Chapter 2: Ghost Covering the Eyes
Just then, there was a very clear sound of a door opening next door.
My cousin and I looked at each other, both a little frightened. He nodded to me to indicate that he heard it too.
"Next door is where the worker died."
My cousin was muttering silently, and my heart tightened. I subconsciously moved away from the wall next door.
"Go and take a look, maybe there are some clues."
My cousin greeted me and I looked at him in surprise with my eyes wide open.
"It would be fine if you didn't hide, but you're looking for death? The door is locked and the windows are closed, so it's definitely not a human!"
If it's not a human, I don't even dare to imagine what it is.
But my cousin was determined to go next door and take a look, and said something like, "We are here to find problems."
I didn't dare to stay here, so I had to follow him.
Just when we came to the next door, there was a creak...
The door opened by itself!
I gasped. Is this too weird?
Just then, I felt someone tapping my shoulder!
I was so scared that I jumped up and squeezed into the next room with my cousin.
I looked behind me again, and it was still the quiet corridor, still empty.
But I clearly felt someone patting my shoulder just now, there was no doubt about it!
So weird!
"It was a weasel. It's gone. It's okay."
At this time, my cousin took a look at the room and explained to me.
I thought to myself, I don’t believe you, why didn’t I see any weasel?
Remembering the pat on my shoulder just now, I told him to leave quickly, but my cousin shook his head and walked towards the cabinet.
I remembered the sound of the cabinet opening before, and stared at the cabinet door vigilantly.
My cousin looked back at me and carefully opened the cabinet door. There was a figure inside, a paper man!
This paper figure looks a little strange.
The paper figure in the cabinet is obviously a woman.
Dressed in red, she looked a bit eerie at night, making people feel very uncomfortable.
Besides, her belly is obviously very big, like... a pregnant woman.
I swallowed and couldn't help but think of what my cousin said, that Hong'er was a pregnant woman!
Moreover, this paper figure was hung inside the cabinet by a red rope, and it looked like a hanged person.
The paper man’s face was pale and hideous, so eerie that I couldn’t help but feel a chill down my spine.
My cousin also looked over and cursed.
"Damn, this is a live substitute!"
A live substitute? It didn't sound like a good thing, so I quickly asked my cousin what he meant.
My cousin was unusually serious, and explained with a gloomy face: "In Buddhism and Taoism, people have souls after death, especially those who hanged themselves to death. The vengeful spirit will linger in the house and won't leave."
"This kind of substitution is to trap the vengeful spirit in one place and let it suffer torture. It's almost like a prison. It's very evil and not something that ordinary people can do. "
It seems that the person who created this substitute is not only vicious, but also no ordinary person.
Hearing this, I subconsciously took a step back and asked with a trembling voice: "Doesn't that mean that we have released the vengeful spirit?"
My cousin looked again and shook his head, "I don't feel any negative energy, the evil spirit is not here."
I finally breathed a sigh of relief when I heard this.
But suddenly, he seemed to realize something and whispered, "But this cabinet may have been opened a long time ago, and the vengeful spirits were released. Then the workers who died before..."
I also understood what my cousin was hesitant to say. What he meant was that the worker who died later might have released a vengeful spirit and was killed?
I subconsciously glanced at the ceiling and found that the place where the lamp should be was indeed empty.
Judging from the traces, there should have been a chandelier there before.
That worker was the one who was crushed to death by the chandelier. They are all right!
I gasped. Someone had died in this room before! I felt a chill down my spine just thinking about it.
And doesn’t that mean that if there really is a vengeful spirit, it is nearby?
I looked around in fear, afraid that something would suddenly jump out. My cousin's face also didn't look good, and he looked solemn.
I quickly closed the cabinet and urged my cousin to leave quickly and not stay in this dead house. I was scared.
My cousin also nodded, looked at me, and was suddenly stunned.
Following his gaze, I looked at my shoulder and my scalp suddenly felt numb.
On my shoulder, there was a small bloody palm that looked like a child's handprint.
I couldn’t help but think of the time before when I felt someone patting my shoulder. It was actually real?
I quickly took off my shirt and looked at the handprint, which was very eye-catching.
Holy shit! What's going on? Where did this child come from?
There can only be one child in this house, and that is the child in Hong'er's belly.
Could it be that the child in Hong'er's belly has also become a vengeful spirit?
Obviously my cousin had also thought of this problem. We looked at each other and saw panic in each other's eyes.
What made me most upset was that there was a handprint on my shoulder.
No matter how hard I try, I can't wipe it off. The small handprint looks like a tattoo, blood-red and enchanting.
"What should I do, cousin?"
I said in a crying voice, this thing is so creepy.
My cousin motioned me not to speak, then took out a piece of yellow talisman paper from his arms, and reluctantly put it on my shoulder, then tore off a piece of my clothes and tied it on.
"Leave quickly. If you feel something is wrong, smash the amulet!"
My cousin told me something and we rushed out. Just as I was about to go downstairs, my cousin suddenly grabbed me.
I saw a weasel kneeling on the ground at the stairs in front.
A ray of moonlight shone through the window at the stairs, and the weasel was quietly worshiping the moonlight.
My cousin didn’t lie to me, there really is a weasel!
That weasel was actually worshiping the moon!
This is really too weird!
Has this weasel become a spirit?
I was a little scared. The weirdest thing was that the weasel had a big belly and was a pregnant woman.
I also saw that there was a teardrop mole at the corner of the weasel's eye.
It seems that the paper man also has teardrop moles at the corners of his eyes.
Maybe, Hong'er also has a teardrop mole at the corner of her eye.
Is this the vengeful spirit?
The more I thought about it, the more scared I became. I dared not move and quickly winked at my uncle, wanting to ask him what to do.
But Uncle San didn't move. Could it be that he was also scared?
When I looked over, my head buzzed.
There is no Third Uncle around me anymore, he is clearly a paper man!
The paper man in red had a pale face and a very strange smile on his lips.
The scarlet eyes stared at me.
The paper man is alive!
My head buzzed and my whole body went numb instantly.
My legs went weak, I was so scared that I tried to escape by crawling, but I was held tightly.
I was about to explode and struggled hard, but the paper man held me tightly and I couldn't run away.
"Get lost!"
Just then, I heard a low growl. It was my cousin's voice.
Snapped!
Suddenly, I was slapped hard on the face, and I immediately became much more sober.
Crash...
I only heard the sound of something breaking, and then a strange fragrance rushed into my nostrils.
"Run, run!"
It was my cousin. He broke the amulet he had given me.
I looked around, but there was no sign of the weasel or the paper man.
I felt relieved and ran downstairs, rushing out in one breath.
I didn't breathe a sigh of relief until I left the building.
At this time, I discovered something: my cousin didn’t catch up!
I looked behind me and saw deathly silence all around me, which made me panic.
This time I’m done for. Without my cousin, I don’t understand anything.
I panicked a little and looked upstairs quickly, and saw a figure in the window on the third floor.
This figure looks very much like my cousin's, and most importantly, there is a rope around the figure's neck!
My cousin is going to hang himself?
I was at a loss as to what to do. I couldn't just watch my cousin die!
I hesitated for a moment and was about to rush in again when I heard footsteps behind me.
My heart tightened and I quickly looked behind me, but there was nothing there.
When I turned around again, a face appeared behind me and grinned at me.
