Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 59

"Brother Xiaoyuan, Runsheng, our seats are here. Oh, and they're soft sleeper beds. Brother Liang is so generous!"

Xue Liangliang smiled at Tan Wenbin and said, "It's not the Spring Festival travel season, so soft sleeper tickets shouldn't be that hard to get."

The four bunk beds in this room were just the right size for four people.

After the train left the station, Li Zhuiyuan climbed onto the upper bunk. Xue Liangliang was on the upper bunk opposite him, while Runsheng and Tan Wenbin were on the lower bunk.

At this moment, Tan Wenbin had already taken out his exercise book, placed it on the small table and started doing the exercises.

"Hey, you started doing your homework as soon as you got on the bus." Xue Liangliang teased, "You study so hard, but you're wasting your talent by applying to Haihe University. You should apply to those two universities in Beijing."

Tan Wenbin said frankly: "I have a poor foundation and wasted too much time. I am very lucky to be admitted to Shanghai He University."

"Do you want some incense?" Runsheng handed over a stick of incense.

Xue Liangliang reminded: "Runsheng, if you want to smoke, go to the connecting part of the carriages."

"Okay, got it."

Runsheng put the incense into the iron box. This was the incense specially made for him by Aunt Liu. It was wrapped in a layer of paper, very short but very thick.

He stood up, pushed the door open and went out to the connection between the carriages, where two people were standing smoking. Runsheng also went over, took out a lighter, unscrewed the cap and blew into it.

Aunt Liu also made the fire starter, after all, it is very troublesome to light the short and thick incense with matches.

After lighting the incense, Runsheng took a puff and blew out smoke rings. The rich fragrance began to spread, most of which was carried away by the gap in the car door.

The two people nearby were very curious when they saw this.

"Brother, what is he smoking?"

"You don't understand this, I guess. It's the cigar that was shown in the movie."

After smoking a stick of incense, Runsheng walked back. On the way, he saw a white-haired old lady in black clothes sitting on a small seat in the aisle, and there was a girl in red clothes in front of the old lady.

"Grandma, I'm hungry."

The old woman sighed and wiped her tears with the back of her hand.

Runsheng felt in his pocket, took out a few candies and handed them to the little girl.

"Thank you, big brother." The little girl smiled happily.

Back in the soft sleeper room, Runsheng lay on the bed and took a nap.

When he woke up, he was hungry. He asked others and they all said they were hungry, so he took out the food he had brought from home.

There were dry food, bacon, and a bottle of wine.

The wine was served by Li Sanjiang, who said that it was quite poetic to drink a little wine while sitting on a train while looking out the window.

But none of the four young men drank.

After dinner, Tan Wenbin kept doing his homework without stopping.

Li Zhuiyuan and Xue Liangliang were chatting while looking at the passing scenery outside the car window. Most of the time, Li Zhuiyuan was listening and Xue Liangliang was talking, as if they were having a night tea party in a university dormitory.

From rural housing structures to local living standards and even industrial development plans, Xue Liangliang mainly studied water conservancy and construction, but he also knows something about other industries, although he is not very proficient in them.

However, in this era where it is extremely inconvenient to obtain information, knowing so many things is a rare skill.

It was getting dark and I couldn't see the scenery outside. I could only know where I was when the conductor came to announce the station every once in a while.

Xue Liangliang got out of bed and said he was going to buy a box lunch.

On the way, I met an old woman in black clothes, with a little girl in red standing next to her.

"Grandma, I'm so hungry."

Xue Liangliang passed by them, went to the carriage restaurant, bought ten box lunches with meat, and came back carrying a big bag. When he passed by the little girl, he took out one and handed it to her.

"Thank you, brother."

Xue Liangliang smiled, walked back to the soft sleeper room, and distributed the lunch boxes to everyone.

He and Xiaoyuan each had one portion, Tan Wenbin ate three portions, and Runsheng ate four portions.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that the food packed in the white plastic box had an unexpected fragrance, especially the braised pork with gluten, which was really delicious.

