan also sighed: "I'm glad that Mr. Zhou is okay. I understand, Mr. Dao..."
Everything is implied.
The two of them felt the same at this moment.
I'm too lazy to pretend to be sad, so I'll just leave it to the other person to imagine.
Su Yan lowered her head, wondering if she should also shout "Adao" to match the sad atmosphere between the two of them at the moment.
At this moment, Lanlan and Li Lei finally woke up and screamed "There's a ghost" as soon as they woke up. It was not until Zhou Lian said "The ghost is gone" that the two looked around as if they had just woken up from a dream, and then they quieted down and pulled each other to stand up.
They still remembered that Adao was taken away by a ghost, so when they heard Zhou Lian say that Adao was dead, they were not too surprised, but felt fortunate that it was not them who died.
"I remember that before Adao died, he seemed to be shouting something like "I'm sorry for killing someone." I felt that he was not a good person. It turned out that he was a murderer!" Lanlan thought of something and patted her chest with a look of horror.
She felt terrified at the thought that she might have once been in the same room with a murderer.
This time, Li Lei was unable to say anything to comfort Lanlan.
After all, he wanted to be on good terms with Adao before.
She also saw Qiao Yuan and Su Yan standing at the door. When she thought about how she was frightened here last night, but Qiao Yuan and Su Yan were fine and had witnessed her frightened look, she couldn't help but said sarcastically, "You should be careful too. Maybe they are the ones looking for you tonight."
Li Lei pulled her arm, but she didn't show any restraint: "Can't I care about them?"
Su Yan: “…”
She didn't dare to make a sound, for fear that she would accidentally laugh out loud and reveal Qiao Yuan's plan.
Qiao Yuan kindly asked Zhou Lian if he wanted to take a rest, but Zhou Lian refused.
He now just wanted to pass the copy quickly and leave this damn place, so he couldn't wait to complete the task.
When Song Yanchi came out of the next room, they also came out.
Although he felt disgusted with Song Yanchi, Zhou Lian had to pretend to be gentle and polite and explain the situation in front of other people. In the end, he only got an impatient "I know" from the other party.
However, what Zhou Lian didn't know was that although this sentence sounded very perfunctory at first, it actually represented Song Yanchi's true thoughts.
The person who died last night was either Zhou Lian or A Dao.
Now Zhou Lian is standing there fine, the only one in trouble is A Dao.
When several people went to knock on Brother Chen's door, they could tell from his voice that he was still not awake. He said incoherently: "You...you guys should go to the ancestral hall first. The arrangements for yesterday's wedding have not been completed yet. Anyway, you all remember the way. I'll go there in a few minutes..."
Based on the experience of people around him, Qiao Yuan concluded that the time unit used by Brother Chen at this time should be converted into hours.
In other words, I probably won't be able to see Brother Chen this morning.
Zhou Lian was still thinking about how to explain to Brother Chen how Ah Dao disappeared after one night, but he didn't expect that this time Brother Chen gave him enough time.
After hearing what Brother Chen said, several people walked towards the front yard, preparing to go to the ancestral hall first.
There was no sign of the village chief in the front yard.
Instead, there was a strange old lady standing at the door. She had messy gray hair and looked to be in her fifties. She was wearing a red cotton-padded jacket and was standing in the yard mumbling something, as if she was talking to herself.
"Why does he look crazy? Let's go around him." Lan Lan took a look and said nervously.
However, as they passed by, the old lady still reacted.
Her eyes lit up and she rushed to Qiao Yuan.
If Joe was willing to go left, she would go left too.
Qiao Yuan walked to the right, and she followed him to the right, muttering to herself.
Because the old lady spoke in dialect, Qiao Yuan could only barely understand what she meant: "Whose family are you from? You are quite handsome. I have never seen you before. How old are you? What do you like to do on weekdays..."
Seeing that the old lady was not going to let him pass without an answer, Qiao Yuan did not want to have too much involvement with this strange old lady, so he lowered his head and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Grandma, I am a child of the earth. I am a hundred years old this year. I like to eat the old ladies who stand in front of me most on weekdays."
The old lady who was originally crazy had automatically made way for her, which made Qiao Yuan feel that she was not that crazy after all.
Lan Lan couldn't hear what Qiao Yuan and the old lady were saying, so she said impatiently, "Why did it take so long? Didn't you see us waiting for you alone? If we delay the progress of setting up the wedding venue, can you bear the responsibility?"
If Lan Lan didn't need Qiao Yuan to work with her, she wouldn't want to continue waiting for him here.
Although Lanlan spoke very quickly, the old lady still got the point: "Wedding? Are you getting married?"
"Married ones are not good enough for my son."