Chapter 27
Pei Zhao thought about it and felt that what Zhou Yuli said was possible, so he didn't think much about it. Chen Lan specially reserved a seat on the left for the two of them, sitting at the same table with the child.
The two of them sat down quickly, and soon they heard noisy sounds coming from behind.
"Bride, pick up the bride!"
Pei Zhao turned around and saw Zhao Ping walking out with others in high spirits. Pei Zhao smiled and said, "He looks quite happy."
Zhou Yuli gave Pei Zhao a piece of candy: "It's true."
Pei Zhao took the candy and took a bite. The chocolate was extremely sweet. It began to melt as soon as it touched the tip of his tongue, turning into a sticky mass...
Before I could completely swallow a mouthful of chocolate, I heard screams from the crowd.
"ah!"
Pei Zhao nearly choked himself to death on a mouthful of chocolate, then drank a glass of water, grabbed Zhou Yuli's hand and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhou Yuli had already checked the situation and came back, his brows furrowed, "I heard from them that something happened to the bride."
Pei Zhao was nervous: "Sister Chen Lan?"
Zhou Yuli shook his head: "Don't worry, I just heard about it, but I didn't see anyone."
Pei Zhao had just breathed a sigh of relief when Zhao Ping came over angrily and was about to hit him, but was stopped by Zhou Yuli.
"Mr. Zhao!" Zhou Yuli was very strong and tall, and Zhao Ping couldn't help but take a few steps back after breaking free.
"You... it was you two who talked nonsense and hurt Xiaolan..." Pei Zhao looked at Zhao Ping, only to see that his eyes were red and he looked extremely sad. It didn't seem like he was acting. He felt a sudden pang in his heart, "What happened to Sister Chen Lan?"
Zhao Ping noticed the wedding dress puppet in Pei Zhao's hand. His entire body and face turned red. He pointed at the puppet and cursed, "That's it! You're using it to perform witchcraft!"
Witchcraft? Pei Zhao was completely confused now.
"Has something strange happened? Why is it related to witchcraft?" He knew that it sounded mysterious for people to turn into puppets and puppets to turn into people, but the puppet in his hand looked exquisite no matter how you looked at it. It was completely different from the puppets used to make voodoo dolls in ancient times. How could it be related to witchcraft?
Zhou Yuli was also puzzled, and he just silently pulled Pei Zhao behind him. His large body completely blocked Pei Zhao behind him.
"Don't believe me, my wife was eaten by this puppet!"
Pei Zhao:?
Zhou Yuli:?
What the hell? Eaten it?
Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli looked at each other, and their first reaction was that Zhao Ping was crazy.
"You'd better provide evidence for what you said. A puppet eating a human, what kind of fantasy is this?"
Zhao Ping wanted to say something when he heard a siren. A police car stopped on the side of the road and a policeman got out.
Pei Zhao frowned as soon as he saw it. That policeman was the one who arrived at the scene when they called the police in the real world about Zhao Ping’s trouble.
How come a group of acquaintances got together...
"Hello, we are from the police station. We have received your report. May I ask what happened?"
Seeing the police coming, Zhao Ping actually sat down on the ground and burst into tears: "I am so unlucky! I met these two children when I was trying on wedding dresses some time ago, and my wife even gave them invitations to come to the wedding. Who knew they would lose my wife!"
The police looked at Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli with a suspicious look on their faces: "Are you saying that these two children kidnapped an adult?"
There was no need for Pei Zhao to prove himself, the policeman's face showed "This is impossible".
Zhao Ping pointed at what Pei Zhao was holding: "It was that puppet. Someone saw it with their own eyes. The puppet climbed up to our window and my wife disappeared!"
…
Pei Zhao narrowed his eyes.
Let’s not talk about the credibility of this matter for now, let’s talk about this wedding dress puppet, because Pei Zhao knows that each puppet is a real person. Without knowing her true attributes, Pei Zhao’s biggest worry is that this puppet will go out and cause trouble.
So these two days, even when shaking milk tea, he and Zhou Yuli tied the puppet around their waists.
It is absolutely impossible for the situation that Zhao Ping said, that the puppet would go and kill people on its own, to happen.
However... Pei Zhao had other ideas about the scene that Zhao Ping described.
Pei Zhao winked at Zhou Yuli, who understood and grabbed Zhao Ping's arm.
Zhao Ping's crying voice suddenly stopped: "What are you doing!"
Pei Zhao squatted down and looked at Zhao Ping straight in the eye.
"Tell me again, how did the puppet take your wife away?"
Perhaps it was because Pei Zhao's expression was too serious that Zhao Ping forgot to throw a tantrum for a moment. He was stunned for half a second before he stuttered, "I, I didn't actually see it with my own eyes, but the vanguard who was picking up the bride saw it and shouted that the puppet was eating people. When I rushed into the house, the puppet and my wife were gone."
So the police asked Zhao Ping to call the vanguard to pick up the bride.
The forward is a young man who looks to be less than 30 years old. His eyes show the fatigue of an office worker and resentment towards the world.
When he was brought here, the young man was a little flustered and looked very embarrassed.
"I, I saw it! The puppet ate a person... and then ran away!"
