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Chapter 896: Queergou

Meng Zhe laughed when he heard it, "Gu Hao? What kind of danger could he encounter... Maybe it's just like what Deng Kai said, he just wants to live in a different city."

"Impossible!" Gu Hao would not let go of the little ant in his hand so easily. Song Jiang was quite sure of this.

In fact, Song Jiang didn't really believe that Gu Hao would encounter any danger, but compared to that, he didn't believe that Gu Hao would really leave Beidu as easily as Deng Kai said, so there must be something holding him back, which is why he couldn't contact him for so long...

And the problem now is that no one knows how many days Gu Hao has been out of contact? After all, they haven't seen Gu Hao in person for almost a week, so is he just out of contact in the past two days, or has he been out of contact since the day he and Deng Kai fell out?

If it is the former, then there is no need to worry too much, because with Gu Hao's ability, he should show up soon after he finishes his work...

But if it is the latter situation, it would be somewhat tricky, because in this case, even if Gu Hao is not in any danger now, what he has to do should be quite troublesome, otherwise he would not have delayed for so long and not come back.

After three days of anxious waiting, Song Jiang and Deng Kai still had no news of Gu Hao. He actually disappeared, as if he had never appeared... During this period, Song Jiang also asked Meng Zhe to help look for him, but unfortunately he was unable to do anything this time.

Who would have thought that on that night, Song Jiang was tossing and turning over Gu Hao's matter, when he suddenly felt the temperature in the house drop sharply. He was so cold that he could even see the white breath he exhaled...

You know, it's midsummer now, the temperature shouldn't be that low, right? So Song Jiang quickly sat up from the bed and planned to go out to find Meng Zhe to see what happened.

As a result, as soon as he walked into the living room, he saw Meng Zhe already sitting on the sofa. At the same time, a dark figure was standing in the shadow that the floor lamp could not reach, and it seemed that he was talking to Meng Zhe.

When the other party saw Song Jiang opening the door and coming out, he actually took two steps back into the shadows. Then a familiar breath came towards him. Although it was mixed with a little bit of yin energy, Song Jiang still recognized the other party...

"Fifth brother...?" Song Jiang called out tentatively.

The shadow paused for a moment after hearing the voice, then took a step forward hesitantly and said, "I'm too angry right now, and I didn't mean to wake you up... but you woke up anyway."

When Song Jiang heard that it was indeed Zhou Shiwu, he immediately took two steps forward and said happily, "You finally came back to see us!?"

Unexpectedly, Zhou Shiwu took a few steps back and said, "Don't get too close to me, or my anger will hurt you..."

Song Jiang's steps froze slightly after hearing this. He then realized that Zhou Shiwu was no longer the same as himself, so he stood there awkwardly and said, "Why did you come back? Did something happen to you?"

Without waiting for Zhou Shiwu to answer, Meng Zhe on the side said first, "Something happened to Gu Hao..." It turned out that Zhou Shiwu came back this time to tell Song Jiang and others that Gu Hao was framed and trapped in an area where Yin and Yang intersected. The situation in that place was extremely special. Only living people could enter. Once ghosts and people who had taken over other people's bodies mistakenly entered, there was no way out... Even Zhou Shiwu himself couldn't get in, so he could only come back to ask Song Jiang and others for help.

Song Jiang was surprised when he heard this, "Gu Hao has always been cautious, how could he fall into someone else's trap so easily?!"

Zhou Shiwu sighed and said, "The situation this time is very different. It seems to be a trap specially designed for Gu Hao. I don't know who he has offended."

Zhou Shiwu's words immediately reminded Song Jiang of the situation when he first met Gu Hao. If he had to say that he had an enemy... then the other party could only be someone from the underworld.

Zhou Shiwu rarely came back, and Song Jiang couldn't help asking him how he was doing. After hearing this, the other party smiled bitterly and said, "Not bad... You don't have to worry about me too much. I have brought the news. It's getting late now, and I should leave."

Song Jiang wanted to keep him, but then he remembered that Zhou Shiwu was no longer alive, so he could not use the courtesy that only living people would use. Moreover, Song Jiang could clearly feel Zhou Shiwu's alienation towards him, so he could only say with a little disappointment, "Okay... take care of yourself."

After Zhou Shiwu left, Song Jiang sighed, "Although Brother Wu refused to say anything, I always feel that his existence in the world like a half-human being is not a good thing."

Meng Zhe said in a deep voice, "That's his own choice... As long as it's his own choice, he will naturally be happy with it. Otherwise, no matter how comfortable you make his life, it will be worse than death."

Zhou Shiwu gave a specific location for where Gu Hao was trapped. Song Jiang thought it was a very special place at first, but when he looked at the address, he found that it was a tourist attraction that had been abandoned for who knows how many years...

I heard that the tourist attraction was doing quite booming business more than a decade ago. At that time, most ordinary people had just started to become aware of traveling and spending money, so many man-made scenic spots sprang up like mushrooms after a rain.

With more competitors, many man-made scenic spots have started to build some strange theme scenic spots in order to attract customers. However, the theme of the scenic spot that trapped Gu Hao turned out to be a one-day tour of the Yama Palace in the underworld and the Eighteen Levels of Hell!

Since we have been unable to get in touch with Gu Hao, we naturally have no idea why he went to that kind of ghost place for no reason. However, given Gu Hao's personality, it is not difficult to guess that he was most likely lured there by the interests...

After learning about Gu Hao's situation, Deng Kai said helplessly, "I don't know what this kid is thinking. He doesn't even have a decent family, so what does he need so much money for? I gave him a house and he turned against me! Isn't this just a mental illness?!"

  Song Jiang couldn't understand this. Gu Hao seemed to be in need of money all the time, but he didn't see any need to spend money. He didn't know what this guy wanted to do by saving so much money every day?!

Although Deng Kai said so, he still wanted to rush to the abandoned scenic spot to find someone. After all, if he went one day later, Gu Hao would be in danger for one more day. Meng Zhe didn't care about it, as long as Deng Kai arranged everything...

The abandoned scenic spot is located in a place called Queergou, more than 200 kilometers away from Beidu. In order to develop the tourism industry, all the villagers living nearby were mobilized to move to the surrounding county towns. Therefore, after the place was abandoned, almost no one was around.