Chapter 221 Island (Part 3)
Most of the people present were just scared because they were caught off guard. After listening to Xiaoyu's words, they gradually realized that they were actually in a variety show and calmed down.
What Xiaoyu said should be the mystery they are going to solve in this episode.
After realizing this, everyone 's attention was focused on Xiaoyu, and they listened attentively to what she might say next.
Chen Shi was a lively person, and he felt embarrassed by his scream, so his first reaction was to ask Xiaoyu to speak quickly. But just as he was about to open his mouth, the quick-witted girl covered his mouth and made a "hush" gesture.
Her name is Cheng Mengting. She is outgoing and a bit outgoing. Because she was standing close to Chen Shi and she noticed that he wanted to speak, she attacked subconsciously.
Being suddenly covered over his mouth, Chen Shi showed an angry look on his face, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with Cheng Mengting. But just as he shook off the other party's hand, Song Yanchi beside him turned his head and looked at him, asking him to be quiet.
Song Yanchi was tall and strong, and the only thing that made Chen Shi superior to him was probably age, so he could only shut his mouth in embarrassment and just made a note of the account in his heart.
Xiaozhou Island where Xiaoyu lives has a unique funeral custom:
After a person dies, they are not buried but put on a small boat and let the boat carry the body to a distant place. For the people on Xiaozhou Island, the boat is their coffin.
After her sister Xiaoning died, she did the same thing. She put Xiaoning's body on the boat and watched the waves carry the boat away. Xiaoyu lived alone on the island.
Xiaoyu became very lonely after her family members passed away one after another. In the past, her favorite thing to do at night was to go to the sea with her family members. Now, although she has continued this habit, she is left alone.
This is when something strange happened.
A few nights ago, Xiaoyu was walking towards the shore. Walking on the familiar road, her memories were also opened up, so her pace was much slower than before.
But this time, just as he reached the shore, Xiaoyu caught a glimpse of a small boat on the shore with the help of the moonlight above his head.
...Someone is coming?
With this thought in mind, Xiaoyu walked towards the boat. But when she got closer, her pupils shrank suddenly, after all, this boat looked very familiar.
For this reason, she walked closer to observe it carefully, and from the name Xiao Ning engraved on the corner of the boat, she confirmed that this was the boat where she placed her sister's body.
Not to mention that it had been a few days since she released the boat. According to the current of the ocean, the boat should not have returned to the shore, so why did this boat come back?
Moreover, Xiao Ning's body was no longer in the boat. There was only a pool of foul-smelling liquid that seemed to be caused by decay, and it was light yellow in color.
Xiaoyu was already wondering in her heart at that time, wondering if someone had picked up the boat, and then carried Xiaoning's body out and came here by boat.
Although this sounds a bit strange, it is the most likely reason Xiaoyu can think of.
But Xiaoyu was still a little angry. After all, she didn't know where this man took her sister's body.
Xiaoyu decided to talk to the other party in person.
But she also knew that the island was very big, and the man had already landed, and she didn't know where on the island he had gone. In order to avoid missing him, Xiaoyu decided to wait on the boat, after all, the man was most likely to return to the boat.
The temperature that night was a little colder than before, and Xiaoyu was shivering in the sea breeze. But she didn't want to go back to change clothes, after all, she might miss the person who was taking the boat, so she found a big rock behind the wind to wait.
Xiaoyu didn't have a cell phone. The boring wait and the passage of time made her feel tired and her eyelids became heavier. She didn't know when she fell asleep, but she knew that when she was drowsy, a strange sound suddenly rang in her ears.
rustle--
What is that sound?
Xiaoyu opened her eyes dazedly, and a timely sea breeze completely freed her from the confusion of just waking up. She remembered the purpose of waiting here, and the clicking sound in her ears just now was not the original sound on the island, which made her immediately think that it might be an outsider.
Xiaoyu instantly perked up, and she wanted to stand up, but because of the wrong sleeping position just now, her legs were a little numb. She could only straighten her upper body with difficulty, and looked out through the big rock, ready to call the man directly to ask about her sister.
Xiaoyu said in full voice: "You..."
After uttering just one syllable, Xiaoyu couldn't help but pause and lost her voice in an instant.
