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Chapter 181 Lush Green

"What the hell is that?!" The fat man stammered.

Gu Mian patted her clothes: "It's obviously a not-so-good-looking face, and it looks quite rough."

"You can see clearly from that far away?" The fat man looked at Gu Mian with some doubt.

The face by the attic window had vanished, as if nothing had ever existed there. The fat man blinked hard, looking in that direction, but there was only darkness by the window.

Gu Mian's voice came from the side: "My eyesight is very good. Have you forgotten what I used to do?"

The fat man was momentarily dazed, then hesitated before asking, "Doctor?"

"No," Gu Mian shook her head: "He's a handsome young man who's been targeted by the world for over twenty years. If my eyesight weren't good, I probably would have fallen into an uncovered well at least ten times already."

The fat man choked for a moment: "Handsome boy...okay, handsome boy..."

Mr. Green was also staring in shock at the window where the clown had once stood.

Chu Changge's soft voice came from behind: "You know him?"

Mr. Green was startled, then waved his hand, "No, no, no, I don't know that clown."

“I just feel…” Mr. Green began hesitantly, “that something is strange.”

The fat man leaned closer: "I can tell you know him, you're an acquaintance, right?"

Mr. Green pursed his lips: "I really don't know him."

The fat man shrank back: "Judging from his appearance, he doesn't seem to be a player. He's probably some ghost from the event? But this is the first time I've seen a ghost that paints its face like that. Or did it die looking like a clown?"

"Alright, stop talking nonsense. We can't just rush up and grab him by the neck and ask him things like 'Are you a human or a ghost?'" Gu Mian looked away. "See the lanterns above? Hurry up and find out which riddles aren't dangerous."

As he spoke, he glanced at the time: "Hmm, very good, it's 8:13 now. I think we can give up looking for the lantern for now."

A ghost appears every fifteen minutes, and there are two minutes left until the fourth ghost appearance.

Perhaps because Gu Mian was with him, the fat man didn't carefully choose a house that was "easy to defend and difficult to attack" this time.

He casually kicked open the door of a large room next door and pulled Gu Mian and Chu Changge inside: "Let's stay here for now."

Mr. Green shamelessly slipped through the door, leaving the female ghost outside.

Gu Mian seemed to have seen him whispering something to the female ghost before he came in, but she didn't know if the female ghost could hear him.

The fat man whispered to Gu Mian, "I think he probably sent this female ghost to stop the ghosts that want to enter our house, otherwise the losses from this event might be quite significant."

Mr. Green had already entered the room, a look of relief on his face. He then reached out and closed the door.
Because it was a Qing Dynasty palace building, the room was large and empty, and the fat man was quite afraid that a ghost might suddenly jump out from the corner.

Fortunately, those dangerous five minutes were not dangerous at all, and they even passed very quickly.

The fat man felt like he had only been in the room for a short while when the noise outside stopped.

When the door opened again, the female ghost was still standing upright in the middle of the doorway, as if she hadn't moved at all.

The fat man asked curiously, "Can this female ghost stay completely still?"

The fat man's curiosity was palpable; he almost reached out a finger to poke the motionless female ghost under Gu Mian's gaze. Of course, without Gu Mian's watchful eye, he probably wouldn't have dared to even extend a finger.

Mr. Green murmured softly, "What do you mean 'still motionless'? We've persuaded quite a few to leave..."

The fat man, with his sharp ears, asked, "Try to leave? Can she talk?"

"Alright, stop worrying about this stuff," Gu Mian waved her hand. "Go look at the riddles."

The lanterns overhead swayed in the wind, somewhat resembling white banners hung at funerals.

The group looked up at the row of riddles under the white banner.

Because of Gu Mian's strong protest, Mr. Green and the female ghost hid in a nearby hut. These two were too conspicuous, and Gu Mian didn't want other players' attention to be constantly focused on her.

Although Mr. Green was in the small house next door, he kept a close eye on Gu Mian, as if afraid that he would run away or do something.

The female ghost beside her stood quietly, her hair covering her face, making it impossible to tell whether her eyes were open or not.

Watching Gu Mian and the other two move around under the white lanterns, Mr. Green whispered to the female ghost beside him, "When we get back to the dungeon, you'll continue to be my support... otherwise I won't be able to find any more laborers."

The female ghost's hair swayed, as if she were nodding or shaking her head.

Meanwhile, the fat man would occasionally glance sideways at Mr. Green and say, "Doctor, I'm worried that Greenie won't be able to get back from this event."

They agreed to only follow for a few hours, but what if they don't actually go back? Wouldn't these two have to follow them the whole time?

Gu Mian nodded: "So we must try our best to get him back; also, the name 'Green Oil' is quite unique."

"Alright," the fat man said with a pout, "Let's see if there are any easy riddles next."

The riddles in this godforsaken place are really going too far.

They either jumped headfirst into a well or crawled into a hole in the ground.

After several more rounds of ghostly apparitions, the three of them finally found a riddle that seemed a little easier.

"If you find a pool with skeletons by the water, and you hold the skeletons and sink to the bottom, what will happen to the skeletons?"

To be honest, this riddle is much scarier than the previous ones.

They still had to hold the bones as they went into the water.

However, the probability of accidents happening with the riddles in front of us is extremely high. Someone like Gu Mian, if he jumps headfirst into a well, there will definitely be no water. If he tries to crawl into a hole, the hole will definitely collapse.

So it's more practical to just take a broken bone and sink it in the bathtub.

The bathhouse is certainly not deep; one shouldn't drown.

Gu Mian stroked her chin, deep in thought.

Thank you

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(End of this chapter)