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

Chapter 168 Accident (4094 words in total)
Boom—boom, boom, boom.

The night watchman outside played his clapper and shouted loudly: "It's three o'clock at midnight, everything is safe."

The night is already deep, the moon is covered by dark clouds, and the stars are hidden in the night.

It was also dark outside the mourning hall, and except for the faint sound of wind blowing the leaves, there was no other sound.

As time went by, the candlelight in the mourning hall also lost its light little by little, and the vision became darker and darker.

Among the young night watchmen present, one was completely asleep.

The remaining people began to feel sleepy to varying degrees, and yawned one after another, as if they were infected.

Lin Yi also felt a little sleepy, held his head with his hand and yawned.

"Would you like some more?" Daqing found a pile of good-looking mung bean cakes from somewhere and placed them in front of him.

There were six pieces in total, neatly placed on the plate.

I finally had something to eat, so I had to fill my stomach first before saying anything else.

"Sure, let me see if there is any." Daqing nodded, turned to Lin Yi and asked, "Ayi, do you want a bowl too?"

"Oh, there are still pastries." Zhao Danan refilled the incense on the memorial tablet in front of the mourning hall. When he came back, he saw only two pieces of mung bean cake left on the table.

Lin Yi unconsciously rubbed the goosebumps on his arms that were blown by the wind.

"Well"

Hua Zi got a little bored waiting and began to fall asleep again.

He would have been hungry for a whole night.

After a while, Daqing still didn't come back.

After barely finishing one piece, Lin pushed the plate of mung bean cake away. It was obvious that he didn't like it very much.

It was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

Only then was he allowed to get the mung bean cake.

Hua Zi on the side immediately took away the last piece of mung bean cake on the plate. His mouth was still full of one piece but he didn't swallow it.

"Then Danan, take care of Ayi for me." Daqing shouted to Zhao Danan, took off his coat and put it on Lin Yi.

He ate too quickly and seemed to choke.

"I've been here for so long and no one has brought me food. I'm really hungry." Zhao Danan licked his lips with unfinished thoughts.

The surface of each piece of mung bean cake is smooth, printed with beautiful patterns, and exudes an attractive luster.

When will someone come to deliver food?

The taste also became sticky which was a bit disappointing.

Each piece of mung bean cake is cut squarely and evenly. The body of the cake shows a light green color and exudes the fragrant and attractive mung bean aroma.

I really can't stand it anymore.

The mung bean cake became cold and even a little greasy.

Another young man who woke up from his nap happened to see Lin Yi's movements and expressions. He rolled his eyes at him and couldn't help but say, "You're so squeamish, you really think you're the young master."

"Okay, okay, I'm not too demanding, just a bowl of egg noodles, one egg and a few slices of green vegetables." When Huazi heard this, he immediately made his request, his eyes full of expectation.

Indeed, the weather got a little cooler after late night.

He had been here once during the day and was quite familiar with the layout of the yard and knew where the kitchen was roughly located.

He reached for a piece of mung bean cake and tasted it. The taste is a bit hard because it has been stored for a long time.

"Starving ghosts are reincarnated. Every one of them is as if they haven't eaten." Daqing quickly poured a cup of tea into Hua Zi's hand, and gently patted the other person's back with his palm.

He reached out and rubbed Lin Yi's head, and said softly: "Wait here, I'll be back soon."

A faint aroma of mung beans wafted into my nose, but there was no heat.

Without saying anything, he just grabbed a piece and left.

The young man named Hua Zi snorted and reluctantly apologized to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi didn't refuse, he was hungry anyway.

"Huazi, be careful what you say." After hearing this, Daqing glanced at the young man unhappily, and even the other man's hand that he stretched out to grab a piece of mung bean cake was swatted away by him.

Even the cold mung bean cake is better than eating nothing at all.

He touched his underfed belly and glanced worriedly outside the mourning hall.

"Yes, we agreed that someone would deliver food in the evening, but up to now we haven't even seen him." Hua Zi was also obviously very dissatisfied.

Daqing thought for a while and said, "How about I go to the kitchen and take a look?"

Zhao Danan also echoed: "It's a chilly day and it's so delicious to have a bowl of hot noodles with soup."

After staying in the mourning hall for several hours, I ate nothing except melon seeds and tea.