After eating three servings, Tan Wenbin untied his belt and exposed his belly. He was full, so he took out his exercise book and planned to digest the food by doing the exercises.

Runsheng ate four servings and still felt unsatisfied, but he still had some dry food and salty sauce he brought from home, so he could make up for it.

After dinner, the tea party started again. During the day, it was realism and future development reports, and at night it was historical interpretation.

Li Zhuiyuan could participate in this topic, but he still mainly listened to Xue Liangliang. Only when Xue Liangliang asked "Who was that person?" or "What was the name of the place where the fight took place?" would Li Zhuiyuan give an accurate answer.

Xue Liangliang was also very satisfied with this response.

It was not until the second half of the night that everyone fell asleep.

When he got up in the morning, Runsheng went to get water for everyone to wash. Tan Wenbin finished washing first. Just as the train stopped at the station, he went downstairs to buy breakfast for everyone.

On the way, we met a grandmother with her granddaughter. The granddaughter told her that she was hungry and the grandmother wiped her tears in sadness.

When they came back, Tan Wenbin gave them some steamed buns and a bag of soy milk.

The soy milk was packed in bags. After bringing it back, Tan Wenbin tore a hole in the bag and poured it into everyone's cups.

After breakfast, Xue Liangliang took out some design drawings from his backpack. When Li Zhuiyuan saw it, he simply left his own bunk and went to Xue Liangliang's bunk. The two of them sat next to each other and looked at them together.

What surprised Xue Liangliang was that Xiaoyuan could actually understand the labels and data above, so he took the opportunity to talk to the boy about some professional matters.

As lunchtime approached, a train attendant was helping to sell roasted sweet potatoes on the train. Li Zhuiyuan walked to the aisle of the train and bought a bag.

It wasn't the conductor who was selling the items, she just helped by shouting a few times, and then the people selling the items on the platform came over to collect the money and give them away.

When walking back with the bag, Li Zhuiyuan passed by an old woman who was sitting there with a dull expression.

At her feet, there was an urn-like object wrapped in cloth, like an urn.

Li Zhuiyuan did not stop and returned to the soft sleeper room.

Runsheng ate the roasted sweet potato and felt sad: "Why is it so expensive?"

When eating, Runsheng even licked the inside of the sweet potato skin carefully, for fear of wasting any bit.

At around 1:00 p.m., the train again arrived at a small county town called Mishui. Then the broadcast and loudspeaker began to announce that there was a road collapse ahead and the train could not move for the time being.

You can continue to wait on the bus, or you can get a refund for the journey and get off here.

After asking the conductor to determine the specific location of the collapsed road, Xue Liangliang judged that it would take one or two days to restore traffic, so he led everyone off the train.

After leaving the train station, we found a restaurant to eat. The roasted sweet potatoes we had for lunch were digested too quickly, and everyone was hungry again.

A slogan was posted on the outside wall of the small restaurant: "Kill the car thief and road bully, no guilt, reward!"

While eating, a person sitting alone next to him heard Runsheng's accent, stood up and asked in Nantong dialect, and found out that he had met a fellow villager.

The man's surname was Zhu, and his name was Zhu Yang. He was a truck driver. When he learned that the four people came out of the train station and their destination was the mountain city, he enthusiastically invited them to take his car to the mountain city.

After all, he spoke with his hometown accent, and he was indeed driving a truck with steel cables installed on it. Most importantly, he spoke very straightforwardly:

We don't charge for the ride, just think of it as travelling together as a companion to avoid any unsafe conditions on the road.

After the meal, Xue Liangliang helped Zhu Yang pay the bill, then went to the convenience store to buy some drinks and two packs of cigarettes and handed them to him.

Then, everyone got in the car.

The front of the car has been modified, and there is a horizontal board at the back where the driver can lie down and rest.

Although the space was still very cramped, everyone still managed to sit in.

Tan Wenbin couldn't finish the test, but he took out his English vocabulary book and started memorizing words.

Runsheng envied the profession of truck driver and said with emotion: "It's great, I can earn money while traveling all over the country."

