A few people left Seizing Soul Lake, and the mist on the lake slowly dissipated.
George revived with full blood, "Oh, that lake is really magical, just as mysterious as in the legends, this is really a magical place."
Bai Yunxi glanced at George and said with a sneer, "That lake is very dangerous."
George said disapprovingly: "It's okay, we may have encountered extreme weather conditions, what a pity, I was too nervous just now, I forgot to take pictures..."
Bai Yunxi: "..." I love taking selfies, there really is no distinction between national boundaries!
"If I just took a picture, my friends would definitely admire me." George said happily.
Ye Fan nodded and said, "Yes, they will like you."
George looked at Ye Fan, thinking he had found a bosom friend, "Otherwise, we'll go back now!"
Bai Yunxi: "..." George, the scar really healed and he forgot the pain.
"Mr. George, there are water ghosts in this lake, you should stay away from them." The village chief said nervously.
Bai Yunxi found that the village head was very enthusiastic about George, but he seemed to be hiding something.
"Water ghosts, there are no ghosts in this world. The scene in this lake must have a scientific and reasonable explanation. Maybe we can invite an expert who studies the weather." George said eloquently.
Bai Yunxi rolled his eyes, and thought to himself: This guy was so frightened just now, but there is nothing unusual about this meeting.
…
Bai Yunxi and Ye Fan sat facing each other in the room.
"What do you think about the matter of Seizing Soul Lake!" Bai Yunxi asked.
Just as Ye Fan was about to speak, there was a knock on the door.
Bai Yunxi opened the door and saw Chen Ran.
"Mr. Bai, Mr. Ye, I'm sorry to bother you so late." Chen Ran said apologetically.
"Mr. Chen came here so late, there is something to do!"
Chen Ran nodded and said: "There is something. After George came to Huaguo, he was looking for investment opportunities. A few days ago, the mayor of Huai Village knew about George's investment ideas and knew that George liked supernatural events. I recommend Huaicun."
Bai Yunxi thought secretly: Are you attracting investment? The mayor has come forward, it seems that George's background is not simple!
"This Huai Village is very strange. There are quite a few people who go out, but there are not many people who are promising. I heard that the people who go out of Huai Village rarely end well. Some broke their legs on the construction site, and some If you gamble outside, you will lose nothing."
"Now, there are many poor households in the village. I think the scenery here is not bad. Young Master Bai, do you think this place is worth investing in?"
Bai Yunxi thought about it for a while, then said puzzledly: "Mr. Chen, why would you think of asking me for advice?"
"When I saw Mr. Bai, I felt that Mr. Bai was not an ordinary person." Chen Ran said.
"I don't think Mr. George is an ordinary person."
Chen Ran smiled wryly, and said: "George has a good background, but after he got the certificate with me, he was kicked out of the house by his father."
Ye Fan blinked, and said with some sympathy: "His father is too unenlightened to be expelled from the house. Have you heard that foreign parents are more open? Yunxi and I stay together because we have the support of two parents."
Chen Ran: "..."
Bai Yunxi thought for a while, then said tactfully: "I don't know, has Mr. Chen noticed that there are obviously more men than women in this village."
Chen Ran smiled and said, "It seems so."
"Under normal circumstances, the ratio of boys and girls born should be about the same. However, there are very few women in this village. Mr. Chen can look up information on this before considering investment." Bai Yunxi said.
Chen Ran was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "Thank you, Young Master Bai, for your guidance."
…
Ye Fan looked at Bai Yunxi and said, "Yunxi, you saw it too."
"Almost, there are many drowned baby girls in the lake. Children may run to the lake to swim, but how could the baby girls go to the lake? The only possibility is that when they were born, they were drowned. drowned."
Predominance of boys over girls has always been a bad habit in many places. In many places in Huaguo, the idea that not having boys is equal to extinction is still deeply rooted.
Decades ago, there was a three-year famine. At that time, many people starved to death. Under extreme circumstances, people would do some terrible things, such as changing their children and eating them.
There are many baby girls in the lake, they should have died at that time, but there are many more one after another.
"When I was by the lake just now, I met a big sister, a female ghost!"
"Big sister?" Bai Yunxi asked suspiciously.
"That's right! As long as there are two factions in the lake, the female ghost faction, the male ghost faction, and the female ghost faction, all the ghosts were abandoned by their parents and drowned in the lake, while the male ghosts were resented by the lake. The baby girl was pulled down."
"So, all the drowned are boys?" Bai Yunxi asked.
"Well, almost." Ye Fan nodded. "There are too many resentful ghosts in that lake, it seems that terrible evil ghosts have been born!"
…
In the village head's house, several villagers gathered.
"Village Chief, can you let these outsiders in? If those guys find out, then..."