At this time, the sky was already showing signs of getting brighter, as if day and night were divided by a dividing line, but the fog was thick at this time.
Just as Xiaoyu thought, there was indeed a figure on the shore, but the other person had already boarded the boat. With the push of the waves, the boat also showed signs of moving.
Because of the fog, Xiaoyu couldn't quite see the other person's appearance, but she felt that the figure looked familiar.
Judging from the back, the other person should be a petite girl wearing a brightly colored floral dress, and she looked like a flag when standing on the boat.
Xiaoyu recognized that it was Xiaoning's clothes at a glance.
That flower dress was Xiao Ning's favorite dress. It was made by their mother before she died. She didn't have it outside. After Xiao Ning died, she also wore it on the other person, hoping that the dress would accompany the dead Xiao Ning.
Xiaoyu was stunned.
While she was stunned, the boat had already left the shore.
From Xiaoyu's perspective, he could only see the silhouette of the boat getting smaller and smaller.
Xiaoyu came to his senses and realized that he had no chance of catching up with the other person, so he just stood there, wondering what was going on.
Why is that figure wearing Xiaoning's clothes?
Could it be that the other party has no taboos at all and would even steal the clothes of a dead person?
If that was Xiao Ning, after all, that back figure did look like Xiao Ning...
Xiaoyu didn't think about it any further. She knew that was impossible. After all, Xiaoning was already dead.
She couldn't help but mock herself in her heart, wondering if she was overworked recently due to the successive deaths of her relatives, otherwise how could such a ridiculous idea come to her mind.
Xiaoyu had already determined that this man was a thief who even stole dead people's clothes, but now that he had left, she could do nothing about it.
The matter should have ended there. After all, Xiaoyu didn't even know who the other party was, and she couldn't continue to investigate.
But she didn't expect that she would meet him again the next day.
This time, Xiaoyu was still brooding over what happened yesterday and was in a bad mood, so she didn't sleep well at night and woke up early.
Xiaoyu simply got up and went outside, wanting to take the opportunity to relax.
She wanted to go through the woods to reach the shore as she did before, but when she was about to see the shore, she noticed a familiar figure in front of her, also walking towards the shore.
The other person's clothes reflected bright colors under the moonlight, allowing Xiaoyu to recognize at a glance that they were Xiaoning's clothes.
That person is here again!
Xiaoyu was furious. She never thought that the other party would dare to come over. The new hatred and old grudges made her walk over quickly, trying to stop the other party.
The man lowered his head and walked very slowly. His walking posture was also very strange. He didn't walk with his feet lifted like a normal person, but walked forward with his soles rubbing against the ground, making a rustling sound like dragging a heavy object.
Xiaoyu quickly stopped in front of the man.
But at the moment she stood still, Xiaoyu was stunned again.
Although the other person lowered his head, she still recognized the face. It was her sister Xiaoning.
At that moment, the joy of her loved one coming back to life took over, causing Xiaoyu to subconsciously call out Xiaoning's name, her voice filled with joy: "Great, it really is you!"
"You are still alive..."
Xiao Ning did not respond, but just continued walking forward.
Xiaoyu followed him for a few steps, but soon calmed down. At the same time, she also realized the problem.
There were already some rotten spots on Xiao Ning's face and body, which were emitting a foul smell. Her original floral dress showed the fact that she was dead, and her drooping eyes were also deathly full of life.
Perhaps because the body had already decayed, the yellow pus-like liquid soaked the dress.
Xiao Ning is indeed dead.
After realizing this, a chill ran down the ground into Xiaoyu's body. After all, when the joy faded, she finally faced up to the distance between herself and Xiaoning.
Fear swept through Xiaoyu's body, making her stand still as if nailed to the spot. She could only watch Xiaoning walk forward stiffly and then board the small boat on the shore.
The boat sailed away as before.
Xiaoyu's mind was working hard, trying to figure out what was going on. She hesitated and wanted to chase after him, but the idea of the dead coming back to life was too weird.
If the dead are resurrected, then why is Xiaoning's body still like this?
If Xiao Ning was indeed dead, and the person standing in front of her was just a corpse, then why was the corpse moving? And why didn't the other party pay attention to her before?
Xiaoyu couldn't think of the answer.
In the next few nights, she hesitated for a few times, but still got up at that time and walked towards the shore.
