Ch131 - Evil Spirit (5) — Girl in the river

Su An was shocked, “What?”

The three people hurriedly stepped forward and saw that all four tires of the car were punctured and each one was flat.

Zhou Hao was so angry that he kicked the tire, “Fuck.” He took out his mobile phone and looked at it unwillingly. There was still no signal. Without a signal, he couldn’t call someone to repair the car.

Chen Tian knelt down to study it and hesitated, “Teacher, this seems to have been sabotaged.”

Along the way, the rain had wet their clothes. Yu Su’an sighed, “It looks like we have to go back to Xijing Village.”

Qin Qin disliked that village very much, “Teacher, if we walk on foot, can we reach our destination in one day?”

Yu Su’an took out the map, looked at it, and shook his head, “If we hike, we will have to walk for at least two days. This place is remote, and it is the rainy season now. It’s fine during the day, but it will be difficult at night. We can’t stay awake at night.”

Qin-Qin was silent for a while, “Forget it, teacher, let’s go back.”

Yu Suan took a deep breath and said seriously: “There are only people from Xijing Village around here. If the tire was really sabotaged as Chen Tain said, then the other party is probably someone from Xijing Village…This village is really weird, I even suspect that——”

He swallowed the word “ghost”.

Even if he saw a ghost with his own eyes, he knew that the students would not believe him without evidence. Yu Su’an was a little anxious, but didn’t know what to say to them.

He rubbed his brows tiredly: “From now on, any activity must be carried out by more than two people. Everyone must be more vigilant and put safety first.”

The students looked at each other and nodded.

An hour later, the four of them, teacher and students, returned to Xijing Village. As soon as they entered the village, they saw the village elder brother sitting at the entrance of the village, taking shelter from the rain under the eaves of his house. The village elder brother smiled at them in surprise, he rubbed his hand and trotted up, “Teacher Yu, why are you back again?”

Yu Su’an pretended to be calm and said: “Brother Liu, our car broke down and we want to stay here for a few more days, is that okay?”

“Of course,” Brother Liu smiled even deeper, “Are you still going to live where you lived before?”

Yu Su’an hesitated for a moment and said, “Okay.”

He took the initiative and said, “Should we go and talk to the village chief?”

Brother Liu shook his head, “The village chief can’t get away now, so I’ll take you there. The roads in our village are too complicated. If you only walk through them once, you won’t be able to remember them.”

He turned back cheerfully: “Wife, bring out the extra breakfast you made this morning!”

Yu Su’an said hurriedly: “Thank you, brother, we won’t need breakfast. Brother Liu, if we stay here for a few more days, it’s not a good idea to keep troubling you to help us cook. I’d like to buy some salt, oil, rice and grain for cooking from you, what do you think?”

Brother Liu smiled and nodded, “No problem.”

Yu Su’an breathed a sigh of relief and continued: “By the way, Brother Liu, how do you usually go to the city?”

Brother Liu paused, “We go to the city to sell things once a month, and we have already been there last month. If you want to follow us to the city, you have to wait until the end of the month.”

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[Qin Qin: This uncle’s smile has never changed. It’s so scary. ]

[Zhou Hao: This village definitely hides secrets. After we get rid of him for a while, we will secretly find out what happened in this village. ]

Chen Tian quickly glanced at Zhou Hao with disapproval, [Zhou Hao, don’t be ridiculous. What if something happens?]

Zhou Hao thought about it carefully, [The tires of the car were punctured. Do you still think we can be safe? Whatever we don’t do, they will do to us. It’s better to take advantage of them before they reveal their true colors. Knowing what they want to do to us, we can adapt accordingly. ]

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Brother Liu’s expression softened, “Of course there are girls in our village, but they don’t usually come out to meet people.”

Zhou Hao: “Why?”

Brother Liu’s face stiffened and his smile was slightly cold. He glanced at Zhou Hao lightly: “Because this is the custom of our place.”

Su An smiled and changed the subject, “Brother Liu, are everyone in this village surnamed Liu?”

Most of the people in remote villages like this have the same surname.

Brother Liu nodded, “From the beginning of the village to the end of the village, we are all families surnamed Liu.”

Su An understood.

But last night the kid said his name was He Taosheng and he lived at No. 118 Xijing Village.

If he hadn’t lied, he would have been able to find out the kid’s story from the locals just based on his name.

Su An moved his lips, glanced at the smiling expression on Brother Liu’s face, and swallowed his intention to ask, “We are here, thank you Brother Liu.”

Brother Liu left food for them and said enthusiastically: “There is a river at the west end of our village. It is as clear as a mirror. If you guys have nothing else to do, you can go there and play, it’s the prettiest river in our Xijing Village!”

Zhou Hao was the first to say: “We will, see you uncle.”

After the person left, they went to block the door. Qin Qin and Chen Tian breathed a sigh of relief, then they took out their mobile phones and checked what they had just taken.

Qin Qin zoomed in on the picture, she frowned and said: “Teacher, come and take a look.”

Su An came closer and saw that the picture was of an abandoned house. The tall weeds in the courtyard, as tall as a grown man’s, almost hid most of the house and a large area of land.

Only when you zoom in on the ground can you see the ground dried to the point of cracking between the weeds.

