C91 escape (1/2)

”Don't just look at it yourself.”

Tang Rou was also standing next to me. She followed my example and punctured a hole in the window paper to look into the house.

”Is that a human or something?”

Tang Rou's voice was a bit shaky. I don't even know who she was.

”Do you want to take a picture with your cellphone?”

I didn't dare agree to Tang Rou's bold suggestion. I hastily waved my hands at Tang Rou, but the lightning that had stopped suddenly flashed again.

The instant the thunder sounded out, Tang Rou suddenly covered her throat and let out a muffled shriek.

I immediately realized that Tang Rou must have clearly seen what was inside. Soon after, I curiously looked up. This look didn't seem to matter, but it scared me so much that I almost fell to the ground.

The interior of the house was clearly illuminated by the lightning. I saw a figure with dishevelled hair kneeling in the corner, shaking his body continuously as if he was gnawing on the coffin.

This situation was truly frightening.

When darkness returned to the room and we couldn't see anything clearly, I immediately squatted down and looked Tang Rou in the eye. I couldn't say a word.

”The old man?”

Of course, I understood what Tang Rou meant. The person who was squatting in the corner and gnawing on the coffin board was that old man.

But soon, I remembered that something wasn't right. I remembered clearly that the old man's clothes were different from the one on the corner of the wall. The old man's hair was only white, but the hair on his head was already as white as snow.

It was only then that I remembered. Ever since I entered the courtyard, I thought that the old man was the only one living in the courtyard. I didn't ask him if he had any companions.

”No matter who he is, why is he squatting there in the middle of the night and chewing on the coffin board?”

Even before I could reply, Tang Rou unexpectedly stood up again and leaned against the window, as if she had clearly seen the situation inside. Truthfully speaking, I was extremely curious, but I thought that as long as no one inside the house discovered her, there shouldn't be any problems, so like Tang Rou, she stuck her bottom out and stuck her eyes into the hole in the window.

The heavens didn't let me down. Lightning flashed again and again.

The more I looked at it, the more I felt that there was something wrong with my judgement. The person inside was not chewing on the coffin board, although I couldn't see it clearly, but it was obvious that the person was chewing on something black in his mouth. From time to time, there was a sound of satisfied swallowing.

It was absolutely impossible for a person to make such a gurgling sound while chewing wood, but if it wasn't eating wood, then what was it?

From my angle, there's no way to see it clearly, let alone Tang Rou, so Tang Rou actually moved behind me and moved to the corner of the window. She once again extended her hand to poke at the window paper.