☆、Catching Bugs on the Bloody Cobblestone Road
"Tell me, what exactly do you want to see me about?" Yu Jiuyin did not open the love letter, but simply took the map of the old school building in his hand and took a look at it.
"Brother Yu, I just want to ask how my sister died." After his previous experience in the haunted house, Xu Wang was still a little afraid of Yu Jiuyin. But his sister's death was unclear, and she later bore such a heavy infamy. He couldn't help but seek justice for her.
But Yu Jiuyin's answer made him look completely different. "Your sister, I thought you wanted to ask me whose family you wanted to destroy by building this building like this."
What does it mean? Three college students who hadn't had time to go back heard the commotion and took a look. Then they were confused by the strange floor plan.
The buildings in this diagram are clearly arranged in the shape of a Bagua (Eight Diagrams). If that were all, it wouldn't be intimidating. But the truly terrifying thing is the circular object in the center.
On the surface, it looks like a flower bed used for greening, but in reality, the first impression it gives people is that it is a tomb without a tombstone.
"You've seen it too," Yu Jiuyin laughed softly, "Don't get me wrong, this isn't gossip, it's reverse gossip. Do you know what reverse gossip is?"
"What are you doing?"
"It's used to keep the evil spirit inside from everlasting reincarnation. Unfortunately, the building is only half-built, and the evil spirit hasn't completely lost its mind. Plus, the building has been renovated twice. See the willow tree here? This is a gathering place for resentment, helping the evil spirit gather negative energy. Otherwise, even if it was an unfinished reverse gossip, the evil spirit would have been attracted and turned into a demon."
"Brother Yu, what do you mean?" Xu Wang immediately understood the meaning of Yu Jiuyin's words, and suddenly felt a chill on his back.
"You should be thankful that the original evil spirit of this school building wasn't a murderer. Otherwise, it wouldn't just be a few deaths, but a sea of blood. As for how your sister died, I don't know, but the person who first designed and built this building must have hoped that the family who built it would die a miserable death."
Yu Jiuyin pointed at the renovated Gathering Grudges Bureau as he spoke, "As for the second feng shui change, it can only be said to be a half-baked one. But it's also very interesting. Instead of using methods for the living, they use methods from the underworld."
"But, but this building belongs to me." Xu Wang muttered to himself with a pale face, and the dusty old case was brought up again.
No one knew that Xu Wang was once a young master from a wealthy family, but now he was just a poor young master.
Sixteen years ago, the Xu family was a leading real estate developer in City B, enjoying a strong reputation. However, things took a sharp turn for the worse after they took on a project. This project was the university town building shown in the photos Xu Wang had brought.
"I can only say that my father was too careless. Because he was cooperating with the higher-ups, he didn't do a very thorough investigation. In fact, from here on, he fell into the trap." Xu Wang sighed, his eyes red.
Xu Wang explained that the land in the university town had previously been a mass grave during the "Ten Years of Special Period." It was said that all the leftists who had been persecuted to death were rolled up on straw mats and dumped there. It was initially just a rumor, but when the foundations proved impossible to dig, the story became a bit of a mystery.
A passing Taoist priest offered a suggestion: a handful of millet and a yellow chess piece, and the stake was driven in. But soon, problems arose. Workers digging the foundation reported uncovering numerous broken bones. Then, due to a mistake, one of the workers fell from a building and broke a bone. Fortunately, no one was injured or killed, and the incident passed.
However, the rumor that this piece of land was evil eventually spread.
At his wit's end, Xu's father asked around for advice. A friend finally introduced him to a feng shui master who finally explained the situation. The master explained that a powerful ghost was buried there, causing the project's difficulties. So, he suggested to Xu's father that the building layout be designed to completely scare away the ghost.
"The game is already broken, why are there still problems?" Xu Wang said strangely, and the boss couldn't help but interject.
However, Yu Jiuyin shook his head, looked at him with a pitying expression, told him to shut up, and motioned Xu Wang to continue.
"Actually, they also know what happened next. No, it should be said that all the college students in City B have heard about it to some extent."
"How is that possible?" the three university students were completely unconvinced. They were from City B themselves, and had never heard of any university dormitories arranged like this. But Xu Wang's next words shocked them completely.
"Yang Silu, the haunted Bagua Building"
"What the hell!" The three college students were stunned. They all looked at Yu Jiuyin with pale faces and were speechless for a long time.