To be honest, Lin felt hungry all of a sudden when he saw the mung bean cake that suddenly appeared.

Hua Zi took two sips of tea and finally swallowed the food in his mouth.

"Wake up." Zhao Danan slapped the other person on the shoulder, waking him up.

Hua Zi glanced at Zhao Danan dissatisfied and shouted angrily: "What are you doing?"

"Why don't you sleep? Come and play cards." Zhao Danan ignored Hua Zi's displeasure and dragged him to the card table.

After sitting down, he called Lin Yi over and said, "Little cousin, let's play together."

The three of them got together and played two rounds. Hua Zi was unlucky and was the biggest loser in both rounds.

He didn't really want to continue playing. He only had so little money in his pocket, so he couldn't lose it all.

"How about changing it?" Hua Zi put down the cards in his hand and looked at Zhao Danan for a signal.

Zhao Danan followed his gaze and saw that the man was still sleeping on his stomach with no sign of waking up.

"Why don't you go scream?"

Huazi shook his head quickly, "I'm not going. It's not like you don't know how terrible Dawu's anger is when he wakes up."

It turns out that the person who has been sleeping is named Da Wu.

Lin Yi calmly took another look at the young man who never woke up and never showed his face.

From the moment he entered the mourning hall, he carefully observed everyone.

There were two people taking a nap before, one was Hua Zi who was playing cards now, and the other was Da Wu.

But Hua Zi could still see a face exposed. The one named Da Wu only had one head exposed, and his face was completely covered by his arms.

Can't see the face clearly at all.

"But it's strange, doesn't he usually like playing cards the most?"

"I said I was tired after a few rounds today, and I haven't woken up yet."

Zhao Danan took another careful look and muttered a few words in confusion.

Lin Yi's expression moved slightly, "Sleeping on your stomach like this for too long is not good for your health."

"I did sleep for a long time." Hua Zi tried his best to recall the scene when he saw Da Wu today, "When he came here, he didn't look right. He was green and white, and it was terrible."

"When you say that, it seems so." Zhao Danan suddenly remembered.

The two looked at each other with panic in their eyes.

It can be seen that they all thought of the same thing.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yi noticed the eye contact between the two people, and the movements of wanting to speak but hesitating at the same time.

Hua Zi paused and said, "How about you tell me?"

"I'm afraid too." Zhao Danan scratched his hair irritably, his expression becoming more and more hesitant.

Lin Yi asked again: "What exactly is going on? What are you afraid of? Tell me clearly."

"Just" Zhao Danan glanced at Hua Zi tangledly, trying hard to organize the words to explain.

After thinking for a long time, I still didn't say anything. "You just promised my brother that you would take care of me." Lin Yi reached out and grabbed Zhao Danan's sleeve, urging him again to tell him what he knew.

When his fingertips touched Zhao Danan's sleeve, he felt a chill.

It's an unusual kind of coolness.

It's dark and cold, making people tremble uncontrollably.

"Okay, okay, I say." Lin Yi's warm fingertips touched Zhao Danan's skin along with his clothes, causing his body to tremble in excitement.

He pulled back his sleeves fiercely and said with a somewhat unnatural expression: "Didn't I tell you before that there are problems with the Mei family and that there are grievances in the mourning hall that need to be suppressed."

"The reason why I say that is because something strange happened two days ago when the mourning hall was first decorated."

"Yes, yes, it's very bizarre." Hua Zi nodded equally uneasily, and then added: "And Dawu was at the scene at the time. It is said that he was scared to death when he saw it with his own eyes."

Lin Yi asked puzzledly: "Then he is already scared, why does he come again?"

"Why else, money." Hua Zi replied disapprovingly: "You don't know how high the price offered by the Mei family is."

As the saying goes, money can make the world go round.

The Mei family worked so hard and spent a lot of money to create this, and there is nothing fishy about it.

It’s hard for anyone to believe it.

"So you are all afraid that he has been targeted by dirty things, right?" Lin Yi quickly realized why the two of them suddenly looked like this.

"Shh, keep your voice down." Hua Zi whispered nervously: "Whether it's true or not, it's very evil anyway."

"So let's pretend we don't know anything and just don't go there." Zhao Danan said softly.

Lin Yi didn't speak, still thinking carefully about the clues he had so far.

