The two of them ate breakfast in a hurry. Zhang Wang didn't eat even after he had cooked. He didn't know where he went now.

Ning Yan followed Li Wenwen out, and the two of them walked along the road in the direction of Li Wenwen's house. When they passed by Li Qiang's house where they had peeped at them last night, they happened to hear a small burst of intermittent crying.

The two stopped almost subconsciously, looked at each other, and then focused on the closed door of Li Qiang's house.

"Squeak-"

Almost at the same time, the door was opened, and a young man walked out. Judging from his age and appearance, he was about the same age as the two of them.

When the young man saw the stranger standing at the door, he was startled for a moment. After noticing their appearance, his eyes seemed to look a little strange.

"You are....."

"Li Xiaoguang?"

Before the young man could finish his words, Li Wenwen was the first to speak in surprise, "Yesterday I heard from Uncle Zhang that you were admitted to college and brought a beautiful girlfriend back. I didn't expect to meet you so early in the morning. Can you do it? !”

Li Xiaoguang was a little confused by Li Wenwen's familiar appearance. He stared at her face for a long time, and finally patted his head in disbelief, "Sister Wenwen?"

Li Wenwen patted his arm and said, "It's not me. We haven't seen each other for several years. You don't recognize me anymore?"

Li Xiaoguang smiled sheepishly and looked even more shy when he noticed Ning Yan, "Sister Wenwen has changed a lot. She looks better than before. I didn't recognize her at first."

While explaining, he looked at Ning Yan again, "Sister Wenwen, this is..."

"Oh, she is my classmate. I will go back to the village with me for a few days. Just call her Sister Xiaoning." Li Wenwen introduced with a smile.

Ning Yan nodded at him, and then saw Li Xiaoliang's cheeks turned red, looking embarrassed.

Just as the two of them were talking, another small cry came from the crack of the unclosed door.

The expressions of all three people changed.

Ning Yan's expression moved slightly, and her intuition was not good.

Li Wenwen also noticed something was wrong. Seeing the evasive look in Li Xiaoguang's eyes, she almost guessed what happened in the room.

Zhang Wang said that Li Xiaoliang brought a girlfriend back.

It's self-evident what it was brought back for.

"Well, my girlfriend and I are having a tantrum. There is a shortage of water in the village. She has been here for several days and hasn't had a proper bath. She just urged me to go out to fetch water."

Li Xiaoguang explained, his momentary panic was well hidden, and he didn't seem to be evading at all now.

Li Wenwen knew it well and did not expose it on the spot. After all, she was also a member of the village. There was no need to hide what Li Xiaoguang did from her. It could only be an excuse because it was not convenient for Ning Yan to talk about it here.

"That's it. Then go and fetch water. It takes most of the day to come and go. Go early and come back early."

Li Wenwen waved her hand towards him, "I just have to go home and clean up. Let's talk when we are free next time!"

Li Xiaoguang didn't get what he wanted. Seeing Ning Yan and Li Wenwen walking away, the kindness on his face faded away in an instant.

He turned around and entered the house, heading towards the most dilapidated woodshed in the yard, with a ferocious look on his face, as if he was furious.

.......

Although the two of them already had an idea of ​​what happened at Li Xiaoguang's house, they couldn't take action directly now.

The two of them were alone and weak. This was only the second day after returning to the village. I don't know how many people were staring at me. Let alone saving others, they were afraid that they would get involved if they were not careful.

The two of them unanimously decided to wait and see what happens. Since the breakthrough is in the ancestral hall, they will go to the ancestral hall to have a look.

Li Wenwen went back home first. Because no one had lived in it for a long time, the dust was everywhere, and the old house had a faint smell of loneliness.

After spending a lot of time cleaning up, Li Wenwen went to visit her mother's grave. It was almost dusk when the two came down from the mountain.

The setting sun renders everything around him dim, the sky and the earth become one color, and the whole world becomes hazy.

The black silhouette of the giant old locust tree at the entrance of the village is crumbling. When viewed from a distance, it looks like the mouth of a monster, trying to devour everyone who enters the village.

Ning Yan's heart began to beat wildly for no reason.

As I got closer, I noticed an old woman standing under the locust tree.

He was holding a cane in his hand and standing facing their direction. His wrinkled face made it difficult to see his facial features clearly.

Except for this face, everything about his body was wrapped tightly. Even the hand holding the cane was wrapped in gray cloth, and his back was hunched. At first glance, it looked like it made people feel chilly in the back.

Li Wenwen screamed softly and tugged on Ning Yan's sleeves, her face turned a little pale, "She is the nun I told you about, who guards the ancestral hall."

She spoke in a low voice, but the old man who had been standing like a statue just now suddenly turned his head, his eyelids trembled, and he opened his eyes like a puppet on strings.

They were a pair of gray and whitish eyes, easily reminiscent of a dead fish. They were staring blankly in the direction of the two of them, not speaking, and their eyes were hollow and scary.

She is not human.

This was Ning Yan's feeling at first sight. Those eyes were not human eyes. If they were more rigorous, they would be more like dolls made of dead people.

Li Wenwen's scalp was numb, and it was neither past nor past, so she pulled Ning Yan to hesitate.

In just these few seconds, the old man actually spoke.

