Chapter 396 The Odd Coffin (1/2)

The moon was completely blocked by the dark clouds and the main hall of the coffin house appeared as ghastly as the temple of the king of hell.

Qiu Yu ducked his head instinctively, despite him not being superstitious about the existence of spirits. He could not help but feel crept out in his heart just by standing there.

What made him speechless was the fact that Lin Mengya, who was supposed to be a frail lady, did not have any reactions of fear.

Was it possible that this lass was completely unafraid?

“Are you carrying anything that can lit up the place?”

Suddenly, Lin Mengya patted Qiu Yu on his back and could immediately feel the tensed up muscles on his back.

Was he overreacting? Speechless, Lin Mengya gazed at the aggrieved look in Qiu Yu’s eyes.

“Yes, just hang on a moment. Also, do not pat me for no reason. You almost scared me to death!”

Obviously, Qiu Yu was nervous to the extent that he could not control himself, so much so there was a quiver in his voice.

He searched for something which acted as a lighter and lit a small fire that quickly brightened up in the darkness.

Lin Mengya looked at the jittery Qiu Yu quietly and was puzzled by how he could be so intimidated by an abandoned mortuary.

If she were to dump him at the modern-day school of medicine and let the teachers take turns torturing him, would he be so freaked out that he went crazy?

“Alright, alright, if you’re indeed very frightened, you can hold on to my arm.”

Lin Mengya offered her arm generously so that Qiu Yu could hold on tightly to it.

Lin Mengya took over the lighter and inched towards the backyard, feeling her way around.

The main hall was in a mess, but apparently, there were a number of beds there meant for dead bodies. There were some memorial tablets lying at one corner of the wall.

From the look of it, no one had visited this place for a long time.

They supposed that the entrance to the basement was in the back hall, so Lin Mengya and Qiu Yu walked into it cautiously. Compared to the chaotic front hall, the backyard was not filled with bits and pieces of stuff.

There were only some bales at the corner of the walls.

“It seems that there’s nothing in this back hall. Let’s get out of here.”

Despite having the light illuminating the place, Qiu Yu still could not get rid of the chills the place was giving him.

This was ridiculous. He was never afraid of anything except ghosts and darkness.

If his elder brother learned about how fearful Qiu Yu was, he would be mocking him.

Lin Mengya pointed at the bales at the corner of the walls and said, “Please move those bales somewhere else.”

Qiu Yu opened his eyes wide and gave Lin Mengya a pleading look as if he were asking her to let him off.

Unfortunately, Lin Mengya retracted her hand reluctantly, indicating to Qiu Yu that if he refused, she would do it herself.

Being put under pressure, Qiu Yu reluctantly went over to move the bales away.

However, never would he expect to find an iron door behind those bales.

The black door handle stood out from the entire setting of the coffin home.

He reached out and turned the handle and it moved. In addition, there was no rust on it, so it showed that it ought to be used quite often.

“Eh? How come there’s a secret door over here? How did you know about it?”

Lin Mengya hurried over and took a careful look at the door. After making sure that there was no poisonous substance on the door handle, she indicated for Qiu Yu to open the iron door.

“Think about it, if nobody uses this place over a long time, why would people place these bales over here? Moreover, the hay was clean and dry. Could it be the ghosts that moved them here?”

She could not help but roll her eyes at Qiu Yu. She could see that Qiu Yu’s intelligence dropped drastically the moment they arrived at this coffin home.

Qiu Yu shivered at the mention of the word ‘ghosts’.

Holding to Lin Mengya’s arm, the two retreated a few steps.

“Ah, what are you trying to do?! Why are you so scared!?”

Lin Mengya almost wanted to give up on this big brother. From all his dawdling, Qiu Yu was obviously timider than her, a lady.

“We shouldn’t open it. Perhaps this is the gate to hell. Have you not heard the stories from the adults in the family, that there is a gate to hell behind the statue of the king of hell? If you open it, those demons and monsters will come out from this small door! Hey! Hey! You shouldn’t open it!”

Lin Mengya could not be bothered about him and reached out to forcefully open the little iron door.

Eventually, nothing happened.

Instantly, Lin Mengya was glued to where she was standing.

The atmosphere turned all strange. One could even hear the sound of Qiu Yu swallowing his saliva.

“Princess? Miss Lin? Mengya?”

Qiu Yu addressed Lin Mengya in three different ways, but she remained squatting at that place and did not react.

Qiu Yu’s legs turned into jelly as he inched towards Lin Mengya. He reached out his trembling hands as he patted her on her shoulder.

Then he immediately retracted his hand and looked warily at Lin Mengya’s back.

“How rude of you, gentleman. How could you touch me, a slave girl’s body as and when you like?”