EBE Chapter 60 The Child Who Died Young
Chapter 60 The Child Who Died Young
Meng Zhi naturally dared not say that he had seen a shadow, nor that he had heard the children laughing in the hall. He could only mumble a few words, saying that he had not been in good condition lately and often saw hallucinations.
Ruan Yun, his teammate, immediately chimed in, "Meng Zhi had gone to see a doctor before."
"He's just fallen back into his old habits."
Ruan Yun's script did indeed mention this point. In the movie, Meng Zhi and she were college classmates. Meng Zhi hadn't come to school for half a year, saying that he was hospitalized due to poor health. Of course, according to rumors, he had some mental problems, so he had to take a six-month leave of absence.
Yan Yu didn't delve into the matter upon hearing this, simply nodding before turning to Yan Xun beside him, "Shall I take you for a stroll around the village?"
Yan Xun kept watching the players opposite him—
He could tell that Meng Zhi and Ruan Yun should know each other, but Sun Yue was not very familiar with them, as if they had been temporarily teamed up.
Sun Zhao has disappeared without a trace; it's unknown whether he's investigating in the village.
After thinking it over, he nodded after hearing Yan Yu's words, "Okay."
Only then did Yan Yu show a slight smile. He stopped looking at the outsiders and prepared to take Yan Xun for a walk around the village.
As soon as the two of them left, Gu Jia, who had been silent the whole time, followed. Yan Yu stopped and glanced at him.
Sun Yue was also a little puzzled—she suspected that this person was an NPC, but this part was not in the script she received, so she didn't know whether to stop him or not.
"Gu Jia, why are you going to join in the fun?" She didn't speak, but Meng Zhi spoke up. He was worried that if Gu Jia went there now, things would change again, so he had Sun Yue hold him back. "You should stay with us."
Gu Jia's bangs were so long that they almost covered the upper half of his face, so Yan Xun couldn't see his expression. But judging from his actions, he was clearly not satisfied with Meng Zhi's decision.
"Do not."
He said.
At this moment, Yan Yu spoke up, "Are you his sister?" he asked Sun Yue.
Sun Yue nodded hesitantly.
"The villagers are busy with the temple fair these days, so your brother shouldn't run around too much."
His words were tantamount to telling Sun Yue to keep a close eye on her younger brother and not let him run around, otherwise he couldn't guarantee what might happen.
Although Sun Yue felt that whether an NPC lived or died was not of much concern to her, Yan Yu was obviously the BOSS in this instance. In order to prevent the death flag from appearing, she still grabbed Gu Jia and said, "Did you hear that? He told you not to run around."
Gu Jia lowered her head and ultimately remained silent.
Yan Xun turned around and glanced at him.
Gu Jia, wearing a T-shirt, his black hair covering his eyes, shoulders slumped, looking gloomy and silent. Noticing Yan Xun's gaze, he looked up at Yan Xun, then opened his mouth and uttered two words—
'careful.'
"What are you looking at?" Yan Yu suddenly asked.
Yan Xun turned his head. "Are they siblings? They don't look alike at all," he said casually.
He was pondering the meaning of Gu Jia's earlier "be careful." She was most likely telling him to be careful of Yan Yu beside him, but Yan Yu's danger was obvious.
This kind of closed village, which does not communicate with outsiders, has a special location and a belief that is different from the outside world... Not to mention the theory of "reincarnation" in Wusheng Village, which is just short of writing the words "I have a problem" on its head.
Yan Yu not only never left the village, but was also regarded as an "elder brother" by everyone in the village and revered by his loving mother.
Equivalent to a high priest in a religious sect, Yan Xun thought.
With all these buffs stacked up, Yan Yu clearly seems to be the one with the problem.
After leaving the location of the Cimu Hall, the two began to stroll around the village. There were quite a few households in the village, and near the Cimu Hall was a huge banyan tree, where many elderly people were resting with their eyes half-closed.
There were some simple tables, chairs, and a chessboard under the tree. When the old people saw Yan Yu, they all bowed to him and called out that familiar name.
"Berkan."
Yan Yu responded to each point.
Then these old men squinted and looked at Yan Xun.
Their eyes were initially wary, but when they learned that he was Yan Yu's distant cousin, the son of the girl who left the village years ago, their expressions softened.
They seem to have watched Yan Xun's mother grow up.
They recounted many interesting stories from back then. Yan Xun listened for a while, but the old people would forget what they had said earlier as they talked about the later parts, so they kept repeating what they had already said.
"They're getting old," Yan Yu said softly upon seeing this.
Perhaps worried that the elderly people would hear him, he spoke very softly, like a gust of wind that would disappear as soon as it passed.
Yan Xun looked at Yan Yu standing behind him and said, "I don't think their hearing is that good."
"You don't need to speak so softly."
After talking for a while, the old people must have gotten tired, so they started drinking water from the teapots they carried with them.
Yan Yu also left with Yan Xun.
The village was small. After leaving the old banyan tree, they passed several more houses, but all of them had their doors and windows tightly closed.
“He went out to work and hasn’t come back yet,” Yan Yu said.
There aren't many people left in the village now.
"Apart from these elderly people and those who run businesses in the village, the rest have all gone out to work."
Yan Xun glanced at the house, which was almost completely closed. The Spring Festival couplets on the wooden door had completely faded, and the zodiac animal pattern was from a few years ago. It looked like no one had come back for at least two or three years.
"They didn't come back for the New Year either?" Yan Xun asked.
“The transportation here is inconvenient.” Yan Yu followed Yan Xun’s gaze and saw the zodiac animal on the door. “Many people have already moved to other counties.”
Yan Xun still remembered that the movie synopsis said this:
Before encountering his family, Sun Zhao had been unable to find the entrance to Wusheng Village. When he asked people nearby, they all said they had never heard of the place.
Or perhaps this group knows the dangers of Wusheng Village and doesn't want to reveal even a tiny bit of information.
Or perhaps Yan Yu is lying, and these people haven't moved to the county town. As for where they went, only the villagers probably know.
Yan Xun seized the opportunity to speak, inquiring about the origin of the Cimu Hall and stating that he had never heard of this belief before.
“It’s normal that you haven’t heard of it,” Yan Yu said softly. “It’s the belief of the people in our village.”
"He had pity on the children who died young and raised them with him."
"The villagers go to the Cimu Hall to worship in order to bless their newborn children to live to be a hundred years old." He said, looking at the golden-roofed buildings in the village.
Yan Xun followed his gaze.
Perhaps because of the overcast sky, the rooftop, which should have been shining brightly, was inexplicably shrouded in a layer of dark mist, as if something ominous was about to happen.
"Because we are all His children, we address each other as brothers and sisters in the Mother's Church."
“The elderly in the village especially revere my mother, which is why they call me ‘elder brother’.”