"Old man, are you ready to cooperate now?"

Wang Yanjun twisted the knife in his hand hard, turning it around inside the meat.

The annual payment was in so much pain that he screamed and nodded hurriedly.

"Yes! Yes!"

Wang Yanjun pulled the knife out; there wasn't a trace of blood on it.

"Explain yourself! What exactly are you?"

Nianfu paused for a moment, then asked, "What? What is that?"

"Stop pretending!"

Wang Yanjun grabbed Nian Fu by the collar with one hand and handed him the knife with the other:

"How could a normal, living person not bleed at all when a knife is stuck in their flesh?"

"That's right! How come I don't have any blood at all!"

Even annual payments are starting to panic.

"I don't know! I really don't know!"

"Stop pretending! Do you want to get stabbed again?" Wang Yanjun said fiercely.

The annual payment was so frightened that it burst into tears:

"Don't come! Don't come! I really didn't know!"

"If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences!"

Just as Wang Yanjun was about to make a move, Gu Xicheng stopped him.

"Brother, he probably wasn't lying!"

Lu Qing nodded.

Wang Yanjun then stopped and put the knife away.

"Grandpa, do you really not know where Nian Chun went?" Lu Qing asked.

Nianfu was frightened and no longer had the impatient look he had before. He obediently answered:

“I really don’t know where Nian Chun went, but he came back not long ago and said he took some things to his mother’s grave, and then he never came back.”

Lu Qing frowned slightly:

"When someone came looking for Nian Chun before, did you say this to them?"

Nianfu nodded: "Yes...yes."

Lu Qing: "Where is your wife's grave?"

Nianfu: "They buried him on the mountain behind. It takes about half an hour to walk down the path from the foot of the mountain, and you'll see an old locust tree. Behind the locust tree is the cemetery."

People who die in the village are buried there.

Ding Jinghuan: "The people from before must have gone to the cemetery; they might have disappeared there."

"Let's go check out the cemetery now!"

Ding Jinghuan was about to leave in a hurry, but Lu Qing said:

"No rush, I want to go inside and take a look. I feel like something's not right inside."

"Grandpa, can we go in and take a look?" Lu Qing asked the doctor politely.

Nianfu scoffed, "I can't say no!"

Wang Yanjun: "If you had been so sensible earlier, I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble."

"Brother, you and Captain Ding wait outside for a bit. Gu Xicheng and I will go in and check. If anything happens, remember to provide backup."

"good!"

Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng exchanged a glance, then pushed open the door and went inside.

The house was just an ordinary three-room brick house, and the living room floor was even made of cement, without any tiles.

The furniture in the house was very old, even the bed was an old wooden bed.

The Nian family was truly impoverished.

This place is not only rudimentary, but it is also shrouded in deathly aura.

Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng carefully searched for the source and slowly approached the bedroom on the right.

The door was locked. Lu Qing tried to push it open but couldn't, so he had the little paper figure crawl through the gap and open the door.

The moment the door opened, a deathly aura materialized into an invisible hand, pulling the two of them inside.

Darkness instantly engulfed them.

Lu Qing looked around; she was in a state of chaos and couldn't see anything.

The same applies to Gu Xicheng's side.

Both of them kept searching for each other.

"Gu Xicheng, where are you?"

"Qingqing! Qingqing, where are you?"

The smell of death made Lu Qing feel nauseous.

This dense aura of death is probably comparable to the environment of an ancient mass burial ground.

Lu Qing covered her nose and cautiously explored her surroundings.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew past her from behind. She immediately turned around, but saw nothing.

"Who is it!"

Lu Qing cautiously surveyed his surroundings.

"Qingqing!"

Gu Xicheng's voice came through.

Lu Qing was overjoyed and quickly followed the sound, finally finding Gu Xicheng.

"Gu Xicheng, how are you? Are you alright?"

Gu Xicheng laughed and said, "I'm fine, Qingqing. I found the way out. Come with me."

"good."

Gu Xicheng pulled Lu Qing's hand and walked forward.

Lu Qing suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The touch of this hand holding hers felt unfamiliar; it wasn't the same as Gu Xicheng's.

But the person in front of me is clearly Gu Xicheng!

Lu Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, then suddenly stopped and said:

"Gu Xicheng, wait a minute, I think I've lost my bracelet!"

Gu Xicheng: "Never mind that, it's too dangerous here, let's get out of here!"

Lu Qing: "No! That was a gift you gave me when you proposed. I have to get it back."

A hint of impatience seemed to flash in Gu Xicheng's eyes:

"Okay! Where did you lose it? I'll help you find it."

Lu Qing's eyes darkened, and he suddenly struck out with a palm.

Gu Xicheng was immediately knocked away.

"Qingqing, what are you doing?"

"Shut up! You're not Gu Xicheng at all!" Lu Qing snapped.

Gu Xicheng's expression tightened: "Qingqing, what are you talking about? I am Gu Xicheng, don't you recognize me?"

Lu Qing sneered: "When Gu Xicheng proposed, he gave a ring. Have you ever seen anyone propose with a bracelet?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Xicheng's face suddenly turned ferocious.

"Since you've found out, then die!"

A wisp of black mist emanated from Gu Xicheng's body, enveloping him before merging with the darkness.

Lu Qing immediately formed a hand seal, covering his entire body with Qi.

Then close your eyes and try to feel your surroundings with your heart.

A few minutes later, a hand suddenly reached out from the black mist and attacked her back.

Lu Qing suddenly opened her eyes, turned around with lightning speed, grabbed the hand, and pulled it hard.

At the same time, he took out a talisman with his other hand and pressed it on.

The black mist on the person instantly dissipated, revealing their true form.

Looking at the face of the person in front of him, a hint of surprise flashed in Lu Qing's eyes:

"You are... Nian Chun?"

"No! You are Nian Chun's younger brother!"

"Let me go! Let me go!!" Nian Xia struggled.

Lu Qing tested him and found that he was a living dead, just like Nian Fu.

However, Nianfu knew nothing, while Nianxia seemed to know everything.

At that moment, the surrounding black mist suddenly dissipated.

Lu Qing returned to her room, and Gu Xicheng came over as well.

"Qingqing, are you alright?!"

When Gu Xicheng placed his hand on Lu Qing's shoulder, she breathed a slight sigh of relief.

This feels right!

"I'm fine, how about you?" Lu Qing asked.

Gu Xicheng: "I just encountered a female corpse, but she managed to escape."

"A female corpse? How old?" Lu Qing asked.

Gu Xicheng: "Her whole body was dried up, so you couldn't tell what she looked like, but her hair was gray, so she probably wasn't young when she died."

"Could it be Nian Chun's mother?"

Lu Qing looked at Nian Xia and asked, "Was that female corpse your mother?"

“I won’t tell,” Nian Xia said angrily.

"Still being stubborn, it's okay, I'll let my brother loosen it up for you later."

Lu Qing grabbed Nian Xia and dragged him out.

Outside, as soon as Nian Fu saw Nian Xia, he hurriedly hobbled over, leaning on his cane.

"Xia, what are you doing at home? Didn't you go out?"