Chapter 17: Yin Fate (XI)
Before Qiao Yuan could respond, the old lady pointed to her side and said half boastfully and half regretfully: "This is my son, he's honest and doesn't talk much, but it's a pity that you..."
She smacked her lips, as if she was thinking of what Qiao Yuan had just mentioned about the character who really loves to feed off old people, and ultimately didn't say anything else.
Qiao Yuan looked in the direction the old lady pointed.
Since she became famous, Qiao Yuan's partners were assigned by marketing accounts, and she could only find out who she was dating from the trending searches. Some were juniors from the same company who she had only met once, and because they nodded to each other in the same frame, it was taken as evidence of flirting; some were business tycoons or company bosses who were not related at all, but relied on the imagination of marketing accounts to make them just know each other; there was even a female celebrity who she met privately while traveling abroad and had worked with several times, and they were both announced to come out, got married abroad and fell in love, and it was only when the female celebrity threw out evidence that she already had a husband that this fictitious relationship disappeared from the marketing account's articles.
It now seems that the marketing account is still too conservative. It only considered gender instead of taking the air into consideration like the old lady.
"Let's just go home. The village chief is your father anyway. Are you worried about not finding someone better?" The old lady lowered her voice , as if whispering to the air beside her. However, to Qiao Yuan, who was close to her, this voice was an invitation for her to join the other party's discussion group.
Wait, the village chief is this air... No, is he the father of this old lady’s son?
Is the old lady the village chief’s wife who has never appeared?
Qiao Yuan's mind moved, and he whispered, "Wait, don't you already have a daughter-in-law?"
Although the emotion on the other person's face flashed by, she still saw the confusion and anger on the old lady's face at that moment: "What are you talking about? How could I..."
Before she finished her words, she was interrupted by an old and serious voice: "Why are you here?"
The old lady was also attracted by the village chief's voice and subconsciously looked up. The village chief told everyone to wait for him, and then he dragged the old lady to the yard with a half-coaxing and half-force.
If it wasn't too conspicuous to follow her now, Qiao Yuan would really like to follow the old lady. At least he could get the information he wanted from her.
However, the old lady was quickly sent into the room, and as the door was closed, Qiao Yuan's inquiring gaze was blocked.
The subtle closeness between the old lady and the village chief at this time also made everyone realize that the old lady in front of them should be the village chief's wife.
"No wonder he didn't let us see his wife before, it turns out she is a lunatic." Lan Lan curled her lips and thought to herself that it was a good thing that the old man didn't stop her. You know, lunatics are the most difficult to control, and no one knows what they will do next.
She felt creepy when she thought about how the old man was gesturing at the air in a serious manner just now.
After all, if the old woman was the village chief's wife, her son would have died long ago, and the person the other party was gesturing to was just a non-existent person.
Encountering such a thing so early in the morning made her feel depressed.
Li Lei couldn't help but feel pity for the other party from a man's perspective: "The son and daughter-in-law are dead, and the wife is a lunatic. The village chief is also very miserable."
His sigh came to an abrupt end when the village chief came out. He breathed a sigh of relief only after he was sure that the other party looked like he didn't hear it.
The village chief soon left and returned.
He already knew that Brother Chen was resting, so his purpose this time was certainly not to lead the way, but to check the arrangements made by several people yesterday.
Song Yanchi left the team at some point, and Qiao Yuan guessed that he went to the ancestral hall first because he was impatient.
The village chief seemed indifferent to the fact that a few people were missing this time. He didn't even pay attention to it. He just repeatedly expressed his hope that they could complete the commission well.
The five people followed the village chief and watched him carefully check the results of their arrangements yesterday. He then picked out a lot of problems, many of which were caused by Shamatte and Adao.
Since Shamatte and Adao are dead, the task of correction naturally falls on others.
When they heard that there were problems with the venue layout, everyone's faces showed a bit of anxiety and helplessness.
After all, according to the village chief, if the requirements could not be met, he would have to postpone the wedding, which was not good news for them.
Staying here for one more day brings a little more uncertainty.
If Zhou Lian and her boyfriend had not reminded her several times not to disclose the situation of Adao and Shamatte in front of the village chief, Lanlan would have long been unable to hold back her anger and cursed out loud. Even after her death, she would leave a lot of trouble for others.
Although Su Yan would not resent the dead, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart when she heard that there were suddenly a lot of additional tasks.
