Chapter Twenty-Three: Xintian Funeral Parlor
There is no doubt that the midday sun is the most abundant of the day, and at the same time the most poisonous.
But when everyone walked into Zhang Fan's house, they found that all the curtains in his house were completely opened, and there was no blocking of sunlight in the slightest.
Sunlight streamed through the south-facing windows, enveloping the whole room in a blinding light, and for a moment everyone couldn't open their eyes.
"Are you afraid of the dark? Or do you have the habit of being exposed to the sun at noon? ”
Xiao Mo walked towards the window with half-squinted eyes, and when he got closer, he didn't even ask Zhang Fan, and privately closed most of the completely opened curtains. After he did that, the light in the room was a little more normal.
Xiao Mo is not afraid of the sun, so if the light is bright and bright is nothing to him, the reason why he came over to close the curtain is mainly for the sake of Chen Cheng, who has a special physique.
Chen Cheng was changed by the water tank when he was in the wilderness village, so he was like a vampire in the movie, and he was very afraid of the sun, especially the strong sunlight. Although he was not roasted to death, the burning pain that erupted when his skin came into contact with the sun was still very jealous of him.
So usually, Chen Cheng stays in the room and doesn't come out, and pulls all the curtains without revealing a single gap. If he needed to go outside, he would wrap himself tightly, just like he was now. Wearing a plain black hat on his head, a thick veil on his face, and an airtight black suit, he looks like a counter-striker, with only two eyes exposed.
In fact, if you really talk about it, Xiao Mo's dress is somewhat strange, because he has always carried the floor mirror on his back in a nondescript manner.
After Xiao Mo closed the curtains a little, he glanced back at Chen Cheng, but Chen Cheng still had no intention of "unloading the equipment", although anyone who looked at it was panicked for him.
Xiao Mo withdrew his gaze from Chen Cheng's body. At this time, Zhang Fan finally answered the question he asked earlier:
"I'm afraid of the dark, because I don't dare to close my eyes, let alone let myself fall asleep."
"Oh?" Xiao Mo was slightly surprised when he heard this, and then he walked to Zhang Fan's side, and after sitting down, he asked curiously:
"Why do you say that?"
“……”
Next, Zhang Fan described his time in the villa and what happened after leaving the villa to everyone. That includes the kind of relationship he had with the paper man when he came back in a paper cart.
Xiao Mo thought that Zhang Fan was saving for the villa and was puzzled. So he explained:
"The matter of the villa has basically been settled, and we did not enter a villa at that time, but a mass grave in the city defense area.
As for why we think it's a villa, it's because there are some ghosts in it that have the ability to create illusions. To put it simply, ghosts use their abilities to trick our eyes and our senses.
Let's see and believe in something that doesn't exist at all. ”
Hearing Xiao Mo's explanation, Zhang Fan nodded with little interest and said:
"I can understand what you mean, and I can almost understand the concept of hallucination. But what I don't understand is why I just close my eyes, or when I'm asleep. I could see the half-cut female ghost, crawling towards me fiercely.
Could it be that the appearance of the female ghost is also a hallucination caused by me? ”
Zhang Fan showed that what he desperately wanted to know now was what the half-cut female ghost was, and that was the real nightmare that haunted him.
Xiao Mo pinched his chin and thought about it. Then I heard him reply:
"It could be a hallucination you're having, or it may not be."
Xiao Mo said this, which was almost equivalent to not saying it. Li Shuai and Wen Qiayun both looked at him a little strangely at this time, and they didn't know why he was saying such ambiguous words.
"What do you mean? Are you kidding me! Zhang Fan stood up a little angrily.
"I don't have a reason to play you, so you don't have to get excited, sit down first." Xiao Mo patted the mattress and motioned for Zhang Fan to sit down and listen to him explain, and after Zhang Fan's feelings calmed down a little, Xiao Mo continued:
"The reason why I have just answered you like that is because I really can't be sure whether the half of the female ghost you see is real or if it is a hallucination of your own making.
However, that doesn't mean we can't help you, in fact, as long as you're willing to do your best, we'll have absolutely no problem helping you get out of that nightmare. ”
"Okay, I'll cooperate with you, as long as you can make that damn female ghost disappear from my eyes!"
Zhang Fan agreed without thinking about it, his current psychology belongs to the standard of going to the doctor when he is sick, and he doesn't care about the people who "see a doctor" for him. As long as you can promise to help him verbally, then he will believe wholeheartedly and cooperate 100%.
