Chapter 94 Chaos
Because the paper offering ceremony was still ongoing, Jiang Liyue didn't spend much time with Feng Xuan.
She gave him a perfunctory two kisses, and just as he tried to lean in closer, she covered his mouth with her hand.
Feng Xuan licked her palm a few times like a puppy drinking water before finally letting go, satisfied.
In the darkness, apart from the light of the white lanterns, there was only the red glow of the burning incense sticks.
In the darkness, they seemed like the eyes of wild beasts, peering at the surrounding flesh and blood.
Jiang Liyue saw the village chief recite a few more lines of the sacrificial inscription before raising the lit incense in his hand.
Kneel down respectfully.
Meanwhile, the villagers and players inside and outside the ancestral hall also knelt down and prostrated themselves on the ground in reverence.
Only Jiang Liyue and Feng Xuan remained standing in the darkness.
Looking at this scene, which resembles some kind of mysterious and bizarre sacrificial ritual.
She suddenly seemed to remember something and nudged Feng Xuan, whispering as she pointed to the black coffin being worshipped in front of them: "Husband, are they worshipping you?"
Aren't you going to lie down inside?
Feng Xuan remained expressionless, but there was a hint of disdain in his tone: "Actually, I was asleep while they were performing the ritual."
It's too noisy and too annoying.
He feared that if he didn't force himself to fall asleep, he wouldn't be able to resist tearing them all to shreds.
Seeing Jiang Liyue kneeling before him like this made him feel a little embarrassed.
Jiang Liyue noticed that Feng Xuan's expression was not quite natural and that his ears had turned red, so she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
She could actually understand how Feng Xuan felt at that moment.
When Jiang Liyue's first movie became a hit, she began to gain fans.
When fans send her all sorts of cheesy support messages every day, her first reaction is this awkwardness.
However, Jiang Liyue is a very self-consistent person, and she only felt awkward for a moment before immediately accepting it.
She's so beautiful and has such great acting skills, isn't it normal for her to be liked?
However, Jiang Liyue found it quite amusing to see others embarrassed, especially since the person in question was Feng Xuan.
She teased, "Isn't that cool, being admired by so many people?"
"Yueyue." Feng Xuan noticed her teasing tone and called her helplessly.
If it were just Feng Xuan facing this situation, he would only feel indifferent and apathetic.
What does the kneeling of ants have to do with him?
But with Jiang Liyue beside him, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Jiang Liyue not only didn't let him off the hook, but also whispered in his ear, drawing out her words, "What's wrong, my lord?"
Feng Xuan's eyes gradually deepened.
Especially when she called out "God," her heart trembled slightly.
His eyes were like those of a terrifying beast that had spotted its prey and was unwilling to let go, staring intently at her eyes and lips.
Jiang Liyue sensed danger and quickly took a step back.
But Feng Xuan simply hooked his arm around her waist and pulled her back.
The two were so close that Jiang Liyue could clearly see the longing and love surging in Feng Xuan's eyes.
When the two looked into each other's eyes, time seemed to slow down.
Jiang Liyue felt that she was about to be picked up by Feng Xuan and locked in a dark room.
After a long pause, he simply sighed and gazed at her wistfully, saying, "Wife, you're bullying me."
Jiang Liyue's heart trembled at his aggrieved tone.
See? You can't blame her for being a lecher.
It was clearly the boss who seduced her first!
She quickly pushed Feng Xuan's face away and turned her head away to avoid making a mistake at this crucial moment.
Feng Xuan didn't say anything more, but just kept staring at her profile with that sticky, dark gaze.
Jiang Liyue turned her gaze back to the ancestral hall.
After the village chief led the villagers and players to kneel down, they devoutly raised four incense sticks and placed them in the incense burner in front of the black coffin.
He had no idea that he was actually worshipping an empty coffin.
Although Feng Xuan didn't respond before, he was at least lying inside.
Now look what's happened, he's not even staying in the coffin anymore, he's out there all lovey-dovey with Jiang Liyue.
The village chief was completely unaware of it.
After he respectfully placed the incense sticks into the incense burner.
The long incense stick inside the incense burner flickered a few times and then went out.
This scene caught everyone off guard, and the village chief's eyes widened: "How could this happen!"
He let out a soft scream, and Wang Cuifen and Liu Yueshan, who were beside him, both looked over when they heard the sound.
Everyone noticed this scene.
Before this, the incense had never been extinguished during the previous paper offering festivals.
The village chief, completely bewildered, kowtowed several more times: "Sir, have we done something wrong? Please give us your instructions."
But the black coffin remained motionless.
Wang Cuifen suddenly remembered something: "Where is Miss Jiang? Go and find her quickly."
That day, she heard Feng Xuan personally ask for Jiang Liyue, and perhaps she could appease the gods' wrath.
Just then, the players who had been controlled seemed to wake up, and their unfocused eyes regained their light.
Several people tried to escape almost immediately.
While the village chief and his men were still worried about the incense being extinguished, they quickly shouted, "Quickly, catch them!"
The villagers realized what was happening and rushed forward to grab people. The other players also realized what was happening and began to resist, and the scene became chaotic.
Jiang Liyue glanced at Feng Xuan: "You did this?"
Feng Xuan, eager to claim credit, said with shining eyes, "Wife, I didn't kill anyone or make any paper figures."
He simply extinguished the incense stick; those people offered him incense, so of course he could dispose of it as he pleased, right?
It's okay to just casually kill some enemies for fun.
It was absolutely not intentional!
Jiang Liyue hadn't intended for this chaos, but it did make things easier for her.
Taking advantage of the chaos, she entered the ancestral hall and casually took the only red lantern in the center of the hall.
Then, carrying the lantern, she left and arrived at the center of the village, under the big banyan tree where Xiao Le and Xiao Yi had first brought her.
At this moment, the white lantern on the book has been taken to the ground and arranged in a strange shape.
Jiang Liyue glanced at the name on the lantern and, sure enough, it overlapped with the name on the ancestral tablet.
Liu Laide's notes did not lie.
Using the method recorded in her notebook, she moved the white lanterns on the ground to different positions.
The formation that was originally meant to sacrifice living people immediately turned into a formation that killed paper figures.
Jiang Liyue placed the only red lantern in the center of the formation.
In the dim light of the lantern, she took out the little paper figure that the blind old man had given her.
Just then, funeral music began to play behind them.
It turned out that the villagers had caught the player who was trying to escape again.
The number of players has decreased; it's unclear whether they were killed by the paper figures during the escape.
The village chief saw her and his eyes widened: "What are you doing!"
Jiang Liyue turned her head with a smile.
Behind her, lanterns arranged in strange shapes on the ground resembled a sea of light, casting a hazy halo around her.
It is dazzling and mesmerizing.
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