Chapter 28: Yin Fate (Twenty-two)
"I know you think this will be difficult." Zhou Lian glanced at Su Yan, who had been keeping her head down and remained silent, and could only lower his voice again: "But Qiao Yuan is also a big threat to us. If she hadn't taken action first, I wouldn't have wanted to go this far."
"Because of her, I was also targeted by ghosts."
Although Zhou Lian tried hard to conceal his hatred when he said the second half of the sentence, Su Yan could still hear it.
Unfortunately, there is no one in this world who can empathize with others. Su Yan, who was also watching the show at the time, did not dare to speak. Her evasive gaze fell into Zhou Lian's eyes, which was the best proof that she agreed with him.
Zhou Lian didn't want Su Yan to get scared and lose the courage to deal with Qiao Yuan: "Of course, I have also found a way to deal with the ghost, but I will only tell you this, and you must not let anyone know."
Su Yan became excited, but when she heard Zhou Lian asking her to come to him at night, she immediately realized that the so-called method of solving the ghost problem referred to Grandma A Gu, and her interest dropped significantly.
Afraid that Su Yan would easily reveal her flaws in front of Qiao Yuan, Zhou Lian also gave her some pointers on her acting skills.
After being dragged to draw a big cake again, Su Yan was finally let go by Zhou Lian. The moment she turned around, Su Yan realized that she had gained Zhou Lian's trust. She actually completed the task assigned by Qiao Yuan. She subconsciously took out her mobile phone and took a look, and found that it was exactly ten minutes.
As soon as she stepped into the yard, she felt the two people's eyes on her, but at this time Su Yan had no time to explore the meaning behind the two people's gazes. When she thought that she had actually deceived Zhou Lian, she couldn't help but get excited: "Zhou Lian actually believed me!"
"He tried to sow discord at first, saying that it was Miss Qiao who killed the others... and he also said that we could form a team..."
"At that time, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to return to Miss Qiao, but I didn't expect him to suddenly let me come back and stay with Miss Qiao..."
Although Su Yan spoke softly, her tone revealed indignation. What a scheming man!
Fortunately, she will not be fooled again.
However, when she looked up, she found that Qiao Yuan and Song Yanchi did not look very surprised.
Song Yanchi turned to look at Qiao Yuan: "...How did you know?"
For a moment, he even suspected that Qiao Yuan had followed Su Yan and was the one who knew everything so clearly. But he quickly rejected this outrageous guess in his mind, after all, Qiao Yuan had been standing beside him and communicating with him.
Su Yan:? What does this mean?
She reacted quickly and realized that what Song Yanchi meant was that Qiao Yuan had known about it for a long time!
Qiao Yuan's words also verified Su Yan's guess: "Normal thinking."
Song Yanchi: "..."
No, no normal person would think of falling for such a conspiracy.
But Qiao Yuan was obviously different from Zhou Lian, at least in his attitude towards novices. The other party was the same as him and did not bother to do things like framing novices and then taking advantage of their confusion about the copy to help them pass through it.
Fortunately, Qiao Yuan is not a bad person.
Su Yan's admiration for Qiao Yuan rose to a new level. When she first heard Zhou Lian's plan, she was a little frightened and had a new understanding of Zhou Lian's ruthlessness. She didn't expect to meet such a teammate when she first entered the dungeon. Fortunately, Zhou Lian met Qiao Yuan. If he had met someone else, Zhou Lian might have succeeded.
For Su Yan, the fact that Zhou Lian did not doubt her now was undoubtedly a good start, and it also gave her confidence in the subsequent tasks.
After the efforts of several people and one ghost, the wedding scene was finally almost set up.
The village chief also came by halfway and said that he was grateful for everyone’s hard work over the past three days, so he specially made a delicious meal to treat everyone tonight.
Except for Brother Chen, Li Lei and Lan Lan, who had long turned into a ghost, showing excited expressions, everyone else was not at ease.
Su Yan was going out with Zhou Lian tonight and was worried that she would be deceived by Zhou Lian and also worried that she would be targeted by a ghost.
Song Yanchi's main focus is still on the mission. The wedding will be held tomorrow night, but new problems have already appeared. With Qiao Yuan's reminder, he realized that choosing only one route is indeed likely to step into the trap of the dungeon mission again. Satisfying the wishes of the villagers and the female ghost at the same time is naturally the safest way, but the current situation seems to have no solution.
I don't know if Qiao Yuan has come up with a solution...
When he realized what he was thinking, Song Yanchi couldn't help but be shocked.
I don’t know if it’s because what Qiao Yuan did before gave him such a big shock that he now couldn’t help but start to think about what Qiao Yuan would think.
He quickly frowned and dispelled the terrible thought. For Song Yanchi, acting with Qiao Yuan now had already exceeded his previous code of conduct, and he did not want to be unable to escape from the other party mentally.
Song Yanchi wanted to distance himself from Qiao Yuan, so after leaving the yard, he intentionally or unintentionally avoided places where Qiao Yuan was.
Qiao Yuan did not feel Song Yanchi's alienation, or she simply did not have the time to pay attention.
Like Song Yanchi, she also remembered that tomorrow night was the deadline for completing the task, and she still had some preparations to make. Fortunately, after arranging the yard, Brother Chen finally gave them a few hours off, enough for her to make some preparations. Su Yan didn't care so much and followed Qiao Yuan openly.
Zhou Lian also cast a gratified look at Su Yan, he did not expect that she was so sensible. And because he investigated Granny A Gu, he also had a new understanding of the mission of this perfect wedding, and was also preparing for the upcoming tomorrow.
