Chapter 2 Asking Me to Marry Him

I swear, I've never been so scared in my life.

The old voice came from behind me, through my neck, around my ears, with a hint of coldness, making my scalp tingle.

"Go in, the person you're looking for is inside."

He urged me again.

I don't know what happened to me, although my legs were like lead, but I still listened to the voice and moved in step by step.

I walked through the doorway and into the courtyard, which was gray and white, not as ethereal as the outside, but more real. Many people were dressed in white and walked around with expressionless faces.

Some held food in their hands, some held papier-mâché clothes, shoes and hats, and some held gold and silver jewelry.

I was standing in the courtyard with a stranger, as if they didn't see it, and they were busy with their own business.

I looked up and saw that the room inside was lit with a light on, and there was a faint sound of talking, and before I could make a closer look, a familiar figure flashed through the doorway.

Grandmother?!

She's here!

Seeing her, I felt a lot more at ease, and simply took a step inside.

"Wait."

I was stopped by the old voice again, and I couldn't help but turn around.

The old man behind him was hunched up, his hair was gray, and even the top of his head was bald. Only there was some hair on the back of the head, and a small braid was braided, slender and long, like a little girl who had not grown up.

It's just that the clothes on his body make my scalp tighten: it turned out to be a horse coat from the Qing Dynasty?!

"Master, you have to change your clothes to look formal." As he spoke, he lifted up his withered hand, and a woman with her garments and jewels came up.

Only then did I notice that their faces were gray, like dead people, their facial expressions were numb, and their eyes were black and hollow, which was very scary.

I took a step back, but each of them stretched out an arm and wrapped it around me.

I found myself unable to move at all, so I could only let the two women put their white dresses on me, and put on my hair and jewelry.

Then, a slightly plump woman came over, and behind her were two girls holding powder boxes, both of whom were dressed as ancients. The woman tried her best to powder my face, and gave me red lips and blush.

The more scared I became, the more the family looked at it, the more wrong it became. It's just a secret marriage, and it even involves me!

What age is this, this kind of old thinking is unacceptable!

I cried out in my heart, and I couldn't move even if I was alive, as if someone had immobilized me.

The women's hands and feet were fast, and within half an hour I was dressed up.

The girl came over with a bronze mirror, and looked at herself with white face and red lips in the mirror, and I actually laughed weirdly.

I was shocked and quickly shook my head. The old man looked at me with a look of satisfaction, and I saw a smiling expression on his gray, old face, and his hair stood on end with fright. That face is like a zombie crawling out of a grave!

With another wave of his hand, he sent the women away, and I noticed that their toes touched the ground, and they were simply floating and moving, so frightened that I almost screamed, but I found that I couldn't shout at all.

"Madame, please. The host is waiting for you. The old man made that creepy voice again.

As if bewitched by him, I turned around and walked towards the main house.

The sound inside gradually became louder, with the sound of suona gongs and drums, and people's laughter. I couldn't hear what was being said at all, and all my eyes were attracted by the man in white standing in front of me.

His hair was scattered, windless, and his white clothes made him even thinner. If it weren't for the blue skin, I would have been attracted to his stunning face.

When he saw me coming, the corners of his lips twitched, as if he was smiling. Then he stretched out his right hand: "Come." ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, I was even more excited, and this voice was exactly the same as the piece of blood jade on my chest!

My heart is resistant. Even if I haven't seen the scene of a ghost marriage, I've heard of it. When a person dies and is not married, in order for the dead person to rest in peace, the family finds a partner of the opposite sex who is also not married.

Regardless of whether there is anyone to take care of them doing this kind of feudal superstition here, I am a living person! - I don't have a breath or a heartbeat, but I know for myself that I'm alive!

As if my feet were not my own, I walked uncontrollably towards him, step by step, steady and sure. I tried to turn around and run away, but I couldn't. The body was no longer listening to the command, and I watched as I raised my left hand and placed it on the man's broad, cold palm.

"You and I worship heaven and earth today, and we are husband and wife." He spoke, and the cold breath made me want to shiver even more unconsciously, and I was surprised that there was a smile on my face.

I've secretly cursed countless times for being frustrated, if it's a dream, let me wake up quickly!

Who wants to marry a dead man!

Yes, that's right!

This guy is dead! I could clearly see that his face was blue and bloodless, and the people who dressed me were also floating on tiptoe!

No wonder my grandmother didn't let me go out at night, because she was afraid that I would walk into the haunted house!

I desperately turned my head to look around, but I didn't see grandma, this room is not big, except for the door I came in, I didn't see any other exit, where did she go?

The man seemed a little helpless when he saw me looking around. He held my face in both hands and made me look at him.

"Madam, you and I are so happy today, how can you look around and be absent-minded?"

I was even more stiff, and before I could speak, I was hugged by him.

"I've been waiting for you for years for my husband, and I've finally arrived. Don't leave me, okay? ”

The love words that were supposed to be heartwarming came out of his mouth with an endless chill. I shuddered as I watched his face get closer and closer.

Cold, thin lips came up, unexpectedly soft, followed by an even colder tongue.

It wasn't stiff but made me tremble, but he stirred in my mouth disapprovingly.

I was kissed by a dead man!

The fear in my heart swelled more and more, and I couldn't help but explode instantly.

"I—I'm not your wife!" I jerked him away, and I stepped backwards myself.

He reached out and grabbed me, but I felt like I kept backing up.

The scene in front of me became more and more distant, slow at first, then fleeting, and then turned into gray streamers.

I stiffened at a loss until it was dark in front of me, and I fell to the ground with a bang.

"It hurt......s," I shouted, opening my eyes.

I was stunned.

This is not a yin house, nor is it outside the village, but my own room, when did I come back?

I looked at the sky, it was already bright, and the clothes on my body were not the white wedding dress, but my own.

I got up from the ground, remembered the strange incident of last night, and stroked my chest. Maybe I couldn't wait for my grandmother, I fell asleep, and I had a strange dream, right?

Grandma, I don't know if she's back.

Thinking of this, I left the house and went straight to my grandmother.

There was a strange smell in the house, and it smelled fishy, as if someone had killed the livestock and threw it into the house and did not deal with it.

I frowned and pushed open my grandmother's door, only to be stunned by what was inside.

Grandma was lying face up on the ground, with a black blood hole in her chest, and her heart was gone!