Chapter 37: The Midnight Bride

Ruan Zhan is still nowhere to be seen all day, while Xiao Xia is like guarding the most precious treasure in his life, sticking to Wanli's side who is still unconscious!

She went to bed every few minutes to look at him, hoping for a miracle, but after waiting for midnight and a day, she found that not only did not there be a miracle, but Wanli's breathing became weaker and weaker, sometimes intermittently, and several times she could barely hear his breathing, and her legs were so frightened that she thought he was dead.

It was all dark, and it was already nine o'clock when I looked at my watch, and there were still three hours before the deadline for Wanli, which made Xiao Xia so anxious that she almost had a nervous breakdown!

What could be sadder than this? Seeing the people who are very important to you are getting closer to death little by little, and you can't do anything but stay and watch in despair and fear!

"I'm here to pick up the bride!" A voice came.

Xiao Xia was no longer so afraid after repeated tosses, but the voice appeared too suddenly, which still surprised her. As soon as I looked up, I saw that the black cat appeared at the window at some point, and was crouching there leisurely, looking at her mockingly!

"Am I going to go?" Xiao Xia asked angrily.

"Then watch him die!"

The schadenfreude in its tone made Natsu angry, and without thinking, she reached out and grabbed the candlestick on the side of the table, aimed it at the black cat and threw it over, forgetting that the candle was still on it. I saw a flash of fire, and the black cat was startled with a strange meow, and jumped to a chair by the window, but the candlestick fell directly downstairs!

The room was pitch black, only the pair of dark green cat's eyes hung in the air, staring at Xiao Xia fiercely!

Xiao Xia also stared at the pair of cat eyes, trying her best to look brave. Ruan Zhan said that although this black cat is evil, it is not a cat demon, it speaks human words, and someone's expression is because it is controlled by a master of Gu behind it, expressing the meaning of that person, saying that person's words, what it sees in its eyes will also be conveyed to that person.

It's just a tool, but it's more powerful than many of today's high-tech gadgets. In addition, it may also be used to refine the invisible Gu that kills people. It's just that this one seems to be skilled in cooperating with the person behind it, as if it can understand human words, maybe it has been an envoy for many years, so it probably won't be used to refine Gu poison.

"Meow-" The unexpected attack made the black cat a little angry, and the evil cat nature was stimulated. After getting used to the darkness, Natsu saw the black cat arching over in the moonlight, threatening to pounce on her.

"Do you still want to be punished?" Xiao Xia looked at the black cat contemptuously, and talked nonsense according to his own guess, but he didn't expect it to really shock it, "Last time, you didn't listen to your master, and you wanted to gouge out my eyes, didn't you force him to run out incognito?" The result? What kind of torture did you suffer? If you're not afraid, come back like this! ”

"Meow-" The black cat barked again, but this time the cry was full of frustration and unwillingness.

"Get out of here! I'm going to change my wedding dress, and if I catch you peeking, I'll gouge out your eyeballs! Xiao Xia vented all her helpless anger on this vicious and hateful black cat.

The black cat wandered around on the ground for a while, looking very angry with Xiao Xia, but after hesitating for a long time, he didn't dare to make a mistake.

It jumped on the windowsill lightly, half-turned to look at Xiao Xia, and suddenly smiled, "Hurry up!" It said, and then jumped to the first floor, crouching at the door of the octagonal tower and waiting.

Man is the only animal in the world that can laugh!

Xiao Xia didn't know why she suddenly remembered this sentence, maybe it was because the black cat's smile was so weird and eerie that it made people chill.

She slowly walked to the side of the bed, reached out and stroked Wanli's face, refraining from crying.

"I wish I could save you!" She muttered to herself, deciding to make a last-ditch effort to save him.

Wan Li was silent, without a hint of reaction, just a little short of breath, as if he felt everything, but he couldn't say anything because he couldn't move.

"But my parents, you have to raise it for me!" Xiao Xia said another sentence with a smile, and then stood up resolutely. Time is running out for thousands of miles, and now is not the time for mother-in-law.

She wiped her eyes, bent down from under the bed and took out the wedding dress, then found a candle and lit it. She threw the candlestick underneath, and she had to fix it on the table with her tears.

