Chapter 50
Around ten o'clock in the morning, sunlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, casting spots of light in the room, and faint dust could be seen.
There was a faint smell of decay in the air. With a slight "puff" sound and a glimmer of light, the furry husky disappeared, replaced by a naked man.
Ji Ying returned to human form.
A gust of wind blew through the hall, and he shuddered, realizing his own frankness. He quickly grabbed the slightly messy quilt on the bed next to him and quickly wrapped it around his lower body. His movements were so fast that they almost left an afterimage.
"Uh..." Bu Suanzi touched his nose, his eyes wandering, "It seems that Su He covered it."
Chi Ying threw the quilt away again as if he had been electrocuted, as if it were something dirty, and continued to cover his private parts with his hands: "Don't look at it!!!"
Bu Suanzi followed suit and closed his eyes. At the same time, he reached out his hand and covered He Miao's eyes, which were full of curiosity. "Brother, go find some clothes and put them on."
Only Gu An still opened his pair of cold and calm eyes. Not only did he look, but he also scanned Chi Ying from top to bottom. Finally, a faint sneer full of sarcasm appeared at the corner of his lips.
Chi Ying, who was about to look for clothes, happened to see it and immediately glared at him.
Unexpectedly, Gu An not only didn't restrain himself, but instead raised his chin slightly and said slowly in a leisurely tone as if recalling the past: "When we first met, that shameless Chen Qi who polluted people's eyes... now that I think about it, it must be you, right?"
Chi Ying suddenly froze.
He has not forgotten how he provoked Gu An at that time.
Gu An was even kind enough to spread his hands and imitated his tone and demeanor, saying, "Hey, I stained your eyes."
Chi Ying: “…”
"Hey~ I dirty your eyes again~"
“…”
"Hey~ I'm dirtying you again..."
He Miao and Bu Suanzi unconsciously put down their hands, their eyes sparkling with curiosity as they glanced back and forth between Gu An and Chi Ying, who was almost smoking.
Chi Ying's face finally turned into a ripe persimmon. He could no longer bear this public execution and fled the scene at the speed of light, wrapped in invisible shame and anger.
Gu An said with disdain: "Coward."
When Chi Ying came back dressed, Gu An and the other two had been studying the soulless Su He on the bed for quite some time.
Finally, a unanimous conclusion was reached.
Su He is really gone.
Literally, the soul is scattered and dead.
Thus, a serious and terrifying problem was laid before us.
There are three bodies lying in this house belonging to Su He.
Gu An's original body from the distant past, Shen Qi's true body who turned into the little white dragon, and the owner of the house Su He himself.
Except for Gu An and He Miao, who seemed to have no worldly ideas, the remaining two modern citizens who were still of good family background had a kind of confusion and despair on their faces, as if they were all screwed.
what to do……
How should I explain if the police ask me?
Even if they buried it secretly, if it was dug out one day, they could be traced back to them.
Should I be honest? A friend of mine, emotionally unstable due to a divorce, accidentally turned into a dog. He had only twenty-four days to live before he died. To survive, he first stumbled into his rival's hometown to experience the local customs. Then, while attending a festival, he accidentally traveled to a world of immortal cultivation and became a dragon. Then, he traveled back again. He then accidentally teamed up with two quacks to break into a house and unearthed two thousand-year-old corpses. Finally, he accidentally bumped into the homeowner, killing him instantly.
Chi Ying: “…”
Who would believe this? ! !
I'm afraid that before I could finish my words, the police officer would directly contact the mental hospital and tell them to increase the dosage.
Chi Ying felt a headache and was so tired that he even became indifferent to the fact that he turned into a dog from time to time.
After all, in less than a month, I experienced more outrageous events than in the first half of my life combined.
He now seriously suspected that God was deliberately messing with him because he had been so successful in the first half of his life. Otherwise, who could be more unlucky than him?!
Oh, wait.
Chi Ying thought expressionlessly.