Qiao Yuan was probably the only one who was emotionally stable among the people present. After all, sometimes when recording indoor variety shows, if the director's desired variety show effect is not achieved or a star feels that his performance just now is not good, he will ask everyone to retake.
The village chief's sudden words were like a bolt from the blue, so that when everyone found a paper man in the room where the corpse was placed, they were not as frightened as before that they almost fell down.
Qiao Yuan was worried that the village chief would notice there were two more paper figures in the room, but the village chief just glanced at them casually and then looked away.
Song Yanchi happened to come out of the room. Just as Qiao Yuan thought, he came here first to observe the situation.
The two coffins were quietly placed in the room. Zhou Lian hesitated for a moment, then thought that it was daytime and Song Yanchi had just walked out, so there should be nothing wrong. So he walked in to observe.
The extra paper figure was naturally Adao, and his movements and expressions became exactly the same as the other paper figures.
The only difference from the Shamatte is that if you look closely, you will find that there are traces of collage on Adao's head, limbs and torso, as if they were forcibly assembled together, which is enough to show the ghost girl's anger at the time.
When Zhou Lian discovered this, he broke out in a cold sweat.
It seems that the person who killed Shamatte and Adao was the same ghost, but the treatment they received was obviously different. This made Zhou Lian wonder how Adao had angered the other party.
If he was really targeted because of the previous eye contact, he would also be in danger.
Thinking of this, Zhou Lian's eyes turned cold, and he realized that he had to find a way to divert the ghost's attention to someone else.
Perhaps because he discovered the dangers of having no supervisor, the village chief stayed behind this time, ready to supervise a few people. He would wander around the front and back yards from time to time, and once he saw someone stop what they were doing, he would immediately step forward to ask.
This time Qiao Yuan, Su Yan and Song Yanchi were in the front yard, while the other three were in the back yard.
Qiao Yuan was always very happy when the village chief came. He would ask about his son, daughter-in-law, and wife in various ways, as if he simply liked to gossip about family matters. He succeeded in reducing the number of times the village chief came to the backyard. Even if he came, he would just stand at the door and take a look. When he noticed Qiao Yuan looking at him, he would immediately turn around.
Su Yan was very happy to find that she could finally take a break: "Miss Qiao, you are amazing. The village chief rarely comes here!"
Qiao Yuan: “…”
Wait, this isn't what she meant!
Fortunately, she still asked some questions.
When the village chief mentioned his son Li Yaozu, his attitude was obviously much sadder, and he obviously didn't want to mention his daughter-in-law Sun Peipei.
After the death of his son and daughter-in-law, his wife became a little crazy because she was hit so hard. In order not to scare the people from other villages, she had to lock her in the room when they were around. They didn't have to pay attention to her crazy words.
However, these are just the village chief's one-sided words, and Qiao Yuan still wants to verify it from other aspects.
She wanted to sneak out to investigate, but although the village chief kept his distance from her, he would still come to see her from time to time. There were only three of them in total, and it would be too obvious if anyone was missing.
Qiao Yuan's gaze fell on Song Yanchi who was standing beside him.
Song Yanchi clearly had his back to Qiao Yuan, but the moment Qiao Yuan's eyes fell on him, he turned around quickly and looked over with a wary look on his face.
Qiao Yuan secretly felt impressed by Song Yanchi's vigilance, but she didn't know that Song Yanchi was now extremely sensitive to her every move.
After seeing Adao's appearance, Song Yanchi was not frightened, but if possible, he still did not want to have any contact with him.
Although they were in the same front yard, the distance between them felt like an ocean was between them.
However, Song Yanchi was not very sociable, so Qiao Yuan thought he was born that way.
Meeting Qiao Yuan's innocent gaze, Song Yanchi said simply and pointedly: "Speak."
Qiao Yuan showed a curious smile: "I noticed that you were not here before, where did you go?"
Song Yanchi did not hide this matter: "I climbed over the wall and went out to ask the villagers some questions."
Qiao Yuan looked expectant: "Did you ask it?"
Song Yanchi looked gloomy: "No, we only found two villagers at that time, and they fainted as soon as I asked them."
He didn't even have time to threaten.
Qiao Yuan:?
It shouldn't be.
Song Yanchi's temperament is just difficult to approach, how can he scare people to faint directly?
