Chapter 182 Ferryman Dungeon (V)

If the Ghost General didn't leave, the remaining ghost soldiers seemed to have no intention of crossing the river. Ning Hanqi had no room to refuse, but she didn't plan to refuse either. However, the other players on the side were frightened, fearing that if the Ghost General got angry, they would also be in trouble.

Fortunately, Ning Hanqi didn't make the ghost general wait too long before she arrived at the other end of the boat. Her boat was the first to row out, and then the other ghost soldiers boarded the boat one after another.

The river was extremely cold at night, especially after the Ghost General boarded the boat. Ning Hanqi felt very cold, and his fingers were soon frozen.

The warhorse seemed to be pacing restlessly again, and the Ghost General took a long time to calm the horse down temporarily.

It and Ning Hanqi, a ghost, were on each side of the boat, not interfering with each other. They could have lived in peace, but unfortunately the ghost general chose this boat not just to cross the river.

When Xia Yingnuan was finally no longer required to abstain from certain foods, the one who was most happy was the little bear cub at home.

Xia Yingnuan had promised to take her to eat fried chicken a long time ago, but she had been putting it off until now, and she was almost dying of cravings.

"Hurry up, let's sneak out while aunt is not at home!" Ning Tiantian was afraid that her aunt would not let her go out to eat secretly, so she used a telescope like a thief to make sure that Ning Hanqi's car had driven far away before she hurriedly pulled Xia Yingnuan out.

Your aunt doesn't know what's going on? But Xia Yingnuan was just malicious and didn't say anything, just watching the child jumping up and down.

Arriving at the fried chicken restaurant, Xia Yingnuan ordered a children's meal for the child and sipped a Coke for herself. Watching the child devour the food, Xia Yingnuan sighed, "Blood ties are amazing! Your mother likes this, too."

However, Ning Yutian had a bad stomach at that time, and I felt sorry for her greedy look so I secretly fed her a grilled wing. As a result, she went home vomiting and having diarrhea. Ning Hanqi chased me for three blocks for this, which was really fierce.

Xia Yingnuan thought about those chaotic days and wondered whether she should share Ning Hanqi's past interesting stories with her little niece. But forget it, if Ning Hanqi exposed her identity, she would be in trouble.

"Does my mom like to eat it too? Teacher, do you know my mom?" Ning Tiantian suddenly looked up and asked.

"I heard your aunt tell me." Xia Yingnuan quickly changed her words. After all, Guo Yuzhen didn't know Ning Yutian.

"Oh..." Ning Tiantian looked very lost. "I haven't seen my mother for a long time. My aunt seldom takes me to see her."

"Teacher, can you tell my aunt that if I do well on my next final exam, you can take me to see my mother?"

Xia Yingnuan was stunned for a moment. Ning Hanqi would not restrict the child from seeing his mother for no reason. Ning Yutian's situation might be worse than she thought, so even if this bear cub bowed his head and begged for help, she could not give a definite answer.

"Where is Tiantian Yingdao's mom now?" The tour guide's smile grew even more enthusiastic. "I was looking for you. The clowns' magic tricks are getting more and more interesting. They even gave you... a change of clothes?"

"That's not the case. My clothes were dirty, so I went back and changed." The circus lights were almost all focused on the stage. The lights became dimmer towards the back rows of the audience, making it difficult for Ning Hanqi to see the tour guide's expression.

However, the change in its tone, which was more interesting than magic, did not escape Ning Hanqi's ears. From anxious anger to secret joy and forbearance, its psychological changes must have experienced ups and downs like a roller coaster ride.

The tour guide's thoughts were easier to grasp than she had imagined. He gave in so quickly. She thought she would at least have to put some pressure on him, but this was also a good thing.

The smile in Ning Hanqi's eyes was gentle and clear, but the tour guide could not see the coldness in her eyes.

It is indeed difficult to communicate with the stubborn whale under their feet. His time of wakefulness is very short, and how to establish a communication bridge with him is a problem. Ning Hanqi has also thought of some special methods, but there are considerable risks.

But if there is someone who is willing to help them take this risk and send her to see the sea god, she will definitely be very grateful to them!

Don't you agree? Mr. Tour Guide~

"Is that so? I'll talk to those clowns later. They actually soiled the clothes of our distinguished guests! We really shouldn't have done that!" The tour guide had one trick after another. If it were in the real world, he would probably be very good at making the guests happy. Unfortunately, in this copy, no one thought he was really kind.