With the confession, Zhao Ping felt more confident and twisted his legs wildly, "Look! I said -"
Pei Zhao was somewhat speechless, and he still had complete doubts in his mind about the puppet eating people.
Zhou Yuli, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "Tell me, when you saw the puppet eating a person, how did it eat the person? How did it swallow it, how did it bite it, tell me in detail."
After saying this, he smiled slightly, looking as if he was listening attentively.
Pei Zhao was stunned for a moment, then calmed down. He was just disturbed by Zhao Ping. Yes, although he said he saw the puppet eating people, his words were vague and there was no detailed description at all! If he saw such a bizarre scene, he would definitely want to add some exaggeration to it and write it into a novel.
Looking at the forward again, after Zhou Yuli finished speaking, his face suddenly turned red, as if he couldn't utter a word.
"Just... just... ate it. Then, I just saw it..."
Such a confession is naturally not counted in the eyes of the police, not to mention the matter of turning into a puppet...Except for those who have really experienced turning into a puppet, it does not seem to be common knowledge in this world. At least the police officer in front of him looked at Zhao Ping as if he was a madman.
"...We will report it as a missing person case, don't worry." The police conscientiously recorded the confession and said to Zhou Yuli, "If you have any information, please go to the police station and provide it."
Having said this, the police drove away.
The originally lively wedding was now lifeless. Pei Zhao felt something was wrong. He looked around and asked, "Isn't today a wedding? Why are there only you and Sister Chen Lan? Where are your parents?"
Zhao Ping's eyes were a little evasive, but he still put on a fierce look: "We will have a free wedding, only invite friends, not parents!"
Pei Zhao sneered and said, "Only invite friends?" He just looked around and didn't see any female friends of the same age as Sister Chen Lan here. Most of them were men and children, and Zhao Ping's parents were not here... It felt very weird.
Pei Zhao wanted to continue questioning Zhao Ping, but suddenly he felt someone pulling his clothes. Pei Zhao subconsciously lowered his head and found it was Zhou Yuli.
"What's wrong?"
Zhou Yuli winked at him. Pei Zhao looked over, a little shocked, and tried his best to keep an expression as if nothing had happened. "Since the police have confirmed that this matter has nothing to do with us, we will leave first. Of course, if there is anything else, we will still come to you!"
Before Zhao Ping could say anything, Pei Zhao had already pulled Zhou Yuli away side by side.
Zhao Ping just sat there and stopped making a fuss.
The forward came up to him, all the panic on his face gone, "Brother, what should we do now?"
Zhao Ping raised his arm to wipe the tears from his face, frowned and looked at the forward, "Are you sure you saw your sister's puppet jump out of the window with your own eyes?"
"I'm sure!" The forward opened his eyes wide and whispered, "But I remember that she was not..."
Zhao Ping glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense!"
The forward covered his mouth: "I said it wrong!"
Zhao Ping slowly withdrew his gaze, his expression gloomy, and looked at the backs of Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli who were leaving side by side. He snorted coldly: "I knew you would ruin my good thing, so I have no choice but to strike first."
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What did Zhou Yuli see?
Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli hurried into a private room of a restaurant. Zhou Yuli still had some emergency money on him. After ordering the cheapest meal, they asked the waiter to serve the food in half an hour, and then locked the door of the room.
"Is this all right?" Pei Zhao turned the doorknob uncertainly, and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure it could not be opened from the outside.
Zhou Yuli was squatting by the window, opening it a crack. Hearing this, he replied, "Well, it should be fine."
Pei Zhao placed the wedding dress puppet in the middle of the table, and the two of them stood on either side of the window, one on the left and one on the right, trying their best to hide.
One minute, two minutes...nothing happened.
Three minutes, four minutes...
"Will he really come?" Pei Zhao asked in a low voice.
"I don't know, but I saw it with my own eyes." Zhou Yuli answered in a low voice.
Just now, Zhou Yuli saw something familiar near the grass at the wedding venue.
The difference was that the snow-white wedding dress was stained with some red, and Zhou Yuli hurriedly called Pei Zhao.
Pei Zhao only took a quick look and wasn't quite sure at this moment.
"If, you don't come..."
"Shh——" Pei Zhao wanted to say something but was interrupted by Zhou Yuli.
Zhou Yuli's position is closer to the window, which means his perspective is wider. It is more likely that something has been discovered at this point.
Pei Zhao pursed his lips and stopped talking.
Then he saw a small wooden hand climbing up the window frame.
Pei Zhao: “!!!”
The little hand is gently lifted down, and you can see the force applied, and then a hint of lace edge comes into view.
Pei Zhao couldn't help but cover his mouth.
A living... puppet?
The few attempts to catch the puppet flashed through his mind quickly. Even when Little Red Skirt was fully evil, she couldn't move so freely. How could this be a puppet? It's a monster.
The puppet did not notice them. Instead, he walked straight to the wedding dress puppet placed in the center of the table.
The two puppets, one moving and one still, watched quietly for a moment.
Pei Zhao suddenly heard the puppet that was moving say faintly: "It really is, exactly the same."
Pei Zhao's heart suddenly calmed down.
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