Chapter 64 Searching for Miss Shen's Remains
She didn't know how long she had waited, but Yu Xiaoluo was sitting in a chair, almost asleep.
Even Miss Chen was getting sleepy, but Yu Liang was still excitedly fighting in the game world.
At this moment, Lu Yifei kept his eyes closed, his expression becoming completely focused. Beneath his eyelids, his eyeballs could be seen moving nervously, and he muttered to himself, "Li Family Village, back hillside, abandoned well—"
Afterwards, he fell into silent recollection, and then saw himself using blood as a curse, with the help of the Taoist master, to seal Miss Shen's soul into the painting.
He opened his eyes excitedly, “Found it! Found it! I found the body—but I don’t know if, after all these years, that mountain and that well are still there.”
So he recounted what he had seen.
Yu Xiaoluo then withdrew the red thread. "Let's go."
Lu Yifei hesitated for a moment, "Do I—need to go?"
Yu Xiaolu squinted and giggled, "You tell me, Brother Yifei."
As soon as she finished speaking, Miss Shen picked Lu Yifei up like a chicken, head down.
Seeing that they were just leaving while he hadn't finished his game, Yu Liang said, "Wait for me a minute, can you wait a few more minutes before you leave? I'm almost done."
But who cares about him?
Yu Xiaoluo and the others left the house. At this moment, Lu's mother woke up and looked around in confusion at the open door. She found a strange man sitting in her son's room, while her son was nowhere to be seen. She asked in confusion, "Who are you? What are you doing here? Where is Yifei?"
“I—I’m Yifei’s friend, he—just went out.”
He couldn't stay there any longer, so he logged off, got up quickly, and headed outside.
Seeing his flustered expression, Lu's mother scolded, "You're not a thief, are you? Well, you thief, you've actually stolen from my house."
She grabbed a broom and chased after Yu Liang, hitting him repeatedly. So, in the not-so-spacious stairwell, they chased and hit each other until they reached the elevator. Inside, Yu Xiaoluo was playfully waving at him, and the elevator doors closed instantly.
Good heavens, is this really her sister?
Yu Liang could only climb down the stairs. He practically tumbled and crawled out. Yu Xiaoluo was standing in the car with a smile, waiting for him. Miss Shen stared at Lu Yifei expressionlessly, without even looking at him, while Lu Yifei was trembling all over.
He opened the car door and got in, shouting, "Everyone, get in quickly!"
Once everyone was seated, they stepped on the gas. They could faintly hear Lu's mother's loud, panting voice from the back: "You damned thief! You even steal from my house! I'll break your hands!"
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To prevent Lu's mother from calling the police and making things more complicated, Yu Xiaoluo asked Lu Yifei to call his dear mother.
"Mom, I almost forgot to tell you, my friend just contacted me, and I asked him to play some games for me. I have to go out for a bit, I'll be home later."
It took Lu's mother a while to come to her senses. "So that kid is your friend. Why didn't you say so sooner? Really—almost—cough, by the way, come back soon. Don't run around so much now that you're feeling better—"
Once she started talking, she couldn't stop, so Lu Yifei hung up the phone immediately.
Just as he was putting away his phone, he saw Miss Shen again. Miss Shen insisted on sitting next to him, looking eerie and staring at him with her bloodshot eyes full of cracks, as if she wanted to devour him alive.
Lu Yifei shuddered again and shrank to the side of the car door, almost pushing the door out of his hand.
"What if the well is gone?" he said timidly, his usual arrogance long gone, like a little turtle hiding its head.
"It's alright, just cut off your head and use your skull to make up the numbers," Miss Shen said casually.
Having spent so many days by Yu Xiaoluo's side, she felt like she was being assimilated by Yu Xiaoluo.
Lu Yifei didn't dare ask any more questions. He silently prayed that the mountain was still there and hadn't been developed into a tunnel or turned into a road, and that the well was still there, otherwise he would lose his head.
Fortunately, Lu Yifei from that life was also from this area, and Yu Liang was also a local. So, relying on their memories and asking some elderly people, although it took some time and a long drive, they still managed to find Lijia Village smoothly.
Because of its remote location, Lijia Village has not been overdeveloped. More than a hundred years later, it does not look like it has changed much, except for the addition of some rather modern buildings.
Lu Yifei exclaimed in surprise, "This is the village!"
They entered the village and followed the main road to the foot of the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, there are a few houses and several flat vegetable gardens, where some vegetables and corn are grown, but there is no sign of people.
Looking up, one sees verdant mountains and lush forests, with only a narrow path, haphazardly paved with stones of varying sizes, barely wide enough for two feet, winding its way upwards.
Wild grass grew on both sides of the path, half-covering it. The whole mountain was eerily quiet, as if it had long been forgotten by the world.
There are people at the foot of the mountain, but it seems that very few people go up the mountain.
Moreover, the lush vegetation here has many dense insect holes, spider webs, and ants and insects, making it an insect paradise. On the ground, there are also many dark millipedes.
Yu Liang hadn't taken more than a few steps when his hair stood on end. "Luo Luo, how come there are so many bugs here—"
"Insects?" Hehe, she comes from a background of raising poisonous creatures, so she's really not afraid at all. It's just that she doesn't really like small insects, she only likes big insects, like those that have become spirits.
"Isn't Brother Yifei leading the way? What's there for Third Brother to be afraid of? After all, Brother Yifei knows that losing your life is scary, but a little bug is scarier."
Lu Yifei braced himself and walked in front, and then Yu Xiaoluo secretly slipped a sachet to Yu Liang.
The sachet had a strong herbal scent, which was quite pleasant. Moreover, as soon as the sachet was produced, the centipedes scattered in all directions, avoiding them in fear.
Yu Liang happily gave his sister a thumbs up; she really was his sister.
Lu Yifei was in a terrible situation. He was constantly startled and jumping up and down, waving his hands frantically, and shouting repeatedly, "No, don't come any closer."
Those who didn't know the situation might have thought he had encountered a ghost or was performing a shamanistic ritual.
Yu Xiaoluo found him too noisy, so she had Miss Shen pick up a tattered sock from the ground and stuff it into his mouth.
The further you go in, the more the trees turn from green to yellow, withered and dry, the water veins are cut off, and you can see some messy, haphazard graves without even a tombstone.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Lu Yifei stopped and started yelling at Yu Xiaoluo. Miss Chen pulled off her socks and, while bending over and vomiting, said weakly, "It seems to be around here, but I don't see that well."
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