"You're back." It was an affirmative tone.

His voice was hoarse, like the sound of a saw pulling wood, and he looked like he could die at any time.

Li Wenwen's back tightened when she heard these words, she took a few steps towards the old man and nodded with a small gesture, "I'm back."

The old man glanced at her steadily, then slowly turned his gaze to Ning Yan, his gray pupils showing a hint of death.

"Mommy, I've been away from home for too long. Can you go to the ancestral hall to pay homage to my father?"

Li Wenwen asked boldly.

Since we met on the way, it would be better to meet now than to meet the other day.

Her mother did not have the blood of the village and could not enter the ancestral hall, but her father's tablet was there, which was a good excuse at the moment.

Seeing that the old man did not respond, Li Wenwen took a deep breath and continued: "Mommy, I will go in for a short while, less than five minutes. If my classmate is worried, ask her to wait for me outside the door. I will soon Just came out.”

Li Wenwen originally thought that her words would have no effect on the old man, but to her surprise, she actually agreed.

"Let's go."

With two words that were hoarse and unpleasant, the old man turned around with his crutches. The bamboo crutches hit the ground and made a "dah-dah" sound. When those cloudy eyes glanced at Ning Yan, he dropped another horrifying sentence.

"You can go in too."

Li Wenwen's heart skipped a beat, and the next second she saw Ning Yan raising her foot and following him.

Ning Yan curled her lips, "Okay."

Feeling the person next to her tugging at her sleeves, Ning Yan calmly shook her head at her and gave her a comforting look.

The two of them followed the old man towards the ancestral hall. During the process, they met several villagers, all of whom looked at them in surprise.

After finally arriving at the ancestral hall, the old man pushed open the dilapidated wooden door and motioned for the two of them to enter.

Before they could take a closer look at the furnishings in the courtyard, the wooden door behind them was slammed shut, and a dull sound echoed through the courtyard of the ancestral hall, breaking the original dead silence.

Li Wenwen was startled, and looked back at the door that she had closed without knowing what was going on, feeling a little frightened.

Just as he was about to say something, the old man looked over with a faint look.

"Your father's tablet is in the third row on the left side when you enter. Come out as soon as you finish worshiping."

The old grandma reached out and pointed in the direction of the main hall, and Li Wenwen swallowed the question that had just reached her throat back into her stomach.

She looked at Ning Yan, then at the old man who didn't intend to go in with her, and hesitated for a moment.

"It's okay. You go ahead. I'll wait for you here." Ning Yan signaled with her eyes.

"Okay, I'll be out soon." Li Wenwen didn't think much about it.

Since Ning Yan told her it was no problem, then it was no problem. After all, she had already entered the ancestral hall and could definitely find some clues.

Li Wenwen entered the ancestral hall alone.

Seeing her back disappear, Ning Yan glanced at the old man who was standing there, seemingly not intending to move, and slightly curved the corners of his lips.

"Mommy left me alone. What did you want to say to me?"

She was sure and certain that this old guy must have something to tell her, or else he wanted to separate Li Wenwen from her so that he could kill her.

Hearing this, the old man's gray eyes actually moved. While sliding up and down, she heard a hoarse voice again, "You are not her classmate."

Ning Yan smiled, "You are not human either."

elder:"......."

Her eyes suddenly stopped moving, and she looked like she wanted to die. She was frightened by Ning Yan's direct contact with her face, and she didn't move for a long time.

"You are indeed very smart." After a while, the old man said this.

Ning Yan was confused by her inexplicable compliments, and her eyes were wary: "It's not that I'm smart, it's that you are too obvious. Haven't they noticed it after so many years?"

"So what if I find it, so what if I don't find it?"

The old man didn't take it seriously and looked at her again, "You shouldn't be here."

Ning Yan became even more curious, narrowed her eyes and asked, "Do you know me?"

The old man said nothing, but this time, his usually emotionless eyes suddenly had a strange color.

Ning Yan observed, almost the moment he asked the question, he already had the answer in his heart.

This person knew her.

It's even possible that he's been waiting for her to come over.

But there were some things that she still didn't understand.

In such a short time, Li Wenwen came out of the ancestral hall.

"In two days it will be time to worship our ancestors. If you have nothing to do, don't come over. The ancestral hall is not a place where you can come and go at will."

The old man looked like he was driving people away.

Li Wenwen whispered back that she knew it, and hurriedly took Ning Yan's hand and went out.

It wasn't until I walked a long way that I slowly let go.

Looking at Li Wenwen, whose face was obviously ugly, Ning Yan frowned slightly:

"what happened?"

Li Wenwen's face remained the same, she shook her head first and said: "It looks very ordinary inside, and the tablets are almost all people with village blood."

"Have you checked the placement?" Ning Yan asked again.

Li Wenwen nodded, "I've seen it, but there's nothing special about it. The placement is in order of seniority, there's nothing special about it."

"Then why are you looking like this?" Ning Yan was puzzled.

Li Wenwen took a deep breath and looked at Ning Yan with complicated eyes, "Little Yanhua, do you know the details of your ghost contract?"

Ning Yan had a bad feeling in her heart, "What do you mean?"

"I can clearly see the name on the top of the tablets in the ancestral hall, which says 'Fu Yu'."

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