Hearing Fu Yiran's words, Si Yu glanced at him lightly, pulled the quilt away without saying a word, and patted the position next to him to signal Gu Xizhou to lie down.
Gu Xizhou stared at the two blurred figures by the window, frowning slightly, but he still listened to Si Yu's words and lay down to sleep.
Seeing this, Fu Yiran rolled over and lay down on his bed, facing the window sideways.
In the bed, Gu Xizhou heard Si Yu lower his voice: "Listen to me, don't look at it, sleep well, everything will be fine tonight."
Gu Xizhou nodded and said, "I know."
Probably to prevent Gu Xizhou from running to see the shadows outside, Si Yu grabbed the corner of Gu Xizhou's clothes with one hand when he slept, this time he did not sleep with his back to Gu Xizhou, and Gu Xizhou soon heard Si Yu Smooth breathing.
In the darkness, Si Yu closed his eyes, his crow feather-like eyelashes curled slightly, and his ink-colored hair scattered randomly.
Gu Xizhou glanced at the shadow by the window, but because Si Yu was holding onto his clothes, he had to choose to give up his curiosity.
"Don't look at it?"
Si Yu seemed to be asleep and didn't hear Fu Yiran's words.
In the darkness, Fu Yiran got off the bed again, with a smile on his pretty face, and winked at Gu Xizhou, "Do you want to read it? I'm going to tear up the newspaper."
"Don't look," Gu Xizhou felt Si Yu's breath behind him and frowned, "I fell asleep."
After Gu Xizhou finished speaking, he closed his eyes and went straight to sleep. After a while, there was an even breathing sound.
Fu Yiran, who was next to him, was stunned when he saw Gu Xizhou closed his eyes. He stood beside the bed and stared at Gu Xizhou and Si Yu for a while before returning to his bed.
the next day.
Gu Xizhou came out of the bathroom and happened to meet Fu Yiran who was already wearing women's clothes. He saw Fu Yiran's two dark circles under his eyelids and asked, "Why didn't you sleep well last night?"
Fu Yiran waved his hand and said helplessly, "Don't mention it, those two figures stood by our window all night yesterday, and I never dared to sleep."
Gu Xizhou gave him a surprised look, and it wasn't until breakfast that Gu Xizhou realized that the other six people had dark circles under their eyes.
"Did you see the figure from last night?" Liu Kai suddenly looked around at the dining table, and found that the eldest sister who was cooking for them had walked out of the dining room, he said in a low voice, "The figure was standing by the window all night. , I was so scared that I didn't dare to move all night!"
"I see." Fu Yiran pointed to the dark circles under his eyes and said, "I haven't slept all night, but the two of them slept well."
As soon as Fu Yiran's voice fell, the surrounding eyes fell on Gu Xizhou and Si Yu at the same time, with a look of astonishment on their faces, and obviously said - how can you sleep
Si Yu didn't care about the eyes of the people around him, he ate breakfast quietly and gracefully, and Gu Xizhou followed him.
"Sure enough." Fu Yiran stared at Si Yu and sighed.
Gu Xizhou and the others did not see the village chief until they had breakfast.
"It's really hard for you. It's really impossible to call you here these days. The plaque of the ancestral hall is rotten. If it is not repaired, I'm afraid it will fall off when the ancestors worship." The village chief said to Gu Xizhou and the others very politely.
After listening to it for a long time, Gu Xizhou finally understood the situation. After five days of worshipping the ancestors in this village, the plaque outside the ancestral hall could no longer be used due to the continuous rain and termite corrosion. The village decided to pay someone to make a new plaque and hang it. And they are the carpenters invited by the villagers to make the plaques.
"Let's go, I'll take you to the ancestral hall." The village chief said, "Every year before the Qingming Festival, we have an ancestor worship in our village. The ancestor worship is our major event, bless us with good weather."
Speaking of that, the old man smiled and said to the crowd, "By the way, the ancestral hall is an important place. There are rules in the village, and outsiders cannot enter."
Gu Xizhou frowned and asked, "What if we enter?"
The village chief showed a smile to Gu Xizhou, his old eyes smiling like two chrysanthemums, full of wrinkles: "You can try."
After answering Gu Xizhou's question, the village chief then repeated the time limit to himself: "A new plaque must be made within five days."
After finishing speaking, the village chief walked out with his hands behind his back, as if he was going to lead them the way. Not annoying either.
