Ten minutes later, Ye Feng arrived in his car on time.
Ye Feng drove away in his car on time.
There was something wrong with the plan: originally only Ye Feng and Lu Yingjiu were going there, but now there were four people in the car, and it was dead silent all the way.
Jing Xian was an accident—no one knew how he came back, except Lu Yingjiu.
Xiao Li was also surprised - no one knew why Xiao Li suddenly told Chu Banyang today that he had learned a lot from Lu Yingjiu. As a result, Chu Banyang said indifferently, then you can continue to follow him for the next commission.
Ye Feng drove the car and looked in the rearview mirror at Lu Yingjiu and Jingxian in the back seat.
According to his usual impression, the two of them should have been chatting with each other head to head, and they would talk for a long time and couldn't be pulled apart.
I don’t know why, they were so silent today, keeping an awkward yet polite distance from each other, without even making eye contact.
Lu Yingjiu looked out the window at the scenery, but he was completely absent-minded, as if he was distracted during a meeting. Even if a bomb exploded nearby, he might not react. Jing Xian lowered his eyes, with a gloomy and domineering temperament, as if he was planning a billion-dollar robbery, or ruling the world... If he hadn't secretly glanced at Lu Yingjiu from time to time, Ye Feng would have thought it was even more perfect.
The co-pilot, Xiao Li, was still immersed in the mood of "Ah, was my master disgusted by me, wuwuwuwu?" and didn't want to say a word.
Ye Feng didn't know why, his mind was full of strange thoughts.
… He felt that these two people were like a young couple who had just had a quarrel.
What happened to the promise that a short absence makes a new marriage better? !
Ye Feng couldn't stand the silence any more, so he coughed and said, "Ah, I didn't expect you two to come together."
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
Jing Xian: “…”
Ye Feng said stubbornly, "I thought you weren't coming back. Lu Yingjiu just said you resigned yesterday."
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
Jing Xian: “…”
Ye Feng felt that the atmosphere was getting weirder and weirder, so he quickly added: "It's fine, it's fine, welcome back!"
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
Jing Xian: “…”
The atmosphere in the car was originally awkward, but now the air seemed to be frozen.
Ye Feng shrank his head, realizing that he couldn't speak at all and was talking about something irrelevant. He quickly concentrated on driving.
The car was driving on the highway and the scenery was whizzing by.
Xiao Li was in good spirits at first, but later he started to feel carsick.
After driving for more than ten minutes, his face turned pale and he looked like he was about to vomit.
He said weakly, "I get carsick easily... It was especially severe today."
Ye Feng asked, "Did you buy motion sickness patches before you went out?"
"No... I left in such a hurry that I forgot to bring it." Xiao Li stretched out his hand weakly and searched everywhere in the car for a plastic bag.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Yingjiu finally stopped staring out the window and said, "Ye Feng, why don't you find a rest stop and let him slow down."
"The nearest rest stop is 20 kilometers away." Ye Feng looked at the navigation.
In order to protect Ye Feng's freshly washed car, Lu Yingjiu quickly helped Xiao Li find a plastic bag.
After searching for a while without finding it, he saw Jing Xian handing something over.
Xiao Li took it and saw that it was a motion sickness patch.
He said weakly: "Oh, you have a motion sickness patch, that's great..."
He opened the package with a nauseous look, put it behind his earlobe, and asked Jing Xian: "Should I move the seat back a little?"
"You put it down, I'll sit in the middle." Jing Xian said.
He moved to the middle, this time sitting next to Lu Yingjiu.
Lu Yingjiu's body stiffened for half a second.
Xiao Li lowered the seat, lay down and closed his eyes. Finally, he no longer looked like he was about to vomit.
Ye Feng also breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to the rest stop.
Silence returned to the car. Lu Yingjiu couldn't help but glance at Jing Xian.
Jing Xian took out motion sickness patches from a backpack. The zipper was not closed yet, and Lu Yingjiu saw neatly arranged sandwiches, small bags of nuts and snacks, as well as Band-Aids and motion sickness patches. It was obvious that they were prepared for long journeys.
I don’t know how Jing Xian managed to produce these things like magic in just 10 minutes.
Ghosts don't suffer from motion sickness.