"Why, have you been there?"
"It's not that we've been there, it's that we simply didn't dare to go in." The three of them looked at each other and told each other the rumors they knew about the Bagua Building.
The usual school ghost stories are nothing more than girls jumping off the building in the girls' dormitory and a female ghost in red in the boys' dormitory. But who would have thought that the ghost stories in the Bagua Building are far more ordinary than this, but even more terrifying when you think about it carefully.
It's said that the first students to move into the Bagua Building were from the class of 2004. One freshman died of heatstroke during military training. And then, on the first day of school, a couple was killed in a car accident on the road east of the dormitory building.
At first, everyone thought it was just an accident, but the bloody tragedy that followed really made people think more.
Car accident.
On average, one person would be injured on the east road every three days. A month later, the school closed the east entrance and exit, but an even more bizarre phenomenon occurred on the southeast corner of the road.
There was fog there for no apparent reason. And every time it fogged up, a girl would be in trouble. Either robbed or taken advantage of. Ultimately, the incident on the bloody cobblestone road was the real catalyst that led to the closure of Bagua Tower.
"My sister is the one who died on the bloody cobblestone road." Xu Wang's hands were shaking uncontrollably.
"She had been raped a month and a half before her death. Unable to find the murderer, and being ostracized and ridiculed, she decided to investigate the truth herself."
"It's said that fog had risen in the southeast corner that day. She went in to see if she could run into that shameless man, but when the fog cleared and she came out, she was frightened out of her wits, holding this blood-stained love letter in her hand."
"According to the school security, a boy heard my sister's screams and bravely went in to save her, but she bit him on the neck and almost ruptured an artery."
"Later, in an attempt to catch her, three janitors tied her up with chains. But they couldn't get her away, so they had to use force to drag her away."
"But who could have imagined my sister was pregnant? It was the bastard child of that rapist! How could a woman who had only been expecting a child for a month withstand such intense torture? So my sister miscarried on the spot, bleeding profusely. So much blood, it dyed the road red."
"Brother Yu, can you imagine that my sister didn't commit suicide because of humiliation, nor did she die in a mental hospital because she was frightened by ghosts and lost her mind. She was dragged to death by those school workers."
"But because my sister died, the rape case had no victim, and my family fell into poverty because of the Bagua Building incident, so the case became an unsolved injustice. And my sister's cause of death was ruled as an accidental miscarriage with heavy bleeding. The janitor was not guilty, and the criminal was never caught. But my sister became the red-clad ghost on the bloody cobblestone road that everyone in Bagua Building talked about after dinner."
"Tell me, is this fair?" Xu Wang grabbed Yu Jiuyin's hand as if it were the last straw.
"So what do you want?"
"I want to know how my sister died. Was it a real evil spirit or was it a lie made up by those bastards to evade the law?" Xu Wang gritted his teeth in hatred.
Over the years, he had spent nearly all of his spare time searching for someone knowledgeable in metaphysics. The Anti-Supernatural Society came into being after he'd seen too many scams and deceptions, ultimately starting a science-based organization. Until now, he'd met Yu Jiuyin.
"Brother Yu, this is all my assets, please." Xu Wang bowed deeply and respectfully handed a passbook to Yu Jiuyin.
After all, he was a young master in the past, and he had his own pride. But now that he had the opportunity to find out the truth about his sister's death, he would not hesitate even if he was asked to kneel before Yu Jiuyin on the spot.
After all, she was his biological sister, the one who had been with him since he was a child, taught him to read and write, and took care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation.
"I understand." Yu Jiuyin sighed and gestured for Xu Wang to get up first. He had originally thought it was troublesome, but the cause and effect were already established, and Xu Wang did have feelings for his sister, so Yu Jiuyin had no choice but to intervene.
But at this moment, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. He took it out and took a look. It was the A from the Metaphysics Association. However, what made Yu Jiuyin very unhappy was that this A took the initiative to accept the task for him again.
"Resolve the rumors in the Bagua Building, level B. If you complete the task, you will receive an unexpected reward."
Yu Jiuyin Hehe, the unexpected reward is that I can kill this idiot with lightning in one day?
Unable to help but mentally curse his master for betraying his apprentice, Yu Jiuyin casually put his phone back into his pocket. Then, he said to Xu Wang, "It's late tonight. Find a time to visit your house. When your parents are home."