She still saw Xiao Ning.
Xiao Ning continued walking in the same way.
However, Xiaoyu did not call out his name directly like before, but quietly followed behind him. She found that this time Xiaoning seemed to react to the movement behind him, unlike before when he ignored her. She accidentally stepped on a branch and made a slight sound, which would make him look back sharply.
Just as Xiaoyu was hesitating whether to show up, he heard the sharp cries of seabirds.
Xiao Ning obviously heard it, and her movements became much more agile. Xiao Yu didn't even see it clearly, and only felt a flash in front of her eyes. When she came to her senses, Xiao Ning in front of her was holding a rapidly struggling seabird.
Immediately followed by the screams of the seabird, Xiaoyu saw Xiaoning lower his head and bite the seabird's neck, and blood immediately poured into Xiaoning's throat.
Xiao Ning is actually eating seabirds raw!
Xiaoyu covered her mouth and swallowed the scream that was about to come out. She realized that Xiaoning was really problematic, but her heart was filled with curiosity. She followed him for a few more days and determined Xiaoning's route. He would take a boat to the shore at night, take a tour around the island, and leave after eating.
Moreover, Xiao Ning's diet is no longer limited to seabirds. He will eat almost anything that can be eaten on the road and throw it into the corner after eating.
The other party ate everything cleanly every time without leaving any traces, so if Xiaoyu hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would have thought she was having a series of bizarre dreams.
Xiaoyu went from being surprised at the beginning to being filled with fear now.
She had reported this to the development company before, but the other party obviously did not believe her. Later, Qiao Yuan and others were sent over.
There was only one thought left in Qiao Yuan's mind -
Xiaoyu’s acting skills are quite good.
The other party's ability to exaggerate the story and the fear when mentioning ghosts were just right. It was easy to substitute many guests present into the story, perfectly interpreting the image of a female ghost whose diet was gradually enriched. As Xiaoyu's voice fell, many guests turned pale.
Aunt Zhong clasped her hands together and muttered the name of some unknown god or Buddha.
Uncle Zhong's expression changed several times, and he subconsciously turned to look at Sheng Guiye, as if he wanted to ask Sheng Guiye if he knew what was going on. Xin Min originally wanted to pretend to be scared and move closer to Sheng Guiye, but now she was really a little scared, so she could only stand there.
But some people didn't believe it, such as Chen Shi, who had just been frightened. He snorted coldly, and if Cheng Mengting hadn't turned her head to look at him again, he would have blurted out "What the hell".
Qiao Yuan and others had seen real ghosts, so they didn't have any special reaction after hearing this story.
Song Yanchi: "So you want us to help you investigate?"
Xiaoyu glanced at them and nodded, apparently assigning them a task: "I hope you can find out what's going on and whether it's really a ghost causing trouble."
It can be considered as giving them a mission.
After receiving the task, Qiao Yuan and others went out for a walk while it was still daybreak.
This time they deliberately slowed down their pace and did find some half-eaten internal organs in the woods.
The production team made it look very realistic, even with clear heart veins. If Qiao Yuan hadn't gotten closer to take a closer look, he would have thought it was real.
Then it was night time.
Although Xiaoyu had agreed to take them to see the place, according to Xiaoyu, it was still early for her sister Xiaoning to show up, so she asked everyone to have a good rest first. After Xiaoning showed up, she would call a few people to get up.
After a long journey and walking for an entire afternoon, many of them had started yawning, so they all agreed with Xiaoyu's words.
Xiaoyu is the only one left in the village now, and all other houses are empty, ready for guests to move in.
Originally they planned to have two people in a room, which was just right for the eleven guests plus Xiaoyu.
Zhao Rulan shared a room with Cheng Mengting, who was close to her, while Qiao Yuan shared a room with Fei. Xin Min, who was alone, could have shared a room with Xiaoyu, but there was a black-and-white photo of Xiaoning in Xiaoyu's room. Xiaoning looked exactly like Xiaoyu, which made her feel like she was sleeping next to a ghost. So she ended up running to Zhao Rulan and Cheng Mengting's room, wanting to share a room with the other two.
Song Yanchi chose Chen Shi, while Huo Ling shared a room with Sheng Guiye. As an old couple, Uncle Zhong and Aunt Zhong naturally lived in their own room.
