Chapter 33 - Condition (1/2)

For the first time, Zhao Mingya realised how scary Su Min’s way of reassuring others was.

When she turned back, she saw a face pressed up against the glass panel. His face was soaked in water for so long that it was swollen and the hair that was plastered against his face was still dripping with water.

He was also a little dirty and there were various holes on his face. He looked both grotesque and terrifying.

Chen Yixin quickly jumped away. Seeing Hong Rui at the window, she felt like her heart was about to jump out.

Chen Xingzhou suddenly remembered the hand that grabbed him in the sea: “He’s the one that drowned?”

Jiang Yunhuo denied it: “No, see that algae on him?”

Hong Rui’s hair still had residues of oily green algae which looked like a small green plain growing from his head. It looked very strange.

Jiang Yunhuo whispered again: “Those holes on his face might have been caused by the toads……..”

At every hole, they could see the flesh inside. A corpse that looked like this was very frightening.

Su Min thought about it and said: “The corpse in the sea won’t come ashore unless it managed to find a replacement.”

This was a characteristic of a water ghost. Chen Xingzhou didn’t die at that time so it cannot leave the sea and the corpse can only continue being a water ghost.

As for the identity of that ghost, there was no way to find out.

Qian Yun’s body on the ground continued to remain motionless despite keeping her eyes wide open. She didn’t even know that her own husband had come.

Chen Xingzhou whispered: “Is this the husband and wife?”

Zhao Mingya had already recovered. She guessed: “The lantern dress might be their daughter.”

The family of three was killed and the daughter suffered the most miserable fate with her getting her skin peeled. The wife was sealed in the wall while the husband was thrown into the pit.

Su Min guessed this was probably what happened.

As he thought this, the knocking came from the window. Hong Rui outside was still pressed onto the glass so it didn’t seem like he was the one who knocked.

But the knocking sounded urgent and the body on the ground started to move. Eventually it sat up and then it stood up.

The people near the corpse was most fearful.

Qian Yun’s corpse was different to Hong Rui’s. She was completely pale, like those that appears in movies.

The corpse opened the door itself and walked out stiffly like a zombie.

With the door opened, cold wind blew in. They only returned to their senses when the two strange corpses disappeared from their sights.

Chen Yixin suddenly cried out: “Look!”

Outside, numerous ghosts appeared. They had their heads lowered and one by one it looked like they were on their way to the underworld.

There was no sound. It was strange and scary.

Su Min calmed down, “They’re not looking for us, don’t worry.”

If this was the original movie, one would have already died in the sea and the rest would have been killed.

Hearing him say this, Chen Xingzhou reacted and said calmly: “They might be going to find the murderer to take revenge.”

It was the same for the lantern dress.

Su Min said: “I’ll take a look.”

As soon as he stepped out, Chen Xingzhou and the others also followed.

The ghosts with their heads lowered were already gone.

Su Min decided to go to where Uncle He lived.

Before they could leave, the blind granny from the first day appeared without a sound.

Chen Yixin pulled Su Min’s clothes, “Look.”

The blind granny supported herself with a tree branch and knocked it onto the ground. With a raspy voice she said: “Don’t go there.”

Su Min this time didn’t waste any time and asked directly: “Granny, are these people originally from the island?”

The granny blinked her murky eyes and just kept repeating: “Don’t go up. Don’t go there.”

Again and again, she repeated that sentence.

Su Min asked a few more questions but every time he received the same response. This granny was also a little impatient and just continued to repeat herself.

He even started to question his own mental state.

Zhao Mingya said: “Is she stopping us from going up there because there’s something there? Does this granny know what Uncle He and the others are doing?”

It was just a guess and there was no way to find out.

Jiang Yunhuo muttered: “She’s not letting us go and she won’t tell us the reason. Can we trust in her?”

This granny is too strange. She even came over in the middle of the night.

The blind granny probably felt that she spoke too much. She began to move. She passed in front of them and turned to leave.

Su Min finally said: “Follow her.”

Although the blind granny looked like she was blind, she had no problems when walking. She walked down a small road that lead to the back of the village.

As they followed, they could hear a yell. They didn’t know what happened.

Countless toads hopped past them. Some even wanted to jump onto them, but they were shaken off.

Chen Yixin was about to cry: “This is so disgusting.”

But they had no other choice. There was nowhere safe on this island and they were everywhere.

After about ten minutes, the blind granny stopped outside a house. Just when Su Min wanted to move forward, she faded and disappeared.

He was stunned. After a few seconds he turned and asked: “Did you see that just now?”

Chen Xingzhou also had his mouth open, “I saw……”

How did that blind granny suddenly disappear in front of them? It was as if she had never appeared.

Zhao Mingya spoke nervously: “Is she human or is she a ghost?”

Su Min suddenly recalled when they met her on the first day. That blind granny didn’t want them to go up and when Uncle He came, he looked like he didn’t seem the granny

Was it because he didn’t see her and not because he was deliberately ignoring her?

Su Min had never thought that the granny is a ghost and she even appeared during the day. Who would have expected this kind of twist?

So, what was the purpose behind her appearance?