Chapter 350: A Ghost Story
Qu Lin was interrupted by Xu Mengyun before he could finish his words. Everyone fell silent. No one dared to speak, not even to breathe.
Finally, the waiter came in and served the food, breaking the weird atmosphere.
Qu Lin stood up quickly and passed a piece of meat to Xu Mengyun through Shu Huai. "You've lost weight again because of the filming."
"I don't like eating meat." Xu Mengyun said, pulling Shu Huai's bowl over, and Qu Lin's meat fell accurately into Shu Huai's bowl.
Shu Huai stared at the large piece of meat in his bowl in silence. Why did he stuff the meat he didn't want to eat into his bowl when they were having a quarrel?
"Isn't this your favorite dish?" Qu Lin was puzzled.
Xu Mengyun glanced at him indifferently, "I used to like it, but now I don't. I have to change my taste occasionally. If I eat too much, I'll get tired of it."
"Well, tell me what kind of food you like now, and I'll ask the waiter to bring you a few dishes according to your current taste."
She embarrassed Qu Lin in front of so many people, but Qu Lin still spoke to her in a good mood, which made Xu Mengyun seem ignorant and angry.
"No, I'm not hungry."
Seeing this, Qu Lin's colleague came out to smooth things over.
"Lawyer Qu, please don't stand there. Sit down."
"Being together is fate, so don't be restrained, let's eat."
Although he was very curious about why Xu Mengyun was unwilling to marry Qu Lin, it was not appropriate to ask in front of so many people. It would also affect the relationship between them as an engaged couple, which would be a huge sin.
"I feel like the atmosphere is not right. Let's leave as soon as we finish eating." Shu Yue pulled on the corner of Fu Jingshen's clothes and said in a low voice.
"agree."
Xu Mengyun really didn't eat a single bite. She leaned back in the chair, hugged her chest, and closed her eyes to take a nap.
Qu Lin's eyes would glance at her from time to time, so Shu Huai had to move back with the bowl in her hand to avoid Qu Lin seeing her.
"Mr. Fu, it's our first meeting, I'd like to offer you a toast." When Qu Lin's colleague learned of Fu Jingshen's identity, he picked up his glass and stood up and walked towards him.
Fu Jingshen glanced at Shu Yue and asked for her opinion.
[Dangers are everywhere in Cuiyang, so it’s better not to drink. 】
"Sorry, I'm allergic to alcohol and can't drink. I'll drink tea instead." Fu Jingshen picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, not giving anyone a chance to persuade him.
"Hello, can I change seats with you?" Qu Lin was talking to Shu Huai. Shu Huai glanced at him and was about to get up and change seats with him when Xu Mengyun next to him suddenly grabbed his hand.
"Don't switch places with him."
Shu Huai looked over and saw Xu Mengyun still had her eyes closed. He wanted to pull his hand out of her, but Xu Mengyun was very strong and held on tightly. He couldn't break free and had to give up.
"Lawyer Qu, I can't change it." He raised his hand that was being held tightly.
Qu Lin frowned slightly and said nothing more.
The meal was not very pleasant. When leaving the restaurant, Qu Lin wanted to catch up with Xu Mengyun to talk, but Xu Mengyun got into the car immediately and refused to communicate with him.
Xu Xiaoliu drove them back to the hotel. They ran into a traffic jam halfway. After waiting for more than 20 minutes, the car in front of them didn't move at all. "Miss, there is a traffic jam ahead. It may take a long time for the traffic to clear. Do you want to take a detour back to the hotel?"
"Go around."
With Xu Mengyun's words, Xu Xiaoliu found an opportunity and left this road.
Although the detour is a bit longer, it is better than waiting in traffic jam. Besides, Cui Yang is quite chaotic at night, and all the people in his car are important people, so nothing can happen.
Xu Xiaoliu was driving forward, and suddenly he braked suddenly, causing Shu Yue's face to crash forward. Fortunately, Fu Jingshen reached out and held her back in time, preventing her face from hitting the seat in front.
"Are you okay?" Fu Jingshen asked.
Shu Yue shook her head, "I'm fine."
As she spoke, she looked out the window and saw a construction sign ahead, with half of the road dug up.
Xu Xiaoliu had no choice but to choose a farther road, but that road was rather remote, the street lights were sometimes good and sometimes bad, and it passed through Cui Yang's notoriously haunted area.
"Why are the lights on this road flickering?" Shu Ziming looked at the street lights outside that flickered on and off, feeling creepy.
"There's no one in charge here, so naturally no one will fix the broken street lights," Xu Xiaoliu replied.
"I see there are some bungalows here, so there should be people living there. Why is no one taking care of them?" Shu Yue looked at the houses outside. Some of them still had lights on, which meant they looked like someone was living there.
"I'm afraid you'll be scared if I tell you this. Many people have died here." Xu Mengyun, who had been sleeping, suddenly spoke. Her ending tone was drawn out and mysterious, which aroused Shu Yue's curiosity even more.
"Is it some ghost story?"
"It's not a ghost story. It's all real." Xu Mengyun looked back at Shu Yue, raised his eyebrows slightly, "Do you want to listen?"
Shu Yue nodded quickly, "I do."
"Forget it. It's so creepy in this remote wilderness with the street lights flickering." Shu Ziming subconsciously grabbed the hand of Shu Huai next to him, but Shu Huai dodged him.
This guy still holds a grudge.
"Third brother, be a real man. It's just a ghost story, what are you afraid of?" Shu Yue looked at Xu Mengyun curiously, with light in his eyes. "The way back is still long, tell us about it."
Fu Jingshen stared at Shu Yue's profile with a gentle look, and he didn't know why she liked ghost stories and horror movies so much.
Seeing that she wanted to know so much, Xu Mengyun cleared his throat and deliberately lowered his voice to tell them the story, "The earliest city center of Cuiyang was this place. When I was very young, there was a pedestrian street here. It was very lively and prosperous. Later, high-rise buildings were built, and the houses here were originally going to be demolished and rebuilt."
"There was a family with an elderly lady with dementia. Their house was the first to be demolished. On the day of the construction, the old lady walked back here and waited for her son to come home. But the workers didn't know she was inside, so they started to demolish the house. The house collapsed and the old lady was trapped inside. She died on the spot. When her family found out, they started to make a fuss and demand compensation from the government, so the demolition here was put on hold."
"Could it be that the old lady's ghost stayed here? Is there a haunting incident?" Shu Yue asked curiously.
"It's half and half. Because of this incident, all the houses here were not demolished and everyone moved back. I heard that during that period, when you walked past the collapsed house at night, you could always hear the old lady crying..."
“Wow, wow, I died such a miserable death… I want you to pay with your lives, all of you… Give me back my life…”
Before Xu Mengyun could finish her words, she heard a miserable scream coming from outside the window. Shu Yue was sitting by the window with the window half open. When the scream came, she just happened to see a white shadow passing by outside. Before she could see clearly what it was, Xu Xiaoliu braked suddenly again, and this time her head was hit hard and hurt.
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