Zhu Yang smiled bitterly and replied, "No matter how far I go, I will just sit in this little car. If it weren't for my wife and children at home, I wouldn't be willing to be trapped here for half my life."

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that there were several thick novels under Zhu Yang's seat. They were pirated mimeographed copies. It seemed that he usually used these to pass the time.

In addition, Li Zhuiyuan also saw two steel pipes and a knife.

These days, these are standard equipment for long-distance truck drivers.

As dusk approached, the truck entered the mountain road. As it drove, Zhu Yang felt something was wrong. He stopped the truck, got out, and cursed:

"You have no conscience. The nail pierced your tire."

Tan Wenbin asked in confusion: "Is it a nail that fell from the car in front?"

Zhu Yang snorted coldly, lit a cigarette, and pointed ahead: "Go forward, there should be a car repair shop ahead."

Tan Wenbin was smart. He didn't say "What good luck" but immediately cursed, "Are you so shameless?"

Zhu Yang sighed: "This is already considered a literary duel."

Then, he looked at Runsheng and said, "Come with me to show off our strength. Let's raise the momentum and lower the price."

Runsheng: “Hit!”

Zhu Yang took Runsheng forward to find a repair shop. Tan Wenbin continued to memorize words in the car. Li Zhuiyuan and Xue Liangliang came to the side of the road.

There is a slope below and a river at the bottom of the slope. The view becomes quite good because the leaves are beginning to wither.

Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but sigh: "The feng shui here is really good."

This place is home to sleeping dragons and roosting phoenixes, and it is a blessed place. In ancient times, it was a good place to build a village or a town. However, with the development of modern transportation, this place seems a bit remote.

Xue Liangliang's occupational disease came back, and he nodded, "It's indeed a good place, suitable for building a small hydroelectric power station."

Sure enough, there was a repair shop not far ahead, because Zhu Yang and Run Sheng soon came with a middle-aged man and a young apprentice.

At first, Li Zhuiyuan thought Zhu Yang was acting because he was so enthusiastic towards the car mechanic.

But gradually, Li Zhuiyuan found that it was not the case. Zhu Yang was sincere because the price he asked for was not outrageous at all, but rather very affordable.

At this price, even if the nails were really placed by the mechanic, Zhu Yang would have to praise him, "Well done!"

Finally, the repair was completed. Zhu Yang wanted to give the other party a pack of cigarettes, but was rejected and only took the agreed part of the money.

But the mechanic said calmly: "It's getting late, and there are fewer cars on the road. Don't drive forward. It's not safe ahead."

Zhu Yang asked curiously, "How do you say that?"

The mechanic shook his head: "It's hard to say."

Zhu Yang mustered up his courage and said, "We have more people, we'll be fine."

“They have trolls.”

Zhu Yang was speechless.

The mechanic pointed down and said, "Did you see that path when you came here? Turn inside and there is a village. Stay there for the night. Then drive forward tomorrow morning when there will be more cars."

Zhu Yang asked, "Is that the village you live in?"

"No, I live in the front."

"This……"

"Well, believe it or not."

The mechanic left with his apprentice.

Zhu Yang got on the car and searched under the seat for his "weapon", but after hesitating, he gave in and stuck his head out of the window and said to everyone:
"To be on the safe side, let's go back a little and rest for the night until dawn."

As they turned around and drove back, Tan Wenbin said, "I've heard my dad talk about this before, but I didn't expect it to be so exaggerated."

Zhu Yang responded while keeping an eye on the path: "Actually, it's not that exaggerated. I just happened to come across it. I was doing my own work this time and couldn't join the convoy."

Runsheng was quite excited and said, "This is the Jianghu!"

We found the path and after driving for a while, we came into view a small village with only a few dozen households, many of which had lights on.

Zhu Yang apologized, "Everyone, just take a break. We will set off at dawn. We will reach our destination in a matter of seconds tomorrow."

He had no plans to enter the village, nor did he consider staying overnight. He just wanted to find a populated area to park his car and rest.

It would be really dangerous if you really had to park on the side of the road where no one is around.

