Chapter 55: Water Fairy (2)
Li Yuanying felt her back pressed against a solid chest, and the man's body was completely pressed towards her. His chin rested on the top of her head, his right hand passed under her body, and his left hand was on top, slowly hugging her tightly. The two bodies were tightly pressed together, and she could even feel the man's heartbeat.
Plop, plop, plop.
Both of their heartbeats were getting faster and faster.
The breath of the person behind her brushed past Li Yuanying's ears, and she felt her body getting hotter and hotter. She wanted to move, but the person held her tighter.
The man placed his slender fingers on her lips and pressed them gently, his lips pressed tightly against her ear: "Don't be afraid."
Li Yuanying guessed the identity of the person who came. The smell on his body, his hands, and his voice made it clear that it was definitely him.
The thing that came in from outside the door seemed to have drilled under Li Yuanying's bed, and her spirit became tense.
The man's hand fell from Li Yuanying's lips and embraced Li Yuanying, but pressed down on her chest, making Li Yuanying frown. This bad guy still wanted to take advantage of her.
But Li Yuanying was afraid of making any noise, so she dared not move and listened quietly to the movement of the thing under the bed. She felt that the thing's hand suddenly hit the bed board, and then kept scratching it with its nails, making a harsh sound.
Knock knock.
Knock knock.
The thing started knocking under the bed.
"Is anyone home? Open the door quickly."
A strange female voice came from under the bed, and Li Yuanying's limbs became cold.
"I know you're not asleep, open the door quickly."
Li Yuanying was still young when she first encountered Ling Yao. She waited with her father every night until she finally fell asleep in a daze. She was scared to death when she saw a dead person the next day, but she had never been tortured like this at night.
I really don’t know how my father got through that time.
"Where? Where are you?"
The thing became more and more agitated as it spoke, and began to pound the bed.
Suddenly, Ling Yao stopped and the room became silent.
Li Yuanying dared not breathe. She remembered the first time she met Ling Yao, the adults didn't know what hearing that song meant, they just went back to sleep as usual. Someone died on the first night, and on the second night, everyone gathered together, ready to find the murderer.
The moment Ling Yao appeared, they were teleported to different rooms, and the strange song rang out in the corridor.
“
It was dark,
Close the door tightly,
See who's awake.
Don't breathe loudly.
Don't open your eyes.
Don't whisper.
I know where you are.
Don't tear the body apart.
Don't tear the shadow apart,
Don't try to escape.
I will definitely find you.
”
Afterwards, Li Yuanying heard someone screaming. They wanted to go out to check, but found that the door could not be opened at all. It was not until the next day that several people were able to go out. When they went to check, the person who screamed last night, the man with extraordinary martial arts mentioned at the beginning, was already dead.
It's a forced game of hide and seek.
Li Yuanying felt strange after a long pause, so she quietly squinted one eye. The sight before her made her gasp. She saw four hands, like spider legs, propped up the edge of her bed.
A shadow suddenly loomed over them. It was that thing that leaned over and sniffed something over their heads. Li Yuanying's heart skipped a beat. The young man behind her covered her mouth with one hand, and she stopped herself from screaming.
But when the demon sniffed behind Li Yuanying, it suddenly realized something. It jumped off the bed suddenly, and then retreated repeatedly. Li Yuanying could now see the demon's appearance clearly. It was a monster with eight legs, shaped like a spider, but with a woman's face on its head.
Ling Yao's face turned pale, as if he had encountered some natural enemy. He quickly left the room and ran towards the next room.
"Come, eat it, and everything will be fine." The familiar voice sounded in Li Yuanying's ears again.
Afterwards, Li Yuanying felt someone behind her stuff something into her mouth. It was a red "pill". After that thing entered Li Yuanying's body, she felt a hot force bursting out from her dantian and filling her whole body.
Li Yuanying felt that the person behind her was reluctant to leave. He was greedy for her scent and her warmth.
She wanted to turn around because she had a lot of questions to ask him, but the young man behind her held her tightly, preventing her from turning around.
"I have to go." The voice sounded a little melancholy and restrained.
A gentle kiss fell on Li Yuanying's neck.
"Take care." He whispered again, "Wait for me."
Then, the person disappeared. She reached behind her, but there was no one there. Li Yuanying felt as if the person's warmth was still lingering behind her, but there was nothing behind her.
Li Yuanying still had a thousand questions to ask, a thousand doubts to unravel, but he had left so effortlessly. When he'd appeared, Li Yuanying had been three parts angry and three parts delighted. Now that he was gone, she was left with only loss and melancholy. She rubbed her belly in a daze, a little lost in thought.
What he just gave me... could it be his demon pill?
How could he keep such important things with me?
