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Trembling, I followed Second Master Lin back to the mourning hall.

I don't know what the Second Master Lin is thinking, but my mind is completely blank. I only hope for the next day to come and never do such things again.

Second Master Lin and Da Jian were very calm, as if nothing had happened.

I really admire their mental fortitude!

Xiao Tao pulled me to the side, and asked me softly, "Do you feel that there is something wrong with Second Master Lin and Da Jian?"

My heart thumped as I asked him what was wrong.

He said that with so many things happening tonight and the two of them being so calm, if they were to go out for so long just now, would there be a problem?

I'm begging Xiao Tao with a tear-stricken face, stop scaring me, you're scaring me to death! Are you trying to scare me to death!

The Xiao Tao did not say anything else and we returned to the table and sat down.

Da Jian said that he heard us just now, why would he suspect them?

These words made my face heat up, and Xiao Tao felt a little awkward.

I inwardly cursed Xiao Tao, what nonsense are you spouting!

However, when I was completely caught off guard, Da Jian who was at the side suddenly had a sinister look on his face as he pounced towards me!

I sat down on the ground, and then I got up and ran out!

In the end, Da Jian laughed from behind. Seeing how brazen you are and scaring you to death, you are already this scared!

Honestly, if I hadn't been a criminal vigil, I would have had to beat him up.

Second Master Lin stood at the side with an unhappy face. You are still in the mood to joke around with us at this time and place! Hurry up and think of a way to find him!

Da Jian scratched his head and laughed awkwardly, but did not say anything.

I had recovered enough and sat down again.

Everyone sat together and analyzed why the corpse of Steamed Bun had disappeared. Why was it that there was suddenly no one in the village?

Could Steamed Bun have faked his corpse? Or could it be that Steamed Bun had caused a ghost and wiped out the entire village?

However, for such a reason, it was difficult to convince himself that this idea was not working.

There are many things you can't ponder over. There's an idiom called "fear of thought", and that's it.

After a while, for some reason, I felt colder and colder.

I asked them if they were cold, and they all shrugged and felt it.

Then it got so cold that he lit a log in the house to keep it warm.

It was still summer, but no matter how cold the night was, it wouldn't be enough to light a fire.

But when we started a fire, it didn't work at all.

This sort of coldness was not like the coldness of his body, but rather came from within his heart.

We added more fruit wood to keep the fire going, but in vain.

On the contrary, it was getting colder and colder, and the temperature was dropping rapidly.

I saw that the Xiao Tao's lips were purple and his shoulders were trembling.

Da Jian and Second Master Lin are slightly better than us.

Everyone knows that sometimes, when the cold gets to a certain point, it's easy to fall asleep.

Xiao Tao had a rather fat body. He shrunk into a ball on the chair and kept fighting with his eyes.

I looked at my watch. It was almost four-thirty.

I told him to hold on for a while, that he would be fine by morning, and that it was easy for him to get sick if he slept.

But the Xiao Tao could not hold on much longer.

Da Jian suggested that we go out and run a few laps.

However, the Second Master Lin objected. Although the bun was gone, the Spirit Hall still had to follow the rules.

Second Master Lin said that maybe we were covered by a "ghost". When the sun rose, maybe Steamed Bun would naturally appear in the coffin, and the villagers would naturally appear in their own homes. Everything would be the same as usual, so we had to stay here and guard, not go anywhere.

He also said that as long as we don't run around, nothing should happen to us.

Second Master Lin's words gave me a bit of "peace of mind".

But very quickly, I discovered that something was amiss. From the night watch last night, I had not seen Da Jian and Second Master Lin talk. It seemed that the two of them weren't very familiar with each other, and seemed to be a little unfamiliar with each other.

But now they seemed to be very close, and the two of them talked more and more.

I kept feeling that something wasn't right, so when I looked at them now, I felt that their expressions were a little scary and their faces were a little pale. I didn't know if it was some psychological effect or something, but I felt that something wasn't right.

The firelight shone on their faces, especially Second Master Lin's wrinkled face, which looked like an old oil painting.

Xiao Tao saw through my thoughts and gave me a look so that I would understand what he meant.

This time, he didn't dare to speak carelessly. He was afraid that he would be heard, so he used his eyes to tell me that he was about to run away.

I was also a little shaken. Although there was nothing abnormal with the two of them, I just felt a little awkward.

This place was too strange. He was afraid that something might happen before daybreak.

Maybe due to his psychological effects, looking at Da Jian now, the firelight reflected on his face, giving him an indescribably weird feeling.

In order to hide the fear in my heart, I didn't find anything to say. I asked Da Jian what time it was.

He looked at his watch and said it was almost five.

Da Jian's movements were a little stiff, no one knew if it was due to the cold or some other reason.

Just as I was about to say something, a strange expression flashed across Da Jian's face, and his voice became sharper as he asked if we were afraid.

I suddenly felt a chill in my heart as the coldness became more and more obvious.

Just then, the Xiao Tao lightly touched me, letting me look at the ground.

The candlelight in the mourning hall stretched our shadows.

However, there were no shadows under Da Jian and Second Master Lin's feet.

Da Jian's trousers were completely empty, as if there were no legs inside.

I felt my hair stand on end.

Xiao Tao and I looked at each other, then he shouted loudly, "Run!"

Without hesitation, I stood up and followed him out.

We were scared shitless and ran out of the yard as fast as we could to stop.

We were panting heavily from the effort of running too fast.

It was still some time before daybreak, and it was still pitch black outside. He couldn't even see his fingers when he stretched his hand out, and a cold breeze that didn't match the season was blowing beside his ears.

After resting for a while, we continued to run. I asked Xiao Tao if he still remembered the way here, since I was not familiar with this place, I would be relying on you to lead the way.

Hearing what I said, Xiao Tao looked at the road in front of him and froze.

I asked him what was wrong.

He watched for a long time before he said, This is not a village road! The strange thing is, the scenery is still the village scenery, but the road beneath our feet is not our village road at all!

In addition to the darkness, we were no longer able to determine which direction to take.

We were stunned for a long time. We didn't know what to do or where to go next.

In the end, I figured out a way to do it, which was to throw my shoes in the direction they pointed.

Xiao Tao looked helpless, but he had no experience in that area, so he could only listen to me.

I took off one of my shoes and threw it into the distance, and then we walked in the direction of the toes. But as he walked, it seemed as though he had returned to his original place.

Xiao Tao was a little resentful, blaming me for coming up with such an idea.

I asked him, did we encounter the Wall-Hitting Ghost?

To test the idea, I made a mark and threw my shoes again.

We walked in a big circle, and we did get back to where we were before.

At first we didn't believe it, but now we do.

When I was young, my grandmother told me stories about "Wall-Hitting Ghost." She said it wasn't anything profound, so don't panic, and don't run around like a headless fly.

At this time, Xiao Tao suddenly asked me, are you still an older brother?