Chapter 20: Fate (XIV)
Brother Chen's voice was filled with dissatisfaction: " What are you talking about, people and ghosts?"
"And why are you still holding on to these clothes? Didn't I tell you to give them to the newcomers? You've been here for such a long time, so you must be just being lazy..."
Lanlan ignored what Brother Chen said and just continued to stare at Qiao Yuan and tremble.
It was not until Li Lei walked up to her, pulled her up, held her in his arms and asked what had happened that Lan Lan's tense nerves finally relaxed. She did not even have time to consider the presence of Brother Chen, and stammered as she recounted the whole story.
At that time, she followed Zhou Lian into the room, and Qiao Yuan followed closely behind. With Zhou Lian's comfort, she and Qiao Yuan finally plucked up the courage to open the coffin, and then found that the corpse inside was very familiar, and it was the ghost who took Ah Dao away.
After Zhou Lian found it difficult to take off the clothes of a lying corpse, he arranged for her and himself to hold the corpse, while Qiao Yuan was responsible for putting on the wedding dress for the other party. Lan Lan was already very scared because of holding the corpse, but Qiao Yuan was nervous because of his shaking hands and couldn't put on the clothes, which made Lan Lan feel very tormented.
After Qiao Yuan once again helplessly expressed that he couldn't put on the dress, perhaps because of the accumulated fear, Lan Lan finally exploded. Without waiting for Zhou Lian, she suddenly stood up and snatched the wedding dress from Qiao Yuan's hand, wanting Zhou Lian to put it on the corpse. However, she didn't expect that in the scramble for the wedding dress, Qiao Yuan was pushed by her and hit his head directly on the coffin, making a dull sound.
"I, I didn't mean to..." Lan Lan hurriedly defended herself. She didn't expect that Qiao Yuan would fall down just because she pushed him. He was just as fragile as people said on the Internet. Fortunately, Qiao Yuan got up quickly and seemed to be fine.
Of course, she deliberately concealed this part when she was telling the story, and told everyone that it was Qiao Yuan who fell accidentally.
But Lanlan was not happy for long, because the moment Qiao Yuan turned around to complain to Zhou Lian, she saw a collapsed hole in Qiao Yuan's hair, which was caused by the collision with the coffin just now, but there was no blood flowing around it.
Although Lanlan always thought Qiao Yuan had no brain, she had never thought about what it would be like for a person to really have no brain. From that hole, Lanlan could not see any nerves or brain, it was just an empty shell.
Lanlan’s first reaction was that Qiao Yuan’s words had come true and that he really came back to find her after his death.
However, Lan Lan also realized that Qiao Yuan in front of her was no longer a human, and she screamed subconsciously: "There's a ghost!"
As soon as the voice fell, Zhou Lian, who was facing her, also changed his expression and suddenly became vicious, and then Qiao Yuan chased her. Lan Lan's physical strength was average, but running for her life made her adrenaline burst, because she was only focused on running at the time, and when she ran out, she found that she was still holding the red wedding dress given by the ghost Zhou Lian.
After hearing Lanlan's words, everyone except Brother Chen changed their expressions.
Even Brother Chen was peeking at the back of Qiao Yuan's head while saying "there's no ghost". After making sure nothing happened, he was obviously relieved. He thought Lan Lan was deliberately scaring him, and his tone became fierce again: "I told you, there's no ghost. I think you didn't complete the task, so you made up this nonsense! Why didn't Qiao Yuan encounter the same thing as you?"
"I'm telling you, if you keep lying and being lazy like this, I'll go back and tell my boss to fire you, so you can go to the hospital to check your brain first..."
Lan Lan was already feeling angry and aggrieved because of the ghost she encountered: "You..."
She didn't know whether Qiao Yuan had encountered the same thing as herself, but she tended to think that it was not the case. After all, if Qiao Yuan really encountered such a thing, it would be impossible for him to come out alive with his abilities.
"Shut up, there are no ghosts in this world." Song Yanchi's cold voice rang out, and his tone instantly made Lanlan shut up subconsciously. Li Lei obviously also remembered that he couldn't let Brother Chen know about the ghosts, and quickly showed an apologetic smile: "Sorry, Brother Chen, my girlfriend is particularly afraid of the dark and ghosts. I guess it's too dark in there, so she has hallucinations..."
At the same time, he was coaxing Lanlan in a low voice, which finally made Lanlan's grievances dissipate a little, and she also believed that Qiao Yuan was not a ghost.
While Brother Chen's attention was elsewhere and Li Lei was with Lan Lan again, Su Yan limped over to Qiao Yuan and asked him in a low voice what had happened.
