Chapter 39: Boss Jin, Please Restrain Yourself

  The girl's face suddenly flowed down two lines of clear tears, and her pitiful appearance was completely different from the strange and eerie behavior she had just shown.

  "Alright! Today I'll let her off as you said. But next time we meet, I absolutely won't spare her!" The girl gritted her teeth and spoke in the thick fog, making my whole body covered in goosebumps.

  "You stinky little girl, aren't you afraid of getting tongue-tied from talking big? Who wants to spare you?" Amidst a burst of giggles, a disheveled and crimson-robed red-clad female ghost with a grotesque face suddenly emerged from the thick fog!

  I smelled that deadly body odor again!

  If I'm not mistaken, the person who just arrived should be Jin Xiangyu, the owner of Phoenix Inn!

  Sure, here is the translation:

  "Sure enough, I heard the flustered and excited cry of Autumn Goose, 'Auntie, save me!'"

  Autumn geese call her aunt? Then, they should be the closest people. I slightly distracted, Jin Xiangyu's body method was extremely fast and approached the side of the servant girl, flashed her hand and gave her two loud slaps, sternly shouting, "Don't you hurry up and get rid of this group of beasts for me?"

  The girl was fanned to turn a 360-degree circle on the spot before standing firm in the thick fog, with a few strands of blood seeping from the corner of her mouth, but she still stood strong, her facial expression extremely cold, using a whistle to continue commanding that group of nameless things to launch an attack on Autumn Swallow!

  Jin Xiangyu's figure trembled slightly, and from the red robe, she drew out a gleaming dagger. With lightning speed, she placed it on Yaotou's neck, which was already bruised and swollen, "If you don't stop, I'll kill you!"

  I was shocked and anxious, shouting loudly, "Stop! She had already promised to let Autumn Goose go!"

  Jinxiang Yu's ghost mask emitted an eerie aura in the thick fog, "Shut up! There is no place for you to speak here!"

  I was stunned for a moment, not daring to make another move, worried that Jinxiang Yu would really kill Yatou if she lost her temper.

  The girl suddenly stopped whistling, closed her eyes and said despondently, "You can kill me now, anyway I have nothing to live for in this world..."

  "Hmph! Kill you? I'd rather not grant you death, I want to make you live in suffering, just like me, living in painful memories... Hahahaha..." Jin Xiangyu laughed maniacally towards the sky, her laughter sending a chill down one's spine.

  I couldn't imagine what her delicate face hidden under the ghost mask looked like at that moment! What kind of hatred was there between her, Autumn Swallow and Yaotou that made them risk their lives?

  The whistle stopped, and that group of deadly ghosts disappeared in the thick fog in an instant, coming and going like a gust of wind. If I hadn't seen Autumn Goose and Golden Fragrance dressed as a fierce ghost, I would have suspected that it was just a dream!

  The autumn wild goose panted and ran to my side, looking at Jinxiangyu not far away and said, "Auntie, spare her? Actually, she...she is also a poor girl!"

  "Letting her go is fine, after all it's not the first time we've let her off! But you absolutely cannot forget Grandma's last words!"

  The autumn goose lowered its head and responded in a low voice, "Yes, Auntie, I know!"

  "Who wants you to let me go? If you have the guts, kill me!"

  Jin Xiangyu put away the dagger in her hand, and with a palm, she pushed Xiao Tou away from her side in the thick fog, laughing softly, "I've told you before, you want to die but I won't let you die!"

  The girl stood firm and scolded, "If you let me go today, I will definitely make you regret it!"

  "Regret? I'm already so big and still don't know how to write the two words 'regret'?" Jinxiangyu walked towards us with a big smile.

  It's really Jin Xiangyu! That alluring body scent once again wafted over to me. She suddenly leaned in close to my ear, her breath as gentle as orchids, but the words she spoke made me involuntarily shiver, "Lan Tian, I know you've been suspecting me for a long time, and now you've also recognized me. Let me tell you, it's best if you forget all of this. If you really can't forget, I have a way to make you shut up forever..."

  I shuddered all over and asked impulsively, "What's the solution?"

  "Idiot! There's only one kind of person who can keep their mouth shut forever... and that's... the dead!" Jin Xiangyu drew out the last syllable of "dead", her tone full of playful teasing, just like when she was bantering with others. "You've forgotten all this, but I'm still the intelligent and beautiful owner of Phoenix Inn, and you're still my guest - Xiao Lantian!"

  Jin Xiangyu finished speaking and gently pinched my face with her hand, smiling and continuing to say, "Remember or not?"

  This woman is indeed a fatal host!

  Her attitude made me particularly unhappy. I pushed her hand away and said coldly, "Boss Jin, please restrain yourself! I know what to say and what not to say..."

