Chapter 4: Wang Hui Disappears Again

  "What's with the blood at the door?"

  "Blood at the door? What blood, I didn't see anything?" Wang Hui asked in doubt.

  I dragged him by the hand and walked towards the door, at this time the scene made me stunned again, I saw a little blood earlier, now there was none, I ran out for more than ten meters and didn't see anything related to blood.

  Zhang Bao's face turned pale as he looked at me and said: "Xiao Long, maybe we misjudged earlier!"

  I didn't want to escalate this fear anymore, so I nodded and said: "Maybe! Maybe we just saw it wrong."

  Wang Hui then picked up the kitchen knife and put the chicken into boiling water to scald it, preparing to pluck its feathers. Zhang Bao and I ran to one side, and I whispered to Zhang Bao: "Don't you think Wang Hui is acting a bit strange?"

  "What's wrong?"

  "We three are not very brave, but Wang Hui is the least brave of all. Normally, he would scream for half a day if he stepped on an ant, so how could he possibly pick up a kitchen knife to kill a chicken today?"

  When I finished saying this sentence, Zhang Bao was also a little surprised and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, he hasn't changed for so many years."

  "And earlier that bloodstain had clearly formed a line, don't you feel like there's something fishy going on here, it seems like......" I said up to this point and felt my scalp go numb, not wanting to say any more.

  "Xiao Long..." Zhang Bao called out my name and then hesitated.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Has Wang Hui gone crazy?" Zhang Bao gritted his teeth.

  "It's very likely!" Now apart from this I really can't think of anything else.

  The two of us once again stood in front of Wang Hui, at this time there was a thread of fresh blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and he was also using his tongue to lick that blood. The look was truly chilling.

  "What are you doing, Wang Hui?" I shouted loudly, although I was very scared in my heart, but as a brother, I had to shout out this cry.

  "It's nothing, just feel that this chicken blood is a bit wasted. I just casually licked a mouthful, do you guys want some?" Wang Hui said to us very naturally.

  "Wang Hui, I want to tell you something!"

  "Huh?" Wang Hui put down what he was holding and asked me, "What's up?"

  "Do you remember when we were young and didn't eat chicken?"

  This sentence is entirely deceiving Wang Hui, because his appearance just now suddenly gave me a feeling that the person before was not Wang Hui, he was someone else, and he just used Wang Hui's shell. Don't misunderstand that I've watched too many horror movies, it's absolutely not like that. Actually, since that time when I wronged Wang Xiaoya, for eight years I haven't watched or read anything about ghosts and monsters.

  "When I was young, didn't you eat chicken? You must have remembered wrongly. I loved eating chicken when I was young, didn't you remember wrongly?" Wang Hui turned the question back to me.

  I chuckled and said, "I was just kidding you earlier, yeah, we both love eating chicken."

  His words made me feel like he was Wang Hui again, and he said that there's nothing to do, so help him set up a bonfire, roast chicken at night, this way can have some feeling. Looking at him like this, I don't know what else to say, can only go pick up firewood. Zhang Bao comforted me saying it's okay, people grow up and change easily, besides Wang Hui has been an orphan for years, a little abnormal behavior is normal.

  On the way, Zhang Bao said he wanted to go to the toilet, I said he only knew how to slack off, he smiled and walked away, but after waiting for twenty minutes, he still hadn't come out. I took a look at Wang Hui, who was rummaging through our food outside.

  I let out a gentle breath and arrived at the toilet, calling out Zhang Bao's name in a tentative tone, but there was no response. At that moment, I had a very strong feeling that Zhang Bao was also gone.

  Although I couldn't believe the fact, I still rushed directly into the toilet. Just like when I saw Wang Hui last time, he also vanished out of thin air. This time, I suppressed my restless heart and searched around the yard and house.

  At that moment I suddenly remembered something, so I quickly ran to the door. When I saw this scene, I found myself speechless because I saw blood stains all over the door again...

  I really wanted to call Wang Hui to come and take a look with me, but I gave up. I thought I'd take a look myself to see what was going on. I walked along the bloodstains, occasionally looking around at the whole village. At this moment, I suddenly remembered something even more frightening than seeing the bloodstains - that is, it seemed like there were no people in this village?

  I swallowed hard, hesitated for a moment, and if I didn't remember wrong, as soon as I got off the bus, I saw Zhang Bao and Wang Hui right away. As for other people in the village, I didn't see anyone else.

  Could it be? I dare not imagine, giving up the idea of tracing the bloodstains, which obviously must lead to that forest. I plucked up my courage and came in front of a house, if I remember correctly, at that time I should have called them Uncle and Auntie.

  I symbolically knocked on the door and walked in. After entering the yard, I found that the layout here was similar to before, but the only difference was that it was full of spider webs. Touching the dust, I estimated that no one had lived here for at least a year.

  "Uncle! Auntie!"

  Although I knew it was impossible for anyone to be there, I still shouted out loud, but just then I suddenly heard a muffled hum in the room, as if responding that someone was here.

  Gritting my teeth, sweat directly flowed from the back, what's going on? Not kidding. I shook my head hard and pulled my ears again, thinking I heard it wrong just now.

  "Is anyone there? Did someone just speak?" I involuntarily lowered my voice, I really didn't dare to speak loudly anymore.

  I listened carefully with my ear to the side, but didn't hear anyone respond. At this time, I let out a heavy sigh of relief and muttered: "It seems that I really did mishear earlier!"

  My curiosity made me want to go into the house and take a look, but I didn't have the courage to do so. In the end, I decided to go back and find Wang Hui. If Zhang Bao hadn't returned yet, I had to hurry up and leave this village because it was too strange here.

  I had just walked to the door when I heard a voice behind me: "What are you doing here?"

  My god, this sound is so scary in such a quiet environment, it's even more terrifying than seeing a ghost. I feel like my crotch area is getting wet. I don't want to say what happened to me, I think everyone already knows.

  "Look at you, I've scared you!"

  Just then a hand landed on my shoulder, and Zhang Bao appeared out of nowhere in front of me, this sudden movement left me somewhat at a loss...

  "Zhang Bao, is it you?" I asked in doubt.

  "Of course, who else could it be?" Zhang Bao replied naturally, with the same answer as Wang Hui.

  I stared into his eyes and asked, "But why did you come here? You need to give me an explanation."

  "Oh! Alright." Zhang Bao replied, "Wang Hui told me to come over here. He said to find a small pot to stew chicken, but I've been searching for half a day and couldn't find one. I'm getting a bit sleepy, dazed and confused, don't even know if I fell asleep or not, then I saw you."

  "Was it Wang Hui who brought you here?" I asked him with wide eyes, "Have you found anyone else here?"

  "You're talking about Uncle and Aunt? You haven't been back in years, you don't know, the old couple passed away three years ago."

  "What I'm saying is not this, did you see other people in the village?" I almost yelled.

  "Others? Are you sick or something? Who can be out at this late hour?" Zhang Bao said helplessly to me.

  Late at night? As soon as I heard this word, I immediately looked up and saw a bright moon. It was indeed nighttime, but the moon was too bright, making me think it was cloudy all along.

  "Oh, maybe I drank too much, it's fine now, let's go find Wang Hui."

  There are too many doubts now, and I can't sort them out for the time being. Now I just want to go back to Wang Hui's home and see what he is doing. Following Zhang Bao, we returned to Wang Hui's home, but another unexpected situation occurred - Wang Hui disappeared again. The bonfire outside emitted a thick smoke that choked people, and there was no sign of him in front of or behind the house.