Chapter 4 There is a dead person under the bed

  No, it will never happen, everything is just a dream! What could be under the bed? It must have been Money River's story that made her subconsciously fabricate this dream, and also the Canadian kid's sleepwalking story gave her strong psychological suggestion. Now people in the company are waiting to see her joke, she can't lose, she has to solve the problem herself. Just take a look under the bed, just take a glance, prove that there is nothing underneath, then she can rest assured and go hiking tomorrow with great energy, crushing all of Song Xin's plots.

  She told herself this, doing psychological construction repeatedly, then gritted her teeth and slowly squatted down, ignoring the scalp numbness, all the sweat hairs standing upright in terror, holding the lamp to illuminate under the bed.

  The light swept inch by inch from left to right across the dark area under the bed, empty; then swept back from right to left, still empty.

  Linglong let out a sigh of relief, finally confirming that the torment was just a nightmare. Feeling rather foolish, she tried to straighten up her body and stop her wild thoughts. Just then, the light accidentally swept across a patch of floor under the bed, and then seemed to pause there as if it had a mind of its own!

  There, a flat brick ground suddenly bulged up for no reason, and the seams between the bricks still had the dampness of new earth, while around that raised area, there was a pair of women's bare footprints!

  Ling Rong jumped onto the bed as quickly as if she had been startled, shrinking all the way to the corner of the bed! It was true! It was true! A headless woman really did crawl under her bed!

  She was so scared that she trembled all over, and didn't even have the courage to shout. The room was dead silent, with only her uncontrollable heavy breathing and the sound of her teeth chattering. She didn't dare move a muscle, waiting in terror, but didn't know what she was waiting for, just relying on her instinct to hide. But after waiting for half a day, there was still no movement in the room.

  Was she dizzy? Or was it an illusion caused by the moonlight and lamplight? Maybe I should take another look!

  The lamp is still on the ground.

  Linglong crawled to the bedside, shivering as she lifted up the bed sheet and looked underneath with her body upside down.

  How she wished it was just her mistake, but instead, she saw with her own eyes that on the flat brick floor, there was a raised area about as long as the bed, only the raised part was at least one foot high, even more prominent than what she had seen earlier!

  A chill ran from the tailbone to the spine, as if that beautiful hand was no longer fumbling for the door frame, but instead caressed her back, and then seemed to enter her body. This made Linglong forget everything, and she rushed out in terror, frantically pounding on the main house's gate.

  In the dead of night, she made such a commotion that everyone was startled awake, not just the shop owner and his wife, but also Song Xin and others rushed out.

  "Miss Cheng, what's wrong?" the shop owner asked. Seeing Linglong covered in cold sweat, her face pale as a ghost, it was clear she had been frightened out of her wits.

  "I don't live in that room anymore, there's a problem with it!" Linglong squeezed into the house, feeling that standing in the courtyard was also not safe, and only when she was among people did the chill on her back dissipate.

  "How can you say that?" The landlady interrupted with a hint of displeasure, "If this gets out, no one will ever come to stay at our place again!"

  "Not... it's true! Under that bed..."

  "Scared by the ghost story?" Song Xin took over, her anger at being disturbed from sleep replaced by appreciation for the thrilling tale, "It's all Old Qian and Little Zhou's fault, what kind of scary stories are they telling in the middle of the night!"

  She tried to show some sympathy, but couldn't hide the triumphant smile of her successful scheme. Linglong, however, didn't have time to bother with her and those Song Dynasty dogs who were forcing themselves to smile, she just grabbed the shop owner's arm with both hands, "Really, I saw a woman crawling under my bed!"

  "Look, it's still those two stories that caused this." Qian He Ming smiled, "I'm really going to die, scaring Xiao Cheng like that. Alright, tomorrow I'll treat you to a meal of mountain delicacies as an apology!"

