He was raised by my second uncle since childhood. To him, my second uncle was like a father, even closer than his real dad.
Whenever my second uncle assigned any tasks, A Jin would take out a notebook to record them. I always thought he had kept this habit all these years, at least that's what I witnessed several times when I saw A Jin.
Now I saw the familiar notebook on this A Jin. And we saw A Jin just two days ago. Which one is the real one and which is the fake?
Can a person really appear exactly the same before others after death? I don't believe that the dead can come back to life in this world. So the only explanation is that he has been replaced by someone else.
But I'm at least my second uncle's own nephew. Even though I didn't go to the shop often, I was quite familiar with A Jin.
Can he really disguise himself so successfully in front of someone like me, who's like a half - relative? This is so unscientific. The one beside me countered smugly, "What's wrong?"
"With your bulky build, where do you think you can hide?"
The Fatty looked down on me, but his little hand quietly grabbed the sleeve of my clothes.
The police officer beside us was rather embarrassed. The Fatty and I each occupied one side of Yan Yan's sleeve, leaving no room for him behind Yan Yan.
This guy actually took two steps back and pretended not to know anything while looking at Yan Yan.
Yan Yan frowned. It was obvious that he seemed to be here for the first time.
"I said, as a place with a terrifying legend in your clan, you don't seem scared at all," I said, looking at Yan Yan curiously. Yan Yan shook his head at me. "There's nothing to be scared of. After all, this place was built by humans. What's so terrifying about it? Even if there are ghosts and gods, so what?"
He looked at me with an unknown glint in his eyes, which made me feel a familiar chill.
"Maybe the scariest thing is always right beside you."
I thought to myself, Dude, you're implying something here. What do you mean the scariest thing is always beside you? According to your words, am I the scariest one?
I didn't say anything. I just patted Yan Yan on the shoulder. "You'd better explain yourself clearly. Let me tell you, don't do this. People will get angry."
The Fatty shivered at my coquettish tone and bared his teeth at me. He shook his body. "I said, can you talk like a normal person? Brother, we've known each other for so long. I've always respected you as a man. You're not trying to act cute now, are you?"
I shook my head. "No, I'm not 'trying to'. I'm really acting cute, okay? It's stupid not to hug such a strong - backed person."
The Fatty thought my words made sense and was actually speechless. The few of us just stood behind Yan Yan.
We pushed Yan Yan forward little by little in the formation of a human shield. Yan Yan didn't hesitate at all. He took two quick steps and directly rushed towards the white figure.
With a click, the white figure fell to the ground. A mummy was hanging there in a twisted position, its wide - open mouth looking extremely dry.
This feeling made me even more certain that there was more than one terrifying thing in here.
The black vine snapped and fell to the ground, even with some blackish bloodstains, giving the feeling of coagulated blood.
I swallowed hard and didn't say a word. I looked at Yan Yan. "I said, are you sure what we're doing is right?"
Yan Yan looked back at me. His eyes might as well have written two words: What do you think?
I took two steps back and shut my mouth. You're always right.
Physical strength is really useful at this time. Anyway, if you're strong, you get to call the shots and you're always right.
The Fatty didn't like my obsequious look and rolled his eyes at me.
"What? You're asking me if I know?"
The Fatty looked down on me. "Nonsense, I'm not a fool."
But I didn't care whether he looked down on me or not. I turned around and was about to leave when the Fatty directly grabbed me. "What's wrong with you? I said, brother, if you go on like this, there's no turning back."
I looked back at the Fatty and gave him a wink. I didn't know if he was really stupid or just pretending. Why wasn't he hugging the strong - backed person at this moment?
My wink made the Fatty immediately understand. "You're really too naughty!"
The Fatty shook his head at me, sighed helplessly, and turned to leave. But a vine directly shot between the two of us.
I froze and didn't think twice before turning around and running. But Yan Yan suddenly shouted behind me, "Don't run!"
I stopped in my tracks and didn't react in time. I felt a chill on my ankle and was directly dragged to the ground.
With a crack, my bone hit something hard. I turned to look behind me and suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.
The man behind me sighed and looked at me helplessly. I immediately shut my mouth and lowered my head.
What else could I say? This was so embarrassing. Without saying a word, the man pulled us up from the ground again and directly carried us on his back.
I felt my body was a bit suspended, but my fingers honestly grabbed the corner of his clothes.
"How about it? Do you feel uncomfortable?"
The man's gentle voice rang in my ear. I shook my head, feeling a burning pain where my ankle had been hit.
This uncomfortable feeling was really interesting. I struggled to stand up. Just as I was about to speak, someone directly pushed me from behind.
I immediately felt something was wrong. "Let me go first."
I realized something and desperately tried to get off Yan Yan's back, but Yan Yan firmly grabbed my arm. "Don't be so excited."
Nonsense, how could I not be excited? I felt that I was about to drag the other person down. If I didn't get up at this time, was I still a human?
"Stay calm."
Yan Yan sighed. "Don't worry about this for now. Anyway, just stay on my back properly."
He snapped his fingers lightly. Suddenly, the originally ferocious vine seemed to change. The whole vine softened.
I looked at the Fatty, who was trembling all over. Who could tell me what had just happened?
The Fatty secretly leaned over to me and whispered, "Your master was really amazing just now. I suspect if this place was opened by him. How could he solve it so easily?"
I was also puzzled. How could it be solved so easily?
The two of us looked at each other. Officer Chen stepped forward first and blocked in front of us.