There was dry food in Zhuyang's car and in Runsheng's snakeskin bag. Everyone ate some and prepared to rest.

Li Zhuiyuan and Xue Liangliang slept in the car, while Runsheng, Tan Wenbin and Zhu Yang slept with the steel cable at the back, covering themselves with clothes and plastic film.

Originally, Tan Wenbin could have slept in the front of the car, but he said that he was the son of a policeman and insisted on going outside to keep watch.

Li Zhuiyuan had a light sleep and woke up soon. He planned to go downstairs to urinate.

He opened the car door and got out. It was really cold in the mountains in the late night, and he subconsciously rubbed his arms.

Because he had experienced several accidents when going out to urinate at night, Li Zhuiyuan is now very cautious about getting up at night in unfamiliar environments. After he went downstairs, he immediately went to find Runsheng.

Runsheng was holding a steel pipe in his hand, his eyes open, not asleep.

Seeing this, he immediately got out of the car to accompany him.

They didn't dare walk far, just a few steps, and Runsheng untied his belt, but Li Zhuiyuan didn't need to, as he wore elastic pants.

After finishing the job, Runsheng took out a bottle of water and poured it for Li Zhuiyuan to wash his hands.

"Haha, it's water from the stream."

"Brother Runsheng, are you sleepy?"

"I'm not sleepy. Nothing to do. I'll just sleep in the car during the day."

"Then I'll sit with you."

After climbing onto the carriage, the two sat back in the corner where Runsheng had been previously.

Tan Wenbin's snoring is very loud, like a solo in the silent night. After all, he is maintaining the intensity of studying in his senior year of high school while also traveling a lot. How could he not be tired?

"wrong……"

Li Zhuiyuan's ears trembled. He didn't hear any movement from Zhu Yang. Even if he wasn't snoring, he should at least be breathing, right?
I got up and went to the corner where Zhu Yang was sleeping. I lifted the plastic film and found only a coat inside. The person was gone.

"Ah?" Runsheng was also confused, "He didn't go to the toilet, did he?"

"Brother Runsheng, did you two talk last night?"

"No, I always thought he was sleeping there, covered with the quilt and plastic wrap."

"When did you officially start guard duty?"

"After Binbin fell asleep, no one talked to me, so I just looked around. Could he have gotten off the car when we were peeing just now?"

“Maybe he got off the bus very early.”

"He won't go into the village, will he? He thinks sleeping in the car outside is too hard, so he goes into the village to find a house to live in?"

"Then why didn't he call us?"

"Afraid of paying for our accommodation?" Runsheng shook his head after he finished speaking, "He wouldn't do that."

Although Zhu Yang had only been with me for a short time, he was a nice guy. For example, he let himself and Brother Liangliang sleep at the front of the car, and he slept in the back.

And the most important thing is that whenever he wants to stay overnight in the village, he doesn't have to pay for the accommodation. Brother Liangliang has always been very sensible.

After waiting for a long time, Zhu Yang still didn't come back.

Li Zhuiyuan went to wake up Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang, and everyone gathered in the carriage to discuss the situation.

This kind of behavior is actually a bit like seeing enemies everywhere.

But fortunately, the four of them had all experienced that kind of thing, and no one thought it was an exaggeration.

"How about, let's go look for it?" Xue Liangliang suggested.

"No." Li Zhuiyuan rejected the proposal directly. "Before Zhu Yang comes back, we will take turns to take a nap and wait until dawn."

Everyone agreed.

Next, I just had to endure the time little by little. Finally, the sky turned white and the view became much brighter.

But everyone felt heavier in their hearts because Zhu Yang had not returned yet.

When the sun really rose, it was already eight o'clock in the morning, but no one saw Zhu Yang. Even if he really went to the village alone to stay overnight, he should be back by now.

How could a truck driver stay away from his truck?
Tan Wenbin was eating his dry food while wondering, "Is this guy really missing? Or is he sure that none of us can drive a truck?"

We continued to wait, and at ten o'clock, everyone finally decided to do something. No matter what, they had to look for someone.

The first place to look for is undoubtedly the small village ahead.

