Chapter 283 [(*^▽^*)]
If they encounter danger, I hope the couple will remember what they just said. After all, the little girl may have had a truly miserable life, and if it weren't for the couple taking her in, she might not have had the opportunity to continue her studies...
But now the situation is different. The girl is dead, and before he had seen a ghost, he wasn't sure if there were really ghosts in this instance.
But he just confirmed that there really is a ghost. Although he doesn't know if it's the ghost of the little girl that the village was talking about, it definitely exists.
Living people and ghosts are completely different. Hopefully, when the female ghost comes to find the couple again, they won't blame him for not killing her, since it was they who asked him to show mercy.
Lin Leyou looked at the sky outside. "It's completely dark. Should we close up shop and rest?"
The couple didn't care about the situation outside. They did feel sorry for the girl, even if she died, but they weren't so heartless as to go to the well to see what was going on inside.
It's dark now. Looking into the well in the dark? They're quite scared. Even in broad daylight, only the bravest people would occasionally look into the well in the bright sunlight.
Moreover, many households no longer use well water; most use spring water or tap water, and have developed a fear of well water.
Some families even sealed off their wells, not even waiting for the village chief to find a master to solve the problem. After all, those who are afraid of ghosts are terrified, and even if the problem is solved, they probably won't dare to use the well water anymore.
Lin Leyou returned to his room upstairs. The building looked like a self-built house in the countryside, with five floors. The floor he was on was the second floor, and the entire second floor belonged to him.
The couple lived on the third floor. He didn't know what the fourth and fifth floors were for; he'd ask them when he had time, but it probably wasn't important.
It's strange, though. This couple seemed terrified of ghosts, but they would actually go upstairs to sleep alone at night. If it were me, I would definitely sleep as close to the master as possible, for example, in another room on the second floor.
In this way, if a female ghost appears at night, they might call for help immediately instead of going to the third floor, where they might encounter danger.
After letting out a scream, he ran up to the third floor. It would take some time, and if that took too long, they might be in serious danger.
Lin Leyou lay in bed and couldn't help but start thinking about this matter, but he soon got up. It was late at night, so he could go out for a walk and look for clues.
New players or those who aren't very bright usually go out to look for clues on their first night in the dungeon, and I was no exception.
He opened the door to go out, but when he got downstairs, he saw the couple sitting in the dining room on the first floor. Only a small light was on in the dining room, and the light was not very bright.
Moreover, he made very light footsteps when he went downstairs, so they didn't notice him. So, were they secretly chatting about something behind his back?
Lin Leyou cautiously approached, keeping just enough distance to hear them talking; there was no need to get too close, as that would make her easily discovered.
"Do you think... these masters the village chief invited actually have real skills?"
"I don't know if they all have real skills, but the one living in our house definitely has real skills, there's no doubt about that."
"Yes, he just showed us. Did you see clearly what that branch-like thing he was holding was?"
"I've looked closely, it's probably a peach tree branch, and judging by its strength, it's definitely not an ordinary peach tree branch, it might be hundreds of years old!"
"Wow! A peach tree branch that's hundreds of years old! That's amazing... I doubt that girl could possibly be a match for this master, we..."
"Hey! What are you saying! She's dead now. Even if she was a good person before, who can be sure she's still a good person now that she's a ghost?"
The man's wife was clearly a kind-hearted woman; she seemed somewhat saddened. "But this child... we've raised him for so many years, he's truly like our own."
The man sighed deeply. "What you said... How could I not... How could I not have treated her like my own daughter? But dead is dead, don't go on like this..."
"I didn't continue. I just couldn't stop thinking about it. This child has such a hard life, yet he's so obedient and well-behaved..."
"Alright, alright, stop thinking about it. The person is gone, what's there to think about?"
"If you ask me, it's all because of the village chief's family..."
"Alright!" The man interrupted her before she could finish speaking, his tone slightly stern. "Stop talking. If someone hears us, how can we stay in this village any longer?"
The woman didn't say anything more. "Never mind, let's go upstairs and rest."
The couple turned off the lights and then walked towards the stairs. Lin Leyou hid in the space behind and under the stairs, fortunately there were no miscellaneous items there.
The couple didn't notice him. Instead, they slowly walked upstairs. They didn't stop on the second floor but went up to the third floor. He only breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the sound of a door opening and closing on the third floor.
