Chapter 049: Cemetery Bones (5)
I fell asleep very late again and woke up at noon the next day. As usual, I was woken up by a few skeletons and asked to go to the stream for a gathering.
The table was still filled with washed fruits and vegetables, there was red wine cooling in the water, some people were playing, some were playing dominoes, some were knitting wool, etc.
Helin also sat at the table like he did yesterday, sipping wine and watching them.
Tao Xing was dragged to play a few rounds of dominoes, and then sat down next to He Lin: "Is this how you spend every day?"
"yes."
"oh."
"Isn't this good?"
"Okay." Tao Xing said.
Most living people also live day to day.
But...Tao Xing glanced at the bones beside him.
We know he is the target of the mission, but we don’t know why he is the villain.
080 said in time: "Host, you can buy a memory tracking skill to find out his memory, or read his mind to find out his thoughts."
Tao Xing shook her head: "No."
The noise continued until night, and the white bones pulled the two of them up and went to the rock again.
Only today, there was no moonlight shining on the stone.
Tao Xing walked over to take a look: "Maybe it's cloudy today."
The bones were somewhat lost.
Tao Xing looked at their expressions and thought: "Oh, by the way, when I get out, I can go find your graves, take pictures of your names and lives, and come back to tell you next time, how about that?"
The bones gradually stopped talking, and the frolicking suddenly became silent.
Tao Xing: "What's the matter?"
The bones: "I've never thought about my life."
They suddenly fell into deep thought, looking somewhat confused.
He Lin said: "When a person dies, it's like a light goes out. Who you were in life is not important. It's the same here. If you know, you will be concerned and it will only add to your troubles."
"Right." The confused skeletons slammed the table, "That's it. We don't want to know."
Helin turned around and said, "Mr. Tao, thank you. Even if you see our names and life stories, you don't have to tell us."
"Oh, okay." Tao Xing agreed, but he thought to himself, since you are not curious about your identities before death, why are you so keen on restoring your bodies?
Seeing that the moonlight would not come tonight, they returned to the stream to play. Yougu made a wreath of flowers and gave it to Tao Xing, then asked him to dance. Tao Xing did not know how to dance and wanted to quit, but Yougu pushed him forward. He staggered and just happened to hug Helin.
"Just jump around, it's just for fun." said the bones.
Tao Xing had no choice but to pull He Lin to dance. The white bones on her palms were smooth and not prickly, and they were actually warm.
The skull was pure white, just like a piece of jade. On a whim, Tao Xing took off her wreath and put it on his head.
Bai Gu was slightly startled and looked at him intently.
Tao Xing stroked the drooping branches of the wreath and said to him with a smile, "I think you look better in it than I do."
There was red jumping in his eye sockets, and Bai Gu was a little confused.
"You are very beautiful." Tao Xing repeated.
Bai Gu smiled faintly and lowered his eyes. If he had a physical body now, others would see that his face was covered with a blush.
It was still very late when he returned to his room, but the next day, Tao Xing was woken up before noon.
The skeletons were very excited, walking around and shouting. This didn't seem like the excitement of a party. He opened the door and grabbed a skeleton: "What's wrong?"
"There are new ghosts. We haven't had any new ghosts here for a long time. Come on, Mr. Tao, I'll take you to see them."
A new ghost means someone just died up there. Tao Xing followed him to the stream.
There were already a lot of bones gathered there. Tao Xing walked over and saw a skeleton in the middle, turning its head around and looking around.
He Lin was in front of him and said, "Then you can call me Xiao Xi, okay?"
"All right," said the new skeleton, "what am I supposed to do here?"
Xiao Bei replied: "You don't have to do anything, just play with us."
"Really? That's great." He immediately integrated into the group and joined in the laughter and joy.
When he came to Tao Xing, he almost fell down. Tao Xing helped him up and asked in confusion, "You turned into bones right after you died?"
Xiaoxi scratched his skull and asked in confusion: "Ah, did I just die?"
Now it was Tao Xing's turn to be confused.
