Chapter 167

Leyuan checked his belongings, including Xu Miaoman's earrings, the painting scroll that was suddenly rotten, a new set of clothes given by someone else that were washed clean but looked like they were about to rot after not being worn for long, and his original set of clothes and shoes, which seemed to be a lot. However, he did not find his communication equipment. He did not know whether it was lost when it fell into the water or lost on the way.

He checked everywhere in the park but still couldn't find it. He wanted to take a rest, but when he looked at the sky, it was already dawn. If he took a rest at this time, he didn't know how long he could rest. Others worked from dawn to dusk and went out at sunset. If he did the opposite, that is, stayed up during the day and went out at night, it would not be impossible. However, it would be troublesome to find someone he knew as soon as possible to explain the situation to him.

Leyuan thought about it, packed up his things and left the villa. The villa was already gray and no longer clean and tidy. He walked out of the strange space. After the player disappeared, the player followed closely, as if the closed space was broken from the inside out.

Leyuan confirmed the situation again and walked to the shore. A strong wind blew over, and a small vortex appeared in the water at the coast. A person emerged from it. At first, there was only a head with long black hair, which was swaying with the water and the wind, as if there was a meat grinder fan operating in the air. Afterwards, the person was pushed out by the water. It was Xu Miaoman's body.

The body was pushed onto the shore, and Le Yuan took a step back. After he identified the body, he was worried that strangers passing by would think he had killed Xu Miaoman. Even if he had killed someone, he had not killed Xu Miaoman. It would be too unfair if people thought he had killed Xu Miaoman for no reason.

Suddenly someone shouted: "Found it! It's here!"

A group of people gathered around.

Leyuan looked at them. Some of them were strangers, but some of them were familiar. Some of them had gone on the boat with Leyuan to look for people before, some lived nearby, and some were enthusiastic people who cared about the situation of missing people.

They looked at Xu Miaoman, then at Le Yuan. One of them came out and said to Le Yuan happily, "Great! You're not dead. We all thought you had an accident with her. You didn't know that someone came to look for you day and night."

Le Yuan was half-believing and half-doubting, "Really? Who's looking for me?"

The man replied, "It was the friend who came with you who asked us, who were not in a hurry to leave, to patrol the area and look for you!"

Leyuan nodded, thanked him and asked, "Has he gone back yet?"

The man nodded: "Yes."

He smiled at Le Yuan and said, "Don't worry, he is only worried about you."

Rakuen nodded.

The man said, "Since you're back, why don't we take you to see him now? He'll feel more at ease. Seeing someone in person is always better than just hearing a few words from others."

Leyuan thought about it and said, "Okay."

The man smiled and said, "Leave the rest to us."

As he spoke, he glanced at Xu Miaoman, who was motionless beside him, with a look of pity and regret, and said to Leyuan: "She also lived here for a while. Although she was not from here at first, she is dead now. She told us before that she was an orphan with no relatives or friends. After her death, we should take care of her funeral, and it would not be unfair to her."

Paradise nodded.

The man smiled at Le Yuan and said, "If you want to attend her funeral, we will send you a message when we are free. If you can't come due to something, it's okay. We can take photos and record videos and broadcast them live for you. Although we can't be there in person, as long as we have the intention, it can be considered as sending her off for the last time."

Leyuan nodded: "You should also tell this to my friend."

The man smiled and said, “We will tell you.”

They dropped the park off at their residence, waved, made a phone call, and then drove away, saying that the job was done.

Leyuan walked slowly to the door. Suddenly, the door beside him made a sound and opened. The car owner came out. When he looked up and saw Leyuan, he ran over to hug her happily and said, "Great! I thought you were dead and almost prepared an urn for you."

Leyuan asked: "Really? Then where is my urn?"

The owner let go of the paradise and said with a smile, "It's behind the store window. But if you don't mind, I have another one here at home. I'll take you to see it!"

As he spoke, he entered the house, opened the cupboard, and really pulled out a small box. Leyuan smiled and said, "After you die, this small box will be your eternal home."

The car owner also smiled and said, "The Ghost Festival is coming soon. Let's go out and burn some paper money."

His smile faded. "I've heard that Xu Miaoman's body has been found. She looks the same as before, soaked all over. There are no fatal injuries, and it's hard to tell how she died. The initial guess is that it was an accidental death. It's strange that after such a long time, the body is still so fresh, as if she had just died. It doesn't make sense no matter how you explain it."