"Did you notice?" Li Zhuiyuan glanced at the other three people, "From this morning till now, we haven't seen a single villager pass in front of our car."

There is only one road leading out of the village to the main road, and there are mountains behind the village.

The truck was parked on the side of the road where the entrance to the village could be seen.

Of course, it can also be understood that the villagers in this village rely entirely on the mountains for their livelihood and are self-sufficient, and do not need to communicate much with the outside world.

But based on Zhu Yang's disappearance, coupled with this discovery, everyone began to have doubts in their hearts.

Li Zhuiyuan said, "Let's go, let's go into the village and look for him."

Xue Liangliang: "Do you want to keep someone to look after the car?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "No need, the goods and oil were stolen, so what? If we really find Zhu Yang, we can just settle it later, it's not our fault anyway.

What if I leave someone to look after the car and then the person disappears?
Or, the people who stayed behind would wait and wait, but the people who left would not come back, and they would be so anxious and scared. "

Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin looked at each other and nodded. Yes, this scene was terrifying to think about.

The four of them got out of the car together and walked towards the village.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that the team was easy to lead, at least the ideas could be integrated together.

This was probably because he had been with Grandpa for too long, and he felt a little uncomfortable being paired with so many normal teammates all of a sudden.

The villagers' houses are not shabby and there are obvious signs that people live there. When we drove in last night, we saw a lot of lights on in the village, but when we walked in, we didn't see any human activity.

Tan Wenbin: "Do people in this village get up so late? Are they still sleeping in the middle of the day?"

Xue Liangliang looked around and said, "How about we go in and take a look?"

Li Zhuiyuan stopped and said, "No, let's step back."

No one asked why and followed the boy back to the village entrance.

When they arrived in front of the first house at the entrance of the village, Li Zhuiyuan stopped and said, "Brother Runsheng, go knock on the door."

"it is good!"

Runsheng walked to the door and knocked on it with his left hand.

There was a steel pipe hidden in the sleeve of his right hand.

Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin each carried a knife and a steel pipe on their bodies. When everyone got off the car, they took all of Zhu Yang's weapons with them.

Of course, these things cannot be shown before danger occurs, otherwise you will look like a robbing bandit.

"Bang bang bang!"

I knocked on the door for a long time, but no one responded.

Runsheng turned around and shouted, "Xiaoyuan, there seems to be no one inside."

"Hit harder!"

"okay!"

Runsheng started knocking on the door so hard that it made a loud noise.

There was still no response from inside, and the neighbors were also silent.

"Brother Runsheng, break the door!"

"it is good!"

"boom!"

The door was kicked open by Runsheng.

Li Zhuiyuan and others walked in.

This behavior was indeed wrong, but no one in the team accused Li Zhuiyuan of being overly cautious.

If there really is a misunderstanding, the worst that can happen is that I have to pay money and apologize.

Unlike outside where things were hung to dry, the house was covered in dust, looking as if no one had lived there for a long time.

There was a large pool of sticky stuff on the bed in the bedroom.

Runsheng put his nose close to it and smelled it, and said with certainty: "Xiaoyuan, this is the smell of corpse water!"

Li Zhuiyuan believed in Runsheng's judgment and said, "Let's go and open another store."

"boom!"

The door of the second house was also kicked open by Runsheng. The inside was still covered with dust. There were still bowls and chopsticks on the dining table, filled with moldy food.

It can be vaguely seen that the last meal was noodles.

There was no such dirt on the bed in the bedroom, but after sniffing, Runsheng walked to the cupboard, reached out to open the door, and saw several layers of mucus that had turned into solid state.

"It still smells like corpse water."

Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang had already taken out their weapons at this time. There was nothing to worry about. In which normal village would there be corpse water residue in the houses?
"Brother Xiaoyuan, what should we do next? Should we continue opening the box?"

"Do not."

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the house, motioned for everyone to follow him, and then walked directly out of the village.

Xue Liangliang and the others followed and asked quietly, "Are we leaving now?"

"Ah."

"Not looking for Zhu Yang anymore?"

"Call the police after you get out."

