Chapter 67: What Three Roads?

  I subconsciously turned my head to look at the current environment inside the hall, what made my scalp numb was that the incense sticks inside had been completely burned out. The photo of 'Luo' from Chen Yan did not exist there, the cold sweat on my back almost soaked through my clothes, and the woman's photo should have been replaced by someone behind me.

  Sweat dripped down from my forehead, Chen Yan 'Lu' and Xia Bing didn't notice my movement, still watching the content of the video, I turned my head back, continuing to watch.

  After Ah Qing left, I then heard a soft "pa" sound, and the video suddenly fell into darkness. My heart skipped a beat. No mistake, we had turned off the lights when we left.

  Then I heard some footsteps, and then the sound of a car starting. The video fell into silence, darkness shrouded the world, moonlight poured into the hall, and the black coffin exuded a hint of coldness. I got goosebumps all over my body, it felt like when we were watching horror movies in the dormitory, but now the environment was even more fitting.

  Xia Bing's line of sight has been completely immersed in the recording, and about half an hour has passed. During this time, except for the moonlight, there is nothing else.

  My legs are a bit numb, I just wanted to change my position, rubbing my legs, suddenly the lights came on, no, it's not the video that lit up, but the light, yellowish light, out of nowhere, my eyelids jumped wildly, this lamp is an old-fashioned pull-string lamp, and when you turn it on, there must be a loud "click" sound, but just now, we didn't hear any sound, I bit my lip tightly, that person is going to appear!

  At this moment, Xia Bing suddenly covered her mouth, and I heard the heavy breathing of Chen Yan's 'exposure'. My eyelids twitched wildly, the incense on the table hadn't been lit, but it was emitting a stream of green smoke. The smoke was particularly clear in the lens, drifting in one direction without stopping, making my scalp feel numb. Those wisps of smoke had all drifted to the front of the lens, and then suddenly passed by, no, not passed by, but rather went into the courtyard.

  Moreover, the photo of Chen Yan's "exposure" suddenly disappeared, and in our line of sight, we didn't see anyone going in to move the photo. My whole heart sank completely, I felt like my teeth were about to bite through my lips and bleed.

  Then, faintly and indistinctly, a soft whimpering sound appeared. I furrowed my brow, this sound was like a woman's crying in the wind and rain, it was especially gloomy and chilling to the bone. Listening carefully, the sound wasn't coming from the recording, it was as if it was rising faintly beside my ear. My scalp felt numb, I suddenly turned my head around, a white shadow silently slipped into the well mouth. I covered my mouth with one hand, barely stopping myself from letting out a sharp scream.

  Chen Yan's face turned pale as he lifted his head, looking at my movements, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you? Just now in the video, it seemed to pause for a moment, I didn't see when the photo was taken away, and those incense sticks, they can't just ignite on their own. Call Qing over, let's edit this part of the recording again and then study it further." Xia Bing quickly nodded, eager to leave this haunted place as soon as possible.

  I forced a smile as I looked at Chen Yan and Lu, my voice trembling: "Did you guys hear the sound just now?"

  Chen Yan's face turned pale as she frowned at "Lu", while Xia Bing's complexion turned even whiter, and she said: "Homi, don't scare me."

  I suppressed the fear in my heart and said: "I just heard a woman's cry, then turned around and saw her jump into the well."

  The yard suddenly fell silent, and then there were two faint rustling sounds. My scalp felt numb as the lights went out with a pop, plunging the yard into darkness lit only by moonlight. This time, Xia Bing didn't scream. I looked at her hand, which was tightly grasping Chen Yan's "exposed" skin, her fingernails almost digging into his flesh. The vertebrae on my back were emitting a chill, and I stared fixedly at the well opening, my body covered in goosebumps that refused to lie flat, as if an ant was crawling all over me.

  Chen Yan's 'Luo' suddenly shifted his steps and walked towards the well, Xia Bing grabbed his hand and wouldn't let him go, pleading: "Let's go back, tomorrow we'll invite a Taoist priest to perform a ritual."

  Chen Yan 'Lu' narrowed her eyes and said, "The one who came to film today, wasn't he scared away? He didn't even have dinner, we were too excited at the time and didn't notice this."

  I remembered that Daoist who looked like a monkey, listening to Chen Yun's words "Lu", buzzing in his ears.

  Three people walked to the side of the well under the moonlight, but found that it was a dry well. The moonlight shone down and could see the bottom of the well, where there was a bunch of withered grass, emitting a chill that pierced through the heart. We didn't have a flashlight now, so we couldn't see clearly what was below the withered grass. But I had just seen a figure in white clothes jumping into the well, it couldn't be wrong. Suddenly, Chen Yan said: "I'll go down and take a look?"

  "No way!" I flatly refused, Xia Bing was startled and then immediately reacted, repeatedly saying: "Right right right, can't go down, this below might be some rotten mud stinky water, what if there's something else..." I covered her mouth with one hand and glared at her fiercely, Xia Bing's tearful face looked ugly to the extreme, somewhat resentfully said: "I didn't do it on purpose."

  I sighed and said: "If you did it on purpose, everything within a hundred miles would have been called by you."

  Chen Yan 'Lu' shrugged and pointed to her own eyes, saying: "I'll go down, there won't be any problem."

