Chapter 76
"Uncle Wang, are you okay?"
"It's okay. I felt refreshed when I woke up this morning."
After just a few words with them, I felt a headache. After chatting, I learned that the truck driver died on the spot and Wang Laosan's wife was now in a coma.
This was the first time in my life that I had suffered such a serious injury. The old village chief sat here for a while and then left. Grandpa Gan stayed to take care of me.
"Kid, I asked you to live in my house, but you insisted on staying home alone. If something happens to you, how am I going to explain to Brother Gui later?" Grandpa Gan's tone was unprecedentedly harsh.
"Grandpa Gan, this matter is not my fault."
"I don't blame you for anything, including the fact that you should be careful when you go out in the future!"
"Got it, Grandpa Gan."
At this time, Wang Laosan also came over and asked curiously, "What happened to you two last night? I heard that a driver died. Why were you in his car?"
I told them the whole story. Grandpa Gan was a little scared when he heard that this was so bizarre. On the other hand, Wang Laosan seemed like a different person. When I mentioned the headless ghost, he didn't react at all. This reminded me that when I talked about the headless ghost at his house, he was very scared.
I spent over ten days in the hospital, nearly suffocating myself. Our township hospital was so small it felt like a prison. Fortunately, my injuries healed quickly, and finally, at my insistence, Grandpa Gan agreed to let me go. This time, he insisted I move to Xiagou with him. I declined, saying the village issue hadn't been resolved yet, and that once it was, I'd definitely go to his place and stay with Xiaowei for a couple of days. Only then did Grandpa Gan relent.
For over ten days, Wang Laosan's wife has been in a coma. I've been back to the hospital to see her several times, and her condition isn't optimistic. Although her vital signs are stable, I sense her energy is fading.
As I expected, on the fourteenth day, Wang Laosan's wife suddenly died in the hospital. Her death was so tragic that even the doctors were reportedly shocked during their ward rounds. The villagers began beating drums and gongs that day, but Wang Laosan showed no sign of sadness throughout the funeral procession, his face remarkably calm.
This is very abnormal, because from the interactions with his wife these days, the two of them are still very much in love, but Wang Laosan didn't shed a single tear.
At the funeral, when I was viewing her body, I saw how she died.
His eyes were wide open and his mouth was open, it was obvious that he was scared to death.
After this death, things quieted down for a while. To my surprise, within a month, Wang Laosan also died. The old village chief had found him. He'd gone to Wang Laosan's house to reminisce about the past, but when he arrived, the door was locked. It was already noon, and in our village, the door was always open; you never knew who might come to visit.
When the old village chief saw that the door was locked from the inside, he knew that something was wrong. The village wall was relatively low, so the old village chief climbed over the wall. As soon as he entered the house, he saw Wang Laosan lying on the bed. He looked calm, but he was already dead.
The death of Wang Laosan and his wife must be related to that thing. The old village chief immediately opened the door and ran out of Wang Laosan's house and went straight to my house.
Sitting in my yard, he was still in shock as he recounted this story. Now that Wang Laosan was dead, it seemed like everyone who had seen that thing had a bad ending.
Since Wang Laosan was the only one in his family, the village held a funeral for him after his death. Seeing the expressionless face of Wang Laosan, I was puzzled. In fact, when I visited him in the hospital before his wife died, he also showed no emotion.
Listening to the horn, I fell into thought.
It is impossible for a person to have no emotions at all, otherwise he would become a stone.
I slapped my forehead and finally figured out why. First of all, his wife must have been scared to death by the headless ghost, and Wang Laosan should have been scared to death by the headless ghost too, but he met me and called his soul back, so he escaped. Then his soul was abducted by the headless ghost again. This is very crucial because at that time, I gave him the talisman water to drink.
After all, that talisman was drawn by Qingyun at the Tianshi Mansion, forcibly concentrating Wang Laosan's spirit. However, the subsequent soul-calling ritual failed, causing Wang Laosan's spirit to dissipate bit by bit, despite appearing fine. The three souls and seven spirits govern a person's seven emotions and six desires. Once his spirits dispersed, Wang Laosan became like a piece of wood, with only instincts. This explains why he seemed to be devoid of emotion, a state that lasted until his death.
I was very unwilling to accept this. If I had the Yuhao Stone, or even if I didn't have the Yuhao Stone but still had some magic power in my body, Wang Laosan and his wife wouldn't have died in vain.
Suddenly I felt so powerless.
However, my self-pity could not solve any problems at all. That night, I heard someone knocking on the door. I thought it was the old village chief, so I hurried down to the field to open the door for him.
But I never expected that when I opened the door, the headless ghost was still standing there, facing me, with blood spurting from its iconic neck.
I was completely stunned, not daring to breathe, my eyes fixed on it.
"Knock, knock, knock."
I could hear my own heartbeat, and the blood plasma on his neck spurted and fell with my heartbeat. Now I didn't dare to move, and we both froze.
Although it has no head, I can feel its evil smile.
I immediately closed my eyes, made a finger gesture, and chanted, "South Pole Fire Bell, Gold Fire Heavenly Ding. With a single thought, the spirit takes form!"
However, there was not a trace of magic power in my body. After a few breaths, I still couldn't summon the fire bell.
My movement upset our balance, and it raised its arms, making a "crackling" sound like dry branches snapping. I quickly closed the door and ran into the house.
In this panic, I became a turtle in a jar.
The headless ghost came in through the gate and walked into the yard. I had already turned on the light here, and it stood in the yard, looking at me.
Is it possible that I can't escape this disaster today?
He walked slowly to the front of the house and touched the door, but it bounced open.
I looked at this scene in surprise, not knowing what was going on. Logically speaking, an ordinary wooden door could not stop the headless ghost.
It tried again, and was bounced off again.
It stood in front of the window, looking at me through the glass. It was a very strange feeling. It had no head, but I could still feel its gaze.
But it couldn't get in, and I was no longer afraid. We kept confronting each other until the chickens in the village crowed, and then it disappeared in the yard.
I know this isn't over, and now I'm hooked on it.
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