Eighteenth day (13) hidden circumstances

  Hou Mingyu indeed deserved to die, he finally said the reason why Mei Xue was killed. I turned my head and saw that those boys were all lowering their heads, Ma Tiancheng was beside them, gave Jin Sanpang a slap in the face, and scolded him with a few dirty words.

  That scoundrel Hou Mingyu was being strangled by Fengyue, he really deserved to die, but I couldn't let him die at her hands. I was also very afraid, but I couldn't just watch as someone died in front of me.

  Hou Mingyu's guilt is for the Public Security Bureau to determine. If Fengyue killed him, then she would also be a suspect in the crime. The police wouldn't believe that nonsense about being possessed by a ghost. Besides, even if they did believe it, the person was still killed by Fengyue's hand, wasn't he?

  I rushed over, grabbed Fengyue's arm, and Hou Mingyu's face in front of me had turned into a purplish-red color, swollen like a purple balloon. And Fengyue's arm was very hard, standing upright there, completely without the soft flesh that I thought a little girl should have.

  I pulled Fengyue with all my might, but her arm seemed to be stuck on Hou Mingyu's neck. No matter how hard I tried, it was only enough to let Hou Mingyu breathe. The people behind us finally reacted and a group of them rushed over, some pulling Fengyue and others tugging at Hou Mingyu. In the end, Fengyue's body went limp, her eyes closed slightly, and she fell to the ground.

  I hastily grasped her waist, which was very soft and matched my imagination of a woman. Fengyue softly fell into my arms, this seemed to be a beautiful mistake, but at this moment, others didn't have any envious or resentful expressions, they all consciously avoided Fengyue, forming a circle around us.

  I picked up Feng Yue and said to Xiao Ai, go to your room, let her rest for a while.

  Xiao Ai nodded, and the three of us went upstairs, while the others stayed in the dining hall.

  I carried Fengyue to Xia'ai's room and put her on the bed. I didn't dare leave the house, what if Ai was still inside Fengyue? So I sat in a chair watching as Xia'ai kindly and gently warmed up a towel with hot water, planning to wipe Fengyue clean after she had just been covered in dirt and had injured her hand.

  I'm eagerly waiting for Xiaoyi to help Fengyue wipe her body, and the scene of that fragrance has already appeared in my mind. Fengyue is lying on the bed, her private parts slightly exposed, Xiaoyi sitting there, carefully wiping Fengyue's body, her movements very light and gentle, just like a couple, and I'm sitting here, admiring this beautiful scene like an emperor...

  Xiao Ai stood there coughing and said, what's wrong with you? You'll be bleeding from the nose again soon.

  I somewhat awkwardly said, I didn't think of anything. Really didn't think of anything.

  Xiao Ai said, "Go out, what are you waiting for?"

  I said I'm going out? This guy is possessed by a ghost, how dare I go out? Otherwise, you can stop wiping her too, and I'll just sit here.

  Xiao Ai said, what's the big deal about ghosts or not, isn't it just that she saw Aiyue? No one else saw anything. Maybe she was startled and got a skin disease, nothing strange about that. Every year in this village, many people get skin diseases, there were several cases last year, you left early, we're all used to it here.

  What is an external disease?

  Xiao Ai said that in the doctor's words, it is hysteria, but in the village, it is called "outer illness". Every year, someone gets sick. At first, they say there are ghosts in the village, but it's just to scare people. Gradually, the villagers got used to it. In those years, incense ash was also popular, but now the temple has been abandoned and there is nowhere to find it.

  I said, is it because this village was abandoned?

  Xiao Ai said that the village was abandoned, but it wasn't entirely because of this. However, it did have something to do with it. In the past, every year someone would go crazy, saying they saw the Red Maiden or ghosts and gods, but none of them caused much harm. Ten years ago, at that wedding, the bride also contracted an illness, but she was killed after killing people. After that, the villagers felt that this place was a bit eerie. Of course, this wasn't the main reason; the main reason was that this place was too inconvenient. Young people didn't want to come back, and those who were capable took their families away, no one wanted to stay in this godforsaken place. As time went on, there were fewer and fewer people, and with fewer people, the place became less interesting, and it just ended up abandoned like this.

  I said, did you see that bride ten years ago?

  Xiao Ai said, no, at that time we had already gone to the town to study, and came back once a week. However, I still have an impression of that time because my family didn't let me come back for a whole month. Actually, look around here, it's also reasonable to be deserted, this place is too backward, there's no mobile phone signal, you need to climb mountains and drill through caves just to get out, every day living here, no matter which direction you look, it's all mountains, endless mountains, isn't it just a big prison? When people are bored, they like to think wildly, this place has many stories, staring at the sky thinking about these things every day, can it be good?

  I nodded and said, with so many external illnesses, have you found out the cause?

  Xiao Ai said that even the doctor didn't know, and this disease was an unsolved medical mystery. It could be attributed to a neurological disorder, but with so many people falling ill in the village, the doctor couldn't understand it either. Later on, there was a theory that the mountain's unique energy field interfered with human brain cells, causing people with weak constitutions to easily produce hallucinations.

  I say, this theory sounds pretty good.

