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"Ah!"
With a roar like a wild beast,Granny Guo rolled over to one side,and Aunt Chunfeng slowly stood up.
She pressed one hand on her neck and held the bloody dagger tightly in the other hand.Step by step,she slowly walked towards Tom.
"Tom,run!"
Lily screamed.
Tom,however,curled up in the corner,trembling all over.
Aunt Chunfeng stepped on a bone,slipped,and crashed heavily into the nearby table.The kerosene lamp rolled precisely onto her body.In an instant,flames leaped up on her body.
She dropped the dagger,let out a scream,and frantically slapped at the flames on her body.But she slipped again,fell heavily to the ground,and landed right on the old clothes of the skeleton.
This time,she didn't make a sound.
Soon,the fire spread uncontrollably.
The heat of the fire blew on my face,making me feel extremely hot.The threat of death became more real and brutal,and the pain also became more intense.
Was I really going to die here?
A sense of despair welled up in my heart.
With a noisy commotion and rapid footsteps,my consciousness gradually faded.
I only remembered that just before I fainted.
I saw Granny Guo struggling to get up,hugging the skull and softly humming a lullaby.
When I woke up,I was already lying in bed.Lily was lying beside me,and it seemed that she sensed my movement.She woke up and asked me with concern.
Lily told me that it was the village chief and the villagers who had come to our rescue at the last moment.
She told me that Aunt Chunfeng was the murderer who had killed Granny Guo's son.
Not long after giving birth to her daughter,Aunt Chunfeng's husband died.In this small mountain village with backward concepts,men were considered superior to women,and a woman who failed to give birth to a son was even more discriminated against by the villagers.Moreover,she was labeled with the reputation of"being a widow-maker."As a result,the mother and daughter suffered a lot of bullying and humiliation from the villagers.
Once,she fainted,and after the doctor came to diagnose her,he said that she didn't have much time left.She wasn't afraid of death,but she couldn't bear to leave her daughter alone.She went crazy looking for a cure everywhere.By chance,she learned of an evil spell that could exchange lives.As long as she killed someone and drank their blood,she could obtain that person's lifespan.
Soon,she set her sights on Granny Guo's son.Firstly,it was easier to target a child.Secondly,a child's lifespan was definitely longer than an adult's,so she could live longer by exchanging lives.Thirdly,Granny Guo had always been showing off that she had given birth to a son and had taunted Aunt Chunfeng for not being able to have a son,so this was also a way to teach her a lesson.
So,she waited until the little boy was playing hide-and-seek,lured him to her home,killed him,and drank his blood.
Surprisingly,her illness really got better.
Now,twenty years had passed,and her illness had relapsed.At this time,her daughter,who had married and moved to the city,told her that she was going to be a grandmother soon and that she would need to go to the city to take care of the confinement.
She didn't want to die,so she set her sights on Tom again.
As for why she had tied us up in the secret room,one reason was that she wanted to drink Lily's blood to maintain her youth,and the other was to make me the scapegoat.
There was a knock on the door,and the village chief pushed the door open and told us that the doctor had arrived and could take me to the hospital.
He also said,
"You're seriously injured,and the mountain road is rough,which is not good for your injury.
"Why don't you recuperate at my house for a while before going back?"
Lily looked at my legs and nodded in agreement.
My gaze fell on Tom,who was standing at the door.
He was wearing a gray suit and was leaning against the door frame,staring at me with his bright eyes.
My pupils suddenly dilated!
"No!"
"I want to go back!"
"Right now!"
Despite my injuries,I insisted on leaving immediately.With my strong insistence,I sat on a mat,and two doctors dragged me in front.We made our way through the mountains with difficulty The two young doctors kept complaining.
Lily also kept nagging,worried that my injury would get worse.
"Tom?"
Lily suddenly exclaimed in a low voice and turned to look.
I instinctively turned my head and saw Tom standing in a mountain depression not far away,wearing a white vest and black shorts.
I suddenly grabbed her hand tightly,very tightly,ignoring her nagging,and urged the two doctors to hurry up.
I didn't tell Lily.
In the village chief's room,the doors and windows were closed.How did Tom manage to get into the quilt?
When we were tied up by the villagers,who untied Lily's ropes?
In the alleys,was it really Tom who had been leading us around by the nose?
Tom had always been wearing gray clothes.On the contrary,I clearly remembered that the skeleton was wearing a white vest and black shorts...
Who was Tom really playing hide-and-seek with?
I didn't dare to say it,not even think about it.I just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.
Leave this place forever!