"It's okay, it's all for the performance effect, I understand." Ning Hanqi's voice was particularly gentle, and he seemed particularly understanding.

The man and the ghost complimented each other in such a harmonious atmosphere that no one could tell that one of them had been humiliated and had his eyes poked, while the other had been tripped by the other.

The two clowns on the stage finally came out from backstage. They were holding colorful handkerchiefs in their hands and wiped their foreheads at the same time. Their exaggerated movements were a little funny.

Then one of the clowns jumped down and ran straight to the end of the audience, pulled Ning Hanqi back onto the stage, and sprinkled flowers on her, which was considered to be the end of the previous show, and then asked her to go back.

The performances after Gao Yu and Ning Hanqi became increasingly bloody, with features like a human turntable and chainsawing a living person. In the former, the player was tied to a large turntable, and a monkey standing on top of a goat threw darts at them. A clown stood nearby and sped up the turntable from time to time. At the beginning, the monkey threw darts with his eyes open, but was later blindfolded by another clown.

When the player came down from the turntable, his body was covered with bloody holes, but fortunately he was not stabbed in any fatal places. Several darts grazed his head and were stuck in the turntable. He was just a little bit away from death.

The player who participated in the chainsaw magic trick was not so lucky. This magic trick was quite difficult to perform and required the cooperation of the player. However, he might have had difficulty moving in the small box, so he failed to escape in time.

The clown pulled up the chainsaw, and with the harsh sound of rotation, it cut directly into the box. With a "buzz" sound, a large amount of blood splashed out of the box!

Because the performance was very close to the players in the audience, the blood flew directly to them. Ning Hanqi had Xia Yingnuan's help to block the blood so that the clothes he had just changed would not be stained. The others were unable to dodge and were almost splashed with blood.

"vomit……"

Some people started to retch.

The clown also had blood splashed on his face, but he did not stop. Instead, he continued the magic trick and cut again, dividing the person inside into three parts.

The clown also specifically let them see the cross-sections of the deceased's legs, body, head and dismemberment. This movement caused the organs in the body to fall to the ground.

The clown hurriedly picked up the things that fell on the ground and stuffed them into his body. He picked up the things and dropped them at the same time, and it took him a long time to clean up.

Then the two clowns put the box that was divided into three parts together again. This time when they opened it, they carried out a complete corpse.

The clowns raised their hands with blood all over their bodies, and seemed to be very satisfied with their performance. The player's body was carried backstage by a goat, and it was unknown how it would be dealt with.

After watching this performance, everyone except Sea Rabbit and Zhuang Meng was "invited" to go on stage. Except for the player who died tragically, everyone else at least got off the stage alive. After the performance, the tour guide was very discerning and came to take Sea Rabbit to wash and change clothes.

The circus performance lasted two and a half hours, but most people were on pins and needles, as if two and a half centuries had passed. Even when it was time to eat, they had no appetite. After all, they had just seen the offal all over the floor. The restaurant staff seemed to know their experience and specially replaced the special dishes for lunch with various pork, mutton and beef offal.

Gao Yu started to retch when she saw the pork and mutton offal soup. However, when she saw Ning Hanqi remained calm and ordered a special lunch, she, who always stuck to the boss, took a few steps back.

"Ms. Ning, are you... a forensic doctor?"

"In, in..." The child thought for a long time, "I think he's in a sanatorium."

"There are several big houses here. There are many people wearing white clothes where my mother lives."

[Host, host! I'm Yingdao! Her mother is in Shanluo Sanatorium! The villain just transferred her there!]

Shanshui? She received the information given to her by the system in her mind. The so-called Shanshui Sanatorium is a mental sanatorium for the rich. The environment inside is very good, and the medical staff are all top talents from various countries. However, no matter how good the conditions are, it cannot change the fact that the people living there are all mentally ill.

Even though Dang Xia was a naughty kid, he was the one I raised after all... and now he's in a mental hospital?

The Coke cup in Xia Yingnuan's hand deformed.

Because of that scumbag? Ning Tiantian's father?

The Coke cup instantly deformed, and the bubbling liquid gushed out, staining her hands.

Xia Yingnuan took the napkin from the plate and wiped her hands. She didn't dare to breathe with the system beside her.

"I want to meet her." Xia Yingnuan said to the system in her heart.

"Then I'll plan a route, and we can go and take a look secretly at night?"

Xia Yingnuan pinched the Coke cup in her hand back to its original shape, "...Okay."

