Chapter 63 Happy Event in the Mountain Village 23 The person holding me is strong and even...
"Zheng Baodi doesn't want to kill you. You are her most determined prey. She is the cat playing with you, the hunter smiling as she watches you walk into the trap. She is just waiting for the right time," An Rao still walked into the room with his hands in his trouser pockets, his posture relaxed and leisurely, forcing Cheng Lin to retreat step by step. "The wedding day is in two days. Who do you think the groom will be?"
"I don't care who the groom is! It's none of my business!" Cheng Lin suddenly jumped up and stretched out his hand to push An Rao, but Bai Chuan, who was always quick in reaction, grabbed his hand and didn't let him touch An Rao's hair. "What can I do! I have no choice but to be forced by her!"
As soon as he said this, Cheng Lin was like a deflated ball. Five days of disguise was wasted. He slowly squatted down against the wall, holding his head and crying loudly, crying and saying, "What can I do! She forced me to marry her! Wuuuuu..."
Next, Cheng Lin sobbed and told the whole story again: "When she first joined our company, she knew nothing and was obviously a country girl. I felt sorry for her and taught her step by step. Gradually, she became like a chick that found its mother and couldn't help but depend on me. In the end, she even happily told me that I was going to be a father!"
"How can I marry her and become the father of that child!" Cheng Lin pulled his hair hard, "I have a wife! I am a poor boy who has reached this position today thanks to my father-in-law!!!"
"But she forced me to do it. She said that since we are in love, we should get married. She must give the child a complete home," Cheng Lin rubbed his legs nervously. "What does it matter if it's a child or not? Before it's born, it's just an unconscious embryo. Wouldn't it be fine if it's aborted? Wouldn't it be nothing if it's aborted? After abortion, she can just find a man to marry and have children! Why does she have to rely on me? Why?!"
The girl's blooming youth and ardent feelings turned into a burden that he was eager to get rid of, a trouble that had to be dealt with, and garbage that could be thrown away at will.
A feeling of dizziness came over An Rao, and he staggered a few steps.
"And then?" Bai Chuan, who had been silent, supported An Rao and continued asking on his behalf.
"Then?" Cheng Lin laughed nervously, "I took her for a walk, and the river was slippery and she fell in. But she fell in by herself! I didn't make her fall, and I didn't push her in! So what does it have to do with me? She didn't look at the road when she was walking and fell into the river and drowned. Can you blame me for this?!"
An Rao felt disgusted by Cheng Lin's quibbling.
"Let's go," Baichuan said, "The truth has been confirmed, there is no need to stay here any longer."
After saying that, Bai Chuan dragged An Rao out of room 204 without further ado. Behind them came the peculiar dull sound of a heavy object hitting the body, followed by Cheng Lin's screams one after another.
"Let's go." Bai Chuan pulled An Rao and strode towards the stairs, but unfortunately they were intercepted by Su Ming before they reached the stairs.
“Boss, boss!” Su Ming was inappropriately excited. “I was seduced too! Just like Sister Yirou, I was seduced too!”
An Rao:? This kid is really sick. Why is he so excited about being lured into something that puts his life on the line?
"What's going on?" An Rao was speechless.
"Last night I dreamed of a math problem that I hadn't solved in the competition. The solution appeared out of thin air on the blackboard! But I don't know which idiot had covered the blackboard with a layer of gauze, so I couldn't see it clearly. I was just about to tear off the gauze when I saw my sister Yirou. She asked me how to solve a trigonometric problem. I taught her in a hurry, but she didn't understand at all. I was so angry! Then I woke up in anger..."
An Rao: "Why don't you go and thank your sister Yirou?"
"Thank you! I knelt down to Sister Yirou as soon as I woke up this morning!" Su Ming was frighteningly honest. "But who is this idiot who insisted on covering up the answer? It makes me anxious!"
"That idiot is you," Bai Chuan coldly revealed the answer, then turned around and pulled An Rao away, "Let's go without further ado."
Su Ming: ...The clown is actually me?
"So do you understand?" Bai Chuan asked as they walked, "Shi Yirou, Scar Man, you and Su Ming, you all almost died because of seduction, and the person who seduced you knew the most secret things in your heart."
"Who knows the most secret and desired things in anyone's heart?" An Rao couldn't keep up with Bai Chuan's pace and continued with a breath.
"No one else, it's you," Bai Chuan took two white flour buns from the table, handed one to An Rao, and motioned him to sit down, "Only you know yourself best, and only you know your most secret things. It's us who tempt and try to kill us."
"We?" An Rao asked incredulously, "Ourselves?!"