  Xiao Ai said, I think this theory is nonsense. If you ask me, how many people were there in this village back then? In such a closed place, it's estimated that there are only three or five households, and many people can be said to have come from the same ancestor. What if that ancestor had a family history of mental illness? That's when this theory makes sense.

  I said, you really understand a lot, did you end up studying medicine?

  Xiao Ai giggled and said, "Yeah, I've become a nurse."

  I smiled and nodded, saying I like nurses the most.

  Xiao Ai's face turned red as she said, "You men are all messy and disorderly. I know you're waiting for me to lift my skirt. Hurry up and get out, go quickly."

  Xiao Ai pushed me out and I let out a sigh at the door, turned around and went downstairs.

  I was worried that another fight would break out downstairs, but when I went down to take a look, it was surprisingly peaceful. Ma Tiancheng and the dwarf were sitting there, and those students were also present, only Hou Mingyu was lying on the ground with his chair, tightly bound up, with a rag stuffed in his mouth.

  I don't know if he was beaten or not, but as I passed by, I gave him a kick in the abdomen. Hou Mingyu cried out, and I ignored him, walking over to Ma Tiancheng's side. "What do we do now?" I asked the students.

  Several students were disappointed. Xiaobin was after all their leader. He sat for half a day and then said, "That night wasn't what you guys thought it was."

  Ma Tiancheng cursed and said, "Are you still arguing now?"

  Xiao Bin said, no, the thing was indeed committed, but there are also light and heavy ones. We were actually just accomplices at the time. When we called out Mei Xue, we didn't have any other ideas, our courage wasn't great either. The reason for calling her out was that Lao Gou and Da Peng made a bet, bragging that they could conquer Mei Xue with their own male abilities after drinking. Then Hou Mingyu fanned the flames on the side, saying they didn't dare do anything to Mei Xue. Everyone started teasing them, and in the end, they couldn't get out of it, so they let Hou Mingyu trick Mei Xue out.

  Xiao Bin paused for a moment, then continued. That night, Hou Mingyu asked Ai Ya to call Mei Xue out, telling Ai Ya to trick her into going out to see the night view together. Mei Xue was very beautiful, but she was a lesbian and a very high-profile one at that. She looked down on men with disdain at all times. When she came out with Ai Ya and saw us drinking outside, she even mocked us for drinking "cat urine". Originally, everyone was already annoyed by Mei Xue's usual haughty demeanor, so they tricked her into going up the mountain, saying they had discovered something fun. Once they got to the top of the mountain...

  Xiao Bin stopped and didn't say anything else. After a while, he said, "Dazhuang, you speak."

  Zhang Dazhuang was the most timid one inside, he shrank his neck and then said, at that time we went up the mountain, Hou Mingyu followed Ai Ya to find a place for outdoor activities. We deceived Mei Xue to a deserted place, Lao Gou let us hold Mei Xue, then he started kissing Mei Xue, Mei Xue resisted very fiercely, finally Da Peng took out a dagger and threatened Mei Xue, after that she stopped resisting. After that, Lao Gou... we were all young and vigorous at that time, seeing such a real-life scene couldn't control ourselves, then Da Peng was the second one. A while later Hou Mingyu came back to find us, saw Da Peng was with Mei Xue, he also ran over. We still teased him, saying he was too fast, he said Ai Ya was too ugly, couldn't compare with Mei Xue, he deceived Ai Ya down the mountain and then came back...

  Zhang Da Zhuang swallowed his saliva and said that originally, Xiao Bin was third in line, but Hou Mingyu wanted to cut in front of him, which made him very unhappy. Hou Mingyu said he had worked hard and achieved great things, and it was he who had brought the people out, so the two started arguing. At the time, we saw Mei Xue had already fallen silent, closing her eyes and not moving, and no one paid attention to her. After Da Peng got up, the two of them started fighting during their argument, and then Mei Xue ran away while we were trying to break it up. We were very scared and chased after her, and she ran to the edge of the cliff. We tried to persuade her not to be foolish, but in the end, she jumped off.

  Zhang Dazhuang thought for a moment and then said, "That's all."

  Everyone was quiet, and after half a day, Xiao Bin said, "This is what I meant. We didn't even touch her edge, just an accessory. Da Peng and Lao Gou are the main culprits. Da Peng is already dead, isn't he?"

  Ma Tiancheng said, I'm actually not interested in your animal affairs, what do you plan to do by telling me these things?

  Xiao Bin said, we've made it clear that we just hope to have fewer misunderstandings. After all, in this situation now, only if we trust each other can we get out of here alive. Can Hou Mingyu hand it over to us for handling?

  Ma Tiancheng nodded, and I spoke up, saying, "What are you planning to do with this?"

  Xiao Bin said, "Hou Mingyu indeed has a motive to kill us and silence us. He wants to inherit the family business, and in the future, he might be afraid that we will threaten him, which is not impossible. Moreover, the reappearance of Ai Ya's ghost is also targeting him. Anyway, it's all targeting him, I think for everyone's safety, we should get rid of Hou Mingyu."

  Throw it away?

  We were all stunned. At this moment, it was still raining outside, and the mountain was cool at night. If Hou Mingyu was left outside, wouldn't that be taking his life?