Volume 2: Living with Ghosts Chapter 025 Twenty-five people are selected!
Zhang Fengyu suppressed his heart that was about to jump out of his chest. He dared not look at the women anymore. He lowered his head in a thoughtful manner, fearing that the fear he had just revealed would arouse the suspicion of the women in the village. However, his speed was extremely slow, almost the same as crawling.
As for Wang Lin and the other two in the other three directions, they were not much faster than Zhang Fengyu, and they were all crawling slowly like snails.
Seeing that the four of them were moving so slowly and not even looking at the women, Yue Lao Xiao Ling was somewhat dissatisfied and urged them, "What do you four mean by this? You are deliberately walking so slowly. Do you look down on the women in our village?"
Xiaoling's dissatisfaction immediately changed everyone's expression. Wang Lin raised his head and waved his hands to explain: "No, no, it's just that choosing a spouse is a big deal, so we naturally have to consider it carefully, right?"
Wang Lin's explanation sounded reasonable, so Xiaoling stopped urging them and retracted her horrified gaze . Seeing that Xiaoling no longer doubted them, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but tug at their sweat-soaked clothes.
Knowing that they were too slow, everyone sped up, and finally gathered in the center of the square. However, because they were too close to the women, they didn't dare to communicate too much. They just exchanged glances with each other and then dispersed to pick up the badges on the ground.
The waist badge on the ground was tied with a handkerchief, and the number on the badge could not be seen visually. After Wang Lin's questioning, they clearly had several suspects in their minds, but the only waist badge that could identify the identity of the women was thrown away by them. As a result, they were completely unable to identify the identities of those women.
The badges were scattered all over the ground in a disorderly manner, so everyone could only pick them up randomly based on their luck. Now the number of ghosts was clearly fifty, and each of them needed to pick up twenty-five badges. So after each of them picked up twenty-five badges, it was difficult to guarantee that two extreme possibilities would not occur.
Perhaps one of the four of them was extremely lucky, and there was not a single ghost among the 25 waist cards they picked up. In that case, unless there were any accidents, the mission would be accomplished. On the other hand, there was also someone who was extremely unlucky, and all the waist cards he picked up were ghosts. In that case, unless there was a miracle, the only outcome would be death.
It is these two possible extremes that make everyone hesitate and afraid that they will choose the devil. Zhang Fengyu looked at the cards on the ground and asked himself if he had any idea. He didn't want to gamble, but the situation he was facing forced him to gamble. Zhang Fengyu always lost in gambling. He had never won in gambling on luck, so if possible, he really didn't want to put his life and property on luck.
"Will I be that unlucky?"
Just as Zhang Fengyu was hesitating, Zhang Feng, who was not far away, had already made up his mind. Wang Lin and Chen Ping could no longer be counted on, so he might as well try his luck. Maybe his luck was really good, and there would not be a ghost among the waist cards he picked up! He was afraid that he would panic if he thought too much, so he picked up the waist cards very quickly. Within a few minutes, he had 25 waist cards in his hand.
Matchmaker Xiaoling had been observing everyone's actions coldly. When she saw that Zhang Feng had picked up twenty-five badges, Xiaoling walked out from the group of women and came to Zhang Feng's side.
"You can give me the badges you picked up now so that I can make a statistics later."
Zhang Feng was completely unaware of Xiao Ling's approach until he heard Xiao Ling's voice. Then he realized that Xiao Ling had come to his side without him noticing. When he met Xiao Ling at close range, Zhang Feng's eyes were immediately filled with blood. Xiao Ling's hideous head disappeared, replaced by blood that kept pouring out of the wound.
This extremely shocking scene frightened Zhang Feng so much that his legs went weak and he fell to the ground. After falling to the ground, Zhang Feng realized his misbehavior. He pretended to be confused and explained to Xiaoling in a perfunctory manner: "Look at me, I slipped and fell. I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Haha..."
Looking at Zhang Feng's fake smile, Xiao Ling said unhappily, "Why are you guys so weird? I even doubt if you are here for a blind date!"
The speaker may not mean anything, but the listener may take it seriously. Everyone was frightened by Xiaoling's words, thinking that Xiaoling was really doubting them! After all, in this role-playing task, once it is doubted by the people in the task, it is very likely to be considered a violation of the rules and thus be ruthlessly eliminated.
Captain Wang Lin turned around and glared at Zhang Feng fiercely. Zhang Feng could clearly read a sentence from Wang Lin's fierce face: "You can die if you want, but don't drag us down with you!"
Zhang Feng was powerless to defend himself. He could only turn his head away and dare not look at Wang Lin and the others. But he secretly said in his heart: "If what happened just now happened to you, you wouldn't be much better than me!"
Wang Lin and Chen Ping looked away, their faces showing calmness, without any trace of affectation, as if they could not see those terrifying and ferocious faces. Xiao Ling found it difficult to understand what these people were thinking, but after seeing that Wang Lin and Chen Ping were behaving normally, she took the badge from Zhang Feng and turned back to the women.
Seeing that Xiaoling no longer doubted, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time secretly cursed Zhang Feng for his poor quality. After all, the three of them had all carried out the mission in the ghost village. If any ghost in the ghost village was taken out, its horror would be ten times that of the people here. Because of this, they had a certain tolerance. Although fear was unavoidable, it was not difficult to pretend to be calm for a while.
