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Chapter 338. Escaping the Huang Mansion 4

338. Escaping the Huang Mansion 4

“I was sweeping the yard,” Lu Renkui said haltingly, feigning tears, “and then I saw a head flash past the yard gate.”

"I was a little scared. I thought I was just seeing things, but just as I was trying to reassure myself, the figure appeared again."

"That person was standing at the gate of the courtyard. His eyes were staring straight at me, emitting a white light. I was so scared. I remembered that peach wood could ward off evil spirits, so I broke off a branch from the peach tree in your courtyard, grabbed a broom, and hid in your room, Sister Huang."

“That person came over again, banging on the door and shaking the window, and even poking holes in the window paper. I was afraid that the ghost would rush into the room in a moment, so I poked the peach wood branch outwards. Then, a scream came from outside.”

"Then the ghost... ran away. I still didn't dare to go out, so I stayed in the room until Sister Huang came back before I dared to come out."

After hearing this, Huang Muyan frowned, tilted her head slightly to one side, and pretended to think. Just now at the banquet, the butler came in and said that her cousin's eyes had been poked for some reason, and now "Xiao Wan" said that she saw a ghost in the yard. Could these two things be related?

“Come on, Xiao Wan, eat something to calm down. Tell me in detail again, how tall was that ghost? Was it fat or thin? Was it male or female?” Huang Muyan said as she took a piece of sorghum candy from her snack box and stuffed it into “Xiao Wan’s” mouth.

"It was too dark for me to see clearly. I could only make out that the person seemed to be wearing gray-blue clothes, tall and strong, and looked like a man." Lu Renkui said this while Huang Muyan had stuffed the sorghum candy into his mouth, and then began to soften the sorghum candy with his saliva.

The man... was wearing a gray-blue outfit... Huang Muyan's brows furrowed into a deep frown. She remembered that her cousin had also come over today wearing a gray-blue outfit.

Something's not right, something's really not right. Huang Muyan thought to herself, patted "Xiao Wan" on the head and said, "Bring your straw mat and stuff over here. After all this, I'm scared to sleep alone."

"Okay." Lu Renkui nodded with red eyes, then ran out of Huang Muyan's room to pack Mu Wanqing's straw mat and quilt.

After moving all of Huang Muyan's belongings into her room and finding a suitable spot to make a makeshift bed on the floor, Lu Renkui felt a little more at ease—living together meant they could look after each other, and if anyone came, they would be more prepared.

Huang Muyan lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep—the more she thought about what happened at the welcome banquet, the more suspicious she became, and what Xiao Wan had just said made her even more suspicious.

Could the ghostly figure Xiao Wan saw be her cousin? But he just got back today. How did he know she had moved to a different place? They hadn't been in contact much since they grew up.

If that ghostly figure really was her, then what was he trying to do, sneaking into my yard like that? Huang Muyan thought to herself, a terrible thought forming in her mind—her cousin wanted to hide in her yard while she was away. If she came back at night, she wouldn't be able to break free from him at all, and it would be hard to imagine what he might do to her then.

Huang Muyan suddenly felt a chill run down her spine—if Xiao Wan hadn't been in her yard tonight, she wouldn't have known when someone had sneaked into her yard.