If Chu Yichen knew what Cen Yu was really thinking, he'd probably be spitting blood.
Looking at the dark circles under Cen Yu's eyes, he guessed that the other person probably hadn't had a proper rest since Pei Leyun's passing.
Having learned his lesson, Cen Yu dared not forget the incense burning in the incense burner this time, and kept a close eye on the movements over there while talking to Chu Yichen.
Chu Yichen also noticed what Cen Yu was concerned about, so he said, "I'll keep an eye on that side."
As he spoke, his gaze fell upon the coffin before him. Chu Yichen naturally remembered Pei Leyun, whom he had just seen when the coffin was opened—to be honest, he had been prepared, but he hadn't expected Pei Leyun to be so "intact" inside the coffin.
He knew the cause of the other person's death, but he always felt that Pei Leyun in the coffin, apart from her skin color and stiff limbs, did not look like a living person at all.
Those inexplicable emotions that welled up in my heart after learning of Pei Leyun's death resurfaced the moment I saw her body.
This made him look at Cen Yu beside him again. Just now, he hadn't paid much attention to this former junior because Pei Heng was there. "Have you not been sleeping well lately?" he asked. "Your dark circles under your eyes are quite severe."
Upon hearing this, Cen Yu immediately became alert. He suspected that Chu Yichen was trying to test whether he was the murderer and whether his sadness was feigned.
“…I haven’t been sleeping well for a while.” Cen Yu threw another piece of yellow paper into the brazier, watching the flames quickly swirl it up, before continuing, “These past few days, I’ve been dreaming about Xiao Le quite often.”
—That's not a lie either.
In the original work, after Pei Leyun's consciousness began to wander, she discovered that Cen Yu was suffering from nightmares, as if he had done something wrong, and often woke up in the middle of the night.
Although Cen Yu had only just entered this world, he guessed that the original owner of this body had also had many nightmares.
"Dreamed about him?" Chu Yichen seemed to dislike this topic. "What did he say in the dream?"
"He didn't say anything." Cen Yu had no idea what he was dreaming about. Seeing Chu Yichen's expression, he became even more certain of one thing—
Chu Yichen wanted to test me!
"I was just dreaming about things from the past."
Chu Yichen seemed interested in the topic. "What happened before?" He also took a piece of yellow paper and threw it into the brazier. "I still don't know how you two met."
"If someone in the department hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known you already had a boyfriend."
Here it comes, Cen Yu thought to himself. This is Chu Yichen being jealous. Why was Pei Leyun blind to fall for a scumbag like Cen Yu instead of falling for him?
"We met through a group project." Cen Yu wasn't lying at all.
They happened to have a group project at the time, except that there was another girl besides them. After the three of them worked together to finish the project and present it, Pei Leyun confessed to Cen Yu, saying that she had fallen in love with him at first sight.
The original owner, a scumbag who was greedy for money and eager to marry into a wealthy family, naturally agreed immediately after realizing that Pei Leyun was quite wealthy.
However, the scumbag still had his unrequited love for her, so he deliberately didn't tell Chu Yichen about it.
Unexpectedly, someone in the department let it slip... In the following days, Chu Yichen really didn't pay much attention to Cen Yu. He didn't know if it was because he was "homophobic" and couldn't stand having someone with a more Westernized lifestyle next to him, or simply because he felt that Cen Yu was not being fair and didn't tell him about having a girlfriend.
While the two were talking, Pei Heng finished treating his hand injury and returned to the mourning hall.
Cen Yu looked in the direction he had come from... He had been wondering where Pei Heng had contacted the servant. If it was by phone, why was there no light from the screen in the room? It was still pitch black.
"What are you talking about?" Pei Heng walked over and sat down in his usual spot.
"Let's talk about how Cen Yu and Xiao Le met," Chu Yichen said.
“Mr. Pei,” Cen Yu began, “how did you contact the servants when the power tripped just now?”
“Of course, I use my phone.” Pei Heng didn’t understand what silly question Cen Yu was asking.
"..." Cen Yu seemed to realize something, and he asked Chu Yichen, "When Mr. Pei called the servants just now, did you see his screen light up?"
Although Chu Yichen did not understand Cen Yu's meaning, he still nodded.
—Now Cen Yu is certain.
The reason he felt the funeral hall was pitch black after the power went out wasn't just because there was no light.
It was because a hand covered his eyes, a condition commonly known as "being blinded by a ghost."
That's why he realized the room was completely dark; the screen hadn't even lit up when Pei Heng was on the phone.
This belated realization was even more chilling to Cen Yu than the fact that someone had just touched his neck.
His silence made the two people next to him realize the real meaning behind his question. Pei Heng originally didn't want to believe in such supernatural things, but Chu Yichen's abnormal behavior just now couldn't be faked. "So you didn't see the screen light just now?"
"No."
Even though he was wearing a full-on suit, Cen Yu felt a chill down his spine.
He threw some more yellow paper into the brazier, moved a little closer to it, and tried to dispel the chill, saying, "I didn't even hear you on the phone."
Now, the three of them fell silent again as they looked at the coffin in front of them.
"Yi Chen," Pei Heng said, "you can go back first."
“Your birth chart is weak…” He didn’t finish his sentence. Even though Pei Heng didn’t believe in such things before, he had watched some horror movies and heard some horror stories. He knew that there were some things he shouldn’t say at this time.
Cen Yu knew that Pei Heng meant that Chu Yichen's birth chart was weak, and this mourning hall seemed to have some problems. He was worried that Chu Yichen would be possessed again, so it would be better to leave as soon as possible.
“Uncle,” Chu Yichen said, “it would be better if you didn’t act alone at this time.”
After all, in horror movies, the first people killed are always those who act alone or desert in the face of danger.
Cen Yu thought to himself, "That's not right. In the novel, Pei Leyun hadn't developed self-awareness at this point and was probably still in a state of confusion. So who exactly is this 'unknown creature' that appeared in the mourning hall?"
According to the time calculated by the Pei family, Pei Leyun will be taken to a specific place at 5:15 a.m. to complete her final journey.
Cen Yu glanced at the time again and realized it wasn't even midnight yet...
Chu Yichen went over and lit another incense stick. When they realized that there was indeed something they couldn't see in the mourning hall, the three of them became vigilant.
Cen Yu pondered this and agreed.
We can't let the story unfold before we get killed by those kids, can we?!
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