So this one was prepared for him.
Lu Yingjiu felt that his expression must be very stiff right now.
He wanted to turn his head towards the glass and continue looking at the scenery, but he felt it was too obvious.
He had never been so embarrassed and at a loss in his life.
The main reason is that the impact was too great.
Who could accept that the ghost marriage partner he had imagined for 13 years, the sexy female ghost, suddenly turned into a man who was half a head taller than him? !
The master is indeed a fucking charlatan!
He was tricked into giving Jing Xian a try!
We are both victims, so why does Jing Xian look so happy!
Jing Xian's words were still echoing in Lu Yingjiu's ears.
In the corridor, Jing Xian pulled him and sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry, I made you a widow for so many years."
Lu Yingjiu was so shocked at the time that she didn't have the energy to complain about this "widow" who had so many flaws.
Now, his heart is no longer in a mess, but a mosaic: the vast universe, Macabaka Igubigu, laughter, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs, swords, spears, and halberds entangled in quantum entanglement, and Ultraman and the Ox-Head and Horse-Face dancing hand in hand.
In the end, there are still two big words: widowhood.
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and clear his thoughts.
Fortunately, Ye Feng turned the air conditioner to a very low temperature. The cold wind blew, suppressing the heat waves outside the window, which helped people to sort out their thoughts.
Lu Yingjiu finally calmed down.
As soon as he calmed down, he began to feel hungry.
He had originally planned to go downstairs to have breakfast before getting in the car, but after Jing Xian's treatment, how could he have the heart to eat
He didn't eat well last night, and he has been hungry since this morning. It seems that there is still 150 kilometers to Yueshan Village. It seems that he can only buy something to eat at the rest stop.
Speaking of food…
Lu Yingjiu thought of the nuts he had seen at Jing Xian's place just now.
He likes nuts, and the ones Jingxian brought were his favorite brand.
If it had been placed before, he would have taken it and eaten it directly.
Lu Yingjiu took another deep breath and rubbed his brows, but heard Jing Xian speak.
Jing Xian's tone was unusually cautious, and he handed over a bag of nuts: "Or?"
“…No need.” Lu Yingjiu’s voice was tense.
He thought to himself, what Chen Xiaoling said was absolutely right, Jing Xian was not a little goblin, Jing Xian was a super big goblin, he had almost learned how to read minds.
The two were silent for more than ten seconds.
Jing Xian moved slowly.
This time he did not give the nuts directly to Lu Yingjiu, but secretly stuffed them into his mouth.
His movements were very small, as if he was afraid of being discovered, just like a classmate secretly passing notes in class.
Lu Yingjiu thought to himself, is there any difference between you giving it to me directly and me taking it secretly
He wanted to refuse, but Jing Xian was quick this time and stuffed the bag of nuts into his mouth.
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
He pinched it and whispered after a while, "Thank you."
He unpacked the nuts.
The rustling of packaging bags broke the silence.
Lu Yingjiu had just eaten two nuts when he saw Ye Feng reach out and press a button to start playing music - he was trying to ease the atmosphere.
Lu Yingjiu ate while listening, hoping to divert his attention.
Just listen to the lyrics:
Celebrating the New Year in the first month of the year
The widow in the room asked her heart
The widow is thirty-two years old
What the hell
I got married at the age of seventeen.
Yier yaer yo
Lu Yingjiu: “…?”
He quickly continued to eat nuts to calm himself down.
Listen to the lyrics:
Spending time at home
I hope my husband and I will grow old together.
Come on, yeah yeah yeah
Unexpectedly, I guarded a lonely grave halfway
Yier yaer yo
Road welcomes wine:
Lu Yingjiu couldn't help it: "Ye Feng, what song are you playing?"
"Ah?" Ye Feng said, "It's "The Young Widow Goes to the Grave"."
Lu Yingjiu felt his eyebrows jump and his blood pressure rose: "Change the song."
"Oh oh oh." Ye Feng changed the song.
Lu Yingjiu continued to eat nuts, and heard the song:
Thinking of my lover in April
The peony flowers are in bloom, and the woman is holding a handkerchief.
Can't stop wiping away tears
Sitting in the embroidery room, mumbling to myself
Which flower is in love with you
Left behind the little slave family~~
Road welcomes wine:
He said, "What song is this?"
