Wen Xin and Zhou Zhou didn't arrive at the foot of Yunji Temple Mountain until after nine o'clock in the evening. After getting off the taxi, they still had to walk for half an hour to reach the top of the mountain.
The driver kindly reminded, "Girl, this Yunji Temple is not what it used to be. I heard it's haunted. Be careful when you go there at night!"
"Uncle, don't worry! It's okay. My brother grew up here."
"Okay! I'll leave then."
The driver waved and drove away. Wen Xin looked at the mountains and felt much better.
This is her fourth time here, and her mood is different every time.
I still remember the first time I came was with Old Lady Hejun. At that time, we were praying for a child, and my heart was calm. I was just happy for my grandma.
The second time was when she came to pick up Zhou Zhou for a paternity test. She was worried that Zhou Zhou was not her brother, so she was very nervous.
The third time she was sure that Zhou Zhou was her brother, and she was very happy when he came to take him home.
Today is the fourth time, just to escape the boredom of the city, to find a secluded place, and more importantly, to escape that unequal relationship.
With a warm smile, "Zhou Zhou, let's go up!"
"Okay, sister, be careful."
The weather was a little chilly at night. She carried the bag in one hand and held Zhou Zhou in the other.
The little guy hadn't been back for a long time and was in a good mood. He was full of energy, jumping and humming songs all the way, and he wasn't scared at all.
"Sister, do you know?"
"When our Yunji Temple was very popular, there were tourists coming to burn incense at night."
"At that time, my master always took me to the foot of the mountain to buy roasted sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes roasted by others were different from those roasted in the temple."
With a warm smile, "So many people? That's quite lively!"
"Well! It's a pity that Yunji Temple began to decline when I was four years old."
At this point, Zhou Zhou hung her head and kicked pebbles under her feet. This change of mood made Wen Xin frown. She said lightly, "Did something happen?"
Zhou Zhou pursed his lips, "Someone died outside the temple, and then everyone got scared and the temple gradually declined. From that day on, the incense slowly died down."
"My fellow disciples all left, leaving only me and the master."
"Eating has become a problem. We have to come down to beg for food, otherwise we will starve to death."
Wen Xin felt bad after hearing this. Although she and her mother's life was not very good at that time, at least they had food to eat and could fill their stomachs.
Thinking about her younger brother who had to run around begging for food at the age of four, she felt very sad. It was all her fault that she had not taken good care of her younger brother.
“Only one person died in the temple, why are so many people leaving?”
Zhou Zhou looked at the dark road and whispered, "Because that person was killed by bad guys in the bushes not far from our temple. When the police found him, the body was rotten and naked. The murderer has not been found yet."
"Oh! I remember it. During that time, the TV was talking about this incident every day. It said that a tourist and her best friend went to a temple for fun and got into trouble. Her best friend also disappeared. This case became an unsolved injustice."
"Yes, sister. After her body was disposed of, no one dared to come to our temple. Later, during the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, we all heard ghost cries, shouting for help at 2 a.m. every night. It continues until now, so all the fellow disciples were scared away."
Wen Xin was horrified by what Zhou Zhou said, especially because there was no light, which made her even more scared.
"Stop talking."
"Haha! Sister is so timid. I've walked here countless times and it's fine."
After Zhou Zhou finished laughing, she looked at Wen Xin and asked, "Sister, did you have a fight with your brother-in-law?"
"No!"
"You're lying. Master said that people who lie are always uneasy. The way you just looked was a lie. Your hands were shaking."
"You are a little devil, hurry up and catch up, we are almost there."
With a noisy younger brother next to me, my tense heart began to relax. I arrived at the door of the temple and saw a faint light coming from inside.
Zhou Zhou didn't even knock on the door and shouted directly: "Master, Zhou Zhou is back."
"Master, please come and open the door."
Master Yunji was meditating. When he heard the voice, he quickly stood up and asked, "Is there anyone here?"
"Master, Zhou Zhou is back."
"Hey! My Zhou Zhou is back."
The master ran out barefoot, grinning with excitement, as the door opened.
Seeing Zhou Zhou smiling, he immediately stroked his beard and pretended to be serious and asked, "Why are you back, you little brat?"
"I missed you!"
