Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 15 You Can’t Finish This Paper

"Think carefully about what I just said, and decide whether you still want to save your father."

After saying this indifferently, Sixth Aunt turned around and opened the locked door on the right side of the main room.

"Those mountain monkeys outside won't leave before dawn, so you'll sleep here tonight."

Aunt Liu pulled the rope at the door, and the dim light illuminated the locked inner room.

This room seemed to have not been lived in for a long time and had a distinct smell of dust.

Compared to the dirty main room and the dark inner room where Aunt Liu slept, the room on the right side of the main room was much more spacious and brighter.

On the bed covered with light pink sheets, the quilt was neatly folded and the plain white gauze mosquito net was hung very neatly.

On the small desk beside the bed, there were two piles of test papers, several essay collections, and a photo frame neatly stacked.

The little girl in the photo frame is wearing a primary school uniform and standing by the flower bed with her lips pursed. There is a bit of childishness on her face, giving people the feeling that she is difficult to talk to.

Ran Qing's eyes swept through the house. Sixth Aunt said, "Don't go out at night. Those mountain monkeys can't get in. But they might try to lure you in. No matter what noises you hear outside, ignore them."

Noticing Ran Qing looking at the exam papers on the table, Aunt Six said, "This is my daughter's old room. No one lives there now, so you can sleep in this room."

Aunt Liu was very frugal with words and didn't mention her daughter much.

Looking at the version of the real test paper, it was the high school entrance examination sprint paper two years ago.

So Sixth Aunt’s daughter is also in the second year of high school, just like Ran Qing?
But why are there only junior high school test papers and textbooks in the room?

Ran Qing's eyes darted around, silently observing the room in front of him.

Aunt Six finished her instructions in a cold tone and prepared to leave.

Seeing that Sixth Aunt was about to leave, Ran Qing hurriedly asked, "Sixth Aunt, can you find Li Hongye's body?"

Aunt Liu's new method requires finding Li Hongye's body, but Li Hongye has been missing and there is no trace of her whereabouts...

Aunt Liu glanced at Ran Qing and said, "As long as you dare to go, I can help you find it. I'm just afraid that you don't dare... Do you still dare to see that thing?"

Sixth Aunt's words made Ran Qing silent.

The cold and terrifying feeling he had just faced when facing Li Hongye in the ghost world of Wujiang, and the cold feeling of despair and powerlessness, seemed to surge up again.

It was the first time in his life that he encountered such a terrifying and evil thing. The pure malice and the icy, penetrating touch made him feel like he was falling into an ice cellar, depriving him of all warmth and hope in life.

Even just thinking about it, Ran Qing couldn't help but feel creepy.

At this moment, there was a voice in his heart roaring wildly - don't go to see Li Hongye again, don't go to see it again.

Compared to the terrifying Li Hongye, the ghosts in the Wujiang ghost world and the old man in shrouds wandering in front of Xiao Erwa's house didn't seem so scary...

But when Ran Qing thought of the man lying on the hospital bed and his mother's body, which had died in agony and was horrible...

"Let's go, Aunt Six," Ran Qing covered his chest and made a difficult decision.

He had no feelings for the man and he didn't want to owe him any favors.

Over the years, Ran Qing has been living with his grandmother. Since junior high school, he has not had to pay tuition and miscellaneous fees, and he has received scholarships from the school every semester. He has never asked the man for a penny.

Ran Qing has had a hard time these years, but he lives with pride.

He didn't want to owe that man a lifetime favor in his last year of life.

The man who abandoned him and his mother, and even fell in love with another woman and killed his mother, he... must save that man!
Ran Qing's chest was rising and falling rapidly, and he was a little excited.

Aunt Six, with dead fish eyes, looked at him coldly and said, "Think about it more and don't make a decision in a hurry."

"This concerns your life. You need to be mentally prepared. This is not a joke. When you see that ghost thing again, there will be no regrets for you." Aunt Liu left with a cold tone, looking in a very bad mood.

When Aunt Liu raised her hand to close the door, Ran Qing vaguely saw a strange bruise on her right wrist.

The bruises were exactly the same as those on my father lying on the hospital bed.

Aunt Liu was also scratched by Li Hongye...

Ran Qing's heart skipped a beat, and he vaguely guessed why Aunt Liu suddenly wanted to kill Li Hongye.

He sat hesitantly on the cold bed, looking at the empty room, thinking about what Aunt Liu said, and everything he had just seen in the ghost world of Wujiang... Ran Qing's emotions gradually surged.

The old cement bungalow was low and dilapidated, without even any windows. It was completely enclosed, like a dull coffin.

Sitting in such a room, Ran Qing felt extremely suffocated, as if he was sealed in a coffin.

In the dark and gloomy night, there were sounds of banging on the door outside one after another.

Those monster mountain monkeys hiding in the darkness were still banging on the door relentlessly.

But the barking of dogs outside had completely disappeared.

It seems that the guard dog has become indifferent to these mountain monkeys.

Gradually, the mountain monkeys banged on the door less and less.

They seemed to have accepted the fact that Aunt Liu had defaulted on her debt and began to leave.

But Ran Qing still didn't dare to go out. He remembered what Sixth Aunt had told him not to open the door no matter what noise or sound was outside.

Just like that, after being in a daze for an unknown amount of time, Ran Qing seemed to have fallen asleep.

This was the first time since he grew up that he didn't read or do exercises before going to bed.

After a trip to the ghost world of Wujiang, the terrifying experience seemed to have exhausted all his energy.

Physical fatigue is secondary. Mental fatigue is even more tiring than doing Olympiad math problems all day long.

In this drowsy state, Ran Qing fell asleep.

While he was sleeping, he vaguely heard some strange noises coming from outside.

The chattering and whispering sounds sounded very much like the little red rope figures talking.

Gradually, the voices seemed to gather around him, as if surrounding him.

Ran Qing wanted to open his eyes, but his eyelids felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and he couldn't open them no matter how hard he tried.

Ran Qing was in a daze for an unknown amount of time when he suddenly heard the clear and familiar bell for the end of get out of class.

The bell for the end of get out of class, which was almost engraved in his DNA, startled Ran Qing and he opened his eyes suddenly, only to find himself sitting in Teacher Jin's office.

The teacher's office was dead silent with the door closed and windows locked.

Ran Qing sat in Teacher Jin's chair with a very difficult Olympiad math test paper in front of him.

He held the ballpoint pen in his hand and looked at the half-finished test paper. After a moment of hesitation, he instinctively began to read the questions and calculate.

The rustling sound of the gel pen tip sliding across the test paper broke the silence in the office.

A cold female voice suddenly sounded behind Ran Qing.

"Ran Qing, you can't finish this paper."

(End of this chapter)