Ye Feng replied: "Waiting for My Lover."
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
Lu Yingjiu suppressed the urge to curse and said, "You, you stop playing it, turn it off immediately."
Ye Feng didn't understand why, but he finally turned off the music and the car became quiet.
After driving for more than an hour, the car got off the highway in dead silence, turned several turns onto a small road, and slowly climbed up the mountain.
Yueshan Sanatorium is built in the mountains, next to an ordinary small village.
The mountain road was bumpy and the turns were sharp. Ye Feng drove very slowly. They looked like a group of people going on a spring outing. Lu Yingjiu looked out the window. The mountains were green, the branches of the trees were growing wildly towards the sky, and a few birds hid their bodies among the leaves. Only their clear singing could be heard.
Xiao Li asked: "How long has the sanatorium been abandoned?"
"It's been seventeen years." Ye Feng replied, "Except for us, no one will come back."
The air in the mountains is good. Open the window and a fresh breeze blows on your face.
The mountain road is rugged and there seemed to be no road ahead several times. After a sharp turn, there was another long stretch of mountains.
The car moved forward, passing through the mountains, and finally after turning a corner, the view became clear.
—Lush green trees, a large emerald lake, and children from the village chasing and playing. Looking up, in the middle of the forest, the white walls of the sanatorium seem to be shining in the sun.
…
Yueshan Sanatorium is not an ordinary sanatorium.
It was established in 1965 by several ghost exorcism organizations including the Qingdeng Society. It accepts patients who have been involved in supernatural events and have suffered physical and mental trauma.
From 1965 to its closure in 2003, the dean was a member of the Ye family.
Ye Feng’s second grandfather was the last dean. He came here many times when he was a child.
However, Ye Deyong passed away not long after the hospital closed, and Ye Feng hadn't been back for ten years.
Ye Feng parked the car outside the village.
The parking lot is surrounded by wild flowers and weeds, swaying in the wind, with a faint fragrance.
The three got off the car and walked into the village.
Xiao Li said: "Why is this place closed? I think it's great to have a place like this."
Ye Feng hesitated for a few seconds: "Poor management."
Usually there are not many outsiders coming to this village, and there is only one small hotel and restaurant.
Ye Feng led the way and they walked into the "Roast Chicken King Farmhouse".
When ordering, the waiter was writing on a piece of paper and suddenly asked, "Are you anchors?"
Ye Feng was stunned: "Why do you ask?"
"Several anchors have come in the past few days," said the waiter. "As soon as they arrived, they started filming in the village, saying they were here to explore ghosts."
Lu Yingjiu asked, "Are there any supernatural events in your village?"
"No." The waiter pointed to the mountain, "They are going to that sanatorium."
"Have they set out yet?"
"They've been there many times, and they should be going up the mountain again now." The waiter smiled, "What a pity, you're not the first group to come. They've been live streaming for so many days, and they've been to all the places they should go. I guess you don't have anything good to broadcast."
Ye Feng asked again: "Besides the sanatorium, where else did they go?"
"I'm not sure about that." The waiter shook his head.
The food is here.
The food was surprisingly good. The black tofu in stone pot was hot and tender, and the roast chicken was crispy and oily.
While Lu Ying was eating, he visited the "Two-Faced Buddha" forum.
He slid his slender fingers across the screen and quickly found what he was looking for.
The post is titled: Has anyone heard of Yueshan Sanatorium? I was drinking with my friend today and he told me a story.
Lu Yingjiu clicked in and took a look.
The poster said that his brother's mother had encountered a ghost and became mentally ill. She had stayed in this sanatorium, and all the patients around her had similar experiences.
Later, when my mother recovered, my brother came back with fruits and flowers, wanting to thank the doctors and nurses. However, he discovered that in just three years, the luxurious and well-equipped sanatorium had become deserted.
The author wrote mysteriously: My brother asked around for a long time and heard that some people went up the mountain late at night and saw a nurse carrying a lantern walking along the mountain trail. He also heard that there were always cries from the nearby cemetery.
I felt that there must be something fishy going on as the sanatorium was closed so suddenly!
Hey guys, what do you think
This post received a lot of replies.