As the night deepened, everyone gradually fell asleep and the room became very quiet.
Qiao Yuan also heard the sound at this time.
Although the other party tried hard to cover it up, Qiao Yuan still heard footsteps stopping at the door. She suddenly opened her eyes and looked in the direction of the sound.
I saw a figure next to the window, with neat short hair covering most of his face, revealing a face that was already a little rotten.
And that face looked at Qiao Yuan through the window, and then reached out and knocked on the window.
The "da da da" sound finally woke Fei up. She and Qiao Yuan both had their heads leaning against the window, so they were face to face with the ghost face when they opened their eyes.
When the ghost saw that both of them had woken up, he turned around and his back quickly disappeared from their sight.
Fei also came back to his senses from his previous daze, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Qiao Yuan: "This is..."
"Xiao Ning?"
She could recognize Xiao Ning. Apart from the mole on the side of her mouth, the way Xiao Ning walked was exactly as Xiao Yu had described.
Qiao Yuan nodded: "That's right."
“He’s a good actor.”
At first glance, the other party's expression and behavior did look like a ghost, but Qiao Yuan had rich experience in pretending to be a ghost, so he recognized at a glance that it was not a ghost, but a person pretending to be one.
After hearing what Qiao Yuan said, Fei was relieved. When she opened her eyes just now, she thought she had entered a copy.
Fei: "So it was Xiaoyu pretending to be you?"
Qiao Yuan: "Maybe, it is also possible that she really has a twin sister."
In fact, Qiao Yuan had already guessed the whole story in her mind. As long as she wanted to find evidence, she could find it easily.
However, Qiao Yuan was not prepared to say anything. After all, one reason was that if he finished the level too quickly, the NPC might be affected, and the other reason was because of Sister Jiang.
Jiang Jie didn't want her to continue on the variety show path, but to transform through movies and TV series, so when she received the notice, Jiang Jie didn't want to accept it. But the boss of the company had a good relationship with the director, so the director specifically asked Qiao Yuan to take it.
It’s just that Sister Jiang feels that being overexposed on variety shows is not a good thing for her future participation in movies and TV series.
Therefore, Sister Jiang specifically warned her that although she didn't need to pretend to be weak like before, she also shouldn't be too eye-catching and just be a plain background board. Otherwise, the director would realize that she is no longer suitable for this kind of variety show.
Qiao Yuan naturally followed Sister Jiang's instructions.
Qiao Yuan and Fei fell asleep again.
At night, there was a knock on their door, and Xiaoyu's voice was heard outside the door.
Xiaoyu came to call them.
After realizing this, Qiao Yuan and Fei both stood up and walked out.
Xiaoyu and the others were already standing outside the door. When she saw Qiao Yuan and Fei appear, Xiaoyu greeted them and then hurriedly led them towards the woods, saying as she walked, "Sorry, I was so tired these past few days that I accidentally fell asleep just now."
"I just woke up and looked at the time. I think Xiao Ning is here..."
Qiao Yuan and Fei looked at each other. Realizing that Qiao Yuan wanted him to speak, Fei immediately said, "We just met Xiao Ning."
"She was standing outside the house knocking on our window."
These two short sentences were enough for anyone with a rich imagination to picture the scene at that time. At least Uncle Zhong and Aunt Zhong already felt themselves sweating profusely.
Remember this was a variety show, Chen Shi wanted to fight back, and said in a relaxed tone: "Ah?"
"Then it seems that there is nothing to be afraid of this ghost. It doesn't eat people."
Zhao Rulan, who was standing by, smiled and said, “I used to be unable to open the can, so I would temporarily give up eating the meat inside.”
Her words still caused everyone present to fall into a brief silence. Even Xiaoyu, who seemed to want to speak, paused.
Fortunately, Zhao Rulan quickly explained: "I was just joking."
However, her words still successfully made the atmosphere gloomy.
Xiaoyu was obviously very familiar with the woods. Under her leadership, the group passed through the woods which seemed to have taken them half an hour to walk through in just over ten minutes.
Xiaoyu walked in front, and when he was about to pass through the woods , he pointed in one direction and said, "Look..."
A group of people followed the direction of Xiaoyu's finger and saw a faint mist on the sea, like a stage curtain, revealing a quiet and hazy feeling. At this time, a small boat left the shore and headed towards the sea.
