The woman told me not to enter the forest, and aside from the forest, all I could see was an open clearing.
But Ying Gou said that clearing was filled with miasma, along with all sorts of poisonous insects, snakes, ants, and other venomous creatures.
I believed Ying Gou would not lie to me, but I also felt that woman would not lie to me either. She wanted me to find a way to take her out of here, and anything happening to me would not benefit her.
The old man seemed to see the same thing as Ying Gou. He muttered, "I knew it. That skeleton isn't reliable. It's a monster, an evil creature itself. How could anything it says be trusted?"
I stopped and lit a cigarette.
I hesitated as well. Should I enter the forest, or take the path filled with miasma and poisonous creatures?
I looked at the old man. "You mean we should enter the forest?"
The old man did not know Ying Gou existed. He nodded. "I think we should enter the forest."
I thought about it some more, then shook my head. "Let's go that way instead. It might be faster."
With that, I headed toward the clearing. The old man called after me, "Hey, why do you trust a Skeleton Frame but not listen to me? You really can't go that way."
But by the time he finished speaking, I had already reached the edge of the clearing. I stopped there, because I realized that the so-called clearing was not easy to cross at all. What I had thought was flat ground was actually a swamp.
If we stepped into it, one careless move could leave us hopelessly trapped.
The old man finally had proof on his side. "See? I told you