He Lin came over and said, "In fact, we are not really transformed from bones. You can understand that we are all ghosts, and the bones are the embodiment of the ghosts' lives here."
"Hmm." Tao Xing had guessed this when she asked the question just now. They were indeed not real corpses, otherwise how could they remain so white and neat.
But he had another question. Could it be that this ghost who had just died had forgotten everything about his life? He didn’t know his own name, nor did he know when he died?
"What are you thinking about?" He Lin asked again.
"Nothing." Tao Xing looked up and saw that the new ghost had adapted well. Now he was the one laughing the loudest in the audience.
But he was no longer interested in these gatherings, and said, "I won't attend today, okay?"
"Of course, it's your freedom." He Lin smiled, "So what are you going to do now? Do you want me to accompany you?"
Tao Xing hadn't figured out what to do yet. He thought for a moment and said, "Maybe I can go out tomorrow. Can you tell me where the water is leaking? I'll go out and look for it."
He Lin was slightly startled: "Yes, you are leaving tomorrow."
He took Tao Xing to find the leak and walked along the border. Along the way, he saw the white bones going to the rocks again, waiting for the moonlight.
They did not go over and continued forward. When they passed by the stone wall, it seemed that water drops fell on their arms. Tao Xing rolled up his sleeves and wiped it, but felt a little stinging. He lowered his head and saw that some red marks had appeared on his arms at some point. It was not just where the water drops had appeared, there were also a few in other places. The red spots were all as big as a fingernail, and the flesh had been rotten.
Because it was not big and the ulcer was not deep, Tao Xing did not feel any pain before and did not notice it.
The white finger bones beside him pulled up his arm and said guiltily: "It's like this when a living person stays here for a long time, they will rot." He looked at the marks and said, "I'm sorry, I can't help you recover, does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." It really doesn't hurt. If I hadn't applied it, I wouldn't have felt it.
"Three days is fine, but any longer won't work." He Lin's words revealed some reluctance, "The passage will open every month when the moonlight is full, and will be closed for about fifteen minutes. Then, three days later, when the moonlight returns, it will open again. The first time you enter, the second time you exit, it is irreversible."
He hesitated for a moment and continued, "If you are willing to come, you can stay here for three days every month, but there are risks. For example, if you don't leave in time when it opens for the second time, you can only wait for a month, but... you are a living person, you can't wait for a month, at most fifteen days, your whole body will fester and die. Mr. Tao, have you really thought it through? Will you come again?"
"I've made up my mind. I'm coming." Tao Xing said with a smile.
He Lin's eyes flashed red for a few times, he put down his arm and gently rolled down his sleeve: "In fact, as long as you can help repair the cemetery, it will be a great help to us. If there is no leakage, we will slowly restore it to its original state."
"You also said that you need to recover slowly. It seems that it will take more than a short time." Tao Xing said, "Besides, I am not only here to help you set your bones, but also to come and see you."
Helin looked up in surprise. After a moment, he rubbed his finger bones in front of his chest a few times, then lowered his head and walked forward.
Tao Xing smiled, followed him, walked a few more laps, and roughly determined the location of the leak. When he returned to the rock, he saw that there was no skeleton left over there.
They finally lost interest in flesh and blood, and having seen enough tonight, they all went back.
The moonlight was still there, like a veil covering the stone. He Lin stopped and said: "The moonlight is so beautiful."
What is common in the human world is a luxury here. Tao Xing nodded: "It is indeed beautiful."
"It seems late, isn't it?"
Tao Xing looked at her phone: "3:30 in the morning."
"You need to rest."
"I can't sleep anyway, so I'll go back to sleep in the morning."
After a short silence, He Lin smiled and asked, "What dance did you do yesterday?"
"Ah?" Tao Xing recalled, "It was just some random dance. I glanced at it casually while watching the video. It was probably a duet, a waltz or something. I really don't know."
He Lin asked tentatively: "Whatever it is called, can you teach me again?"
"good."
Bai Gu jumped up to the rock, the moonlight shining all over him. He stopped and looked back, bowed and extended his hand: "Mr. Tao, please dance with me."
Tao Xing raised her hand and held his.
