Chapter 8: Haunted House in the Republic of China (VIII)
"Ah Qiu! Ah Qiu!" The little deer squatted at the door and sneezed several times, feeling his head buzzing.
"Huh? Is the sky... getting brighter?" The little deer, unaware that it had just brushed past a dead end, tilted its head back and glanced at the sky in confusion.
The clouds dispersed and the sky naturally became a little brighter.
Chang Yue was lucky yesterday. When she was asked by Wang Po to wash clothes, she met a crazy old man. Some words the old man said caught her attention.
Unfortunately, it was dark before she could ask for the key information.
She could ask for clues again, but she only had one life, so she returned to her residence without hesitation. Fortunately, she was decisive, and when the monster blocked the door, someone helped her to attract the fire, so she was able to return to the room safely.
But she always felt that she saw something she shouldn't have seen.
I just hope those two didn't notice me last night.
As soon as it was light in the morning, she took her breakfast and went to find the crazy old woman from yesterday. Fortunately, the old woman was still in the yard where she found her yesterday. She kept saying she was hungry, so Chang Yue offered her breakfast.
The other person sat on the ground and ate voraciously. Chang Yue was afraid that she would choke to death, so she quickly brought her a glass of water.
She squatted beside the old woman and glanced at the time. It was about a quarter of an hour before Wang Po would come to summon the soul. She had to quickly find out what the old woman knew.
At this moment, Chang Yue, who was concentrating on the old woman, did not notice the faint footsteps behind her. Ning Hanqi patted the other person's shoulder, and she could clearly feel the body under her palm slightly stiffened.
"Little Deer?" Chang Yue turned around and looked at Ning Hanqi. Her expression was as if she had seen a ghost. She stood up instantly and staggered back a few steps.
"Ms. Ning, Miss Ning." Chang Yue's eyes twitched slightly. Seeing the little deer waving at her from behind Ning Hanqi, she knew what was going on. Hadn't she been told to stay away from Ning Hanqi? Why was she still following her? And even led her here...
"I heard from Xiaolu that you found a clue, but time may be a little tight, so I came to take a look and help you stop Mrs. Wang if necessary." Ning Hanqi smiled, looking very harmless, which made it easy for people to let down their guard.
But Chang Yue is definitely not among these people.
When she saw Ning Hanqi, she was more nervous than a mouse seeing a cat.
But did she dare to refuse? No, she didn't.
Chang Yue took a deep breath, glanced over and forced himself to look at the old woman.
"Who is she? She looks crazy, can we really get anything out of her?" The little deer just took two steps towards the old woman, and she stared at her warily as if she was afraid that she would snatch her food away. She guarded the food very tightly, and the look in her eyes revealed through her messy hair made it seem as if she could bite the little deer at any time.
The deer hurriedly took two steps back.
But when Ning Hanqi approached her, the old woman showed a look of fear. She held the rice and tried to move backwards until she reached the corner of the wall and had nowhere to retreat. Then she trembled while holding the rice, muttering something.
Seeing this, Ning Hanqi stopped. Chang Yue, who was closer to the old woman, could barely hear what she was muttering.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry... I was wrong. Please let me go, ma'am. I really know I was wrong..."
lady?
Is the Madam she was referring to Madam Xia?
After seeing Ning Hanqi, she was so frightened that she kept calling out "Madam Xia"...
Chang Yue frowned, then glanced at Ning Hanqi secretly.
There was still a slight curve at the corner of her mouth, but there was no smile in her eyes. It was more like she was looking at the old woman coldly, with a sense of superiority and oppression.
But the feeling disappeared in an instant.
"Chang Yue, ask quickly." Ning Hanqi reminded Chang Yue, who was a little distracted, "If Mrs. Wang comes later, it will be a bit troublesome."
"Okay, okay..." Chang Yue's scalp tingled as she squatted beside the old woman and asked her like she was coaxing a child, "Grandma, what was that thing you said was in the kitchen yesterday? Was it... Young Master?"
"Young Master... in the kitchen, in the kitchen, haha... he turned into soup in the kitchen. Rats drank up all the soup, and now he's everywhere... in the dark places there are rats, there's Young Master, wuwuwu..." The old woman suddenly burst into tears, "I know I was wrong, Madam, please don't kill me, please don't kill me..."
Tang? Madam?
"Who turned the young master into broth? You or the lady? The first lady?"
"It's not me. It's not me. I didn't do it. Madam, I was wrong. I didn't want to hurt the eldest lady. I didn't want to..." The old woman only knew how to apologize randomly. She avoided his gaze and didn't dare to look in the direction of Ning Hanqi.
"Bang!"
The door of this remote courtyard was suddenly kicked open.
Old Lady Wang walked in with a gloomy look on her face. She glanced at the four people present, first casually bowed to Ning Hanqi, then walked past her and went straight to the old woman. She grabbed the struggling person on the ground and said, "How dare you two bitches bring me here and let this filthy person defile my eyes! You all want to be punished, right?"
