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Chapter 48.3




Editor: Kat
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“What should we do?! Ah Cheng fainted!”
“Sure enough!”
Miao Fangfei jolted and snatched the opportunity to ask, “Pingping, where is the location you agreed to meet Ah Cheng?”
“Ah Cheng, Ah Cheng, what’s the matter with you?”
At this moment, it was as if Pingping was an anxious and helpless girl who saw her lover fall into a coma. She lunged towards Ah Cheng and called out nervously, ignoring the others around her. “It’s the old maple tree to the west of the village. That, that is the place where Ah Cheng and I always sang folk songs together.”
“Ah Cheng, what’s the matter with you? Wake up.”
“Let’s go there first.”
Miao Fangfei rapidly made a decision and asked, “Where’s Wang Pengpai?”
“Brother Wang is back there. I’ll stay behind to pick him up,” Hou Feihu said without hesitation.
Seeing that Zhao Hongtu also wanted to speak, he pushed Zhao Hongtu away, determined.
“Hongtu, you follow Leader Miao.”
“Brother Hou, you, take care.”
Zhao Hongtu gritted his teeth and no longer hesitated. He understood Hou Feihu’s character. A soldier would never leave his teammates behind. Zhao Hongtu, as a strong fighting force in the team, had to follow the Leader Miao. With a mere glance, one could tell that there was a problem with Ah Cheng. In the worst case scenario, he could have been possessed by Ah Long!
“We’ll catch up soon,” Hou Feihu said.
There was no time to talk, and the two groups parted ways again. Yu Hean, who was worried about III-9 being in a coma, noticed a fat golden mosquito flying haphazardly not far behind Hou Feihu. This made Yu Hean put his heart down slightly, and he picked up Ah Cheng and hurried forward. He didn’t want to pass Ah Cheng to the others, and personally carried him as he ran out in a hurry.
Yu Hean’s heart was in a mess. Why did Guide III suddenly faint? Could, could it be that he hadn’t been on guard against Ah Long possessing him?
Had he really been possessed by Ah Long?
“Here we are, here we are!”
The tourists had excellent physiques and could move very fast. They soon arrived at their destination. The location was at the edge of the village. Hence, one could only see a small amount of light emitted from the village in the distance. Most of their surroundings were filled with darkness due to the night, and it was dead silent. In the dark, the maple tree appeared more like a monster brandishing its teeth and claws.
“Old Yu,” Miao Fangfei urged.
Yu Hean knew what she was worried about, but he didn’t put Ah Cheng down, and instead whispered nervously, “Leader Miao, that piece of paper……”
Miao Fangfei carried the torn paper recording Pingping’s past events with her. At this moment, she hurriedly fished it out to take a look at it. Lin Xi turned on his flashlight and said impatiently, “How’s it going? Is it done?”
“No new words are appearing.”
Miao Fangfei spoke in a low voice, and the atmosphere instantly grew solemn.
“This shouldn’t be. Aren’t Pingping and Ah Cheng both here——”
Lin Xi couldn’t believe it so he grabbed the torn paper, but he only saw that there were two lines of Chinese characters the size of a fly’s head.
[The girl chose to trust the man again and decided to elope with him. But the man didn’t come that night…]
Apart from these two lines, the blood-stained paper was empty, and even the passage recorded previously had disappeared.
“Impossible, impossible.”
Lin Xi’s hands trembled and he could barely hold the torn paper. In a rush, he went over to look at Ah Cheng and Pingping, who was guarding Ah Cheng. He said, shuddering, “Pingping and Ah Cheng are clearly here. Why haven’t the words on the paper changed?”
Previously, when Ah Cheng had snatched the silver bracelet he had given to Fangfang and returned it to Pingping, the “history” recorded on the torn paper had changed. Originally, Ah Cheng hadn’t gone to the meet-up spot with Pingping, but this time Ah Cheng and Pingping were here. This should be what Pingping had wanted to see. Ah Cheng had come to meet her on time.
Then why didn’t the writing on the paper change?!
“He is not Ah Cheng.”
