Chapter 228 Why sleep for so long before death?
“The three life lamps on the body cannot be seen directly by the naked eye, but can be seen indirectly through mirror reflection, camera photography, etc. This is a very interesting feature.”

Ning Zhe silently took note of this characteristic of the Lamp-blowing Ghost and planned to write it into his own strange file later.

The prerequisite is that he can get out alive this time.

Arriving at the second floor of the prison water room, Ning Zhe looked over the high wall and saw green forests. This was not a good sign because when he looked from here yesterday at noon, there was a mountain in the distance outside the wall.

Now the mountain is gone, replaced by a forest that stretches as far as the eye can see, a scene copied and pasted from the folded space. Seeing such a scene means that this “world” has become smaller and is still getting smaller, just like the shrinking poison circle in the battle royale game, urging the desperadoes to move towards the center of the circle and fight each other.

Ning Zhe took out a notebook from his arms, turned to the second page, took a look, and then put it back into his arms.

“Xia Yubing hasn’t replied to me yet.” Ning Zhe’s eyes narrowed slightly.

This is the downside of the notebook. Although it can transmit information in real time regardless of the environment, there is no message reminder when the message comes in, let alone flashing lights or ringing bells, there is not even a vibration function, and there is no “read” function. Ning Zhe is now unsure whether Xia Yubing has seen the message he wrote to her.

Let’s wait and see. It’s not reliable to put your hopes on others. You still have to rely on yourself.

At the same time… well, not at the same time. In the Linjiang Park in Taoyuan City, the evening sun had just set, and the aunties in the nearby community had just moved the speakers to their place and had not yet started to form a square dance formation.

Xia Yubing, covered in sweat, had just come out of the gym and was walking along the bamboo path beside the park with her bag, preparing to go home and take a bath.

Last week, Xia Yubing accidentally came across a popular science article about “Why the shower heads in gyms are removed”. After being instilled with a lot of taboo knowledge, she felt terrible. Subconsciously, she always felt that the shower heads outside were not clean. Now she goes home to take a shower after exercising.

“Oh…it would be nice if there was an all-female gym.” Xia Yubing couldn’t help but think about it, but it was just a thought, as hygiene issues apply to both men and women.

It would be better to ask my aunt for some money and build a fitness area with complete equipment at home…

I didn’t do this before because I felt it was unnecessary, and Xia Yubing herself prefers to exercise with others because there is a more hard-working atmosphere. This is the same reason why studying in school is more efficient. Therefore, she only has some commonly used basic equipment at home.

“It’s all the fault of the marketing account. They are spreading science for no reason. Can this kind of thing be posted online casually? Really…”

Xia Yubing walked with her long legs, kicking angrily at the grass that came out from the cracks in the bricks. Dots of gold were spread on the road, like tiny pieces of sunset chopped up by bamboo leaves.

“Hmm?” Xia Yubing was walking on the road when her eyes suddenly blurred and she was stunned for a moment: “What just passed by?”

It looks like a dark shadow?

In the past, she would probably think it was a small animal like a squirrel or a bird, or that she had seen it wrong. However, after leaving Zanju Town, Xia Yubing became a lot less courageous. She would be frightened by the curtains blowing in the wind when she went to bed at night, not to mention seeing a black shadow passing by her.

Xia Yubing became alert and nervous, holding the bag in both hands and staring at the corner of the path ahead without blinking.

“Who’s there? Come out!” She called out tentatively. She regretted it the moment she called out. She should have just run to the square behind. There were so many dancing aunties there. Even if there was a ghost, they wouldn’t necessarily kill me first…

When this thought came to mind, Xia Yubing was stunned. When… did I become like this?

Before she could figure out the answer to this question, a series of tapping sounds suddenly came from the bamboo forest in front of her. It was the sound of hard soles of shoes hitting the floor tiles. Every crisp sound struck Xia Yubing’s heart, making the hairs on her body stand on end.

“I, I, I, I was just shouting casually, you don’t have to really come out!” Xia Yubing was so panicked that her voice trembled, and she turned around and wanted to run away.

“Uh, what did you say?” Hearing the voice coming from behind him, Xia Yubing stopped again. It turned out to be a human, not a ghost.

Xia Yubing breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and turned back tiredly, only to see a woman in a black dress standing by the road.

The woman was very beautiful, with a gentle temperament and dignified manners. She had long hair tied up behind her head in a very classical style, with a thorny hairpin with purple flowers inserted in her hair. She wore large smoky sunglasses on her face. However, even if she only looked at the lower half of her face, Xia Yubing could tell that she should be a classical beauty with a decent appearance, the kind of face that would bring good luck to her husband.

She has a good figure and is the type that my aunt likes, as she is easy to bear and raise children. It is said that rich people like to marry such women and bring them home to be the main wife of the family. As for the other women outside, that is their own business.

Xia Yubing glanced down at herself and for the first time felt frustrated in this regard.

“I’m sorry, I just watched a horror movie last night and now I’m a little nervous.” Xia Yubing bowed her head and apologized, saying, “Did I scare you? Sorry, sorry…”

The woman in the black dress showed a puzzled look on her face, but the puzzlement disappeared in an instant. She then came to Xia Yubing and said softly, “Do you know Ning Zhe?”

“Ah?” Xia Yubing was stunned. She wanted to say something but couldn’t open her mouth.

“It seems so.” Feng Yuxu nodded slightly, and there was a hint of ambiguity in his eyes when he looked at Xia Yubing.

‘I must never reveal Ning Zhe’s identity to anyone in any form.’ Except for Xia Yubing, no one else has ever been stamped with such a thought.

“Don’t be nervous, he asked me to come find you.” Feng Yushu lowered his voice and said, “I can’t contact him now, so you need to convey the next thing.”

She knew that Xia Yubing had some way to contact Ning Zhe even when they were separated by the Yin and Yang or when time and space were confused, but she didn’t know the specific form of that method, and Ning Zhe didn’t tell her.

“…Go ahead.” Xia Yubing finally calmed down and frowned as she looked at the woman in the black dress in front of her: “What’s the matter?”

“Heh…” Feng Yushu took a long breath and said, “Bai Fugui has been staying in Yongzhou these past few days. He has not been to Qinzhou, nor has he stepped out of his home.

But the weird thing is… he has been bedridden for the past two days, sleeping most of the day, waking up only to drink some water or go to the bathroom, and then falling asleep again soon.”

After that, the two were silent for a few seconds. Xia Yubing asked tentatively, “That’s it? Nothing else?”

Feng Yushu shook his head: “No more, that’s all.”

“Okay, I understand. I’ll pass it on for you.” Xia Yubing nodded: “Then I’ll leave.”

“Wait a moment.” Feng Yusu called her again.

“Is there anything else?” Xia Yubing stopped and looked puzzled.

Feng Yushu hesitated for a moment, but couldn’t help asking the question in his mind: “How did you get to know him? What is your relationship with him?”

Xia Yubing thought about it and said reluctantly: “I guess she’s his fiancée.”

“Ah, this.” Feng Yusu was so shocked that he couldn’t say anything for a moment.

(End of this chapter)