He stayed quietly in place instead of going out immediately. Instead, he carefully released a mechanical spider to go to the third floor to check the situation.
The mechanical spider climbed up the wall to the ceiling, and then slowly went up to the third floor.
Even Lin Leyou, who had seen many big scenes, was startled by the scene on the third floor. The couple did not go inside, but stood silently and motionless outside their room on the third floor.
The two people looked seriously toward the stairs, their gazes slightly downwards, indicating that they were observing the situation on the second floor.
Honestly, the lights weren't on, and the room was pitch black, with only a faint sliver of light coming in through the stairwell window. The two elderly people looked like two vengeful ghosts coming to claim lives, with pale faces and dark eyes... It was absolutely terrifying.
Lin Leyou calmed his heartbeat slightly. Sure enough... the silent is the most terrifying. The startling scenes he had experienced before were merely superficial horrors.
The couple remained motionless upstairs, while Lin Leyou hid under the stairs on the first floor, also staying still. They were just waiting to see who could outlast whom.
Even if the elderly couple were in good health, they were still just ordinary NPCs and couldn't possibly stay in the room all night. Sure enough, about two hours later, the two opened the door and went into the room.
This time, they opened and closed the door very quietly, probably because they were afraid that Lin Leyou on the second floor might not be asleep and that the noise might be disturbed or heard.
After the couple entered the room, Lin Leyou's mechanical spider did not follow them in. Instead, it crawled outside and then up the outer wall to their bedroom window. Fortunately, the bed curtains inside were not fully drawn.
The mechanical spider, positioned here, could clearly see what was happening inside. After a quick wash, the couple lay down on the bed, ready to sleep.
Lin Leyou then got up and slowly walked out. He wore a mask and even a hat, and his coat, pants, and shoes were all black.
This all-black outfit was perfect for going out at night. To be on the safe side, Lin Leyou didn't go through the door, but instead opened the window, and chose a window that wasn't locked to begin with.
After going outside, I closed the window and continued walking. The Yaoshan Village seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds at night, and it felt a bit eerie no matter where I went.
He walked slowly along the road and soon encountered two players traveling together.
The two of them also noticed Lin Leyou, and they were clearly startled. "Holy crap, there's a ghost!"
"Where? Holy crap, there really is a ghost!"
Lin Leyou only said, "You're the ghosts," after seeing that they were about to run away in fright.
Upon hearing this, the two of them froze on the spot, but still kept their backs to him, their posture unchanged from when they were running away.
Just as Lin Leyou was feeling puzzled, the two asked in unison, "How did you know we were ghosts?"
After saying this, they turned around at the same time, keeping in unison, and glared fiercely at Lin Leyou, who was not far away, but Lin Leyou did not react at all.
He was holding something that looked like a tree branch in his hand, but he was quite far away and it was still dark. Although there was some starlight, it wasn't much, so he could only make out the general outline of a person.
Lin Leyou was holding a branch of a thousand-year-old peach tree. These two people were so close and they didn't run away, so they definitely weren't ghosts. As for whether they were players or NPCs, we'd have to wait and see what they asked later.
"Why didn't you run? Weren't we scary just now?"
Lin Leyou: "What's so scary about that?"
“That shouldn’t be the case…” one of them touched his hair in distress. “The whole village knows it’s haunted. Now, in the middle of the night, the two of us are pretending to be ghosts outside. Shouldn’t you be scared away?”
Lin Leyou suddenly revealed a sinister and ruthless smile, "Then tell me... why am I not afraid of you two fakes so late at night?"
Upon hearing this, they both froze. Their previous stiffness was feigned to scare people, but now their stiffness was genuine; they were genuinely frightened.
Lin Leyou was wearing a mask and a hat, completely black, except for a tree branch in his hand that he couldn't identify. So what exactly was he...?
The two looked terrified and clung to each other. Lin Leyou slowly moved closer to them, and the two screamed even more in fright.
Such shouts were quite noticeable in the quiet night, and soon people nearby turned on their lights, clearly having been woken up by them.
Lin Leyou realized something was wrong and turned to run as fast as he could. Fortunately, he was dressed in black and quickly disappeared into the night, never to be found again.
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