See the Law of Deception

Chapter 110 Inheritance (16)

The moment the idea of ​​going out to see the world came to mind, Lu Jinzhao immediately rejected it.

In the real world, she wouldn't dare to open the door alone to see what was going on if there was such a commotion next door, let alone here at the train station.

Moreover, there are precedents for this; ghosts can be deceiving.

Therefore, Lu Jinzhao simply listened carefully to the sounds not far away, showing no intention of approaching the door.

After listening carefully for a while, Lu Jinzhao noticed something was wrong.

She only heard the commotion, but not a sound from Huo Ye.

Of course, it's also possible that Huo Ye simply didn't make a sound, but out of caution, Lu Jinzhao didn't plan to go out.

She looked out the window, and through the dim yellow paper, she seemed to see a distant shadow flickering, very blurry, making her want to get closer to see it clearly.

The noise lasted for about ten minutes before gradually subsiding.

Throughout the entire process, Lu Jinzhao did not hear Huo Ye's voice.

"Perhaps the sounds outside are just a play put on by ghosts."

However, because ghosts are so "intelligent," even their traps are not very sophisticated.

However, it is now certain that the ghost is outside.

There's a high probability that there's a corpse outside that can be used as material.

If there are strong enough passengers on this platform, they might even be able to open the door at this moment and face the ghost directly, taking its skin and bones away.

But Lu Jinzhao did not find such a person.

Furthermore, it's impossible to determine whether the materials taken from this ghost are the same as those from the master, since what's outside is no longer just a corpse, but a ghost.

"As expected... it still can only be taken from people?" Lu Jinzhao shook his head, feeling increasingly uneasy the more he thought about it.

It seems impossible for the passengers to maintain the current peace.

Perhaps because of this farce, the ghost didn't knock on the door again tonight.

By late at night, Lu Jinzhao's skin had almost completely dried.

She removed the leather and placed it on the workbench, then began making the shadow puppet with practiced ease.

As dawn broke, she had only completed less than half of the process of making the human skin.

Although they are both made of human skin, the difficulty of making shadow puppets from one's own skin and from one's master's skin is completely different.

However, this reassured Lu Jinzhao somewhat.

She would probably be in trouble if her skin also developed those abnormalities during the production process.

What made her even more fortunate was that when she touched her own skin, her body did not experience any adverse reactions. At least, she did not feel as if her soul was being sculpted in sync with the creation of the shadow puppet as she did with her master's skin.

"Perhaps this path really works."

Unfortunately, she wasn't in a good enough condition to break one of her ribs and have it removed.

Even if it were dug out, and it wasn't her master's bone, but a real human bone, she probably wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

After daybreak, when Lu Jinchao was making new shadow puppets, she always had to keep an eye out for any noise outside. Someone might come to her and ask if she had heard anything the night before, and she absolutely could not let anyone else find out that she was making new shadow puppets.

About half an hour after dawn, Lu Jinzhao heard footsteps.

She promptly put away the unfinished shadow puppets and sat in the room to wait. Sure enough, not long after, there was a knock on the door.

Lu Jinzhao did not open the door immediately, but waited until the person outside made a sound before she went to the door.

The person outside the door was Fu Xuesheng. She looked even worse; her dark circles looked like they were drawn on.

"Did you go out to check things out last night?" she asked Lu Jinzhao directly.

Lu Jinzhao shook her head, and then Fu Xuesheng said something that surprised her slightly. "I went out to take a look."

Ok?
Lu Jinzhao looked at her with some doubt. Given her rational and cautious mindset, it was best not to act rashly after last night's situation.
Perhaps sensing Lu Jinzhao's confusion, Fu Xuesheng said nonchalantly, "Anyway, whether you stick your neck out or not, you'll get stabbed anyway. You'll most likely die, so why not risk it and get more information?"

It's not entirely unreasonable.

"What do you see?"

Fu Xuesheng came to see her early in the morning; surely he couldn't have come just to ask if she had eaten breakfast.

"I didn't dare get too close." Fu Xuesheng shrugged. Although she had just boasted that she would take risks, she didn't actually do anything reckless.

"The commotion came from the direction of Huo Ye's room. I figured there was no immediate danger outside the door, so I opened it and went out."

"Then I discovered that this place at night is very different from the place during the day."

Lu Jinzhao listened attentively; this was a discovery she had never made before.

"Very hazy," Fu Xuesheng said after thinking for a moment.

"The lantern's light wasn't very penetrating, so in the dark, everything looked like it was seen through a thin veil."

"Is it like a shadow puppet show behind a screen?" Lu Jinzhao asked.

“Yes.” Fu Xuesheng nodded sharply: “When I walked out, I had a strange feeling, like I was standing on a stage.”

“I carry my shadow puppet with me, you know, I dare not let it out of my sight for too long at night.”

"But after I left the room, I felt something moving in the toolbox I used to store it."

"It's like a live rat got inside."

“I ignored it. Anyway, it was just moving inside, not actually coming out.”

When Fu Xuesheng got to this point, Lu Jinzhao was somewhat impressed by her "big heart".

"After leaving the room, I walked towards Huo Ye's room."

"I didn't feel it during the day, but at night, the layout of this house made me feel like I was walking behind a curtain when I walked in the corridor. The rows of paper windows were like the curtains of a shadow play. I always felt that something was watching us through these windows."

"It's like watching a shadow puppet show through a screen."

Fu Xuesheng frowned as he said this: "But we checked these rooms during the day, and they were just empty rooms, without even any furniture."

"I didn't get too close. I stopped when I could see some things clearly."

"At that time, I hid behind a pillar and looked out of Huo Ye's room."

"Guess who I saw in the hallway?"

Even at a time like this, Fu Xuesheng still had the mind to play a guessing game with her.

Without hesitation, Lu Jinzhao answered, "Ji Xiangchen."

“By the way,” Fu Xuesheng said with a hint of boredom, “Well, that’s not a difficult question to answer.”

"Is it only him?" Lu Jinzhao pressed.

Fu Xuesheng nodded: "Yes, only him."

"He stood alone outside Huo Ye's door, dressed in strange clothes, just like the clothes worn by the shadow puppet he had made."

"He didn't use any props; he just moved his legs and waved his hands outside Huo Ye's door, striking some theatrical poses, and the noisy commotion kept coming from him."

"and"

Fu Xuesheng's tone became unusually heavy: "Watching those actions and listening to those sounds, without realizing it, I wanted to join in."

"I almost actually went up there."