After hearing that Qiao Yuan had encountered a similar situation as Lan Lan, Su Yan's expression became visibly horrified, and then she patted her chest thankfully: "Fortunately, you are okay."
Qiao Yuan nodded.
She realized that her guess was right. She, Lanlan, and Zhou Lian were separated the moment they entered the room. The teammate who accompanied them had been replaced by a ghost. Lanlan was lucky. She accidentally said something that led to the two ghosts being exposed.
You can learn.
The reason they encountered a ghost was probably because they came across an important clue. It seemed that the village chief's wife was indeed a breakthrough.
Now Zhou Lian is the only one who hasn't come out yet. As time goes by, it is unknown whether the other party has not reacted yet or is already in danger.
Joe hopes it's the latter.
Brother Chen also thought that Zhou Lian hadn't come out yet, and couldn't help but feel a little strange: "So where is Zhou Lian? Didn't you guys come out together? And where is my flashlight?"
After hearing Qiao Yuan say that Zhou Lian was still inside, Brother Chen felt helpless: "I don't think he is a lazy person, why does he stay in there all the time?"
"Why don't we just work while we wait?"
Qiao Yuan also realized the difficulty of this copy——
It’s bad enough that there are ghosts, but there are also teammates with ulterior motives and bosses who are inhumane.
The boss glanced at Qiao Yuan and Lan Lan and said, "What are you going to do if you don't complete the task? The tailor will come to ask about it soon, and it will take a day to adjust the size..."
Lanlan looked at Brother Chen nervously, fearing that the other party would ask them to go in again because the mission was not completed.
Because her previous companions were all ghosts, Lanlan had developed a fear of the room where the corpses were kept.
"Brother Chen, you see they are so scared. Why don't you wait until daybreak before going in?" Li Lei pleaded for his girlfriend, which moved Lan Lan so much that she forgot the unhappiness before leaving.
Li Lei still loves her.
Su Yan also said softly: "Yes, Brother Chen, I think the tailor has a good grasp of the sizes. The groom's is a perfect fit, and the bride should have no problem either..."
Just then, Brother Chen's cell phone rang.
Qiao Yuan immediately looked over and saw that the time on the other person’s phone screen was showing “4:44”.
He gestured to a few people to be quiet, and then answered the phone. He didn't turn on the speakerphone, so they could only hear him say "hmm" a few times, and then hung up the phone: "We are lucky, the village chief decided to postpone the wedding for a day, everyone doesn't have to work so hard, go back and rest first."
"As for Zhou Lian, you are already a grown-up, so you should know how to get back. Alas, I borrowed this flashlight from the village chief, and I don't know where you took it. If you want compensation, I will deduct the money from you..."
Although the news of postponing the event by one day meant they would have to stay here one more day, Qiao Yuan and Lan Lan's experiences today had already made them feel the terror of the night, so everyone had complicated expressions on their faces.
Lan Lan was the second happiest person present, second only to Brother Chen. She survived the ghost encounter, and she just wanted to hold Li Lei and have a good rest. She subconsciously touched the wedding dress in her hand. She was too nervous before, so she didn't have time to observe the wedding dress carefully. Now she found that the material was very good, and it was obviously a very good fabric, which made Lan Lan reluctant to throw it to others.
As for Zhou Lian, Lan Lan was not worried, firstly because of Zhou Lian's ability, and secondly because she did not have the energy to take care of him.
Therefore, Lanlan nodded repeatedly in response to Brother Chen's words.
Brother Chen turned around first, and the others followed.
Su Yan wanted to follow him, but when she turned around, she found Qiao Yuan standing there, holding her phone and looking at the screen. She couldn't help but wonder, "Ms. Qiao, why don't you leave?"
Qiao Yuan: “…”
Seeing the display of "no signal" on the phone screen, Qiao Yuan fell into silence.
She remembered that Brother Chen had called when he first entered the village, and had a conflict with the village chief because there was no signal. So when Brother Chen's phone rang, her nerves instantly tensed up.
However, no one present was surprised by this incident. She even looked at Song Yanchi specifically. Song Yanchi, who always showed his emotions on his face, also showed no surprise, which almost made Qiao Yuan think that her memory was confused.
When people discover a suspicious point, other abnormalities gradually surface.
Qiao Yuan noticed that Su Yan, who was approaching her, had been looking at her since the beginning, and even when she was talking to Brother Chen, she was looking at her out of the corner of her eye. At first, Qiao Yuan thought it was out of concern for her, but now it seems that there is something else going on.