"okay."

Li Zhuiyuan gave up very simply. He didn't plan to continue exploring the village because there was no need to take the risk when he was not ready.

However, when the four of them walked out of the village for a distance, everyone was dumbfounded.

The truck is gone!
Tan Wenbin: "Could it be that Zhu Yang came back and drove away directly? We went to look for him, but he didn't wait for us?"

"No." Xue Liangliang squatted down and pointed ahead, "Not only is the car gone, but even the tire tracks are gone."

Tan Wenbin asked in confusion: "What's going on?"

Xue Liangliang stood up, swinging the knife in his right hand and resting his left hand on his waist: "I'm in trouble this time."

It is normal for the goods or gasoline in the truck to be stolen. It is even understandable that some thieves can drive and use electric wires to start the car without car keys.
But the question is, who would clean up the place after stealing something? Is that so dedicated?

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the place where he and Runsheng urinated last night. He remembered that Runsheng had urinated here last night, leaving a groove. Now, the groove was gone.

"I think the car may not have been stolen. The car is still there. The four of us are not there."

As soon as these words were spoken, the remaining three people looked at each other.

Xue Liangliang immediately followed his train of thought and asked, "Then Zhu Yang is not missing, right?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Maybe, Zhu Yang is looking for us who are missing now."

Xue Liangliang waved his hands and said, "This is too absurd and bizarre."

"Brother Liangliang, no matter how ridiculous it is, can it be more ridiculous than your experience?"

"This……"

Tan Wenbin scraped the dirt with his soles: "So where are we now?"

"Brother Runsheng, compass."

Runsheng immediately took out the compass and handed it to Xiaoyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan held the compass and began to observe the feng shui and weather conditions around him.

The result is... quite normal.

He looked at it again, but still couldn't find any clues.

"Brother Runsheng, help me for a minute."

"clear."

Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes, covered his face lightly with the compass, then shook his body for a while and leaned towards Runsheng.

After catching it, Runsheng grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's arm and began to count in his mind.

Li Zhuiyuan is in trouble.

The surrounding environment did not change, except that Xue Liangliang and the other three were missing.

Then, Li Zhuiyuan heard a noise coming from the village.

He turned around and looked towards the village. He saw many people walking around inside, and many of them gathered at the two houses at the entrance of the village.

Someone shouted:

"Who smashed the door of my house? Who smashed the door of my house?"

"My door panel was also smashed. Who did it?"

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, making Li Zhuiyuan shiver, and the people in the village suddenly became quiet.

They were still there and had not disappeared, but the next moment, the group of figures, like a silent film, turned collectively and began to walk towards the road outside the village.

The pain came, the time was up, Runsheng was trying to wake himself up.

Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes and said without hesitation: "Go!"

The car was gone, and there was no luggage, so everyone just ran after the boy without saying a word.

After running out of the small path and coming to the main road, Li Zhuiyuan chose the direction to go back and led everyone up.

The three of them realized that the situation had changed. No one asked why. They all followed closely, holding all the weapons in their hands.

Fortunately, I didn't see any vehicles along the way, otherwise the driver would definitely mistake me for a bandit.

"Let's run a little further, don't stop!"

These words were spoken to Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang. Li Zhuiyuan had developed his endurance through horse stance and breathing exercises, and Runsheng's physical fitness was already incredibly good. However, Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang were more like traditional good-for-nothing college students.

It's okay for short bursts of energy, but if you really want to run long distances, you will quickly become exhausted and out of breath.

Li Zhuiyuan asked them to continue to persevere because according to past experience, the effect of this strange effect often has a range, just like the incident at Zheng Haiyang's house, everything would be fine once they got out of the dam.

This time, it should be only Jian...

Li Zhuiyuan stopped, and Runsheng also stopped.

Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin bent over and gasped.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, are we out yet?"

"Xiaoyuan, are we safe?"

Without waiting for an answer, the two of them raised their heads and looked forward, and then they saw the path they had taken before.

They had clearly been running in the direction they were heading back for so long, yet they ended up running back again.

