Song was already terrified out of his wits when he suddenly heard a knock on the door, followed by Ling's voice:

　　"What are you yelling about! Someone died!"

　　The voice was like a heavenly sound to Song's ears.

　　He immediately turned his head and shouted, "Ah, Ah Ling... open the door quickly, there's... there's..."

　　Then he turned his gaze back to the cesspool... but it was empty...

　　……

　　“I want to learn more about the ghost story."

　　Li decided to take on the role of a reporter. Qin also took out his press card, making Axiu more convinced.

　　Then, Li laid a sheet of paper on an eight-legged table in the outer hall of Axiu’s house, took out a pen and asked, “Miss Axiu… what we’re going to ask you next is very important. I hope you’ll answer truthfully.”

　　Li was certain that everything wasn’t as simple as it seemed on the surface.

　　That apartment wouldn’t assign them a mission that wasn’t a threat to their lives.

　　After all, this was the fourth blood inscription instruction for him.

　　The ghost in the school last time was a completely indiscriminate killing.

　　But this time, it seemed like a clear case of revenge-motivated supernatural events.

　　Then… she had no reason to attack him.

　　The difficulty was actually lower than the third blood inscription instruction.

　　That was impossible.

　　So Li was certain that they must have missed something.

　　And what they missed was definitely fatal!

　　That apartment would never leave them with a blind spot where they could survive!

　　Li, who had lived in the apartment for a year, knew this deeply!

　　Axiu was sitting opposite Li at this time.

　　She smiled faintly and said: “Mr. Reporter, then, you must write down my words and publish them.”

　　“Yes, definitely.”

　　“Okay… then I’ll tell you.” Axiu began to recount what happened after Bing’s death.

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　　Bing’s death did cause quite a stir in the village.

　　Although everyone had previously looked down on Bing, human life was precious, and the matter was stirred up for a long time afterward.

　　And Axiu, who had a deep affection for Bing, was heartbroken.

　　After that, Axiu lived like a walking corpse, she didn’t have the heart to farm, and she didn’t eat properly for several months.

　　In the end, she was just skin and bones.

　　Those days were really painful.

　　And there were two people who always came to visit her and bring her some food.

　　Those two people were Liang and Su.

　　In the past, aside from Bing, Axiu and Su had the best relationship.

　　Although she was the granddaughter of the Headman, she was usually very approachable.

　　As a farm girl, she was also very diligent.

　　It was just that she was too weak and lacked determination, so when Bing’s incident happened, she went along with the crowd.

　　Although she also sympathized with Bing, she didn’t dare to speak up for her.

　　Their former friendship had been completely shattered.

　　The look in Axiu’s eyes when she looked at Su was filled with hatred.

　　About a year later, on the evening of June 6th of that year, Su came to see Axiu again.

　　Although they couldn’t talk much and fell into awkward silence, she still repeatedly urged Axiu to take care of herself.

　　After she left, Axiu still couldn’t sleep.

　　Although it was getting late, she wasn’t tired at all.

　　Tomorrow was Bing’s death anniversary.

　　After the death of her parents, Bing was the only irreplaceable family member for Axiu.

　　Since they were young, no matter what, Bing had always protected her.

　　At every moment, she had been like an older sister, caring for and loving her.

　　She couldn’t get over Bing’s death.

　　And on that night…

　　She suddenly heard strange noises coming from the water tank in the kitchen.

　　Axiu was initially startled, but she still slowly walked into the kitchen and moved towards the water tank.

　　When she said this, Ye, who was listening, shivered involuntarily and couldn’t help but look at the kitchen.

　　“Don’t be afraid, Miss Ye.” Axiu smiled and said: “Sister Bing won’t hurt you.”

　　Then, she continued to talk.

　　At that time, she didn’t know where she found the courage, but she lifted the lid of the water tank.

　　And what appeared in the water tank… was the corpse of Su’s father, the Headman’s son-in-law!

　　Initially, Axiu was extremely flustered, but then she… noticed something!

　　A pair of white, slender arms were wrapped around the waist of the Headman’s son-in-law’s corpse!

　　And when Axiu noticed those arms, they immediately retracted behind the corpse!

　　Axiu immediately pulled the corpse out of the tank (when she said this, Ye looked at Axiu’s face with a bit more fear), but the owner of those white arms was nowhere to be found.

　　But Axiu understood.

　　It was Bing.

　　Sister Bing had killed this man.

　　Su had also been warned by him to cut off ties with Bing, and never be too close to her.

　　Because of him, even Su became cold towards Sister Bing.

　　“Do you know what I did later?” Axiu’s face became a twisted smile at this point: “I cut off his tongue! Because they talked too much! Then, I moved his body to the front door of the Headman’s house!”

　　Qin heard this, pushed his glasses up and said calmly, “Miss Axiu… you, you actually told us this?”

　　“Aren’t you reporters? Then report this.” Axiu’s smile widened, as if she was talking about ordinary daily topics: “Well, my words don’t matter. After Sister Bing died, whether I live or die, I don’t care anymore.”

　　“The Headman’s son-in-law’s tongue was cut off… but this matter…”

　　“The Headman’s family didn’t tell anyone. Hehe, they probably figured something out, right? Some people did suspect me, but so what? Anyway, my relationship with the villagers has long been like water and fire. Only Liang kept pestering me, but I hope every day that one day his body appears in my water tank!”

　　“The missing people in the village, they all appeared in the water tank? What did you do with the bodies later?”

　　“Just cut off their tongues. After doing that, the original body will disappear, and then… a new body will appear.”