  My eyebrows were tightly furrowed together as I refused, "No way, you forgot about the school's basement back then?"

  Chen Yan 's eyes narrowed and said, "You believe me."

  Just as the two of us were about to quarrel, Xia Bing suddenly let out a sharp cry. "You both stop arguing, why do you want to go down? Are you crazy? Now if we go down, we don't have any ropes or flashlights, what if something happens and there's an accident? Tomorrow when everyone arrives, we'll first ask around about what happened in this courtyard before, and listen to the director's opinion. After all, she chose this location."

  I nodded, Xia Bing's concession was too good. Chen Yan 's "Lu" was obviously not reconciled, but did not refute either.

  I suddenly thought of that Taoist priest from daytime and had an idea.

  Thinking of this, my heart skipped a beat again. Just now, only I heard the sound and saw the shadow. Could it be that the ghost was eyeing me? I shook my head hard, just about to tell the two of us to leave first, but unexpectedly, Chen Yan "Luo" had disappeared. Xia Bing pointed towards the direction of the photography studio, and only then did I see that Chen Yan "Luo" had gone to retrieve that old photograph.

  My scalp felt a chill, that fox-like face of the woman, I don't want to see it for this lifetime. Those eyes, even longer and thinner than those of a real fox, even though it was just a photo, exuded a thick cold air. Chen Yan 'Lu' held the photo with its front facing her own chest, not towards us, and I finally let out a sigh of relief.

  The three of us left the yard silently, except for taking away the photos, nothing else was moved. We turned off the camera and deleted the segment that had just started recording, it was Chen Yunluo's decision.

  Let the crew think that something was stolen, it's just a lost photo, nothing big will happen. If they find out about the ghost incident, who knows what might happen.

  Carefully closing the courtyard gate, locking it up tight, the three of us returned to the Jeep like thieves. Chen Yanluo found a red cloth and wrapped up the photo, putting it in the trunk. Xia Bing's courage suddenly shrunk, not daring to sit alone in the backseat, insisting on pulling me over. I had that intention too, but previously, in order to prevent startling passing vehicles and pedestrians when Chen Yanluo drove, I asked him to secretly wear his invisible glasses; otherwise, those red eyes would be like two infrared lights in the dark of night, making it hard not to draw attention.

  After getting on the car, Chen Yan suddenly said: "I'll send you back?"

  I nodded and said: "Let's send Xia Bing first, I live in the dormitory." Chen Yanluo stepped on the accelerator, and Xia Bing suddenly asked: "Chen Yanluo, where do you live?"

  Chen Yan 'Lu' furrowed her brow, not responding. It wasn't until then that I realized I hadn't even asked where she was staying the whole day. She should be living with Pei Lao? Thinking of Pei Lao, my eyelids twitched twice.

  "I live with Homi," replied Luo unexpectedly in the morning study session.

  I suddenly jumped up and shouted loudly: "Morning study 'Lu' you're courting death, who lives with you?"

  Chen Yan frowned and said, "I have nowhere to live, don't you care about me?"

  "I hesitated and asked: 'Don't you live at Pei Lao's place?'"

  Chen Yan sneered coldly: "If you want to go and accompany that old freak, I'll take you to see him."

  "Get out." I refused bluntly, then frowned and said: "Chen Yan 'Lu', can't you find a place to live on your own?"

  Chen Yan took a deep breath and hadn't spoken yet when Xia Bing suddenly said, "Why don't we go to my place? I have many rooms there, one for each person."

  When I heard this proposal, I nodded desperately like grasping at a straw. Chen Yan 'Lu' shrugged and said, "Let's go, what position?"

  "I'll sit in the front, then give you directions, I don't know which street either." Xia Bing smiled slyly at me, then happily ran to the passenger seat and even gave a triumphant fist pump towards me. It was only then that I realized this little girl had been harboring this idea all along, and now suddenly wasn't afraid to sit alone in one position. But I suddenly felt my body get a bit chilly."

  Always feel like there's a 'girl' beside my ear sobbing, afraid that if I turn around, I'll see that long fox face smiling at me. The carriage is very cold, I shivered, but Xia Bing was loudly and colorfully guiding Chen Yan to reveal the way.

  I forced a smile as I looked at them, trying not to let them notice anything out of the ordinary. Subconsciously, I put my hand down by my side, but it touched something cold and smooth, like human skin. I suddenly lowered my head, and there was nothing beside me. The black leather chair was empty.

  I patted my chest and forced myself to calm down, telling myself: "It's just a scare, I was too tense just now."

  Morning research 'dew' drove the car's technology is not bad, but do not know how to get back, opened half an hour, still did not open to the location, I looked at the front windshield with some doubt, but found that we saw a piece of blurred light green fog. I shrugged my shoulders and whispered: "Xiayu, where exactly does your family live?"

  Chen Yan 'Lu' didn't say a word, but her eyebrows were tightly furrowed, looking somewhat unwell. Xia Bing's voice was slightly trembling as she said: "There's no mistake, driving over should take at most fifteen minutes, how come they still haven't arrived?"

  At that moment, our car quickly passed by a streetlight, and I subconsciously glanced over, a road sign flashed before my eyes and then disappeared from my sight.

  But I still saw several black characters under the green fog and yellow light.

  Yellow Spring Three Roads