Chapter 33: Yin Fate (Twenty-Seven)
Then Qiao Yuan told Sun Peipei about his plan and where he needed the female ghost's cooperation.
Sun Peipei had turned into a ghost after all, and the emotion of being touched had long since disappeared. Therefore, after a few seconds of silence, she stared at Qiao Yuan in front of her with a cold gaze: "If you lie to me or fail to help me in the end, I will kill you."
Killing Granny Agu was a little difficult, but killing Qiao Yuan was more than enough for her. If the mission failed, she would kill the other person before disappearing.
Of course, she might want to think of the conversation tonight and let Joe die more comfortably instead of suffering like the other people she killed.
This threat was almost nothing to Qiao Yuan.
After all, the female ghost is also part of the mission. If she fails to satisfy the other party, the system will take her life first.
Of course Qiao Yuan would never allow such a thing to happen.
She couldn't die here.
For her, the most important thing was that the ghost girl was a disguised confirmation of her plan. When she had previously conceived the plan, the only variable was the ghost girl. Now that the ghost girl had joined, her confidence in the success of the plan was greatly strengthened.
Qiao Yuan: "So why can't you kill Granny Agu? Is there something on her body?"
The ghost girl didn't expect that Qiao Yuan didn't show any fear or resentment on her face. Instead, she changed the subject so quickly. However, she continued as Qiao Yuan said, "There is a symbol carved on her arm with a knife, which prevents me from getting close. The village chief and his wife also have similar symbols on their bodies."
"But as long as the talisman on Granny Agu's arm disappears, I can feel that the talismans of the village chief and the village chief's wife are relying on her. As long as the talisman on Granny Agu's arm disappears, theirs will also lose their effectiveness..."
When she mentioned the three people she hated the most, the ghost girl's tone became even colder. Of course, if she was given time, she could always wait until the talisman lost its effect, but she obviously didn't have that much time now.
There was a gust of cold wind outside the house, like the howling of a female ghost.
Qiao Yuan pulled his clothes together to avoid catching a cold from the wind blowing in from the window. After all, the system only said that he would recover from the external injuries after returning to the real world, and he didn't know whether this could be cured.
It was indeed difficult to carve it on the arm, but fortunately she finally thought of a solution.
For the first time, the audience in the live broadcast room experienced the feeling of having a long conversation with the female ghost:
[Wow, Sun Pepe is so pitiful]
[These people deserve to die]
[It turns out that ghosts also have such a past...]
[No, you guys can be moved by ghosts, why do I tremble when I see a ghost's face and can't hear anything?]
[Ah, I listened with my eyes closed, didn’t everyone else?]
[Me too. Apart from Sister Qiao, who else can look directly at a ghost?]
[Newbie, if you don't understand, just ask. In the dungeons with ghosts, do the ghosts like to open their hearts so much?]
[Old man, answer if you know. You can also try and see whether the ghost opens its heart to you or cuts your stomach open.]
[u1s1, why can't the live broadcast room be marked with "Dangerous action, please do not imitate", it is so misleading to newcomers]
[No, is there ever a time when this game is not dangerous?]
[Does anyone really want to imitate me? How many lives do you have?]
Soon, the audience in the live broadcast room followed the female ghost and listened to Qiao Yuan's revenge plan.
Brother Dong quietly lit a cigarette to calm himself, and watched the dense comments sliding by:
【wtf?! 】
[Silence all the ghosts]
[I always felt that there was a communication barrier between humans and ghosts, and I could never figure out what ghosts were thinking. Thanks to Sister Qiao, I finally understood the feelings of ghosts.]
【Ghost: Have humans evolved to this extent?】
[Women are made of water, and Sister Qiao is made of bad water]
[It was hard to tell whether it was a compliment or a scolding]
[I am a fan of Sister Qiao, I just thought of it suddenly, please don’t expel me from the fan club]
[Why does Sister Qiao feel both good and bad?]
[Is it really possible?]
[Ah? You still dare to doubt Sister Qiao's execution ability]
[Ah no, I mean can those villagers really survive?]
[The ghost is indeed a ghost, and it threatens Sister Qiao]
[It’s okay. I think even if the ghost disappears, Sister Qiao will not die.]
[No wonder Sister Qiao in the real world is not like this, otherwise how could those celebrities on variety shows be her rivals]
【Looking forward to it】
Since entering the dungeon, Zhou Lian has rarely felt so relaxed. After noticing that the female ghost had left and the voices of Qiao Yuan and others had disappeared, he even took a short nap. He wanted to conserve his energy for the night, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he saw the female ghost approaching the window, and then Qiao Yuan, who looked at him pitifully one second and made people want to hold him in his arms and comfort him, and then stabbed him the next second.
