I went up to her and hugged her tightly, saying very seriously, "Calm down, okay? You have to understand that you are a police officer and I am just an innocent citizen. Shouldn't you protect me at a time like this?"
After I said that, she calmed down and said in a daze: "I... I... I don't know what to do..."
I was very depressed: "How about this, you don't do anything, just stay here quietly, and everything will be fine, okay?"
She nodded blankly.
Perhaps this was her first time encountering something like this, so it's no wonder she lost her mind. After I calmed her down, I turned my head and looked at the dark shadow behind me. It was very blurry, and I chopped it in half with the Seven Star Sword, but it quickly reunited.
I asked Su Xiaoniu what this thing was. Su Xiaoniu said that it was similar to the one we encountered in the Ghost Gate Bagua Escape last time. It was just an illusion. Don't pay attention to it. If it calls your name, don't answer.
I nodded slightly, staring at the dark shadow in front of me for a long time. After a while, the shadow began to move. Every time it moved, it would bring a gust of cold wind around it, making my scalp tingle. Feng Ling hid behind me the whole time, not daring to say a word.
After a while, I heard someone calling me "Xu Fei..." I didn't answer, and at the same time said to Feng Ling behind me: "If you hear someone calling you, don't answer, understand?"
Feng Ling nodded.
Just like that, after a while, the shadow suddenly vanished. We all breathed a sigh of relief, and Su Xiaoniu asked me to take out some candles and stick them into the ground to see if anything would work. Even though my bag had been stolen, I still had a few candles and incense sticks with me. I pulled out three candles and stuck them into the ground. Luckily, it was muddy ground, otherwise they wouldn't have gotten through!
Feng Ling asked me what I was doing, but I didn't answer.
Then, one of the three candles I had just put in went up in flames, and I was startled. I thought Feng Ling was also quite frightened, as I could feel her body shudder violently.
Are you kidding? A candle suddenly lit up by itself. How could that not be weird?
Su Xiaoniu then said with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay, just sleep peacefully."
How could I sleep? What was going on? I asked her, and Su Xiaoniu told me that this was a "ghost lighting candle," indicating that we could stay here, but because only one of the three candles was lit, we could only stay for one night. If we stayed any longer, something bad would happen.
I was shocked. How could this be possible? Of course, I didn't tell Feng Ling about this. I just said that now she could sleep peacefully, and at least everything would be fine until tomorrow morning.
Feng Ling was very suspicious, but she couldn't understand what I was doing. She just thought it was weird!
The two of us found a corner and squatted down. Because of the handcuffs, we could only lean against the wall together and began to rest.
During this time, I asked Su Xiaoniu about the red cross I'd seen on Feng Ling's butt. It hadn't told me anything yet. But the cat burning incense, the dog climbing the beam, and the black donkey rolling around gave me a vague idea. It must have been the return of an old man who had died in this house, creating this strange omen. Seeing us strangers, the owner of the house didn't want us to stay and wanted to kick us out. If someone had called our names and we had answered, we would have been kicked out of the village without warning, or even worse.
The next three candles were stuck in the ground, indicating our request to stay here for one night. The last candle was lit, which meant that the deceased owner of the house agreed to let us stay here, but only for one night.
Su Xiaoniu said my guess was correct, that was exactly what she meant, but Feng Ling had responded earlier, so there might be some unexpected events, so I should pay attention. As for the red cross on Feng Ling's butt, Su Xiaoniu said it was a mark left by something unclean, and it had been removed by my Bagua mirror, so it was fine.
The candle remained lit, swaying in the breeze.
The next morning, when I woke up, I found Feng Ling leaning against my chest, sound asleep. Just as I was about to stretch, I realized my handcuffs were still on, and I couldn't help but frown. After shaking Feng Ling awake, she asked me, sleepy-eyed, "Where is this place? Why am I here?"
I was stunned. I made sure she wasn't playing dumb, but she seemed to have lost her memory. Suddenly, I remembered what Su Xiaoniu had said. When someone called Feng Ling last night, she responded. Then Su Xiaoniu said there might be some unexpected events. In other words, this so-called accident was Feng Ling losing her memory?
Now I can run free! I asked Feng Ling to remove the handcuffs, but what made me widen my eyes was that she actually said, "You wish! Last night you molested and assaulted a police officer. Do you think I'll let you go so easily?"
Damn, where’s the amnesia?
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