Miao Fangfei calmed down and took a deep breath before saying, “He’s not Ah Cheng.”
“How could it be! He was clearly——”
Lin Xi began to rebuke her, but he suddenly fell silent, only to listen to Yu Hean bitterly state, “It’s eight o’clock. He, he should have been possessed by Ah Long.”
Ah Cheng, who was possessed by Ah Long, was naturally not the sweetheart Pingping was waiting for. So “Ah Cheng” did not come to meet her, and history had not changed.
“We have to expel Ah Long’s soul from his body!”
Miao Fangfei spoke decisively, but at this time, she heard Zhao Hongtu vigilantly shout, “Who are you?!”
The tip of Zhao Hongtu’s arrow pointed towards the old maple tree, and a thin figure swayed out from behind it. Her figure was too “thin.” Because she stood close behind the tree and the surroundings were very dark, Miao Fangfei and the others didn’t notice her when they first arrived.
But just now, Zhao Hongtu suddenly felt a burst of evil murderous intent. He instinctively drew his bow and aimed an arrow at the old maple tree. It was then that the tourists noticed that there was someone behind the tree!
“Sister-in-law, why are you here?”
Without waiting for Miao Fangfei to move, Pingping, who was stunned next to the fainted Ah Cheng, took the chance to speak first. Her words shocked Miao Fangfei and the others.
Sister-in-law? Wasn’t Pingping’s sister-in-law Ah Long’s wife?! But——
“Sister-in-law, so you still recognize me as your sister-in-law,” The woman snorted contemptuously.
Under the light emitted by the flashlight, a face as brilliant as flowers appeared. Unfortunately, the woman was unable to hide the cruel look on her face. “If you feel slightly ashamed, you should take your hand away from your brother.”
“It’s Fangfang.”
Miao Fangfei recognized the woman and said in a gloomy voice, “In Cordoned-off Village, it was she who had an affair with Ah Cheng…”
Before her words fell, the others understood what Miao Fangfei meant. In the story, it had been Fangfang who had had the same silver bracelet as Pingping and had seduced Ah Cheng!
“Affair? What affair!”
Fangfang reacted fiercely. Her voice was sharp, and she said angrily, “Our marriage was set since we were babies. Originally, Ah Long should have been my lover!”
“Sister-in-law, elder brother has died.”
Pingping said sadly, “You can see clearly that he is Ah Cheng, not Ah Long.”
“He’s Ah Long, he’s really Ah Long… What are all of you doing?!” Fangfang screamed angrily.
A sharp arrow shot towards her throat. Miao Fangfei and Zhao Hongtu sprung into action at the same time. Fangfang was in a sorry state as she avoided the flying arrows, but Miao Fangfei grabbed her by the throat. The paper figure was thin, so it was difficult to capture her. When Fangfang slid out of the chokehold, a burning arrow was held right beside her neck, and the splattering sparks blackened Fangfang’s pretty face. Fangfang screamed in panic.
“I advise you to not move,” Miao Fangfei said coldly.
She and Zhao Hongtu were veteran tourists, and she instantly understood what had happened when Fangfang appeared. There would be no unsolvable mysteries in tours. Now that Ah Cheng was in a coma and had been possessed by Ah Long, the situation was at an impasse. However, Fangfang appeared here, and she had been engaged to Ah Long in the past. Pingping even called her sister-in-law. Obviously, Fangfang’s identity was extremely special.
She called the comatose Ah Cheng “Ah Long,” and previously, when Miao Fangfei said they had to “expel Ah Long’s soul,” she had shown her killing intent. This had resulted in Fangfang exposing herself. This meant that Fangfang was an insider.
The method to expel Ah Long’s soul might lie with her!
“You approached Ah Cheng in the beginning with ulterior motives.”
Miao Fangfei sneered and deliberately angered her, “You tried to destroy other people’s relationship. Fangfang, as a little mistress, how could you not be ashamed standing in Pingping and Ah Cheng’s way?”
