Chapter 142: Village
“Have you packed everything?”
He suddenly heard a male voice. When Su Min opened his eyes, he saw a hand flash by and he subconsciously swatted it away.
The other party hissed in pain. He complained: “What are you doing? I’m kind-heartedly reminding yet you actually hit ?!”
Su Min could finally see who the other party was. He said: “Sorry, I was just lost in thought earlier and wasn’t paying attention.”
He assessed his surroundings and saw that he was in a dormitory.
Noting the professional textbooks on the table, it appeared to be a university dormitory. These books also happen to be covering the sa major he was currently studying. He didn’t know how Chen Su knew about it.
But after thinking about it, he realised that his major was already revealed to the public. Perhaps that was how Chen Su knew about it.
The other party was a thin, bamboo-looking man. It was Su Min’s first ti seeing such a thin man.
The thin man san said: “Your phone rang just now.”
Su Min nodded. He reached out for his phone and saw that it was a call from soone saved as “Mum”.
He called back. It didn’t take long for the phone to connect.
The other party was a middle-aged woman: “Why didn’t you answer your phone earlier? When will you be coming back today? I’ll go and buy so things.”
Su Min had no idea when he was supposed to go back. He could only turn the phone into speaker mode and search through his phone.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t find anything. In the end, he could only make sothing up: “About seven.”
“Okay, pay attention to safety as you make your way ho.”
Su Min humd in response and hung up.
His physical body seed to be his own. Including the little habits from earlier, there was almost no difference from this and his real body.
There must be sothing on his phone.
Su Min went through his phone and finally found the answer in a taxi app. It was a small village. Just the fare itself was several hundred yuan.
He must be really rich.
But that was sothing that was arrranged a long ti ago. Su Min couldn’t delay things any longer and quickly called a taxi over.
When he left the dormitory, he went out of his way to look at the structure both inside and out. It was almost the sa as his dormitory. The only difference was the placent of books and the like.
Su Min dragged his suitcase over to a taxi.
The taxi driver was a bit reluctant when he heard the village na: “That place is too remote. I won’t be able to get any passengers back so I’ll lose money like this.”
Su Min said: “Then add another hundred yuan.”
Driver: “Deal.”
He agreed without any hesitation.
Su Min: “........”
The driver made an extra one hundred yuan so his heart was filled with joy. Along the way, he played many songs and sang along. Su Min on the other hand fell asleep to those songs.
It was almost dark when he woke up.
Su Min had never heard of the village na. He didn’t know if it was sothing that was made up. That woman’s voice was also very unfamiliar.
He asked: “Master, do you know this place?”
The driver was very talkative: “I know. I ca here once before. At that ti, I took a university student........Ah, could that have been you?”
Su Min felt that it probably was him.
The driver glanced at him a few tis and compared him with the person in his mory, “Ah, it really is you.”
Su Min: “.........Yeah.”
The driver has good mory, but it had been a long ti since he last took him here. It was probably because he was good looking that he rembered him.
Su Min listened to him talk about various things. He even touched on ghost stories: “You probably don’t know about this but there are lots of ghost stories in our line of business. If you want, I can tell you a few.”
“This happened just a few days ago. A colleague of mine does night shifts. When he was done, it was almost one. At that ti, he had no intention to take on any more passengers, but soone ran onto the road and stopped him.”
“Seeing that there were no other cars on the road, he let that person on. After asking for the destination, he sent that person back.”
“Soon after that person left, a pair of drunkards then ca. They saw that his door was open and it automatically closed and even asked him if the car was broken...........”
“Don’t you think that’s scary?”
Su Min didn’t feel anything.
The driver then continued and spoke of a few more. From dostic to foreign, taxis to buses, he even spoke about tractors.
He then asked cheerfully: “Afraid?”
Su Min couldn’t say he wasn’t, so he just nodded: “Afraid.”
Driver: “.............”
He didn’t seem scared at all.
***
The sky had completely darkened outside.
As they ventured closer to the village, the area beca more and more remote and the road got more and more bumpy. Su Min opened the window and looked outside.
He wondered if this was a horror movie.
Did Chen Su want him to watch a horror movie taking place in a small village?
Su Min looked around and felt a little clueless. He couldn’t figure it out at all.
It was still sumr so the wind at night was very cool.
Su Min chatted with the driver occasionally along the way so ti passed quickly and it didn’t take long for them to reach the destination.
Light ca from the village.
Su Min saw that it was almost eight o’clock.
He hurriedly paid the driver and dragged his suitcase down the road. The roads in the village weren’t that bad.
The village here was not the sa as the usual villages. The floors were all concrete, houses were made of brick and each building looked like a resort villa.
As soon as Su Min got closer, he could sll flowers.
It was only eight o’clock, so it wasn’t long after the sky darkened and everyone was still awake. There when children playing at the village entrance. Seeing him co over, they all surrounded him.
Su Min went through his pockets and unexpectedly found so candy. He divided it amongst the children and used this opportunity to ask where his place was.