Xia Yingnuan was planning to scout the location and then randomly select a lucky nurse to replace her for a period of time. Before her plan could be implemented, Ning Hanqi found her first and made a request with great apology, hoping that she could help.

During the day, because Ning Yutian, who was far away in the Shanluo Sanatorium, had a minor accident, Ning Hanqi immediately put down all his work and went to the sanatorium.

Her sister leaned on the bed, staring blankly at the world outside the window. There was a lush camphor tree outside her window, adding a touch of vibrant green to this pale and depressing environment.

Only the protective bars on the windows made the ward look more like a prison cell, and the restraints on Ning Yutian's hands had just been untied, and there were still red marks on her pale skin.

Ning Hanqi heard that her sister had stretched her hand out through the gap in the guardrail that morning, as if she wanted to grab the leaves outside. Even though her arm was injured, she refused to pull it back no matter how the medical staff tried to stop her. In the end, there was no choice but for the doctor to forcibly pull her back.

"Yutian, what are you looking at?" Ning Hanqi sat beside her sister's bed, looking at the place she was looking at.

"Sister Song is here to see me." Ning Yutian looked at her sister with a rare clarity in her expression.

Ning Hanqi's heart skipped a beat, but she soon realized that her sister was sick again. Her sister had seen the phantom of "Song Qinuan" more than once.

"What did she say to you?" Ning Hanqi touched his sister's head.

"She also touches my head like this, and then coaxes me to sleep, singing the lullaby you taught her..."

"All I thought were fake." When Ning Yutian was awake, he thought that all the "people" he saw were fake.

"But I often wonder when I can really see her again." Ning Yutian lowered her head, tears falling onto the quilt, wetting a small piece of fabric. "Sister, I'm sorry for you, sorry for you all."

This is what Ning Yutian said most often when he was awake.

Ning Hanqi patted her head and said, "That incident has nothing to do with you from beginning to end. You need to get well. Tiantian is still waiting for you at home."

Ning Yutian shook her head. Her sister always comforted her like this, but her conscience would not allow her to escape responsibility in this way.

Ning Hanqi saw the doctor standing at the door and waved to her, so she placed the cakes she bought for her sister on the low cabinet next to her. "This is your favorite, remember to eat it. I'm going to go out and talk to the doctor."

Ning Yutian nodded silently, Ning Hanqi sighed in his heart, and then walked out of the room.

"Has my sister's condition gotten worse again?" Ning Hanqi asked the doctor.

The doctor remained silent, and Ning Hanqi knew what was going on.

"Don't be discouraged... Hey, I heard something, it's also a rumor spread by others. If I'm wrong, just treat it as bullshit." said the doctor.

"We are all friends with Xia Duo. If there is anything you can't say, just say it." Ning Hanqi signaled the other party not to worry.

"It's like this, I heard that a college student you sponsored looks a lot like Song Qinuan?" Of course, there were other things circulating. The doctor believed in Ning Hanqi's character, so he naturally didn't take those groundless rumors seriously.

Actually, they didn't look very similar. Ning Hanqi hesitated for a moment, then said, "It does look a bit like..."

If Guo Yuzhen had not been supported by herself since she graduated from high school and her family situation could not be faked, she would have suspected that Xia Songqinuan had faked her death and then went to another place for plastic surgery.

"What a coincidence."

"It's really a coincidence. I just have an idea. I want to ask that student to help assist in your sister's treatment. Can you discuss it with her?" The doctor was not very sure, but Ning Yutian had treated Xia for so many times but there was no improvement. It would be better to try a different method.

Ning Hanqi understood what the doctor meant. She frowned and said hesitantly, "Is this really okay?"

"I'm not sure, I can only give it a try. You think about it carefully. If the student agrees, I will come up with a new treatment plan." The doctor patted Ning Hanqi's shoulder and left her alone to think about it.

Let Guo Yuzhen play Song Qi Nuan... Ning Hanqi thought of the girl whose personality had changed drastically. Perhaps, apart from a slight difference in her appearance, she could almost perfectly portray a living Song Qi Nuan...

Absurd and weird harmony.

If she could help her sister, Ning Hanqi would naturally do her best, and... she suddenly felt an inexplicable expectation in her heart. Perhaps this could become an opportunity?

So there was a scene where Ning Hanqi asked Xia Yingnuan to help cooperate with the doctor to play another person.