  "Alright! That's good!" Jin Xiangyu gave me a meaningful glance, then said to Qiu Yan, "Qiu Yan, it's getting late, let's hurry up and go, or we'll be too late!"

  She finished speaking and pulled Qiu Yan away hastily, quickly disappearing into the thick fog in front of them!

  What's too late? What does she mean by this?

  The girl walked towards me with a wooden expression and said in a gloomy tone, "Big brother, they've already left, we should head back too..."

  I suddenly remembered the task that Xiao Ge gave me before he left, and I was afraid that I had already missed the time. I hastily replied, "Alright, let's hurry back!"

  The girl led me to turn around a few times, and soon we turned out of the thick fog that filled the sky. We arrived at the side of that strange old locust tree in front of the fog. She looked at the big locust tree with a strange expression, muttering to herself, "Perhaps, after tonight, I will never come here again..."

  Her words were like a dying declaration, making me feel chilled all over, "Girl, what are you talking about?"

  The girl smiled sadly and said, "Some things are better left unknown!" After that, she ignored me and walked forward, I quickly followed her.

  Although I don't know what deep-seated hatred there is between Ya Tou and Jin Xiangyu, Qiu Yan, from their conversation, I vaguely caught some important information.

  Jin Xiangyu and Qiu Yan were once people in this village, but the disaster over a hundred years ago destroyed the village... The hatred between them must be related to that disaster over a hundred years ago! Moreover, Jin Xiangyu and Qiu Yan disguised as evil spirits appearing in Huanglong Village should also be related to that disaster!

  I suddenly thought of a key question, could it be that the legendary ancient well omen is also related to the disaster from over a hundred years ago?

  If that's the case, then perhaps the ancestors of Huanglong Village were the outsiders who invaded this village over a hundred years ago, destroying the homes of Jinxiang Yu and Qiuyan, turning this village into a dead village! And they, are just two seeds of revenge living in this world, only living for hatred...

  I was drenched in sweat and didn't dare think about it anymore.

  Before long, the girl led me through the stone cave we had passed on our way here, which was about 500 meters long, and into the Duanhun Mountain.

  I gazed at the slender figure of Ya Tou drifting in and out of the dense forest, unable to express whether I felt sympathy, pity, or even hatred for her. Having lost both parents at a young age, she endured humiliation and hardship, yet why would she pretend to be crazy in front of people? Her inner world must not be as simple as it seemed on the surface... Were her parents really like what Gaba Shu said? Was her mother buried in the wolf's den, and did her father jump off the Cliff of Broken Souls?

  I have some doubts about what Gaba Uncle said!

  The girl seemed to be extremely disheartened, walking silently in front of me, following the marks left along the way, and quickly led me out of Duanhun Mountain and onto the high slope at the entrance of the village.

  At this moment, the sky has darkened, and the empty grassland at the village entrance is brightly lit, with people's voices buzzing. Several giant candles made of cow oil illuminate half of the sky red!

  The girl gave me a strange look in the dark, and her face instantly recovered that silly expression. She clapped her small hands and sang, "The bronze bell tolls, an old well dies; The back mountain is haunted by ghosts, chickens and dogs are restless; Birthday guests come, the whole village is desolate, the whole village is desolate..."

  She sang all the way and ran quickly towards the village entrance.

  I saw people coming and going on the already set up stage in the evening, those people were busy moving props, I knew the play hadn't started yet, great, it's not too late to come back!

  What unexpected things will happen in the village tonight? Has Xiao Ge come back or not? I carefully tidied up my clothes, wiped the sweat from my face, and walked down the high mountain slope in the night wind.

  Everyone was busy scrambling for the best spot to watch the show, and no one even noticed me joining their group.

  I don't understand whether these ignorant villagers are heartless or just ignorant, the death that happened two days ago can't even be seen with a hint of sadness on their faces...

  A strange sorrow slowly welled up in my heart, for them, and for myself!

  I sat down on a distant rock, coldly watching the villagers who were cheering and rejoicing. Through their shadows, I saw that under the stage, there was an area of about one zhang (a unit of length), where tables and stools were arranged in order, and the tables were filled with all kinds of fruits... This place should be where Shouxing Baba (the god of longevity) and people with prestige in the village sit, right?

  I didn't see Xiaoge's figure in the crowd, my heart was skipping a beat. Xiaoge said he would return to the village before dark, could something have happened to him in Fenghuang Town?

  No, it won't do! Who is this young fellow, and what's he doing causing trouble in Fenghuang Town? I restrained my wildly racing heart and anxiously looked around.

  Suddenly heard a burst of gongs and drums, just saw a large group of people carrying lanterns walking out from the direction of the village.

  And walking in the front were none other than Eighth Grandfather and Village Chief Dai Yongguo!

  At a glance, I vaguely felt that something was wrong. The eighth grandfather was originally spirited and sharp, but why did he still need the village chief to support him as he walked forward?

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