Chapter 77: Sheltering in a Deserted House
Lin Yuxi told me that she and Xiaopang had been waiting for me at the grave for a long time, and when they were about to call to ask about the situation, there was a movement at the grave. The old man's grave was shaking, which scared them. Lin Yuxi remembered what I had told her when I left, and asked Xiaopang to quickly put a mason's cone on the grave, sprinkle glutinous rice and stick talismans, and she came to call me.
As a result, no one answered the phone call. Xiaopang inserted a mason's awl, sprinkled sticky rice and pasted talismans. As a result, there seemed to be an explosion under the grave, which broke the whole grave apart. The coffin lid also flew out, and a corpse with mucus all over the body stood up from the coffin. The two were so scared that they ran away from the cornfield with their heads in their hands.
During this period, although Lin Yuxi was terribly scared, she kept calling my cell phone, but no one answered. She wanted to die at that time, thinking that I might go first and abandon them. I was unhappy to hear this, so I interrupted her and asked, where should I go if I go first ?
The girl curled her lips and said, "Of course it's underground. Do you think you can go up to the sky? The one that went up to the sky is a satellite."
I was speechless. Brother, I don’t look like a satellite. Even if I am tied to a rocket and sent up into the sky, I will probably fall down.
Seeing that I didn't refute her this time, she seemed a little bored and continued to say that at first they both ran east, but later the phone call was unreachable, and Xiao Pang said that they could only rely on their own abilities to save their lives. This kid suggested to lead the zombies away and let her escape first. But after this kid ran west, the zombies actually competed with her and chased her closely. If she hadn't had experience of being chased by zombies, she would have died long ago.
After I heard this, my heart was in suspense again. The old man rushed out of the grave, probably because he was stimulated by the female corpse, otherwise he wouldn't be so fierce. But I cut off the earth vein, why didn't it work? I suddenly thought of a possibility, maybe we were targeted when we arrived at the land, and after the vein was cut off, it was destroyed by someone, which led to the female corpse waking up after digging the cave and stimulating the old man, making him rush out like he had taken Viagra.
And why did the old man chase Lin Yuxi all the way and strangle her to death in the end? It was not that the old man was sympathetic to women, someone must have taken care of him. As for why that person destroyed the ritual before and then saved Lin Yuxi, it was hard to guess. Although I guessed that someone had taken care of the old man, I was not sure, so I took a flashlight and continued to search for the old man in the woods.
Just now, before the rain, I could still see the corpse fluid on the ground. Now, after the rain, there is no trace. After wandering in the woods for a long time, I found no clues. I called Xiaopang again, but still couldn't get through. Lin Yuxi said that the signal here is not good, and now her mobile phone has no signal at all.
Since we couldn't find Lao Zongzi, we had to look for Xiao Pang first. We didn't know where the guy had gone. We looked for him a long way west along this path, but we didn't see any trace of him. It's past twelve o'clock now, and the rain doesn't seem to stop. The autumn rain is continuous, and it might rain all night. I thought to myself that Xiao Pang is a smart guy, and Lao Zongzi didn't chase him, so nothing should happen. Let's go to the village to find a place to shelter from the rain. Both of us are soaked, and the weather is so cold. Lin Yuxi might get sick.
We both thought of the old house of the Lu family. Although the broken house was full of holes, it was better than being in the wild. In the dreary rainy night, the whole village was pitch black. Maybe it was because of our psychological reasons, we always felt that there was a strange atmosphere. The two of us did not dare to turn on the lights. We tiptoed into the village and entered the old house of the Lu family. The weeds were thick and more than half a person tall. It was absolutely timid to come here alone at night.
Lin Yuxi was scared tonight. Now she was like a frightened bird when she entered the dark and quiet deserted house. She was trembling with fear when she heard the sound of wading through the grass. From beginning to end, she held my hand and dared not let go. After entering the house, I turned on the flashlight. There were cobwebs everywhere, and dust was everywhere. There were several big holes on the left half of the roof, and rain fell in from there. Fortunately, the rain was not heavy, and the ground on the right half was still dry.
I put my bag on the ground and let Lin Yuxi sit on it. I was so tired that I didn't care about anything else and sat down on the dusty ground. Lin Yuxi looked so sad. I thought she would definitely blame me for coming tonight. But this girl remained silent and didn't say a word of complaint.
Instead, I felt a little apologetic and couldn't help but say to her, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect something so serious to happen tonight. It almost hurt you and Xiaopang."
She shook her head, bit her lip and said, "You're not a god. Besides, I think you're more cautious than many well-known Yin-Yang masters. Tonight was just an accident. But I'm worried. What will I do to explain to Mr. Lu if he sees that his grandfather's body is missing tomorrow?" She covered her face with her hands, looking very troubled.
"That's easy. Just clean up before dawn. As long as we don't tell him, how would he know we were here tonight?"
After hearing this, she took her hands away from her face, her big watery eyes sparkled, and she blinked a few times and said, "Good idea. After he sees something wrong with the cemetery tomorrow, we can take the opportunity to raise the price again. Maybe we can make two hundred thousand this time!"
I was speechless. How could I say anything good about her? Her mind was only on money. I smiled bitterly, shook my head, and turned off the flashlight.
"Why did you turn off the lights?" Lin Yuxi immediately became extremely nervous.
"We are in the village now. If we are discovered, the two hundred thousand will be wasted. Mr. Lu might even sue us for tomb robbery." I patted her arm and said.
Lin Yuxi pushed my hand away and said, "Don't touch me! I knew you turned off the lights and wanted to be a hooligan, but I warn you, if you dare to touch me again, I will cut off your... tongue!"
If I was really a hooligan, would I have come here to turn off the lights? I could have just touched your bones and told your fortune right here in the woods. So I asked angrily, "Is it considered hooliganism if I just touched you? You held my hand all the way just now, so what does that count as?"
Lin Yuxi was speechless for a moment, but she was still very firm, and then she said: "I pulled your hand because I was afraid that you would go in the wrong direction. Besides, it was an emergency and had nothing to do with sexual desire between men and women. I know you want to argue, but you have to know that you are a man. If you are a man, don't be long-winded. Shut up!"
She was afraid that I would retort, so she tried to shut me up in advance. I couldn't help but smile bitterly. This girl is so unreasonable sometimes, but this unreasonableness is very cute.
After I was silent, she actually said smugly: "Huh, huh, you have nothing to say? You little rascal, you must correct yourself in the future, mend your ways, and start over..."
Suddenly, I heard some noise outside the house, and quickly reached out to cover her mouth. The girl didn't know what was going on, and she whimpered and pulled my hand hard. I leaned over to her ear and whispered, "Someone is coming!" She stopped, but still pulled my hand away.
After it was quiet, amid the sound of the falling rain, I heard irregular footsteps. Lin Yuxi also heard it, and her hands involuntarily grabbed my shoulders. I turned around and whispered, "What's going on now?"
"Stop talking nonsense. I'm lending you my shoulder now. That's because I think highly of you."
As the footsteps approached, I dared not speak again. Since I had been in the dark for a long time, I could vaguely see some of the scenery outside. I saw two black shadows entering the old house. One of them was very short and bloated, and he was shaking his body as he walked. The black shadow behind him was jumping up and down. My scalp suddenly went numb. Could that be the old man of the Lu family?
Although Lin Yuxi was scared at the moment, she had a rich imagination. She whispered in my ear, "Is the black shadow behind me a UFO?"