Or was it not Song Yanchi who scared these villagers unconscious, but the person Song Yanchi mentioned?
Song Yanchi's next words also confirmed his guess.
The people the other party mentioned were indeed the village chief's son and daughter-in-law.
Song Yanchi also thought of this at the time, so he hurried back to the courtyard and entered the room, but unexpectedly he found something strange about the coffin.
The atmosphere in the backyard was very depressing.
Lanlan is still sticking with Li Lei.
Lanlan was afraid of corpses to begin with, and the presence of two acquaintances, Adao and Shamatte, in the room where the corpses were kept made her even more panicked. She sent Li Lei to take out all the things at once, and the progress was very slow.
Two people who lived with them died in a row, one of whom even died in the room they lived in. Lan Lan thought of this incident while decorating the house, and she couldn't help but get more and more scared. She suspected that it was the killing of Ma Yaowuer Erqiwuer Bar Chair that brought bad luck and caused bad feng shui. After discussing with Li Lei for a while, she finally made up her mind to find Zhou Lian and ask him to find an excuse to change rooms with Qiao Yuan and the other two tonight.
After all, no one has died in Qiao Yuan's room up to now.
Thinking of Qiao Yuan, she couldn't help but frown. She didn't know if he was lucky or really attached to Song Yanchi, but he was fine until now. It's not that she didn't try to build a good relationship with Song Yanchi. Even if she noticed that he ignored her, she tried hard to leave an impression in his heart. But she didn't expect that she almost left a psychological trauma because of Song Yanchi's bad temper. Therefore, she and Li Lei could only hold on to Zhou Lian, the life-saving straw.
As for changing rooms, the two knew that Qiao Yuan and Su Yan's opinions could be ignored, but Song Yanchi was a problem, so they felt that it would be more appropriate for Zhou Lian to step in and pull Song Yanchi into their room, which would increase their chances of survival.
Noticing the reluctance in Li Lei's eyes when he heard Qiao Yuan's name, Lan Lan's impression of Qiao Yuan became worse.
After waiting for a long time for the gathering time yesterday, Lanlan and Li Lei wanted to find Zhou Lian, but found that there were other people with Zhou Lian, including Brother Chen.
The village chief had obviously complained to Brother Chen: "I entrusted this matter to you because I trust you, but this arrangement really does not satisfy me."
Brother Chen, who had slept for the whole morning, heard Zhou Lian say that A Dao was busy and couldn't continue with the arrangements. After hearing what the village chief said, his anger finally reached its peak: "We didn't complete the plan yesterday, and today the village chief told me that many places must be rearranged. There is only one and a half days left, and one person is missing. What should we do?!"
"I think none of us should go back tonight, let's just stay up all night and do it here!"
Not to mention Li Lei and Lan Lan who had just come in, the expressions of everyone else present also changed.
Staying up late here?
But at this moment, Brother Chen didn't seem to be joking, but seemed to be thinking about this matter seriously.
Brother Chen is well aware of the principle of giving a sweet date after a beating. Seeing everyone's different expressions, he thought they were dissatisfied with overtime, so he slowed down his tone a little: "Staying up late is a common thing in wedding planning. Before, I thought that you are all newlyweds, so I didn't push you too hard, so I didn't let you stay up late, but the situation is different now, I hope everyone can understand."
"This situation may happen again in the future. Pressure brings challenges. We should adapt to it as soon as possible..."
He was still talking on and on, and his tone became more and more excited, as if even he was moved. He only glanced at the village chief from time to time, and continued talking only after he found that the other party looked satisfied. He did not notice that the expressions of others were getting worse and worse.
They don't really want to work in this profession, so what do they need to adapt to? !
Especially Zhou Lian.
If this was really an ordinary world, according to Brother Chen, it would not matter if he worked overtime occasionally, but this was in a copy world, and he knew clearly that the female corpse had become a ghost, and might still be lying in the coffin, waiting for the night to come.
Zhou Lian: "Brother Chen, but we didn't get a good rest last night..."
Brother Chen always suffered from insomnia when he lived in the big city. After coming to the village, his sleep quality has improved significantly. He has slept well since last night.
He was well rested, but the others were not.
Seeing that Zhou Lian's face was indeed much paler than before, Brother Chen thought for a few seconds and took a step back: "Then you go back and rest for a while, and gather at 12 o'clock tonight."
