Chapter Ten: Grandpa Left

  Xia Yu Xin and I were both stunned, until Li Da Fu completely disappeared into the thick fog before we came back to our senses. We looked at each other, and saw the color of fear in each other's eyes.

  What's going on, Mr. Li? Why did you walk into the coffin by yourself? Where did that kid come from? And why did Mr. Li say that kid is hers?

  One after another question floated in my mind, making my head start to ache vaguely. Adding that I haven't rested well these days and was frightened continuously, at this moment I only felt physically and mentally exhausted.

  "Hey, are you okay?" Xia Yuxin asked upon seeing my exhausted face. "You go back and rest, I'll go check on Dr. Li!" She said before chasing after Dr. Li's direction.

  I know I shouldn't let Xia Yu Xin go alone now, the thick fog is everywhere and nothing can be seen clearly. Moreover, Li Da Fu is too weird and that baby is also very scary, Xia Yu Xin must not have any accidents again.

  As I thought of this, I was about to go after him, but at this moment, a sudden footstep sounded from behind me. The sound of the footsteps was so clear in the quiet night that I suddenly turned my head and saw a black shadow slowly walking towards me not far away.

  When I saw this black shadow, I immediately thought of the dream I had before. In an instant, a sense of horror came over me again, my body tensed up, my eyes wide open, trying hard to see clearly who that black shadow was.

  The footsteps were still echoing rhythmically, but when the black shadow walked to a place not far from me and stopped moving, standing there motionlessly.

  I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and plucked up the courage to ask: "Who's there? Stop pretending to be a ghost, speak up!"

  After I finished speaking, that person still didn't move. The two of us just stood there, facing each other through the thick fog. Just as I couldn't bear this eerie atmosphere and wanted to turn around and run away, I heard the black shadow say: "It's me, Little He from the Public Security Bureau!"

  His voice was very calm and there wasn't a hint of emotional fluctuation, which would have been nothing out of the ordinary if heard at any other time, but in this situation, his tone made me feel somewhat strange.

  After he finished speaking, he walked towards me. I didn't dare to slack off, my whole body's muscles were tense, and I had even prepared to run away. But when his figure emerged from the thick fog, I finally let out a breath.

  It was really Xiao He, but he was drenched from head to toe, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on him. His facial expression was numb, and his eyes rolled around in their sockets in an eerie way that was hard to describe.

  "Are you alone here?" Little Hao fixed his gaze on me and asked directly.

  Although he felt that Xiao He was a bit strange, the person in front of him was indeed Xiao He, so he said: "Officer Xia went to chase after Dr. Li, by the way, where did you go before? Everyone looked for you for half the night and couldn't find you!"

  "Oh!"; Xiao Hei hesitated for a moment, not only didn't answer my question, but instead asked me: "What's going on in your village, why are strange things happening one after another?";

  I shook my head upon hearing this and was about to speak when a shrill cry came from the thick fog, followed by a series of loud shouts.

  Upon hearing this voice, I suddenly felt a tightness in my chest, and it seemed that the cry was emitted by Xia Yu Xin.

  I didn't say another word and directly sprinted towards the direction of the sound, Xiao Hei also followed up, running while asking me: "What's going on, who is calling?"

  Damn it, aren't you a fan of Xia Yu Xin? How come you can't even recognize her voice now?

  I didn't pay attention to him and just kept running forward with my head down. About two or three minutes later, I saw someone lying on the ground. When I ran over to take a look, it was Xia Yuxin.

  At this time, Xia Yuxin's eyes were tightly closed, her eyebrows were furrowed, and she had a painful expression on her face, while the back of her head was bleeding.

  I was shocked at the sight and hastily shouted: "Officer Xia, what's going on? Who did this?"

  Xia Yu Xin didn't react and had fainted, I saw the situation and didn't dare to delay, so I quickly picked her up and rushed towards the infirmary.

  "Be careful, someone is sneaking up on Officer Xia!"; I said as I turned my head around to look back, Xiao Hei responded with a hum and quietly followed behind me.

  I don't know why, but I always feel that Xiao He is a bit strange. Although I've only been in contact with Xiao He a few times, his timid and afraid of trouble, yet loves to show off personality has left a very deep impression on me. How come at this time, Xiao He is so calm?

  I gave Xiao He a weird look, and he was staring at me too. When I turned around, he asked: "What's wrong?"

  "It's nothing!" I shook my head.

  All the way, I was highly vigilant, not only against those who ambushed Xia Yu Xin, but also against Xiao Hei behind me. Fortunately, nothing else happened along the way, and we arrived safely at the health center.

