Encircled by Salted Fish

Chapter 111

Pushing open the old, dilapidated door, they found the room densely packed with memorial tablets, many covered in dust. The curtains were utterly tattered, with spiderwebs even hanging from them.

The tablets rose layer upon layer in a staircase formation, nearly reaching the rafters. Looking around, they found both sides filled with tablets as well. Before them stood offering tables for sacrifices, their incense burners holding burned-out incense. The spiderwebs draped over them showed that no one had come here for a long time.

Before anyone could react, Li Wenchuan said, "Open all the adjacent rooms."

Tang Jingran did not understand Li Wenchuan's intentions, but he did as told. Once he opened them, he was stunned.

Li Wenchuan did not look surprised at all. "Just as I thought. I said before that this place was built like a haunted residence. Since it's a residence, naturally it's meant for people to live in. Yet we never saw anyone. Now we have—and it's really crowded."

"Bro, you're joking, right?" Even someone as bold as Tang Jingran found this creepy now. Still, he thoughtfully positioned himself behind the two girls.

Jin Yue's gaze shifted, and he strode toward the memorial tablets.

Li Wenchuan watched him without stopping him. He had already observed that they were all tablets for married couples.

"Chen Xue, she's here." Jin Yue picked up one of the tablets.

"What exactly is going on here...?" Gu Xiaoyou could not help asking.

"Jin Yue, are you really hiding nothing from us? It's not too late to say it now." Li Wenchuan stared deeply at Jin Yue, hoping to spot a flaw in the man.

Jin Yue stroked his wife's tablet. Though another man's name was written beside hers, he seemed to have fallen into memory. Only after a long