The rooster, however, flapped its wings and stretched its neck.

Su Deng tried to ignore the human feeling emanating from it and avoid eye contact with it. Her gaze swept around the room, searching for where the embroidered shoes might be.

But after searching everywhere, there was nothing left; there was only one spot in the house that hadn't been searched.

under the bed.

Su Deng looked down at the bride's feet. The bed was 20 centimeters off the ground, with a red sheet with tassels hanging down, and the seam below was as dark as an abyss.

Su Deng finally decided to look under the bed.

She didn't care about formalities; avoiding the rooster's gaze, she lay down on the floor, lifted the sheet, and looked inside.

Even though she was mentally prepared, Su Deng was still startled when she met two green eyes under the bed, and she barely managed to stay upright and avoid them.

Those green eyes flashed for only a moment before disappearing.

Su Deng calmed herself down, took out a torch, and lit the area under the bed.

Under the bed, at the very back, lay a pair of red embroidered shoes, neatly arranged as if deliberately placed.

Su Deng didn't care about anything else and used her sword as a stick to fish out the two shoes.

There were no further hints for the quest, but the embroidered shoes seemed to have no other use besides being given to the bride.

Su Deng paused for a moment, then picked up the embroidered shoes and helped the bride put them on.

"Can you get me a glass of water?"

The moment the shoes were on, the bride, who hadn't made a sound until now, suddenly spoke, her voice soft.

Su Deng paused slightly, walked to the table, poured a glass of water, and handed it to her.

The bride took the cup, drank it under the cover of her red veil, then handed the empty cup to Su Deng and asked, "Could you help me lift the veil?"

Su Deng: "..."

In some ghost stories, if you lift the veil of a ghost bride, it means you are going to marry her, regardless of whether you are the bride or not, and she will then recognize you as her.

This marriage is a ghost marriage, but given the eerie scene, she can't be sure if the bride is a human or a ghost. If the red veil is lifted, will she be haunted?

The veil must be lifted, but she cannot lift it herself.

Su Deng's gaze lingered between the rooster and the memorial tablet, but she ultimately chose the rooster on the bed, at least it was alive.

The rooster seemed to sense what she was about to do, got up from the bed, flapped its wings and was about to run away, but Su Deng grabbed the red silk and pulled it back.

"You were the one who went through the wedding ceremony with her, so it's perfectly reasonable for you to lift the veil, right?"

Just in case, Su Deng thought for a moment, then took the memorial tablet into her hands as well. With the rooster in one hand and the tablet in the other, she pushed both hands forward at the same time, using the rooster's head and the top of the tablet to lift the veil.

At the same moment, she placed the rooster and the memorial tablet in front of the bride, completely blocking her view.

But the next moment, Su Deng froze, her pupils dilating slightly.

The bride looks exactly like her!

The bride, however, wore heavy makeup, and her lips were as red as blood.