Tang An seems to be quite unlucky too.
He laughed out of anger.
So should we say it or not, it is true that when husband and wife are of one mind, misfortunes never come singly?
Bu Suanzi looked at Chi Ying, who looked hopeless, and asked with a faint glimmer of hope, "Brother, do you... have any ideas?"
Chi Ying spread her hands and said, "If my family knew that I used my connections to hide three bodies of unknown origin, do you think they would sacrifice their own family for the sake of justice or would they protect me?"
Bu Suanzi held on to one last glimmer of hope: "Will they not be able to save you?"
Chi Ying snapped her fingers, shattering his fantasy: "You guessed wrong. My parents and I, three generations ago, were all upright citizens who actively responded to the country's calls. When I was a child, the first thing I learned was not from my father or mother, but to kill the Japanese."
Bu Suanzi: “…”
Chi Ying found a relatively clean corner to sit down, put his hands in his hair, and buried his head in pain: "Let me think about it, let me think about it."
Seeing that the man was really under a lot of pressure, Bu Suanzi didn't want to force him anymore and instead turned his eager gaze to the other two people.
“Master…”
He Miao said innocently, "My disciple, you know that my master only has a dilapidated Taoist temple that is about to collapse. We are extremely poor. If it weren't for you, I would have starved to death on the streets."
"Immortal Lord..."
Gu An said succinctly: "I am an ancient person and do not understand the rules of your world."
Bu Suanzi walked silently to Chi Ying's side, sat down like him, put his hands in his hair, and moaned desperately: "I die, let me die."
Just as I was in this gloomy contemplation, the phone rang.
Chi Ying and Bu Suanzi, who were lost in thought, were startled and looked up at the source of the sound.
Gu An pulled out Tang An's phone from his pocket, staring at the unfamiliar profile picture and name flickering on the screen for a long moment. Then, he threw it to Chi Ying like a hot potato: "I don't understand. You handle it."
This self-righteous attitude, which seemed like it was none of my business, made Chi Ying's mouth twitch subconsciously.
He looked down at the screen.
It was a video call request. The caller's note was [Giselle] and the avatar was a pair of ballet pointe shoes tied with ribbons.
Chi Ying: “…”
He probably knew which ancestor this was.
He took a deep breath, stood up, found a corner with a relatively clean background, and pressed the answer button.
He Chenzhou's expressionless dead fish face immediately appeared on the other side of the screen.
Before Chi Ying could speak, He Chenzhou suddenly turned around and shouted to the side: "Roy, he picked up the phone."
As soon as he finished speaking, Roy's beautiful face, which looked extremely moisturized and rosy, squeezed into the camera, and he shouted happily: "Hey! Where's my sweet Eucalyptus? Why are you answering the phone? Oh, yes, I have something important to tell you..."
After experiencing the social deadlock in the morning and the mess in front of him, Ji Ying's patience was reduced to only three seconds: "We are not free now."
Roy: "Hey! I haven't told you what it is yet!"
Chi Ying: "I'll hang up if you're fine. I'm busy."
Roy: “…”
He Chenzhou's voice came calmly: "I'm not wrong, they seem to have changed into a different person recently."
Roy immediately dropped his head like a puppy drenched in rain, and sighed, "I'm really possessed by a ghost..."
Chi Ying: “…”
You are possessed by a ghost! Your whole family is possessed by a ghost!
His finger was hovering over the hang-up button, and he was about to press it when he suddenly paused.
etc.
These two guys...
Chi Ying's mind instantly became active, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Are you free now?"
He Chenzhou saw the other party's ill intentions and was about to say no when Roy covered his mouth with his hand. He nodded vigorously at the camera with sparkling eyes: "I'm free, I'm free! Anytime!!"
Chi Ying's smile deepened. "Tang An and I are visiting a friend's house. We came across something interesting. Do you want to come over and take a look? And chat with us?"
Roy nodded excitedly: "Come on, come on! Send me the address!"
