False evidence

Chapter 287 Blue and White Porcelain Cheongsam
Century Egg asked, "What is Yin energy?"

I said, "I can't really explain it clearly, but it's a special power from another world. I often hear people talk about the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The power of a water ghost belongs to the water element."

"Oh, with the power of the water ghost, you're not afraid of the cold anymore?" Meng Chao said, hugging his shoulders. "Well, it's nothing special. I'm the least afraid of the cold in our town. I used to dare to go out shirtless in the dead of winter. But the cold in the south is different from the north... I'm a wolf from the northwest, and I'm freezing like a dog."

"Wang!"

"Hey, I said I'd freeze you to death, and you're not happy about it?"

Seeing this idiot arguing with Shuanzhu so seriously, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Actually, I feel really special right now.

If it were up to me, I'd be eager to get rid of Zhu Wanlin as soon as possible.

However, both Lü Xin and Liang Kaiyuan disagreed.

Liang Kaiyuan was a businessman: "Since Zhu Wanlin said it was a transaction and he avenged him, he should be rewarded."

Lu Xin, as always, spoke in a sarcastic tone: "It seems that the Yin fate of a water ghost belongs to the Dragon King. You can take it if you want, but most people who get the Yin fate of a water ghost will eventually drown."

These days, government offices are incredibly stingy; they don't even offer bonuses. But we can't waste our effort. If you ask me, we can do without the spirit's life force, but appeasing the water ghost's power will still be somewhat useful.

This was the first time I had ever heard the term "yin power," so I asked him what it was used for.

He said, "How can you explain things clearly with your mouth? There are always advantages to it."

The result is that—it's at least minus four degrees Celsius outside, and I'm only wearing a thermal undershirt on my upper body, yet I don't feel cold at all.

Moreover, as evening approached, the increasing rain and fog shrouded the world in a hazy mist. But to me, it was as if a filter had been applied to my vision, making everything perfectly clear.

I told Lü Xin about this.

Lu Xin grinned mischievously: "Once you get into the water, you'll understand even more the benefits of the water ghost's yin power!"

……

Pidan eventually returned the cotton-padded coat to Meng Chao, saying, "It's too heavy; it's making it hard to walk."

"Hey, if Liu Hong really comes here, I think he should be fine." Pidan took the dog leash, untied the stake, and said to me, "You probably didn't hear it, but Old Man Liu said that his whole family died violent deaths..."

"I heard it."

I stopped and looked around.

When Liu Yier spoke later, I was immersed in the 'world' of crosstalk, but Liang Kaiyuan and Lü Xin were still there.

Liang Kaiyuan later relayed to me everything Liu Yier said in detail.

Liu Yi'er's children... except for one daughter who died of illness, all the others met with misfortune on their fortieth birthdays.

Today, Liu Hong is the only son left in the Liu family.

Liu Yi'er had sent him to see me a few days earlier so that I could know in advance if anything happened to Liu Hong through divination.

But what Liu Yi'er didn't know was that Liu Hong had already figured it out—the reason Liu Yi'er lived so long was because he had taken away the lifespan of his children and descendants.

Putting myself in their shoes, if my grandfather and I had suffered the same fate as Liu Hong and Liu Yi'er—only one of us could survive—I would also choose to let my grandfather continue living without knowing the truth. Then I would find a place and quietly await death.

"wrong!"

I suddenly jerked.

"what happened?"

Pidan and Mengchao asked at the same time.

I gestured for the two of them to continue walking forward:

"I just thought of a crucial point: if... if a person knew they were about to die, what would they do?"

Meng Chao blew his nose: "If I knew I was about to die, I would have called my parents first to say hello. Then I would have drunk with you and video chatted with Brother Ping... He would have had to drink on the other end of the phone too. Once he was drunk, he wouldn't remember anything. Oh, and while I was drunk, I would have called that bastard Gu Haitao. I've wanted to beat him up for ages, and I'd give him a good dressing down before I died!"

Pidan glanced at me sideways but didn't say anything.

But I already know what she's thinking.

I said, "You better live well. If you really get a game over, I'll get myself into this mess that's impossible to clean up, and I won't bother cleaning it up. In the end, I'll just die of laziness."

Pidan snorted: "You're the kind of person who can't say anything nice, aren't you?"

"Woof!" Shuanzhu seems to be getting more and more individualistic, as if it is very unhappy that people are talking about it and its friends.

This is all because Fang Ling and Pi Dan spoiled them.

I said, "Liu Hong is forty years old, but he doesn't seem to be married. He's not bad-looking either, so he must have had relationships. I was thinking, if I were him, knowing I was about to die, I would definitely want to see the woman I love most."

Meng Chao followed up with, "What if he's an old virgin, and it's unrequited love? Would he still see her? Should he make a heartfelt confession at the end?"

I glared at him and said, "If it were me, I'd just rape him! He's practically dead, what am I afraid of!"

Pidan asked, "Is this area a logging area? There aren't any houses around."

I pointed in one direction: "It's there!"

As darkness fell, the sleet, neither too heavy nor too light, obstructed visibility, but I could still see very clearly.

Two hundred meters away, next to a grove of trees, stands a two-story building.

As they got closer, Pidan and Mengchao could see the building.

"The one who watches over the woods?" Pidan looked at me. "Liu Hong is here?"

"Possible, but not certain."

In reality, what I saw through Xiangyu was all from Liu Hong's perspective.

But when I 'followed' him off the national highway, Liu Yi'er shook me 'wake up'.

I still have to say, the 'secret manual' left behind by Yang Wudao is really awful.

I've been exploring (though not very focused), but occasional success doesn't mean it will work every time.

After being interrupted by Liu Yi'er, no matter how I tried, I could no longer enter Liu Hong's 'worldview' in the car.

"Hey, is someone singing inside the building?"

"Shh!"

I made a shushing gesture, and at the same time my eyelids twitched violently.

"The night leaves behind only loneliness; there are only the two of us in the world. I look at you, you look at me, and a thousand words turn into silence..."

Hearing this mesmerizing song, I nodded instinctively.

"It really wasn't just a simple dream..."

I muttered something, and it felt like a nerve in my brain had been flicked hard.

"not good!"

I pushed the gate, but it was locked from the inside.

Without even ringing the doorbell, he took a few steps back, ran, and climbed onto the top of the wall.

Identifying the singing, I climbed over the wall and onto the second-floor balcony.

"boom!"

The door was kicked open, and the singing stopped abruptly.

At the same time, a cry of "Ouch!" came from behind the door.

Meng Chao is naturally wild.

Pidan... he's someone who's used to climbing over walls.

The two quickly came up behind me and were stunned when they saw the scene inside the room.

The room was almost empty. Behind the door, a little girl who looked about six or seven years old was sitting on the floor, covering the side of her forehead and looking at us in fear.

She looked terrified; she even forgot to cry.

Next to her was a small, light green plastic stool leaning to one side.

There was another person inside the house.

A woman, dressed in a blue and white porcelain cheongsam, clutched the slits on both sides of her dress, staring at me with equal astonishment…

(End of this chapter)