—The Moon Mountain Sanatorium has received many patients.
Back then, exorcism was a shady business, and the families of patients had to sign confidentiality agreements. The situation is different now. The sanatorium has closed down, and there are even live broadcasts of supernatural events. The atmosphere has become much more open. Many people spoke freely in that post, talking about which of their relatives and friends had been to Yueshan.
After a while, the popularity increased.
Wherever there is popularity, there are anchors, no wonder they come here.
Lu Yingjiu thought of Ye Feng's photo.
It felt like something was strangling Ye Deyong's neck.
If something really went wrong with the sanatorium and the village, it would be very troublesome if so many outsiders happened to come over.
Lu Yingjiu frowned slightly.
Jing Xian beside him reminded him softly: "Eat quickly, the food is getting cold."
After dinner, Ye Feng went to the warehouse according to the information given to him by the village chief.
The village chief is named Feng Mao. He is in his fifties, with slightly gray hair, bronze skin, and a strong physique that shows the result of years of farm work.
He wore a white old man's shirt and led everyone over while waving a fan. He searched for a long time from the bunch of keys at his waist, found one, and opened the door of the warehouse.
As soon as he opened the door, he smelled a strong stale smell and Ye Feng couldn't help coughing a few times.
Feng Mao was already familiar with the taste, so he wasn't surprised and didn't change his expression.
The lights here were also broken. He turned on the power and walked to the corner of the warehouse. He pointed to a large cardboard box half a person's height and said, "This is it."
On the cardboard box, the word "叶" was written in a flamboyant style with a fountain pen.
Ye Feng went over and took a closer look, and found that it was indeed his second uncle's handwriting.
The box was too heavy, and he had difficulty lifting it by himself, so Xiao Li and he each carried one side of it, and walked out of the warehouse, all the way to the small hotel at the entrance of the village.
Ye Deyong didn't know what he had left behind. The box was really heavy. Halfway up the uphill road, both of them were out of breath.
Lu Yingjiu said, "Let someone else carry it."
"Okay, okay." Ye Feng said with a heavy breath and put the box down.
So Lu Yingjiu and Jingxian took over the job of moving the boxes.
After walking a few steps, Lu Yingjiu felt light and fluttering, as if he had no weight at all.
Ye Feng and Xiao Li can't be that weak, which only proves that most of the weight went to Jing Xian.
Lu Yingjiu subconsciously wanted to look at Jing Xian, but the cardboard box was too high and he couldn't see anything.
He put a little more effort into walking and walked faster.
Unexpectedly, Jing Xian also started to increase his strength, and Lu Ying's force on the wine cup became less.
Lu Yingjiu tried hard, and Jing Xian tried harder. The two of them walked faster and faster on the mountain road, as fast as flying, and they couldn't wait to get to the hotel.
Ye Feng and Xiao Li were left behind and couldn't catch up with the two men at all. They were all stunned.
After a long while, Xiao Li murmured, "Ah, they are so strong... Am I lacking exercise? I should go to the gym that Master recommended."
"No, no," Ye Feng shook his head, "I'm sure it's not our fault, it's theirs. Compared to this, I want to know what happened between them... The atmosphere along the way is really weird."
Even so, Lu Yingjiu and Jing Xian arrived at the hotel before them.
In the hotel lobby, they put down the box, which landed with a dull thump.
Most of the strength was exerted by Jing Xian, and neither of them even took a breath.
While Ye Feng hadn't arrived yet, Lu Yingjiu took a look at the box.
The box was wrapped in layers of seals, like a zongzi. The seals were painted with extremely complex patterns, which looked like rivers and mountains. If you looked from a distance, it looked like a giant snake coiling.
The ghost god that made a pact with the Ye family was the "Li Snake".
This rune is unique to the Ye family. Lu Yingjiu doesn’t know much about it and naturally doesn’t know how to decipher it. She can only wait for Ye Feng to open it.
Unexpectedly, when Ye Feng arrived and examined it carefully, he said, "This rune is too complicated. It will take a while to decipher it."
Lu Yingjiu said with a smile: "Aren't you from the Ye family? You can't even decipher your second master's rune. Is it because you are not good enough in learning skills?"
