Chapter 11: Black Handprints
Returning to the hut where we had been, and lighting the candles, the three of us felt a little more at ease, and at the same time the feeling of hunger and thirst came back to my heart, and I glanced at the "epiphany" on the table, and finally swallowed my saliva and gave up.
"Can we get out of here?"
Situ Xiaozhu sat on the bed and asked with some concern.
To be honest, I'm not sure, but I thought about it.
"Yes, it would be fine until dawn tomorrow."
In fact, this is obviously comforting them, and at the same time comforting myself.
"It's not early, I'll sleep outside, you two sleep on the bed, knock on the bed if there's anything, I'll come over immediately."
I walked to the living room, and there was a wicker chair on one side of the living room, and I sat on it, ready to sleep in my kimono for the night, hoping that the night would be okay, and that I would leave this place at dawn tomorrow.
Sitting on the wicker chair, I began to think about this from the beginning.
The weirdest thing about this is that I don't know what the other person wants to do. It doesn't matter who the other person is, whether it's a human, a ghost, or a one-eyed old man who says "it's not human", it should have a purpose, such as killing us or whatever.
However, I have not been able to figure this out until now.
If you want to kill us, with our combat power, no one knows yin and yang magic or anything, and it's not the rhythm of dying in minutes, so it's obviously not that simple.
Also, the taboo that Biluo said is also very weird, not to mention anything else, she said that she can't touch any mirrors, but, I have observed, there are no mirrors in this place at all, and what can be done without being allowed to do is called a taboo, but if they have destroyed all the mirrors, then why should they be listed as taboos?
In addition, who are the people who were going to kill me just now, the people who helped me in secret, and the people who passed the note before? Who is the person who took the photo with He Mingrui's mobile phone? What role are the one-eyed old man and the group leader playing? Why are there so many Sisi? Why is that dead Jinse here? Is the schoolgirl dead or alive? What is the purpose of these people?
There's a lot to think about, but I can't figure it out for a while.
"It's better to run for your life tomorrow."
I muttered to myself, then closed my eyes.
However, as soon as I fell asleep dimly, I was awakened by the sound of a knock on the bed, fast and urgent, obviously in a hurry.
I jumped up and rushed in, only to see two women curled up in a ball on the bed, looking horrified at the end of the bed as if there was something in it.
"What's wrong?"
After rushing inside, I asked quickly.
"Foot...... Someone touched my feet......"
Situ Xiaozhu said with a shocked face.
I walked over quickly, then lifted the quilt and took Situ Xiaozhu's feet.
Her feet were small, white, and delicately skinned, however, just near the heel appeared a black handprint, clear, but small, that looked like a child's handprint.
"Don't trust anyone, especially the elderly and children."
I remembered what had been written on the note before.
"Don't be afraid, I'll move in with you and stay until dawn."
I thought about it and said.
Now it seems that we can only stay together, hoping to live.
"Does it hurt?"
Looking at the black handprints on Situ Xiaozhu's feet, I asked with some distress, no matter what, this beautiful woman sitting on the bed was the object of my crush for three years in high school.
Situ Xiaozhu's face immediately turned red, and she shook her head and said.
"It doesn't hurt, it just feels a little cold."
I didn't know anything about this kind of supernatural thing, so I had to let the two women sleep in peace, and I moved a chair and sat at the end of the bed.
To be honest, I actually wanted to look under the bed to see if there was anything underneath, but the problem was that I didn't dare to look at it, and I was worried that when I looked at it, a little ghost would lie on the bed board and stare at me with big eyes, and I would shudder when I thought about it.
Of course I can't sleep, I sat quietly on the chair, Situ Xiaozhu couldn't sleep, she turned around and chatted with me at the end of the bed, Sisi also occasionally interjected, but, after all, we are not familiar, even in the game, so it didn't take long for her to feel bored and fall asleep.
Situ Xiaozhu and I continued to talk about the past at school, and after about two hours, I stopped, and then looked into Situ Xiaozhu's eyes and said.
"'Xiaoxiao Fengzhu', do you remember what the village chief said at the party, in this village, if the girl is not touched, she will be targeted by the ghost, I don't want to take advantage of you, but I think you have just been arrested, and Sisi has not been arrested, most of it has something to do with this matter, because Sisi has been touched, so, we might as well give it a try."
After I finished speaking, Situ Xiaozhu's face turned red all of a sudden, until it reached the root of her ears, and then, she shook her head and said in a very small voice, but very firmly.
"No, the group leader said, if you touch me, you will become my substitute ghost."
However, her refusal was obviously ineffective, because I had quickly reached into her clothes and grabbed the two things inside......
It feels really good! Round and full.
As an ignorant teenager who had never experienced anything, I admit that at this moment, I had a feeling that my soul was flying out of the sky.
"You ......"
Situ Xiaozhu was immediately anxious, and I quickly covered her mouth.
"Don't shout, it'll break the taboo, besides, do you want Sisi to know?"
I thought she was going to be angry, but, immediately after, I saw two lines of tears flowing from the corners of Situ Xiaozhu's eyes all the way to the pillow.
Seeing this scene, I silently let go of my hand, took a tissue, handed it to Situ Xiaozhu and said.
"Don't worry, the fortune teller said that my life is hard, and I won't be able to die for a while."
Situ Xiaozhu said while sobbing and wiping his tears.
"Thank you...... Thank you ......."
I said with a smile.
"You still thank me, I took advantage of you, besides, people will die when they live for a hundred years, rather than not knowing when they will die in bed, I would rather die in this broken village for you."
As a result, Situ Xiaozhu cried softly again.
I had no choice but to divert the topic and talk about the interesting things I had experienced and happened in school in the past three years, and I don't know how long it was, Situ Xiaozhu finally began to yawn, and then slowly fell asleep.
I sat quietly all night watching her sleep, and fortunately, nothing happened that night until the next day it was pale.
"The night, that's it?"
Looking at the sky gradually brightening, I couldn't even believe my eyes.
In fact, I was ready to deal with all kinds of accidents and even death that night, but nothing happened.
However, I didn't feel much lighter because of this, and the uneasiness in my heart only intensified, and I felt that things would not end so easily.
So, I patted and woke up the two women.
"It's dawn, let's go out and have a look."
I've been looking forward to the dawn because people say that ghosts don't dare to come out during the day.
Both women hurriedly got up, and I asked Situ Xiaozhu, who said that she didn't feel anything special except that her feet were a little cooler.
With that, the three of us quickly walked outside the house with our things.
The sky outside was a little gloomy, and the surrounding area of the village was a thick white fog, and only shadowy woods could be seen, and the mountains in the distance could not be seen, but the strange thing was that the fog in the village was very light and looked very strange.
"We'll take a different route this time, we'll cross the bridge, we'll go to the other side, and we'll escape from that side."
Walking out the door, I looked around and said.
In any case, escaping is the easiest solution, and as for the group leader, I just saw him in the window of the east wing, and he waved his hand to me, obviously not wanting to appear.
Both women nodded.
Then the three of us walked towards the small bridge over the river, and some people in the village had already gotten up early, and when they saw us, they greeted us very warmly, and they didn't seem to be at all wary of us running away, and no one stopped us.
We crossed the bridge smoothly, on the other side of the bridge was a small forest, through the woods was a field, full of crops and vegetables, a farmhouse scene, it looked very normal, and across the other side of the field was a white mist shrouded wood.
That's where we want to be.
However, as I was walking through the field, I suddenly heard a voice say.
"You want to escape, don't you? It's useless. ”
I was startled and followed the sound to see a woman sitting on the branch of a large tree looking at us.