Then why did he have to betray me and break through the Yuanming realm?
She didn't know if it was the effect of the demon pill, but Li Yuanying actually calmed down. Sleepiness came over her like a tide, and she gradually fell into a dream.
The next day, everyone woke up and found that someone was missing.
It was the short man from yesterday.
There were ten people on the boat: Li Yuanying, Xiu Niang, Shiwu, two passengers, and five crew members. The two passengers were a couple, and they were said to be going to Heishui to make a living. Everyone knew the business in Heishui, and it was definitely not a respectable business.
In addition to the short man, the five crew members include the captain, who is about fifty years old and has a beard, and four crew members, one of whom is very young and thin, and the remaining three are about the same age. They have one thing in common: they all have a scar on their shoulders, which looks like a five-pointed star.
Now that the short man is missing, everyone on the boat begins to feel insecure.
"Did you hear any noise yesterday?" the thin crew member asked first. Everyone called him Qiangzi.
"It sounds like nails scratching the wall. I heard it coming from..." Another crew member named Agang looked at Li Yuanying, "It came from their room..."
"But why is it Agou who is missing?" Qiangzi said in a sharp voice.
Li Yuanying understood that these people were going to point their spearheads at them.
"You must have heard it wrongly, didn't you?" the embroiderer said. "We were so scared last night that we couldn't sleep, but we didn't hear any sound of nails."
"Yeah, we live next door to them and didn't hear anything." The woman in the couple spoke.
Li Yuanying looked at the woman. She was petite, dark-skinned, and looked honest. She was wearing coarse clothes. She didn't look like a rich person, but she could afford to ride on this expensive boat.
Last night, Li Yuanying clearly heard that thing go to the next room, but the two people were unharmed. The missing one was the short man who lived at the end of the corridor, whom they called Agou.
After the woman said this, the crew members looked at each other and didn't know what to say.
"Let's sleep in different rooms tonight," the captain requested.
No one had any objection.
"We all have to stay together during the day to prevent any of you from doing anything," the captain scolded.
Throughout the day, everyone was at peace, except for the times when someone left their room to go to the bathroom. Li Yuanying knew that everything would erupt at night, so she needed to observe the situation for another night.
Night fell again, and the captain gathered everyone together and asked them to draw lots to decide the order of the rooms.
Li Yuanying drew the room where the missing Agou lived. The embroiderer was a little worried, but Li Yuanying comforted her and said it was okay.
She moved in with Xiu Niang and Shiwu, locked the doors and windows, and before going to bed, Li Yuanying finally had the chance to ask, "Xiu Niang, did you bring anything valuable with you?"
The embroiderer shook her head: "No, they are not worth much, just enough for the three of us to eat and drink."
"So, after you boarded the ship, did anything special happen, especially related to that couple?"
The embroiderer also shook her head, then as if remembering something, she said, "Oh, right, we were originally assigned to the room they were staying in. I had already arranged for you to stay, but then the couple contacted me privately to switch rooms."
Li Yuanying nodded to indicate that she understood.
"Embroiderer, go to bed early."
"Miss Li, aren't you afraid that thing will find us?" asked the embroiderer. Fifteen was so scared when he heard it that he crawled into the embroiderer's arms.
"Xiuniang, she won't cause trouble for you and Shiwu, right?"
When the embroiderer heard this, she hummed twice in embarrassment.
"In that case, as long as you two are safe, don't worry about me. I have my own way."
"Okay, be careful too."
After saying that, Li Yuanying turned off the lights in the room, but she did not lie in bed that night.
Instead, he crawled under her bed. Sure enough, she saw two words written in blood under the bed. The first word was "Lu", and then it was crossed out and "Yi" was written instead.
Li Yuanying took out a dagger he carried with him and crossed out the word "壹".
She knew that with the demon pill given to her by Qilang, the demon Ling would be unable to do anything to her, so she wanted to watch carefully what would happen tonight.
Li Yuanying quietly pushed the door open, leaving a gap to check the situation outside.
At midnight, Li Yuanying heard a noise coming from the deck.
After a while, a familiar figure appeared at the top of the corridor - Ling Yao.
The Ling Yao had a terrifying shape, looking like a giant spider. Without any hesitation, it crawled straight towards the room of Li Yuanying and the other two. Li Yuanying quickly closed the door and leaned against it, listening to the noise outside.
Ling Yao hesitated for a while, then ran towards the third room. As soon as it reached the door of that room, Li Yuanying saw a piece of white paper floating out of the room with a red glow on it. Ling Yao looked at the paper and quickly ran towards the fifth room.
Immediately afterwards, Li Yuanying heard a scream, followed by the sound of something being dragged on the ground.
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