Chapter 45: Lao He's Suspicion
corpse?
When I heard this word, I was stunned.
"Yes, she is neither a human nor a ghost, but a corpse." Lao He said coldly.
I scratched my head, feeling a little confused.
I asked Lao He, why do you say that, do you have any evidence?
"The evidence is this blackened millet!"
Lao He said in a deep voice: "In some places in the south, after a person dies, there will be evil spirits, which we often call corpse poison... It is said that once the corpse poison spreads throughout the body, it can temporarily activate the human nerves and make the dead person 'come back to life' again... However, the person who 'comes back to life' is not the relative in life, but a corpse that has lost its mind and does not recognize its relatives."
"They have no consciousness, no thoughts. After some of them 'come back to life', they will imitate their movements, behaviors, cries, and laughters in their lifetime, but they generally cannot speak, and even if they do, it is difficult to hear what they are saying. Some people will grow sharp teeth and attack livestock and relatives, or even bite them - and in order to prevent them from resurrecting, they will generally keep vigil for seven days after the death of the person, and make glutinous rice and feed it to the corpse to break the evil spirit and remove the corpse poison!"
"In addition, if a corpse revives, sticky rice is also a good preventive measure... Usually, it is placed on the ground, or sprinkled directly on the corpse... Once the corpse touches the sticky rice, the corpse poison in the body will quickly decompose. Even if it cannot stop moving, at least it will not be able to hurt people."
At this point, Lao He paused, looked at me and said sinisterly, "The power of a corpse after resurrection is completely different, depending on the amount of corpse poison in the body, as well as the personality and temper of the corpse before death. For example, the old woman last night stepped on so much sticky rice, but nothing happened to her. This shows that she is no longer an ordinary resurrection!"
Hearing this, I was completely stunned.
Even the dead are coming out?
Of course, if ghosts really do exist in this world, then the resurrection of the dead wouldn't seem so unacceptable.
However, the person who pretended to be dead was Cheng Xiaoyan’s grandmother!
When I think about how Cheng Xiaoyan would go home from school every day to face a brutal corpse, I feel a chill for her.
No wonder she often skips classes and no wonder she often stays out all night.
If I were her, let alone going home, I would probably book a plane ticket immediately and run away thousands of miles away, right?
"This is just my guess. We may have to wait until next time to know the specific situation." Lao He took a puff of cigarette and said leisurely.
"next time?"
I looked at him in horror, "You mean, maybe that old woman will come back?"
"It's not possible, she will definitely come back !" Old He sneered, "First, she didn't snatch Cheng Xiaoyan from us last night, so her operation failed... Second, we fought a big battle with her. Although we didn't kill her, we made her suffer a lot. Do you think this old thing will give up so easily? Obviously not. She must be eager to skin us alive and kill us!"
"Yesterday, we were lucky enough to escape from her clutches - if we really fought, I would not be her match."
I took a deep breath and my mood suddenly became extremely complicated.
Indeed, I had not considered before that the old woman might come back for revenge. Now that Lao He reminded me of this, I realized the seriousness of the matter.
"What should I do? Is it too late to escape now?" I said anxiously.
"It's too late." Lao He shook his head. "You have her corpse aura on you. It can't be eliminated within ten days or half a month. He can use this aura to find you. By the way, these days, you must not only be careful in Building D, but also be more cautious when you go out."
What?
I was shocked and said to Lao He, "Don't be ridiculous. What you mean is... I'm like a tracking radar now and there's danger wherever I go?"
"Yes, she has locked onto us. Now you can only pray that her goal is to return to Building D and capture Cheng Xiaoyan, rather than to take revenge on us." Lao He nodded and said, "So, these days at night, try not to run around everywhere, and don't go to some friends or relatives' homes, because not only will you be in danger, but you may also implicate them."
I remained silent, and my face suddenly became gloomy.
Can’t even go to friends’ or relatives’ houses?
Does this mean that if I visit my mother in the ward, I will also put her in danger?
When I thought of this possibility, my breathing quickened and my scalp felt numb.
"Last night was really thrilling. With my limited skills, I was no match for that old guy... Fortunately, there was an expert helping me behind the scenes." Lao He said with emotion.
Need help from an expert?
I seemed to have thought of something, and asked Lao He, "When I had glutinous rice in my mouth yesterday, were you the one who asked me to spit it out?"
Lao He looked at me strangely and said, "Of course not. I was fighting with that old man yesterday, so I didn't have time to care about you... But you were lucky, you spit it out at the right time, so all of us were saved."
After he said that, I was finally sure in my heart - the voice that made me spit out the glutinous rice last night was indeed not Lao He.
Now that I think about it, the voice was neither male nor female, and it was not very clear... Could it be Liu Bin?
Maybe.
"Hey, your girlfriend is back!"
Lao He pointed behind me and said.
I turned around and saw Cheng Xiaoyan walking slowly towards me from the corridor on the west gate, with her head lowered and looking like she was worried about something. I didn't know where she was going.
She had a mask on her face, apparently to hide the scratches from last night.
When I saw Cheng Xiaoyan, I was startled and suddenly thought of a terrible thing -
I remember when we just bought the glutinous rice last night, Cheng Xiaoyan, for some reason, put her hands into the glutinous rice pile and poked them inexplicably - the strange thing was that when she took her hands out, they immediately became bloody and had some blisters.
Soon, the wound on her hand healed, but part of the originally white glutinous rice became burnt and black.
Thinking about what Lao He had just said to me, I felt a wave of doubt and confusion in my heart.
Could it be Cheng Xiaoyan?
"What's wrong?" Lao He noticed that my face looked strange and asked.
I hesitated for a moment, and then told her what happened yesterday when Cheng Xiaoyan’s hand turned black after she put glutinous rice in it.
"Why didn't you say so earlier!?"
Lao He's face changed drastically. He stood up from the ground and shouted loudly .
"Calm down." I said with a wry smile and tried to grab Lao He's hand.
He slapped me away and frowned, "If that's the case, things could be serious... Your girlfriend may have been infected with the corpse poison, or even turned into the same kind as that old guy last night!"
I was shocked. You can eat anything you want, but you can't say anything you want... I have been in contact with Cheng Xiaoyan these days and she is very normal. How could she be infected with the corpse poison?
"Whether she is infected or not cannot be determined from the surface." Lao He sneered, took out a handful of sticky rice from his arms and stuffed it into my hand, saying: "Go over quietly later and sprinkle the sticky rice on her body to see how she reacts."
"Then, pry open her mouth and look carefully inside to see if there are two fangs..."
