Chapter 68

Just then, the coffin that had been tightly wrapped with white silk by him was found to have been opened at some unknown time, the coffin lid tilting precariously, and the white silk tangled in a messy clump on top. √∟

However, what was even stranger, or rather, more eerie, was that water was continuously flowing down the sides of the coffin, forming a large puddle on the ground.

Hu Daniu swallowed hard and then turned his head to look at Old Wang at the door with suspicion:

"Did you open the coffin?"

"What do you mean I opened it? What coffin? What’s wrong with you, suddenly becoming so suspicious!"

Old Wang had no idea what had happened and was completely baffled by Hu Daniu's question.

Hearing Old Wang's denial, Hu Daniu's heart skipped a beat, and his already anxious heart was instantly on edge.

Actually, if he thought about it carefully, he knew it couldn't have been Old Wang, because the courtyard gate had been locked from the inside, and anyone from outside would have had to call him to open it.

Moreover, Old Wang had no reason to do such a thing. Not only was he afraid of the dead, but opening the coffin lid would only scare himself and serve no purpose. This kind of self-destructive behavior was not something Old Wang would do.

Old Wang wouldn't do something so pointless, and the other villagers, who were already wary of his "coffin shop," wouldn't climb over the wall to come in.

But this raised a problem: if no one had touched the coffin, how did it get opened? And how did the white silk end up in such a mess?

Could it have opened by itself?

"Dan... Daniu..."

Seeing Hu Daniu's grim expression and not knowing what he was thinking, Old Wang tentatively called out to him:

"What’s going on? You’re making me even more nervous."

It wasn't until Old Wang raised his voice that Hu Daniu reacted, but he still asked:

"Did you see anyone pass by my door when you came in?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Just answer, did you or not!"

"No."

"It’s really strange."

Hearing Old Wang's definite answer, Hu Daniu muttered to himself and then pointed to the coffin not far away, explaining the situation to Old Wang.

When he heard that the coffin lid might have opened by itself, Old Wang's face turned even grimmer, and he quickly interrupted Hu Daniu:

"What’s the point of guessing? Just go and see, and you’ll know everything."

"You’re right, I must be overthinking this!"

Hu Daniu slapped his forehead and, without further hesitation, quickly walked to the coffin. Old Wang, however, remained by the door, looking very frightened.

Approaching the coffin, Hu Daniu stepped into the water still seeping from inside, and suddenly felt as if he were sinking into quicksand, his body feeling unusually heavy for some reason.

But he didn’t pay much attention to it, as his primary concern was to figure out what was happening with the coffin and why water was flowing out of it.

Looking down into the coffin, but because the lid wasn’t open very wide and the light was dim, Hu Daniu couldn’t see clearly. Reluctantly, he pushed the lid further to expose more of the interior.

Before he could see clearly, he heard Old Wang ask from behind:

"How is it... is the body still there?"

"Look at what you’re asking. If the body isn’t in the coffin, where could it go? Don’t scare me like that!"

While speaking with some nervousness, Hu Daniu’s gaze followed the coffin wall into the interior, and then... he saw the water.

The water was almost filling two-thirds of the coffin, the surface shimmering and gently swaying.

"How can there be so much water!"

Seeing the coffin almost filled with water, Hu Daniu couldn’t help but exclaim. Old Wang, standing by the door, was more concerned about the body’s whereabouts and quickly asked again:

"Is the body still there?"

"Body?"

Reminded by Old Wang, Hu Daniu focused on the water and his entire body shuddered.

It wasn’t because the female corpse inside was staring at him with open eyes, but because, just as Old Wang feared... the female corpse was gone!

"Gone..."

"What did you say?"

"Gone..." Hu Daniu’s voice was so low that he could barely hear it himself.

This made Old Wang ask repeatedly:

"What’s wrong? Speak up..."

But before he could finish, a terrifying figure suddenly appeared in his line of sight. He saw a human head rise from the puddle of water where Hu Daniu was standing, and then slowly emerge behind Hu Daniu.

Old Wang was completely terrified by this horrifying scene and could only stand by the door, frozen in fear, unable to speak.

"It’s just as you said, the body is gone!"

Hu Daniu, having recovered from his shock, quickly turned to Old Wang by the door, but saw the look of fear and disbelief on Old Wang’s face.

"What’s wrong with you?"

This time, it was Hu Daniu who was confused.

"You... you..."

"What’s wrong with me? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Ghost! There’s a ghost below you!!!"

Old Wang finally managed to shout out the words stuck in his throat and, without caring about Hu Daniu’s fate, screamed and ran out.

Hu Daniu also realized what was happening, as Old Wang’s warning and his terrified flight clearly indicated the problem.

Something was below him.

Hu Daniu swallowed hard and, with a stiff body, slowly, slowly looked down.

At the same time, a pair of blood-red eyes also fixed on him!

In the next instant, a series of blood-curdling screams, like those of a pig being slaughtered, echoed through the previously quiet courtyard.

Since Old Wang was Hu Daniu’s neighbor, after escaping, he instinctively ran back home.

After all, in most people’s subconscious, home is the safest place.

Old Wang, unlike Hu Daniu, was not single but had a family. When he ran home, drenched in cold sweat and extremely frightened, his family was having dinner. Seeing him return in such a state, his wife frowned and asked:

"Chased by a dog? Why are you back in such a state?"

Old Wang was still in shock and didn’t answer.

"Alright, let’s eat first."

Old Wang’s father waved his hand, indicating that Old Wang should sit down and eat, rather than stand there foolishly.

Hearing his father’s call, Old Wang nodded dumbly and walked over to sit at the dinner table. Because he had run so hard, his chest felt like it was about to explode, and he ignored his family’s strange looks, quickly standing up and running to the water tank.

Lifting the lid of the water tank, Old Wang intended to scoop up some water to drink, but as soon as he picked up the dipper, he saw ripples form on the water’s surface, and then a woman’s face appeared!

The woman’s eyes were closed, her features clearly visible. If one only looked at her expression, she seemed to be sleeping, but in the next instant, her face suddenly distorted, and she opened a pair of blood-red eyes, her gaze filled with intense malice!

"Ahh—!"

The sudden appearance of the woman’s face in the water tank directly frightened the already terrified Old Wang, causing him to collapse to the ground. But before his wife could come to help him, he struggled to get up and, with a trembling voice, said:

"Chen Lao Da... He... He needs to discuss something with me tonight. Lock the door and don’t wait for me..."

Meanwhile, at Hu Daniu’s house, Xia Tianqi and Leng Yue had also discovered the dire situation.

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