C28 (2/2)

Just like this, the leopard cat called out, ”Zhao Yinglian, let's go home.” I immediately followed up with a ”Coming!”. Coming out like this in the middle of the night would drive anyone crazy, especially if they knew we were screaming. As soon as we entered the village, we heard all the dogs in the village barking like crazy. The leopard said, ”This won't do, it'll scare the soul away. Let's go to the edge of the village.”

Since Zhao Yinglian's hometown is in the northeast of our village, there is still more than 20 miles to go until we reach it. If we just walk like this, the sky might already turn dark by the time we return. So I let the glass drive, and we went around the edge of the village to the northeast entrance, where we met up.

After walking for nearly twenty minutes, we saw the car parked there.

We got into the car one after the other, and the leopard asked Uncle Laifu to hand me the lamp and let me sit in front. He meant that there would be a lot of things blocking the way, and I would be able to keep them in check by sitting in front.

I said I didn't have any magic power, so how could I intimidate them?

This has nothing to do with mana. As long as I sit there, they won't dare to act rashly.

The leopard cat warned the glass again: First, slow down; second, don't stop to pick up people; third, if there's something in the way, don't bother to drive straight past.

We headed for Mrs. Zhao's hometown, Zhao Zhuang.

Zhao Zhuang, I've been there before. It's a small village, located in the plains. There's a large river to the north of the village. Between Zhao Zhuang and our village is a vast expanse of farmland, as far as the eye can see.

”Where are you going to bury her?” I asked.

”She doesn't have any relatives now, so she doesn't have any land of her own. We'll just find a plot of land to bury in.” The leopard cat said.

The car lurched and then stopped.

”What's going on?” I asked.

”The road is too bad. I think the wheels are stuck in a ditch and won't be able to move.” He tried a few more times, but the car wouldn't get in.

I gave the lamp to the leopard cat to carry, and then I got off the cart with Uncle Fu. When I got out of the car, I stepped on the sand. It was soft and comfortable. Uncle Laifu and I went to the back to see what was going on. But it was too dark to see anything. I estimated that this period of time was the darkest before dawn. It seemed that the sky would soon brighten.

Laifu took out his lighter and struck it. I took advantage of the weak light to clearly see the situation of the car. All four wheels were buried in the sand, and the car's chassis was propped up by the protruding part of the road. As a result, the four wheels were almost completely empty. Moreover, the sand was extremely mobile, so the wheels were unable to move at all.

I said, ”Glass, pull off the steering wheel as you go, and see if you can support yourself on both sides of the wheel.”

At this moment, Uncle Laifu's lighter was extinguished. The lighter could not stay lit for too long, it was very dangerous. The glass started the engine and the wheels began to turn, sending the surrounding sand flying backward. Laifu lit his lighter again, and as the glass spun, the wheels began to move slowly up the side. I was so excited that I succeeded. Just as I was about to retract my eyes, I suddenly found a person lying under the car. This person had two pale hands tightly holding onto the other wheel. The man slowly raised his head and looked at me. He gave me a strange smile.

I suddenly felt my scalp go numb, but I couldn't help but shout, ”Scram!”

When Laifu heard my scolding, he knew something was wrong. He immediately took out his lighter and leaned over. After looking for a long time, he still didn't find anything abnormal. The person from before had long disappeared without a trace. Then the glass started the engine again, and the car rushed up and went very well. It seemed that the ghost was really up to something. After I shouted at it, it actually ran away in fear.

The rest of the way we did pretty well, except for the fact that the glass almost drove the car into the ditch, which he explained was that the steering wheel wasn't working, but I think it was still a ghost block.

When we arrived at Zhao Zhuang, the sky was still dark. We opened up a simple grave in another piece of wasteland at night, and the leopard cat put Old Lady Zhao's skeleton in it. Then she held the lamp in her hand and said, ”Let's go home.” Then she put the lamp in the grave as well, and we filled in the soil and burned some paper money. By then it was broad daylight and we were back in the car in our own village.

The leopard said we had done a great service this time. Let's go back and have a good rest. Then he got out of the car and went home. Uncle Fu had to take care of Aunt Gui Hua, so he was in a hurry to go back.

Glass and I had a casual breakfast, then we climbed onto the bed to sleep. When I woke up again, the sun was going down.

I stood up. ”Glass up.”

”What?”