Chapter 76 Come Again
It was almost noon when the two left the funeral home. If they returned to Jiangzhou city now and came back in the evening, it would be too much trouble, so Tan Xuan planned to drive Xiao Di on a half-day tour to the suburbs.
However, there is nothing good to see in the suburbs in early autumn. Although there are mountains and plains nearby, the nearby mountains have been developed into cemeteries, and the plains below the mountains are endless crops. There is really nothing to see or do. The yellow crops on the roadside that are about to mature are the harvest of a year's hard work in the eyes of farmers, but in the eyes of Tan Xuan and Xiao Di, who don't know the difference between grains, they are not as comfortable as the green grass.
Finally, they had no choice but to go to a nearby market to have a meal, and then rested in the car for the whole afternoon. During this time, Tan Xuan also sent a message to Jiang Yingyue, lying that he would continue to run orders at night and asked her to lock the door herself at night.
The sky finally gradually darkened. Tan Xuan, who had rested for an afternoon, started the car again and drove towards Jiangzhou Funeral Home. Not knowing if there was anyone on duty at the funeral home at night, in order not to be discovered, Tan Xuan did not dare to turn on the lights and drove in the dark. When they arrived near the funeral home, Tan Xuan parked the car in a secluded place on the side of the road and walked closer with Xiao Di.
At this time, the door of the funeral home was closed. Although there was a duty room at the door, it was pitch black and unusually quiet. There was no one on duty at night as Tan Xuan and Xiao Di had imagined. There was not even a camera at the door, and they probably didn't consider that someone would come here for no reason.
Looking through the retractable door, the courtyard was dark except for the little light from the moon. The courtyard and the building were all dark, without any sound. If you come to the funeral home during the day and feel that it is solemn and gloomy, then coming to the funeral home at night will only make you feel terrified.
"The door is locked. How can we get in?" Xiao Di asked Tan Xuan tremblingly. He was holding the flashlight he bought in the afternoon, but he didn't think of opening it at this moment.
"The door is locked, we can just jump in." Feeling Xiao Di shivering violently behind him, Tan Xuan turned around and approached Xiao Di and said, "If you are scared, just go back to the car and wait for me."
"No, I'm not afraid." Xiao Di denied, but her body betrayed her honestly, her head was shaking violently.
"Why are you shaking if you're not afraid?" Tan Xuan asked with a bitter face. "Don't be so stubborn now. If you're afraid, just be afraid. There's nothing shameful about it. I won't laugh at you. I'll have to go to the morgue to look for Wang Dongxue's body later. You won't be able to bear it then. Go back to the car and wait. I'll come out after I get Wang Dongxue's things ."
"I don't." Xiao Di shook his head again.
"Why?" Tan Xuan tried his best to suppress his voice. He was almost yelled out loud because of Xiao Di's anger. His brows frowned instantly.
Xiao Di looked at Tan Xuan pitifully and said, "There are only farmlands and cemeteries around here. I feel scared even staying in the car. You know that I can see things I shouldn't see from time to time. I'd better go in with you. At least I'll feel more at ease."
Tan Xuan suddenly laughed and said sarcastically: "Hey, you are very brave, you were not happy when I didn't let you see ghosts before, why are you like this today? This is not your style."
Xiao Di was unhappy when she heard this. She glared at Tan Xuan with her big black eyes and roared at Tan Xuan with a suppressed voice, "How can this be the same? In the past, I saw ghosts in the crowd, but now I'm looking for corpses in the funeral home. There are ashes from several buildings in the yard, and there are countless graves on the mountain behind. The atmosphere is different. Is it abnormal for me to be afraid?"
Tan Xuan smiled as he watched Xiao Di lose his temper. When Xiao Di stopped talking, he took off the beads on his neck and put them around Xiao Di's neck. "Are you not afraid when you get angry? Follow me closely. There is nothing to be afraid of. You just need to overcome the fear in your heart. If you don't believe me, just shout here and see if there is anyone nearby who dares to stand up and disagree with you."
"Virtue!" Xiao Di tapped Tan Xuan lightly with the flashlight.