In the afternoon, she hid her wedding dress from downstairs to upstairs, how she wished she wouldn't need it, but now it seemed that she couldn't hide it after all.

She shook her head, shook off all the bad consciousness in her heart, and then quickly changed her clothes, while beware of anyone peeping. However, the costumes of ethnic minorities are too complicated for her, and she can't wear them well on the left and right, so she is so anxious that she is sweating profusely.

She stood at the table, stood up the bronze mirror that had been buckled backwards, and tried to put her clothes on in front of the mirror. When I saw my face reddened from anxiety in the mirror, I felt my head tingle for a while, and then my movements were no longer under the control of my brain.

What's going on?

She didn't know. I only know that my brain is very clear, I can see and feel, but I just can't command my body, it's like being caught in sleep, or like being pressed by a ghost, anyway, my consciousness is very active but my body is suppressed. But she is obviously awake, and it can't be said that her body is suppressed, because 'she' is moving, but she is being directed to move by an invisible force, not out of her own will.

In the mirror, 'Xiao Xia' slowly took off her messy wedding dress again, revealing her beautiful body wearing only underwear.

Her figure is remarkable, not like the pear-shaped body of a typical Asian woman, with a thin top and a fat bottom, and flat breasts, but a plump, well-proportioned, sexy, and sultry one that would make any man bleed at the sight.

At this moment, she stood in front of the mirror, as if admiring herself, but her face was full of shock, unease, and even horror. She couldn't do anything else, just looked around with her eyes moving, for fear of encountering some perverted pervert.

Fortunately, her half-naked situation did not last long, because 'her hand' put the wedding dress back on, starting from the innermost layer, which made her realize that she had worn it wrong at the beginning, no wonder it couldn't be sorted out!

After a few minutes, the clothes she hadn't put on for a long time were smoothly wrapped around her body, and then the intricate silver ornaments were also worn, and finally even the pair of embroidered shoes were automatically put on her feet as if they were conscious. Her right foot was high and swollen because of the injury, and now she doesn't feel squeezed when she puts on her shoes, everything is perfect and suitable, as if this wedding dress was prepared for her, and she has been waiting for this moment for many years!

She involuntarily took a step and approached the bronze mirror.

In the bronze mirror, the shadow of a minority bride immediately appeared, and her already delicate and delicate facial features looked even more beautiful and lovely under the reflection of the candle flame and the background of the wedding dress. She stroked her face as if she was satisfied with herself, and smiled happily.

Xiao Xia couldn't even control the muscles on his face, and seeing the sweet look of 'himself' looking forward to the future, in a hurry, hallucinations appeared in his mind again-

"Anan, this is a love drug, I don't want to force you, I want you to make your own decisions." A young woman spoke, holding a small blue porcelain vase in her fair hand.

Natsu recognized the woman as the woman dancing with the rattle when she hallucinated on the edge of the altar yesterday.

A man's hand stretched out from the woman's side, and without hesitation, he took the porcelain vase.

"No, Anan, you have to think clearly. I tried to make you visible, but unfortunately only at night, which is the same as the medicine ghost. And I don't want you to reciprocate, and if you can't love me, please leave. ”

The man named Anan didn't speak, but just held up the bottle and showed his attitude with his actions.

The woman stopped him again, hesitated for a long time, and finally took out another black porcelain bottle from her arms, sighed and said, "This is what my master left, and I don't know the formula, only this bottle." Take it for you today, and you must keep it well. If one day you don't love me anymore, as long as you stomp off the black cat's paws, dip these powders and eat them, you will solve the Gu of this 'love medicine', and you will not be punished for changing your mind. ”

"It's better for you to keep it, I don't need it." Anan finally spoke, "I will always be with you, life or death." ”

Anan's voice Xiao Xia didn't recognize, but it felt extremely familiar, but she felt as if something was blocked in her head, and all kinds of information couldn't be connected together.

"Always be with me, life or death!" The woman muttered to herself, looking sad and happy.

Instead of taking the medicine back, she placed it in a hidden compartment in the middle of the altar, then poured a bowl of water and handed it to Anan. Anan poured the powder from the cyan porcelain bottle into his mouth, took a sip of water, and swallowed it all.

"Ah Bai, I will always be with you, life or death!" Anan swore again, then turned around.