What does this information have to do with him, and how can he leave this place?
He hasn't figured out the key yet.

The three people sat together quietly, no one spoke.

Everyone has different thoughts and doesn’t know what else to think about.

No one noticed that the candles in the mourning hall were getting darker and darker, and three of them went out again.

The place where Da Wu originally slept has been shrouded in darkness, and he can't be seen at all.

It was like being swallowed up by something invisible.

The surroundings became quieter and quieter, and no other sounds could be heard except breathing.

I don't know how much time passed, but Lin Yi felt colder and colder, and his legs were a little stiff when he sat up. Daqing hadn't come back yet.

It's so weird.

"Say." As soon as he turned around, he saw Hua Zi curling up with his arms folded.

He looked forward blankly, shivering constantly.

"Are you okay?" Lin Yi quickly stood up and put his clothes on the other person's body.

When he touched Hua Zi's exposed skin, he had only one feeling.

So cold.

Endless chill spread along his fingers, forming a thin layer of frost.

Only then did he notice that Zhao Danan had disappeared.

There were only him and Hua Zi at the card table.

what's the situation?
"It's so cold," Hua Zi whispered in a daze, looking delirious.

Lin Yi rubbed his hands vigorously, turned around and ran to the nearest candle, reached out and took out one.

He carefully guarded the candle and returned to the card table, putting the candle into Hua Zi's hand.

Unavoidably, he touched the other person's skin again, and frost formed on his hands again.

Fortunately, it didn't spread quickly, and it returned to normal after rubbing my hands.

"Thank you." Hua Zi clenched the candle in his hand. The weak candlelight brought him a little warmth and restored his consciousness a little.

Although he still felt cold, he felt much better than before.

A thin layer of frost extended upwards along the wooden stick, lingering just below the white wax.

It's obviously effective.

Upon seeing this, Lin quickly brought back a few candles and placed them around Hua Zi.

Sure enough, the other party's complexion improved again.

But before he could be happy for too long, he found that the candle was burning faster.

A third of the wax has been used up in just a few minutes.

What's worse is that there are only a few candles still burning around.

What should I do?
Lin Yi turned his brain rapidly, and at the same time, his eyes kept staring at the surroundings.

Huh?
Only then did he realize something was wrong.

Turning his head and taking a closer look, the surrounding light became a few degrees darker.

Not only is it dark outside the mourning hall, but even the inside of the mourning hall is gradually being swallowed up by darkness.

He could no longer see where the door was.

Even the place where Dawu slept on his stomach had disappeared, leaving only darkness.

"Huazi, can you still stand up?" Lin Yi looked at the circle of candles inserted around Huazi, most of which had been burned out.

His face began to look ugly again, and his body began to tremble again.

"I can..." Hua Zi answered with difficulty. He held the three remaining burning candles and tried to stand up with Lin Yi's help.

Lin Yi rubbed his cold arms and said to Hua Zi as he walked: "Go to the Changming Lantern, there is light."

At present, except for the location of the ever-burning lamp, the candlelight in other places has become weaker and weaker.

Soon it will turn into darkness.

The light in front of the tablet became their only choice.

After entering the range illuminated by the bright light, the sudden chill on my body disappeared.

The soft halo of light was like a protective umbrella, isolating them from the cold darkness.

Hua Zi's condition has also improved a lot, at least he is no longer shivering from the cold.

"Do you know where Zhao Danan went?" Lin Yi turned to look at Hua Zi who was standing against the leg of the table and asked.

Hua Zi looked back at Lin Yi blankly, and it took him a while to react, "I don't know."

He didn't even understand what was happening.

I felt very cold for no reason, and felt like I was about to freeze.

There were no thoughts in my mind, only one thought, coldness.

If Lin Yi hadn't called him, he might have frozen to death quietly.

When Lin realized that Hua Zi had not fully recovered, he stopped asking.

They can't leave now, so why not take a closer look at what's so special about this ever-burning lamp.

Why it takes away the chill.

The golden transparent oil wraps the wick, exuding a light fragrance.

It just looks extraordinary.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi stretched out his hand to touch the lamp oil.

Just when his fingers landed on the golden transparent grease, another hand suddenly stretched out and stopped his movement.

(End of this chapter)