Fangfang simply hmphed and glanced at Pingping’s frightened and pale face in a condescending manner. Seeing that Fangfang didn’t speak, Miao Fangfei looked away and said, “Unfortunately, Ah Cheng really likes Pingping, so he won’t be seduced by you. He took the silver bracelet back and gave it back to Pingping.”
“Ah Cheng, that trash, that coward!”
Miao Fangfei’s words really angered Fangfang. She saw that Fangfang’s face was distorted, causing her paper face to become even more gloomy and terrible. She screamed, “You think I really like Ah Cheng? He dared to refuse me and humiliate me! That damn thing, he is so much worse than Ah Long! He’s simply incomparable to Ah Long!”
“But Ah Long is dead.”
Miao Fangfei stressed, “Look carefully. It’s Ah Cheng in Pingping’s arms.”
“Ah Fang, do you know something that I don’t know?”
Pingping was trembling all over. She seemed to have noticed something from Fangfang’s words. Her face was pale and she wanted to convince herself. “Ah Cheng had said that the silver bracelet was just a birthday gift to you. Then he took it back and gave it to me. If you did all of this because of the silver bracelet——”
“Fool! That was the bracelet given to me by Ah Long. Ah Cheng is nothing compared to Ah Long! Why should he take away the bracelet given to me by Ah Long? Why!”
Fangfang smiled madly and said slowly, “Soon, he will become Ah Long.”
“It’s eight o’clock. The village head has said that he should wake up soon.”
Everyone followed Fangfang’s line of sight and their gazes fell on Ah Cheng, who was in a coma in Yu Hean’s arms. Pingping, who was guarding Ah Cheng, was pale and slightly shaken. Every single word sprouted from Fangfang’s mouth about “Ah Long, the village head, and Ah Cheng” was a great blow to her. Therefore, she fell into a trance, as she stared at Ah Cheng’s face in a daze.
However, at this moment, Miao Fangfei glanced at Lin Xi suggestively. Lin Xi was trembling, but he nodded in a slightly covert manner. In his hand, he clenched the half-burned marriage deed and a knife that had been stained with blood in advance.
Only the half of the marriage deed related to Pingping had been burned, and the other half related to Ah Long was untouched. This marriage deed could establish contact with the underworld. If Ah Long really appeared, Lin Xi would pierce Ah Long’s name on the marriage deed when they were in a dangerous predicament. This would similarly cause harm to Ah Long.
“Ah Long, Ah Long. Wake up, wake up.”
Under Fangfang’s crazy and expectant calls to Ah Long, the atmosphere became terrifyingly stagnant. Everyone’s eyes fell on the unconscious Ah Cheng’s face, as if they were waiting for him to wake up and yet, they didn’t want him to wake up.
In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Miao Fangfei’s mind, and she wondered whether Ah Cheng was possessed or not, what Ah Cheng would do if he was possessed, how to expel Ah Long while ensuring Ah Cheng’s safety, and when Wang Pengpai and Hou Feihu would come back…
Miao Fangfei was surprised that she could think so much. The main question was, why hadn’t Ah Cheng woken up after so long?
Whether he was still Ah Cheng or whether he had been possessed by Ah Long, he should let the tourists know what had happened. This would let them know what they should do.
But he simply didn’t wake up!
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A few minutes ago, Wei Xun calmly watched the countdown to incubation gradually fall to zero.
[Countdown to incubation——00:00:03]
[Countdown to incubation——00:00:02]
[Countdown to incubation——00:00:01]
When the countdown to incubation reached zero, Wei Xun took out a white object the size of a grain of rice using Yu Hean’s body as a cover.
[Name: Gu egg]
[Quality: Ordinary (white)]
[Effect: You have a 15% chance of taming the cub as your Gu beast]
[Note: The fiercer the beast, the greater the chance of it being tamed. The younger the beast, the greater the chance of it being tamed.]
This was the white Gu egg Miao Fangfei had given him when she had tried to express her loyalty!
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T/N: Sorry for the late update! I completely forgot I had to update– p.s.: I updated the wrong chapter. This chapter should be updated on Tues. But since I posted it, enjoy the early chapter update then.