Chapter Thirteen: At Wit's End

  Once again, I heard Wang Hui calling me, my head couldn't be described as numb anymore. It's now extremely swollen! I didn't dare to turn back, continuing to run forward, running towards that forest. The fear brought by Wang Hui is much greater than the forest itself.

  At the moment I ran into the woods, I secretly looked back at Wang Hui behind me. He indeed followed, but after seeing me enter the woods, he seemed to be afraid of something and didn't follow.

  I panted heavily, continuing to run forward. Now if you ask me what I want to do, I don't know either. What people do when they are afraid is always hard to understand. Soon I arrived at the place where the coffin was placed a few hours ago. At this time, the coffin had disappeared, and it was similar to when I first came in, with only one small path.

  I changed from running to walking, now I especially want to see that Tang girl, hoping she can appear in front of me again. This time maybe heaven also helped me once, didn't let me search for too long, and saw Tang girl in the bushes. However, at this time she was quite disheveled, with her clothes torn off.

  But even so, it can't hide her beauty. I think if she were to put on some makeup, she would be extremely pretty.

  After seeing me, he asked in confusion: "How did you get in again?"

  "I... I'm telling you, that baby was cremated by me, and I'm also being hunted down by one of my good friends. I've got nowhere to turn. So I had no choice but to come in!" I too looked helpless, using a phrase from Tang Bingxue: "Do you think I wanted to come in?"

  Tang girl nodded and said to me: "Well, come in then. That ghost doesn't have the Lingying in his hand, so it's just a matter of time. But you said your friend is chasing and killing you, what's going on? As far as I know, there are no people left in this Rongshu Village."

  I looked at Tang girl with doubt and asked: "How did you know there's no one here?"

  Tang girl helplessly said to me: "Who doesn't know this, didn't you know about the earthquake three years ago? You also say that you have been in this village before, but you don't even know this."

  Hearing her say that, I felt that she should know a lot of things, and hastily asked her: "May I ask the young lady's name?"

  At this time, Tang couldn't help but smile and say to me: "You're still asking for my name, thinking this is ancient times? You're the one who sent me down the mountain, have you forgotten?"

  When she said this, I suddenly realized and exclaimed with surprise: "You are Tang Bingxue?"

  "Right!" Tang Niang nodded vigorously, no, now she should be called Tang Bingxue.

  Tang Bingxue continued to say to me: "You really think I'm a tourist who got lost here? Who would travel to a desolate village?"

  What she said was too reasonable, I was momentarily neglectful. In Rongshu Village, where even rabbits don't dare to shit, how could it be possible for people to come here for tourism? I asked Tang Bingxue: "Then can you tell me your identity?"

  Tang Bingxue put her hands behind her back and said to me, "Alright then, this young lady doesn't like to brag, but I'm a chivalrous hero who eliminates evil spirits. Every first and fifteenth of the month, I come to this forest to suppress these ghosts and prevent them from escaping!"

  I continued to ask: "Then what's going on with this forest?"

  "Ah!" Tang Bingxue said to me with a bit of impatience, "Things are a bit complicated here. Anyway, this is the place where yin energy is the heaviest, and all sorts of ghosts and monsters from within a hundred miles will gather here. That's why some strange people and events in modern times will come here on their own to suppress them."

  "I muttered to myself: 'If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have dared to believe that this world actually has ghosts and monsters.'"

  Tang Bingxue said to me: "Not only ghosts, but also demons. However, I can handle the ghosts, but as for the demons, I have no way to deal with them."

  Tang Bingxue asked me what was going on, why I had been lingering in this village and not leaving. Apart from ghosts and monsters, there were also some other eerie things in the village. Since she spoke so freely with me about everything, without any reserve, I directly told her about my affairs eight years ago. And I also poured out all the strange things that had happened recently!

  After listening, Tang Bingxue directly rushed to me and gave me a loud slap. This slap was quite powerful, and it made me feel a burning pain. And pointing at me, she said: "How can you be so shameless? You could do such things at the age of 12, what about now?"

  I covered half of my face with one hand and explained to her: "At that time, I didn't understand things, now my intestines are regretful. If heaven gives me another chance to start over, I absolutely won't do it again. No matter what Wang Xiaoya teacher is, I owe her an apology."

  "Alright, alright! Stop giving me that nonsense. What was it that they say? I'd rather believe in ghosts than trust your words, men. Now it seems like it's really true." Tang Bingxue muttered to herself, looking very angry.

  But it's not like I can blame him, what I did is absolutely inexcusable. I don't know what to say anymore! Just then, I suddenly heard Wang Hui's voice again, seemingly coming from the entrance of the forest.

  It made my heart skip a beat, what's going on? He actually dared to bully Linzi?

  Seeing my panicked look, Tang Bingxue asked me: "Is this person the Wang Hui you mentioned?"

  "Hmm!" I nodded vigorously and said to her in a puzzled tone, "Logically speaking, he shouldn't be able to enter this forest. This is our village's great taboo."

  Tang Bingxue glared at me and said, "I've never seen anyone as stupid as you. Do you think the current Wang Hui is still your childhood friend? Can someone who can take off their head still be human?"

  "What is he now?" I was shocked!

  "He is just like your King Xiao Ya teacher, changed his skin bag, but the yin soul may not be him, if I didn't guess wrong, it should belong to Wang Xiao Ya or Zhang Bao."

  "Ah!" Listening to Tang Bing Xue's analysis, I was so shocked that I didn't know what to say.

  "Don't keep making a fuss, it's really annoying." Tang Bingxue seemed to be somewhat helpless with my behavior. "Now it seems that whether Wang Hui is dead or not is still uncertain. It's possible that he died long ago and was skinned by some kind of alien creature, or maybe he's still alive but his body has been taken over by them, commonly known as being possessed."

  "What should I do now?"

  "You've made your own bed, now lie in it. He's come to find you, so you should face him yourself instead of asking me."

  Tang Bingxue now seemed even colder, and after hearing her say that, I was even more at a loss. Hurriedly, I said to her: "You can't just stand by and do nothing."

  "Cut it out!" Tang Bing said with a glance at me, "Whether or not I save you is my business. Alright, stop nagging. He's here now, just ask him what he wants to do. Maybe he has something to say to you."

  At this time, Wang Hui's voice was getting closer and closer, it seemed that he had indeed found this place. Although I was afraid in my heart, Tang Bingxue had already said so, what else could I do? I had to muster up the courage to go out.

  "Zhao Xiaolong, are you still not coming out?" At this time, Wang Hui's voice had become extremely fierce.

  I trudged out with a heavy gait, walking towards that devil-like Wang Hui. When I was about five meters away from him, he turned his head around. At this moment, he was completely different from before, his face was pale and bloodless, and his body seemed particularly stiff.

  I trembled slightly as I asked him: "Wang... Wang Hui, what exactly do you want to do?"

  Wang Hui's expression was solemn and cold as he said, "I don't want to do anything, I just want to talk to you about the story from eight years ago. I think you won't have any objections, will you?"

  Now the words that I can't get over in my heart are about eight years ago. As the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. But it's clear that I lost too much in that incident eight years ago.

  "I have no opinion, let's talk if you want to, but there is one thing I don't understand, who are you?"

  "Who I am is really that important?" Wang Hui retorted back at me.

  I helplessly nodded and said: "Of course it's important, even if I die you have to make me understand, whether I died at the hands of my deskmate or at the hands of Wang Xiaoya teacher."