  Xia Yu Xin's head seemed to have been hit by a blunt object, the injury was not serious, just being knocked unconscious, and the wound on the back of her head was not very deep. After bandaging, it should heal in two days.

  I let out a sigh and glanced at Little He standing by the door, thought for a moment, and said: "He Ge, you go back to the construction site and rest first, we'll talk about it tomorrow!"

  He looked at me with a glance, then glanced at the unconscious Xia Yu Xin, nodded and walked away silently.

  So many things happened tonight, I couldn't leave Xia Yu Xin alone in the bathroom, so I sat on the floor, ready to spend the night.

  But at this time Xia Yu Xin suddenly hummed and slowly opened her eyes, saw me sitting on the ground, and asked: "Where is this?"

  I rushed to the bedside and said: "This is a sanitary place, nothing happened, we are safe! By the way, what's going on with you before? How did you get hurt?"

  Xia Yu Xin turned her head, slowly sat up, rubbed her temples and said: "I'm not clear either. At that time, I was chasing Dr. Li, suddenly felt a pain in the back of my head, and then lost consciousness!" Xia Yu Xin seemed to still be dizzy, she frowned painfully and continued: "However, after falling down, before losing consciousness, I saw a figure flashing by!"

  "Can you see who it is?" I asked.

  Xia Yu Xin shook her head: "No!"

  I fell silent upon hearing this, but in my heart I was thinking, who exactly is the person that ambushed Xia Yu Xin?

  Why did he sneak up on Xia Yuxin and Li Dafu? Is there any connection between them? And the previous **, was it also done by this person?

  Just as I was daydreaming, Xia Yuxin said: "Yifan, you should also go back and rest, I'm fine!"

  I shook my head and said, "No way, it's too dangerous to leave you alone here. Mr. Li is too strange, what if he comes back suddenly? I'm afraid you'll be in danger!"

  Xia Yu Xin smiled and said, "Thanks a lot!" After speaking, she surprisingly got out of bed, squatted down, stretched her hand under the medicine cabinet and pulled out a handgun.

  "Don't worry, I've got this. I was afraid of losing it before, so I didn't dare to carry it with me." Xia Yu Xin waved the gun in her hand and smiled, saying: "You can go back at ease, I can handle it myself!"

  "Really?" I asked.

  "Of course!" Xia Yu Xin smiled slightly.

  I nodded and immediately got up and left the bathroom, heading home.

  My home is not far from the health office, and it takes only five or six minutes to get home. After getting home, I fell onto the bed, feeling deeply exhausted, and soon fell fast asleep.

  I didn't sleep well at all, my right hand was numb and painful, I had a fever, my whole body was sweating coldly, my limbs were weak and sore, and my head was dizzy and heavy, almost never falling asleep.

  Back and forth for who knows how long, I only heard a sigh coming from my ear, I barely opened my eyes, but saw grandfather's old face.

  "Ah..."; I managed to squeeze out a word from my throat, and my grandfather shook his head, then said: "I didn't expect that the karma I've been waiting for 45 years would finally be fulfilled on your body. I don't know if it's good or bad for you! Alas..."

  Grandpa let out a soft sigh, and then I saw him unexpectedly pull out a small sword and make a light slash on my right hand, and black blood suddenly spurted out.

  Then, grandfather caught a big rooster and cut off its head with one sword. The scalding chicken blood was all poured onto my right hand.

  I dazedly watched Grandpa doing all this, feeling both shocked and scared in my heart.

  But strangely, after the scalding chicken blood was poured onto my right hand, the pain immediately subsided. But Grandfather didn't stop there; instead, he flipped me over and used a small sword to dab some chicken blood on my back, drawing and painting away. Grandfather drew for a very long time - I fell asleep and woke up, woke up and fell asleep again, dazed and confused, without even knowing how many times I had slept, but Grandfather still hadn't finished drawing.

  It wasn't until after a long while that Grandfather finally let out a deep breath, and then he wiped the sweat from his face, and with a faint sigh, said: "Yi Fan, Grandfather is leaving. If the rooster crows and the fog disperses, Grandfather will return. But if Grandfather can't come back, this village will probably never see daylight again!

  Grandpa finished speaking and turned to leave, but when he reached the door, he looked back at me and said: "Remember, from now on, every time your right hand hurts unbearably, do what I did before - cut open your right hand, let out the toxic blood, then slaughter a rooster that's over three years old and pour its blood onto your right hand!"

  Grandpa finished speaking and left. I wanted to ask him not to leave, but the feeling of fatigue grew heavier and heavier. Finally, I closed my eyes heavily and fell asleep again.