He Chenzhou: “…”
The video is disconnected.
The other three looked at Chi Ying in unison with complicated expressions.
Gu An frowned: "You want these two ordinary people to be scapegoats?"
Chi Ying was speechless: "Am I so inhuman in your eyes?"
Bu Suanzi asked cautiously: "So you want to..."
Chi Ying said with a straight face: "There is strength in numbers. More people will make it more lively and pool our wisdom."
Three people: "..."
Gu An's tone was full of obvious disapproval: "Are you trying to take advantage of the chaos and push me out to take the blame?"
Chi Ying glanced at him and said calmly, "Don't think I'm such a dirty person. They've suspected Tang An and me for a long time. I just wanted to tie two more grasshoppers to this already tangled hemp rope, so that everything would be in tatters."
When internal problems cannot be solved, perhaps external variables should be introduced to break the deadlock.
He Chenzhou, who obviously has a complicated family background and may have extensive connections, and Roy, who is so curious that he can kill a cat and seems to be very capable, may be the key to breaking the deadlock.
Bu Suanzi looked worried. "Are you sure they're trustworthy? They won't turn around and sell us out, right?"
Those two people are obviously ordinary people who have never seen the world. Wouldn't they call the police on the spot when they saw this scene?
Chi Ying patted his shoulder: "Be optimistic."
Bu Suanzi: “…”
So you're not sure at all, right?!
An hour later, when the sun was at its hottest, the two chosen ones arrived on time.
As they reached the door, they heard fierce dog barking in the yard.
Roy was afraid of dogs. He screamed in fright and hid behind He Chenzhou.
He Chenzhou calmly looked up at the second floor. The curtains had been drawn and Chi Ying was standing behind the window. He gestured to them to come up and mouthed instructions.
The door is not locked.
He Chenzhou pointed at the barking dog downstairs.
Chi Yingmian remained calm and pointed downwards.
The door opened from the inside.
The barking of the dog stopped abruptly.
Gu An, standing at the entrance, glanced at them calmly and said without any emotion, "Follow me."
Then he turned around and led the way.
The moment He Chenzhou came in, a cool breeze mixed with dust and some indescribable smell hit him in the face.
Gu An took two steps forward, then suddenly remembered something and turned back to add, "Are you afraid of death?"
Both of them: “???”
The other party's tone was as flat as if he was asking about the weather. Roy and He Chenzhou were confused. They followed him upstairs and soon understood the deep meaning of Gu An's words.
When the scene came into view, Roy's face turned pale and he subconsciously covered his mouth.
Even He Chenzhou, who was usually calm, looked extremely ugly in an instant, and his stomach churned.
Chi Ying stepped forward and said, "Don't rush to call the police or vomit. Just listen to what I have to say."
Half an hour later, Chi Ying said his throat was smoking. He took the water handed to him by Gu An and was about to drink it when he suddenly remembered something. He carefully checked the bottle mouth and packaging. After confirming that it was unopened mineral water, he unscrewed the bottle and gulped it down.
After drinking, he took out a bright red hundred-dollar bill from his wallet, walked to the bed, and solemnly placed it on Su He's cold chest.
This extremely strange behavior made He Chenzhou's eyes twitch.
Roy next to him spoke first, pointing his finger at the chest of a man who looked like he was sleeping but might already be dead: "Did you put all this money there?"
Chi Ying said as if it was a matter of course: "Or was it those three unemployed vagrants who set it there?"
Roy: “…”
His legs went limp, and he found a spot on the sofa next to him and slumped down, covering his face with his hands and groaning in pain: "I need some quiet time."
He Chenzhou also pointed to the crystal coffin in the center of the room, which was flickering with strange lights. "So the two people lying inside are your and Tang An's ancestors?"
Gu An raised his eyebrows dangerously when he heard this.
Chi Ying's mouth twitched, and he reluctantly admitted: "...In a sense, I guess so."