"Who asked you to think so? Master, I'm fine."
At this time, Wen Xin, who was walking behind him, also came over and said, "Master, I'm sorry to bother you."
"It turns out to be Master Wen, please come in."
Because the temple was in disrepair and the accommodation was simple, and the weather suddenly changed, it started raining outside the window, and Wen Xin slept very uneasily.
In the middle of the night, she heard a woman's cry for help. She remembered the ghost story Zhou Zhou told her. Although she was scared, she still mustered up the courage to go out.
Jun Mohan lay on the sofa and fell asleep after getting drunk, his brows furrowed in his dream.
As soon as he closed his eyes, he saw Wen Xin smiling at him, and then disappearing in front of him.
I woke up from my dream, sweating profusely, and it suddenly started raining heavily outside the door.
There were lightning and thunder, mixed with heavy rain.
Jun Mohan began to feel scared, so he turned on the light and checked the weather forecast, only to find that it would rain heavily tonight.
He could no longer control his nervousness and picked up his phone to call the housekeeper.
"Uncle Fu, is Xiao Li here? Why can't I get through on the phone?"
"Madam was not feeling well tonight. Xiao Li took her to the hospital. Now I am watching her receiving an IV drip. What's wrong?"
Jun Mohan went downstairs and said, "Is my mother okay?"
"It's okay, the doctor said it was just a cold, and it will be fine after an IV."
"Okay, you drive to pick me up and take me to Yunji Temple. I'm drunk and can't drive."
"Okay, Master, I'll be right there."
Uncle Fu put his cell phone in his pocket, picked up his umbrella and went outside.
Twenty minutes later, Uncle Fu received a call from Jun Mohan.
"Master, it's raining so late at night. The road to Yunji Temple should be difficult to walk on."
Jun Mohan closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "It's hard to go, but we have to go. Wen Xin takes Zhou Zhou to Yunji Temple. There will be another heavy rain tonight."
"I am anxious."
"But......"
Jun Mohan interrupted, "It's nothing, she's pregnant again, the Yunji Temple is old, and I don't know if the money I gave to the master last time has helped him find someone to rebuild the temple."
"I am very uneasy, so I have to go and watch over her."
Uncle Fu smiled and said, "Master, you are really good to the young lady. We all see it."
"Your life is doomed to fail at the hands of this girl."
"What did she do? She saved me."
"Without her, my world would be dark."
Having said that, Jun Mohan closed his eyes and a smile appeared on his lips. She was truly the only light in his world.
It's not that she can't live without him, but that he can't live without her.
Uncle Fu smiled with relief and said nothing.
Wen Xin went outside the temple holding an umbrella. It was raining heavily, but she could vaguely hear a woman shouting for help.
Intermittent.
She walked towards the sound, the heavy rain soaked her trouser legs. The dark temple outside looked a little eerie, and she almost slipped on the mud.
She decided to go back and ignore the sound.
But as soon as I turned around, the crying sound came again, very clearly.
"Save me, please save me."
"Don't go."
Wen Xin suddenly turned around and walked along the bushes next to her, then pulled aside the saplings next to her. Suddenly, her feet slipped and she fell into a hole.
“Ahhhh!”
Wen Xin subconsciously protected her stomach and screamed.
Fortunately, the hole was not deep, and there was grass underneath, which was already wet, so she didn't feel any pain when she fell on it. Otherwise, she might have lost her child.
The crying became louder and louder. Walking along the cave, she saw a dark figure sitting nearby.
His hair was disheveled and his face was dirty, and in the darkness only a pair of glowing eyes could be seen.
The shadow trembled with fear, "Don't come over here, don't come over here."
Wen Xin covered her heart that was beating because of fear and said calmly: "Girl, who are you?"
Hearing the woman's voice, the shadow immediately knelt down, "Save me, please save me."
Wen Xin took a deep breath, "Are you a human or a ghost?"
"Human, I am a human, I am a college student."
"Woo woo~~There are human traffickers."
"They're going to sell me off, and that bachelor is going to beat me."
Seeing her holding her head in excitement and banging her head around like a mad dog, bumping into every wall she saw, Wen Xin was scared to death.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you."
"I'm not a human trafficker, I'm a tourist."
"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid."
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