Xia Yingnuan didn't understand what Ning Hanqi was thinking, so she agreed without hesitation. It was better to go openly than to be a thief in the middle of the night.

"Tiantian really wants to see her mother. Do you want to find an opportunity to take her to a nursing home?" Xia Yingnuan did not forget the poor child.

"It's not that I don't want her to see her mother, but my sister..." Ning Hanqi frowned and hesitated for a while before explaining, "My sister will be stimulated by seeing the child. If her condition is not stable, Tiantian might get hurt if she goes there."

Something like this happened to Ning Tiantian when she was a child, so Ning Hanqi never dared to take Ning Tiantian to a nursing home easily since then.

"Is it so serious? Is it because of... Tiantian's scumbag father?"

"I guess so. There are other reasons as well." Ning Hanqi's brows were full of fatigue. Since Xia Yingnuan also had to participate in the follow-up treatment, she did not hide it from her.

"I had a friend who my sister had played with since she was little and treated as her older sister. But she committed suicide a long time ago because her company went bankrupt."

Xia Yingnuan: This friend...sounds a little familiar.

"Later, she revealed that the scumbag was one of the culprits. My sister felt that she was an accomplice and could not let it go. Later, that man sold Tiantian, and my sister went crazy." The disappearance of her daughter was the last straw that broke the camel's back. By the time Ning Hanqi found the child, it was too late.

Xia Yingnuan could feel her heart skip a beat, and a chill spread outward, which made her not care about Ning Hanqi using the word "friend" to describe her.

She seemed to know who that scumbag was.

[Host, host! Stop being dazed, the villain is asking you a question!]

Xia Yingnuan suddenly came to her senses.

"Don't feel pressured. Regardless of whether this treatment is effective or not, I owe you a favor." Ning Hanqi paused, and said with a hint of guilt, "I'm sorry for asking you to pretend to be someone else."

Ning Hanqi's apologetic expression made Xia Yingnuan lower her head. She bit her lip, wanting to say, "Ning Hanqi, you big fool! Can't you lower your moral standards a little? It was actually her who should, perhaps, apologize."

…

[Host, what were you daydreaming about just now? Just now you...] A certain emotion has reached a dangerous level!

"I was just thinking that when I left this world, I should have chopped that traitor into pieces and buried it in the garden, so that it could become fertilizer and play its final value." An innocent pebble in the flowerpot shattered into pieces in Xia Yingnuan's hands.

She squatted beside the flowerpot on the balcony, listening to the child in the house showing off his temporary test results to Ning Hanqi, and was in a very bad mood.

If she hadn't considered the original owner's image and the children at home, she would have wanted to light a cigarette to calm down.

If nothing unexpected happens, that scumbag should be a confidant of the male protagonist, who later took the secrets of herself and the male protagonist to Ning Hanqi. She felt that the man was a traitor and could be made to turn against her as long as there was enough benefit.

If used well, he would be a very useful chess piece that could be used to confuse S-232, but the only thing she couldn't have imagined was that Ning Yutian would be involved.

She had never heard of Ning Yutian having any contact with that guy.

Or maybe when she deceived S-232, S-232 also deceived her.

[Host…] The system's mechanical voice seemed to be filled with shock and hesitation. [You… are crying?]

"No." Xia Yingnuan's voice was decisive and calm, as if it was really an illusion of the system.

Under the eerie crimson moonlight, a massive, pitch-black figure emerged from the water. It opened its maw and spewed a corrosive, stench of gas onto the shore, corroding the weak ghost soldiers' souls. With a single swoop, the giant monster swallowed the ghost general and part of the shoreline.

The huge monster created huge waves, and their boat was not overturned thanks to Xia Yingnuan's control. Ning Hanqi stood firmly with the help of Xia Yingnuan. She looked at the behemoth in the moonlight from afar. Judging from the shadow of its head, it looked like a big catfish.

"The Dragon King here is a catfish?"

Xia Yingnuan erected a barrier in front of Ning Hanqi to block the splashing water. With her physique, if her clothes got soaked and the cold wind blew, she'd definitely get sick when she got back. "There's a lot of stuff in the water. Who knows if it's the Dragon King? Also, the underwater world is different during the day and at night. It's more dangerous at night."

"Let's go back quickly, there are still things waiting to be investigated over there." Ning Hanqi's voice became a little gentler. It didn't matter whether the Dragon King was a catfish or not. What mattered was whether the problem that the Ghost General just mentioned was an existing underlying rule or a "special" situation that only existed in this copy.