The mysterious man quickly stopped Lu Li who was about to leave.
Lu Li stopped and returned to the dining table.
"You will definitely live until you die." The mysterious man couldn't help but say something. He thought Lu Li would shirk for a while before leaving, but who knew that he would run away without any delay.
"I think so too." Lu Li seemed not to hear the irony in his words. "Is there anything else?"
The mysterious man paused and his voice became much softer: "After you get rid of the evil spirit ritual...remember to come back to pick me up."
"Um."
Lu Li left again, and behind him, the faint light spots like fireflies quickly moved away.
"One...two..."
Lu Li, who fell into darkness, began to recite the numbers silently again. When the third number sounded in his heart, he raised his arm and pulled the trigger.
boom!!!
In the sudden light, everything appears in an instant.
The shadowy figure is closer to the dining table than before, the gap between the shadowy figures in front, and the back door revealed behind the gap.
"open the door."
Lu Li did not load any more bullets. He turned his body sideways with his left shoulder facing forward, stepped forward and charged forward!
Click.
There was an inaudible sound of the door lock, followed by Anna's exclamation, and Lu Li's left shoulder had touched the wooden door.
Bang!
There was a loud noise in the darkness, the door was knocked open, wood chips flew everywhere, and the wooden plank underfoot was replaced by the low mud floor of the backyard.
After escaping from the tavern, Lu Li walked quickly towards the location of the carriage in his memory. At the same time, he stretched out his hands and reached forward like a blind man.
"Three...four."
Whispers emerged from the darkness around him. The muddy ground was uneven, and Lu Li's speed did not slow down. He placed his weight on the inner soles of his feet to avoid spraining his feet.
"five……"
Lu Li touched the pillars of the stable, compared the memories in his mind, and turned to another direction. At the same time, the whispers became clearer, and they seemed to be approaching.
"six……"
Lu Li's black eyes shrank, he turned his head suddenly, and swung his right fist out, but it missed.
Just now, something breathed into his ear.
"seven……"
An indescribable feeling of horror climbed up Lu Li's back. This emotion did not originate from Lu Li's heart, but was forcibly imposed on him by some kind of terrifying, suffocating and terrifying existence.
An arm emerged from the darkness and grabbed Lu Li from behind.
Reached the limit...
The moment Lu Li realized this, his fingertips stretched forward and touched the rough horse hair and warm skin.
Whispering, dark, and creepy, a certain existence that was approaching Lu Li was suddenly stripped away from its surroundings, and the mottled colors and light that had been deprived of it in the previous few minutes were refilled into Lu Li's world.
The oil lamp hanging on the stable pillar swayed slightly with the cool night breeze, and the light and shadow in the backyard moved accordingly.
The distant barking of dogs echoed in the night.
The horse was nestled in a pile of hay, nuzzling Lu Li's palm with its warm and wet nose.
The sight that had once been everywhere now felt impressive and real.
"Anna?"
"I recovered."
Anna's voice rang in my ears.
Lu Li patted the horse's mane and put the flintlock into its holster. The old cartridge case fell into the haystack and the new bullet hit the barrel of the gun.
Click.
Closing the chamber of the gun and putting the holster back on his waist, Lu Li took off the oil lamp and walked to the tavern.
When leaving the stable, he suddenly stopped and looked back.
As the oil lamp went away, the stable became dim, and only a pair of big black eyes reflected Lu Li's figure.
…
Things are not going well for the mysterious man.
When he wanted to escape from the shadowy figures... he was already surrounded by the shadowy figures.
He may not be afraid of these things, but they are very troublesome.
Lu Li has never returned, and he has already planned to open the suitcase. But if he does, a certain score will inevitably be deducted from the assessment. That would be more uncomfortable than letting him die...well, it is second only to letting him die.
During the extremely long wait, a hand that seemed to emerge from the void patted his shoulder. Everything shattered before his eyes, and he was pulled out of that dark and weird world.
But the situation did not improve. Fire and thick smoke enveloped the face of the mysterious man. He hunched over and coughed violently: "Thanks, man, cough, cough, cough. What are you holding? Cough, cough, cough -"
Before Lu Li opened his mouth and was about to explain that the lit hay was to prevent the hall from being unlit, an angry shout came from the soles of his shoes.
"Damn it, do you two bastards want to set my pub on fire!?"
The old woman with a blanket wrapped around her body stomped down from upstairs, and then she found the broken back door that was completely open, letting in cold wind.
"My door! What did you do to my door!?"
"The gentleman next to me will pay for your losses." Lu Li shook off the burning hay, but only bright sparks of hay and more smoke were left.
"Why me?" The mysterious man who had just stopped coughing raised his slightly blackened face, suddenly took a breath of air, and threw away the match that burned to the end and burned his fingers.
"I have no money, and I did this to save you." Lu Li walked towards the back door and threw the hay out the door under the old woman's unkind gaze.
The mysterious man sighed: "Okay... Boss, remember to include the loss in my room fee."
"Don't cause trouble anymore." The old woman curled her lips and reluctantly closed the back door.
Lu Li walked up to the mysterious man and said, "Can we talk?"
"Now? It's very late. It's important for me to get a good rest."
"Is it safe?"
"They won't come again."
"So during the day."
"Can."
Under the suspicious gaze of the old woman, Lu Li returned upstairs after completing the brief exchange.
The mysterious man put on his suitcase and followed him up the stairs. The old woman stared at them until her back disappeared around the corner.
She walked back to the bar and poured herself a glass of red wine.
Anyway, she was going to keep an eye on these two guys tonight.
…
"The man next door talked a lot and seemed to be a nice guy."
Back in the room, Anna appeared and floated to the wooden chair to sit down.
The relit oil lamp was put back on the dining table. She looked at the scenery of the street below for a while. No one could be seen anymore, so she closed the curtains again.
Anna's behavior of associating good people with talkative people is a little confusing, but it's understandable because Lu Li thinks the same way.
Rather than being silent, Lu Li prefers to interact with people who talk a lot, whether they tell the truth or lies.
"But he acted like we were safe...really?"
"should be."
Unlike Anna who was frightened by the memories, Lu Li was thinking about another thing.
That is... was what he experienced before real, or was it a subconscious hallucination induced by the Light Fruit...
If it was an illusion, why did Anna fall into the ritual?
If not, how should the actor explain the fact that it has been proven false by the newspaper?
Lu Li told Anna his guess, and Anna replied hesitantly: "I smell the light fruit...does it count?"
Things became confusing again.
However, the rest of the night will be calm again.
