Yuan Xingcheng was terribly frightened. He pretended to be calm and quickly climbed up.
"Xingcheng, are you okay? Hearing you scream so miserably really worried me."
Yuan Xingcheng looked a bit embarrassed, and the unforgettable experience of being half - scared to death by the ghost just now came back to his mind.
Actually, Yuan Meng said this on purpose. She just wanted to tease her cute nephew and see his embarrassed and defeated expression.
"Uh... I'm okay, Sister Mengmeng. The program crew is so inhumane... That ghost woman suddenly appeared behind me. It was so sudden that I got a shock.
"Oh, right. I've heard that when ordinary people have grievances, they'll become ghosts, and the place where they die is where their ghosts will haunt. The ghost down there is also a female ghost. If I'm not wrong, that skeleton must be her corpse. So..."
Yuan Xingcheng paused for a few seconds and said gravely, "So there should have been two women who died in this village."
The atmosphere turned heavy. Both of them couldn't help thinking of something, and their moods were not good.
"Xingcheng, what was the ghost woman wearing like?"
Yuan Meng's expression was no longer the usual innocent and cute one. It became a bit serious. If you looked closely, there was even a hint of anger.
"Just like the previous female corpse, they don't seem to be... from this village."
Then there was another moment of silence between them. "So... I have a guess. Could they have been abducted here by human traffickers?"
Yuan Xingcheng finally voiced this rather sad speculation. This was just a plot created by the program crew to spread positive energy, but in reality, cases like this would only be more heart - wrenching and infuriating than the story the program crew made up.
"Human traffickers... Again, it's human traffickers. How could there be such heartless people as human traffickers! There are so many ways to make money. Why do they have to ruin others' lives to earn money!"
Yuan Xingcheng scolded out of control. He hugged his head and squatted on the ground. His heavy breathing showed his anger.
At this moment, the live - stream comments were full of scolding. Some people even came up with a slogan scolding human traffickers, and everyone was following suit. It made people feel heavy - hearted.
Neither of them said a word for a few minutes. It was Yuan Meng who reacted first. She pulled Yuan Xingcheng up and comforted him by patting his shoulder.
"Don't be sad. We must search for evidence carefully and give them justice and the truth!"
Yuan Meng's voice was still soft, but at that moment, it sounded so powerful.
The two adjusted their moods and continued to search for evidence. There were no major clues in the row of houses on the left, but there were many details that seemed off. Especially the appearance of many things that didn't seem to belong to this village pointed the case more towards human traffickers.
The more evidence they searched for, the more depressed they felt. The topic of human traffickers really weighed them down.
"Director, does this episode really have to be so depressing? Weren't we supposed to have a relaxing and pleasant time?!"
Yuan Xingcheng couldn't stand it anymore and secretly asked the filming director. It was really not worth it to feel so emo just for a variety show.
"There will be. There will be later!" The filming director laughed slyly. Although his tone was perfunctory, it was still a kind of promise.
As the evidence - searching here was almost over and the two were about to walk back, they suddenly heard a scream from the place where the other three people on the right were. There were only Xiang Bo, Mo Lin, and Yang Liu over there. Since the scream came from a woman, it must be Yang Liu.
"Yang Liu? Come on, Sister Mengmeng. Let's go and take a look."
Yuan Xingcheng was really annoyed with Yang Liu. Hearing her scream made him feel a bit gloating, so he quickly pulled Yuan Meng over to watch the show.
The two walked quickly. With the help of the staff, they soon found the three people on the right. However, the scene there was a bit unexpected for them.
Xiang Bo and Mo Lin were standing side by side on one side, folding their arms and watching the show as if it had nothing to do with them. Yang Liu was covered in mud and was angrily shouting at the filming director.
Yuan Meng and Yuan Xingcheng quietly walked to Xiang Bo and Mo Lin's side and imitated their actions to watch the show.
"Hey, Xiang Bo, Mo Lin, what's going on here?"
Yuan Meng asked curiously.
"Let me tell you! Let me tell you!" Xiang Bo, the chatterbox, wouldn't miss this chance to talk.
"When we got here, there was a lot of wet mud on the ground. We kindly reminded her to walk slowly, but she didn't listen. She insisted on rushing forward. As a result, plop, she fell into the mud..." As Xiang Bo said this, he spread his hands in a helpless gesture.
"Originally, if she just fell into the mud, only her pants would be a bit dirty. It wouldn't be this bad. But! Who could have thought that there happened to be a corpse under the place where she fell, and the director's team was so naughty that they left the corpse's eyes exposed."
Xiang Bo said while making gestures. He clapped his hands and continued.
"You tell me how could it be so coincidental. After Yang Liu fell, when she lowered her head, she happened to lock eyes with the corpse's eyes! Then Yang Liu was scared, so she struggled to stand up, but she couldn't. So she just rolled around in the mud... And then it became like this."
After Xiang Bo finished speaking, he pointed at Yang Liu casually. Everyone's gazes followed his finger and looked at Yang Liu.
"I... Why am I so unlucky to participate in this program! There are ghosts and corpses. It's all your fault that the program didn't make it clear in advance! I'm most afraid of these things. You tell me what I should do now that I'm covered in mud. I'm telling you, you should! Right now! Immediately! Get me some water to wash off the mud. Otherwise... Otherwise, I won't film this program anymore!"
Yang Liu put her hands on the only clean part around her waist, looking funny and ridiculous.
Some people laughed at others for being timid from the very beginning, but now they claim that they're too timid to participate in this kind of program, blaming the program crew for deceiving them.
Some people were very straightforward when signing the waiver at first and even laughed at those who were more cautious, but now they blame the program crew for getting themselves covered in mud from being scared and demand that the program crew find water for them.
So people should never do things they can't handle. It will really look ugly when they mess up.