The village chief led them along the main road of the village, until they reached the westernmost part of the village. The surrounding area was surrounded by low shrubs, without any obstructions, and there were not a single taller tree. I saw the ancestral hall in the mouth of the village chief.
The surrounding area of the ancestral hall is bare, and the plaque standing at the entrance reads the four characters of 'Zheng's Ancestral Hall'. There are countless tiny holes on this plaque, which are probably left by termites. The left foot is missing a piece. The plaque was covered with black mold, and the gold characters on the black background were somewhat smudged.
On the wall next to the ancestral hall, there is a small wooden sign that reads - An important place for the ancestral hall, idlers are not allowed to enter, and violators will bear the consequences.
From the outside, the ancestral hall is very big, Gu Xizhou glanced inside, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything clearly.
The old man pointed to the ancestral hall behind him and said, "This is it. You must make a new plaque as soon as possible, and it must be done within five days, before the ancestor worship."
Seeing that the old man mentioned the time limit for worshipping ancestors many times, Gu Xizhou couldn't help but ask: "What will happen if you don't do it within five days?"
"Ha." The old man gave Gu Xizhou a weird smile. He didn't answer Gu Xizhou's question. He put his hands behind his back and asked the others, "Do you have any questions?"
Si Yu: "Where is the wood?"
The old man smiled and pointed to a mountain in front of him: "There is a lot of wood on that mountain."
"Cut it yourself?"
The old man nodded, "Don't worry, the wood on that mountain was planted by the ancestors of the villagers."
Gu Xizhou entered such a world for the first time. Obviously, there is a task in this world that players need to complete. If it is not complete, there will be a penalty. Of course, in this task world, you don’t need to think about the penalty—death.
"Are there any requirements for the production of plaques?" Gu Xizhou thought of a question, these people are not good at carpentry.
"Just do it."
Gu Xizhou frowned: "What does it mean to do well?"
"There is a plaque, there are words, even if it is."
Not long after the old man answered the question, everyone whispered a few words.
"This request is too simple, isn't it? If there is a plaque, it doesn't matter if there is a word, we can just draw a peach talisman?"
While they were talking, they suddenly heard the woman's cry, Gu Xizhou subconsciously looked at Fu Yiran beside him, but at this time Fu Yiran, like him, frowned slightly, as if listening to a voice from a distance.
This voice sounded like many women gathered together to cry, not alone, the low voice seemed to be talking, and with this cry, everyone couldn't help but feel numb in their scalps.
Fu Yiran hesitated for a moment, then asked the old man, "Is there a woman crying inside?"
The village chief said with a blank expression: "No, no one is crying inside, you heard it wrong!"
"There are indeed people crying."
The village chief was dazed, he froze for a moment, and said, "I'll go in and have a look."
After the old man finished speaking, he stepped into the ancestral hall with one foot, and as the village chief walked in, Gu Xizhou heard the cry louder, as if countless mouths were crying at the same time.
The village chief came out soon after entering, raised his eyebrows and said, "No one is crying, you must have heard it wrong, is it too late to come to our village, so you are uncomfortable?"
"Maybe it is." Si Yu heard the words and said lightly.
"Hey, you still need more rest. If the five-day construction period is not in time, you can take two days off to make plaques, as long as you don't delay the time for ancestor worship." The village chief smiled, very considerate and authentic.
Although the village chief said so, the cries in the ancestral hall still came out intermittently, as if many people were crying at the same time, and the voices became louder and louder. As for his kindness, naturally no one accepted it.
The sooner they finish the plaque, the sooner they can leave here.
After the old man left, Gu Xizhou probed slightly and glanced inside, wanting to find out.
"Don't go in yet," Si Yu suddenly grabbed Gu Xizhou and whispered.
"Okay." Gu Xizhou nodded and glanced inside and into the ancestral hall, only barely able to see that the candles were slowly burning inside.
After determining the location of the ancestral hall, Gu Xizhou and the others went to the mountain that the village chief said to fetch wood. Unexpectedly, the wood was easy to get, and no accident happened during this period.
The wood was placed at the door of the house where they lived. The woman who cooked for them last night made the meal very early, and when they came back, she smiled as honestly as yesterday.
"You are back, let's eat." The woman put the tableware and chopsticks and said to several people.
After speaking, the woman took off her waist and prepared to leave. At this time, Si Yu asked casually, "What is the main purpose of your ancestral hall?"
Hearing the words, the woman raised her head and glanced at Si Yu and said, "It's just for ancestor worship. Someone will go there every year for ancestor worship."
