"Pap, tap, tap..."
It fell behind Xie Xiaoyu's heels.
Each sound is clearer than the last.
In the silence of the night, it was loud enough that it was hard to ignore.
Xie Xiaoyu's palms were already soaked with cold sweat as he listened to the voice chasing after him.
In a daze, she only felt,
The voice was like that of a hunter who had a lot of time to spare,
He was teasing her poor prey between his palms.
He intended for her to hear this sound.
In this way, you can see her panicked look.
The situation is becoming increasingly urgent.
Even if Xie Xiaoyu wanted to pretend that nothing had happened, it would be difficult to continue pretending.
In the thicker and thicker milky white fog, there was a rapid barking, continuing to guide her in the direction.
But the cry was inevitably a little restless.
"Woof woof! Woof woof!"
The dogs barked more and more urgently.
It was like a dense drum beating in her heart, urging her to walk over quickly.
Xie Xiaoyu listened to the footsteps chasing after him.
Involuntarily, he quickened his pace.
Walk quickly in the direction of the barking dog.
Finally, she saw a cold white light coming out of the thick fog.
The barking of the dog stopped at the position of the white light and no longer changed its direction.
That's it!
Xie Xiaoyu felt happy and walked a little faster.
However, he still kept the rules in mind, and even if he panicked, he did not run away.
Finally, Xie Xiaoyu saw what the white light seeping from the thick fog was.
A familiar sign - Sister Song’s Butcher Shop.
As the four lit fonts came into Xie Xiaoyu's eyes, the familiar sound of chopping meat also reached Xie Xiaoyu's ears.
"Dong, dong, dong——"
In the shop, the fat woman chopped the knife into pieces making a loud noise.
With one sound and one sound, as the hand lifted and the knife fell, blood, flesh and broken bones were scattered everywhere.
Xie Xiaoyu saw it at a glance,
The bright red blood is flowing freely on the blade.
The entire blade is dyed bright red.
It dripped down the edge of the table and gathered into a puddle on the ground.
"Dong, dong, dong——"
The fat woman was chopping meat, all the fat on her body was shaking.
When Xie Xiaoyu saw her for the first time, the original light pink color of the apron she was wearing could still be seen.
But now, the apron was completely stained red with blood.
even,
The cloth, soaked with blood, can no longer bear any more.
As the woman moved, more blood dripped down the corners of her clothes.
Want to go in?
The rules he saw on the bulletin board during the second lap flashed through Xie Xiaoyu's mind.
Articles 2 and 3 have been changed.
The changed rules say shops with white signs are dangerous.
Which one should she believe?
Xie Xiaoyu's hesitation only lasted a moment.
The next moment, I felt a terrifying sense of crisis coming from behind.
She set her heart aside and rushed into the store with her eyes closed.
There was a chill on the back of her neck, as if something was rubbing against her neck at that moment.
Later, he was blocked from the store by invisible rules.
"Huh, huh..."
Xie Xiaoyu rushed into the store, her chest heaving violently due to intense fear, and she was gasping for breath.
After a long while, he opened his eyes tremblingly.
Nothing happened...
She is safe.
Xie Xiaoyu looked down at his body to confirm that nothing happened to him.
He looked at his own shadow again.
The cold white light in the store illuminated her shadow clearly, without any abnormality.
A feeling of remaining after a disaster filled Xie Xiaoyu's heart.
Fortunately, the white shop is safe.
Xie Xiaoyu looked at the fat woman who was still standing in front of the chopping board.
The woman still had a ferocious look on her face, her lips were constantly opening and closing slightly, and she was uttering vague curses.
She didn't seem to notice Xie Xiaoyu at all, she was immersed in her own world.
Xie Xiaoyu slowly exhaled a long, turbid breath.
The whole person relaxed a little.
At least at this moment, this fat woman should not be a threat to her.
At this time, Xie Xiaoyu could calm down a little and analyze the previous situation.
She raised her hand and gently pressed her chest.
In Xie Xiaoyu's memory, it was obvious that she had already died once.
The sharp and twisted bone spur completely penetrated her entire body from here.
Even the pain of having his internal organs smashed still vaguely lingered on his body.
However, she actually stood on the same spot perfectly.
not dead.
Could it be that this is her talent?
In the previous ghost stories in Kotou Village, she had indeed gained a talent.
But when it comes to talent, usually the person involved will only know one name.
The specific effect needs to be explored by oneself.
Xie Xiaoyu's talent only has one name - "Zhong Qingyu".
This is a name recorded in the chapter "Zhong Sheng" in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".
Zhong Qingyu, a famous scholar from Liaodong, went to Jinan Prefecture to take part in the provincial examination.
Just after finishing the second exam, Zhong Qingyu learned from an old Taoist that his mother was about to die.
Zhong Qingyu stopped taking exams and rushed home to serve his mother.
His filial piety moved the King of Hell, so the King of Hell extended Zhong Qingyu's mother's life by twenty years.
When this allusion was first investigated, people in the organization had doubted whether Xie Xiaoyu's talent was related to her mother.
After all, there are indeed some similarities between Zhong Qingyu's experience and Xie Xiaoyu's own experience.
but--
Xie Xiaoyu thought of the bamboo that broke in front of him before and recalled the second half of the story.
Later, Zhong Qingyu was wanted for committing a crime, and his wife took him to meet his father-in-law, who was a profound Taoist.
My father-in-law is a monk and has been hiding from the world for many years.
His wife and Zhong Qingyu knelt down and begged for a long time, and his father-in-law finally came to help and used a cane to die in Zhong Qingyu's place.
"Could it be that my talent is to die with a broken stick?"
Xie Xiaoyu thought to himself.
I just don’t know how many times her talent can be used.
However, even in each ghost story, the talent can only be used once.
That can be called a heaven-defying ability.
Compared with other investigators, she simply has an extra life.
Xie Xiaoyu felt happy when he thought of this.
However, she did not get carried away.
Having already used his talent once, Xie Xiaoyu knew that he should be more cautious next time.
She calmed down and looked cautiously outside the store.
I don't know if that thing is outside.
Suddenly, Xie Xiaoyu's eyes were attracted by a piece of paper taped to the door of the shop.
The piece of paper was affixed to the greasy wall of the butcher shop. It was somewhat damaged due to age.
However, the damaged areas were carefully smoothed with paste on the wall.
Every word is still clearly visible.