There was a figure standing on the boat, and because of his brightly colored clothes, he was particularly noticeable on the sea.
The other person just stood there with his head down, outlining a twisted and strange silhouette.
Xiaoyu was quite into the role at this time, with a look of pain and fear on her face. She kept calling Xiaoning's name blankly, adding a bit of sadness to the atmosphere.
It was not until the boat carrying Xiao Ning set off that Xiaoyu finally stood up and told everyone in a choked and trembling voice that they could go back first.
Qiao Yuan turned his head and glanced at the sea, thinking that it was not easy to be an NPC in a variety show. Xiao Ning had to stand on the boat to keep balance so as not to fall off and ruin the atmosphere.
Several people returned to the wooden house in the village and went back to their respective rooms to rest.
Qiao Yuan and Fei had only slept for a short while this time when they heard Xiaoyu knocking on the door again. The other party said that she was here to deliver breakfast and put the breakfast at the door. The two of them could share it slowly after waking up.
When Qiao Yuan got up to open the door, Xiaoyu was nowhere to be seen. It looked like she had left after she finished talking. On the ground was a basket with water and unwrapped bread in it.
Qiao Yuan was just about to bring the basket in and share the food with Fei when he saw Sheng Guiye and Song Yanchi coming over.
Although Song Yanchi usually stayed up late and could usually start filming in the afternoon, he got up this time with his tenacious willpower when he thought of Qiao Yuan in the variety show.
But I didn't expect that as soon as I reached Qiao Yuan's door, I ran into Sheng Guiye.
Song Yanchi thought of what Luo Jingjing had said to him before. Provoking Sheng Guiye in front of Qiao Yuan only made the latter look more mature and stable. In order not to become a supporting role, Song Yanchi learned his lesson this time and decided to solve the problem privately. In front of Qiao Yuan, he simply pretended not to see Sheng Guiye and stuck to Qiao Yuan again.
Fei was not too surprised when he saw Qiao Yuan go out alone and come back with Song Yanchi and Sheng Guiye.
The four of them sat at the table. Xiaoyu had prepared more than enough food for each room, so it was enough for them.
Song Yanchi thought of something and said, "Sister, have you figured out the reason for this matter?"
Qiao Yuan nodded.
She had almost figured out the ins and outs of the matter, and was not prepared to make a big splash, so for Qiao Yuan, she just planned to stay on the island for the next few days and then see if others could figure it out.
If someone could solve it, she could leave earlier. If not, she would have more time to hang out.
Qiao Yuan was not too surprised that Song Yanchi could come up with the answer to this question. After all, Song Yanchi was also someone who had experienced the dungeon.
Fei and Sheng Guiye originally came here to find Qiao Yuan, and had no interest in solving the mystery. Therefore, as long as they could stay with each other, it didn't matter what they did.
There was a commotion outside the house.
Qiao Yuan and Fei had almost finished their meal by this time, so they got up and walked out the door to see what was going on.
The commotion happened not far from their room. Zhao Rulan also heard the noise, walked out of the room, and leaned against the door frame to look out.
Xin Min also walked out puzzledly and asked softly what happened, but no one paid attention to her now.
The sound just now came from Chen Shi and Cheng Mengting, who were arguing.
Chen Shi was originally hot-tempered, and now his face was red and his neck was thick because of the quarrel with Cheng Mengting. When he noticed that other people had come out and their eyes were on him, he became even more angry and shouted something loudly: "I told you, this has nothing to do with me, she ran away on her own!"
Cheng Mengting said, not wanting to be outdone, "That's because you scared her just now, right?"
"Now that the NPC has run away, what should we do?"
Chen Shi: "If she ran away, she ran away. Besides, no matter where she ran to, she would come back at night!"
"What happened?" Seeing the two of them arguing with each other as if there would never be an end, Song Yanchi finally asked impatiently.
But Qiao Yuan remembered the quarrel between Chen Shi and Cheng Mengting just now.
The NPC ran away...
The only NPC present among them is Xiaoyu, right?
As if to confirm Qiao Yuan's thoughts, before Chen Shi could say anything, Cheng Mengting couldn't wait to say, "He chased Xiaoyu away!"