Although he didn't want to admit it, even Zhou Lian himself didn't know who woke him up. After he opened his eyes, he could still feel his heart beating violently in his chest. After he woke up completely, he found that it was already bright outside.
Brother Chen, who was lying on the bed, had not woken up yet. Zhou Lian had no intention of waking him up, but looked down at the time. Because the basic arrangements had been almost completed, there were only some finishing touches and arrangements to be made, so the gathering time would be later than usual.
In order to appear less anxious and pretend to know nothing, Zhou Lian knew that the safest way for him was to wait until the time was up before going over, but he really couldn't wait any longer, so he immediately stood up and walked out of the room, knocking on the door of Qiao Yuan's room: "Ms. Qiao, Ms. Su, Mr. Song, I'm Zhou Lian, are you all okay?"
"No ghosts appeared over there last night. I wonder how it is over there..."
He said nothing about what he had seen last night and pretended to know nothing.
When knocking on the door, Zhou Lian's hands were shaking uncontrollably. Although he knew that the probability of Qiao Yuan's survival was less than one percent, he was still worried that Qiao Yuan's face would appear after he opened the door, perhaps because of the influence of the dream.
The voice behind the door was Su Yan's. She opened the door only after confirming that it was Zhou Lian.
Zhou Lian didn't even have time to greet Su Yan. He looked anxiously over her shoulder and into the room.
Song Yanchi was leaning against the wall, turning his head and staring at him fiercely, the faint dark circles under his eyes revealing that he had not slept all night. If it were normal, Zhou Lian would definitely complain in his heart, because the sound he made last night was not like this, but there was something more important at the moment.
Good, that figure was not found.
Dreams are indeed the opposite.
Zhou Lian felt relieved, but still looked confused. He turned to look at Su Yan with a puzzled look: "Where is Miss Qiao?"
Su Yan: "Miss Qiao, Miss Qiao..."
She was not good at acting, so when Zhou Lian asked her, she immediately lowered her head and answered stutteringly.
Fortunately, Song Yanchi quickly took over her words: "He was taken away by a ghost."
Because of Song Yanchi's personality, Zhou Lian did not have the slightest doubt about the overly calm tone when he mentioned this matter to him.
“What?!” Zhou Lian’s voice instantly rose several degrees, as if he had heard something that was hard for him to accept: “How could this happen…”
Su Yan: “…”
Because she was standing close to Zhou Lian, Su Yan's peripheral vision inevitably caught Zhou Lian's eye. She didn't know whether it was because she knew Zhou Lian's true face, or because Zhou Lian was too happy to pretend. Seeing the other person's bright eyes but frowned, Su Yan wanted to tell him: "If you really can't hold it back, you can laugh out loud."
Song Yanchi naturally also saw Zhou Lian's expression. Although he hated the other party's hypocrisy, when he thought about what was going to happen next, he fell silent again.
For Zhou Lian, the attitudes of the two people had already told him the answer: "This is obviously the last day. As long as Miss Qiao persists, she will definitely survive..."
Obviously Zhou Lian was too excited to know what to say. Even Su Yan, a novice, knew that encountering a ghost was not something that could be solved by insisting.
After receiving this accurate information, Zhou Lian felt relieved, but he also felt like he was walking on clouds. Although he felt a little regretful that Song Yanchi did not die with Qiao Yuan, he thought that being able to deal with Qiao Yuan was good enough.
He gestured to Su Yan to follow him.
Song Yanchi did not leave the room, but took advantage of the daytime to catch up on some sleep in the room.
Zhou Lian guessed that he didn't get a good rest because he encountered the female ghost last night.
In fact, Zhou Lian guessed half right.
Although Qiao Yuan took the ghost away, Song Yanchi's natural vigilance still made it difficult for him to fall into a deep sleep in the dungeon. In addition, Qiao Yuan's previous actions left a deep impression on him, so when he closed his eyes now, Qiao Yuan's face appeared in front of him. While he was struggling, the sky was already bright.
Thinking about what was going to happen in the evening, he could only take advantage of this time to catch up on some sleep.
The two went to look for Li Lei and Gui Lanlan, but this time there was no sound from behind the door. After forcibly pushing open the locked door from the inside, there was no one inside either.
Su Yan: "This, this is..."
Her surprise did not seem fake. After all, she hadn't heard Song Yanchi say that Qiao Yuan took someone with him when he left.
Zhou Lian was not surprised by this incident: "He is too close to ghosts."
With Li Lei's lust-deprived look and the ghost staying by his side, it was only a matter of time before he was killed by the ghost.
He quickly changed the subject and took advantage of the fact that he and Su Yan were alone to praise her: "Miss Su, you did a great job last night."
