bookcurios Chapter 91: Ruined Courtyard
Chapter 91: Ruined Courtyard
The Blue Hat told the story like a ghost story, and netizens got goose bumps.
[Is there really something unclean here? ]
[Are you asking to draw the curtains because you are afraid that passengers will see something unclean? ]
No one knows the answers to these two questions, but regarding drawing the curtains, Blue Hat mentioned several speculations from the Internet.
The first theory, which is also the most mysterious and supernatural one, is that the souls of the dead linger here. When a train passes by, they will lie on the train windows. The aunt might have been frightened because she saw the face of a dead person.
However, when Blue Hat came here, she chose to take the train, and she did not draw the curtains the whole time. She kept looking outside, but she saw nothing except the pitch-black night.
There are three more explanations that are more scientific and realistic.
The second reason is that some people who come here to commit suicide choose to lie on the tracks, so in order to prevent passengers from being frightened by seeing their broken limbs and arms, they are required to draw the curtains.
The third theory is that there may be protected wild animals here. If you pass by at night with the curtains open and light shines through, the wild animals may bump into you. So in order to protect them, passengers are asked to draw the curtains.
The fourth explanation is that there is no reason at all, it’s just that it’s time to draw the curtains.
"You want me to count whether there is anything unclean here?"
Chi Qiao waited for the man in the blue hat to finish speaking and then asked.
The man in the blue hat smiled and nodded. "Master, I am an adventure anchor. Although I am usually very brave, too many people have died here. I feel more at ease connecting with you. If I really encounter something unclean, you must save me."
The girl in the blue hat looked at Chi Qiao expectantly, but Chi Qiao just curled her lips and smiled, with a meaningful look in her eyes, which made the girl in the blue hat feel a little nervous, wondering if the other party had seen through her true intentions.
But seeing that Chi Qiao didn't expose her, she calmed down and continued to explore the village.
Some netizens recognized the blue hat and laughed and joked about her contacting Chi Qiao to give her courage.
[Little Hat also admits that he is a coward. Where did the courage to go into the haunted forest alone go? Hahaha. ]
[It’s not easy, it’s not easy, even the little hat needs help from outside. 】
Seeing these comments, Blue Hat could only smile awkwardly and replied to the netizens stubbornly, "Let's not talk about whether we are afraid or not. We just want to admire the master's elegance."
He just glanced at Chi Qiao out of the corner of his eye while speaking, and seeing that Chi Qiao didn't mean to say anything, he joked with netizens without worry.
Netizens urged her to be brave enough to explore, saying that with Chi Qiao here, any ghosts or evil spirits would be shattered by a bolt of lightning.
The man in the blue hat walked and showed netizens the abandoned village he was in, but this place could no longer be called a village.
There were either large pits filled with water, collapsed walls of buildings, or residential courtyards that had not yet been demolished. However, these courtyards had not been inhabited for many years and were overgrown with weeds. The vermilion characters for "demolition" printed on the walls were also mottled. A few water stains meandered down from the roof, leaving a red mark on the red characters, making it look a little eerie.
A gust of wind blew by, and even though it was broad daylight, the blue hat was covered with goose bumps on his arms.
The netizens in the live broadcast room were fine, after all, they were separated by a screen. If there really was a ghost, it couldn’t possibly come out of the screen and bite them.
Although they didn't feel the same way as the guy in the blue hat, they were still a little nervous. However, just when they were nervous, they saw Chi Qiao eating fruit leisurely, as if he was watching a travel live broadcast instead of a horror live broadcast.
Netizens were talking and laughing, and the tense atmosphere was reduced a lot.
At this time, the girl in the blue hat chose a courtyard and walked in. She said that she had checked the previous news on the Internet and that this courtyard was the home of Cao Jing who died tragically.
As soon as she entered, netizens started to get nervous again. Those who had friends around them hugged their friends, and those who didn't have friends hugged themselves.
The yard was dilapidated, the walls had collapsed, and it was full of weeds. Even on the walls and the roof there were a few lush weeds growing tenaciously.
The girl in the blue hat pushed aside the weeds and came under the eaves. She found that the door was not locked. She pushed the door open and the dust and moldy smell filled her face, choking her and making her cough.
In the shaking camera, netizens saw thick dust and cobwebs in the house, as well as a hemp rope hanging from the beam!
The sun outside is scorching, but it can't dispel the cold and darkness in the house.
Blue Hat, who finally stopped coughing, gasped when he saw the hemp rope, "Why is there a hemp rope on the beam? Who hanged himself here?"
[Could it be Cao Jing's parents? ]
【But didn’t they take the money and leave? 】
[If it weren't for them, who would go to someone else's house to hang themselves? ]
[Perhaps it was those parents that Cao Jing died with resentment, so he came back for revenge and hanged them! ]
While netizens were guessing, the girl in the blue hat had already stepped into the house. As soon as she came in, the musty smell from not opening the windows for years became stronger, and it penetrated into her skin along with the coolness.
She walked around the house and found that the furniture was in a mess, there were broken plates on the floor, and the food on the plates was dry, attracting a lot of woodlice.
The woman in blue hat found three wine glass bottoms from a pile of broken dishes. When she searched further, there were no more. There were only these three wine glass bottoms, which meant that the last meal in this house was eaten by three people.
She frowned, her eyes full of confusion, "Why are there three wine glasses?"
There should be only Cao Jing's parents left in this family. If they put an extra set of bowls and chopsticks for the deceased Cao Jing, it is impossible for her, a high school student, to put a wine glass, right?
The man in the blue hat looked around the messy room again with a puzzled look on his face. It was obvious that the room had been smashed. And judging from the scattered plates, it was smashed when Cao Jing's parents were having dinner.
Unable to find anything else in this room, the man in the blue hat planned to look in other rooms, but when he reached the door, he saw a photo frame behind the door. The back of the photo frame was facing up, and there was a thick layer of dust on it.
The man in the blue hat walked over and turned the photo frame over. On it was a black and white photo of a girl. Netizens who had followed this news quickly recognized that the person in the photo frame was Cao Jing!
However, even those who have not paid attention to it can guess that the girl is wearing a dress and has a bright smile. Netizens sighed, if it weren't for that incident, the girl might have married and had children and lived a happy life.
The woman in the blue hat looked at the photo with a trace of nostalgia in her eyes. She wiped the dust off the photo with her sleeve and placed the photo upright on the wooden lacquered cabinet opposite the door. There was an incense burner on the cabinet and there should have been offerings next to it, but now they were all broken into pieces on the ground.