Chapter 51: You're Already Dead

  Suddenly asking such a question out of the blue, I suspect that Youmo must have been possessed by an evil spirit. Wenjing is like this, suddenly becoming unwell for no reason, and it turns out that she has been haunted by a ghost.

  I asked You Wu if something had happened to him. He just shook his head and said nothing was wrong, but then he asked me again, "If I become a ghost, will you still hurt me?"

  Recalling the knowledge I learned from Liu Weimin over the past few days, I can only tell Yu Wu one thing: "I don't know. Liu Weimin said that once you become a ghost, you can't control your own thoughts. All I can tell you is that when I was human, I would never harm you. As for your question, let's talk about it after I become a ghost..."

  Still unwilling to give up, I asked again: "What's wrong with you?"

  He smiled weakly and said in a rare calm tone, "I believe you. Even if one day you really become a ghost and want to kill me, I won't blame you."

  I spat a few times and said: "Are you cursing me to death? What's going on, hurry up and confess to me!"

  "You don't know what's going on either, the only thing I can tell you..." He leaned in close to my ear and whispered: "Don't trust Liu Weimin!"

  A profound sentence, accompanied by a profound gaze, and especially not patting my shoulder, he strode into the reception room. In the blink of an eye, I heard his usual exaggerated tone, talking to Liu Weimin about our experience just now.

  Don't believe Liu Weimin!

  Isn't this what I've been saying all along? Shouldn't it be me who's always suspicious, and especially the one who says I'm being paranoid?

  Thinking of You Mou's words and deeds today, they are full of mystery everywhere. Several times when Liu Wei spoke, he neither expressed his opinion nor asked questions, but just perked up his ears to listen, with a preoccupied look on his face.

  What happened that made Yu Wu greatly change his opinion of Liu Weimin?

  I originally wanted to slip back into the house, but Liu Weimin's door was open and I had no choice but to go in. He was lying on the bed very leisurely, and let us two chat, then went back to his own room, while Kang Jiuxiang was not there either. After Youmo left, Liu Weimin said to me: "I already know what happened earlier, do you have anything to ask?"

  I asked him where Kang Jiuxiang was. Liu Weimin said she was in my house. I felt relieved and told them it was nothing, then left first.

  Liu Weimin asked in surprise: "Don't ask where Little Zhang and the others went? Don't ask what those people are doing?"

  I said if you're willing to explain, I'd be happy to listen. If not, or if you're going to lie to me, then forget it. Anyway, apart from following you down this road until the end, I don't have any other choice.

  Liu Wei-min chuckled twice and said, "Alright then, I'll tell you the truth. Tonight when I came back, I first took Xiao Zhang and the others to take a look around the broken house, letting them weigh in on how many people they could handle. But unexpectedly, those two groups of people were rushing up the mountain with panicked expressions, cursing each other, their companions had gone mad, and they suspected that it was the other side's doing. So I decided to let you take Xiao Zhang, leave the people who stayed behind, beat them up a bit, and then report to the police, framing others!"

  I asked him who he wanted to marry.

  Liu Weimin said: "The sixth archaeological team, those people still haven't arrived yet, don't you think it's strange?"

  I really don't think so, I'm not familiar with the style of this archaeological team.

  Liu Weimin said that early in the morning, there were people who came and went, which made him suspicious. He asked around through connections and found out that almost half an hour after the Lingnan Ji family arrived at Guanxi Village, the No. 6 archaeological team received an anonymous phone call. The mysterious person only said one sentence: "There is a treasure in Guanxi Village, Longhu Tian Shi sits on the immortal throne."

  That call was made by the village team, based on this, Liu Weimin thought it was Huang Jinbai who informed the other two major forces, but he couldn't find out if you came and I forgot whether they received the same call. The strength of this organization is yet to be observed, but it is indeed mysterious.

  Liu Weimin has an official background, and the No. 6 Archaeological Team is a national organization composed of Taoist priests, wandering monks, and archaeological professionals, with the strongest strength and the most constraints. Liu Weimin thought of a way to temporarily hold them back, and called Zhang Ge and several others, according to his original plan, he would take on one person, secretly deal with Old Man Zhao, while Zhang Ge and several others and Xiao Di would fight one-on-one, finally claiming to be from the No. 6 Archaeological Team, telling those Jianghu bandits to scram.

  Then call the police to disgust those two gangs, it's not difficult to cause conflicts between the three forces.

  Something unexpected happened in between, it was a mysterious ghost that possessed the two groups of people. Liu Weimin took advantage of the situation and wanted to disable them so that they would be easier to deal with. Since Longhushan is a Taoist association, I was first beaten by someone and then suddenly fought back with a master, those two groups of people couldn't help but suspect the archaeological team.

  The result was a sudden change, and the two people left behind died inexplicably. At that time, I was busy and flustered, one forgot, and the other had no concept of autopsy in my mind, seeing the corpse wanted to hurry away, so Liu Weimin still doesn't know how those two people died until now!

  Liu Weimin sighed and said, "This is why I don't like to bring Xiao Zhang along. They're all so arrogant, thinking they're the best in the world, but they can't even handle basic things. Were those two killed by zombies or harmed by evil spells? Or did they die from fighting with others? Different causes of death require different strategies, but as soon as I told him to let you handle it, he rushed out and started pointing fingers. When he saw the old clan leader rush down, he thought there was no danger on the mountain and recklessly led people up. Just wait and see, if they don't die on the mountain, I'll beat them half to death!"

  So that's it. Zhang Ge is jealous of Liu Weimin letting me take charge, so he slightly modified Liu Weimin's plan and took matters into his own hands?