Tan Xuan reached out and pushed the door of the funeral home, but the door didn't move at all.
"It's only one person taller, let's jump over."
"Um!"
Xiao Di put the flashlight in his mouth, walked to the front of the gate, found a place where it was easy to grab, then pushed the gate with both feet and climbed up. His movements were nimble and without any effort, he turned around and jumped into the yard of the funeral home.
"Haha, you're pretty anxious."
Tan Xuan smiled and shook his head, stretched out his hand to open the door, and leaped directly over the door which was as high as a person.
Having been here once during the day, Tan Xuan already had some understanding of the place and knew which road led to which place. After the two of them jumped into the yard, they did not stop and went straight to the backyard. Although there was no one on duty, the two of them still deliberately lowered their voices and did not communicate along the way.
The backyard was eerily quiet. In the front yard, at least one could hear the chirping of insects in the distance, but the backyard was so quiet that even a pin drop would startle one. The sound of the two people's footsteps was the only sound in the backyard.
The gate to the morgue they had entered during the day was now locked. The dark gate and the wall above completely blocked their view. Looking at the three or four meter high wall, Xiao Di was dumbfounded again.
"us……"
Just as Xiao Di was about to speak, Tan Xuan covered his mouth with his hand.
“Shh…”
Tan Xuan signaled Xiao Di not to speak, pointed at the door, and whispered in Xiao Di's ear: "Don't forget that there is a duty room there. If the old man is there, I won't have any explanation if you call him out."
Thinking of how Tan Xuan had used him as an excuse during the day, Xiao Di rolled his eyes at Tan Xuan fiercely, and then imitated Tan Xuan and asked in a low voice: "There's no one at the gate, how could there be someone inside?"
Tan Xuan shook his head. "It's right to be careful. I'll go up and see if the old man is there."
"With such a high wall blocking the way, how can we tell whether he is here?"
"I have my own way."
As he spoke, Tan Xuan came to the corner of the wall beside the door. Instead of touching the door, he reached out and touched the gaps between the bricks in the corner. Then, he stepped on the gaps and climbed up little by little under Xiao Di's astonishment. After his hands could touch the top of the wall, he pulled hard with both hands and climbed up to the three or four meter high wall. The whole process was silent, which completely confused Xiao Di.
Tan Xuan did not jump over the wall, but lay on the wall for a while and then jumped down.
"Why did you jump back? Is that person in the duty room?" Xiao Di couldn't help but ask.
Tan Xuan shook his head and spoke louder, "No, there is no one in the duty room . It seems that he only works during the day and is not here at night. Let's go in."
"Go in? How do I get in?" Xiao Di asked Tan Xuan with a bitter face, "I'm not like you, who can climb up like a monkey."
Tan Xuan took out the flashlight and shone it towards the keyhole of the iron door, saying, "It's locked, can't we just pry it open?"
"No!" Before Tan Xuan could take any action, Xiao Di stopped him.
Xiao Di stared at Tan Xuan with a serious expression and said, "You are committing a crime by digging into the door and picking the lock."
"What the hell is going on." Tan Xuan curled his lips and looked at Xiao Di as if he was a fool.
"Picking the lock is a crime. I'm going to move the body later. Should I be shot?"
"No. Oh, my. What I mean is that this kind of lock will break if you pry it open. Someone will find it tomorrow morning. Let's just jump over the wall."
As she spoke, Xiao Di tried to climb up in the same way that Tan Xuan had just done. However, once she started, she found that it was not that easy. She couldn't hold on with her hands, couldn't push with her feet, and had no way to exert any strength at all.
Seeing Tan Xuan trying hard to hold back his smile, Xiao Di became even more furious and said angrily, "What are you selling there? Come and help me."
Tan Xuan spread his hands and asked, "How can I help?"
Xiao Di stood in the corner and gestured, then waved to Tan Xuan, "Come here and squat down. I'll step on your shoulders and you'll be almost there."
"ah!"
"What? You're doing this for your Xiaoying, what do I want from you? Hurry up." Xiao Di turned on the flashlight and shone it towards Tan Xuan's eyes.
