It’s over, I’m surrounded by weirdos and players

Chapter 167 A strange new place (4095 words in total)
The summer night wind blew slowly, and the moon in the sky was big and round, illuminating the scenery in front of me.

Lin Yi finally found the door from the strange room, but he never expected to be sent to another place.

It's really a headache.

He looked up and saw a pure white curtain, with the faint smell of incense coming from it.

It seems to be a mourning hall.

There was a fire burning in the yard not far away, mixed with some inaudible words coming in the wind.

"Why are you dazed?"

Suddenly a young male voice came from behind him, and his shoulder was lightly tapped.

A young man in his early twenties, dressed in simple mourning clothes, with slightly messy hair and a hint of melancholy in his deep eyes.

"They are waiting for you inside, go quickly." As he spoke, his pale face forced a smile, his face was full of exhaustion, and there were black bruises under his eye sockets.

When Lin Yi walked in, the card game on the card table had just ended. Some people were tired and left directly. Others were thirsty and stood up to get some water.

Daqing glared at the person who came back, reached out and took away the teapot on the table, and put it in Lin Yi's hand.

It turned out that someone was playing cards inside.

"We are all fine. We are older and stronger." The man handed another cup of tea to Lin Yi's hand, turned to look at the memorial tablet in front of the mourning hall, then turned back and continued: "You are the youngest. , I’m usually spoiled by my grandma, so I don’t know if I can bear to stay like this all night.”

This action was actually his test.

He walked over and sat next to the man.

"Who wants a pair of old K's?"

"No." The man nodded in agreement, "I'm so hungry that I have to wait all night."

"Little cousin, since you and I are destined to get together today, can you let me have a taste?" Zhao Danan smiled and grabbed the melon seeds and knocked them in his hands. He kept looking at Lin Yi, obviously he was very interested in this person who was being treated by Daqing President. The little cousin who was chanting it in his mouth was particularly curious.

"Zhao Danan, if you talk nonsense again, I'll beat you up."

The light that shines through the window reflects on the ground, forming mottled shadows of varying shades.

The next step is to use this identity to continue to find out more information from the other party.

"Okay, okay, you can definitely do it." The man said in a perfunctory tone, pushing the cup, "Drink some tea, just crack melon seeds to get angry."

Lin Yi took advantage of the situation and naturally took the melon seeds in his hand and slowly started to crack them. "I can smell it from all the way. It's so delicious."

"Who are you looking down on!" Lin Yi pretended to be dissatisfied and put down the melon seeds in his hand, shouting to the man: "You can do it, I can do it too!"

"That's long-winded." Lin muttered in a low voice, but still obediently picked up the cup and took a sip.

A sudden gust of wind blew up, and coupled with the dim light, it gave people an eerie and lonely feeling.

Upon seeing this, Lin Yi decided to walk over first. Before he knew the specific situation, he could only cope with the changes by remaining unchanged.

So is this the fault of Bianhua again?
Lin Yi walked forward hesitantly and stepped into the yard.

Want to know more about who you are and how you interact with others.

"Hey, Daqing's little cousin is here." A young man who came back from drinking water looked at Lin Yi jokingly, "I was not allowed to drink a sip of the tea in the pot just now. It turned out that it was all for the baby. Brother."

She seemed to have a good relationship with him, and there was a sense of friendliness in her words.

"Come and have some. The melon seeds brought by the Zhao family are fried very fragrantly." The man skillfully grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the plate on the table and stuffed them into Lin Yi's hand.

"Don't don't."

The man was not annoyed when he heard this, and happily refilled Lin Yi's teacup with some more tea.

"I know." Lin Yi still didn't understand what happened.

"Oh my, tea to replenish the body."

As the distance got closer, the human voice could be heard more clearly.

He knew he did the right thing.

Realizing that the other party did not show an unhappy look, he naturally accepted Lin Yi's statement.

Then he looked at Lin Yi, who was still eating melon seeds, and said, "This is the tea that my mother-in-law specially ordered to brew to replenish your body. Remember to drink it later."

The only man still sitting on the long bench was cracking melon seeds. He glanced around and saw Lin Yi coming in. He waved to him, "This is Ayi."

"You can't afford it, I want it! A pair of Aces."

It was obvious that he had not rested well and was not in good spirits.

However, it can be seen from the young man's words that the other party regarded him as someone he knew.

