Chapter 3: Something's Happened

  "Creak... creak... creak..."

  A strange voice came from inside the coffin, this sound resonated in the coffin, but it seemed to scratch my heart, making my heart panic, cold sweat, and it was like a drizzle that had already soaked through my whole body.

  How can such a sound come from inside the coffin?

  Is it true that the Seven Star Town's suppression has failed to hold back what's inside the coffin?

  I took two steps back and was even ready to run away, but then Xia Yuxin suddenly said: "Something's not right!"

  I cursed in my heart, isn't this nonsense? Such a noise is coming from the coffin, even an idiot knows that something's off. But who would have thought, Xia Yuxin then said: "Zhang Yifan, go and open the coffin!"

  Damn it, open the coffin?

  I shook my head like a rattle drum at that time, jokingly, and hid in no time. I dare to say that if this coffin is opened, not only me and Xia Yu Xin, but also the whole village will suffer.

  But Xia Yu Xin seemed to have made up her mind, furrowing her brow and saying: "I feel like there's someone in this coffin!"

  I was taken aback by his words - is there someone in the coffin?

  This is impossible, how can there be someone in the coffin?

  But just then, the scratching sound from inside the coffin suddenly turned into a slapping sound, as if something inside was slapping against the walls of the coffin.

  And as the voice faded away, I seemed to hear a woman's sobbing because the coffin was only pushed open a crack and the wind was quite strong so the sound wasn't very clear, all I could make out was a vague 'waa waa waa' sound but I'm certain that in that instant, what I heard was definitely a woman's crying.

  I suddenly felt a chill run down my spine, and from the coffin came the sound of a woman's crying. Could it be that the person buried in this coffin was a woman, and she had come back to life?

  "It seems to be Dr. Li's voice!" Xia Yu Xin suddenly rushed to the coffin, not even bothering about the workman, and with one push, he pushed his body aside, then began to forcefully push the coffin lid.

  But this coffin is too big, the lid is extremely heavy, Xia Yu Xin alone can't push it, seeing me stunned, she shouted: "Zhang Yifan, come and help quickly!"

  I swallowed my saliva and still hesitated.

  Xia Yu Xin said she heard Li Da Fu's voice. How is this possible? Li Da Fu, isn't he at the health center? How can he possibly be in the coffin?

  Besides, the things inside Qī Xīng Town's Bào are very difficult to deal with. Who knows if they have the ability to confuse people? If we accidentally let the things inside out, it'll be a big trouble!

  "Save... save me..." A faint voice suddenly came from inside the coffin, I was stunned, this, was actually a cry for help, although the voice was muffled, but I really did hear it.

  "Hurry up, you're a college student, still believing in those superstitions? Hurry and help save people!" Xia Yu Xin shouted at me, I gritted my teeth and thought to myself, "Forget it, can't care about that now, just open it first."

  The coffin lid was extremely heavy, and it took the combined strength of Xia Yu Xin and me to push it open a crack. Once the crack was opened, the crying sound became even clearer. Since I had chosen to do this, I steeled myself and didn't hesitate, taking a deep breath before suddenly stretching my head in to look inside the coffin.

  But when I saw the scene inside the coffin clearly, I suddenly widened my eyes and had an unbelievable expression.

  "Li, is it really you, Doctor Li?" The person lying inside the coffin was indeed Doctor Li.

  She was only wearing a pink semi-transparent triangle underwear, her upper body completely exposed, at this moment she was shivering and curled up in the coffin, hugging her chest, crying like a tearful person.

  A tempting body was right in front of me, but I couldn't feel a single thread of temptation. On the contrary, there was a chill that ran down my spine, rising from the depths of my heart.

  Li Daifu, how could you be lying in this big coffin without a stitch on?

  And what was originally buried in this coffin?

  "What are you looking at!" Xia Yu Xin pushed me away from my daze, and immediately took off her top and put it on Dr. Li.

  Mr. Li's whole body was trembling non-stop, his face was pale, his eyes were dull, and he was obviously frightened. Xia Yuxin comforted him for a long time before Mr. Li's emotions stabilized.

  "I'll send Dr. Li back first, you stay here and watch!" Xia Yu Xin said after finishing, then supported Dr. Li to the infirmary, I hastily followed up, saying: "I'll accompany you guys!"

  Xia Yu Xin also felt that something was off, but didn't refuse. The three of us walked towards the bathroom with our heads down, but Li Da Fu was so scared that his legs were as soft as noodles. Xia Yu Xin tried to support him for a while, but couldn't hold on anymore. He looked at me and said: "Why don't you carry Li Da Fu?"