"I came here on my own. It has nothing to do with them."
"Sir." Mrs. Wang's face twitched slightly, her attitude not as good as last time. "Servants need to be disciplined and not spoiled. I don't know how you manage servants at home, but the rules in our Xia Mansion are strict. They should abide by the rules here, otherwise the young lady and the master and his wife will be angry."
This time, even Xiaolu could hear that she was threatening Ning Hanqi.
Ning Hanqi smiled at Wang Pozi, and without refuting her words, she just said softly, "I understand."
He looks like a weak and easily bullied son-in-law. It is an eternal truth that the master is weak and the slave is strong, not to mention that this old woman Wang is a cunning slave.
When Ning Hanqi seemed to give in, her arrogance rose.
Chang Yue unconsciously slowed down her breathing. The perception she had honed in the game dungeon allowed her to sense the breath of danger, but she didn't know who the danger came from.
"It's good that you understand, my son-in-law. I won't disturb you while you're strolling around the garden. I'll take them all away right away." Mrs. Wang turned around and glared at Xiaolu and Changyue with a ferocious look. "You two lazy people, hurry up and leave! Don't think that you can call the shots in this courtyard just because you please someone. This is the Xia Mansion! The masters won't tolerate you! Go back and wash the clothes. There are piles of dirty clothes. If you can't finish washing them today, you don't have to go back!"
Just as Wang Po was pinching her waist and cursing in a sarcastic tone, Ning Hanqi glanced at the old woman who was being dragged by Wang Po. She opened her mouth and said a few words silently to the old woman, then smiled.
The old woman opened her eyes wide and suddenly screamed, then bit Wang Po's hand with such force that Wang Po screamed and quickly let go. She stood up and pushed Wang Po to the ground, shouting "Help, help!" and rushed out of the yard.
Wang Po was pushed by her and fell face down. Ning Hanqi could have supported her, but she moved to the side the moment Wang Po fell, allowing her to fall heavily.
There were stairs behind her, and Wang Po's face hit the corner of the stairs. After another scream, she turned around, covering her face with her hands. Her mouth was full of blood, and she spat out two white things.
Her two front teeth were broken, and others felt pain just by looking at the bloody mess.
After Wang Po came to her senses, she opened her eyes and let out an inhuman scream. Her eyes were bloodshot, her pale face gradually turned blue and black, her nails grew rapidly, and she looked like a ghost.
But the time now is between 6:00 and 18:00, which is human time. When Wang Pozi was half transformed into a ghost, she was forced back by the rules of the game.
After turning back into an ordinary person, Mrs. Wang covered her mouth with her hands, the anger in her eyes still lingering. She pointed in the direction the old woman had just fled and screamed at Xiaolu and Changyue, "What are you daydreaming about! Bring her back to me! I'm going to skin that old bitch alive!!!"
Ning Hanqi gave Chang Yue a look, and the other party understood immediately and immediately dragged the deer, who was still out of state, out to chase after him.
After they ran out, only Wang Po and Ning Hanqi were left in the yard.
"Ouch..." Mrs. Wang sat on the ground, covering her mouth and screaming "Ouch". She cursed the old woman's ancestors for eighteen generations and her descendants for eighteen generations. However, her voice was a little leaky when she was cursing, which sounded a bit funny.
After a round of scolding, she started scolding her husband who was fooling around somewhere and didn't come to help her when she was bullied.
"Speaking of the butler, I've seen him before."
Mrs. Wang paused in her howling.
"Is that damn old man fooling around with some little bitch? Tell me, and I'll tear that little bitch to pieces!" Mrs. Wang asked Ning Hanqi vaguely, her look full of murderous intent.
"Butler..." Ning Hanqi chuckled, "The last time I saw him, he was playing with the young lady's pet."
"Pet..." Mrs. Wang's face changed.
The players don’t know, but she knows that there is a “greedy” thing around the eldest lady, who will accept anything, whether it is human or ghost.
Her old man would definitely not approach that thing for no reason. The "play" that her son-in-law mentioned probably did not mean playing in the literal sense.
"By the way, Wang Po, who was that old woman just now? She looked crazy."
"She, she was the young master's wet nurse..." Mrs. Wang's eyes flashed. "She went crazy after the young master passed away. You just saw that she could hurt people. In the future, you must stay away from her. Be careful not to hurt your body."
"So she's the young master's wet nurse...but why did she call me Madam when she saw me?"
Mrs. Wang suddenly raised her head and looked into Ning Hanqi's gentle eyes. In just a moment, she shrank and lowered her head, muttering that she didn't know.
But she heard her brother-in-law sneer.
Then the other person leaned over and whispered something in her ear. The cold and mocking tone made Wang Pozi's pupils shrink.
"Is it because... my wife and the late wife look a lot like me?"
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