This actor is full of tricks.

After the man in the jacket finished his story, the whole place was quiet for a while and then became lively again in an instant, because the man in the jacket spoke in a relaxed tone. Maybe his experience was really terrifying, but he did not describe it in great detail. People only felt scared when they listened, and the feeling was not strong.

New outsiders kept coming in and telling their experiences. After listening to several stories, Lin Jue turned his gaze to the kind driver.

The other party hardly moved, fiddling with the melon seeds in front of him, as if trying to make them bloom.

Compared with others, Lin Jue cares more about the driver's experience. Regardless of whether he is a god or not, the main thing is the relationship. Although the other party does not know him now, he regards the other party as a good brother in his heart.

Listen to big brother’s stories and find opportunities to help him solve his problems.

Thinking of this, he moved closer to the driver and said, "This guy seems a bit quiet."

The driver looked up at him, then lowered his head again. He wasn't very excited. "I'm afraid if I tell you about my experience, you'll be scared to death."

His words aroused everyone's curiosity, and they all asked him to tell their experiences.

However, the driver kept his teeth clenched and waved his hands to refuse. His eyes were a little loose, and it was obvious that he wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to say it because he was afraid of scaring everyone.

"Brother, we've all gathered here from all over the place. No one knows each other outside the village, so just treat it as a ghost story." Lin Jue pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and passed one to each smoker. "It's not a good thing to keep some things bottled up in your heart. I'm definitely a good listener and can let you vent your emotions."

The driver took the cigarette, his expression finally relaxed a little. He sighed and said, "Actually, I've always been a very lucky person. Even though the fog has been falling for ten years, I've never encountered any strange incidents."

"But after I picked up a guy from Xingfuyuan Community one time, my bad luck started to get worse."

Lin Jue coughed lightly, wondering in his heart how this driver could still remember that incident. He was just learning the other person's facial expressions in order to better play the role of a taxi driver. It was not an imitation at all.

"Ever since I met that guy, I've been picking up some strange passengers for no apparent reason. For example, a guy with a weapon on his back, and a guy with a different face but a very familiar ghost thing to me..."

The driver began to tell his story, and Lin Jue ate melon seeds calmly. As the person involved, he had no idea how much fear he had brought to the driver.

"And I feel like the two guys I picked up later were the ones I took out of Xingfuyuan Community. That ghost thing was haunting me during that time, as if it had become obsessed with me."

I wonder what kind of expression the driver would have if he knew that the "lingering ghost" he was talking about was sitting next to him.

"Have you been targeted by Li Gui?" asked the man in the jacket.

The driver shook his head. "Although that guy's ghost is still around, he didn't commit murder for money. He's probably not some evil spirit. He was probably too poor to take a taxi when he was alive, so he took one after he died. He took me for free three times and treated me like a private driver..."

"I ran into him again later, and he tried to get away with it again. Luckily, I'm a ten-year veteran driver and I reacted quickly. I just drifted and turned around and ran away."

As soon as he started talking, the driver resumed his usual chatterbox attitude. He took out his lighter and lit a cigarette. "But what I encountered next was truly terrifying."

Everyone pricked up their ears. The more horrifying and frightened they were, the more they wanted to listen.

"Come to think of it, there is also a shrine in what I experienced." After the driver said that, he glanced at the man in the jacket. The man in the jacket's face changed slightly: "Is there any connection?" "There should be, I don't know. Even if there is a connection, how can ordinary people like us know it." The driver replied and took a deep puff of cigarette.

Smoke enveloped his face.

"That happened a week ago. I was just about to collect my car when I received another online order. It was for a ride back to my residential complex. I thought it was on my way, so I went to the destination to pick someone up."

"But when we got there, I realized the passenger wasn't quite right. He was wearing a hospital gown and holding a big black bag. I felt a little regretful at the time, but he just opened the door and got in."

"Also, he must be having some mental issues. He was mumbling to himself all the way, saying things like joy, anger, sorrow, fear, and so on."

Hospital gown? Are you mentally ill?

Is he a patient of Yongning Mental Hospital?

Lin Jue instantly thought of the mental hospital, and he felt that he was probably right.

Moreover, the uncle had said before that his affairs were related to the shrine. There is also a shrine in the Golden Rose Hotel. Maybe it was put there by someone from the mental hospital.

Why is there a shadow of that mental hospital everywhere? How far does the director's hand reach? It even reaches Jiuyuan City.

"Although that guy was a bit jumpy, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary along the way, and he paid the fare normally when we got to our destination." The driver took another drag on his cigarette. "But I'm always a cautious person. When he got off the bus, I didn't rush to the station to hand it in. Instead, I secretly observed him."

"The big black bag in his arms had a torn corner, and the wind blew through it, revealing the contents. It was the shrine I was talking about."

"That guy seemed to sense my gaze and turned his head to look in my direction. Only then did I notice that fear had crept across his face, as if he had experienced something extremely terrifying in that instant."

fear?

Lin Jue frowned slightly. In the Golden Rose Hotel, those who jumped from the building had smiles on their faces when they died, while the patient hugging the shrine had a look of fear on his face.

Joy, anger, sorrow, fear...

The shrine in the Golden Rose Hotel corresponds to joy, and the shrine that the uncle saw corresponds to fear. Does that mean there are two more shrines, corresponding to anger and sorrow respectively?

Joy, anger, sorrow, and fear are the four most common human emotions. Are those shrines meant to collect these emotions? What is their purpose?
Lin Jue couldn't figure it out, so he could only ask the driver what happened next, hoping to find some clues from it.

"Why do you seem so enthusiastic?" The driver stared at Lin Jue with suspicion.

"I have always been a very curious person, otherwise I wouldn't like hiking and I wouldn't come to this village." Lin Jue explained naturally.

The driver took the last puff of his cigarette and shook his legs to ease the fear in his heart. "What happened next was simply a nightmare. Even after coming to this village, I still break out in cold sweats when I think about those things." (End of this chapter)