  "It's better this way. Miss Cheng and someone else can squeeze in together, don't sleep in that room anymore, a girl..." The shopkeeper could see how these people were ganging up to bully Linglong, although he sympathized with Linglong, but more wanted to smooth things over."

  Ke Lingong still held onto him tightly, "Don't believe me? Go take a look, the brick floor under the bed is bulging up in a big patch. Really, I saw it clearly."

  "Alright, alright, let's go take a look." The shop owner sighed, knowing that if he didn't do so, Linglong's heart wouldn't be at peace. He firmly believed that it was just Linglong having a nightmare and scaring herself, so he wasn't afraid either. He went back to the house, grabbed a flashlight, gave his wife a signal with his eyes, and the two of them headed out.

  "We'll go take a look too, and see what scared Xiao Cheng so badly." Song Xin deliberately made fun of the situation, and with one order, a large group of people followed him out. This way, Linglong didn't dare to stay alone in the main house, although she was unwilling to return to that storage room, but had no choice.

  A large crowd of people squeezed together, and the room suddenly became crowded, and the feeling of fear was slightly reduced.

  The shop owner held the emergency lamp that had been thrown on the ground in his left hand, and grasped a large flashlight with a bright beam in his right hand. According to Linglong's words, he bent down to look under the bed. He only took a glance before immediately standing up straight, looking at his wife with surprise. The expression on his face clearly said: Linglong was not making it up, nor was she having a nightmare!

  The boss's wife also rushed to the ground and looked at it again with the shop owner, then the two of them stood up and stared at each other in dismay.

  "What's going on? Isn't it too much?" asked the shop owner.

  His wife hadn't responded yet, and Linglong said: "No, I was fine before I went to sleep."

  "Was that an earthquake precursor?" Zhu Min shrunk back a bit.

  "It can't be just here that omens appear, besides, Xiaocheng said there was a woman..." Zhou Liwen blurted out in tension, but immediately fell silent.

  "Move it and take a look." The shop owner gritted his teeth, deciding to get to the bottom of things.

  He knew that these few were just outsiders, and even if they muddled through vaguely, it would be detrimental to their small shop. As the saying goes, "Good news doesn't spread far, but bad news travels a thousand miles." If just one person says an extra word, his business will be ruined!

  He gave his wife a wink, and the landlady immediately ran to the corner to fetch two iron shovels. With the help of Qian He Ming and another male colleague who had been hiding in the room, they moved the large wooden bed aside. Immediately, the protruding part under the bed was presented before everyone's eyes.

  All the other bricks look old, but the ones here look newly paved!

  The shop owner was somewhat surprised at this time, looked around at the people, as if seeking support, and saw that others had not walked out of the room, but each was tense, knowing they still had to rely on themselves, so they gritted their teeth and squatted down.

  The bricks were very loose and came off easily with a pull of the hand, no need for an iron shovel. He took down the bricks one by one, gradually exposing the soil layer underneath.

  The soil layer looks very loose, just like it was casually sprinkled on!

  The shop owner swallowed hard, his strong premonition making it difficult for him to breathe, feeling like his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He looked up at the crowd again, seeing that they were all staring at the exposed soil, so he stretched out his trembling hand and swept away the obstacle.

  Under the soil, a corner of plastic was exposed. The shop owner's brain was numb from these unexpected things. Without thinking, he subconsciously reached out and lifted it up, immediately revealing a pile of white stuff in front of everyone.

  The silence lasted for a few seconds, followed by several screams that rang out simultaneously, and then everyone was scared to the point of rolling and crawling out!

  Linglong didn't know who pushed her, and she fell to the ground, getting a close look at something buried in the dirt -

  A corpse, although already rotten, still showed that it was a perfectly proportioned woman. Among the lichen-covered body, a red maple leaf-shaped birthmark stood out.

  The corpse had no head on its neck, but one was placed at its feet. It was a man's head, with a ferocious face covered in whiskers, and dull eyeballs staring blankly ahead.

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