For a moment, Xiao Xia was a little disappointed. I used to think that this Anan would be someone she knew, but unfortunately it wasn't. His face is very unfamiliar, not very young, but he is an out-and-out beautiful man!

"Meow-" A cat meow came, which was particularly poignant and piercing in the dark night.

Xiao Xia was startled, and suddenly found that the hallucination was gone, and her body had returned to the free control of her own brain.

She returned to the bedside once more, first strapping a fanny pack around her waist, then hesitating about how to place the bloodwood sword.

With her, of course she will be safer, but if the other party is not a soul body but a person, the bloodwood sword may be taken away and destroyed, and this sword is not only a relic of Ruan Zhan's father, but also an extremely useful weapon for him, and it must be protected by the focus; And if you leave the sword behind, although no evil thing dares to touch it, it will be bad if someone steals it!

In her anxiety, a flash of inspiration flashed through her mind, and she suddenly thought of a place—the scene that appeared in the hallucination, the dark grid in the middle of the altar.

The technique of opening the dark grid, she remembered. As long as this illusion is a reaction to the real world, not just an illusion, the Bloodwood Sword can be safely hidden.

She hurried to the second floor, and seriously felt her surroundings with her usual keen senses, making sure that she was not being spied on, and then came to the dark grid.

According to the technique of the woman named Ah Bai in the hallucination, Xiao Xia nervously did it, then held her breath and waited for about five seconds before there was a muffled 'click' sound, and the dark grid slowly opened.

It turns out that this illusion is really a recreation of what happened before! And it didn't just come to her mind. But did this happen many years ago? What does it have to do with what is happening to them so far? What was the young woman going to tell her?

The mixture of unexpected but expected feelings made Xiao Xia stunned for a few seconds, but she immediately realized that now was not the time for her to think, so she hurriedly put the bloodwood sword into the dark compartment and restored the altar to its original state.

"Meow-" Another cat meow came, urging it.

Xiao Xia was startled, like someone who had just done something bad was afraid of being caught, so he hurriedly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and walked downstairs.

Downstairs, the black cat was waiting impatiently, and when he saw Xiao Xia coming downstairs, he turned around and went into the dense forest. Xiao Xia understood that it was showing the way, and did not say much, and followed it closely. This time, Natsu knew that it would bring her to the 'groom', so she wasn't afraid to lose it, and she didn't have to run and crawl like she did last time.

Besides, with her current foot injury, she can't run, so she can only limp behind.

In the silence of the forest, she could only hear her own footsteps, except for the chirping of insects and the occasional animal roar.

One light and one heavy, one heavy and one light-

As she walked, she suddenly felt that something was wrong. Because the sound of his footsteps is no longer simple, although it is still light and heavy, and there is no more or less step, but it seems that there are repeated chapters, and if you listen carefully, you will find that there are extremely small intervals.

Xiao Xia suddenly turned his head, there was nothing behind him, and his voice stopped.

She kept walking, and the steps that were almost as frequent as her were still there, as if something was following her, and she walked and she walked, and she stopped, and she stopped!

This made Xiao Xia feel a little weak, feeling like an innocent sacrifice, before being sent to the altar, I don't know how many fierce gods and evil gods were waiting to be intercepted halfway!

She continued to listen behind her as she walked, and felt that the further she walked into the dense forest, the louder the footsteps became, as if there were more and more things following her, getting closer and closer to her!

She slowed down and seized the opportunity to make another sharp turn!

This time, she finally saw what was behind her - it was not anything corporeal, just a bright ghost fire, flickering with a blue light, although undulating, but lined up in a straight line behind her, about five meters between each one, and it was impossible to see where it dragged in the dark, only that it stretched far away!

"If you get married, there must always be a team to send your relatives!" A voice suddenly rang in her ears. She couldn't see the person speaking, but she could feel the cool air he blew on her face. That is, the thing was close to her, but she didn't know anything!

She took a step backwards, her hands fluttering, but she only hit the air!

Eerie laughter rang out one by one, one after another. At a glance, the ghostly fire also jumped, as if to laugh at her futile actions.

Is this a send-off?

It's obviously a funeral!

What's waiting for her ahead? Is she going to be the bride of a dead man! A ghost bride!

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