Ghostly Demon

  After Liu Xi Jun's voice faded away, I reached out and pulled on Uncle's sleeve. "Uncle, are we leaving this place?"

  I don't want Uncle Ah to stay here, not because I'm afraid, but because staying here will make Uncle Ah sad.

  "Uncle said, 'It's all right, let's go.'"

  I nodded at Uncle Ah.

  The coffin that had been weathered by the morning wind was gone, and from here a high platform made of earth was built, along the original path back, and it was possible to leave the river bottom.

  Following Uncle Ah's back, looking at his figure, I smiled slightly, actually it's okay like this too.

  But I didn't know that my foot would tread on empty air, and in the original position where the coffin was placed, I trod on empty air, lost my balance, and fell backwards. It wasn't a fall onto solid earth, but rather...

  Everything was pitch black, without any light. It was like falling into a bottomless pit at high speed. Just one second ago, I fell from above. To be exact, it should be said that someone's hand pulled me down. My body is still falling, and I shouted "Uncle".

  No response at all!

  The stone wall was smooth and covered with moss. I stretched out my hand to grab something, but couldn't catch anything to alleviate the rapid fall. I didn't know where I had fallen to.

  At last, I saw a glimmer of light.

  Maybe it's almost over!

  That white figure flashed before my eyes, fragrance filled the air, I'm drowsy!

  ……

  Waking up again, lying on a stone bed, surrounded by smooth stone walls, outside the mosquito net is a stone table with four round stools.

  This looks like a house, but it's not a house, because apart from that stone archway, there is no other entrance.

  I struggled to get up, my legs aching tightly, waves of pain hitting my back, hurting me so much that I furrowed my brow. I didn't know where this was, and if Uncle turned around and saw I wasn't there, would he come after me?

  I walked out of the stone gate and went outside, looking at the endless fog and haze, nothing could be seen clearly. The mobile phone in my bag was always on, but there was no signal here, I had no way to contact Uncle Ah.

  Deflated, leaning against the stone archway, where is this place, what should I do alone.

  Something sticky stuck to my palm, smooth like moss. I turned my face away, where was the moss? This was clearly mucus. The nausea made me want to vomit. I tried hard to shake off the mucus on my hand, but it stuck to me as if it had taken root.

  Haha haha haha haha

  A burst of women's gentle laughter came from outside the stone arch, I didn't care about this hand, ran towards the outside of the stone arch, the fog disappeared, and in front of me was a peach forest, several women with different figures shuttled back and forth among the peach trees, making "heh heh" laughing sounds.

  I stood still, looking at it not very clearly. Such a place shouldn't be hell, right? I walked towards the peach forest, and the sound got closer and closer. When I really walked in, I realized that coming here was a mistake. Those women were all floating in mid-air, their figures like ghosts, and the most deadly thing was that they all had no legs.

  I was so scared that I kept backing away!

  A woman seemed to have seen me, her green eyes looked at me, I trembled all over, she smiled and said, "Is this a living person?"

  Another woman's voice sounded puzzled, "How can a living person come to our place?"

  "I don't know, maybe it's what Bái Gōngzǐ meant, or maybe not."

  "Then let's catch her and take her to see Bai Gongzi, and ask if she is the one who was caught by Bai Gongzi."

  "Sister, Young Master Bai won't capture people by himself, I think we should..."

  At this moment, I saw a woman's mouth left **, and there was no difference between it and the one on my hand. I took two steps back, pulled up my legs and ran away.

  Hehe laughter and the sound of wind by my ear getting closer, I dare not look back, running forward with all my might, several footless ghosts floating behind me.

  As I turned back, they were within arm's reach, my legs had gone soft, and my feet stumbled. The withered vines tripped me to the ground, and the ghosts closed in behind me, surrounding me instantly. I let out a terrified scream...