  I took a glance at Dr. Li, and although she was wearing Xia Yu Xin's jacket, it couldn't hide her alluring figure, especially those two long legs, which were starkly exposed in front of me, constantly assaulting my visual nerves.

  I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and nodded, taking over from Dr. Li.

  I grasped her legs with both hands, bent down and lifted her up in one swift motion.

  When I carried Lida on my back, I clearly felt two soft things tightly attached to my back. She wasn't wearing clothes and her body was slippery. Occasionally, I had to toss upwards a bit, sometimes using too much force, and my hand would accidentally grab onto her buttocks.

  At this moment, I always feel a surge in my heart, and I only feel a hot rush flowing through my nostrils and suddenly spouting out.

  "How did you get a nosebleed? Are you okay?" Xia Yu Xin asked.

  "It's nothing, I'm fine!" I awkwardly wiped my nose and continued walking with my head down.

  Xia Yu sneered and curled her lip, with a look of disdain on her face.

  After arriving at the infirmary, Xia Yuxin helped Dr. Li put on a quilt and then poured her a cup of hot water, asking: "Dr. Li, how did you end up in the coffin? What's going on?"

  Li's face was pale, her eyes were lifeless, and the hand holding the water cup was shaking violently. She obviously hadn't fully recovered yet. When Xia Yu Xin asked her this question, tears immediately welled up in her eyes. Shaking her head while choking back sobs, she said: "I don't know... I clearly fell asleep here, but when I woke up, I was already there! I didn't know it was a coffin, I thought I had been imprisoned! Waaahhh..."

  Xia Yu Xin hugged Li Da Fu and cried for over ten minutes before slowly falling asleep with a sob. I exchanged a glance with Xia Yu Xin, and we both silently left the bathroom.

  The two of us stood outside the toilet for a long time, both silent and speechless, thinking to ourselves, what's going on here.

  It's too strange, Li Dafu was clearly sleeping in the bathroom, how did he wake up and lie down in a coffin?

  Could it be that Li Dafu has somnambulism and sleepwalked into his own bed in the middle of the night?

  But then I immediately negated this idea, the coffin lid needs both me and Xia Yuxin to work together to push it open, Li Dafu is plump and attractive, but his strength can't be that great.

  If it wasn't Dr. Li who went in himself, then there's only one possibility left.

  That is, someone kidnapped the sleeping Li Dafu in the middle of the night and then put her into a coffin. Or, what kidnapped Li Dafu was not human at all.

  Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shiver, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and immediately asked Xia Yuxin: "You and Dr. Li aren't living together, do you know when Dr. Li left?"

  Xia Yu Xin shook her head and said: "We two are not in the same room, and after I woke up, I rushed to the construction site in a hurry, without noticing her room!"

  Xia Yu Xin said after a sigh, looking at me: "Zhang Yifan, this matter, we don't want to spread it out, easy to cause panic, and the impact is not good!"

  I nodded and followed Xia Yuxin to the construction site.

  But just then, a very mournful cry suddenly came out, the cry was very sharp, with a hint of terror in it, as if seeing something terrible, and the voice seemed to be coming from the direction of the construction site.

  "It's He Ge!" Xia Yu Xin exclaimed, and immediately ran towards the construction site. I also hastily followed her, but when we arrived at the construction site, we were both stunned.

  The corpse of the worker had vanished!

  An old lantern hung on a wooden pole, swaying in the wind from side to side, occasionally making an old creaking sound. The dim yellow light illuminated the construction site with a bright yellow glow, and that large coffin looked even more eerie at this time.

  The coffin is still there, and the bloodstains on it are also still there. Only the corpse of the worker is gone.

  I stood there in a daze, with a look of shock on my face. The next moment, a bad idea suddenly emerged in my mind. I barely had time to think more, and I quickly ran towards the shed beside the construction site.

  There were also two corpses left there, which were those of Little Liu and Old Wang.

  It wasn't until I opened the broken wooden door of the workshop and saw the empty grass mat that I was struck by lightning, and immediately froze in place.

  They're gone, they're all gone. Not only is the foreman's body gone, but also Old Wang and Little Liu's bodies are nowhere to be found.

  At this time, Xia Yu Xin also rushed over. When she saw the empty workshop, she was stunned for a long time before saying in a trembling voice: "It's gone, the body is gone! He Ge is also nowhere to be found!"