It looks very much like... the attire of a groom from the past.
Especially that face, identical to his own, caused Xue Liangliang to be so scared that tears almost started to fall.
At this mont, he felt that the version of himself sitting on the Taishi Chair was even more terrifying than the woman in the coffin.
So, he lowered his head, looking towards the woman.
When he had entered the town earlier, all the won sitting behind the doors of the residential houses were seated; this woman, however, was lying down, and she was lying in the most central and core position of the ancestral hall.
At this ti, the choking sensation erged once again.
Xue Liangliang felt like an animal being driven by a whip.
Although he had so guesses in his mind, he still poked his head up, to the left, and to the right, feeling the intensity of the choking sensation.
Eventually, he discovered that his guess was correct; it was safe only when moving towards the interior of the coffin.
His hands clutched the edge of the coffin tightly, struggling internally.
However, the rapidly approaching and ever-intensifying choking sensation greatly shortened his ti of hesitation.
He exerted force from his waist, reached one foot onto the edge of the coffin, and his hands reached down to embrace the inner walls of the coffin.
His intention was to only allow his upper body to lean in, to maintain as much distance as possible from the woman inside.
But he overestimated his current strength; barely managing to hoist himself over, he had no strength left to maintain balance for the next move, and instead, lost control and tumbled into the coffin.
He landed on the woman’s body, which was ice-cold and eerily slippery.
However, this slipperiness was not in the conventional sense; it felt more like a jellyfish or so kind of secretion, in any case, it was extrely physically uncomfortable.
Just then,
Xue Liangliang was horrified to discover that the woman lying in front of him was slowly lifting her head.
Along with her movent,
The red veil originally covering her face
Also slowly slid off.
"Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Buzz!"
The white lanterns on the Bai family town’s archway suddenly turned red.
Starting from that one, all the candles inside the niches at the doorways of each house in the town also changed from a greenish hue to red, brimming with a celebratory air that was both gloomy and unsettling.
"Creak..."
"Creak..."
The closed doors of these residential houses were slowly pushed open from the inside.
And the won who were already seated inside with the doors open now slowly stood up.
Soon,
Won of different ages and dressed in attires from various eras stepped out of their houses one by one, walking over the green stone slabs of the water troughs to the roadside.
They erged from various locations within the town and then lined up, moving at the sa pace, slowly advancing.
Their destination was the central ancestral hall of the town.
Even though they all still had their eyes closed and none of them uttered a word, rustling noises continuously erged throughout the town.
At first, the noises were faint and disordered; gradually, they grew louder and more uniform.
In the end, they rged into one uniform chant, resounding over the Bai family town:
"Heavenly blessing bestow, the Bai family seeks a son-in-law!"
...
"Hello, this is Li Zhiyuan."
"Hello, do you know Xue Liangliang?"
"I do."
"Your voice sounds familiar, my last na is Luo, have we t sowhere?"
"Are you, Director Luo? I was with Brother Liangliang and the other kids yesterday."
"Oh, it’s you."
"Director Luo, what happened?"
"It’s Liangliang, he’s had an accident. He was muttering ’Xiao Yuan’ and recited this phone number while unconscious."
"What’s wrong with Brother Liangliang?"
"He fell into the water from a boat, he’s currently in the hospital undergoing ergency treatnt, and the doctors say his condition is very serious."
"Can I visit him?"
"Yes, I’ll send a car right away to pick you up, give a specific location."
"Shinan Town, Shijia Bridge, we will wait there for the car."
"Alright."
After hanging up the phone, Li Zhiyuan imdiately checked his arm, noticing that the mark had long since disappeared and did not reappear.
So, what’s going on with Brother Liangliang?
Could it be that the Bai Family’s Lady is still holding a grudge and has co to take revenge on him?
But that shouldn’t be the case, hasn’t the connection been severed already?
Li Zhiyuan took out so pocket money and said to Aunt Zhang, "Aunt Zhang, I need to buy a pack of cigarettes for my grandmaster, and get so candy too."
"Sure thing, I’ll get it for you... here you go, that’s exact."
"Thank you, Aunt Zhang."
Li Zhiyuan put the cigarettes and candy into his pocket and walked towards his ho with a solemn expression.
He had a feeling that this matter was related to the Bai Family’s Lady, and it was definitely not as simple as just falling into the water and becoming unconscious.
Otherwise, Brother Liangliang wouldn’t be muttering his own na and phone number while unconscious.
Most crucially, if the situation wasn’t bizarre, Mr. Luo wouldn’t have sent a car to pick up a kid like him in the middle of the night; he must have been extrely anxious.
Back at the dam, Aunt Liu was cleaning up the dishes and sweeping, while Uncle Qin was chopping firewood, these were chores delayed due to watching the movie.
The light was on in the east room, but the door was closed; Liu Yui and Alii must be inside; Liu Yui had not been in a good ntal state since watching the movie tonight.
Li Zhiyuan approached Uncle Qin and asked, "Uncle Qin."
"Xiao Yuan, what’s up?"
"If the soy sauce bottle at my place fell over, would you reach out to help it up?"
Uncle Qin: "..."
"It’s about the university student who stayed with us last night; he’s had an accident. He’s now being resuscitated in the hospital.
I won’t tell anyone about this, and I won’t tell my grandmaster either, so, could you lend a hand, Uncle Qin?"
Uncle Qin touched his pocket, taking out so money: "Xiao Yuan, is it for his dical expenses? I have a little here, I’ll ask for so more from your aunt later, then bring it all for your friend."
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