  Without being too salty or bland, Zhang Ge said a few good words on behalf of me, so I asked Liu Weimin, now that the people from the Ji family have run away and your friend Wang Zongyao's gang has also disappeared, can we take this opportunity to capture Huang Jibai?

  Liu Weimin shook his head: "The Ji family didn't run away, they went to pick someone up. You came and I forgot, but it didn't disappear. Just now, Little Zhang just contacted me, they saw the person from Come and Forget on the mountain driving out ghosts for their companions, so I knew that at nightfall, the two groups of people rushed out like crazy because there were ghosts causing trouble. These little guys don't even think about what kind of ghost would cause trouble in front of them? And they ran to the mountain to drive out ghosts, are ghosts that easy to drive away? Can't even see the simplest plot to swallow a tiger, really don't know how to make such a big name, business people, doing business is okay, but playing tricks is too tender!"

  I took the opportunity to flatter him: "That's right, you are indeed the most cunning and experienced one!"

  Liu Weimin kicked me with a smile and teased: "You little guy, are you suspicious of me or mocking me? Now put your mind at ease! Although I'm not a big shot, I have my own affairs. How could I run thousands of miles just to plot against you? Don't worry about Wenjing's situation. In fact, we can take action against Huang Jibai now, but there are too many miscellaneous people in the village. If someone stirs up trouble, it'll be hard to find him again. He used his treasure to lure these people here, which has caused us trouble, but also tied himself up. Don't rush, let's plan carefully!"

  I'm counting on Old Master for everything.

  Liu Weimin smiled and said that Kang Jiuxiang was waiting for me in the room, this woman should be fine, I think I can do whatever I want, even if the sky falls, she'll hold it up for me.

  He went to bed early and I left, the smile on my face gradually faded away, and I let out a deep sigh.

  I feel Liu Weimin didn't tell the truth!

  Although his previous remarks were reasonable, they seem too far-fetched upon closer examination. A lie requires countless lies to cover it up. Liu Weimin is human, not a god. From the very beginning, he has been deceiving me. In order to keep this deception going, his lies have now become unsustainable.

  Still the same old saying, apart from walking down this road until it's dark, there is no other way.

  After returning home, Kang Jiuxiang saw that I was dirty and asked what had happened. I said nothing and asked her what she had talked about with Liu Weimin.

  Kang Jiuxiang said it was about some things regarding Old Man Huang, but she didn't know much either.

  There were still two quilts on the bed, I had the intention to let Kang Jiuxiang go find San Shu to open another room, but she asked me vigilantly if I was not going to take responsibility anymore. I felt a bit annoyed and didn't explain, letting her do as she pleased. So I covered my head and fell asleep. At first, there was no movement, but after I fell asleep in a daze, I heard a faint sobbing sound.

  From the bottom of my heart, I really didn't want to bother with her, but she cried and made a fuss until I couldn't sleep, so I had to get up and comfort her. I said, "Jiuxiang sister, don't cry, I'm not driving you away, it's just that we're both lonely men and women sleeping together, which isn't good for your reputation."

  Kang Jiuxiang sniffled and asked me with a disgruntled expression, "What's wrong with sleeping with one's own husband?"

  I said I'm not your man...

  Before she could finish speaking, Kang Jiuxiang's face had lost all its color and turned deathly pale. She gave me a desperate and hateful glance, then knelt down to gather her belongings - in fact, she didn't have much, just that one quilt, which she rolled up and hugged tightly to her chest. After wiping away two tears, she was about to leave the door when I quickly grabbed hold of her clothes and asked her where she was going.

  "Go die." She probably felt that wasn't enough and added, "Become a ghost and come find me to settle the score."

  I told you to scram, these days I haven't seen anything else but ghosts everywhere, a row of ghosts looking for me to settle the score, and it's really not your turn.

  I pressed Jiang Jiuxiang onto the bed and assured her: "Don't worry, after I rescue my cousin, I'll take you away. You can temporarily live at my place, and once you have a boyfriend, you can move out. As for what you said about being my mistress, that's too unrealistic. Firstly, I don't have a wife, and secondly, after you leave this place, you'll understand what kind of woman you are. Don't even mention being my mistress, even if I were to kneel down and propose to you, you might not even look at me straight."

  Kang Jiuxiang was anxious and spoke incoherently, saying that she wasn't a woman who would betray her husband, and since she had made up her mind to follow him, she would definitely do so.

  Let's talk about what happens next later, go to sleep first. It's still uncertain whether we can leave Guan Cun Village alive or not.

  Kang Jiuxiang quietly put down the quilt, but didn't spread it out. After I lay down, she slipped into my bed like a fish, her previously pale face now as red and tempting as a ripe apple, making one want to take a bite without being able to help oneself.

  Although she was very shy, she refused to close her eyes, blinking repeatedly, which made my heart flutter and my mouth dry. Just as I wanted to say something, I heard her muttering: "I can also feel how beautiful I am. In recent years, outsiders in the village thought I was a widow and wanted to take me away, but I didn't like them. At first, I just thought you looked good, but later when you were beaten by Ninth Brother for saving me, I made up my mind to follow you. If you don't mind that I'm older, I won't care about anything else..."

  After exposing my true feelings, Kang Jiuxiang wrapped her arms around me tightly like an octopus, and I felt two soft touches on my shoulders. My little brother, who was seriously injured, struggled to get up, but I looked at Kang Jiuxiang in my arms, trembling slightly, with a helpless expression. Suddenly, my heart became restless, and involuntarily, I reached out my hand to touch her body.

  At this moment, the phone rang, right next to my pillow. I picked it up and took a look, it was a text message from You Wu.

  "Wang Zhen, did you know? In fact, you are already dead!"