Just teasing people.

"No one wants it, it's a 2. I have no cards, so I win."

Lin Yi stuffed a mouthful of melon seeds into his mouth and sighed vaguely: "It is indeed hard, but I still have to keep it."

"I'm sorry."

If he was wrong, he would have an excuse to make up for it.

The few remaining old pine trees in the yard swayed in the wind, making rustling sounds and blowing down many dead leaves.

"Humph, I won't give it to you." Lin Yi shook his head, held the teapot in his arms and shouted unhappily: "Everything my mother-in-law prepared for me is mine."

"That's right. Let's not give it to him. Ayi will drink it slowly." Daqing coaxed a few words softly and looked at Zhao Danan with an increasingly unkind look.

As if to say, what's the matter with you?

Still fighting for things with children!

Zhao Danan raised his eyebrows and smiled, "My little cousin is so handsome. I don't know which girl I will take advantage of in the future."

"Can't you shut your mouth even if you eat? Your words are getting more and more incomprehensible." Daqing angrily snatched the melon seeds from Zhao Danan's hand, and even moved the melon seed plate on the table.

It can be seen that he is really angry.

"It was my fault that I was afraid of you." Seeing that the teasing was overdone, Zhao Danan quickly begged for mercy: "Your Excellency, please forgive me this time."

Daqing snorted coldly and put the melon seed plate back.

It can be seen that the relationship between the two is very good, a bit like bad friends.

Lin Yi secretly remembered this and continued to crack the melon seeds in his hand.

I have to say, it's really delicious.

The three of them were chatting in front of the card table. In fact, it was Zhao Danan and Da Qing who were talking more often. Lin Yi silently raised his ears and listened.

After a while, Lin Yi heard the two of them chatting about the mourning hall, and said intentionally or unintentionally, "It's too sudden."

"This is what happens when people get old." Daqing's hand holding the cup paused, his eyes flickered, and there was an unnatural look on his face, but it quickly disappeared.

In the end, he just said silently, "There will always be accidents."

"Accident?" Zhao Danan laughed strangely after hearing this, with a strange look in his eyes.

"I don't think it's necessarily an accident."

"What should I say?" Lin Yi immediately became interested, feeling that the other party seemed to know something inside.

Maybe there are key clues hidden inside.

"Don't talk nonsense." Daqing lowered his voice and glanced around. The other two people who were watching the night together did not notice what was going on here, and they both leaned sleepily on their chairs and took a nap.

"Why am I talking nonsense?" Zhao Danan lowered his voice, glanced at the memorial tablet in front of the mourning hall, pointed upward and continued: "If it was really an accident, we young men would not be asked to keep vigil today."

"We say it's to fulfill our filial piety, but actually we want to use our Yang Qi to suppress resentment and send the person away safely."

"Where did you get this gossip?" Daqing frowned, obviously not believing what he said and not wanting the other party to continue talking.

After all, we are in the mourning hall, and it is really disrespectful to say something irrelevant.

But Lin Lin's eyes sparkled and he was very interested in what Zhao Danan said.

His instinct told him that there must be something else going on.

It can't be that simple.

No wind, no wave.

According to regulations, those who stay vigil are usually immediate family members, according to Zhao Danan.

No one here tonight is in that relationship.

Very unreasonable.

"That's because you are ignorant and don't hear what's going on outside the window." Zhao Danan glanced at Daqing with disgust, then turned his gaze on Lin Yi, who was equally curious, leaned over and continued: "Actually, this matter has been spread outside. There are all kinds of things, but because the deceased is so important, no one dares to discuss it openly. "

"What's the secret? Why do you want to suppress the resentment?" Lin Yi blinked and couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Danan smiled proudly, pretended to take a sip of water, and then observed the surrounding situation.

After confirming that no one noticed this, he continued to explain: "I will tell you in detail from the beginning. Why is there such a speculation."

"As we all know, the Mei family's grandma was found falling to the ground one day and died unexpectedly."

"But everyone knows how good the health of the Mei family's grandma is, especially after being blessed by the gods. She is strong."

"So how could he die just because of a fall, right?"

Lin nodded, "Yes, it is indeed a bit strange."

"But didn't everyone in the Mei family say that it hit the back of the head?" Daqing then raised his doubts.