"Okay, I'll endure it for Xiaoying."
Tan Xuan rolled his eyes, walked helplessly to the wall and squatted down.
Xiao Di was not polite and simply stepped on Tan Xuan's shoulders while holding the wall.
"Get up!"
Tan Xuan gritted his teeth and slowly stood up.
"Hey, slow down, don't stand up too fast or I'll fall again..." Xiao Di shivered and didn't dare to stand up straight, his legs still shaking.
"Oh, okay."
As soon as Xiao Di reached the top of the wall, she hurriedly asked Tan Xuan to stop getting up. It was dark and too high from the ground, and she felt uneasy. She planned to rely on herself from now on.
"Hey... hey..." He didn't dare to step too hard and his hands didn't have enough strength. After struggling for a long time, he failed to climb up the wall.
"Push me."
Finally, Xiao Di handed the important task over to Tan Xuan again.
Tan Xuan slowly stood up and asked, "Can we go up now?"
Xiao Di tried and failed again, "I can't get up, I don't have the strength, please push me."
In fact, her body was already higher than the top of the wall, but because she was afraid, she did not dare to stand up straight and her strength was not used in the right place, so she could not get up.
"Oh!" Because Tan Xuan was embarrassed to look up and forward, and didn't know how tall Xiao Di was now, he obediently raised his hands and pressed them on Xiao Di's buttocks, pushing up hard.
"Ah!" Xiao Di's body trembled violently and he let out a scream. He stopped climbing the wall and was no longer afraid of heights. After a moment of hesitation, he slapped Tan Xuan's hands, "You bastard, where are you pressing? Let go! You stinky hooligan..."
Tan Xuan secretly thought that this was not good, knowing that he had caused trouble again, but he could not just let go at this moment, so he could only make the best of it, lowering his head and yelling, "Don't shout, or you'll scare the people lying inside to death. I'm not taking advantage of you on purpose, so why would I push you here? Hurry up and climb up, my arms can't hold up anymore, and I won't be responsible if you get hurt."
"Ah!" Xiao Di hurriedly grabbed the wall, and didn't know where he got the strength from, but he climbed up directly.
"Oh my God!" Tan Xuan breathed a sigh of relief as he felt his body lighten. He looked up and saw Xiao Di leaning over the wall. He took two steps back, took a running start and jumped up. He pulled the top of the wall with his hands and stood up, squatting in front of Xiao Di. Xiao Di was so scared that he sat up straight and almost fell off the wall again.
"Let's go down." Tan Xuan went straight to the point without giving Xiao Di a chance to get angry.
"How do I get down?" Xiao Di glanced at the ground and clamped his legs tightly around the wall.
"Give me your hand."
Tan Xuan didn't give Xiao Di time to react, nor did he give her any explanation. He just grabbed Xiao Di's hand.
"Jump down."
“Ah, so high!”
Xiao Di just hesitated a little, and Tan Xuan threw her off the wall with a flick of his hand.
"ah!"
Xiao Di was so scared that she closed her eyes and held Tan Xuan's hand tightly.
"Tan Xuan, you big bastard, I hate you so much, I won't forgive you..."
"Shut up and let go." Xiao Di was cursing when he heard Tan Xuan's low roar from above his head.
Xiao Di did not relax his hands at all, and shook his head vigorously, "If I don't let go, I will definitely get hurt if I fall from such a height."
"How high is it? Open your eyes and see clearly first. Hurry up, you are too heavy."
Xiao Di opened his eyes and looked down, and found that his feet were less than a palm's distance from the ground. He raised his head and looked up, and saw Tan Xuan hanging upside down on the wall, with half of his body sticking out of the wall. His posture was very awkward, and he felt uncomfortable at the first sight.
Xiao Di quickly let go of Tan Xuan's hand and landed steadily on the ground. Tan Xuan also leaned down and slid down the wall headfirst. When he was still about a person's height away from the ground, he pressed his hand on the wall, suddenly twisted his body, and stood lightly on the ground with his head up and his feet down.
