Chen Miao had not intended to disturb Ji Mo and the others, but when he reached the living room, he saw Ji Mo and Yang Jiuhua asleep on the sofa. He promptly patted them both awake.
"What is it? What happened?"
Yang Jiuhua reacted much more strongly than Ji Mo. If encountering ghosts could cause PTSD, Yang Jiuhua had it.
"Let's talk outside."
Chen Miao went out first, with Ji Mo right behind him.
Yang Jiuhua froze for a moment before following them out.
Once they reached the courtyard, Chen Miao asked Ji Mo, "Can you tell me more about the reservoir your cousin and his friend went to?" Ji Mo frowned in thought, then shook his head. "I'm not from around here. I know of the reservoir, but I don't know much about it." "I can ask around."
Chen Miao nodded.
"There's no rush. We can ask once everyone wakes up."
"Take me to the reservoir first."
Ji Mo nodded.
After they got into the car, Yang Jiuhua could not help asking, "Brother Shui, what happened?"
"I suspect there's more than one ghost involved in this incident."
Chen Miao's calm words made the other two tense all over.
Yang Jiuhua reacted more strongly. Fortunately, he was not driving.
"More than one? Where's the other... the reservoir?"
Yang Jiuhua suddenly remembered where they were headed.
"Brother Shui, are you saying there's a ghost in the reservoir?"
Chen Miao nodded.
"Ji Mo, your cousin and his friend were both decent swimmers, weren't they?"
"Yes. Neither had formal training, but they definitely weren't bad enough to drown!"
Only when Chen Miao brought this up did Ji Mo realize the key point.
If his cousin and his friend had dared to go swimming in the reservoir, surely they knew their own limits?
Even