Nightmare (16) - Blood Letters

As a result, Zhao Ruru experienced the consequences of "believing in herself." With Yu Xing's help, she clung to the wall, unable to go up or down, a moment that could easily be counted in the top ten most embarrassing moments of her life after becoming a deducer.

In the end, Yu Xing climbed up herself, and they half-pulled, half-dragged her up.

It was a little past 12:40 a. m., and only 40 minutes had passed since the two set off to arrive. The reason they were able to arrive so quickly was because there were surprisingly few vehicles on the road.

As if the entire city had fallen asleep with the arrival of night, they moved freely until they reached the entrance of the cemetery. There, the security guard in the guard booth was watching television, and the faint sounds of conversations from the drama reached their ears.

For an ordinary security guard, dodging it would be no problem at all. Soon, the two bypassed the guard booth and arrived in front of a high wall. Under Zhao Ruru's "Are you kidding me? This isn't high" look, Yu Xing showed an innocent smile without the slightest guilt.

Before Zhao Ruru died of anger, Yu Xing managed to get her inside safely.

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The two walked along a quiet path, surrounded by rows of orderly tombstones. Dark shadows lurked behind evergreen trees, watching them and sending chills down their spines.

"You know what? Before I met you, I never thought I'd be so reckless as to go to a cemetery in the middle of the night." Zhao Ruru followed behind Yu Xing, feeling a little uneasy, and quickly caught up to him and stood beside him.

"How is this considered courting death?" Yu Xing corrected her with a smile, "This is called exploring the plot within your capabilities, which is the secret to getting a high score~"

"Secrets my foot! Everyone knows that high ratings require taking risks, but the question is how many people dare to? Many people, while trying to uncover the plot, end up becoming material for others to uncover—'Look! There's a dead body here, there must be danger here.'" Zhao Ruru curled her lips, constantly complaining.

She was telling the truth. Many people do take risks with the idea of getting high ratings, only to end up being someone else's regretful sigh.

"I don't want to become a corpse."

"You'll do it sooner or later, why take it so seriously?" Yu Xing muttered.

Zhao Ruru couldn't believe that her teammate could speak like a human being, "What did you say!?"

"Everyone has to die eventually. I hope you can die peacefully in your sleep. That would be such a blessing." Yu Xing smiled at him, and strangely, even though it was just a sarcastic remark, it sounded somewhat serious.

Zhao Ruru was furious. She found that once they got to know each other a little better, this guy's sharp tongue was fully revealed. And with Zhao Yijiu not around, she was the only weak and vulnerable girl who had to endure this pain.

This person is so sarcastic that they don't care whether others are girls or not. With that kind of attitude, they deserve to be single!

Brother Jiu! Where are you?

She called out silently twice, hoping Zhao Yijiu would come and share the burden.

The shadows of the trees rustled in the wind, and she snapped out of her reverie, moving slightly closer to Yu Xing.

The reason she's being so talkative tonight is because she's a little nervous.

Even though the only sound in the entire cemetery was her voice, it was still quite eerie...

"We'd better hurry," Yu Xing suddenly said. "The jade is getting hot. I think if this jade stays away from Zhou Xue for too long, her condition will become very serious."

We must activate the Side Quest before then, so that his trip here so late at night won't have been in vain.

"Hmm, where is Liang Erni's tombstone?" Zhao Ruru asked with some concern.

"It's just ahead... We've arrived." Yu Xing paused, then walked towards the middle of the nearest row of tombstones.

It was Zhao Ruru's first time there, and she followed cautiously until she saw Liang Erni's tombstone.

They all have good night vision and hadn't turned on their flashlights earlier to avoid attracting the attention of the security guards, but now, without any light, they could only see a blurry shadow on the tombstone.

Yu Xing turned on her phone's flashlight and shone it on Liang Erni's tombstone, allowing Zhao Ruru to see the photo on it.

"Wow, she's pretty." Zhao Ruru's own looks could only be described as slightly above average, so whenever she saw a beautiful woman, she would subconsciously compliment her—beauty isn't just something men like, women like it too.

Then she asked a question that seemed to be bothering her, "This is Liang Erni? She doesn't look like Zhou Xue at all."

"Yes, do you want to guess why?" Yu Xing took out a piece of white jade from her pocket and squatted down as she asked.

"Actually, that's probably too broad a guess; I definitely couldn't have guessed it. But the fact that you asked the question is itself a hint." Zhao Ruru didn't squat down; her legs were tense, in a state of alertness, ready to turn and run at any moment. "Then I can only guess that Liang Erni and Zhou Xue are not related by blood."

Yu Xing raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself that Zhao Ruru was indeed better at deducing the meaning behind people's behavior than at reasoning.

He chuckled softly, "That's true to some extent..."

The white jade was still warm when he gently placed it in front of Liang Erni's tombstone, in the area where people would place offerings.

Amidst a barrage of question marks in the live chat, he said, "By the way, the flowers I placed here this morning, and the fruit sent by another mysterious being, have both disappeared..."

"Maybe the cemetery staff cleared it away." Zhao Ruru felt a sudden chill in the air. Having dealt with ghosts many times, she naturally knew what this meant. Coupled with her experience in the first phase of the funeral hall, her eyes involuntarily stared at Liang Erni's photo.

This close look revealed something unusual.

In the photo, Liang Erni, dressed in a school uniform, blinked her clear black and white eyes, her pupils slowly moving upwards to look at her.

Zhao Ruru: "!" I didn't put the jade there. Don't look at me, look at him!

Liang Erni seemed to hear her thoughts and quickly looked away, fixing her gaze on the jade below.

Then, Yu Xing made an opening remark that left Zhao Ruru both amused and exasperated. He casually squatted down, placed his hands on his knees, and said to the photo, "Hello, ma'am, I'm here to try something different."

Suddenly, a stream of blood gushed from the tombstone, writhing and slowly coalescing into a line of small vertical characters.

Why not enter my dream?

It seems they are questioning why he didn't smash the white jade to enter Zhou Xue's dream.

"Didn't I say we'd find another way?" Yu Xing said with a smile. "You ignored me when I talked to you during the day, and only showed up when you saw Yu. Wasn't that a test of our abilities? Besides..."

"Weren't we already in a dream from the very beginning?"

Zhao Ruru held her breath; she knew Yu Xing must have been hiding a lot of clues from her!

Waaaaah... What happened to trust between people?

The blood-red words began to change wildly.

How much do you know?

"Not much, just that I received all your hints. I think this world, so close to reality, is just a pipe dream of yours, isn't it?" Yu Xing said with interest. "Why create something so complicated? Is it to avoid that person?"

He pointed to the white jade. "This piece of jade was given to you by that person, wasn't it?"

In the photo, Liang Erni's expression turned ferocious, and her hair grew rapidly until her bangs covered her face.

[You know him!!!]