"If it wasn't for you, I would have been the one in danger last night."
Su Yan: "No...you're welcome..."
There was really no need to thank her. After all, she did nothing last night. It was Qiao Yuan who did everything.
Thinking of Qiao Yuan, Su Yan's expression changed slightly.
Zhou Lian thought she was shy, and thought it was rare for such a character to survive in the dungeon until now. He wanted to ask Su Yan about the scene at that time, but he thought that Su Yan was as brave as Lan Lan, and she would have fainted long ago, so he didn't ask more, but just pretended to say: "Once Qiao Yuan died, our chances of surviving tonight will increase greatly."
"Don't worry, we'll make it through the night."
It took Brother Chen an hour to wake up from his hangover, but he found that the only people left were Zhou Lian, Su Yan and Song Yanchi, who had just finished catching up on some sleep.
Brother Chen suspected that he had not yet woken up: "...Why are there only three of you?"
He remembered that there were six people before he closed his eyes.
Perhaps because the instance was about to end, Zhou Lian's excuse was not very convincing. Su Yan looked at Brother Chen worriedly, fearing that Brother Chen would become suspicious. Fortunately, among the people present, Brother Chen was the only one who still trusted Zhou Lian.
Brother Chen's eyes were sullen. "I didn't expect Qiao Yuan to be like this... I will deduct the wages of the three of them, and write this down in the employee report..."
Being angry is only temporary, but it takes only a moment to be happy. Because the bulk of the money this time is in his hands, he will distribute it according to the performance of these new employees, so if these people make mistakes, he can save this part of the money for himself. Anyway, the work to be done has been almost completed, and the next step is to arrange the process for the evening.
Thinking of this, Brother Chen suddenly had an epiphany, and with a refreshed spirit he took the three of them to see the village chief to discuss the evening's schedule.
This time, the village chief invited the four people into the house.
After entering the house, the four people found that in addition to the village chief and his wife, even Grandma Agu was there.
The moment the four people entered the room, they all looked over and noticed that someone was missing.
The village chief was still a man of few words, and he had no intention of saying anything after seeing this. Granny Agu and Zhou Lian looked at each other, and then nodded slightly.
Only the village chief's wife glanced over and snorted, "Why isn't that guy here?"
Although she didn't mention anyone by name, Su Yan, Song Yanchi and Zhou Lian all guessed who she was talking about with incredible accuracy.
I don't know since when, but I can already understand the other person's name by intuition.
Su Yan's eyes were attracted by the layout of the house. Like Granny Agu's room, the house was also surrounded by red lines that looked like waves, wrapping them up.
No wonder we have to keep the curtains drawn all day long...
Although Song Yanchi had never seen the painting in Grandma Agu's room, he could tell from Su Yan's expression that this was the pattern that Grandma Agu had mentioned before, which could prevent ghosts from coming in.
Although Brother Chen thought these patterns were a bit strange, he still flattered them skillfully: "What a great design!"
His words successfully drew everyone's attention back, and before the atmosphere became awkward, the village chief took the lead in bringing up the wedding process.
Brother Chen has participated in countless weddings, and he is very familiar with the procedures of this Chinese wedding. However, due to the special status of the bride and groom, many procedures have been simplified, and finally it was decided to pick up the bride - worship in the hall - bury the bride.
Song Yanchi and his friends had heard Brother Chen say this once before, so they had no doubts. However, because the wedding was held at the ancestral hall, and the bride and groom were also staying there, the bride-picking process was changed to helping the bride onto the sedan chair and walking around the village.
Brother Chen seemed to have thought of something, and looked at the village chief and his companions with embarrassment: "It's just that we don't have enough manpower..."
This time the village chief finally gave in: "Don't worry, the villagers will help."
Only then did Brother Chen feel relieved.
The few of them spent the rest of their time busy with some detailed designs.
Zhou Lian, Su Yan and Song Yanchi all went to the ancestral hall one after another, and their purpose was naturally to find the same person -
Qiao Yuan.
But they found none.
Zhou Lian was looking for Qiao Yuan's body, but he saw Lan Lan and Li Lei in the paper figurine, but not each other. However, with Lan Lan's experience and seeing the female ghost enter Qiao Yuan's room, Zhou Lian was not very worried. After all, he knew clearly that Qiao Yuan was dead, and even if she turned into a ghost, she couldn't fool him.
What's more, Qiao Yuan didn't know who killed him.
So Zhou Lian and Su Yan took a few glances and left.
Song Yanchi searched the room where the body was placed carefully for several rounds.
After all, after a night of thinking, he found that he still could not figure out how to balance the wishes of the female ghost and the villagers, so he finally decided to listen to Qiao Yuan. However, Qiao Yuan was taken away by the ghost before he could make a plan, and he did not return to the room until they left. Therefore, Song Yanchi guessed that Qiao Yuan should still be in the ancestral hall.