Seeing Brother Chen walking in front, Qiao Yuan said, "I'm checking the time" while pretending to slip and accidentally turned on the flashlight function on his phone.
The next second, a light came on, illuminating Su Yan beside him.
This time, Qiao Yuan clearly saw Su Yan standing next to her. Her feet were originally close to the ground, but when the light illuminated her, she was standing on tiptoe. There was no shadow behind her either.
Qiao Yuan took another quick look at the large group walking in front, and sure enough, except for Lan Lan, everyone else was walking on tiptoe.
This made their steps seem very stiff, especially when they stood together, there was an indescribable sense of weirdness.
They also noticed the light and turned to look over.
Qiao Yuan's eyes fell on Brother Chen, who was walking in front, so it would take him a few seconds to turn his head. But the next second after he noticed the light, his body did not move, but his head turned 180 degrees out of thin air, frowning and looking at Qiao Yuan.
Qiao Yuan seemed to have heard the "crackling" sound of Brother Chen's neck due to this action.
"Ah, why did I turn on the flashlight? My battery was not enough!" After seeing clearly, Qiao Yuan pretended to be worried about the battery and quickly turned off the flashlight on his phone.
Except for her and Lanlan, everyone else is a ghost.
No wonder Brother Chen clearly thought they had lost the flashlight, but he never mentioned turning on the flashlight on his mobile phone to light the way. He must have been afraid that the light would expose himself.
The light faded, and Su Yan's face became clear again. In just a few seconds, the other party obviously did not doubt it, and took out his mobile phone to check: "My battery is not enough."
After hearing what Qiao Yuan said, the others… or rather the ghosts, all turned their heads away , while Lan Lan, who was unaware of anything, was still clinging tightly to the fake Li Lei’s arms, muttering, “He can’t even hold his phone properly.”
Qiao Yuan didn't have the energy to care about what Lan Lan said. He smiled at Su Yan and followed her forward, but he walked very slowly on purpose.
At the same time, she was already calmly thinking about the situation at hand.
According to Song Yanchi, so many people would not die in the copy in one day, so Song Yanchi and the others were not dead. Those in front of them were most likely just ghosts disguised as them, just like the fake Zhou Lian and fake Su Yan before.
In order to gain their trust, these ghosts went to great lengths to put on a show in front of them. They must have some purpose in mind, or they were restricted by something. Now there was no way to kill them, so they could only guide them to break the rules.
rule……
Telephone……
"Ms. Qiao, let's walk faster, otherwise we won't be able to keep up with the people in front." The fake Su Yan's voice sounded, and her voice was timid. She raised her hand and grabbed Qiao Yuan's arm, as if she wanted to pull Qiao Yuan to walk faster.
Her palms were cold, but she was unaware of it. She even urged Qiao Yuan to walk faster: "This yard is too weird. It will be dangerous for the two of us to walk at the end."
Feeling the body temperature coming from his palm, Qiao Yuan couldn't help but look at Li Lei and Lan Lan. Lan Lan was now leaning on Li Lei, as if she couldn't feel the coolness at all, which made Qiao Yuan sigh again about the greatness of love.
Who says love is just lighting a fire in the lover's heart? It is estimated that the fire has spread to Lanlan, which makes her unaware of the coldness of Li Lei.
After hearing Su Yan's words, Qiao Yuan: "..."
No, after all, our current identities are one person and one ghost.
Wait, a yard?
Qiao Yuan felt like had grasped something. The fake Brother Chen received a call from the village chief, who was not sure whether he was real or fake, and was able to let them leave the yard. Now the fake Su Yan was also urging her to leave quickly. It seemed that leaving the yard was very important to these ghosts.
Qiao Yuan still looked friendly with the fake Su Yan on the surface: "Your leg is injured. Walking too fast is not good for the wound."
Although the fake Su Yan tried hard to hide it, she could still hear some impatience in her tone, and she dragged Qiao Yuan with more strength: "Oh, it's okay, it's just a few steps."
Qiao Yuan felt that if it weren't for the fake Su Yan's character setting, the other party would have wanted to carry him on her back.
Now Qiao Yuan was certain that these ghosts just wanted to trick her out of the yard, but she couldn't expose them yet. After all, if she angered these ghosts, they might just drag her out.
Qiao Yuan could clearly sense that it was not just the fake Su Yan, but other ghosts were also clearly ready to make a move. The fake Chen Ge and the fake Song Yanchi had already turned their heads four times in a short period of time, as if they would attack directly if Qiao Yuan walked any slower.
