Jiang Ran followed her into the room. The room looked like an ordinary girl's room, with nothing suspicious about it.
"Gwen?"
Gwen shook her head as well; she didn't sense anything amiss either.
Yu Cheng had already squatted down to check under the bed. She reached out and groped around, as if she had grabbed something that looked like a piece of paper.
"This is... ghost money?!"
Why are there ghost money under the bed? Jiang Ran leaned closer and saw that the ghost money in Yu Cheng's hand was badly damaged, indicating that it must have been a very long time ago. The current timeline is the surface world, and the large amount of ghost money should be in the timeline of the inner world.
This was the first time Jiang Ran had ever discovered ghost money in the real world. Just based on the existence of this ghost money, this room must be extraordinary!
"Brother Jiang Ran, do you think we might be missing some important item?" Yu Cheng was a little disappointed, but quickly cheered up. "It's like the story events in some online games. Even if we arrive at the story location, we can't trigger the story if we lack certain items."
"Maybe."
"Let's go find this so-called prop! It should be in this house!"
Yu Cheng clenched his fist, turned around, and let out a puzzled "Eh?"
"When...did you close the door?"
Jiang Ran and Gwen also turned to look. Jiang Ran's pupils contracted instantly because the door was not only closed tightly, but also had two big red "囍" characters pasted on it for some reason!
Soft light shone from behind, illuminating the entire room and casting the shadows of the three people on the ground.
"Who...are you?"
A timid girl's voice came from behind.
Jiang Ran turned her head and saw a somewhat frightened girl, about fourteen years old, sitting nervously on the bed. The entire room was newly decorated, with red ribbons and the character "囍" intertwined.
The little girl had a lovely face, but she was wearing a bright red wedding dress that was clearly ill-fitting. The sleeves were so long that they hung up, not even her little hands were visible, and her legs were completely covered by the red dress... if she had legs at all.
"Who...who are you?! Why did you break into my room! I'm calling for help!"
The little girl looked at Jiang Ran with some fear, and instinctively shrank back.
"Miss Ren Xiaodie, I'm here to deliver your marriage certificate."
Jiang Ran quickly guessed the girl's identity. What he needed to do now was to calm her down. How could a girl of about fourteen years old not be afraid of a stranger who had barged into her room? So Jiang Ran needed to find a legitimate reason for himself.
Jiang Ran handed the marriage certificate obtained through Pandora's Box to Ren Xiaodie.
"Marriage certificate... ah."
Ren Xiaodie blankly took the marriage certificate. She held it in her hand without looking at its contents, and remained on the bed for more than ten seconds in a daze.
"Yes, yes, I'm getting married... but why? Why...?"
Seeing Ren Xiaodie like this, Yu Cheng couldn't help but feel sorry for her: "She's about fourteen years old and has to become a bride, and it's a ghost marriage, isn't that too pitiful?"
"So Xu Ying is already dead, but for some reason, the village is forcing Ren Xiaodie to marry him?"
Time entered the inner world, and Yu Cheng observed the room. From the many clues in the room, it was clear that this was a temporary room, and Ren Xiaodie definitely did not live here originally!
"A ghost marriage... Could it be that there's something wrong with Xu Ying's birth chart? Or is there something suspicious about his manner of death that necessitates a ghost marriage to suppress it?"
As Yu Cheng pondered, Jiang Ran interjected, "Don't forget the bigger picture here is a cult. Perhaps Xu Ying herself has no problems at all, but if that so-called Ascension Sect says a word, even if there's no problem, there will be. Of course, this is just my guess."
“Brother Jiang Ran, what you said makes some sense. We need to consider both situations.”
Yu Cheng cleared his throat, leaned closer to Ren Xiaodie, and asked in a gentle tone, "Um... Xiaodie, do you know what kind of person your groom, Xu Ying, is?"
“Xu Ying?” Ren Xiaodie shook her head. “To be honest, I’ve only heard of him in the village. I’ve never met him more than a few times. I remember my father saying that we are not from the same world… I don’t know why my father would make me marry him.”
Ren Xiaodie poked her hand, looking somewhat dejected.
Yu Cheng then asked, "Since you had absolutely no connection with someone, didn't you... ever think about running away from the wedding?"
"Run away from an arranged marriage? What does that mean? Can you really run away from an engagement set by your parents?" Ning Xiaodie quickly shook her head. "No, no! You'll be abandoned by the gods if you do that!"
"Is it okay even if I don't want to at all?"
"No...no problem, big sister, you'd better not mention these things in front of other people!"
Yu Cheng tenderly rubbed Ren Xiaodie's head. She knew that they were just in the other world, and there was nothing they could change. Ren Xiaodie had either died in the plague or moved away with the villagers.
"But, big sister, could you please give this letter to Xu Ying before the wedding?"
Ren Xiaodie took a letter out from under her pillow and solemnly handed it to Yu Cheng.
"Dad won't allow us to meet before the wedding, so this is the only way I can do it! There's still one day until our wedding, and I hope Xu Ying can see this letter in advance. Big sister, can you help me with this?"
Yu Cheng was a little confused when he received the letter. Logically speaking, since this wedding was a ghost marriage, Xu Ying, the groom, should already be dead! Ren Xiaodie asked Yu Cheng to deliver the letter. Did she not even know that she was going to marry a dead person?
The wedding was a complete hoax, and the bride, Ren Xiaodie, was kept in the dark.
"We will deliver the letter."
Jiang Ran agreed on behalf of Yu Cheng.
"Brother Jiang Ran, this..."
"Don't worry, the truth may be different from what we initially thought, but listen to me for now."
"Phew~ that's good." Ren Xiaodie breathed a sigh of relief. "I trust you, big brothers and sisters, but you have to promise that no one else but Xu Ying will see the contents of this letter!"
"You should leave now! After all, your task is just to deliver the marriage certificate. If you stay any longer, my father will become suspicious. I'll come back to thank you properly after the wedding!"
"Okay, then we'll be leaving now."
Jiang Ran pulled Yu Cheng along and walked towards the door.
"Yu Cheng, if my guess is correct, don't be surprised just yet."
"Brother Jiang Ran, what do you mean?"
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