The sound didn't sound like walking; it sounded more like something crawling on the ground.

I didn't turn around, but grabbed Su Mingyang by the back of his collar.

"Walk!"

Su Mingyang instinctively tried to turn his head away, but I used my wrist to forcefully press his head down.

"Don't look back, keep moving forward!"

It was impossible to leave through the main entrance of the morgue, so we could only hide in the storage room next to the third stone bed.

That place is usually used to place paper figures and paper horses as offerings for the families of the deceased.

The storage room has a door; although you can't get out, you can lock it.

As soon as he stepped into the storage room and closed the door, Su Mingyang collapsed, drenched in sweat.

"If you don't want to die, get up and burn paper money!"

I threw two stacks of paper money to Su Mingyang, and then took a paper soldier holding a spear and placed it behind the door to burn.

Su Mingyang quickly squatted down next to me and kept throwing paper money into the fire, dozens of them at a time.

Some of them were so thick they hadn't melted yet, and they almost extinguished the fire.

I said, "Burn it slowly. There are only a dozen or so stacks of paper money left in this storage room. We'll have to burn them until dawn."

Su Mingyang's hand trembled: "What if it burns out ahead of time?"

I gave him a deep look: "Someone will burn it for you later."

At the same time, the matchmaker's voice rang out again from outside.

"The groom bids farewell to his parents-in-law, and the bride leaves her home. From now on, the couple will live in harmony and happiness for a hundred years."

Su Mingyang heard it too and asked me what was going on outside.

I said, "What can you do? Have a ghost marriage with a female corpse, of course. Didn't a customer's daughter die last month and they wanted a ghost marriage? Did you secretly find a college student to be the groom for them? Have you forgotten already?"

Su Mingyang clicked his tongue and said, "That's not right. You said there's a ghost marriage going on outside, but there's only a bride, no groom!"

My mind went blank.

yes!

There's only the bride outside, no groom.

Whom should I marry?

The next second, a loud 'bang' came from the iron door of the storage room.

Immediately afterwards, the matchmaker's sharp voice, like fingernails scraping against glass, rang out.

"The auspicious hour has arrived, the groom mounts his horse to welcome his bride! Red ribbons are tied around his body, bringing blessings along the way. Flowers bloom in pairs, ensuring eternal peace and health. Today, he mounts his horse to welcome his beloved, a blessed union bestowed by heaven."