Yu Jiuyin always did things promptly and decisively, never dragging his feet. Once he promised something, he would do it immediately.
"Okay, Brother Yu, thank you so much." Xu Wang quickly bowed to Yu Jiuyin again. Then, he took his leave with great tact. However, this time, he felt much more comforted, as if he had suddenly gained a backbone.
Unfortunately, Xu Wang's excitement only lasted for an hour. When he got home, it turned into deep helplessness.
Xu Wang's mother is renovating the house again.
I don't know where the Feng Shui master was invited from, but he kept saying this place is not allowed, that place is not allowed. He seemed to be very clear and powerful, but in fact he was just reading from a book.
The point is, Xu Wang didn't know if it was his own imagination, but ever since he entered the house, he'd felt an inexplicable tightness in his chest, and everything he saw was off-putting. When he heard the Feng Shui master say he needed to move his sister's things out of the house, Xu Wang finally couldn't help but yell, only to be slapped in the face by his mother.
"Your sister won't mind what you know. She's told me everything." Xu Wang's mother acted as if everything had been arranged, as if she had really discussed it with Xu Wang's sister.
Seeing her like this, Xu Wang also got angry and said, "What did I tell you that my sister is dead? Mom, wake up!"
"I have always been very clear-headed. If you don't believe me, ask Mr. Wu if your sister told us so."
"That's right, the eldest lady just told us all." Mr. Wu said smugly, not taking Xu Wang seriously at all.
Xu Wang was already irritable, and he had experienced great sorrow and joy at Yu Jiuyin's hands that day. He could not bear this anymore and exploded.
"You're crazy, you're fucking crazy, Mom, wake up. You're always playing tricks all day long, no wonder dad doesn't come home."
"Nonsense! It's not my fault that he doesn't come home. Your sister told me that your father was bewitched by that little bitch outside. You don't know, baby, mom will tell you your father's secret." Xu Wang's mother's low voice was so strange that it made people feel cold in their hearts. She grabbed Xu Wang's wrist and dragged him upstairs.
Xu Wang was a young man in his twenties, in the prime of his life. His mother, thin and frail, suddenly bursting out with such immense strength was strange in itself. Furthermore, Xu Wang subconsciously glanced at his mother's face, and he felt even more terrified.
How could this person look like a living person? His face was so pale it was completely bloodless, and his pupils were so large they almost filled his entire eyeballs. As for the bony hand that gripped his wrist, the veins on the back of his hand were exposed from the excessive force, and his sharp nails almost dug into the flesh.
"Mom!" Xu Wang wanted to break free, but his mother's sinister words stopped him.
"Silly son, I called you up here because I want to tell you something in private. You don't know who your dad is having an affair with, but I do. It's that gorgeous secretary next to him. She's so pretty."
"Mom, don't talk nonsense."
"How can this be nonsense? I wish I could eat her alive."
"Calm down, I'll go get my dad."
"Why tell him that I know everything? Tell him to save people, right? Don't even think about it. You are my son, you can't betray me."
"You can't"
"You can't"
"ah"
Perhaps it was because she was too emotional, but Xu Wang's mother's sudden scream almost deafened him. What frightened him even more was the sudden exposure of a piece of skin on his mother's knee.
Suddenly, a hideous face appeared there. At this moment, it was staring at Xu Wang with greedy eyes, as if it was staring at a piece of delicious fat meat.
What's this
It can only be said that the experience in the haunted house during the day made Xu Wang a lot braver. Although his legs were weak with fear, his face remained calm.
But the ghost face seemed to see the fear in his heart, and it actually emerged from the skin of his mother's knee little by little.
The pitch-black smoke carried a foul smell, like some cold, slimy mollusk, or a poisonous spider laying a web in preparation for hunting, slowly wrapping around Xu Wang.
First, his feet lost their ability to move, then his torso, and finally his neck. The ghost face gradually crawled onto Xu Wang's body.
It felt like thousands of needles were drilling into his pores. Xu Wang was in excruciating pain all over his body, yet his consciousness remained acute. He could only watch helplessly as his skin became like his mother's, gradually becoming uneven and ridged, slowly forming a disgusting face. Yet, his mother continued to comfort him with a tone so loving that it could be called eerie.
"Don't be afraid, son, don't be afraid. This is your sister. The three of us, mother and son, will always be together."
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