"That was me you saw just now, right?" Yun Que'er stepped forward and voluntarily "confessed".
"Secretary, I just saw the two of them running around as if they were being chased by something. I wanted to go and ask them what was going on, but unexpectedly they got even more scared when they saw me."
Listening to Yun Que'er's innocent words, the secretary turned his head and gave the two of them a fierce glare.
"Did you hear that? What nonsense about ghosts? She's a real person! If you have mental problems, go see a doctor. Isn't Dr. Ji here? Get the medicine prescribed and get treated. Don't create panic here!"
However, Liu Kui didn't take the secretary's scolding to heart at all. He waved his hands repeatedly and tried to explain.
"No, Secretary! I really saw it! Even if... even if the girl we saw just now was real, there are really ghosts near the abandoned school!"
He was really talking more and more nonsense. But then again, what was Liu Kui doing near the school?
It was pitch - black in the middle of the night. Not only was the abandoned school rarely visited, but every household in the village had turned off the lights and gone to bed.
On a night like this, even if there were no ghosts, any rustling sound could be mistaken for a ghost, couldn't it?
"Come on, I think you're really crazy!" The secretary waved his hand impatiently.
He turned to look at the man beside Liu Kui and then suddenly remembered an important thing.
"Who are you? Why aren't you at home in the middle of the night and instead come to our village?"
Actually, the villagers had already noticed him, but since the secretary didn't ask, they thought he was someone the secretary knew and had kept silent.
Now that they heard the secretary suddenly bring it up, the villagers immediately became suspicious.
"You're not from our village. What are you doing here?"
"Oh dear, could this be a thief?"
"Look at his good clothes. He doesn't look like a thief," someone said.
"You don't understand. That's exactly why thieves dress well. Thieves these days are richer than us farmers."
Anyway, everyone had their own opinion. People looked at this matter from different perspectives, but the secretary didn't care about these. All he cared about was who this man was.
The secretary observed for a long time. Since these two men came together, he guessed they knew each other and probably wouldn't cause any harm to the local area.
But why did Liu Kui bring an outsider to the village in the middle of the night instead of sleeping at home? And they were even running around outside and went to the long - abandoned school.
"Liu Kui, is this your friend?" the secretary asked. "If so, take him home quickly. Don't wander around outside. It's almost midnight."
Liu Kui was still shivering. His originally sun - tanned face had turned pale with fear.
This seven - foot - tall man had never believed in such things. Moreover, as a butcher, he had taken many lives. People like him were considered to have heavy karma, and even little ghosts wouldn't easily dare to approach him.
But today, Liu Kui had seen that pale hand with his own eyes. No matter what others said, it couldn't compare to the impact of what he had seen.
"I'm too scared..." Liu Kui forced himself to say this embarrassing thing.
Seeing Liu Kui like this, the villagers couldn't help but start to wonder.
"Is it true or false? Such things have never happened in our village before."
"Exactly. It's been so many years, and this is the first time I've heard someone say there are ghosts."
"Oh dear, even a strong man like Liu Kui saw it. Could it be true?"
Hearing this, the man who came with Liu Kui shivered even more.
He couldn't bear it anymore. He mustn't stay in this place full of trouble. He turned around and was about to leave.
But just as he took two steps forward, he suddenly stopped.
It was so dark. His car wasn't parked near the village but a bit farther away. He had to leave the village.
But once he left the village, it was a desolate wilderness with no sign of human life. Wouldn't it be easier for little ghosts to haunt him there?
The man didn't dare to move at all. He turned around and grabbed Liu Kui.
"You come with me!"
"I... my home is right here. Where can I go?" Liu Kui refused to move even an inch. "If you want to go back, go by yourself. Why are you dragging me?"
"You brought me here. You must take me out!" the man got anxious. "Hurry up. Don't waste time!"
The secretary gave them a sideways glance. What were these two up to?
"Liu Kui, since he's said so, then take him back. You're a proper man. Even if there really are ghosts, they wouldn't dare to get close to you. And you must have seen it wrong."
"But I seem to have heard..." Ji Chengxuan suddenly spoke up. "I heard that a lot of people died near the school before, especially children. Their resentment is the strongest because they died before they could grow up. So their souls stayed near the school and come out at night. If someone passes by, they might possess the person..."
Ji Chengxuan's voice got lower and lower. His ethereal voice gave Liu Kui goosebumps all over his body.
He looked at Ji Chengxuan nervously. "Is what you said true?"
"Well... I haven't seen it with my own eyes," Ji Chengxuan said. "Maybe it's just something others made up?"
Ji Chengxuan suddenly denied it, but Liu Kui took it seriously and quickly shook off the man's hand.
"You go back by yourself. Don't grab me. Otherwise, you can come home with me!"
How could the man dare to go home with Liu Kui? They had both been targeted by little ghosts tonight. What if the souls followed them home? Wouldn't it be their doom?
"No way!" The man grabbed Liu Kui's hand again. "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have come here at night. You must take me out!"
"What are you so scared of?" Liu Kui also got anxious.
"Aren't you scared?" The man argued with Liu Kui. "Liu, let me tell you. If you dare to leave me alone and something happens to me, you'll be in big trouble!"
These two were really talking more and more nonsense. The secretary frowned.
Ji Chengxuan was just a child who always liked to listen to stories. Maybe he heard this nonsense somewhere.
But children are always outspoken. They just say things casually, but these two men took it seriously and were arguing here without giving in. Wasn't this just annoying everyone for no reason?
"We've just divided the property to each household recently, and there's still a lot of work to do in every family. If you keep arguing like this, it'll be dawn soon!" the secretary scolded. "Make a decision quickly so that everyone can go back to sleep. Don't get in the way of important things!"
"Did you hear that? Even your secretary said so!" the man shouted. "Hurry up!"
But Liu Kui refused to go with him no matter what. "Didn't you agree to come? Why are you blaming it all on me now?"
The man was scared and anxious. He was completely enraged by Liu Kui's words.
"If it weren't for you egging me on to raise pigs, would I have come to that lousy place in the middle of the night?!"