Li Zhuiyuan turned around and said, "Let's try and run in this direction."

When the boy said this, he didn't feel confident because he seemed to have foreseen the result.

The same was true for the others. Everyone was relatively silent as they ran, so this time, everyone ran a little slower, without that strong desire to escape from danger quickly.

Finally, they walked back to the intersection from another direction.

"down!"

Since we can't go on the road, let's go downhill.

Going downhill was very dangerous and steep, so everyone held onto trees and moved down little by little.

Li Zhuiyuan stared at the river below, but the good view on the road was because you were looking from a high point. When you really walked into the forest, your view would definitely be blocked.

After peeling off the dead leaves in front of him, Li Zhuiyuan found that he had returned directly to the path this time.

In front of us is the open space where we parked the car last night. If we walk a little further up, we will find the small village.

Tan Wenbin slumped to the ground.

Xue Liangliang staggered a few more steps, and finally knelt down. He swallowed hard and asked, "Xiaoyuan, is this a ghost wall?"

"That's about right. It should be considered a miasma. Let's take a break."

The four of them sat on the ground.

After a while, the sky began to become gloomy, as if it was going to rain.

There was no choice but to get up. No one dared to go to the village, so they found a big tree to take shelter from the rain to prevent it from suddenly coming and soaking everyone.

At this moment, Tan Wenbin was able to take out a workbook and a pen from his trouser pocket.

He sat down with his back against the tree, spread the notebook on his legs, and started doing the questions.

This scene made everyone laugh, even he himself laughed.

In fact, he was not doing the questions at the moment, but really wanted to liven up the depressing atmosphere.

Xue Liangliang said helplessly: "I feel like I passed my bad luck to you, Xiaoyuan. Every time you're with me, I'll get you into trouble."

"Brother Liangliang, don't say that. I'll blush."

Judging from past frequency, it is hard to say who is implicated.

Li Zhuiyuan wondered if it was his fault that the deaths near his hometown village had subsided after an outbreak of them. Now that he was away from home, he started to attract them again.

Tan Wenbin yawned and said, "It seems that the old people were right about checking the almanac before going out. I should have burned incense and bathed and calculated the departure date earlier."

Runsheng lit a stick of incense and stuck it into the soil in front of him.

Tan Wenbin couldn't help but roll his eyes: "What's the point of burning incense now?"

The clouds grew darker, the humidity in the air began to grow, and it looked like rain could come at any moment.

Li Zhuiyuan, who was originally concentrating on thinking about how to escape, looked up and was immediately stunned.

Because Xue Liangliang's face showed a texture like that of a sunken wood. Even though Li Zhuiyuan usually did not read faces for people around him, this kind of face reading was similar to a very straightforward free-point question. Although it was not the same thing, it was close to the common saying of charlatans: "I see that your forehead is black!"

This is a sign of bad luck, with fortune falling to the bottom and disasters easily happening one after another. Usually, people who are dying on a sickbed will have this kind of facial expression, because for them, any slight accident or blow may extinguish their life lamp.

Li Zhuiyuan immediately looked at Runsheng and Tan Wenbin and found that they felt the same way.

Isn't that also true for me?
The four of us have been together all the way, and we are of the same blood. If we are going to face bad times, we will definitely go together.

He reached out and picked up the knife that Xue Liangliang placed in front of him, using the blade as a mirror to look at himself.

Immediately, a strong feeling of nausea came over me.

Although you are not predicting your own destiny, and although it is clear and easy to understand, it is still a taboo to read your own fortune.

The most important thing is that the boy has turned what he has learned into an instinct. Even if he just wants to take a quick look at it, his brain has already started working completely, just like a person who sees a one plus one problem and can figure out the answer without thinking.

Putting aside the knife, Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes to relieve his dizziness and nausea.

After recovering, Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes, with confusion and doubt in his eyes.

Because he found that his face looked normal, completely different from his three friends who looked "exhausted".

"Brothers, I have a very serious question for you."

All three of them raised their heads and looked at the boy, waiting for questions.

"Did you do anything secretly together on the way without telling me?"

(End of this chapter)