With Shi Wuqi's repeated assurance that "I have no interest in living people" and his explanation of the causes and consequences, several people reluctantly believed him. The big reason is that because we have known him for so long, he is not a lustful person.
He'd better not be.
"But I haven't even taken a bath yet..." Dai Luan muttered to the side. She knew that after such a torment, Shanhai would definitely not let her go into the water. Mu Wan thought for a long time and told them that he did not see anything unusual.
"If it were a female ghost and a succubus, she would probably harm the man if she appeared in a man's bath." Shan Hai analyzed.
"Damn, luckily I'm smart."
"Aren't you not interested in living people? This doesn't count."
"Limited interest." Shi Wuqi suddenly hugged Miss Qi next to him tightly, "I have strong interest in specific talents."
Shanhai sighed and told them to stop making trouble. He suggested asking the shopkeeper if there had been any accidents here. They were here to help, maybe the shopkeeper just told the truth.
"Then I'll go find him."
Aluan raised his hand and volunteered, then opened the door without any explanation and ran to the corridor.
It was night and the corridor was long and dark. Because there were not many customers, the shopkeeper did not light up the lights on both sides. There was no end in sight on the dark road, and it seemed as if something would rush over at any moment.
A Luan stared at the darkness in front of him for a long time.
"Go again tomorrow."
She ran back and sat cross-legged back to her original position.
"Hey, when did our eldest lady become so timid?" Shi Wuqi tapped the table with his closed fan bone, teasing her.
Even Mu Wan was a little curious: "Have you seen many of them? How can you be afraid of such monsters?"
"Psychological shadow!"
Shan Hai turned to look at her: "Have you seen this kind of monster before?"
"It's not the same... When I was a child, I went on a long trip with my father and lived in another house. They seemed to be having some kind of meeting, but many of them brought their wives and children. I and a group of friends In another room, everyone gathered and told ghost stories.”
"...What a coincidence. When I was a child, whenever the master was away, the senior brothers and sisters would gather around and tell stories at night."
"Was your childhood so colorful?" The two elders looked at them with confused eyes.
"Really. I've heard something about bathtubs. A little boy talked about dirty monsters. He said that the bathtub in their house was dirty and couldn't be cleaned no matter how hard he washed it. He didn't find out until he passed by the bathroom in the middle of the night. There was a monster licking the bathtub, and the more it licked, the dirtier it became. He fainted from fright, peed his pants, and had a high fever for three days. Later, the family hired someone to get rid of the monster..."
"Ah, I heard one story from senior sister Yan Muxue, and it still leaves a deep impression on me," Mu Wan recalled, "It seems to be about a monster named Jiao Shushu, who was left unchanged after the wooden basin was abandoned. He peeked at people and reflected on them without paying attention. The face on the water. If you peek at it again at night, the monster will let the basin bracket wrap around your sleeve and make your face disappear."
"Well, there is indeed such a monster." Shanhai said.
Shi Wuqi said: "Isn't this the Laughing Wolf you're talking about?"
"...When you say this, why is it not scary at all?"
Even a little infuriating.
"Speaking of which, does this game of getting together to tell ghost stories have a name?"
Shan Hai knew the answer to Mu Wan's question.
"Hundred Ghost Lantern?"
"Yes, it's the Hundred Ghost Lantern. Legend has it that the ghosts from hell turn into humans and trick people into playing this game. Light a hundred candles, tell a story and blow out one. When the last candle is extinguished, everyone involved will be Take it to hell. Is this legend true?"
"You'll find out if you try it. The question is, where are the candles?"
"Why are you so excited, Shi? Are you a ghost? Do you want me to take the Eight Desolations Mirror of Shanhai to shine on you first?"
Shan Hai shook his head and said he didn't know either.
"After all, the operation is generally not so strict. For example, usually no one specially finds a hundred candles, and in the end, basically everyone falls asleep..."
Shi Wuqi stretched out: "That's right. There are quite a few similar games... To put it bluntly, they are all quite death-defying."
Ah Luan asked again: "For example, the Disk Fairy and the Pen Fairy? Are those real too?"
"Don't make trouble." Shanhai frowned, "Those are all derived from Fuji. Don't think it's just a game. It's easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away. What's more, the immortals invited are all demons, monsters, and resentful spirits. ——They are all about summoning souls and damaging the moral character."
"If you want to talk about fighting with monsters directly, I can bear it. When it comes to ghosts, I'm really a little..."
"Huh? Is Aluan afraid of ghosts?"
"Ghosts are transformed from humans." Aluan said seriously.
It was getting late, but neither girl had the intention of going back to the house to rest. Even though there was no topic to continue, the five of them still sat upright and stared at each other.
"Are you two going to let me sleep with you?" Shi Wuqi finally said, "What, are you scared?"
"Absolutely not."
"No."
"...Then you should go!"
"Leave in a minute."
