Chapter 338 [(*^▽^*)]

Lin Leyou looked at the village chief's house through the eyes of the mechanical spider, his face full of shock.

He said the house number looked familiar. It turned out he had been eating lunch here for the past two days and had seen it several times as he came in and out.

But he hadn't connected the house number with the village chief's house at all; it just looked familiar. So now...

Does this scene mean that Qin Fengmian is at the village chief's house?

As everyone knows, the village chief lives in the village with his wife, and only the two of them live in this house; no one else lives here.

So, is Qin Fengmian the village chief or his wife? Qin Fengmian is a man, so he should be the village chief. So, here's the question.

The village chief who has been so warm and attentive to me these past two days, even inviting me to dinner—this white-haired, slightly hunched village chief—is he really the same Qin Fengmian, the one in the elegant suit?

To be honest, the mechanical spider had been standing motionless in front of the village chief's house for several minutes. During those few minutes, Lin Leyou kept thinking about the similarities between Qin Fengmian and the village chief.

But he couldn't figure out exactly where they resembled each other.

It's probably because the village chief is old, so he changed about 70-80% of his appearance on top of that, making him look very different from his original appearance.

Lin Leyou opened his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief. It seemed that there were eight participants in the entire instance. Although he didn't know how Huajiao and Qinjiao, who were not very strong, got into this instance, they must have had their own opportunities since they came.

"Eight people..."

Lin Leyou removed the mechanical spiders in front of the village chief's house and went to check on Jiang Xiaming's house, which was surrounded by police. He wondered what Jiang Xiaming was doing at home.

He absolutely cannot be arrested by the police. Once he is arrested... then he will only have two options: either kill all the police officers who arrest him and continue to hide in the village.

But this would trigger a massive police mobilization, with hundreds of police officers, and even armed police, potentially appearing in the entire village.

After all, how can such a ruthless murderer be lurking in Jingu Village?

In the real world, the police will not rest until they have brought the criminals to justice, no matter how many people they send out. I suppose the same principle will apply in the game.

The standoff continues on Jiang Xiaming's side. Jiang Xiaming still shows no intention of coming out, and the police don't know what he's doing inside or whether he has any other powerful weapons besides a knife.

To avoid pushing the villagers too far and causing them to act rashly, the police did not launch a more aggressive offensive. After all, it was late at night in the village, and they wanted to avoid disturbing the villagers.

Lin Leyou also sent two mechanical spiders to keep an eye on Zhou Wanwan. Something big was definitely going to happen to this NPC. He didn't know which group's mission it was, so it was better for him to keep an eye on things first.

As for Luo Qingzhou...

Lin Leyou noticed that he was still in the same position as before, sitting in the chair looking at Niu Xiaohua lying on the bed, his eyes bloodshot. She didn't know what he wanted to do.

His immediate priority is to ensure that Niu Xiaohua is not dismembered and hidden by Luo Qingzhou, ideally after he attends the wedding and completes the third mission.

Once the mission is completed, whether Niu Xiaohua disappears or comes back to life is none of my business.

Just as Lin Leyou was deep in thought, he was suddenly startled by a pair of eyes staring straight at him, and sat up abruptly.

"Heh..."

When he opened his eyes and gasped for breath, the eyes were no longer there, but he quickly realized that they were not in his own home.

What he saw through the mechanical spider's eyes was... Luo Qingzhou's house, that's right, Luo Qingzhou's house. He was watching Luo Qingzhou's actions through the mechanical spider.

Those eyes didn't belong to Luo Qingzhou, so whose could they be?

In Luo Qingzhou's house, besides himself, there was only the already dead Niu Xiaohua. When he calmed down and continued to check the situation through the mechanical spider, he discovered an unbelievable scene.

Niu Xiaohua, who had been lying dead on the bed, suddenly sat up and sat on the edge of the bed, placing her hands on Luo Qingzhou's hands. The two looked very affectionate, as if nothing had changed.

Lin Leyou stared in disbelief at the scene. Was it real?!

Good heavens, this dungeon is truly a ghost story! How are we supposed to play this? So, will the dead yellow soldiers come back to life?

Lin Leyou felt like something was rushing ahead of him, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't catch it. Very well, it truly lived up to its S-rank difficulty.

Since it's related to the supernatural, we need to be even more careful from now on.

He didn't let the mechanical spider make any rash moves for the time being. Just now, when Niu Xiaohua opened her eyes while lying in bed, the direction she was staring at was indeed where the spider was.