"You just believe what the Mei family says." Zhao Danan rolled his eyes and continued in a lower voice: "According to normal procedures, the body should be collected, and a specialized corpse collector should take care of the clothes and tidy up the face."

"But the Mei family didn't do it. They even secretly spent money to pay for it and pretended that they had done it."

"What does it mean?"

"It shows that they don't want others to discover the secrets on the corpse." Lin Yi responded quickly.

Zhao Danan showed an approving look towards Lin Yi, "My little cousin is right, they are like this because of their guilty conscience. But how did they know that the walls have ears and an aunt who came to do something heard it and spread the word."

"That doesn't mean anything." Daqing still didn't understand. Just such a thing could prove that there was something wrong with the Mei family?

Why suppress resentment?

It's nonsense.

He has never believed in such illusory theories of ghosts and evil spirits.

It's all caused by people's minds, and they scare themselves.

"Listen to me and speak slowly. I just opened my mouth."

Zhao Danan smiled mysteriously and continued, "As far as I know, out of the five people watching tonight, three of them came here after receiving labor fees from the Mei family."

"Labor fee?" When Lin heard this, he turned his attention to Daqing.

Daqing was confused when he heard this, what kind of labor fee?

Didn't you take the initiative to help with the vigil in order to make Grandma Mei's departure more comfortable?

He noticed Lin Yi's gaze and quickly shook his head in denial: "Our family didn't accept it. It was grandma who said that we should be relatives after all, so that you and I, the two younger generations, can show some filial piety."

"Little cousin, you don't have to look at your cousin. You two are working for free and have no money." Zhao Danan joked, and then found that his friend Daqing's face was a little ugly, so he quickly stopped the car.

"What I just said was not to gloat over someone else's misfortune, but to tell you that this matter is not simple and there is something fishy about it."

As Zhao Danan spoke, he pointed at the young man on the left who was napping on a chair, "The Liu family and the Mei family have not been in contact with each other for many years. Even if they are relatives, they are separated by countless generations."

"If I hadn't received the benefits, why would I have come to watch the funeral?"

"It's just that your grandma is kind and honest, and misses old friendships. The Mei family agreed as soon as they opened the door, so naturally they don't have to pay for the labor."

Lin understood when he heard it, because the death of the Mei family's grandmother was so puzzling.

Coupled with a series of strange actions of the Mei family, it triggered bad associations and speculations.

Especially when the Mei family asked their juniors to keep vigil at night, everyone's suspicions aggravated.

Most likely they will refuse out of taboo.

After all, I was afraid that I would get into trouble with something dirty, which would bring harm to my family.

"As the old saying goes, there are three fires on a person's shoulders. The stronger the fire, the less afraid of evil spirits."

"Especially for young people like us who are boys, they have the strongest fire and the strongest yang energy."

"Nature is the best candidate."

When Daqing said this, his expression became much uglier than before.

Both he and A Yi were plotted by the Mei family. If Zhao Danan hadn't spoken out, they would have been kept in the dark.

"No wonder I heard the Mei family talking about their age all the time." When Daqing heard the Mei family coming to ask for help, he felt something was wrong.

Now I think it's a matter of age.

The other party kept chatting with grandma in a circumstantial manner, just to repeatedly confirm the age information for attending the vigil.

Such nonsense as those who are promising at a young age will surely become great talents in the future are all used to paralyze and confuse them.

This is really the purpose.

"So the grandma of the Mei family was most likely killed by someone, and the murderer was the Mei family?" Lin Yi said uncertainly, staring closely at Zhao Danan's face, observing the changes in his expression.

"At least they have nothing to do with the death of Grandma Mei." A hint of coldness flashed across Zhao Danan's eyes, and it disappeared briefly.

No one noticed except Lin Yi, who had been secretly observing Zhao Danan.

"Then let's be careful at night." Lin Yi shrank his shoulders pretending to be scared.

I don’t know if he is delusional.

There was always a strange aura about Zhao Danan at this moment, and he felt inexplicably different from when they first met.

There's a little more dissonance and weirdness.

But he couldn't tell exactly where the problem was.

"Ayi, don't be afraid, I'm here!" Daqing patted Lin Yi on the shoulder to comfort him.

Zhao Danan also followed Da Qing's example, patted his shoulder, sighed slightly, and looked at the memorial tablet in front of the mourning hall again.

"Every wrongdoer has his own debtor, and she won't hurt you."

(End of this chapter)