Apartment from Hell Chapter 7 (1/2)
Chapter 7 – The Feast of Blood (II)
“You… you want to move to Ah Xiu’s house?”
After hearing Li Yin say this, Elder Zhang is completely nonplussed before he quickly asks in a low voice, “This, am I not treating you guys appropriately here? Ah Xiu’s house is so small, you all…”
“There is no such thing, elder. You have treated us really well. But we want to experience the true farm customs. Since you’ve treated us so well, the feeling of living in a farm has in fact been lost.”
This is obviously a lie without even half a soup spoon of sincerity. In reality, just who can you fool with such a bad lie like “experiencing the farm customs”? The elder clearly let them stay because of a misunderstanding, but now they can only try to make the best out of this mistake.
When the Village Elder saw Li Yin’s insistence, an epiphany suddenly seemed to dawn on him as he said, “Oh, so that’s what it is. That’s what it is.”
“What do you mean?”
“I understand. But Mr. Li you have to remember one thing.” Elder Zhang speaks to Li Yin in an abnormally grave manner, “Please keep this in mind. If Ah Xiu mentions anything like ghostly hauntings or some people who disappeared from this village in the past, definitely do not trust her. Those are all her nonsensical tales. Yes, indeed there have been some people who disappeared mysteriously within a month of Bing Er’s commemoration day, but those are all coincidences.”
“Coincidences?”
“Nowadays, everyone wants to go to the city to expand their worldview. Many think that staying in the village for their whole life ruins their future, especially the young ones. They all want to run to the city to find a job and seek development, believing that the city floor is covered by s.h.i.+ning gold. But as to why they choose Bing Er’s commemoration day, I think they want to blame everything on the ghostly rumours so the villagers will not suspect that they have actually gone to the city. Otherwise they will be troubled by these annoying people from the village who go to the city to look for them…”
This logic is very strained. Li Yin feels that the elder is intentionally hiding something.
“Anyways… Mr. Li, please don’t believe anything that Ah Xiu says,” Elder Zhang says solemnly, “Her relations.h.i.+p with Bing Er was too good, which is why things have become like this.”
After leaving the elder’s house, Li Yin becomes more certain that the elder knows something but had not told him.
And Ah Xiu… Is Ah Xiu hiding something as well?
When he approaches Ah Xiu’s house, Li Yin notices a bespectacled youth walking in the direction of Ah Xiu’s house. And when that person spots Li Yin’s group, he furrows his brows.
“You guys… Are you the four non-native people from the city?” This bespectacled man is Liang Renbin. His tone dissatisfied, he says, “What are you guys doing here?”
After all, the elder already notified the villagers. So, being mindful of the elder’s face, his att.i.tude is only just a bit cold.
Luo Hengyang also recognizes Liang Renbin. This morning he saw this person pulling Ah Xiu back when she was to hit Ge Ling.
“I remember you…” Luo Hengyan thinks for a bit and says, “Your name is… Renbin, right?”
“Liang Renbin.” He answers him coldly. “My father is the only doctor in the village and he is very close to the elder’s family. I don’t know what is Elder Zhang thinking. But Ah Wu mentions to me that you are definitely not good people! I advise you to leave early. Anything you’ve heard about ghostly hauntings are all just nonsense. Don’t even think about trying to dig up news from that!”
Then, he suddenly remembers something and asks in a hurry, “Wait… you’re all bringing your belongings…to Ah Xiu’s house? It can’t be that you guys are planning to live in her house, right?”
“That’s correct.” Li Yin answers.
Liang Renbin immediately explodes in outrage, completely forgetting everything the elder has reminded him. He roars, “Who do you think you are? You guys dare to stay with Ah Xiu?”
“What kind of att.i.tude is that?” Luo Hengyan also gets furious, “So what if we dare? Who are you to Ah Xiu? Do you have any say over her?”
“She is my fiancée!” Liang Renbin strides towards them quickly. He grabs Li Yin’s collar with one hand and says, “You guys get out of the village right now! If you dare to step a foot in again, I will mutilate you!”
“As the son of a doctor, shouldn’t you possess at least a little compa.s.sion?” Li Yin says calmly, “Mr. Liang, please let go. We will leave after living for a month. We definitely won’t bring you all any trouble.”
“f.u.c.k off!” Liang Renbin’s anger takes over his mind. Just as he is about to give Li Yin a violent punch, Li Yin grabs his fist and says, “Mr. Liang, please do not test my limits!”
During this whole month, they can’t even take half a step out of the Village of Tranquil Water. So they must act absolutely unyielding! If they are too soft right now, then in the future, it will be very troublesome if all the villagers unite together to make them leave.
“You…” Liang Renbin seems to want to say more, but suddenly, he sees two people running towards them behind Li Yin, so he releases his grasp. He shouts, “Ah Wu, Ah Yue!”
The people who are approaching them are Zhang Hongwu and Zhang Suyue from Elder Zhang’s family.
“What are you doing? Renbin?” Suyue just saw that Renbin was about to hit Li Yin so she quickly dissuades him, “This is not decent, Renbin…”
“Ah Yue, both of us grew up with Ah Xiu. You tell me, should I let these strangers freely stay in Ah Xiu’s house? You know how I feel about Ah Xiu!”
Suyue nods her head and says, “I know that, which is why I rushed here.” Then, she looks at Li Yin. “Mr.Li, Mr.Luo, Mr.Qin, and Miss Ye, please leave. Look, none of the villagers welcome you here…”
“Who says so? I welcome them a lot.”
A familiar voice carries over as everyone turns their gazes towards the same person – Ah Xiu.
She glares at Liang Renbin coldly and says, “Liang Renbin, you grew tougher huh? Just who is your fiancee? And who were you about to hit?”
“Ah, Ah Xiu… listen to me, these four people do not come with good intentions.”
“Even then, they’re better than you!” Ah Xiu doesn’t even bother to look at him directly. She walks straight to Li Yin and says. “Please don’t mind him, Mr. Li. Come with me.”
Unable to tolerate any further, Liang Renbin grabs Ah Xiu’s hand and says, “Ah Xiu! What do you really mean by this?!”
“Exactly what it looks like. I am not your fiancée and I will not marry you. I can still remember very vividly how you treated sister Bing Er!”
Then, she turns her sight to Ah Wu and Suyue and says, “You two aren’t any better either. Ah Wu, you tried to rape sister Bing Er before, right?”
Ah Wu’s face immediately turns stark white. He angrily replies, “Don’t… Don’t slander me with your malicious words!”
“I knew it! You told sister Bing Er that since she is the wicked child from her mom’s affair, the blood flowing through her bones must be filthy anyway. That time…you tried to rape her by forcing her under a bush. If it wasn’t for Elder Zhang who happened to pa.s.s by, sister Bing Er would have…”