"Oh, you are insulting me! It's not that it cannot be solved, it just takes time. Give me half a day and I guarantee that I can open it!" Ye Feng vowed.
They haven't solved the problem of the photo yet, so they have to stay in Yueshan Village.
Usually there are not many people coming to the village, at most a few photographers come to take pictures of the mountain scenery. This hotel is too small, and the rooms are almost completely booked by anchors.
Ye Feng took their ID cards, paid the money, and returned with two room cards. He handed one to Lu Yingjiu: "It's yours."
Lu Yingjiu took the room card and was speechless for a moment.
Jing Xian wasn't familiar with those two people, so it seemed like he would have to sleep in the same room with them.
He didn't want to look at Jingxian's expression, so he and Jingxian carried the cardboard box to the second floor.
The two double rooms were adjacent to each other. Ye Feng asked them to put the box in the middle of the room and began to study it.
Lu Yingjiu and Jing Xian entered room 202 together.
As soon as the door was closed, the room became dead silent.
Lu Yingjiu took a deep breath and said, "I'll go to the balcony to get some fresh air."
He opened the balcony door and the fresh mountain air blew in his face.
There was a wooden lounge chair on the balcony. He didn't want to go back into the house for the time being and planned to sit on the balcony for a while.
I didn't expect that sitting here, listening to the swaying of leaves, hearing distant voices, and basking in the warm sunshine -
He fell asleep.
Good sleep habits have always worked.
I slept in a daze and my dream was chaotic.
Lu Yingjiu seemed to dream of a ghost marriage, the heavy rain that was pouring down at that time, the blood-red lanterns, and the swaying red candles.
But this time in the dream, he was no longer young, but had become his current age.
The child who was plagued by misfortune back then finally grew up safely.
When we walked into the wedding hall, we saw that all the guests were wearing ghost masks and laughing shrilly.
He stood alone under the character "囍" and bowed deeply.
only-
But this time, when he stood up again, the place opposite was no longer empty.
Jing Xian stood in front of him with a smile in his eyes. He lowered his head slightly and kissed his forehead.
The two looked at each other for a long time.
The sound of heavy rain seemed to last forever. The candle flame suddenly jumped up for a moment, and the red wax rolled down, seeming to be blazing.
Jing Xian stretched out his hand, stroked his temples carefully, and said with a smile: "Long time no see."
"… "
Lu Ying sobered up and felt his face was a little hot for some reason.
He took a long breath and stood up, noticing the rhythmic music in the background.
The balcony faces a small square where several young men are rehearsing a dance below.
Someone nearby held a megaphone and shouted, "Dance faster, dance faster! There are still three days left before the festival, and you're planning to perform like this?! What the hell!"
The young man worked even harder. After a while, a girl came up and sang in an opera style, making a humming sound.
“Boom boom!”
There was a knock on the balcony glass.
Lu Yingjiu turned around and saw Jing Xian open the balcony door and walked to him: "Are you awake?"
Lu Yingjiu nodded.
He had just woken up, feeling relaxed and lazy after a nap.
The young man under the balcony was jumping up and down. Lu Yingjiu didn't know what to say, so he just continued watching the show.
Looking around, he suddenly heard another sound of music coming.
He looked carefully: OK, it was Ye Feng singing.
Lu Yingjiu shouted: "Why did you put it up?"
Ye Feng's voice came from afar: "I'm really bored! You can't deprive me of the few fun things I have!"
"What did you put there?"
—As soon as he asked this question, Lu Yingjiu regretted it.
As expected, Ye Feng replied: "I'm listening to "Big Girl Watching a Play"!"
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
Jing Xian who was standing next to him also heard it and laughed silently.
"Stop laughing, stop laughing." Lu Yingjiu said helplessly, and smiled unconsciously.
The music continued, and the two stood side by side in the sun, their shadows lengthened by the light.
The awkward atmosphere seemed to be diluted by the sunshine.
The timing is good now. Lu Yingjiu was thinking about how to start a chat with Jing.
If I open my mouth, what should I say? It seems like nothing I say will sound right.
A few minutes later, the song ended and everything became quiet.
Lu Yingjiu lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Jingxian, you..."
A cheer was heard!
Ye Feng shouted: "I opened the box!"