Chapter 2: Human Snake

  That was a hand as dry and withered as a dead branch, thin as a chopstick.

  Jiang Qicai turned his head around and saw that the owner of those hands was an old woman with sunken eyes, thin to the point of being skeletal, her entire face looking dry and wrinkled, with deep lines etched all over it.

  Those dull eyes stared straight at him, as if trying to see through him.

  Although Jiang Qicai was not startled by the old face, he was subconsciously shocked by this sudden movement. When he saw that the person who came was just an old woman, Jiang Qicai couldn't help but frown and muttered to himself: "How did she get here? How come there's no sound at all?"

  Just then, Jiang Qi suddenly discovered that this old woman was walking barefoot, without wearing any shoes.

  Jiang Qicai let out a sigh of relief, as if he had suddenly realized something. Just as he was about to remove the old woman's hand from his shoulder, a nurse-like figure seemed to rush into the delivery room beside him. By the time Jiang Qicai wanted to stop her, it was already too late.

  Then, in less than three seconds, a woman's shrill scream suddenly came from inside!

  Jiang Qicai took a step forward with an arrow and then pushed open the large gate with force.

  All he saw was a nurse-like girl sitting on the ground with a terrified expression, her eyes wide open and her hands tightly clutching her chest. Jiang Qi only then noticed that the nurse's gaze was fixed in the direction he had rushed in from, which was also the direction of the mortuary door.

  Jiang Qicai rushed up to her and grabbed her arm, asking in a low voice: "What's wrong with you? What just happened? What did you see?"

  The nurse trembled with her voice, her whole body shaking as she said: "Snake... snake..."

  Jiang Qicai furrowed his brow, looked around and comforted her, "This is a peaceful place, also known as the underground, there are only a few snakes, nothing to be afraid of!"

  "But...that snake is...no,it..."

  "Is it or isn't it?"

  "It's... it's a snake, but that snake has grown a human head!"

  Jiang Qicai was stunned... It took him a long time to come back to his senses and said: "A human head? Are you kidding me? Did you see it wrong?"

  "It's... it really is a snake that's grown a human head! Ahh, it's too terrifying!" The nurse finished saying this and suddenly fainted from excessive shock.

  Jiang Qicai originally wanted to ask about the final whereabouts of that snake, but seeing the little nurse had already entered a coma-like state, he quickly rushed out of the door like the wind. However, in the corridor, except for an old woman, there was nothing else.

  If what the nurse said was true, then that snake absolutely could not have escaped from the morgue... otherwise, we should have heard the old lady's screams.

  In that case, the snake should still be inside the mortuary.

  Jiang Qicai's thoughts flashed like lightning, and his feet didn't stop for a moment before turning back to the mortuary.

  At this moment, if that snake is really hiding here, then apart from these few cold and hard beds, it absolutely cannot run to anywhere else.

  Jiang Qicai stood quietly at the door, his eyes scanning one by one on those white cloth strips. At the same time, Jiang Qicai secretly took a look at the Ling Qi value on the wheel of reincarnation, confirming that there were no wandering souls or other demons and monsters here.

  Then is it that nurse who just lied?

  But why is her expression so true to life?

  Just as Jiang Qicai was at a loss, a loud noise of something hard breaking through the air suddenly came from behind him. At this time, Jiang Qicai was concentrating on thinking and didn't notice that someone was sneaking up behind him.

  All he heard was a dull thud, and Jiang Qi suddenly felt his occipital region suffer a violent blow.

  Although Jiang Qicai didn't dodge this time, at the critical moment he still tilted his head and wasn't hit in a vital spot. However, this also made stars dance before Jiang Qicai's eyes, and his footwork stumbled, almost falling to the ground.

  When Jiang Qicai's consciousness cleared, he tried to recall the figure of the person who had ambushed him, but found that the corridor was empty, and even the old woman was nowhere to be seen. All that remained was a cold wind blowing over, striking his burning pain.

  Jiang Qicai rubbed his sore occipital bone and quickly walked out of the ward. However, no matter how hard Jiang Qicai searched the entire corridor of the ward, he couldn't see that old woman again.

  Jiang Qicai let out a wry smile, resigned to his bad luck. It seemed that the strange occurrences he had been encountering lately were getting more and more frequent. As a result, Jiang Qicai no longer felt like staying there and listlessly returned to the hotel. He decided it was better to get a good night's sleep and recharge for his first day of work tomorrow.

  ……

  A night without words.

  The next day, Jiang Qicai arrived at Hua Lian School around 5:30. The person in charge, whose surname was Li, was a woman in her thirties with a mature figure and an enchanting smile that revealed her curves as she moved.

  Her skin care is very good, at least Jiang Qi has not found any obvious marks left by the years on her face.

  After exchanging pleasantries and chatting about trivial matters, Jiang Qi finally learned that the woman's name was Li Yin. She had been married for a short time when her husband unfortunately died in a car accident. They had no children, no relatives to rely on. She lived alone in a place called "Longxiang Garden", guarding her over 100 square meter boudoir.

  She also took the initiative to tell Jiang Qicai that she came to school to work absolutely not for money. In fact, her husband left her a large sum of insurance compensation when he died.

  It's just that staying at home is too boring and lonely, she really feels empty, feels isolated, feels cold, so she comes to this lively place every day to watch those students who are playing and bustling around to relieve her boredom.

  It was all Li Yin talking alone, while Jiang Qicai just smiled and listened from start to finish without saying a word. In fact, facing such a mature and charming young woman, Jiang Qicai would naturally also have some improper thoughts.

  Moreover, Jiang Qicai also knew that even if something really happened with this woman, he wouldn't have to take responsibility.

  But perhaps this woman had already been with many men before. Jiang Qicai took one look at her eyes full of charm and knew that this woman was definitely seductive to the bone.

  Although Jiang Qicai occasionally takes advantage of young girls and shows a flirtatious attitude, he absolutely won't mess around with some mysterious woman.

  Li Yin finally managed to say a lot with a dry mouth and tongue, but Jiang Qi still had a wooden expression. Li Yin couldn't help but get impatient, so she stopped talking and left in disappointment.

  It was already completely dark by then.

  Jiang Qicai leisurely brewed a cup of tea, then sat alone in the small house at the school gate, carefully staring at every move of each person entering.

  Jiang Qicai firmly believed that as long as someone with ulterior motives or suspicious behavior appeared here, they would absolutely not escape his eyes.

  Just as Jiang Qichen had been guarding for an hour without discovering anything unusual, and was about to relax a little, an absolutely shocking unexpected event suddenly occurred...