He Chenzhou was silent for a moment, then quietly walked to Roy and sat down, also covering his face with his hands, and joined the team whose worldview was overturned.
Time passed minute by minute in the suffocating silence. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was at its hottest, the two enemies finally seemed to recover from the huge shock.
Roy put down his hand and said to He Chenzhou with a sad face: "I feel like we've been cheated..."
Good things never come to you, but these bad things that can give you a heart attack always happen to you.
He Chenzhou sighed and rubbed his eyebrows.
He didn't answer Roy directly. Instead, he raised his head and glanced at Chi Ying and the other four: "If we refuse to help now and promise to keep our mouths shut, can we still leave safely?"
Gu An folded his arms and leaned against the wall. He glanced at them calmly and said in a flat voice, "You can try."
Roy and He Chenzhou: "..."
Look! If this isn't a naked threat, what is it?!
He Chenzhou took another deep breath, as if he had made up his mind: "If those bizarre experiences you just described are true..."
Gu An seemed too lazy to waste any more time proving himself.
He reached directly into the crystal coffin, and in the cold air, he accurately took out a piece and handed it to He Chenzhou: "This is Shen Qi's true body."
He Chenzhou stared at the apparently unnatural creature, his pupils trembling, all his doubts instantly stuck in his throat. He froze for a few seconds before struggling to change his words: "...Okay, I'll believe some of what you said for now, but why us? Why let us know this?"
He and Roy don't seem like the people who can handle such supernatural events.
Bu Suanzi, He Miao, and Gu An, who seemed to be the most impressive, all pointed at Chi Ying in unison: "He gave it to him."
Bu Suanzi added, "He said that hemp ropes tend to break at the thinnest part, and misfortune tends to find its way back to the wronged..."
He paused.
How did you say what was in your heart?
Bu Suanzi corrected himself: "I just said it wrong. I meant more grasshoppers, more roads."
Roy and He Chenzhou: "..."
Is there any difference please!!!
They all looked at Chi Ying.
Chi Ying said calmly, "I asked you in advance if you were afraid of dead people, and you said you weren't."
He Chenzhou fell into a strange silence, trying to recall: "You clearly said on the phone that you were going to a friend's house for dinner and to chat."
Roy nodded frantically in agreement.
Chi Ying spread his hands, his expression extremely natural: "Yes, this is home. I'll have lunch after I finish dealing with this mess. We just talked for more than half an hour. Any questions?"
They both: “…”
What about these three bodies? !
Bu Suanzi whispered to He Miao, "See, you can't just listen halfway, especially when dealing with cunning people. You should be more careful."
He Chenzhou felt overwhelmed, his temples throbbing. "The most direct solution I can think of is actually similar to what you thought before. Find a chance to return these coffins to where they belong. As for this person..."
He glanced at the pale corpse on the bed.
"Modern medical evaluation will most likely determine that he died from a scientifically explainable cause, such as sudden cardiac arrest or myocardial infarction. Explanations like what Taoist He just said about possessed by demons and the dissipation of the soul are too metaphysical and will absolutely not be accepted by law."
He Chenzhou sighed and pointed out the core dilemma: "First, you don't have a reliable alibi, and second, you can't produce any evidence to prove your innocence. The judge and jury will only think that you are a group of suspects who broke into private homes, behaved strangely, and spoke nonsense. Your statements sound too much like crazy stories made up to avoid punishment."
Even he found it so absurd and hard to believe at this moment.
Chi Ying: "So?"
He Chenzhou rubbed his forehead and offered a sarcastic suggestion: "So, instead of going to great lengths to make up a fantasy story that no one would believe, you might as well just say that you have a serious mental illness and your behavior was out of control. Maybe that would make it easier to get away with it."
Chi Ying raised an eyebrow. "No wonder so many scumbags are getting away with it these days. So all they have to do is insist they're mentally ill?"
He Chenzhou was silent for a moment, with a helpless and bitter smile on his face.
“I have to say this is a very ironic world.”
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