The floating light flickered, the hand in the palm gradually became soft, the white bones gradually grew flesh under the moonlight, and the young man in the Zhongshan suit gently put his arm around the shoulders of the person in front of him and walked slowly.
The soft and melodious sound of the piano echoed. Tao Xing put her hand on He Lin's waist. Their steps were not regular, nor did they need to be regular. It was okay as long as they didn't step on each other. Fortunately, they cooperated well.
The flesh and blood He Lin also breathes, and the two people hugging each other's breaths intertwine. Under the soft white light, each other's faces are reflected in each other's eyes.
The moonlight disappeared at some point, and the bored person did not notice.
The waist turned into white bones, with a faint light flickering in the eyes. Tao Xing lowered her eyebrows and smiled, then continued dancing while hugging the white bones.
He put his hands on the other person's head. It was originally an action of touching the hair, but the other person had turned into bones, and he touched the back of the skull.
There is a tiny hole in the smooth jade, and there are cracks next to it, but it is not very obvious and cannot be found unless you touch it.
Tao Xing paused slightly and lowered his brows to look at the bones in his arms. The bones were immersed in the music with a hint of smile.
The piano music stopped.
The people hugging each other came back to their senses. Tao Xing checked his cell phone and said, "It's out of battery." It's been three days, so the cell phone should be out of battery.
He Lin then noticed that he had turned back into a skeleton: "It should be dawn, Mr. Tao, you need to rest."
"Okay." Tao Xing jumped down the stairs, turned back and led the bones down.
They said they were leaving tonight, but in fact the passage would not be opened until after midnight. During the day, Tao Xing took a nap, but it seemed he did not sleep for too long as he was woken up by the white bones. Everyone knew he was leaving and they had to see him off.
In fact, it was still a gathering by the stream, which lasted from noon to night. No one wanted to go out to watch the moonlight that night. Everyone gathered around Tao Xing and brought him a lot of food and drinks.
He Lin shook his head and smiled: "You can't take the things here out, so don't waste your energy."
The bones sighed: "Then Mr. Tao, you should eat and drink well now."
At night, around midnight, the noisy bones quieted down and waited cautiously for the passage to open.
The moonlight shines on that special place. The living can enter, but the dead have no chance to leave.
They followed Tao Xing and watched the rock wall slowly become transparent, the moss and rocks disappeared, revealing a cave.
Tao Xing walked forward, followed by He Lin, but the other bones did not dare to move forward.
They just leaned over and watched him go.
Cross the cave entrance, there is a huge rock, around the rock is a staircase, walk up, the moonlight falls quietly, and He Lin who steps on the staircase slowly turns into flesh and blood.
Above the steps was the hole where the person had fallen. A long staircase led down from top to bottom, as if it was a stairway to heaven.
"Did you open the passage last time and come here to repair the cemetery?" Tao Xing stepped onto the ladder and asked the person next to him.
"Yes, there are no stairs normally, so I can't get up. This location is a leak." Helin took his hand and walked to the top of the stairs.
The smell of grass, soil and dust hits my face, and the human world is approaching.
The moonlight fell on their shoulders. Tao Xing turned around and said, "You go down. I will come on time next month. By the way, is it the same date next month? It won't rain, will it?"
"No, the date when the moonlight is full is not fixed." He Lin said, "If you hadn't asked, I would have told you that it will come on the night of the 13th next month."
"Okay, then... I'm leaving?"
Helin lowered his eyes slightly, thought for a moment, and drew a circle above his head.
Tao Xing raised her eyes: "What?"
"You'll find out when you get out." He Lin showed a little mischievousness, which was rare. "I'll keep it a secret."
"Ah?" Tao Xing smiled and rubbed his head. "Okay, I'm leaving."
After saying that, he jumped out of the cave.
After standing firmly on his feet, he immediately looked back.
There was only a flat grassland, no cave entrance, and no person with gentle eyes on the stairs.
The cemetery was deserted in the middle of the night, with only a thin mist and the sound of wind like ghosts crying.
It seemed as if what I saw during these three days was just a beautiful dream.
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