Paradise asked: "What?"

The owner came back to his senses, blinked his eyes and smiled: "Oh, they were a little anxious when they sent you here. Didn't they tell you the time? It's been almost a year. If you don't show up, I can't believe that you might still be alive."

Leyuan asked: "You wouldn't fool yourself into thinking that I was lost and couldn't find the way back, so you prepared paper money to burn for me, right?"

The owner smiled and said, "Almost."

Leyuan said, "Look, I have to go out with you to burn paper money. After rounding it off, this is also my money. How can I refuse it?"

The car owner laughed and said, "You still like to tell jokes."

However, he readily agreed to go out with Leyuan to burn paper.

The owner of the car held the paper money and asked with concern: "Are you really not going to take a break? I always feel that you are weak."

Paradise said, "No. I'm fine."

The owner asked: "Aren't you sleepy?"

Le Yuan said, "It's not like I haven't had a break since I disappeared from your sight."

The car owner said, "Okay, I was so worried about you that I sent people everywhere to look for you. I almost lost my appetite and couldn't sleep at night, but you were able to rest well. You really don't treat me as a friend! You didn't even say you were safe and tried to send someone to tell me. Where did you go? I sent people to look for you for so long but couldn't find you. They also went into the water, but they didn't see any trace of you."

Leyuan laughed and said, "If it were so easy for you to see it, wouldn't my trip be in vain?"

The owner asked, “What do you mean?”

Le Yuan smiled and said, "That road is not for ordinary people to take. If they go there, they will probably die in the water like Xu Miaoman and float to the shore. Rather than letting others take risks with me, I'd rather finish the matter by myself and then consider other things. Please understand me, I didn't mean to not inform you, I was just too busy and couldn't spare the time for you."

The car owner thought for a moment and said, "I'll trust you, but this is just one time. If you do this again next time, I won't care about you anymore."

Leyuan laughed and asked, "Really? Then why don't you care about me?"

The owner said, "I will throw you out of the house. If possible, I will take you upstairs while you are resting, put you in a sack, and push you downstairs. I will not feel at ease until I see you turn into a pile of meat sauce that can never get up again."

Leyuan laughed and said, "It's almost dusk. You're saying something so scary at this time. Aren't you afraid of being found by something?"

The car owner smiled and said, "I still have you, don't I? You are by my side, what do I have to be afraid of? Even if something comes, I will look for you first, isn't it always like this? Oh, it wasn't at the beginning. But now it is definitely like this. Let's go get something to eat later? What do you like?"

Leyuan said, "I don't have any particular preference, but as long as you don't pick on what I don't eat, it's up to you."

The car owner smiled and said, "The last time I heard such words was last time. If you weren't picky, I would have ordered milk tea, salted beef and peach blossom wine. Peach blossom wine is something from Taohua Town. They couldn't find me before, and they felt a little guilty, so they sent the wine to me, hoping that I wouldn't care too much about the result. They also tried to persuade me to learn to let go, and said that they were relieved to see that I was in good spirits.

How could they come to see my spirit? They left because they were happy to see that I was not dead yet. "

Leyuan asked: "Why do they care so much about whether you are dead or not?"

The car owner smiled and said, "If I die, their job will be over. It's normal for them to feel sad because they lose money, right? From an emotional perspective, they are concerned for humanitarian reasons, and there is nothing wrong with that. It's always unlucky to meet a dead person. Xu Miaoman, you, and me, that's too many. Even if they are not in Taohua Town, it won't be appropriate. After all, they know me."

Leyuan laughed and said, "I am not dead, am I?"

The car owner said, "Yes, but when you didn't show up, everyone thought you were dead. After all, if a person doesn't show up for one or two days, it can be said that something is wrong, but when you don't show up for one or two months, people think you can't show up again. Either you have turned into a corpse, or you are stuck in the cracks of the rocks and can't move. Otherwise, why don't you report it?"

Leyuan said, "I said hello to you before I left."

The car owner said: "That greeting is not enough for me to last a year."

Leyuan smiled and said, "There's nothing we can do about it."

The owner smiled and said, "Ordinary people cannot dive underwater for 24 hours without equipment. Moreover, it is an ocean. Although it is usually very quiet, it is not without danger. They don't know how dangerous it is in the depths. It is normal for them to worry about you."