Chapter Eighteen: Faking One's Own Death

  So it's said that I floated because Sanmei was floating in mid-air, and then suddenly moved out horizontally. The moment she left, the pressure on my chest suddenly disappeared, and all the feelings came back like a tidal wave. I suddenly opened my eyes, and at the same time as opening my eyes, I felt that I could move again, and my body had returned to my control. However, in this instant, the first thing I did was to flip over like a carp, and with a loud thud on the bed, I rushed towards Sanmei, even though I didn't know if she was really there.

  Everything I felt was real, Sanmei was indeed there, it's just that I couldn't have imagined reacting so quickly, seeing me pounce and not having time to dodge, for a moment being somewhat at a loss, then immediately being caught by my two hands, brought down from mid-air, and pressed onto the ground, even being smashed into a daze, while I didn't feel any pain from hitting the ground, it was as if there really was someone under me.

  "Let me go!" Sanmei's face changed greatly, struggling hard to get rid of my grip, but how could I let her have her way? Instead, I pressed down on her even harder, my hands pressing against her arms, my legs pressing against hers, and my body pressing against hers. If someone had seen us at that moment, they would have certainly cried out in surprise, because I was actually floating in mid-air.

  I ignored Sanmei's anger and panic, suppressing her while coldly humming: "You scoundrel, what great grudge do you have against me that you'd come looking for trouble from so far away? You think I'll let you off easy? Tonight, if you don't behave, you won't be able to get out of this."

  The words had not been spoken yet, when my sister was already furious and suddenly used her head to rush towards me. I didn't have time to dodge, so I got hit right on the spot. My head felt like it had been hammered with a hammer, and for a moment, I felt dizzy and painful all over, but this couldn't make me afraid. On the contrary, it stirred up my ferocity. As long as I could fight back, I had never been afraid of anyone in a fight. Although my head was spinning, I didn't think twice and immediately countered with another headbutt.

  It was as if I could hear a "bang" sound, Sanmei let out a muffled hum, and didn't resist at all, but after a slight hesitation, she gritted her teeth and bit down on my shoulder. Although according to reason, Sanmei was just a ghost, ghosts should be formless and intangible, everything should be an illusion, but this bite really hurt me to the core, it felt like a piece of flesh was going to come off, I couldn't help but let out a hiss, and then another headbutt came.

  Killing a thousand enemies, but losing eight hundred of our own. I finally understand this phrase now. Sanmei indeed loosened her grip and didn't immediately counterattack, but I was also dizzy for a while before regaining my composure. However, in that moment, I saw Sanmei open her mouth to bite again, and my heart skipped a beat. Not wanting to suffer another bite, I quickly used my head to push against Sanmei's, and the two of us were like two bulls butting heads, each trying to force the other to yield. But such hopes are slim.

  At some point, my face was already stuck to Sanmei's face. Sanmei still refused to give up and continued to use force, but wanting to win me wasn't easy after all. I don't know what I was thinking at that moment, but feeling my mouth touch something soft, my heart suddenly moved, and I abruptly kissed her. It was Sanmei's lips, and strangely, it really felt like something.

  I felt a sudden stiffness beneath me, and then Sanmei's head pulled back. I felt a void, but immediately heard Sanmei's low cry as she charged forward, unfortunately blocked by me. Her strength hadn't even been fully exerted before it was exhausted. With a vengeful thrill in my heart, I used all my might to pin Sanmei down, and continued kissing her. Not only that, I released one hand and grasped Sanmei's chest. You made me suffer, you came looking for trouble, this time I'll make you pay back with interest. Let's see if you dare come again next time.

  No wonder, although Sanmei is a ghost, her chest is actually quite large, and one hand can't even grasp it. When I pinched hard, it seemed to have elasticity. At that moment, I thought to myself, don't think about what kind of taste it is. But looking at Sanmei's terrified and angry expression, the sense of revenge in my heart was really strong, too stimulating.

  Perhaps because I was facing a ghostly entity, not a real person, I became more and more reckless, even starting to rip off Sanmei's clothes. I wanted to make Sanmei never dare to come looking for me again, otherwise it would never end. This woman is simply sick, making a big deal out of nothing, and now she has actually found her way to the village. If I don't kill Sanmei, she will never dare to come again, and neither can I rest easy in the future.

