The center of the island of Backwater Island is called "Center Town". Hongluo Academy, which mainly trains Qi trainers, is not too close to the central town, about fifteen kilometers away. It is also because of this that Hongluo College is a boarding school, but the Bone Night Festival is an exception. Most of the boarding students will return home on this night.
Therefore, the Hongluo Academy was empty on the night of the Bone Night Festival.
However, this night... at Hongluo Academy, there were people there.
A slightly old door was gently pushed open. What was exposed was an image of a young man wearing a pair of glasses, and behind the young man was another girl with curly hair.
"Really... to this night?"
"Of course." The young man with glasses said with a stern look: "Hongluo Academy... Maybe it is the most important place on this island. It is only at this time today that there is no one in Hongluo Academy. There will be no better chance."
"But? Tonight is the Bone Night Festival. It would be dangerous to stay outside, right?"
"The so-called staying outside is also a very ambiguous concept. After all, we are still indoors now. And even if something happens, I can protect you. After all, I am also one of the best Qi trainers this year."
"But... a qi trainer, not..."
"And don't forget, we still carry... the statue of the Moon Shadow God that has been illuminated! Isn't it?"
Hearing this sentence, the curly-haired girl showed a relieved expression.
The Moon Shadow God Statue that has been illuminated is naturally completely different from the ordinary Moon Shadow God Statue. Such statues of the Moon Shadow God are extremely precious, and there are not many of them on the entire island, but it is unbelievable that this young man with glasses can own one!
"Okay, let's go, Shaxue. Hongluo Academy must be hiding secret information related to Forbidden Mountain. I must find out that information..."
On the backwater island, different families are still waiting for the arrival of the "dealer".
"Whoosh"!
A dart hits the bullseye quickly!
"I said... can you listen to my conversation?"
In a room, there is a man and a woman, both of whom look very young, both less than twenty years old.
The one who was throwing darts was a tall man, and beside him was a woman with short hair. The short-haired woman showed a disturbed expression and said, "I don't know, how is Lingxi's situation..."
"It's okay..." The dart-throwing man shrugged, "The game of ghost cards has been a tradition of the Bone Night Festival for many years, and nothing has ever happened."
"But..." the short-haired woman grabbed the skirt below her uneasily: "This year's Bone Night Festival came very late, even so close to the 'Moon Shadow Festival'... I'm a little uneasy."
The Bone Night Festival is not a festival on a specific date, and only when Moon Shadow's left eye sheds tears, the Bone Night Festival will come. This is already a fact recognized by everyone on the island. The Bone Night Festival is usually held in the first half of the year, with the highest frequency in February and March. However, this year's Bone Night Festival actually took place in October near the end of the year, which is very rare for nearly ten years. In terms of time... too close to the Moon Shadow Festival.
"Although...you are Han Lingxi's fiancée, but you seem to care too much."
"Don't talk like that... I..." Speaking of this, she paused, and said: "Speaking of it... there is a saying. The reason why the Bone Night Festival came so late this time is because Huang Shanyun violated the prohibition and entered the Forbidden Mountain. That's why the Bone Night Festival comes so late..."
"Whether Bone Night is early or late... does it matter?"
"Many people use the Bone Night Festival to predict the good or bad luck of the year, but the time is so late, it makes people feel..."
The man put down the dart and looked at the short-haired woman beside him.
"Haruyuki? Have you been influenced by Sayuki?"
"Have it?"
"I think so."
"Anyway, I don't want Lingxi to draw a ghost card. He will soon usher in the Moon Shadow Festival when he graduates. If he draws a ghost card at this time, I'm worried... something unlucky will happen then."
For the islanders of Deadwater Island, they are extremely convinced of everything related to Moon Shadow. It is a long-standing saying on the backwater island that drawing a wild card means bad luck. And when the Moon Shadow Festival is coming...
"And, not only that, after the Moon Shadow Festival, it will be my wedding date with Lingxi..."
"That's what you're most concerned about, right?"
"Although it is true to say that..."
"But it's useless for you to think wildly here, right? After all, the joker cards are drawn randomly. No matter how worried you are..."
"No... there is a way." Haruyuki came to his senses at this time: "Actually, Sayuki told me a way... If, when we draw cards, as long as we don't draw any fake cards, then ... We will mark the card we have drawn! Then when other people draw cards later, those who understand the mark can draw this card!"
The man who threw the dart was completely stunned.
"Are you... joking with me, Haruyuki?"
"Looks like I'm joking?"
Immediately, the man realized... what Haruyuki said was true!
"You..." He rushed up to Haruyuki and said, "Don't really play like that! This is cheating! If you find out..."
"Huh? Is there any rule of the joker game that says that marking cards is strictly prohibited? No?"
The man froze for a moment, then thought carefully, and indeed... he didn't say that!
"Even so,..."
"All the rules related to the ghost card game are the answers given by the Qi trainer through communication with the Moon Shadow God. Therefore, if there is no explicit prohibition, it means that you agree. Originally... don't you think that the cards that have already been drawn Putting it back, is it a way to encourage marking? As long as you prepare more than a dozen new decks of playing cards, there will be no problem of marking. So... "
However, speaking of this, the man's face revealed a gleam of light.
"I can be sure... this is definitely not what Saxue said!"
"Huh? It was indeed Sayuki who told me?"
"Shaxue is not that smart. You can't be wrong, Su Qingchan must be the one who told Shaxue these things! It must be him!"
"Su...Su Qingchan?"
"Yeah, so you can't see it? It's obvious that she's dating Su Qingchan, right?"
On the backwater island, the small population and large demand for labor naturally lead to a policy of encouraging childbearing. On this island, no one will be condemned for puppy love. Men as long as they are sixteen years old, and women as long as they are young You can get married at the age of fourteen. Therefore, most people will get married and have children when they are students. If they are unmarried over the age of twenty, they can be regarded as leftover men and women.
"I guess, after the Moon Shadow Festival, Su Qingchan and Shaxue will go to the island office to register their marriage."
"So... Su Qingchan came up with this idea?"
"Yes, I'm afraid... She said she was spending the night at a friend's house for the Bone Night Festival, but I'm afraid, she should stay at Su Qingchan's house."
"what?"
Haruyuki immediately turned pale with shock: "Brother... are you... telling the truth?"
"Then what are you making all the fuss about? Saxue is not a child anymore, she can do whatever she wants."
"After all, you are also a big brother!"
"It's okay. Even if something happened, just make up the formalities afterwards."
"Yao Shichen!"
"Okay, okay... let's not talk about this, the marking thing you mentioned just now..."
The room fell into silence again.
"About this... Shaxue mentioned it to me. As long as the mark is made in advance, Lingxi can understand it. But I didn't tell Lingxi directly, but hinted him, so that as long as he sees the mark, he will know what the answer is. It's over."
"The premise is that you draw cards before Han Lingxi, right?"
In the ghost game, there is no rule about who will draw and who will draw last, and it has never had any relationship with the distance of the house from the island office.
"Well... If that's the case, there's nothing I can do. But there is always a possibility. Besides, if Sayuki draws the cards first, she can also make a mark. She must have separated from us for this reason."
And at this moment...
Outside, there was a knock on the door!