Chapter 24: Fate (XVIII)
At dawn, there was a knock on the door of the ancestral hall.
So Lanlan is still dead, and they are with ghosts now?
"Wait, let me do it." Su Yan was obviously the one closest to the door, but after hearing what Brother Chen said, Zhou Lian walked over quickly.
Unfortunately, this is impossible.
Hearing Qiao Yuan's words, Su Yan subconsciously looked in the direction of Gui Lanlan. Sure enough, under Brother Chen's urging, she was working hard to clean the windows that hadn't been cleaned for years. Because she didn't clean them clean, Brother Chen roared in anger again. Although Li Lei felt distressed, he was still traumatized by Brother Chen's curse, so he could only look at Gui Lanlan helplessly.
She was suddenly glad that she hadn't said anything. Otherwise, if Zhou Lian had told Lan Lan about it, she would have pointed at her and scolded her, "I heard you were saying I was dead."
Lan Lan also raised her hand and stroked his face: "There is body temperature... It's a human..."
Brother Chen clapped his hands, breaking the sudden silence: "So you are here. I heard Zhou Lian say that before, I thought you..."
Qiao Yuan also knew that Su Yan's psychological quality was average: "Don't worry, I asked Brother Chen to assign her more work. She is working and has no time to kill people."
After learning from Zhou Lian that Sun Peipei's clothes had been changed, Brother Chen sent several people to various places to continue their work.
Facing Qiao Yuan's reminder, Song Yanchi did not seem surprised: "As expected."
Su Yan didn't scream, but after hearing what Qiao Yuan said, her breath was obviously weak: "Ahhh?"
To be on the safe side, Qiao Yuan decided to find an opportunity to tell Song Yanchi and Su Yan that Lan Lan was a ghost. After all, these two people often came into contact with her in the dungeon. If she was suddenly harmed by the ghost Lan Lan, or replaced by a ghost again, it would not be a good thing for her.
Lanlan is indeed dead.
Because of the experience of a ghost pretending to be Su Yan and tricking Shamatte away, Li Lei obviously became much more cautious. He looked the other person up and down several times, and carefully observed Lan Lan's expression. After confirming that there was no difference between the person in his memory, he rushed forward and shouted excitedly: "Lan Lan!"
Qiao Yuan was also looking at the ghost Lanlan who was cleaning the windows, and even had the idea that if she could bring out all the ghosts disguised as them, wouldn't she be able to fool Brother Chen here while they went to look for clues?
What is going on?
Hearing Li Lei's shout, Lan Lan seemed to have just reacted. She showed a look of fear and subconsciously wanted to take a step back, but Li Lei directly hugged her into his arms. In her ears was Li Lei's voice as if he was talking to himself: "That's great, I'm glad you're okay, we will never be separated again..."
She deeply realized how powerful Qiao Yuan was. Now, even the thought of having to face a ghost day and night made her scalp tingle. However, Qiao Yuan was surrounded by several ghosts at the same time.
In the past few days since entering the dungeon, Su Yan has often been frightened by ghosts. She recalled that when she was trembling while watching horror movies, she and her friends discussed whether it was better to be the first to die or the last to die if they encountered a ghost. At that time, her friend said that it was better to die first so that she wouldn't have to go through the subsequent fears. Su Yan didn't understand it before, but after entering the game, she would occasionally think that if she was the first to die, she wouldn't have to go through the roller coaster-like emotions.
Qiao Yuan and Su Yan sighed at the same time.
Song Yanchi: "..."
She now has the same status as Zhou Lian in Brother Chen's heart. In addition, Brother Chen hates Lan Lan in the first place, so this matter can still be arranged.
Gui Lanlan did not raise any objections, but just pouted as before, looking very dissatisfied with Brother Chen's arrangement. Li Lei, who had been lost and found again, was now quite patient and comforted her in a gentle voice.
Brother Chen muttered, "Why is it like a farewell between life and death..."
Zhou Lian.
She noticed that these ghosts would even take into account the details when imitating them, and she believed that the ghost Lanlan in front of her would not refute the task proposed by Brother Chen for the sake of her character.
Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally Qiao Yuan's eyes fell on Zhou Lian.
Who says you don’t have to suffer if you become a ghost?
After being interrupted first and then ignored again, Brother Chen finally couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted the reminiscing of the two people and the ghost.
Although she didn't know what the ghost's purpose was, Qiao Yuan was not ready to expose him for the time being. Firstly, she didn't know what kind of chain reaction would be caused after exposing the ghost, and secondly, she now had a more vigilant target -
Qiao Yuan reached into her pocket with one hand and touched the cell phone. She wanted to use the same trick to verify Lan Lan's identity while Li Lei was holding her. Under the flash of light , Lan Lan's ankles were blue-purple. She stood on tiptoe, and bright red blood flowed down her legs. Looking up from the bottom of her legs, she was cut in half at the waist.
Su Yan couldn't help but shudder when she heard what Brother Chen said. After all, the situation in front of her was even more bizarre than the separation of life and death. Although she didn't say anything at the time, after hearing Qiao Yuan say that Lan Lan ran out of the yard and a ghost chased her out, although Lan Lan's body had not been found yet, in her heart, Lan Lan was almost dead. She didn't expect that she would be standing here alive and well now.
Several people and one ghost worked from night till dawn, and the progress barely made Brother Chen feel satisfied. The ghost Lanlan, who did not need to rest, made a great contribution to this.
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Li Lei beside him.
After finding Lanlan dead, Qiao Yuan was sure that it was Zhou Lian who followed him into the coffin. Zhou Lian should have discovered that she was pretending. Moreover, when the coffin was lifted, Song Yanchi saw the bloody words and was also shocked. Zhou Lian did not look over there, so Qiao Yuan estimated that Zhou Lian should have also discovered the bloody words and might have suspected her. But now the other party did not react According to Zhou Lian's personality, he was probably thinking about how to deal with her.
Brother Chen stood still and said lazily, "It should be the tailor who is here. Whoever is closer to the door should go open it. Remember to tell the tailor that there is no need for cutting."
Zhou Lian had obviously been observing for a while. After Li Lei and Lan Lan looked over, he walked over with a gentle smile and said, "It's a good thing you're okay."
The third reason is equally important. The more dead people Qiao Yuan discovers, the more work has to be done on them, leaving her no chance to look for clues. She is in urgent need of a helper to do the work.
After putting the phone back into his pocket, Qiao Yuan's guess was confirmed.
However, seeing Gui Lanlan's appearance now, Su Yan's desire to survive was completely ignited -
For some reason, knowing that Lan Lan was a ghost made Song Yanchi feel more alert than Qiao Yuan sighing for no apparent reason. He thought that it was probably because ghosts wanted to kill people, while Qiao Yuan tortured their spirits.
Li Lei didn't expect that the person he was thinking about would appear in front of him the next second, and he was stunned where he was.
Lanlan looked very disheveled, with disheveled hair and several wounds on her body. She looked at the few people anxiously, and her expression revealed a bit of dullness.