Chapter 87 There's a ghost!
There was a stretch of road from the village to the mountain that was completely treeless and very open. Yu Xiaolin didn't dare to follow too closely. He only followed after he saw Qiao Wangshu and Liang Manxiu enter the mountain.
When he reached the mountainside, they were nowhere to be seen.
He wandered around the mountainside under the moonlight. He had heard that there was a ravine on the mountainside, so it must be nearby. He walked along it for a while, and almost fell down halfway down.
The mountain path was difficult to walk on, with scattered rocks, tree branches and thorns clinging to the ground tripping him up several times, and the chirping of insects and birds sounded so jarring in the darkness.
An occasional wolf howl sent chills down his spine, almost making him wet his pants.
Yu Xiaolin thought that Qiao Wangshu and Liang Manxiu must have run away with some good stuff. He wondered how much would be left when he found them. The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. He lost his footing and fell to the ground, rolling twice before ending up in a ravine.
He sobbed in pain and lay on the ground for a while, unable to get up. When he rolled down, his calf seemed to have tripped on a stone, and now it hurt as if it were broken.
He regretted it a little; that forty yuan was unexpected money, and once it was spent, it was gone.
No matter how many treasures are in this old landlord's grave, they are not as valuable as his life!
Seeing how useless he was, Shen Yuzhu, who was hiding in the shadows, turned around and entered her space. She took a few steps forward, stretched out a hand from the space, and placed a jade bracelet next to his hand.
Yu Xiaolin was in excruciating pain and struggled to stand up. Suddenly, he froze, kneeling on the ground and staring at the thing in his hand. He let out an excited shout and turned his head to see a bulging mound in the hollow, clearly showing signs of being disturbed.
He immediately found a rock nearby and started digging hard.
Just as he was getting excited, he heard a rustling sound, and it felt like someone was breathing in his ear, and it was chilly.
He was just an ordinary person, and this was the first time he had ever done grave robbing. He was actually terrified, but compared to the wealthy life he was about to live, this fear seemed insignificant.
I kept giving myself mental suggestions while my hands never stopped moving.
Seeing that he had already dug a hole, he became even more enthusiastic. Just as he stood up to kick it, some dark things suddenly appeared in front of him.
Drifting and swaying, like water plants.
Yu Xiaolin stood frozen in place, a hundred thoughts swirling in his mind trying to stop him from looking up, but his eyes seemed to disobey him, following the swaying object upwards.
All that could be seen was a deathly pale face with two dark, gaping holes from which the eyes were not visible, and a gaping, blood-red mouth slowly oozing blood.
The woman was wearing a red wedding dress. She slowly spun around in the air from her upside down, and then faced him directly.
Then, a faint, eerie sound came from somewhere, sending chills down one's spine and filling one with utter terror.
Yu Xiaolin's eyes slowly bulged, her mouth gaped open, she was terrified and wanted to escape, wanted to call for help, but her body was frozen in place, unable to move.
"My eyes! Who gouged out my eyes? Who was it?"
"Ah~~!"
Yu Xiaolin screamed in terror and began to crawl outwards using both hands and feet. When he finally reached the top of the hill, he looked up and saw the person dressed in a blood-red wedding dress hanging in front of him again.
"Hehe~.....Hehe~!"
"Ah, a ghost! Help! Help! A ghost! Waaaaah... a ghost... waaaah..."
No matter which direction he ran in the ravine, he could be found accurately. His mental state had reached a certain limit. After being frightened by Shen Yuzhu once, Yu Xiaolin collapsed on the spot.
She knelt down and let Xiaogua check her over. Well, she was terrified.
She took all the bracelets and the remaining money from his body before entering the space. After removing her makeup, she drove her electric scooter forward and exited the space at a certain location, arriving right in the courtyard.
She stretched after leaving the room before lying down on the kang (a heated brick bed) to rest.
Today, Yu Xiaolin fell into the ravine six times, which can be considered as revenge for the six times he was hurt in his past life. However, he hasn't gotten revenge for falling into the river yet. No rush, he'll wait for another day.
In the middle of the night, the male educated youth discovered that Yu Xiaolin was not there. It was only after Xia Zhenzhen mentioned that he had asked Qiao Wangshu and Liang Manxiu about going up the mountain that everyone said they would go and look for him.
In the middle of the night, several people worked together to carry Yu Xiaolin down the mountain.
After seeing a barefoot doctor, he said there was nothing serious. It wasn't until the morning, when screams came from the educated youth settlement, that everyone realized something was amiss.
"My God, Yu Xiaolin has gone mad, he's gone mad! Yuzhu, he's really gone mad, he sees everyone and says they're ghosts, hanged ghosts."
"What happened? What did you do on the mountain that scared him like that?"
Liang Manxiu didn't think anything of it, but Qiao Wangshu was terrified. Thinking about Yu Xiaolin's appearance that morning, it was as if she had seen a ghost.
"It's nothing. He lost his balance and fell into a ravine. I hid to the side and threw a few stones at him. He probably wasn't paying attention while running and cried out when he fell, which startled him."
When Shen Yuzhu asked them for help, they readily agreed without hesitation. But thinking about it, Shen Yuzhu went to such great lengths to deal with Yu Xiaolin, so he must have done something inhuman.
Out of sheer curiosity, Qiao Wangshu finally asked.
“I have a friend whose mother died early. Her father quickly remarried, and the couple treated my friend like dirt. She was tricked and lost everything. Yu Xiaolin, under the instructions of her stepmother, pretended to get close to her and took pleasure in teasing her. When he got bored, Yu Xiaolin took the last sum of money and pushed her into the river to drown her.”
Qiao Wangshu: "..."
Liang Manxiu: "..."
Where are their knives? Where are their knives? Why didn't they scare that heartless bastard to death?!
Both of them had stepmothers and stepfathers. Liang Manxiu felt this most deeply, as she had a hard life since childhood. That damned old woman had scolded, beaten, and tormented her countless times.
Thinking back to their childhood, the two of them felt a chill run down their spines, and then jumped up.
"Yuzhu, I just remembered I have something to do, so I'll head back now."
"Me too, I haven't even hung up my freshly washed clothes yet, I have to go back."
The two people left her place quickly and without any hesitation. She walked to the door of the main room, looked up, and saw that the sunlight was so bright that it was hard to open her eyes, but she felt warm all over.
She felt much more relieved.
Because of Yu Xiaolin's incident, many people in the village dared not go up the mountain. Lü Jianshe, Zhou Li, and Li Wang squatted at the village entrance and cursed at each other.
People were saying, both openly and secretly, that Yu Xiaolin not only didn't have the guts to go up the mountain, but now he was also spreading feudal superstitions. They said the commune should send him to the county's educated youth office. No matter what, they couldn't let this rotten apple spoil the village's reputation.
Those who overheard their discussion agreed wholeheartedly. This year's honorable outstanding model worker award hadn't come to their brigade. If another educated youth with a mental disability were to appear, who would be held responsible when it came to accountability?
Lu Guangzhi immediately sent someone to the commune to explain the situation. However, when Lu Jianshe and Zhou Li were taking Yu Xiaolin to the commune, the rope accidentally came loose, and he fell into the river with a "plop".
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