I nodded. Indeed, Ning Xue, Xiao Bingbing, Xuan Xuan, and that Don had all been unable to resist. Only Gloria had tampered with the log and left hints. This showed that Gloria was truly different and superior. No wonder she was the glory of the Exorcist Pavilion; it wasn't an exaggeration.
However, after all this time, we still haven't been able to fully understand the truth contained in the hints left by Gloria.
At night, as usual, we leaned against the railing of the boat, Su Xiaoniu leaning on my shoulder, already fast asleep. Tonight, Su Xiaoniu and I were the only two left on the boat. The moonlight was dim, and the Yellow River was completely silent.
I hugged Su Xiaoniu tightly, fearing that she would leave me after I fell asleep.
We slept together, leaning against each other. Before I knew it, I was drowsy, but not completely asleep. Around 3 a.m., a soft whisper suddenly came from the stern: "Xu Fei..."
Who... who is calling me?
I opened my eyes in a daze and looked towards the stern, but there was nothing there. Was I hallucinating?
I shook my head and looked at Su Xiaoniu sleeping sweetly on my chest. I didn't disturb her and continued to sleep.
"Xu...Fei..." The voice suddenly became very close. I opened my eyes suddenly, only to find that Ning Xue was standing in front of me.
I froze for a moment, rubbing my eyes. When I looked again, the entire deck was completely empty. Where was Ning Xue? Not even a ghost.
Is this an illusion? Or am I dazzled? Or am I dreaming?
Just when I was confused, someone called me from the stern. Listening carefully, the voice really sounded like Ning Xue's. I woke up completely immediately. Su Xiaoniu seemed to wake up too. She asked me what was wrong in a daze. I said I thought I heard Ning Xue calling me.
Su Xiaoniu immediately curled her lips in anger. I said it was true, I really heard Ning Xue calling me. Su Xiaoniu saw that I didn't seem to be lying, so she accompanied me to the stern.
With the help of the brilliant starlight, we quietly came to the stern of the ship. Under the center of the sail, behind a broken wooden box, we found Ning Xue's trace!
Ning Xue, it's really her! She's not dead!
I was so excited that I almost couldn't contain my excitement and rushed forward. But I was quickly stopped by Su Xiaoniu: "There's a problem."
I was stunned and subconsciously called out, "Ning Xue?"
However, Ning Xue, whether she hadn't heard me or what, didn't seem to pay any attention to me. Her expression was blank, as if she were asleep, but there was a strange glint in her eyes. Her steps were slow and her movements were mechanical, like a wooden figure. But when she jumped over the obstacle, she did so with ease and precision, which amazed Su Xiaoniu and me.
Strange! Very strange!
We didn't disturb Ning Xue and continued to follow quietly. Ning Xue came to the stern ladder again, looked down at the muddy Yellow River, and said, "This is... so beautiful. Eh? Bingbing? Xuanxuan? You're here too? Well, Xu Fei and Xiaomo didn't come, what a pity."
Su Xiaoniu and I were behind her and heard what she said. We were stunned. Ning Xue called out "Bingbing" and "Xuanxuan," but in front of her was the unfathomable Yellow River. Where was anyone? Who was she talking to?
Before I could react, Ning Xue suddenly said, "Well, all right then. We'll sleep here tonight, and we'll go find Xu Fei and the others tomorrow."
Before I could finish my words, she had already lifted her foot, stepped onto the side of the boat, and stepped onto the ladder. Just as she was about to fall off the boat, I suddenly jumped up and hugged her tightly. I had thought that Ning Xue would struggle desperately, trying to break free from my restraints, but unexpectedly, she didn't move, letting me hold her.
Su Xiaoniu told me to get her down quickly. It was too dangerous! I nodded and hurriedly dragged Ning Xue from the railing to the deck, then carried her back to the bow and placed her on the deck. However, her eyes were closed, as if she had fallen asleep.
"What on earth is going on? Didn't Ning Xue write down her last words in the logbook and then die?" I racked my brains but couldn't figure out what was going on. The logbook clearly stated it, but why...
Su Xiaoniu quietly looked at Ning Xue, who was sleeping against the railing, and said, "Didn't I tell you before? There might be other 'people' on this ship besides us. And the so-called other people refer to the missing Ning Xue and the others. And the place where they are might be another 'level' from us. The feeling Ning Xue gave me just now must be an illusion. So what is certain is that their disappearance is not the so-called 'death', but that they have been taken to another dimension by some force."
"Another... spatial level? What does that mean?" I understood more and more. Su Xiaoniu's words sounded so mysterious that I was confused.
"You can understand it as the world of the living and the world of the dead being two different levels that overlap." Su Xiaoniu explained to me patiently.
"Oh, so Ning Xue and the others are not dead, but were taken from the world of the living to the world of the dead by some force?" I confirmed.
Su Xiaoniu nodded. "You are a teachable child! But of course they weren't taken to the underworld. They may still be on the boat, just on a different level from us, so we can't see them."
I was surprised and asked, "How is this different from a ghost?" I remember ghosts were like this too, right? For ordinary people like us?
Su Xiaoniu tilted her head: "Well, for the time being, we can call them "ghosts."
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