"Does anyone in your village live there?"
The women in the village smiled, put down their waistbands and said, "Living inside? Who lives there? Living with the ancestor's tablet? How terrifying!"
After speaking, the woman just left, leaving the nine of them sitting at the dining table to continue eating.
"Today went well... We'll cut that piece of wood with tools later." The only girl in the team said softly, "I haven't seen such a world for a long time, and it's rare that no one died this morning."
After the girl finished speaking, her eyes curved into small moons, obviously not as nervous as yesterday.
Fu Yiran next to him heard the girl's words and said lightly, "Don't be careless, be careful that you are the first to die."
When the girl heard Fu Yiran's words, she immediately became angry and excited, and asked, "What are you talking about! What is it that I am the first to die? Are you sick!"
Fu Yiran glanced at her lightly and sneered, "I just kindly remind you - curiosity killed the cat."
"Hey, you are neither male nor female, say it again! You..." The girl was very angry. After all, in such a world, someone said that you would die, which is not a good thing.
Fu Yiran rolled his eyes: "Remember my advice, anyway, you have to live or die, and it has nothing to do with me."
"Okay, don't say a few words," Gu Xizhou patted Fu Yiran's shoulder, this place is already full of death at any time, it's really not good to say this.
The people next to her also persuaded the girl. Fu Yiran didn't speak under Gu Xizhou's eyes. In the afternoon, two people in the team did not like each other, but they worked together to finish the plaque before it was getting dark.
"It's done? You are too fast, can you press it today?" The village chief didn't mind the crooked words on the new plaque that looked like small second-hand script, but showed a smile on his face.
However, Liu Kai glanced at the already dim sky, and estimated that it took them about an hour to get from here to the ancestral hall this morning. Now that it has passed, it is dark.
"We'll press you up early tomorrow morning. It's too dark to be safe now," Liu Kai said.
The village chief didn't force them to hang the plaque today, but instead laughed, "That's good, no need to hurry anyway, just do it before the ancestor worship."
After dinner, Gu Xizhou glanced at the time on his phone and said to everyone, "It's late, go to sleep."
When the people around heard his words, they nodded slightly and went back to their rooms.
The three of them washed briefly. Gu Xizhou sat on the bed, staring at the window with the newspaper in a daze.
"Look at what?"
Si Yu patted Gu Xizhou on the shoulder and asked.
Gu Xizhou looked up at him and said, "I was thinking about those two figures last night."
"Curiosity killed the cat." Si Yu said suddenly and lightly.
Gu Xizhou was stunned when he heard this sentence, because this sentence is exactly the same as what Fu Yiran said to the girl in the daytime today.
After sleeping until midnight, Fu Yiran woke Gu Xizhou again and pointed to the reflection on the window, "Gu Ran, aren't you curious about what's outside?"
Gu Xizhou: "..."
Fu Yiran smiled at him, with the intention of inviting Gu Xizhou to explore the mystery together, his eyes were grinning, but the expression on Fu Yiran's face froze soon.
Gu Xizhou felt a chill in his vest. He looked back and saw Si Yu roll over from the bed. Si Yu's eyes fell coldly on Fu Yiran, and then he whispered to him, "Remember what I said to you."
Gu Xizhou held back his curiosity and nodded. In fact, he was scratched by the dark shadow outside, and he really wanted to take a look.
There must be a ghost outside, it's not a big problem for him, most of the time it's fine to beat him.
Seeing his gaze towards the window, Si Yu reluctantly walked to the window and tapped the window lightly with his hand.
"There's nothing you want here, let's go."
The things outside seemed to understand his words, and the outline of the shadow on the window became smaller and smaller, until it disappeared.
the next day—
Before Gu Xizhou could walk out of the room, he heard whispering voices from the door!
"Dead... Sure enough, it's not that simple, two die in one night!" Liu Kai pointed to the room in the corner and talked softly with Wen Wen next to him.
Gu Xizhou saw blood dripping on the floor, and knew that something had happened last night. He had four feet outside the door. Gu Xizhou walked over to take a look. The two corpses lying on the ground had already changed beyond recognition. From their faces, the faces of both of them are gone. Besides, their clothes are all intact. From the clothes, it can be seen that one of them is the girl who quarreled with Fu Yiran yesterday.
Gu Xizhou looked at the situation in the room of the two of them subconsciously. He noticed that an irregular shape had been torn open on the window of the room where the newspaper was attached, and he could just see the situation outside.
Curiosity killed the cat.