Chapter Ten: Sudden Encounter with a Woman

  Now my heart is particularly tense, but curiosity urges me to know who this person is and how he can still appear in Rongshu Village. When the person heard my shout, they stopped in their tracks, but didn't turn around, I also stood still, staring at her.

  At this moment, I was sweating all over my palms, which shows how tense I was. I continued to ask her: "Who are you, why did you appear here? Why did you run after seeing me?"

  "This person slowly turned his head back at this time and said to me: 'You think I want to be in this place? It's just that I don't know where the exit is.'"

  When I heard the voice, I was stunned because she turned out to be a girl. Since her face was covered with a mask, I couldn't see her clearly, but judging from her overall outline, she should look pretty good. As for her age, it should also be around twenty years old!

  In my impression, girls should be considered the weak, so at this time I let out a sigh of relief and said to her: "So that's how it is, well, I won't ask you why you came here either, but now it's a bit dangerous here, I'll send you out of the village, don't run around alone in the future."

  The girl blinked at me and said: "Then thank you, I also think this place is eerie. We can clearly see the village entrance, but we just can't get out."

  I didn't answer her either, because I don't know how to respond. Too many strange things have happened in the past few days. What she said might be true, because this Rongshu Village is no longer the place it was eight years ago when I lived here. As for what really happened here, nobody knows.

  It wasn't until we walked down the mountain together that I learned her name was Tang Bingxue, and she was a city girl. She had gotten lost while traveling with a tour group in the countryside and ended up here. I asked her how long she had been here, but she said she couldn't remember because her phone was out of battery and she couldn't see the time, probably around one day or so. I asked if she saw anyone else here, and she told me this place was desolate and uninhabited, not a single person in sight, otherwise she wouldn't have been stuck for so long. It was precisely because of this that when she saw me appear here, she felt a sense of fear and ran away.

  She also asked me why I appeared in this village, and I said it was my old home, just came back to take a look. When we arrived at the village entrance, I stopped and told her: "Okay, I'll send you here, this is the village entrance, after you leave the village and walk on the highway, you can hitch a ride, because I still have some things to deal with, so I won't leave with you."

  Tang Bingxue thanked me and asked, "Are you sure you won't leave this village? Everywhere here is full of evil and eerie things. Luckily my nerves can still withstand it, or else I would have been scared to death. Especially that forest in the village, there's always something calling inside, but I don't dare confirm what it is."

  When she said that, I really took a cold breath. I kept emphasizing to myself not to be afraid, but the fear in my heart was born with me, and I couldn't stop it. I forced a smile and said to her, "Thank you, but there are still some things I need to find here, and I haven't found them yet, so I can't leave."

  Tang Bingxue saw that I was very insistent, and didn't say anything else. She just nodded at me and said: "Alright then, thank you, I'll be off. Hopefully we can meet again, I'll treat you to dinner, thanks for showing me the way. But it's best if you don't go into that forest, curiosity kills the cat, with your abilities alone, finding answers might be a bit difficult."

  I forced a smile and waved goodbye to her, now my mood is very bad. Although this girl only appeared in Rongshu Village for one day, it can be confirmed that there are no people left in the village. But just a few days ago, my three brothers were still gathering here, and Wang Hui even borrowed some things from someone else's home. What's going on? As for what I said I wanted to find, I'm not sure what it is either. Wang Hui is clearly not in this village anymore, but I always feel that there should be something I want here.

  Things aren't figured out just by thinking, they need to be verified through action. Thinking of this, I decided to go back to the village and take a look again. This time, I'm going to thoroughly search around to see if I can find any clues.

  I've searched everywhere else, but when I came to the place where we killed Wang Xiaoya's teacher, I didn't dare go in. I don't know if it was out of guilt or fear. Whether what the witch said is true or not, we took a life, and that's something you can't justify no matter where you go.

  The village can't find the answer, I'm not a detective and won't reason, so finally I decided to go to that forest in Rongshu Village. Maybe there's an answer I want, or maybe not.

  I stood at the entrance of the forest, took a deep breath, and wondered whether to go in or not. It seemed like I had a choice, but actually, I didn't have one anymore. Zhang Bao had already left, and Wang Hui's words had also left me perplexed. Before entering Fengmen Village, we had passed through this forest, and at that time, both Wang Hui and Zhang Bao had followed me in.

  Just then, I suddenly heard two "heh heh" laughs. After this sound appeared, I felt a chill on my scalp, which was really breathtaking. Fortunately, it was daytime, if it were at night, I would have probably peed directly.

  I immediately looked around, but didn't see anyone else. I adjusted my breathing and shouted loudly: "Are you human or ghost? Don't hide in the dark corners, come out and fight me if you dare."

  At this time, that sly laughter no longer existed. I listened for a few more minutes and there was still no sound. Had I just misheard it? Never mind, whether or not it's true, I've already provoked the nine-tailed fox spirit, so why should I be afraid of ghosts?

  I steeled myself and walked into the woods again, where there was only one clean path, with thorns and weeds on both sides. I kept looking around, when suddenly a chuckle came from behind me again.

  I subconsciously turned my head to take a look, and saw a girl standing behind me, with her hands clasped behind her back, and a thin layer of gauze covering her face. I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and pointed at her, asking: "Are you human or ghost?"

  The girl didn't answer my question, but instead continued to giggle and snicker. I felt like my hair was standing on end. Subconsciously, I picked up a branch from the ground and pointed it at her, saying "Don't come any closer, or else I won't be polite to you."

  The girl walked a few more steps forward, stopped at a distance of about five or six meters from me, and said to me: "You look quite nervous. What are you afraid of? Can I, a girl, eat you up?"

  "I warned her vigilantly: 'Don't try to deceive me, the people of Rongshu Village are all dead, and you're in this forest, dare you say you're human? I came here to find answers, hope you don't mess around.'"

  She smiled again after listening, "It's quite interesting that you came here to find answers. You dare to enter such an evil place, it seems like you're a pretty brave person. However, I'm responsible for telling you that this lady is human."

  As she spoke, she leaned in close to me. Before I could even process what was happening, she had already wrapped her arms around me. In that instant, I felt the warmth of her body and a faint scent of perfume.

  She pushed me away at this time and said: "Alright, now you should know that I am a human being. I have body temperature, ghosts don't have body temperature, am I right?"

  Although I felt a bit inexplicable, it seemed that she was indeed a person. I nodded and said to her: "What you said is right, ghosts don't have body temperature, but you do."

  She also nodded and said to me: "Don't ask me anything about myself anymore, I won't tell you. Since you haven't been scared away, then I'll be honest with you. Listen to my advice, this is not a place where ordinary people can come in at will. You won't find any answers here either, hurry up and leave, let's pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, disaster will befall you."

  Although she's a girl, her aura when speaking is really strong, every sentence sounds very cold and makes me feel cool. As for her identity, I think it should also belong to the yin-yang ability series, only such people will appear in this kind of place.

  Seeing that I didn't respond, she put her hands behind her back and walked in the direction where she appeared earlier, muttering to herself: "Curiosity kills the cat, if you don't leave now, no one will be able to save you."