  Just as I was overdoing it, Sanmei really panicked and suddenly turned into a puff of smoke, rolling out from under me, and then flashed out from the wall. As she left, I only heard a curse: "Bastard, I'm not done with you yet, shameless, wait for me to settle with you——"

  "Hahaha——" I burst out laughing, although my head hit the ground due to Sanmei's departure and my forehead swelled up with a big bump. I was still very excited, just laughing loudly: "Come on, am I afraid of you? It's just right that you came to accompany me at night when I'm lonely, hehe——"

  The sound of laughter that can't be described, I turned over and lay on the ground, panting heavily, feeling much more comfortable in my heart. Or maybe this scare will make Sanmei not dare to come again. I stretched out one hand and grabbed at the air, but didn't know that Sanmei hadn't left yet. Seeing my strange movements, she suddenly realized what I was thinking about, her heart skipped a beat, turned into a puff of smoke and escaped far away, disappearing into the ground without a sound. However, I didn't hear Sanmei's last words: "Shameless, this isn't over between us——"

  Lying there, I don't feel embarrassed at all, but rather proud of myself, thinking that I've done something worth talking about. My mind starts to wander and I think about whether it's possible to do that with a ghost too, just like in the books, a one-night stand. It seems not impossible after all. If either me or Sanmei didn't believe, then what happened earlier wouldn't have happened. I know Sanmei wanted to teach me a lesson, but unfortunately, she ended up fleeing in disarray instead.

  The complacent smile that escaped from fear made me somewhat uncontrollable, and I burst into loud laughter in the middle of the night. But unexpectedly, the lights in the room suddenly turned on, and my eyes were momentarily blinded by the sudden transition from darkness to light. After squinting for a while, I opened my eyes to see Big Spring Brother standing in front of me wearing only his underwear, with his wife also dressed behind him. Both of them looked at me with worried faces, probably thinking that I had gone mad.

  "Xiao Hai, don't scare me, what are you doing?" Da Chun Ge's mouth twitched and his eyebrows furrowed. If I got sick from this, how would I explain it to Er Shu? He couldn't help but sigh: "What's with the ghostly wailing in the middle of the night, trying to scare your aunt and me to death?"

  While wanting to help me up, who would have known that at this time my heart had not yet escaped from the excitement earlier, and I was just heh-heh laughing, and actually asked such a sentence: "Sister-in-law, is there a birthmark on your butt?"

  As soon as I finished asking this question, I regretted it. If you don't seek death, you won't die. This is a typical case of seeking death. As soon as the words fell, Da Chun and his wife's faces changed greatly, from initial shock to anger. Originally, Da Chun wanted to help me up, but instead, he threw me to the ground. That's not all, he also gave me a hard slap in the face: "You dare to peek at your sister-in-law?"

  This slap was enough to thoroughly wake me up, and for a moment my heart only had bitterness. Before I could even speak, Da Chun's wife had already started scolding in a loud voice: "You little bastard, I provide for you, feed you, and give you a place to live, yet you still do something so shameless. Are you even human?"

  "Big Brother Da Chun, sister-in-law, listen to my explanation—" Seeing that both of them were about to get angry, I didn't dare hesitate. I just got up from the ground, took a deep breath and said: "Big Brother Da Chun, I've grown up under your care since childhood. Don't you know what kind of person I am? Could I do something so unscrupulous? Besides, sister-in-law looks like this—"

  I slapped myself before I could finish speaking, what's wrong with me tonight, why do I keep saying the wrong thing, this is a prelude to disaster, even if it's an explanation, I still can't say that sister looks like this, even if I sneak a peek, I won't look at her, I estimate that if I say this, sister will be furious, this 170cm tall woman, can't kill me but can crush me, fortunately, I shut my mouth and hurriedly said something serious: "Big Spring Brother, don't worry first, I just saw a ghost earlier——"

  "See your big head ghost——" Da Chun Ge didn't believe my nonsense, and kicked me in the butt with one foot, kicking me sore. Usually he's quite good to me, a little kid, how come today he's full of nonsense.

  "I'm telling you, I really saw a ghost! Just now, I was pressed by the ghost and it felt like my soul had left my body. Everything around me looked clear, I swear I'm not lying to you." For a moment, I felt an urge to cry, desperately trying to convince them of my pale complexion, but this explanation was hard for Da Chun and his wife to believe.

  Looking at the couple's puzzled gaze and a face full of anger, I suddenly remembered something and said it out without thinking: "Big Brother Chun, I didn't cheat you, you know about Old Yang's family, don't you think it's strange? Actually, Yang's grandma faked her own death. Otherwise, why wouldn't Second Master help Old Yang's family with the funeral arrangements? If there was a fake resurrection, can seeing ghosts be fake too?"

  Actually, the rumor about the fake death had been circulating in the village for a while, but everyone was skeptical, after all, this kind of thing is too absurd. Moreover, not many people witnessed it with their own eyes, and at that time, those people were also instructed by Second Master, so no one dared to speak out of turn, so it was just treated as a rumor. But now that I've said it out loud, the faces of Da Chun's couple changed, although they still had some doubts, but instinctively, they believed it, after all, the Lao Yan family has been too strange for the past two days, with people falling ill and collapsing, the whole family seemed like it was the end of the world.