C22 A Ghost Hiding in the Night

No one answered my question.

Mao Qingshan asked me again, "Do you know how to find a corpse?"

Before I could answer, Mao Yuanshan said snappily, "He is just a young boy who only knows how to herd sheep. Where is he going to find a corpse? In my opinion, we should go out and find a Great Master to take a look."

"Big Brother, there are Corpse Seeking Man in the house. Why do you need to go so far?" At this time, Mao Jinshan walked out of the house and walked up to me. He looked at me with interest.

I also looked at him. Mao Jinshan's facial features looked very similar to his brother, but his temperament was completely different. Mao Yuanshan gave me a feeling of irritability, coldness, and Mao Jinshan's face was much calmer. His eyes were not big, but they were very bright, giving people a feeling of shrewdness.

He looked at me for a few times and said, "Lad, I heard that you have a hundred thousand corpses. I wonder if you can take on this business?"

Hearing Mao Jinshan's words, Mao Yuanshan stomped his feet in dissatisfaction and said, "Why should I give him a hundred thousand?" After saying that, he looked at me angrily and said, "Brat, now you know why your Second Uncle killed Qingzhi and didn't kill anyone else in the village? Because he knows that in this village, other than our Mao family, no one else can afford to spend a hundred thousand yuan to find a corpse!"

Mao Yuanshan was right. Other than his family, no one else in our village would spend so much money for a dead person. However, he couldn't just say that it was my Second Uncle who killed him. I raised my eyebrows and looked at Mao Yuanshan, saying, "You can go out and find other people to find a corpse. Why do you need to find my Second Uncle?"

Mao Yuanshan was so angry that he was about to say something. Mao Jinshan patted his shoulder and interrupted him, "Big brother, don't be conflicted over the past. The overall situation is more important."

I noticed that Mao Jinshan's hand was very heavy on Mao Yuanshan's shoulder. His tone was low and carried a profound meaning. It seemed that the matter of Qingzhi had something to do with other important matters.

Mao Yuanshan snorted heavily and did not say anything else.

Mao Jinshan's gaze fell on me. He seemed to be waiting for me to make a decision.

I didn't think that the four brothers of the Mao family were gathered together purely because of Qingzhi's disappearance. One must know that Mao Jinshan was his biological father and mother who had not returned to the village even after their deaths. How could the death of an uncle and nephew have alarmed him to come back?

Yes, I was very curious about Qingzhi's disappearance. I also remembered the words that my second uncle had told me before he left. He told me to look for his corpse no matter what, but the problem now was that my second uncle didn't know when he would come back, and I didn't know where to look for his corpse. I really didn't know what to do after I took care of this matter.

Thinking of this, I looked at the Thief Cat without batting an eyelid. After taking a look, I realized that the Thief Cat that had always been by my side had disappeared. My heart was in a mess. The Profound Cat had always been a mysterious existence in my heart. In addition, when my second uncle left, he told me to look for the Thief Cat if anything unexpected happened. Therefore, this Thief Cat had become my psychological support. I always felt that my second uncle had entrusted me to it. It seemed that it would protect me no matter what. But where did this fellow go in the blink of an eye? It couldn't have left at this critical moment, right?

While scolding the unreliable thief cat in his heart, he searched around unwillingly. Suddenly, he saw a black shadow flashing at the door of a certain room. It seemed that the fat cat had entered a room. I stared at the room and thought to myself that the village chief's house had a lot of good wine. Could it be that this fellow didn't want to steal the wine?

Just as he was thinking about it, Mao Jinshan said, "That's Qingzhi's room. She is in that room. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

The thief cat actually entered Qingzhi's room. Could it be that this fellow had gone in to take a look at the scene? Otherwise, I would follow it in to take a look as well.

Thinking about it this way, I said to Mao Jinshan, "Living corpses are my second uncle's specialty. I only know a little about it. Before my second uncle comes back, I can try to find Qingzhi, but I can't guarantee that I can find her."

Mao Jinshan said, "Alright, if you need anything prepared, just say it."

I shook my head and pointed to Qingzhi's room, "I want to go in and take a look." After saying that, I walked into Qingzhi's room.

The room wasn't very big, and it was also quite simple to clean up. There was a double bed with a pink bed sheet on it. There were a few dolls on the bed, and beside it was a wardrobe. The door was half open, and a Burning Stick-like tail was exposed outside the cabinet.

Why did the thief cat crawl into the cabinet? My curiosity was piqued. Just as I was about to go up and see what attracted the thief cat in the cabinet, it retreated from the cabinet and turned around to meet my eyes.

The moment our eyes met, I felt a strange feeling. I seemed to have sensed the thief cat's emotions. It seemed to be very excited and happy.

After just a few seconds of eye contact, the thief cat ran out. When it reached the door, it turned around and looked at me deeply. I felt that it was calling me to follow it.

Only later did I know that that feeling was called the Spirit Sense. What was the Spirit Sense? Let me briefly explain it. Everyone had a Spirit Sense, but there were strong and weak ones. Usually, we had experienced something like this. When you turned around to look at someone, you would discover that the person was also looking at you. It was not a coincidence, but your Spirit Sense had sensed that he was looking at you, so you subconsciously looked back at him.

For example, when we were walking on the night road, we would occasionally walk to a certain place and suddenly feel a chill in our hearts. It was a feeling like a light was on our backs. It was actually a little beast hiding in the darkness, or something that ordinary people could not see was staring at you.

I followed the thief cat out of the village chief's house. The thief cat brought me to the back of the village. After running for a while, it waited for me and ran after me. Just like that, the two of us ran out of the village. The thief cat did not stop and continued to run towards the mountain behind the village.

"Hey, where are you going?" I followed behind the thief cat and shouted. It was already dark. Under the moonlight, the dark mountains were like huge black monsters. It was quiet and full of mystery. We entered the mountain like this without a torch in our hands. It made me a little scared.

When the thief cat heard my shout, it turned around to look at me. Its eyes turned green in the dark night. I could not help but shiver, and my heart began to retreat.

However, the thief cat continued to run up the mountain. I stood at the same place and hesitated for three seconds before following it. In my heart, I thought, "Forget it. For the sake of my curiosity and the 100,000 yuan, I will risk it all tonight to see where the thief cat is taking me."

I braced myself and followed the thief cat into the mountain. After walking for more than ten minutes in the mountain, I suddenly heard an old and indistinct voice, "Young man, don't go up the mountain at night. Ghosts are hiding in the night!"