"Yes, I think that from the moment we checked our tickets and entered the haunted house, the eleven players were divided into two teams. One team entered the illusion created by the ghost bride, and the other team entered the real haunted house. Since we in the illusion are real, then we in the haunted house must be fake. I don't know how they did it, but one thing is certain, the us in the haunted house not only have the same appearance as us, but also have all our memories, so they can seduce us. If we are not determined, it will be easy for them to succeed."
"I understand. There can't be two of me in this world. They want to kill us and replace us." This truth made An Rao shudder. He never expected that in this haunted house, the one who wanted to kill him was actually himself! He subconsciously looked towards room 203. He Xin, who had lost her beloved, was not sad. Instead, she pushed herself out of the door in a wheelchair, humming a song and bathing in the morning sunlight. When she accidentally saw An Rao looking at her, she actually smiled and waved at An Rao.
"What we need to know now is, since they are us, how did they know how to kill us?"
"Temple?"
"It's very likely," Kashiwa nodded. "I think this plan was set up from the very beginning. They wanted us to split up, and then told our substitutes to kill us if they wanted to take our place, and provided us with a way to kill us."
"But what is the purpose of doing this?" An Rao lowered his eyes and looked at the soft, white and plump bun in his hand. His eyelashes trembled. He couldn't believe that there would be such a vicious game. It would create killings even if there was no killing, and also required the players to abandon themselves!
An Rao found it hard to imagine that he could do such a thing to himself, but last night's dream was so clear that An Rao began to be disappointed in himself.
"Weren't you seduced by your other self?" An Rao asked.
Baichuan was silent for a while, then shook his head: "No, my own memory is blank, so there is no chance for him to take advantage of it."
"The mastermind behind this must have a purpose for doing so. Look," Baichuan knocked on the table, "Who's coming to eat?"
An Rao looked up and said, "Uncle Guo?"
The two looked at each other and said in unison: "Let's go!"
Uncle Guo's family was an outlier. All other people of other surnames lived outside the wall, but only Uncle Guo's family was allowed to live inside the wall. As the manager of the temple and the feeder of the statue, Uncle Guo certainly enjoyed an extraordinary status in the village. This difference in treatment itself was a clue, but no one noticed it at first.
Now that Uncle Guo has come to the Zheng family for dinner, it is a good opportunity to go to his house to look for clues!
Grandpa Guo lived alone. An Rao and Bai Chuan climbed into the yard and followed the strange fragrance they had smelled in the temple before. They easily found the shrine where he enshrined the statue of the god. The black snake in the shrine was hideous and terrifying, with its mouth wide open and its fangs sharp. Its scarlet tongue stretched into the air, as if examining the sincerity of the pilgrims.
"He fed the snake blood this morning." Baichuan said, looking at the fangs that were still emitting a fishy smell.
"hiss--"
"What's that sound?" An Rao turned around vigilantly, but saw nothing.
"So do you think there is something special in Uncle Guo's house?" An Rao asked.
"hiss--"
"Any sect should have its own doctrine or spell book," Bai Chuan said behind An Rao, "The evil magic that divides us and makes us kill each other must come from the temple. The temple is usually unguarded, which is not conducive to the safekeeping of special items. This thing must be nearby. Don't look back!"
"But I heard some strange noises." An Rao obediently did not look back, but still could not help but explain.
"It's okay, let's find it quickly." Baichuan's voice was very cold, like ice and snow.
“Hiss—hiss—”
"Ah! I saw something behind the statue!" An Rao turned back and said to Bai Chuan excitedly, but was horrified to find that Bai Chuan's body was crawling with poisonous snakes. Even on the ground, walls, and beams, dense swarms of poisonous snakes had suddenly appeared. They hissed, stood up straight, and spit out scarlet snake tongues at him and Bai Chuan - a trap that was set to succeed!
"Take it out," Kashiwa's command was irresistible, "be careful not to hurt yourself!"
An Rao's whole body was numb. With shaking hands, he walked around the black snake statue covered with sharp scales, and tried his best to feel for the thing behind the black snake. Something wet and cold kept getting into his trouser legs and collar, moving around his body, wrapping around his waist and legs, rubbing and licking, as if he was treating a delicious snack, constantly looking for the best place to bite.
Cold sweat dripped from his forehead. It’s almost there, right away!
An Rao finally took out the booklet hidden behind the statue!
"Close your eyes." As he said that, Baichuan picked up An Rao and without even looking at the house that seemed to be in a python disaster, he rushed out of the door as if walking on flat ground. The snakes hissed in warning and quickly rushed towards the two people who were fleeing.
Amid the whistling wind, An Rao's ears were pressed tightly against Bai Chuan's chest because of the hug. The strong and even heartbeat of the man holding him became the only comfort that could give him peace of mind in this horrific scene of escaping from the end of the world.
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