Gu Zixiao placed the things next to Lan Yao and then returned to his seat. He didn't offer to help Lan Yao with her food because he knew she had her own pace when eating and didn't like others interfering.
Lan Yao first threw a few dumplings into the copper hot pot, and then continued telling the story she had just told.
The woman in the fox fur coat welcomed the merchant surnamed Wang inside.
The merchant surnamed Wang, unwilling to leave his horses in the blizzard, brought them in with him.
After the merchant surnamed Wang entered the temple, he discovered that besides the woman wearing a fox fur coat, there were two other women also in the dilapidated temple.
After the businessman surnamed Wang entered, a woman sitting by the fire teased him, saying, "It's New Year's Eve. Going out in this blizzard, you didn't mean to deliberately run into us, did you?"
The woman in the fox fur coat frowned unhappily: "Xiao Tao, what nonsense are you talking about? This gentleman just came here by chance."
“Sister, I think Xiao Tao is right. This gentleman probably knew we were here, which is why he came here. Otherwise, what a coincidence it would be?” another woman dressed in black said slowly.
The businessman surnamed Wang was utterly baffled by the conversation between the three women; his speechless expression was quite noticeable.
The woman in black spoke again: "What? You think we're wrong?"
The merchant surnamed Wang said, "...That's definitely not right. I'm just traveling around doing business. I accidentally got caught in a blizzard and had no choice but to come here to take shelter from the snow. I wanted to wait for the snow to stop before heading back to the city."
Besides, why would I randomly run into you guys if I had nothing better to do?
I already have a wife at home, who is gentle and virtuous. We are very much in love.
Although the two sisters and their two children were beautiful, they were nothing more than strangers to him. What could he possibly have feelings for a stranger? Besides, as a moral man, he would never betray my wife.”
Isn't that woman named Xiaotao overly confident?
Xiao Tao immediately became interested. "You said you wouldn't betray your wife, so how about we give it a try?"
The woman in black chimed in, "It's snowing heavily outside, and there's no one around. We've got nothing to do, so why don't we have some fun?"
The woman in the fox fur coat did not object, which clearly indicated her agreement.
The businessman surnamed Wang thought the three of them were sick, or rather, narcissistic.
Even though the three women were indeed very beautiful, to the man surnamed Wang, they were nothing more than strangers who could amaze him.
Besides, as he said, he already has a wife at home, whom he has always cherished. Moreover, he and his wife met when they were both struggling, and they built their business from scratch over many years.
The businessman surnamed Wang is a grateful person, and he would never forget the hardships and sacrifices his wife endured for him over the years. Besides, he genuinely wanted to spend his life with his wife.
If he truly harbored any ulterior motives, he should have already begun to have feelings for his wife when his business partners offered him various women as his career progressed. But he didn't; instead, he directly rejected them, expressing his loyalty to his wife.
Therefore, the businessman surnamed Wang directly rejected the three men's inexplicable proposal.
But the girl named Xiaotao wouldn't let it go and insisted that the businessman surnamed Wang play that old shaman game with him.
The businessman surnamed Wang was forced into a corner and had no choice but to leave the dilapidated temple immediately. He would rather brave the blizzard and rush home than accept the invitation from these three inexplicable women to play games.
His actions successfully angered the girl named Xiaotao. So she forced him to start playing the game.
So that night, the businessman surnamed Wang was forced to play that damn game.
The game's content is quite simple: various beautiful women constantly tempt a merchant surnamed Wang, attempting to break his moral compass, make him bewitched by the beauties, and cause him to forget his wife who has shared his hardships at home.
At first, the businessman surnamed Wang was indeed determined, but as time went on, the beauty's level, methods, and scheming became deeper and more sophisticated, and the businessman surnamed Wang almost lost his composure several times.
At crucial moments, the businessman surnamed Wang would think of his gentle, kind, and capable wife, his charming and lovely daughter, and his mischievous sons.
The businessman surnamed Wang instantly snapped out of the illusions he had created.
Xiao Tao and the woman in black were struck by the Wang family's unwavering will and deep affection for their wife.
Xiao Tao couldn't help but purse her lips, "I never thought there really were good men in this world who were so devoted to their wives and never abandoned them."
The woman in black: "...That is indeed the case."
The woman in the fox fur coat said, "Xiao Tao, now that you've had your fun, stop. He has a wife at home. Wait for him to come home. Don't let that woman lose the husband she can rely on and who loves her because of us."
"Okay, okay, I got it, I got it. The snow outside has stopped, and I've had enough fun. We should probably head back now."
So Xiao Tao casually removed the illusion, glanced at the merchant surnamed Wang one last time, and then reluctantly left the dilapidated temple with the other two women.
The next day, when the merchant surnamed Wang woke up, he found himself completely unharmed and nothing was missing. Relieved, he quickly grabbed the horse from the dilapidated temple and hurried home, fearing that lingering any longer might attract some wild beasts.
After Lan Yao finished speaking, she handed the dumplings she had just made to Gu Zixiao and Grandma Yu, and then smiled at them and said, "My story is finished."
Gu Zixiao: ...
Grandma Yu: ...
Where are the ghosts? There aren't any ghosts here.
Gu Zixiao couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you say there would be ghosts in this story? But where are the ghosts? I didn't hear anything about them. Could it be those three women?"
Lan Yao blinked innocently, "Didn't you guess that yourself? I was just trying to comfort you, so I just casually agreed. I didn't say there was really something fishy going on."
Grandma Yu smiled and said, "Alright, it's just a story. Now it's my turn to tell it."
Grandma Yu's story was quite simple: the woman's husband had been dead for many years, but suddenly returned on New Year's Eve. However, on that very night, he told Lan Yao that he had been seriously injured outside and, in his despair, had been rescued by another woman. He also said that he and that woman had been married for many years and had children...
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