The children answered and quickly left.
Su Min went over in the direction the children pointed out. It was a two-storey cottage with a garden. Flowers were currently blooming and there were even flowerpots hanging outside. If this was a place in the city, it would have costed a lot of money.
His own place looked this good?
He had a faint sense of familiarity to it. Su Min stood at the door and carefully examined the building. He then finally rembered that these flowers were cared for by his own grandparents.
They both loved gardening. This was sothing he rembered.
Su Min looked down the road. He walked down the small stone path and pushed open the door. Rich aroma of food poured out.
It was a very familiar sll.
A middle-aged woman ca out, “You’re back. I thought you wouldn’t be coming back today. Wash your hands and eat.”
Su Min didn’t know if she was supposed to be her mother.
The problem was that he couldn’t call her that.
“Auntie made you so stew. It’s made from chicken raised at ho so you must finish all of it.” The woman said with a smile.
Su Min felt relieved. It was okay to call her auntie.
He smiled slightly, “Okay.”
When the food was all served, Su Min looked at it carefully to check and ensure that nothing strange was added. Fortunately, he didn’t see anything.
He and his aunt were the only ones here. The other party ate heartily making Su Min also have the urge to eat.
He sighed and decided to eat.
He didn’t know how long he would be for. At worst, he could just die from being poisoned.
After eating, he used the excuse of wanting to wash the dishes to examine the kitchen. It was very normal. It was nothing like the ones in horror movies.
Although Su Min was a little relieved, he was still confused.
So why did Chen Su want him to watch this movie? Even now, he still didn’t understand. Was this the village Chen Su lived in as a child?
Su Min suddenly felt that this speculation of his seed quite likely.
If this village was a place Chen Su had lived in before, or is currently living in, then it would be normal for him to find it unfamiliar.
Though he didn’t know why this village was set up as a place where he resided. Su Min had no impression of this village.
And he also didn’t know when he would be able to see Chen Su.
It wasn’t impossible for him to run into young Chen Su. Su Min was kind of curious about what he was like when he was a kid and if he looked that sa as how he looked now.
He himself looked nothing like how he looked when he was younger.
Su Min thought this and went outside.
Everyone outside had their doors open. There were so elderly people sitting outside chatting and another group of won sitting around gossiping. The mosquitoes didn’t affect their mood at all.
With the appearance of Su Min, they turned their heads and greeted him warmly: “Xiao Min, you’re back? How was it out there?”
“My son’s mathematics is not good. Can you please teach him a little? I’m about to die from anger because of him!”
“I killed a goose today. Do you want to co over tomorrow to for lunch?”
“I haven’t seen you for a long ti. Xiao Min, you have beco more handso. Sure enough, the city is different. The water and food there is different.”
Su Min was frightened by their enthusiasm.
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When he managed to get away from, he let out a big sigh of relief. He didn’t plan on going any further fearing that he would encounter the sa thing again.
Su Min decided to go ho.
His aunt saw him return and was surprised: “You’re back already? Why don’t you stroll around longer?”
Su Min said: “I’m a bit tired today. I want to sleep.”
“Then hurry and go to bed.” His aunt asked with concern: “Are you going to have breakfast tomorrow? Young people these days don’t like to have breakfast. It’s not good for your body. You can’t do this.......”
Seeing that she was getting more and more naggy, Su Min quickly interrupted her: “I’ll eat.”
The other party finally smiled, “Then I’ll make more tomorrow. I’ll also throw together so small dishes for you.”
Su Min nodded: “Anything is fine.” As long as it is edible.
After washing up, he returned to his room. The window in his room just happened to be facing the street so he could see the people coming and going.
Su Min looked out for a while and didn’t see much. He eventually laid down in bed.
Unexpectedly, he instantly fell asleep.
When he woke up again, he didn’t know what the ti was. He heard sounds coming from the door followed by the aunts voice: “Coming! Coming! I’m almost there!”
They seed to be quite anxious.
Su Min sat up in bed. He moved to open the door and saw his aunt dressed to go out: “What’s wrong?”
It was already ten o’clock yet she’s heading out?
His aunt gathered her clothes and glanced at him: “It seems that your second uncle’s child was scared by sothing. Everyone is hurrying over. You don’t have to go, you can just stay here and rest.”
For a mont Su Min couldn’t react. He didn’t know who this second uncle was.
After his aunt ran out, Su Min quickly followed.
He still knew nothing about this movie and there was finally an opportunity for him. Su Min felt that he would miss sothing important if he didn’t go.
He saw his aunt hurry over to a small villa not far away. As soon as he entered, he saw that the lights inside were all on.
Many adults were standing around in the hall. They all looked like they had just arrived and so were even wearing pyjamas. They all huddled around quietly discussing sothing.
But their voices were too small. Su Min couldn’t hear anything.
He rembered his aunt’s words from earlier. Sothing had probably happened to his second uncle’s son and it appeared to be quite serious.
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