He was still a little unsure about Niu Xiaohua's current situation and whether she had discovered his mechanical spider. It seemed that if he wanted to monitor the spider in the future, he would have to place it in a more distant location.

It was indeed too close here, all in the same room. He was starting to feel a little uneasy looking at it; it was really testing his nerves.

Fortunately, Luo Qingzhou was talking to Niu Xiaohua, who had come back to life. Niu Xiaohua looked cold and stiff, like a puppet, but Luo Qingzhou was very happy.

"Xiaohua, I knew you would wake up, I knew you wouldn't want to leave me, I knew you still remembered that tomorrow is our wedding..."

"I knew you'd come back. It wasn't for nothing that I waited for you for so long. But you... why did it take you so long to come back? Don't you love me anymore, huh?"

Niu Xiaohua didn't react at all. Luo Qingzhou wasn't discouraged by the lack of response; instead, he became even more excited. "Xiaohua... come on, come on, look at the wedding dress I prepared for you. We were going to try it on before, but a small accident delayed us. But it's okay, there are still several hours until tomorrow. You can still try it on now. Come on, try it on, hurry up..."

He grabbed Niu Xiaohua's hand, trying to pull her up, but unfortunately, Niu Xiaohua sat motionless on the edge of the bed, not even moving her eyes. If you looked closely, you could see that she hadn't blinked.

After several attempts, Luo Qingzhou realized that Niu Xiaohua still hadn't responded. Suddenly, an idea flashed into his mind. "Oh, since Xiaohua doesn't want to go, how about I go and get it for you?"

After he finished speaking, he let go of Niu Xiaohua's hand and rushed out as fast as he could. In less than a minute, he came back in carrying several sets of wedding clothes.

There were white wedding dresses, red wedding dresses, embroidered wedding gowns, and even a somewhat strange-looking red and black embroidered wedding gown.

Upon closer inspection, the embroidery on it is similar to that on the clothes worn by most people in this village, so it should belong to the clothing of this ethnic group.

"Xiaohua, take a look, which outfit do you like? I'll try it on for you if you like it!"

Just when Lin Leyou thought Niu Xiaohua wouldn't react, her eyes actually darted around, not to any other place, but to the wedding dress.

Luo Qingzhou could tell that Niu Xiaohua's gaze was fixed on the ethnic-style wedding dress.

“I knew it, I knew you liked this. I had them prepare it before, but you refused, saying that you would look better in a white wedding dress.”

"Look, in the end, they still prefer our own traditional wedding attire, don't they?"

He muttered to himself as he took off Niu Xiaohua's clothes and slowly helped her put on the wedding dress.

To be honest, the wedding dress itself didn't look like much when it was just sitting there, but when Niu Xiaohua put it on, the feeling really came through!

In particular, Luo Qingzhou even brought her to the dressing table and helped her with her makeup and hair.

It has to be said that Luo Qingzhou is quite capable. In about ten minutes, Niu Xiaohua's makeup was almost done, with some rather strange patterns applied to her face.

However, these lines are only on the forehead and the sides of the cheeks, and do not cover the entire face. They are black and red, and at first glance they look quite good, giving off a mysterious feeling.

At the very end, I applied black lipstick to her lips.

Looking at the whole thing, Lin Leyou couldn't help but gasp inwardly. It was terrifying, comparable to the ghost bride in real-world horror novels.

Finally, there was her hair. Luo Qingzhou didn't do anything fancy with her hair; she simply tied it up and then used a hairpin to secure it.

Lin Leyou looked closely and saw that one end of the hairpin was adorned with some beautiful jadeite... Hmm?

Upon closer inspection, he noticed something strange mixed in with the jade and pearls; it was…

Lin Leyou stared at them for a long time before confirming that they were dried bones, relatively small finger bones, about two in total, and they looked pure white. If nothing unexpected happened, they should have been bleached.

After finishing Niu Xiaohua's makeup, Luo Qingzhou took two steps back, nodding as she looked at it, seemingly very satisfied with her masterpiece.

"Yes, yes, that's exactly right. Go out like this at the wedding tomorrow, and you'll definitely amaze everyone who comes!"

"Let them see that the woman I like is the most beautiful in the village!"

Lin Leyou wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, or if it was because Niu Xiaohua's makeup was a bit heavy, but it seemed like Niu Xiaohua's face looked younger and prettier after Luo Qingzhou said those words.

However, Lin Leyou wasn't sure if it was true, because it was indeed partially covered by heavy makeup. Oh well, that's not important.

The important thing is... Niu Xiaohua has come back to life! Tomorrow he's going to attend a wedding between a living person and a dead person.