As for everyone, it seems that Zhang Fan's promise is a little casual, but in fact, they attach great importance to Zhang Fan.
With the killing of Xu Changle, their number has also decreased from the original seven to the current six. Therefore, in the case of one person missing, their strategy also had to make some slight changes, from simple self-protection at the beginning, to now, they must save a victim who participated in the party.
Because only in this way can they barely meet the minimum baseline of seven people who survive. And Zhang Fan was the only surviving participant in the last meeting besides them, so his importance is self-evident.
After this matter was settled, Xiao Mo did not let Zhang Fan continue to stay at home, but persuaded him to return to the hotel with them. In order to ensure that Xu Changle's tragedy would not be repeated on Zhang Fan, this time, Xiao Mo, Li Shuai, and Chen Cheng all chose to live in the same room with Zhang Fan.
Zhang Fan was not disgusted by this arrangement, but was happy to accept it, after all, the more people accompanied him, the fear in his heart could be reduced accordingly, and only in this way did he dare to rest at ease.
In the blink of an eye, the time came to the fifth day after everyone entered the event.
In the hotel room, Wen Qiayun stared at the mobile phone screen tightly, and slowly analyzed:
"The number of friends in the group has not increased since it increased to 14 the day before yesterday, and it seems to be saturated, which seems a little strange."
"Fifteen days, you need to participate in three group meetings, on average the frequency of one meeting every five days, if you think about it, this second group meeting should be soon."
In the past few days, Xiao Mo didn't care about the affairs of the dating group, he handed over the matter to Wen Qiayun, who was careful. Wen Qiayun is really attentive, and almost always pays attention to the dynamics of the group members and the group messages they post.
However, this idea did not give her anything, because most of the group messages were just funny nonsense, not some flirtatious words, in short, there were no valuable clues.
Xiao Mo didn't pay much attention to this dating group, because he wasn't worried about what would go wrong with the dating group. Wen Qiayun tried to track the IP of group members as early as two days ago, and even tried to crack the plug-in, but all of them failed without exception.
As he had previously inferred, the incident did not allow them to have prior contact with the participants. So it's conceivable that they won't get any useful clues through the guò group chat at all.
If you want to talk about it, what really worries him is Zhang Fan, after all, whether they can solve this incident has a lot to do with Zhang Fan's survival. If Zhang Fan can be guaranteed to be safe and sound, the pressure on them in the next two gatherings will be relatively lighter.
In the past two days, because they have three people guarding them and relying on the protection of many props, the threat factor suffered by Zhang Fan is very low.
Because of the protection of everyone in the three layers and the outer three layers, Zhang Fan also changed his panic two days ago, and his mental state was much better.
However, according to Zhang Fan, after he closed his eyes, he could still see the female ghost with only half a body. The female ghost was still staring at him fiercely, but unlike before, the female ghost had not slowly approached him in the past two days.
Without the approach of the female ghost, coupled with the protection of everyone, Zhang Fan was naturally able to sleep peacefully and sleep very soundly.
Fortunately, there have been no accidents in the past few days. But it is undeniable that Xiao Mo's worries come from the comfort in front of him.
Because in the next ten days, they still need to participate in two dangerous and unpredictable group gatherings, so they will not be able to protect Zhang Fan in the three inner and outer three layers as they are now.
Of course, they can also consider taking Zhang Fan to participate in the group meeting, but once Zhang Fan makes something happen in the party, the process of the group meeting will be terminated or changed. Then they will also be cursed because of indirect relationships.
With Xiao Mo's prudence, he naturally would not take the risk of such a group annihilation, so what Zhang Fan should do became the primary problem before they participated in the second gathering.
As escapees, all of them have to participate in the group gathering, so there is no possibility of leaving people to protect them.
They also thought about giving Zhang Fan some life-saving props, but the group gathering they were going to participate in was equally dangerous and unpredictable, so Xiao Mo gave up this idea after some weighing.
Everyone had no way to stay, and they didn't dare to leave the life-saving props to Zhang Fan, so Zhang Fan's life could only rely on himself for the time being.
As for whether Zhang Fan can survive their return, no one can put it in anyone's mind at this point. After all, there has always been a female ghost they can't see, eyeing him from the side.
In the afternoon, the crowd received the time and place of the next meeting.
The time is eight o'clock in the evening, and the location is a place called "Xintian Funeral Home"! (To be continued......)