Compared with the endurance of Wang Lin and the other two, Zhang Fengyu, who had only experienced the novice mission, was far from it. At this moment, he was already frightened out of his wits. It could be said that it was very good that he could still stand.
After the previous horror, Zhang Fengyu was already terrified, and he didn't even dare to raise his head. He just lowered his head to pick up the waist badge on the ground. But thinking that he would have to pursue the women in the village in the future and live with them for a month. Thinking about it, Zhang Fengyu felt that escaping was not a solution. He would have to face these terrifying women sooner or later. After thinking it through, Zhang Fengyu raised his head and planned to adapt to the terrifying faces of the women in advance. However, at this time, he happened to see Xiaoling coming to Zhang Feng's side.
Yue Lao Xiao Ling looked like a zombie from the biochemical crisis, with a shriveled head and a gray face, and hair that looked like dry hay. The most disgusting thing about her was her mouth, where there were worms that kept wriggling...
Xiaoling's appearance had frightened Zhang Fengyu, but it was nothing compared to the horror that followed. Just as Zhang Feng turned around, Xiaoling's head suddenly fell to the ground. Then Zhang Feng saw Xiaoling in front of him without a head, and then Zhang Feng was so scared that his legs weakened and he fell to the ground. But what Zhang Feng didn't know was that his body didn't move, and happened to press on Xiaoling's head. In an instant, Xiaoling's brain and the countless worms in her mouth turned into a sticky mass that stuck to Zhang Feng's body!
This horrific scene was deeply imprinted in Zhang Fengyu's mind, making his stomach churn with acid and want to vomit. The fear was becoming more and more intense, and the feeling of suffocation was eroding him little by little, making Zhang Fengyu's heart feel uncomfortable. The fear made Zhang Fengyu lose his calmness and made him forget the principle of analyzing beforehand.
It was unknown how many times the waist cards in his hand fell down before Zhang Fengyu picked up 25 waist cards and handed them to Yue Lao Xiaoling. Wang Lin seemed to have noticed Zhang Fengyu's mentality at the time, so he deliberately moved a few steps closer to him and encouraged him in a low voice: "Don't focus on the surface, learn to divert your attention, otherwise you will only become more and more afraid."
"Yes, Yue Lao is a human, not a ghost. Everything I saw was an illusion!" Zhang Fengyu nodded at Wang Lin. After Wang Lin's reminder, he obviously felt much calmer than before.
After everyone handed their badges to Xiaoling, she began to check the badge numbers. After confirming again and again, Xiaoling divided the 100 women into four groups according to the numbers on the badges. Each group had 25 people, corresponding to the badge numbers picked up by everyone.
After assigning the women, Xiaoling asked everyone's name, and everyone introduced themselves briefly without hesitation.
After getting to know everyone clearly, Xiaoling introduced to them: "Our Women's Village is divided into four parts by this square: east, west, south, and north. Since there are only four of you, you can be divided into these four areas, and everyone can live in the corresponding area."
At this point, Xiaoling looked at Zhang Feng and said, "Zhang Feng, you go live in Xizhuang."
After saying that, Xiao Ling looked at Wang Lin and said, "Wang Lin, go live in Nanzhuang!"
"Chen Ping, go to Dongzhuang!"
"Zhang Fengyu, go to Beizhuang!"
After hearing Xiaoling's assignment, the four of them nodded in agreement. Seeing that the four of them had no objections, Xiaoling hesitated for a moment and then said, "I will take Zhang Feng to Xizhuang first. The three of you wait here for a while. I will come back and arrange for you one by one after I settle Zhang Feng down."
Xiaoling was about to leave when she suddenly remembered something and quickly turned around to add, "Oh, there's one more thing I almost forgot to mention. The person you choose to pursue will live in the same area as you."
After explaining, Xiao Ling took Zhang Feng and the 25 women selected by Zhang Feng and left the square together. In order to please these women, Zhang Fengyu also suppressed his fear and disgust in his heart and smiled at the 25 women she selected one by one. Of course, Wang Lin and Chen Ping also did the same. It is not known whether the women in this village are born not talkative or because the marriage ceremony has some regulations for them. In short, these women hardly talk to each other.
Xiaoling brought Zhang Feng and the 25 women to Xizhuang very quickly. They had passed by Xizhuang before when they were traveling around the village, so they were not too unfamiliar. At Xiaoling's signal, Zhang Feng also greeted the 25 women, and then the women left, probably going back to rest.
Looking at these rows of thatched houses, Zhang Feng couldn't help but feel puzzled. When they checked the village earlier, they didn't see any living creatures except livestock. Now it seemed even more so. It seemed that only these unmarried women lived in the whole village, which was somewhat unbelievable to him.
The thatched house Xiaoling chose for Zhang Feng was very spacious and had a large yard. After walking in, Zhang Feng felt cooler, which was in sharp contrast to the hot and humid outside. After a quick tour inside and outside the house, Zhang Feng was quite satisfied with this house. After all, he was on a mission, and it was enough to have a place to rest.
Watching Zhang Feng walk around the house several times, Xiao Ling asked him with some concern: "How do you feel about the house? Are you satisfied?"
Zhang Feng was now eager to send Xiao Ling away quickly, so he nodded happily, forced a smile and replied, "Very good, I like it very much, thank you very much."
Hearing that Zhang Feng was satisfied, Xiao Ling continued, "That's good. Living in this village, I must remind you of a few things. I hope you can listen carefully and remember what I say. Otherwise, if you violate it, you will lose the qualification to be my wife."
