188 Very Hot
◎It is the wind◎
The moment she looked into its eyes, Qi Qiuxue couldn't tell whether the other person was a human or a ghost.
So she remained silent, silently clenching the bone knife hidden behind her, until the woman suddenly spoke: "Axue, you're back."
Her voice was shrill and slow, sounding particularly eerie in the silence of the night: "Long time no see, do you remember me? I'm your aunt."
aunt?
Qi Qiuxue wasn't sure whether what she said was true or not, but since she was new to the dungeon and hadn't gathered enough clues, there was no need to confront the NPC head-on. Qi Qiuxue nodded and followed her lead, "So it's my aunt."
"What's the matter with you coming to see me so late?"
"I came all the way here to help." The woman claiming to be my aunt gave a slightly exaggerated smile, her eyes slowly scanning every corner of the room. "It's been uninhabited for so long, it's covered in dust. It needs a good clean."
"It's too late today. Just go to bed first. I'll come over tomorrow to help you clean up, okay?"
"No thanks." Qi Qiuxue politely declined her offer, saying, "I can do it on my own. No need for you to worry."
"That's not true." Auntie shook her head. "We're all relatives, so it's only natural that we help each other."
"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first. You should get some rest." She said this, retreating back into the shadows. But her voice drifted out from outside the door, "Welcome back to Chigu Village, Axue."
"Wait." Qi Qiuxue opened her mouth and called her.
"What's wrong?" Aunt's voice sounded again.
"I clearly locked the door after entering the main room." Qi Qiuxue stared at the dark shadow outside the door and asked calmly, "So, how did you get in?"
"Me." The aunt outside the door paused for a while, then she gently raised her hand.
It was a very strange-looking hand, the skin was even paler than her face, as if it was painted with thick white paint, without a trace of blood. A bunch of metal keys hung between her fingers, shaking gently with her movements, making a rattling sound.
"Because I have the key." She answered softly.
"Your family died early, and you have no relatives other than me. I'm worried that you might be in danger or encounter some unsolvable problem, so I specially made a key so that I can check on you at any time."
She emphasized the word "anytime" and said, "Just call me if you need anything, Axue."
"I've always been here."
After she finished speaking, she slowly withdrew her hand and turned to leave.
“…”
In the second half of the night, Li Yiqing and others came one after another.
They are different from Qi Qiuxue's orphan character. Their parents are still alive, and some even have sisters and brothers. Just like ordinary families, these so-called relatives have shown great welcome and concern for these players who have not returned for many years.
"But some things are weird," Bai Shien said, "especially the skin color, attire, and status of some NPCs."
"I have a large family. Besides my mom and dad, I have two sisters. Compared to the other family members, my middle sister looks very strange."
"What's strange?" Qi Qiuxue asked.
"Her skin was a sickly pale white, but her cheeks were unusually rosy. It was dark in the room, so I couldn't tell whether it was makeup or her natural skin color."
Qi Qiuxue: "It looks like a paper figurine, right?"
Bai Shien nodded: "Yes."
"Where are the others?" Qi Qiuxue asked again.
"I saw the same effect on the NPC who played the role of the father," Su Wen said. "Who knows how terrifying it is to suddenly see such a face in the middle of the night? It almost scared me to death."
Qi Qiuxue patted her shoulder to comfort her: "Are there any other similar NPCs?"
"No more." The other players slowly shook their heads.
It seems that situations like "Auntie" are not accidental. There are many similar cases in Chigu Village, regardless of age or gender.
However, no one can tell what these beings are and whether those seemingly normal villagers are really normal.
Most of the self-built houses in rural areas cover a large area and have many spacious rooms. In such a strange and bizarre village, it is best for players to live together and avoid being separated. Before Li Yiqing and others arrived, Qi Qiuxue was searching for clues in each room while cleaning up. She had already tidied up the few rooms that could be lived in.
At this moment, she continued to clean up with the players and asked them about their excuses for leaving home. Everyone's explanation was different, but the result was the same: they were all approved by the NPCs.
Aren’t you worried that they will run away?
Qi Qiuxue was puzzled by this.
Or, once they enter the village, they will never be able to escape.
“…”
The room was quickly cleaned up.
The six people were divided into two groups and stayed in three rooms. Thinking of the key in her aunt's hand, Qi Qiuxue deliberately piled some sundries at the door before going to bed. This would prevent others from coming in and make noise to alert the people in the house.
Everyone lay down on the bed one after another.
Chigu Village is located in the north of the city. In the deep winter, the temperature outside the village has dropped to below zero. When Qi Qiuxue first entered the dungeon, even though she was wearing thick clothes, she still felt cold.
But since they entered Chigu Village, this feeling disappeared. The first thing she felt was not cold, then warmth, and then as time went by, the warmth gradually turned into heat.
Yes, it's hot.
Qi Qiuxue gently moved Li Yiqing's hand around her waist and got out of her arms.
"What's wrong, Ah Xue?" Li Yiqing, who was lying beside Qi Qiuxue, quickly opened his eyes upon noticing her rejection and looked at her with aggrieved eyes. "Don't you love me anymore?"
"What did I do wrong?" She mumbled and burrowed into Qi Qiuxue's arms, like a giant dog worm, trying to please her master, "Please love me, please don't abandon me..."
"..." Qi Qiuxue sighed upon hearing this, and put her right hand on Li Yiqing's restless head. She dug her fingers into her hair and rubbed it gently, "Stop making trouble."
"I just feel weird." She sat up, her skin damp with sweat beneath her underwear. "Do you feel hot?"
"Indeed." Li Yiqing sat up with her and speculated, "Maybe there is some heating device hidden in the house that we haven't noticed."
"Really?" Qi Qiuxue looked around and didn't find anything special.
So after a while, she raised her hand and opened the window near the bed.
At this moment, there was a strong wind outside. The branches of the trees in the distance were blown by the wind, making a rustling sound. It was very loud, enough to show how strong the wind was.
The window was opened, and strong winds rushed in continuously through the gaps in the screens, blowing some of the decorations in the house crackling.
Qi Qiuxue quickly frowned.
She discovered that what was coming in from outside was hot air.
She and Li Yiqing looked at each other in the dark, and both saw expressions of suspicion on each other's faces. For a moment, they both opened their lips and tried to say something.
But in the next second, a scream that sounded like a cry for help reached their ears.
Who is it?!
Qi Qiuxue subconsciously took out the bone knife.
But soon, she revised her judgment because the sounds that sounded like screams were ringing one after another.
It turns out that the sound was not made by humans.
It's the wind.
【Author’s words】
There will be an update tomorrow, probably before 2 pm. I will send you red envelopes in the comment section then!
Special thanks to Yin Za for his deep water, it’s a waste of money QAQ, and thank you all for your support, thank you for the overlord tickets and nutrient solution, thank you for leaving comments and reading, hug you tight!
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