Li Lei was still very close to Lan Lan and did not notice anything unusual about his girlfriend. He even felt very sorry for her because he heard what happened to her after she entered the room.
It was not until the evening at the dinner prepared by the village chief that they reunited.
The village chief's wife was still not seen at the dinner, only the village chief was there.
The village chief had prepared some wine, which was said to be the special wine of the village. However, except for Brother Chen who drank a few glasses, no one else wanted to drink. Only when Brother Chen took the lead did they raise their glasses of boiled water and clink glasses with each other.
I don’t know if it’s because of the moonlight at night, but Li Lei always feels that the faces of everyone present look very strange.
Li Lei's hand holding the cup couldn't help but tremble. He turned his head to look at his girlfriend who was still whispering and complaining about the food as usual. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, no matter how strange these people are, his girlfriend is still normal.
After dinner, the few people and the ghost went back to their rooms to rest.
Li Lei also took Lan Lan to ask Zhou Lian whether he wanted to switch rooms with Qiao Yuan and the others, after all, two people had already died in their room.
Zhou Lian glanced at Gui Lanlan and smiled to say no. He asked Li Lei to take Lanlan back to the room first, and he went to talk to Brother Chen about something important. However, Brother Chen had been hungover for a long time, and Zhou Lian was just killing time, delaying his return to the room, waiting for the time he and Su Yan agreed to meet.
Li Lei still believed in Zhou Lian, and since Lan Lan kept urging him, he finally did not wait for her. He returned to his room while comforting Lan Lan, who was angry because of his slow reaction. Therefore, he did not notice the mocking look Zhou Lian gave him.
Zhou Lian had already taught Su Yan how to find an excuse to get away from Qiao Yuan, so she knew clearly that all she had to do was wait quietly.
That night, Zhou Lian waited for the figure as he wished: "They don't suspect anything, right?"
Su Yan didn't say anything. She knew very well that when facing Zhou Lian, silence was the best answer.
Even on the road, Zhou Lian did not waste this time, and hurriedly brainwashed Su Yan: "Don't be afraid, Qiao Yuan is still a human being after all, we will always find a way to deal with her."
If it were someone else, they would have believed Zhou Lian's words completely, but unfortunately the person standing in front of Zhou Lian was Su Yan.
Su Yan: “…”
Before Zhou Lian today, she had had similar thoughts. Of course, she felt that Qiao Yuan was just a person after all.
Fortunately, Zhou Lian said these words to express his anger at discovering that he had been deceived and fooled by Qiao Yuan before, and he did not ask Su Yan to answer. He even thought that the other party's silent personality was good. According to his previous experience, this kind of person is the easiest to control, and will not leak secrets at will. It is also very common for them to take secrets to the coffin in the copy.
He doesn't live long and doesn't talk much. Where can we find such a good newbie?
He regretted the first day because he thought Lan Lan and Li Lei had experienced a copy and might have more experience, so he chose to give up Su Yan at that time. Otherwise, he would not have fallen into his current situation.
Grandma Agu's hut was in the most remote part of the village. Both the walls and the house were built lower than other buildings. If it weren't for the exposed earth walls, it would look a bit like the illustrations of dwarves that Su Yan had seen in fairy tales before.
The door to the courtyard was not locked and could be opened easily.
Su Yan felt a little strange, but then she thought, Zhou Lian had already made an appointment with the other party, so it was normal for the other party to deliberately leave a gate open.
After discovering that Zhou Lian was knocking on the door, Su Yan hurriedly followed.
This is also what Qiao Yuan told her, stay closer to Zhou Lian before encountering the ghost, and stay as far away from Zhou Lian as possible after encountering the ghost.
Although she didn't know why, Su Yan would subconsciously obey whatever Qiao Yuan said.
The curtains of the room were drawn, so one couldn't see what was going on inside from the outside. It was a long time after I knocked on the door before I heard footsteps from inside.
Although she had seen Granny Agu once during the day because she was close to the door, Su Yan couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise on her face when she saw her the moment she opened the door.
Zhou Lian was afraid that her expression would anger Granny A Gu, causing her to close the door and refuse to see her, so he quickly stood in front of Su Yan and said, "Hello, my name is Zhou Lian, and this is my companion."
"She meant no harm."
Granny A Gu didn't express any opinion on Zhou Lian's words, nor did she show any surprise at Zhou Lian and his men. She just turned around and made way for them to come in.
Zhou Lian walked in front, and Su Yan followed closely behind him and stepped over the threshold. She was able to see the scene in the room and couldn't help but gasp.
There was only a table and a bed in the room, so it shouldn't have been crowded. However, the moment she entered the room, Su Yan still felt a deep sense of crowding.
There were also red lines painted on the walls and floor of the room.
Su Yan thought it looked like words, but after looking at it for a long time she couldn't recognize what they were.
Countless lines intertwine with each other, complex and dense, like surging waves, or like a huge cage, covering the entire room.
If you look closely, you can see scratches between these lines, deeply engraved into the wall.
Not only Su Yan was looking up, even Zhou Lian couldn't help but fix his eyes on the patterns, as if he wanted to stare out one.
As if she noticed that the two people's eyes fell on the wall, the old woman grinned, and the wrinkles on her face moved with her smile. However, Su Yan didn't know whether it was because she had a filter for the old people in her heart, but she always felt that the old man's smile was not kind enough for her age. Instead, it showed another kind of eerie feeling: "Don't underestimate these patterns, they can block ghosts."
