Chapter 161 No Breath
Chapter 161 No Breath
"My dear disciple, what are you waiting for? If it's too late, you won't be able to catch up with them!" the old man with white beard reminded beside him.
Bewitched by him, Mei Ling'er involuntarily walked towards the entrance of the conference hall. Shangguan Rui had already run away. The slow-moving bald old man and the old woman were at the hotel entrance, getting into a taxi.
Mei Ling'er quickly ran over, stopped another taxi, and asked the driver to follow their car.
After driving for about half an hour, the taxi stopped in front of a dilapidated house on the outskirts of the city. After seeing the bald old man and the old lady get off the car, Mei Ling'er immediately asked the driver to stop the car. After getting out of the car in a hurry, she walked to the house and looked inside.
"Brother! You're finally back! Come and see why mom and dad suddenly sat up like that!"
Shangguan Wen didn't go to the Great Hall today. According to her and her brother Shangguan Rui's plan, Shangguan Rui went to the Great Hall to entertain the guests, while she stayed at home to keep vigil. Everything was fine before Shangguan Rui left. When she learned that the speech at the Great Hall had already begun, she breathed a sigh of relief. An early start meant an early end, so she wouldn't have to keep vigil at home alone.
Since she got married, she seldom went home. If her parents had not passed away and their descendants had not needed to keep vigil in the living room, she would never have stayed in this house for so long.
Ever since she could remember, she knew that her parents were very partial, and the idea of favoring boys over girls was deeply rooted in their bones. They said that they valued her and her brother equally, but in the end, they only bought a house for her brother.
Thinking of this, Shangguan Wen felt uncomfortable and looked at her parents' bodies with a resentful look.
"Ahhhh!"
The corpse, which had been lying quietly in the coffin, suddenly sat up with a "bang". She was so scared that her whole body trembled and her mind went blank.
It took more than a minute for Shangguan Wen to regain her senses.
The first thing she did after waking up was to call her husband.
But like many times before, whenever she asked her husband for help, he was too busy with work to answer her call.
No one answered the call to her husband, so Shangguan Wen quickly called her brother Shangguan Rui.
After the call was connected, the other party sounded very tired, probably exhausted from socializing. Without caring about anything else, she quickly told Shangguan Rui what had just happened at home and asked him to go home and take a look.
After hearing the other party's affirmative answer, she relaxed a little. However, the time she spent waiting alone in the mourning hall was also very difficult.
On the one hand, she didn't dare to look at her parents who had sat up, and on the other hand, she had to closely observe the condition of the corpse. The tormented Shangguan Wen was on the verge of collapse.
"Xiao Wen!"
Shangguan Rui's call rescued her from the predicament. She immediately ran to her brother, crying with fear on her face.
When Shangguan Rui received the call, he thought that his sister, who usually loved to complain, was here to make trouble for no reason again. While listening to his sister's story and opening WeChat on his phone to look at the photos she sent him, he realized that this time his sister was not making trouble for no reason, but that there was really something going on.
When he stepped into the house, a cold wind blew in his face and he couldn't help shivering.
When the brother and sister met, they made eye contact, and Shangguan Wen immediately came over to greet them.
The other person's hand tightly grasped his arm. He looked down and saw that his sister's nails were digging into his flesh. The pain spread from his arm to his whole body. He squinted his eyes in pain and made a "hiss" sound from his mouth. But the culprit was completely unaware and only knew to push him towards his parents' coffin.
He was terrified...
But he still had to face what he had to face, so he could only bite the bullet and move forward.
Shangguan Rui held his breath and slowly approached his parents' bodies, carefully reaching out his left index finger to feel their breath.
The result: no breath.
Shangguan Rui immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second the fear in his heart came back again.
Since their parents were no longer breathing, why did the two of them sit up on their own? Are there really ghosts in this world?
He chuckled and shook his head slightly, speechless at his ridiculous thoughts.
How can there be ghosts in this world...
"There's a ghost!"
Shangguan Wen on the side screamed, and Shangguan Rui was about to scold her for being so startled, but the next second he was scared to the point of peeing his pants.
The two people sitting in the coffin had their eyes closed, but now they opened their eyes and stared as wide as copper bells.
Beads of sweat the size of beans kept appearing on his forehead, his legs went limp, and Shangguan Rui fell to the ground.
"Old boy!"
Another scream came from the door. It was the voice of Lao Ding who was following behind Shangguan Rui.
Old Ding didn't seem to be afraid of the Shangguan couple at all. He walked over excitedly and threw himself on old Shangguan before he got close to them.
"Old man, are you still dying with your eyes wide open? Do you have anything to say to me? Go ahead, I'm listening!"
Old Ding patted Old Shangguan's back hard, but got no response from him. He did the same thing Shangguan Rui had just done, and gently felt the other's breath with his hand.
The result is still: no breath.
Old Ding glanced at Shangguan Rui who was sitting on the ground. His legs and eyes reached the other person almost at the same time, and he kicked him hard.
Seeing that Lao Ding lost his balance, the old woman hurried over to support him, fearing that he would fall and get hurt.
"You unfilial son, you made your parents die with regrets!"
"What did I just say in the Great Hall? Your parents didn't want to burden you...but you really think they lived happily and passed away peacefully?"
"Raising a son to support you in your old age, raising a son to support you in your old age, only to end up raising an ungrateful person!"
After saying this, Old Ding felt unsatisfied, so he picked up the wreath on the mourning hall and was about to throw it at Shangguan Rui.
Mei Ling'er was standing at the door in a daze. Everyone in the room was at a loss and no one reacted to pull Lao Ding. It was time for her to make an appearance.
"Wait a moment!"
While attracting everyone's attention, Mei Ling'er quickly moved to Lao Ding and snatched the wreath from his hand.
Then she smiled slightly:
"If we have something to say, let's talk it over. Why resort to violence?"
"Uncle Ding, you know that the Shangguan couple cared most about their son and daughter. If they knew you had beaten and scolded their precious children like this, they would be heartbroken and shed tears!"
Shangguan Rui took advantage of this opportunity, immediately got up from the ground and hid behind Mei Ling'er.
Seeing this, Shangguan Wen also imitated her brother and quickly moved behind Mei Ling'er.
Old Ding pointed a trembling finger at the Shangguan siblings and angrily asked:
"Who are you? Why are you trying to get involved in the Shangguan family's affairs?"
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