The village chief took a puff of cigarette and said, "Then what do you think we should do? The surrounding villages are getting richer, and our village is getting poorer and poorer. The farmer's crops are not growing well, and accidents often happen to those who go out to work. , Look at what it means, that foreign devil is a rich man, if you take him down, let alone hundreds of millions, even hundreds of millions is not a problem, won't you be rich by then?"
"Can people be willing to invest?"
"That's a rich second-generation owner who doesn't need money. He is young and doesn't understand our situation. Let's take good care of him, and we are not afraid that he will not invest!"
"That foreign devil seems to be a rabbit master. This foreign devil has a special preference. He just likes the one who doesn't lay eggs. If two men are together, isn't this going to end the family?"
"I heard that people from abroad are very popular!"
"What do foreigners think! Why can't they think about it so much?"
"The one with the foreign devil seems to be a couple. They seem to be quite rich. The rich people are really strange now. They like men. In the future, who will leave the property to!"
The village chief gave the speaker a cold look, and said, "You don't care who they leave it to, and it will definitely not be left to you."
…
Bai Yunxi's phone rang, and when Bai Yunxi answered the phone, a look of joy flashed across his face.
"Good news?"
Bai Yunxi nodded, and said: "Yes, the towing company I contacted earlier has already repaired the car and shipped it over."
Ye Fan said excitedly: "That's great, so we don't have to rub other people's cars."
Bai Yunxi glared at Ye Fan and said, "How dare you say that if you didn't drive like this, the car would break down."
Bai Yunxi went out and handed over to the people from the towing company.
Bai Yunxi was a little surprised to find that a group of red and green hair followed the tow truck company into the village.
Bai Yunxi learned about it from the words of several rich second generations.
Ye Fan mistakenly broke into a race of several rich second-generation racers, and finally got rid of these guys. These guys were not convinced and came to challenge Ye Fan.
Ye Fan put his waist down and looked at the people in front of him, "Racing? I'm not interested!"
"Does your Excellency look down on us?" A red-haired man asked displeased.
"Your speed is too slow, besides, racing is not my hobby." Ye Fan said lightly.
Ye Fan told the truth, but the rich second generations were irritated by Ye Fan's arrogant attitude.
"Then what are your hobbies?"
"Hobby? My hobby is treasure hunting!" Ye Fan said.
There are many ancient tombs in this place. Treasure hunting is a euphemism for tomb robbery. Ye Fan said so, several rich second generations expressed their contempt for Ye Fan!
Chen Ran found a few villagers to inquire about, and then went to the police station in Huai Village to inquire about the affairs of Huai Village, and found some surprising clues.
When Chen Ran came back, he saw Ye Fan being besieged by several rich second generations.
Ye Fan finally got rid of the entanglement of several rich second generations.
"Those guys are so troublesome!" Ye Fan walked into the room a little depressed.
Bai Yunxi rolled his eyes and said, "If your attitude wasn't too arrogant, people wouldn't be so pestering you."
"Then I was driving faster than them!"
"You cheated, what's there to be proud of." Bai Yunxi said coldly.
"I don't cheat, it's because I drive fast!" Ye Fan said.
Chen Ran rolled his eyes and said, "I saw your car at the door, it's a nice car!"
Bai Yunxi smiled and said, "It's okay, Mr. Chen, is there anything you can do to see us?"
Chen Ran nodded immediately, and said: "There is something. I went to the police station and checked the population records of Huai Village. The number of baby girls born in Huai Village dropped sharply a few decades ago, that is, during the three-year famine. , and since then, the ratio of men to women has been out of balance."
"There are few girls from Huai village, so they can only marry wives from other villages, but for some reason, people from other villages are not very happy to marry here, so people in Huai village can only buy women from human traffickers. However, not all villagers can afford it, and many villagers can only be single."
"Nowadays, there are few female babies, so we can use relationships to identify males and females. If they are girls, we will kill them." Although the state explicitly prohibits this method, some people are willing to take risks for money.
"However, there should be no such means in those days. I don't know what happened to those baby girls!" Chen Ran said a little confused.
"Those missing girls! They are all in the lake." Ye Fan said casually.
Chen Ran originally wanted to say something, but his face turned pale from being frightened by Ye Fan's words. "Young Master Ye, what are you talking about?"
Ye Fan smiled and said, "It's nothing."
Chen Ran calmed down, and said: "The soul-defeating lake has existed for hundreds of years, but it seems that the abnormal situation appeared decades ago..." Calculated in this way, it was almost during the three-year famine.
Chen Ran suddenly thought of a possibility. When the country was in famine, it would always choose to protect itself. In that era, many baby girls were drowned. Afterwards, the national family planning, drowning babies became a habit. .
Chen Ran's heart was pounding, and he thought to himself: If the problem with Seizing Soul Lake is caused by the unjust ghosts of those dead baby girls, then it's no wonder that George asked about the source of the abnormality in Seizing Soul Lake, and the village chief always kept it secret .