"Go right now."
"You guys should move a little bit!"
Strangely enough, these two girls were the only ones telling weird stories, but now they are unwilling to move. Strangely enough, I don't know if it was due to psychological suggestion, but the whole hotel became a little cold.
Shanhai spread the mattress aside and turned to them and said:
"If you are really not afraid, I have a few more stories to tell you."
"goodbye."
"Farewell."
The two of them each held one of Miss Qi's arms and left their room.
"The candlestick stays!"
However, no one paid any attention to him.
Shi Wuqi rolled his eyes in the darkness.
"Speaking of mountains and seas, and the story of the Hundred Ghost Lanterns, is it true?"
"I don't know. Do you really want to try?"
"It makes no sense, forget it. But...what do you think of the thing I saw today?"
Shan Hai slowly lay down and pulled the cup upward.
"Perhaps it is a drowned girl, a woman who drowned in the bathtub, and is transformed into a woman who tempts men to eat...or is looking for a scapegoat. There may be many things we don't know about this hotel. We'd better ask the shopkeeper tomorrow morning."
"What if he doesn't say it?"
"Don't you have ten thousand ways to make people talk?"
Alas, Master Lin has learned badly.
Shi Wuqi was speechless and lay down to rest.
The girls' houses were not far away, but they could hardly walk. If Miss Qi could speak, she would definitely complain about these two bastards.
"Mu Wan, you said..."
"W-what?"
"Why should we panic? Miss Qi, isn't she also a monster?"
"……you are right."
As if being comforted, Mu Wan let go, straightened the hem of his clothes with one hand, and held an umbrella with the other. Aluan was holding the candlestick that came from their table and suddenly froze again. Mu Wan was just wondering when she noticed that Aluan turned around and stopped moving. He turned his back to her and pointed stiffly at the ground. She looked over.
There are obviously three people, but they project the shadow of four people.
"I got a..."
Whether there really is "an extra person" or the candlestick ghost is causing trouble, it's enough to make people drink a pot.
A Luan's hand slipped and the candlestick fell to the ground, and his eyes immediately fell into darkness. Mu Wan groped around on the ground, finally picked up the candlestick and lit it with spiritual power. As soon as the fire lit up, it went out again. This happened six or seven times, and she became a little angry.
Until the last time, the flames finally stopped going out.
blue.
It cannot be extinguished even if it is blown.
"Mu Wan, Mu Wan" Dai Luan grabbed her wrist, "Two possibilities. One, we are dreaming."
"Impossible, it hurts me so much when you pinch me."
"Well, this is a haunted house."
The two stared at each other blankly. At this time, a drop of water fell from the ceiling. Their first reaction was that the house was leaking, but that was impossible. The weather outside was very nice and there was no sound of rain at all. They slowly raised their stiff heads and saw a woman's face.
Not Miss Qi.
There is only one face.
Behind this face, a long, long neck stretched out from nowhere, spreading like a snake on the roof. Mu Wan picked up the umbrella and instinctively wanted to stab him, but he was dragged away by Aluan and ran away, almost tripping.
"No, wait, what should Miss Qi do?"
"A woman who doesn't give up must have two skills. I believe she can do it!"
"Even if you say so..."
The loose wooden floor creaked when stepped on, but the sound in his ears was much noisier, as if there were many pursuers behind him, which was unsettling. Mu Wan clearly remembered that Shanhai's room was right next to it, and they hadn't walked a few steps at all. But after running for a long time, they still seemed to be standing still, and they didn't see a single door at all.
"etc!"
Mu Wan shook off Aluan's hand, holding his knees with one hand and holding an umbrella with the other, panting from exhaustion.
"This is too, too strange. Aluan, don't you think something is wrong? We..."
Mu Wan felt that her eyes had slightly adapted to the darkness, and the candlestick just now had been left behind. She straightened up and suddenly realized that she seemed to be the only one in the entire corridor. She talked for a long time and called Aluan for a long time, but no one answered.
Someone's voice seemed to come from outside the wooden fence window beside the wall, which was very obvious in the silent night. But she couldn't hear exactly what was said, so she moved closer. She saw a well outside the window, and the sound of porcelain rubbing against each other came from inside.
"Three, four, five..."
Is he called a monster of the sun? She had only heard from her classmates before that if one plate was missing at the end of the count, she would be in big trouble. Although she didn't believe in this evil at that time, at this moment, she still pressed against the wall and slipped away quietly.
As for Aluan, it took him a long time to run before he felt something was wrong.
She turned her head, panting, and leaned against a window.
"Mu Wan, what on earth is going on!"
Mu Wan, who had been keeping her head down, suddenly raised her head. What appeared in front of her was an extremely clean face, even the facial features no longer existed.
Dai Luan looked at her blankly.
"Hey, aren't you afraid?"
"Mu Wan" asked her softly.
Then she closed her eyes and fainted on the spot.