If the opponent is not dealt with by the female ghost.
The good news is that he didn't find a body.
The bad news is that he didn't find anyone either.
Song Yanchi's eyes had already fallen on the coffin, wondering whether to open it and take a look. According to Qiao Yuan's thinking, the other party was very likely hiding here.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Song Yanchi still opened the ghost girl's coffin, only to find that the coffin was empty. Neither the person nor the corpse was there. Instead, there were more than a dozen names written crookedly in blood on the coffin lid, with a sentence attached at the end: syc, remember to put them together and wipe them off after reading.
Song Yanchi: "..."
Although the handwriting this time was different from the previous ones, Song Yanchi still guessed it was Qiao Yuan's handwriting based on his intuition.
No one would do this except the other party.
It seems that Qiao Yuan is fine, and he even had a good conversation with the female ghost, otherwise he would not have had the opportunity to leave such a message.
Although he knew that Qiao Yuan was most likely not here, when his eyes fell on the abbreviation of his name, Song Yanchi subconsciously looked around and checked his whole body again.
Qiao Yuan actually made the arrangement by name, which made it hard for him not to suspect that the other party had installed a camera on him.
Time passed quickly and soon it was twelve o'clock in the evening.
Although Su Yan had acted at night before, it was almost pitch dark at that time and she could only rely on the flashlight brought by Brother Chen for lighting. It was not like now, when every household had lights on and the whole village was as lively as during the day.
Under normal circumstances, Su Yan would have thought that the atmosphere was very festive, but after learning about what happened to Sun Peipei, she just felt nauseous.
Zhou Lian and others had lunch early at the village chief's house, and then rushed to the ancestral hall. The village chief, his wife, and Grandma Agu arrived later because they had to prepare some things.
But when they went over, several strong villagers were already standing outside the ancestral hall, and the sedan chair was placed aside.
It seems that these are the villagers that the village chief mentioned and invited to help them.
Seeing them coming, one of the villagers immediately stepped forward and asked them to help bring the bride out.
Brother Chen was confused: "Can't you just go in? The body...the bride is in the coffin."
Brother Chen, who had never experienced ghosts, naturally didn't know this little-known fact that corpses could run around.
However, the villagers knew it clearly. After hearing what Brother Chen said, their faces changed drastically and they repeatedly said that they didn't want to go in.
After all, some of them were at the scene and witnessed Sun Peipei's death with their own eyes, and did not want to have any direct contact with the other party.
Seeing these people's firm attitude, Brother Chen could only curse in his heart. The village chief was not there, and he had no right to order them. But there was still a process to go through, so in order not to miss the process, Brother Chen could only take the three people in.
The ancestral hall they decorated was all red, making it look particularly festive. The lanterns originally hung outside also lit up, but it did not dispel the chill in the hearts of the three people.
Although Brother Chen agreed, he also didn't want to touch the coffin, so he gave the task of helping the bride and groom out to the three of them.
Zhou Lian responded the fastest: "I'll help the groom."
Not to mention that he already knew clearly that Sun Peipei was a ghost, the other party had already dealt with Qiao Yuan, and perhaps the attention fell back on him, and he didn't want to have any contact with the other party.
Compared with the bride Sun Peipei, Li Yaozu was obviously much safer. Nothing happened when Song Yanchi and his friends changed the groom's clothes before, but they were attacked by Sun Peipei.
Therefore, Zhou Lian directly chose Li Yaozu .
You don't have to do it yourself. Brother Chen is very easy to talk to: "The groom is a man after all, he is heavier than the bride, Su Yan, help you lift it."
Su Yan stood there with a pale face, but still nodded with difficulty.
And the bride naturally fell to Song Yanchi.
Song Yanchi frowned slightly, but agreed.
Zhou Lian and Su Yan quickly opened Li Yaozu's coffin.
Brother Chen had been commanding outside before and had never seen the corpse. When he suddenly saw it, he was naturally shocked and quickly turned his head away.
Su Yan had seen it once before, and Li Yaozu's body was better than Sun Peipei's, so it was still within her acceptable range.
When she realized that she was almost getting used to it, Su Yan sighed in her heart.
Li Yaozu lay quietly in the coffin with his eyes closed, a strong stench emanating from his body, and the bright red wedding dress made his handsome face look even paler. Looking closely, one could see that some parts of his face had obviously been re-filled, and it was obvious that the car accident had shattered his entire body.
Seeing Li Yaozu, Zhou Lian breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had made the right choice.
On the other side, Song Yanchi had already opened Sun Peipei's coffin.
