Chen Yuqing patted his chest with lingering fear: "In order to show sincerity during the vigil, their main family knelt in the yard, and our three families knelt together in the living room.

The dark environment and the two coffins of different sizes created a terrifying atmosphere in the living room. Seeing that the candle in the middle was about to burn out, I remembered the old man's instructions that the candle should not be extinguished during the wake, so I quickly picked up a new one and was about to replace it.

When I approached the candles, the old man's portrait suddenly fell down, extinguishing the three candles near him, leaving only the candle on the table next to him flickering faintly.

This incident made everyone present tremble in their hearts. They suppressed their inner fear and quickly changed the subject: "Chen Yuqing, how could you be so careless? Apologize to the old man quickly."

Chen Yuqing quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times respectfully: "Uncle Chen, it's all because of my clumsy hands and feet. Please forgive me. I will light the lamp for you right away."

After bowing, he picked up the photo on the ground and hung it on the wall respectfully.

Seeing nothing unusual in the photo, he tried to replace the candles, but couldn't light them. "Where did you buy these candles? They're unusable."

His wife behind him gently pulled at his clothes and said, "I heard from the old people in the village that when a person dies, the lights go out. If the candles burn out normally, it means that the person who passed away left willingly.

Just now, Uncle Chen prevented the candle from burning out properly, and now he won't let me light it again. Is he still holding a grudge?"

Her words made everyone present hug their children tightly. If Uncle Chen really still had a grudge, the first people he would take revenge on would be their children.

Chen Yuqing pretended to be calm: "Uncle Chen has always had a good reputation in the village and he loves the younger generation. These children were born under his watch. How could he lay hands on them?"

He was deliberately flattering Uncle Chen and also warning him that the people who came today grew up together in the village. If something happened here, his son would not be able to hold his head up in the village.

After he said these words, he bowed to the portrait again, and the candles were indeed lit normally. Looking at the swaying candles, the people present finally let go of their worries.

Chen Yuqing couldn't help but ask Su Yan: "Master, did Uncle Chen really come back that night?"

Su Yan nodded: "He did come back, but he just wanted to spend some time with his grandson. Even if he really had any dissatisfaction in his heart, it would disappear when he saw the frightened expressions of the children."

When she entered the village yesterday, it was Grandpa Chen who was standing next to the coffin. Su Yan noticed a hint of resentment in his spirit valley, and after she enlightened him, his only resentment disappeared: "Your child's disappearance has nothing to do with Grandpa Chen."

Chen Yuqing didn't quite believe Su Yan's words. He looked at Su Yan with suspicion and said, "Master, please listen to what I have to say about the last two nights before you make a decision."

"After what happened on the first night, Chen Zhicheng was afraid that something might happen on the next two nights, so he discussed with me that I didn't need to continue the vigil and could just join them during the funeral procession.

We were afraid that Uncle Chen would feel that guarding for only one night was not sincere enough and would come to us again, so we decided to guard for the next two nights.

When we were on guard the next day, we were more careful and brought talisman paper that we had specially obtained from a nearby temple. As expected, we didn't encounter any unclean things in the first half of the night.

I think my advice worked, because in the middle of the night, when we were all relaxing, the child next to me suddenly burst into tears.

The child kept slapping the clothes on his legs: "Dad, a snake just crawled over my legs."

I looked at the empty space around me and thought the child was talking in his sleep: "Silly child, your Grandpa Chen's house is a building with a closed door. How could a snake crawl in?"

Besides, since the incident, the villagers have been cleaning up the snakes in the village for fear of further accidents, and they have also spread realgar powder around the Chen family.

But the child kept crying, and his sharp cry made the quiet children next to him cry too, and the quiet mourning hall suddenly became noisy.

Afraid of disturbing Mr. Chen's soul, he stepped forward and covered the child's mouth. Just as he was about to talk to his wife, he saw his wife pointing behind him with her mouth wide open.

"Yuqing, don't move, there's a snake behind you!!!"

This sentence stopped me from moving. I seemed to hear the rustling sound of a snake crawling over the sand. I didn't dare to move. I watched the snake pass by his feet and crawl onto the coffin.

The snake circled along the lines of the coffin, lay on top of the coffin for a while, looked up at the photo, and then crawled out from the middle of the living room.

Chen Yuqing touched the goose bumps on his body and said, "The most thrilling thing was last night. I can guarantee that Mr. Chen was really watching us in the mourning hall."

After what happened in the previous two days, we were extra careful on the last night and checked carefully for any movement.

Under high mental tension, we were able to hold on until dawn for the past two days, but tonight we were particularly sleepy. I tried hard not to fall asleep, but I couldn't help closing my eyes. Half asleep and half awake, I heard the crying of a child.

The voice was very strange. It was not the voice of the children from our three families. Just when I was wondering, a familiar voice appeared.

"Eleven, my dear grandson, don't cry. Grandpa is here with you. We'll go to the market to buy toys and your favorite chicken legs."

Mr. Chen’s voice scared me so much that I broke out in a cold sweat. I wanted to get up and wake up the people around me, but I couldn’t control myself and passed out.

When I woke up, the children from our three families were gone.

We rushed out and found that the Chen family members who were keeping vigil outside had also fainted on the ground."

Chen Yuqing became increasingly agitated as he spoke, his voice rising uncontrollably: "Master, you said our children weren't taken away by Old Man Chen. How could they have disappeared for no reason?"

Su Yan raised her hand to stop him from continuing: "It's almost time, come with me, I'll take you to find the child."

When Chen Yuqing and others heard her words, they hurried to follow.

Before the funeral procession, Aunt Sun complained, "These families are so good at pretending. They said they would keep vigil for our old man and grandson, but now that they are almost buried, no one is around. They even say their child is lost.

In broad daylight, in front of adults, three children were abandoned together. I think they are just using this excuse to avoid coming because they are afraid of shortening their lifespan, and they are not afraid of retribution.

Chen Zhicheng looked at his mother who was cursing in front of the team and could no longer feel any emotion. If she was wrong, she was the one who was in charge of the matter, but she had no intention of reflecting on it at all.

Now that both his father and son have passed away, he didn't want anything to happen on such an important day. "Have you said enough? If you have, then go away and don't delay the burial."

Aunt Sun wanted to get angry when she heard her son's disrespectful words, but when she saw his gloomy face, she honestly stepped aside.

As the sound of suona rang out, two coffins were lifted up. When they reached the entrance of the village, they found that Su Yan and his group were blocking the road.