Grandma Ding Mu carried the locust bones ground from the bride's corpse home, found some other herbs, and made a soup in the yard.
Without Li Huixi and Fox by his side, Chen Chichi felt increasingly unsure. He walked to the yard and asked her again:
"What are you doing? Grandma."
"I'm making some ointment for you."
"By the way, when will my friends come back?"
"It's probably going to be soon. Just stay with grandma."
"How long is it soon?"
"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I'm in such a hurry to leave."
Grandma Ding Mu looked calm on the surface, but the hands that made the soup were trembling slightly. She also understood that simply trying to deal with Chen Chichi was not a long-term solution. After Chen Chichi left, she covered the casserole with the medicine and turned to the room to take it out. Using an elderly mobile phone, he clicked on the number of the first contact and called.
Chen Chichi, who was really bored, took a walk at Grandma Ding Mu's house, but when he moved, his body felt heavier than before. Chen Chichi just thought that he had gained a little weight because he had eaten so well these days.
For an old lady living alone, Grandma Ding Mu's home is quite large, with a warehouse, front and back yards, and many rooms.
Chen Chichi was a little curious and walked into the small bedrooms.
The furnishings in the room are spotless, even the quaint wardrobe is shining with oil. Under the window is a spacious wooden table with many dried books.
When I opened it, I found that those books were textbooks for lower grades, mostly from the primary school period. On the front pages of those books, there was a somewhat twisted name written on it: Ding Mu.
Curiosity drove Chen Chichi to continue exploring. After opening the closet, Chen Chichi frowned as he looked at the clothes placed in the closet. They were all relatively large clothes.
It stands to reason that since Ding Mu is living on campus in high school, he should have brought all his clothes to school. What is even stranger is that most of the clothes in the wardrobe are not casual clothes. In addition to the school uniforms worn by students, there are also many clothes that look like uniforms. , one of which was exactly the same as the one worn by the man who took away Li Huixi and the fox.
Opposite Ding Mu's room is an empty house, which is no different from this one except for its size. It is probably the room of Ding Mu's parents.
Chen Chi returned to the main room, always feeling that this place was a little strange. Except for something wrong with Ding Mu's wardrobe, their room didn't look like anyone was living in it at all.
The most important point... Chen Chichi, as if waking up from a dream, finally found the point that made her uncomfortable: the photo.
Generally, elderly people who live alone will post photos of their family members in the most conspicuous place, or place them within easy reach.
As for Ding Mu's family, I had never seen a group photo anywhere. On the day she first arrived here, when Grandma Ding Mu mentioned Ding Mu's absence, she was not sad, but felt as if she was used to it.
"Aren't you going to look for your grandson if he's missing?"
Chen Chichi said to himself.
Thinking of this, Chen Chichi's uneasiness became even stronger. At this time, Grandma Ding Mu was staggering over with her body hunched over and holding the freshly made ointment.
Looking at the dark paste, whether it was due to excessive dosage or the bride's resentment, Chen Chichi immediately felt dizzy and her throat felt like it was on fire. Before she could react, the food she had just eaten this morning was consumed by her. Vomited out in one breath.
Subconsciously, Chen Chichi looked at the pile of vomit. In addition to a few pieces of blue fungus-like residue, there were actually several wriggling maggots.
The scene in front of me made me vomit again, and I wanted to vomit out everything I had eaten in the past few days.
As more and more things were discharged from the body, Chen Chichi's mind became clearer, and he could now notice some details that he usually ignored.
Upon seeing this, Grandma Ding Mu shouted:
"Hey, what's wrong, baby? You vomited. This is a great remedy."
"What did you give me to eat!"
Chen Chichi pointed at the indescribable object on the ground and angrily asked Grandma Ding Mu.
"It's just to replenish the body."
"To replenish the body?"
Chen Chichi finally heard the trick in the old woman's words. It turned out that every word she said emphasized "nutrition, great supplement"...
After opening the clothes, the human face on the belly became increasingly clear. It was much more serious than before. Not only did the ointment applied many times have no effect, but it actually increased the depth of the ravine after a period of recovery.
Chen Chichi looked at Grandma Ding Mu's hypocritical look, and the itching in her stomach worsened again.
Regardless of the other party's obstruction, Chen Chichi rushed out of the door.
Grandma Ding Mu just chased after her twice symbolically, then stopped at the door and muttered:
"You will come back sooner or later."
The seed garden is deep in the village, opposite the exit from the village entrance, so even if he came to this world from there, Chen Chichi did not choose to run back to that place, but chose the village entrance in the opposite direction.
After running for an unknown amount of time, Chen Chichi slowed down when he saw that no one was following him. After the hot sweat was blown away by the wind, only a chill rose from his heart, and Chen Chichi shivered unconsciously.
It was getting dark, and she had just walked out of the village. Thinking of Li Huixi and the two who had not come back yet, Chen Chichi didn't know what to do for a while. Grandma Ding Mu's house could not be returned. Just now He was impulsive and did not consider the consequences of his decision at all. Even if he was coaxing the other party, he would at least wait for Li Huixi and the others to come back before running away. Now he was in a dilemma and had nowhere to go.
The darkness gradually enveloped. There was no food, water, or even a place to shelter from the wind and rain. Chen Chichi was walking like a zombie on the roadside not far outside the village. In addition, Chen Chichi had just vomited a lot of food and was dehydrated. Chi soon lost consciousness on the roadside.
When he woke up again, Chen Chi could feel his head resting on someone's lap.
"Li Huixi..."
Chen Chichi said subconsciously before opening his eyes.
And when she opened her eyes, she was immediately frightened to death by the person on her face.
"Ding Mu!?"
Chen Chichi suddenly retreated a few meters away. The originally unrelated classmates now became Chen Chichi's biggest nightmare.
"Don't be nervous, I didn't do anything to you."
"Aren't you dead? No, stay away from me!"
"What's wrong with you? I'm your classmate."
"Your grandma fed me hallucinogenic food and planted something in my stomach."
"My grandma? Are you kidding? My grandma has been dead for many years."
The rhetorical question confused Chen Chichi completely. No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure out what was going on.
He had no choice but to tell Ding Mu what he had experienced in the past few days, and even opened his belly to give Ding Mu a look.
"The face on your belly looks like mine, but more like another person..."
"who?"
"My dad."
"Your dad?"
"When I was a child, I heard that the land behind the village was very strange, but no one knew what could be done in that place. Nothing could grow and bear fruit. Our ancestors also asked us to stick to this shabby village. In the end, I ran out. I’ve been studying and haven’t been back for a long time.”
"Is it true that there are no relatives of yours in the village?"
"Grandma has been dead for a long time. It happened that I could live on campus and my parents went to work elsewhere."
"How can I believe what you say?"
"I came back this time to offer sacrifices to grandma. Look, the death certificate is still there."
As he spoke, Ding Mu took out a stack of documents from his bag. Sure enough, it clearly showed the death certificate of Grandma Ding Mu and the stamp of the local public security bureau.
Chen Chichi's head can no longer process so much complicated information. It just so happens that the real owner of the house has returned. Regardless of whether the old woman is a lunatic or something else, he has serious reasons to expel her.
"You don't even know your home has been occupied."
"When did this happen?"
"I don't know when. She is a crazy old woman anyway."
"Is this okay? Who is so brave?"
After that, the two of them headed back home and rushed towards Ding Mu's house together.
