Yun Que'er shivered. "So why on earth do I have to come to this spooky place in the middle of the night?"
Ji Chengxuan gave her a disdainful look. Didn't she know why they were here?
"Alright, alright, alright." Yun Que'er raised her hands in surrender. "Can't I just stay here quietly?"
She was the least willing to listen to Ji Chengxuan's nagging.
Actually, if calculated by their ages in the real world, Ji Chengxuan and Yun Que'er were of the same age. But when facing Ji Chengxuan, Yun Que'er always had an illusion.
She felt that Ji Chengxuan seemed to be in his seventies or eighties. Otherwise, why did he always spout long-winded moral lectures?
The system didn't issue any new instructions, so the two of them could only hide in the corner, quietly waiting for time to pass bit by bit, holding their breath and paying attention to any movement outside.
Yun Que'er was bored and started to fiddle with the small stones on the ground.
"Why do you think the system has assigned us such a strange task?" Yun Que'er asked. "Are we supposed to catch someone by staying here on guard?"
She turned her head and looked around. It was pitch-black everywhere, and this was an abandoned school that had been deserted for years. It was really terrifying.
Not only was there no one here at night, but even during the day, few people would pass by this place.
But Yun Que'er didn't expect that her words would come true.
As soon as she finished speaking, there came the sound of soft footsteps outside, accompanied by what seemed to be the grunts of pigs.
Yun Que'er turned to look at Ji Chengxuan, their eyes wide open in surprise.
No way, no way! There really was someone coming here?
The most crucial question was, where did the sound of the pigs come from?
"I suddenly seem to understand what the system wants us to do." Ji Chengxuan said.
He looked down at the tape recorder in his hand. "Maybe it's for collecting evidence. As for you..."
Ji Chengxuan frowned. "As you said, maybe it's for you to catch someone."
"Me? Catch someone?" Yun Que'er was surprised. "Come on, with my small arms and legs, who can I catch?"
"Or shall we switch?" Ji Chengxuan handed the tape recorder to Yun Que'er. "But if it's really as I guessed, you'll have to stay inside the school alone. Are you brave enough?"
Yun Que'er shivered violently. No, no, of course not.
"Then I'll catch the person." Yun Que'er agreed while thinking that what Ji Chengxuan said was sheer nonsense.
Was that person guilty or something? Why did they have to catch him?
At this moment, there suddenly came the low whispers of a man from outside.
"Look, sir, this is the place I've chosen long ago. No one has come here for years, and the villagers don't usually pass by this way, so it's very safe. Especially the inside is spacious, which is very suitable for raising pigs here."
Raising pigs?
Wasn't that Liu Kui's voice?
Yun Que'er frowned. What on earth was Liu Kui up to this time?
Then there came the voice of another strange man from outside. "Well, it's not bad. But there's a problem. It's too close to where the villagers live. Won't it be easy for people to find out when we transport the pigs here?"
"No, no." Liu Kui quickly replied. "No one has ever noticed the pigs and sheep I've been raising in the village. And we don't have to transport the pigs during the day. We can just quietly move them here at night when there's no one around."
The man then nodded. "Anyway, the pigs we're raising here are just some breeding pigs. We'll transport them away after the piglets are weaned, so it doesn't really matter."
Liu Kui quickly echoed. "Exactly. Don't worry, the pigs I raise are the quietest. I've specially selected two breeding pigs that don't grunt much for you. It's most suitable to raise them here."
The man let out a soft laugh. "You're quite capable of handling things."
Liu Kui smiled obsequiously at the man. "I'll count on your care in the future. I'll definitely handle your affairs well."
"Alright then." the man said. "Let's leave the pigs here tonight. In the next few days, take some time to renovate the pigsty for me. Remember not to let anyone else find out."
"Sure, sure. I definitely will."
Yun Que'er and Ji Chengxuan listened for a long time and finally understood what Liu Kui and the others were up to.
It was estimated that Liu Kui had found someone who could bring him benefits and was giving away pigs for free, hoping that the other person would also get rich with him so that things would be easier for him in the future.
But why did they have to choose this place?
This used to be a historical site. What would it look like to raise pigs here?
Moreover, from what Liu Kui said, besides the pigs he raised in his own yard, he also had pigs and even sheep in other places?
What on earth had he done...
Ji Chengxuan had pressed the record button early on and had already recorded the entire conversation between the two men outside.
"I have an idea." Ji Chengxuan whispered to Yun Que'er. "How about we create a diversion?"
He leaned closer to Yun Que'er and told her his plan.
Yun Que'er rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Okay, then let's do it your way."
Outside, Liu Kui was busy trying to pry open the door of a classroom to get the pigs in first.
Suddenly, he heard footsteps not far away.
"Who's there?" Liu Kui was startled.
No one usually came here. Could it be a ghost?
The man standing behind him also frowned. "What's wrong with you?"
"I seem to hear footsteps." Liu Kui said.
The man also leaned in and listened carefully. Sure enough, he also heard the footsteps.
One after another, sometimes far and sometimes near, the sound was really creepy.
"What kind of a haunted place is this?" the man asked seriously.
"This... this used to be a school. The bandits from the back mountain also came here..."
The man's face immediately turned cold. "What are you doing? God knows how many people have died here. How dare you bring me here? It's so dark. It's really scary!"
Liu Kui looked embarrassed. He didn't know what was going on today either. He could only explain to the man.
"What are you thinking? If there were ghosts, they would have shown up long ago. How come we've lived so long and never encountered any?"
Although the man didn't believe in ghosts or gods in this world, the atmosphere was so scary that he couldn't help but be afraid.
"Forget it, let's go." the man decided to back out. "What a lousy place. Don't come here again!"
Liu Kui had finally found such a deserted place where he could secretly raise pigs without being discovered. Who could have expected such a thing to happen?
He was afraid that the man would change his mind and the deal would fall through, so he quickly chased after him.
"Don't go, sir. It's okay! We've lived in this village for so many years and have never encountered any ghosts. Don't be afraid!"