"I suddenly reached out with both hands to place them on her shoulders."
Just at this critical juncture, I suddenly heard the jarring ringtone!
The sound exploded in my mind!
Instantly, it dispersed the lush thoughts in my mind, banishing the terrifying notions!
"Gulch..." I bit my tongue fiercely.
Sharp pain invaded my mouth, and my mind cleared instantly.
It was then that I saw the scene before me.
My hands clutched firmly onto Qiqi's shoulders.
Qiqi's face paled and flushed, her eyes brimming with tears that flowed down.
Snatching my hands back abruptly, I stumbled backward two steps.
Qiqi stumbled and feared in retreat, but once she reached behind Qingying, she hesitated uneasily.
She clutches her chest with both hands and watches me in a state of panic.
"Aunt's husband... you..."
"Blood... you're bleeding..." She was also especially worried.
My mouth was filled with the unpleasant smell of blood.
My tongue was bitten.
Something fell to the ground - Mao Yousan's ringer.
I wasn't sure if it was Qiqi who had shaken it or if it had rung on its own, but in any case, it was now melted by half and was completely unusable.
"I... I'm okay..."
My voice sounded incredibly weary, and as I twisted my head to look at the old Qin's body, everything in sight only made my scalp prickle.
The old Qin's entire face was covered in those green insects, which kept wriggling and trying to cover his body...
That eye-stinging sensation, along with the sense of lush thoughts, was about to appear again.
A strong chill filled my heart, and I retreated several steps quickly.
From a slightly greater distance, the feeling faded away, and everything in my field of vision changed.
Where were any insects on old Qin's head?
He still looked as if he were alive, even with a smile on his face.
I didn't let out my breath, feeling even more stunned and lost.
Those bugs must still be there.
Just because they were far away didn't mean I couldn't see them. Once I got close, I would fall victim to them again.
What is that thing? Why does seeing it bring forth evil thoughts?
Before... had it not been for Mao Sanqi's ringer ringing, I would have committed a great mistake here.
With those bugs, how could I possibly move old Qin's body?
Is this old Qin's self-preservation method?
Did he also set a trap for himself?
Then what about his ghostly figure wandering around the village?
For a moment, these things flooded my mind, and I felt everything becoming increasingly complicated and confusing.
"Aunt's husband... his hand seems to be pointing at something..." Qiqi's weak voice entered my ears again.
My heart skipped a beat as I followed his gaze to old Qin's hand.
His charred hand clutches a spell, as if it is commanding something.
Indeed, the direction his fingers are pointing to is quite odd and irregular.
Following that direction, I looked towards where old Qin was pointing. It was exactly at some spot on the edge of the bamboo shed.
Before, we didn't notice that there was a thin hemp rope tied there.
A tiny copper key was attached to the hemp rope.
"Phew..." I exhaled heavily.
Approaching, I pulled the thin rope and the key from it, tightly holding them in my palm.
Looking at old Qin's corpse again, my heart beats like a drum!
Twisting my head, I looked inside the bamboo shed.
Another thought surged into my mind.
This is the spirit zombie that sealed the main soul of Qi Youyou.
The zombie actually is Qi Youyou.
At a critical moment, old Qin's spell was one thing, and the marriage contract had a symbol on it, definitely prepared in advance...
Adding to that, a key was tied here.
After old Qin performed the spell, pointing at the key clearly meant to remind!
What kind of lock can this key open?
Is it old Qin's backup plan?
"Ding ding!"
"Ding ding!"
My heart beats even faster, and my eyelids can't help but twitch.
Uncontrollably, a feeling surged up in my heart.
Before old Qin died, I knew nothing, could only rely on the defiance in my chest to fight and charge!
old Qin's arrangement was broken by Sun Zhuo without my realizing it, leaving me like a headless fly.
And now, it seems like I've touched old Qin's backup plan...
Is there a possibility that...
Perhaps old Qin had also foreseen his own miscalculation.
The backup plan is another of his calculations?
And the prerequisite for touching this calculation is that, after his miscalculation, I, amidst the endless variables, walk here again and survive! Trigger his spell!
The sunlight, for a moment, seemed to expand! It was even more dazzling!
I closed my eyes slightly.
After opening my eyes, I first covered the red coffin.
Then, I exited the bamboo shed and knelt slightly farther from old Qin's coffin, forcefully bowing three times.
Qiqi watched carefully, not daring to interrupt me.
Standing up, I looked one last time at Zhou Ji's corpse. His face was bloodied and terrifying.
I dragged the body to the very bottom of the cliff and found some stones to press it down, then covered it with broken stones.
There's a saying that the dead are most important. Leaving a corpse exposed in the wilderness invites mosquitoes and flies, with the stench spreading everywhere. This is a grave disrespect to both Qi Youyou in the coffin and old Qin on the coffin lid.
Finally, I returned to Qiqi and Qingying in front of me.
I carefully picked up Qingying and called out to Qiqi to go down the mountain.
Qiqi quickly followed me.
She started to get closer to me, but she also seemed afraid, maintaining a certain distance.
I didn't know what to say about the previous incident.
I felt like I was controlled by something.
Indeed, it scared Qiqi.
Sorting through my thoughts, I apologized to Qiqi.
Qiqi bit her lip and said in a soft voice, "Aunt's husband, I know. You don't like me to begin with, so how could you do anything to me? Especially just now, with all those dead bodies around, you were just indirectly affected."
Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief.
Qiqi relaxed a bit, muttering to herself about how Zhou Ji died a terrible death. Then she pouted and said, "Lv Qian is a fun ghost, so considerate. Who is his wife?"
"Yu Xiu," I explained briefly.
On the way down the mountain, Qiqi asked and said a lot, her mouth buzzing with questions and comments.
For example, the identity of Lao Qin.
Such as Qi Youyou in the coffin.
Or, the things I said to Lv Qian earlier.
For me, some things are actually hard to hide anymore.
After all, Qiqi has helped me so much. This time, with Zhou Ji's death, Zhou's family must surely hate her to the core. Plus, Hao Changyang was also present, and she might have become a traitor to the Hu family.
Moreover, there is no need to hide some things anymore.
Therefore, I explained the general details.
Including the fact that old Qin was my master, my fate was taken away from me when I was young, Sun Zhuo was the one who took my fate, and also... old Qin had prepared two marriage contracts for me: one with Xu Nuan, and the other with Qi Youyou.
Of course, I didn't forget about Lv Kan's Soul Transmigration Life either.
The only thing I kept secret was the earth qi and the plague fortune.
After hearing all of this, Qiqi was shocked and stunned. She lowered her head and whispered, "Brother-in-law, you've had such a hard life, so pitiful."
I didn't mind at all. I simply smiled faintly.
