Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 37 Will You Like Me?

Ran Qing's face changed slightly. "Sixth Aunt, are you saying that Li Hongye died a year ago? And the witch is using her skin to go to school?"

Was the Li Hongye he had come into contact with over the past year a disguised witch?!
The changeling is so terrifying. Not only can she disguise herself perfectly, but she can also do exercises and take exams. Moreover, she even ranked him third in two consecutive final exams?

It's fine that he couldn't pass the Li Hongye exam, but he couldn't even pass the Bian Po exam?!

Ran Qing was shocked and couldn't accept this fact.

But Aunt Six glared at him and cursed, "Is your head filled with shit? What are you thinking about? When did I tell you that your mistress had been dead for a year?"

"I mean, she lived with the changeling for a year!"

"It's not like she's been dead for a year!"

Aunt Liu interrupted Ran Qing coldly.

Ran Qing was stunned by this, but still couldn't understand it: "Li Hongye lived with two witches for a year and didn't get eaten... Is that possible?"

Next to the sofa, Aunt Liu squatted on the ground and folded up the two shriveled human skins on the ground like folding quilts.

When she heard Ran Qing's question, she sneered, "That's why I said she's weird. For ordinary people to live with a witch is like adding more food to her plate."

"Even people like us who walk through the underworld wouldn't dare to stay with a witch, let alone sleep with her."

"The changeling isn't a dog. She knows how to recognize her master. This thing only eats people."

"Your father, Ran Lao San, is the most daring person I have ever met. You can ask him later if he dares to sleep in the same room with a witch."

Aunt Liu folded the two shriveled human skins and stuffed them into the bag she brought with her like a blanket.

Then he said, "You sit down and rest first. I'll go take a look inside the house."

"This female classmate of yours, the more she digs, the more she finds."

"I really want to see what's in her room that can allow her and the changeling to live in the same room peacefully!"

Aunt Liu left the living room and walked towards the corridor between the bathroom and the two bedrooms.

Ran Qing quickly reminded: "Sixth Aunt! There seems to be a ghost in the bathroom mirror..."

He remembered that before he fell into a coma, he saw a ghost in the mirror that looked exactly like him.

But after hearing this, Aunt Liu just glanced at him and ignored Ran Qing.

Instead, the dog lying at Ran Qing's feet said timidly, "...That must be an illusion, an illusion caused by the witch's poison."

The little girl's voice was soft and weak, with a hint of crying and timidity, which made people feel pity.

Ran Qing looked at the dog in astonishment. Although he had heard Aunt Liu's explanation of the situation, when he saw the sickly dog, its messy fur, and its appearance that was no different from that of a dog, he was unable to connect this voice with the old dog that could scare away evil spirits.

Ran Qing was silent for a long time before he asked cautiously, "What's your name?"

Ran Qing tried to communicate with the little girl.

But the girl in the dog skin looked at him fearfully, suddenly got up, and ran in to find Aunt Liu with her tail between her legs, without answering Ran Qing's question.

Ran Qing found himself bored and could only lie back on the sofa helplessly to continue resting.

The living room became quiet, with only the sound of Aunt Liu rummaging through drawers in the room.

But those movements have nothing to do with Ran Qing for the time being.

He lay weakly on the sofa, staring blankly at the living room in front of him and the two corpses of the witches at his feet.

After the shriveled human skin was torn off, the two monkey-like ugly women had hideous faces and dirty blood oozing from between their jagged fangs, and the stench in the air became more pungent.

At this point, they could no longer be seen as two human corpses, but rather as the corpses of two wild beasts.

Although they are short and not as tall as adults, the muscles under their fur are strong and powerful, and the veins under their skin covered with tumors are bulging. No wonder they are so strong.

Ran Qing even suspected that this monster could kill someone with one punch.

Behind the body of the witch was the wall of the living room, on which hung a family photo of Li Hongye and her family of three.

In the photo, Li Hongye is wearing her elementary school uniform, her face still chubby and childish. She stands between her parents, leaning on her mother's shoulder, smiling sweetly at the camera.

No one could have imagined that this warm and happy family of three in the photo would turn into monsters and evil spirits a few years later... Not only were the gentle and friendly parents eaten by the witch, but their skin and flesh were also peeled off by the witch to replace their identities.

The sweet and well-behaved little girl in the photo has turned into a ghost with a hideous and miserable death, wandering deep in the ghost world of Wujiang River. Now she has even set her sights on her old classmates and is still haunting them...

What happened in this happy family?
What kind of changes did Li Hongye experience in the unknown corner?
She lived with the two witches day and night for a year, and she was able to attend classes on time every day, teasing Ran Qing at school as if nothing had happened, and always beat Ran Qing in every exam.

What was she thinking about in those silent and deserted nights?

If Li Hongye hadn't suddenly died and turned into a demon, perhaps no one would ever know that the girl with a smile as bright as the sun had such a deep and terrifying darkness behind her...

Ran Qing was lost in thought. After an unknown amount of time, Aunt Six suddenly returned to the living room.

She seemed to have searched the entire house and was sitting coldly opposite Ran Qing.

The sick dog lay cautiously at Aunt Liu's feet, with its tail between its legs and head tucked in, not daring to breathe.

Aunt Liu looked gloomy, as if she wanted to eat someone.

Ran Qing had a bad feeling.

"Sixth Aunt...did you find anything?"

Didn’t Aunt Liu find anything?
Sure enough, Aunt Liu, with a gloomy face, snorted coldly and threw a pink-covered notebook impatiently.

"I saw nothing, I found nothing."

"You little mistress are quite normal! There's nothing left at home!"

"I don't know if she hid it well or if she didn't keep it at home."

Aunt Six cursed with a gloomy expression, "I only found this diary of hers. You might be interested in it, but it's useless to me."

Aunt Six held up two unwashed white socks and said, "This is enough for me. I can use it to find the body."

These two white socks are obviously Li Hongye's. They have not been washed and are a little dirty.

Ran Qing took a look, then silently took the notebook and opened the cover.

Lines of Ran Qing's familiar and beautiful handwriting danced in his retina.

These are the diaries written by Li Hongye.

The beautiful handwriting flows between the red lines, telling the story of an ordinary day in the girl's life.

Page one, diary.

Page 2, diary.

Page three, diary.

Page 4, Page 5...Ran Qing kept flipping back until he reached the last page.

Every page is a girl's diary.

It records her daily life at school, interesting events, and bits of life. Her lively brushstrokes are overflowing with youthful energy, and the girl's words are as optimistic and cheerful as she is.

The image of the girl that leaps off the page in this text is the girl that Ran Qing is familiar with.

That playful, bright, smart and interesting Li Hongye.

In this thick diary, not a single page mentioned a changeling or a monster.

She seemed unaware that there were two monsters in her house.

It was not until the last page that Ran Qing saw the only page that did not record his life.

This page is empty, with no record of life, only a line of beautiful small words written in the center.

I don’t know who this is written for.

This line of words is——

Will you like me?

(End of this chapter)