"I... my name is Qin Lan, and I don't know why I appear here..." Qin Lan frowned. She could feel the cold breath emanating from the female ghost. She wanted to escape but found that her body seemed to be frozen and she couldn't move at all. She could only speak in a trembling voice.
"You are the concubine he married, right? You are so beautiful..." The female ghost seemed not to hear her words. She giggled and poked Qin Lan's delicate face with her sharp fingertips, leaving a bloody mark.
"Damn it, let her go!" I turned around and saw that the fat man had woken up at some point. When he saw Qin Lan being caught by the female ghost, he immediately jumped up and yelled and was about to pounce on her.
I felt something was wrong, so I pulled the fat man back and held him down: "Don't go, wait and see!"
How could he forget that the fat man had a crush on Qin Lan before and even wanted to confess his love to her? But with the way he pounced, he died before he even met the female ghost.
"Let me go!" The fat man stared at me with red eyes, as if he would fight with me immediately if I dared to stop him.
I was so angry that I laughed.
She threw him to the ground and cursed, "Do you think you're the only one who cares about Qin Lan? I do the same!"
"But if you go there now, what else will it do except anger the female ghost even more and put Qin Lan in even more danger?"
The fat man was stunned when he heard this, and he lowered his head and said nothing, but his eyes were still fixed on Qin Lan.
I slowly breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the female ghost again.
The argument between the fat man and I was quite loud, especially the fat man's loud shout at the beginning, which I think even a deaf person could hear it, but the female ghost turned a deaf ear to it and just stared at Qin Lan on the bed, with a cold light flashing in her eyes.
My heart sank suddenly, and I saw the female ghost suddenly raised her hand to strangle Qin Lan's neck, whispering: "If you die, will he have to marry me?"
My heart suddenly tightened when I saw this. I knew that something might be wrong and I could no longer hold back and speak to provoke the female ghost.
"Even if you strangled her to death, there would be another one, and the next one, and the next one, who would compete with you for the generalship. The general doesn't love you, so he doesn't trust you. Otherwise, why would he sentence you to death without even listening to your explanation, and even take a concubine on your wedding day without a trace of sadness?"
The ghost girl's hand that was pinching Qin Lan suddenly froze, then trembled slightly, turned her stiff neck and looked at me, her eyes bloodshot: "Shut up!"
Seeing this, I knew that my words had worked.
So, let me continue. There are only two possibilities: either the female ghost is persuaded by me, or I completely enrage her.
I think the possibility of the first one is a little slim, so I am more inclined to the second one.
So after a moment of mental negotiation, I spoke again, "You foolishly thought he loved you and was grateful for sparing you when he massacred the palace. Little did you know that he only spared your life because you looked like his sister."
"Everything, from the beginning to the end, is just your wishful thinking. He is a demon and will never fall in love with anyone!"
"Shut up! Shut up!" The female ghost suddenly became irritable and her emotions collapsed in an instant. She threw everything in the room like a madman, then curled up on the ground, hugged her head tightly, and cried softly.
I felt sorry for what was happening and wanted to go forward, but was suddenly grabbed by Jack and dragged towards the door with an irresistible force.
At the same time, his anxious voice came to my ears: "Run, this place is going to collapse!"
Almost the moment he finished speaking, the entire second floor began to shake, and the ground began to crack from where the female ghost was squatting, gradually spreading outward.
Qin Lan was still trapped in the bed and unable to move. I suddenly shook off Jack's hand, rushed to the bed, picked up Qin Lan, and rushed out with everyone.
The sound of cracking rang in our ears from time to time. The moment we rushed to the third floor, the second floor suddenly collapsed, leaving only an endless black hole below.
I breathed a sigh of relief, having survived the ordeal. I put Qin Lan on the stairs, turned around, and scanned Jack, Xiao Ding, and Fatty one by one. Seeing that they were all safe, I finally set my gaze on Qin Lan and asked, "Are you okay?"
Qin Lan blinked her eyes, then suddenly moved her arms, then her legs, and finally twisted her neck and shouted at me in surprise, "I think I can move now?"
I was stunned, then nodded in surprise.
"Qin Lan, I'm so glad that you're okay!" At this time, the fat man came over, looked at Qin Lan in front of me, scratched his hair, and said.
Qin Lan pursed her lips when she heard this, as if she was thinking of the scene where the fat man risked his life to save her. Although his behavior was irrational, it did not affect her feelings.
Qin Lan nodded at the fat man and said, "Thank you!"
Everyone knew what she was thanking him for, and they all glanced at the fat man knowingly, their expressions varying.
I suddenly felt unhappy. I took the risk to carry her away, but why didn't she say thank you to me?
I was unhappy, but I didn't show it on my face. I just left Qin Lan's side silently and came to Jack. I looked up at the endless stairs leading to the third floor and the wooden sign engraved with "My dear, please turn back" and asked, "How is it, did you see anything?"
Jack straightened up and looked at the wooden sign, then glanced at me and said, "I think this is supposed to be the antithesis of the sentence."
"Antithesis?" I looked at him in surprise.
"Yes, the sign says 'My dear, please turn back', but it actually means 'My dear, don't turn back'." Jack guessed as he looked at the sign calmly.
Don't look back?
I glanced at the wooden sign and frowned in thought.
"What will happen if you turn back?" Xiao Ding asked from the side.
"Something...horrible will happen!" My face suddenly darkened, and I stared at Xiao Ding sinisterly and threatened him.
Xiao Ding's face turned pale, as if he was frightened by me, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
In the end, I couldn't help but burst out laughing, easing the weird atmosphere: "Okay, I'm just teasing you!"
Then I set my eyes on the wooden sign, my expression slightly serious. "However, everyone should try not to look back. After all, no one knows what will happen if you look back."
By this time, it was completely dark and everyone was exhausted after a series of escapes, so they decided to rest for a while before continuing to climb.
After all, no one knows what is on the third floor. Maybe it is something more difficult to deal with than the things on the first and second floors?
Without physical strength, they wouldn't even have the energy to escape, let alone deal with her.
No one sat down in a circle. I took out the prickly cactus from my bag and shared it with everyone. When Xiao Ding saw it, he frowned and covered his mouth and said, "What is this? I don't want to eat it!"
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