"D-dress as women?"
The first thing the Fatty did was wonder if his ears were playing tricks on him. After all, women had been forbidden from carrying coffins since time immemorial. But Luo Tianhe proved through his actions that he wasn't joking.
He was the first to find a woman's mask and put it on.
Yuan Shanyuan was the second. He put on a mask too, and found one for Bai Yu as well. She was like a porcelain doll without a will of her own, letting Yuan Shanyuan place the mask on her face.
Seeing this, no one doubted it anymore. After Li Bai found a woman's mask and put it on too, the others got moving. There were women's masks, but most were damaged to varying degrees, and few were intact.
After searching for a long time, only Yao Shunyu and the Fatty each managed to find one.
"Are there any more masks like this?"
The Fatty held up a mask and asked Laifu. The latter shook his head with a troubled look. "No. I had them bring over every box left behind by the people who performed the rites in the storeroom. Not a single one was missed."
Just as the Fatty was about to show some generosity and give his mask to the Doctor, something happened over by Luo Tianhe. Crouching in front of a pile of assorted men's masks, he picked one up and examined it carefully. Then he reached behind it and felt around. What happened next was baffling: he actually pulled a slightly smaller woman's mask from the back of the men's one.
The two masks overlapped, and both were very thin. You could barely tell they were separate unless you looked closely.
Soon, he repeated the trick and removed another woman's mask.