Chapter 1199: s.h.i.+ Ran’s Yin Yang Eyes (2)
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Afraid that Chi Shuyan wouldn’t believe him, s.h.i.+ Ran expressed that he really had seen a particularly terrifying wet and bloated woman covered in livor mortis lying on Fang Yinglong back then.
Wei Panyang and Xiao Ningjin recalled something at the same time. After they came back from Swan Lake, s.h.i.+ Ran had suddenly wanted to switch cars on the way back. Had he also seen something strange on w.a.n.g Yu?
Thinking of this, the two of them asked the question in unison.
Chi Shuyan sat on the side and listened curiously as she observed s.h.i.+ Ran’s expression.
s.h.i.+ Ran’s face turned white. He couldn’t help but think of w.a.n.g Yu’s death and what happened back then. He looked both grieved and terrified. He couldn’t help but look in Master Chi’s direction, and his face relaxed. He shook his head and replied, “No, I didn’t see anything on w.a.n.g Yu back then. Otherwise, would I have dared to take the same car to begin with?”
Wei Panyang and Xiao Ningjin were surprised, but s.h.i.+ Ran went on, “However, I had the best relations.h.i.+p with w.a.n.g Yu back then. He liked people putting their arms around his shoulders, but when I put my arm around him that day, I felt something heavy pressing down on it!”
When s.h.i.+ Ran said the last sentence, his face turned white again. His body trembled as he recalled what happened, and he continued, “At that time, I thought I was thinking too much, or I had played too much during the day. I didn’t think much of it until I happened to see five fingerprints on my arm! But w.a.n.g Yu hadn’t grabbed my arm, and I could also see that the fingerprints definitely weren’t his!”
Afraid that they wouldn’t believe him, s.h.i.+ Ran even pulled up his sleeve and showed them the faded black handprint on his arm. He continued, “Although I didn’t think much of it at that time, I was scared out of my wits after I saw this handprint. However, it didn’t look this scary back then, and was just a little red.”
Xiao Ningjin and Wei Panyang already had gooseb.u.mps all over their bodies as they listened to s.h.i.+ Ran. Seeing that there really was a black handprint on his arm, the two of them subconsciously shuddered.
Chi Shuyan also took a few glances at the handprint on s.h.i.+ Ran’s arm. As for why it had faded, it was probably because of the talisman.
s.h.i.+ Ran pressed his lips together. “Ningjin, Panyang, you should know what happened after that. Later, I was so scared that I didn’t dare take the car with w.a.n.g Yu, so I switched cars. We then returned to the hotel and split up. I had already agreed to room with w.a.n.g Yu before that. I was a little scared at that time, and deliberately went to your room to play for a while. I also asked you about ghosts and G.o.ds!”
At this point, Xiao Ningjin and Wei Panyang also remembered this, and how s.h.i.+ Ran had seemed to deliberately ask this question back then. Unfortunately, they didn’t believe in superst.i.tions at all, and were certain that there were no ghosts in this world. Not only did they convince s.h.i.+ Ran, they also mocked him.
It wasn’t long before he returned to his room with a relaxed expression. Thinking this, Xiao Ningjin and Wei Panyang looked at each other with red faces and wiped their cold sweat. If w.a.n.g Yu was the first person that the ghost thing had targeted back then, then the person who was most in danger after w.a.n.g Yu was the person in closest proximity to him. When the two of them thought of how s.h.i.+ Ran had ignorantly spent the night with that ghost thing in the same room, they shuddered violently and their limbs turned cold. Fortunately, that ghost thing hadn’t acted out back then.
Wei Panyang thought of how he had put his arm around w.a.n.g Yu’s shoulders a lot that night, which could be considered ‘intimate contact’ with that ghost thing. He broke out in a cold sweat and felt a chill run down his spine.
The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. He rubbed his arms hard and his face turned pale. Thinking back, he really had the urge to strangle himself.
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After learning that the ghost thing had been dealt with, s.h.i.+ Ran was a little braver than Wei Panyang. He took in Wei Panyang and Xiao Ningjin’s expressions before he sighed and continued, “They can’t be blamed for convincing me back then. It wasn’t just them; I personally didn’t believe in ghosts as well, until w.a.n.g Yu suddenly died. At that time, they were still sleeping, and I was the first person whom the police informed. When I went over, I saw w.a.n.g Yu’s bloated body being fished out of the water!”
At that point, s.h.i.+ Ran choked and he paused. After a while, he found his voice again and continued, “At that time, my mind was blank. I couldn’t believe that w.a.n.g Yu had suddenly died by drowning in Swan Lake. I was full of despair. My relations.h.i.+p with w.a.n.g Yu had always been the best, and I couldn’t accept that anything had happened to him. Later, when the police were discussing w.a.n.g Yu’s drowning with the forensics team, I clearly heard them say that based on the livor mortis on w.a.n.g Yu, his body had been in Swan Lake for 13 hours. He died around 7pm the day before. At that time, my mind exploded. If w.a.n.g Yu really had died at 7pm the night before, then how did we get into the same car with him last night and talk to him? How could I have even roomed with him that night?”
At this point, s.h.i.+ Ran was very agitated, and his eyes were filled with naked horror and fear. His face was even worse than that of a person who had just died.
One could see how big a blow and shock w.a.n.g Yu’s death had been for him.
On the side, Xiao Ningjin and Wei Panyang, who had been able to calm down earlier, sucked in cold breaths after listening to s.h.i.+ Ran. They couldn’t remain calm no matter how much they wanted to. Their eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and their lips trembled in disbelief. They were anxious to speak, but their throats felt blocked.
Xiao Ningjin blurted out in horror, “What did you say? The forensics team said that w.a.n.g Yu died in the evening the day before?”
Xiao Ningjin’s hands trembled as he asked the question. Wei Panyang couldn’t speak, but his whole body shook. Didn’t that mean that when they went back that evening, w.a.n.g Yu had most likely already died by then, and was no longer human?
At that thought, they almost drowned in intense fear once more.
The blood drained from their faces and they looked like they were once again experiencing the shock and horror of seeing that ghost thing for the first time.
s.h.i.+ Ran nodded slowly, then looked at Wei Panyang and continued, “Later on, when we left after meeting Master Chi, I actually saw a woman with boils all over her face lying on Fang Yinglong’s back! That was the first time I saw that ghost thing!”