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Qin Ran didn't sleep well at night and got out of bed as soon as the sun rose. During the time he came out, Qin Ran had never contacted anyone on his cell phone, and on the other side, Gu Lingfeng had worked hard to stay up all night to monitor the situation. He had not slept a wink.

Early in the morning, Qin Ran woke up. Elder Li was already old and was still sleeping. Qin Ran took his things and left the house without disturbing Elder Li. Since someone was trying to lure him here, there must be some clues in Wang Cui's house.

Last night, he had asked Elder Li for advice on how to get to Wang Cui's house, and with the paper money on the road, Qin Ran easily identified the direction. Not far away, he saw a red brick house.

The weather was still gray. The clouds were pressing down so low that it felt like one could reach them with one's hand. This feeling made Qin Ran feel very uncomfortable. It always gave her a bad feeling. Qin Ran shook his head to comfort himself.

Standing in front of the door of a dead man's house, Qin Ran felt a little pressured. She adjusted her breathing, walked up to the door and opened it.

The door was not locked, and with a light push, it was easily opened. Just as Qin Ran was about to walk in, he raised his head to find himself facing Wang Cui's corpse, either hanged or strangled, Wang Cui's face was twisted, the whites of her eyes almost flipped out, her entire being extremely terrifying.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Qin Ran was so scared that he instinctively yelled and fell backwards onto the ground. She finally understood why Elder Li would say that it was a murder case. The suspended beam was very high, and if she wasn't hung up, how could Wang Cui climb up on her own?

The original plan to search for clues was now disrupted. Qin Ran only took a glance around the room and found that everything that needed to be cleaned up had been cleaned up. The room was completely empty, not to mention notebooks and other things.

After having seen all these, Qin Ran didn't even enter the door before he was scared out of his wits by the dead body. On the way back to their home, Qin Ran's heart became heavy. She started to suspect if it was because of her that Wang Cui died. If it wasn't for her, how could an old woman from the countryside be killed for no reason?

In front of him was Elder Li's house. Qin Ran walked over to open the door and found that Elder Li had locked it for once, so Qin Ran had no choice but to knock on the door. After knocking a few times, he heard the old man's voice from inside, "You're here."

After hearing the reply, Qin Ran waited on the spot. The fright she felt after seeing the corpse made her want to go back and rest.

Suddenly, the door opened a crack, but Elder Li did not greet her at the door. Qin Ran felt a little strange and walked in by himself.

Elder Li seemed to have walked to the side after he opened the door. Qin Ran could only see the old man's back. He didn't say a word as he walked in a strange manner. Qin Ran called out in confusion, "Elder Li?"

Hearing someone calling him, Elder Li bent his back and slowly turned around. It was only then that Qin Ran saw Elder Li's appearance clearly. Elder Li's face was expressionless, and in the pitch black room with no lights on, he seemed a little eerie. What scared Qin Ran even more was that Elder Li was holding a kitchen knife.

Under the adoration of Elder Li, Qin Ran retreated as if he had seen a murderer. In several departments, Qin Ran denounced Elder Li with a panicked expression while he kept mumbling, "Y-y-you …"

When he first saw Qin Ran's reaction, Elder Li still didn't understand, but when he realized that he was holding a kitchen knife and that he must have scared Qin Ran, Elder Li apologized to Qin Ran, "Sorry, little girl, I'm preparing to kill a chicken. After the village's dead bodies die, our own family would have seen some blood, this way the dead soul wouldn't come here to find us, did it scare you?"

After listening to Elder Li's explanation, Qin Ran swallowed his saliva and mumbled, "Nothing, nothing." After he finished speaking, Qin Ran made sure that the old man didn't have any malicious intentions and quickly walked back to his room.

As he stayed in his room, he could still see the desolate and gloomy scene outside through the window. For some reason, this place always gave Qin Ran an an uneasy feeling.

Since she had been tricked into coming here and achieved her goal, she went to Wang Cui's house and already knew that there was nothing there. It seemed like this trip was a waste and she shouldn't stay here for long, so she had to leave quickly.

Thinking this way, Qin Ran quickly packed up. She didn't bring anything with her, but she still needed to check some belongings or else she wouldn't even have the key to her house when she returned home.

When she heard the sound of Elder Li sharpening a knife in the kitchen, Qin Ran still walked to the kitchen door and greeted Elder Li, "Elder Li, I promised you that I would leave before sunset. I went to Wang Cui's house this morning and found nothing. Thank you for yesterday, so I'll be leaving first."

Hearing this, the old man seemed to have some regrets, "I was planning on letting you have lunch, but leaving early is good as well. Be careful on the road." After saying this, Elder Li once again turned around to sharpen his saber.

The sound of sharpening daggers, which was rarely heard in the city, made Qin Ran feel a little uncomfortable from head to toe. Looking at the surroundings, perhaps it was because he had just seen a corpse in the morning and was frightened, everything here made Qin Ran more and more determined to leave.

After bidding farewell, Qin Ran turned around and glanced at Elder Li's back once more before leaving Elder Li's house.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, Qin Ran turned around and closed the door. His neck was in pain, and before he could make a sound, Qin Ran's vision went dark and he lost consciousness.

The two men saw that no one was around, and Elder Li in the room didn't feel any movement from outside either. They quickly put Qin Ran into a cloth bag and took him away.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, when Qin Ran opened his eyes in a daze, he found that his entire body was tied up. Qin Ran didn't know where he was and tried to move a little, but he found that his whole body was shaking.

Qin Ran, who had just woken up, realized that he was suspended in the air — she had been lifted up.

The rope tied her up tightly for a few laps and tied her to a beam. Judging from the surroundings, it should be a temple, but no one had come for a long time.

There were two people sitting in front of her with their legs crossed and their backs facing her. Qin Ran saw that in front of them were cigarettes, wine and cups. The two seemed to be drinking and chatting.

Qin Ran's mouth was not blocked. She tried moving her body again. Not only was her body slightly swaying from the rope, but the suspended beam tied to the rope also let out a creaking sound. When Qin Ran heard this sound, all the hairs on his body stood up.