How strange, it was still raining in the sky, and everywhere in the village was soaked by the rain and turned moldy, but this piece of land was so dry that the soil was cracked.

Chen Tian’s scalp was numb and he murmured, “How could this be done…”

Su An had a vague premonition, “Is there any sign outside this house?”

Qin Qin looked at other photos, she played the video, and finally found a rusty iron plate number on a frame that flashed by in the video.

Qin Qin struggled to identify it: “1, 1——”

Teacher Yu said: “No. 118.”

Qin Qin exclaimed softly, “It’s really No. 118! Teacher, how did you know?”

Teacher Yu’s face turned a little pale, and he smiled reluctantly, “You may not believe it, but teacher saw a ghost last night.”

The students all showed a “what the hell” expression.

Su An continued: “It’s a four or five-year-old kid. He said his name is He Taosheng and he lives at No. 118 Xijing Village.”

Teacher Yu covered his face, “I know you may not believe it, but this is the truth. When he came, you fell into a deep sleep and couldn’t wake up. It wasn’t until the kid left that Chen Tian woke up.”

Chen Tian: “…”

He suddenly shuddered.

Zhou Hao was a little confused, but he really didn’t believe that there were real ghosts in the world. He was half-convinced and asked: “Why would ghosts target you?”

Teacher Yu looked up at him in frustration, “I don’t know either.”

His face was red from rubbing himself, his dark hair disheveled and his eyes held a bewildered mist, more lost and youthful than proper, which he would never show to his students. Zhou Hao’s face turned slightly red and he turned his head: “I guess it’s just because you’re easy to bully, and you shine with the brilliance of motherhood.”

After all, “troublesome mama” is not just a casual nickname.

Su An froze. Could it be that he really looked like a “mom”?

The atmosphere was quiet for a while, then Chen Tian rubbed his arms and said: “Teacher, why don’t we take turns to keep vigil tonight.”

This is exactly what Su An wanted, so he said gratefully: “Okay.”

“We’ll talk about the vigil tonight.” Zhou Hao looked at the time and said, “It’s not noon yet, even ghosts don’t dare to come out in the daytime, right? If we can’t stay indoors all the time, we should at least find out the structure of this village first. The uncle mentioned the river in the village twice. Chen Tian, will you go and see it with me later?”

Chen Tian nodded.

Su An thought for a while, “The river is at the west end of the village. I’ll leave it to you to figure out the route to the village in the west. Qin Qin and I will go to the east end.”

Qin Qin reminded in a low voice, “Remember to turn on the video at all times and use the video function to record the status of the organization and the villagers here. We cannot investigate openly. If we violate the taboos of these villagers, it will be bad.”

The Bluetooth connection only reached about ten meters. Yu Su’an repeatedly reminded the students to pay attention to safety. The four of them, teacher and students, got ready and headed to the east and west respectively.

Su An and Qin Qin deliberately avoided the villagers. They turned left and right, slowly passed through the messy houses, and reached a river.

The water in the river is clear, and the water droplets create big bubbles in the river. Su An picked up a branch, stood by the river and looked into the depth. The river water submerged the branch, about two meters deep.

While he was measuring the width of the river, Qin Qin behind him suddenly heard a call.

“Help!”

Qin Qin’s brain was in a trance. She raised her umbrella and looked around. On the other side of the river, she saw a seven or eight-year-old girl wearing a bellyband being dragged into the water by two fierce men. The river water submerged the little girl’s head. The little girl struggled to stick her head out, crying in despair, and stretched out her hands desperately towards Qin Qin, “Sister, save me!”

Her young arms waved feebly.

Qin Qin’s thinking suddenly became foggy. She seemed to be bewitched and forgot everything that was wrong. She hurried forward and said, “Let her go!”

The two big men looked up at her.

Qin Qin, who had always been timid, didn’t know where she pulled her great courage from. She strode forward and said, “Don’t be afraid, sister is here to save you!”

The little girl stretched out her hand, her eyes full of hope of being saved, “Sister!”

Qin Qin stretched out her hand and was about to touch the little girl when Teacher Yu suddenly pulled her from behind and said loudly: “Qin Qin!”

As if a bell had sounded, Qin Qin snapped out of her senses, and she looked around in a daze, only to realize that she had somehow walked into the depths of the river, and that if she took one more step forward, the river would have touched the top of her head.

Fear rising, Qin Qin took a step back, and she said tremblingly: “Teacher…”

Su An dragged her to the shore, “What did you see?”

Qin Qin trembled and said, “I saw a girl…a seven or eight-year-old girl, and she asked me to save her.”

She suddenly remembered that she still held her mobile phone in her hand, “I should have recorded something…” Looking down, she saw that the phone had been soaked in water. Qin Qin’s face turned pale and she quickly wrapped the phone with the corner of her clothes.

Su An looked at her hurried and uneasy behavior and comforted her: “It’s okay, Qin Qin. If your phone is broken, it’s broken. Just be careful next time. I’ll give you my phone.”

Qin Qin glanced at the old smartphone in his hand and smiled weakly, “It doesn’t matter, teacher, my phone is waterproof.”

Su An: “…this is really great.”