Seeing the old man retreat to one side, I finally let out a long sigh of relief. But the paper effigy man and the skeleton woman walked over together.
When they reached me, they suddenly changed just like the old man had, becoming what I had seen before.
The skeleton woman was still a stunningly beautiful, irresistibly seductive woman, still wearing that same cheongsam.
The paper effigy man had not changed at all either. His eyes still had no black pupils.
"Are you the one who will take us away?" It was the woman's voice.
"So you can talk!" I was puzzled. Since they could speak, why had that old man said nothing just now? If anyone should have recognized me, it should have been the old man.
"But why aren't you alone?" The woman glanced at Ying Gou as she spoke.
I looked at Ying Gou too. "Who told you I had to be alone? You have companions, so naturally I have companions too."
The woman frowned, considering my words.
But the paper effigy man said, "You're not that person. That person is inside!" He raised a hand and pointed at the grave.
I gave a bitter smile. "That's my grave. I am Jiang Xiaobai."
The paper effigy man and the skeleton woman exchanged a glance. They were probably communicating in secret.
In my opinion, they were much smarter than the old man.
The skeleton woman said, "Your companion should be a woman—the woman who erected this gravestone for you."
Xu Qiuyan? My eyes widened.
Where was I supposed to find Xu Qiuyan now? And why would she appear in a place like this?
Besides, I did not even know what kind of place this was, and I had no way to contact the outside world at all.
Ying