Rules Strange Talk: They Say I Have Multiple Personalities

The players looked towards the entrance.

Xiang Ma asked, "Should we open the door?"

Bi Yi petted the dog's head. "Wangwang, look around, find where the rules are."

Wangwang tilted its head and sniffed.

It had leveled up again, and its sensitivity and perception were much higher than before.

It looked around and ran to the door, lifting its paw to push open the bolt and open the door.

An old man stood outside the door, wearing a black long robe and mandarin jacket, but the frog fasteners were festive bright red. He held a long pipe in his hand, put the mouthpiece in his mouth, and took a puff, and the cigarette lit up.

The old man looked up at the crowd in the yard, spitting out a cloud of white smoke as he spoke.

"Someone in the village is marrying off their daughter and holding a banquet at the village entrance. Everyone in the village has to go and help. You young people can just go and eat. By the way, this marriage is not simple. If you don't want your heads to be separated from your bodies, listen to your uncle's words."

"One: Don't ask around in the village, especially about the bride."

"Two: Don't stare at the bride. When you hear the bride coming out, quickly lower your heads."

"Three: Stay away from the wedding sedan. Don't touch it, don't look at it. Pretend you don't hear any sounds coming from the sedan."

"Four: When you're at the banquet, just eat properly. Finish the dishes on your table, and come back quickly after eating. Don't join in the fun."

"Five:…"

The old man picked up his pipe and took another puff, the smoke he exhaled obscuring half of his face. Behind him was the darkness, and the red lantern hanging at the door made the red frog fasteners on his body particularly bright.

His eyes seemed to be looking at the people in the yard, but also seemed not to be looking at them, but his voice gradually lowered.

"Five: Don't turn your head back no matter who calls you on the way home."

"Six: People often burn incense at the village intersections. If you see a fire, quickly go around it, take a detour to come back."

"Seven: When you come back, if you see a pair of red embroidered shoes at the door, don't go inside. Come to the village entrance to find me."

"Eight: If you see people carrying a coffin on the road, pretend you don't see it, walk your own way, and don't care about anything."

"Nine: There's a custom in the village: celebrations last for three days, and funerals last for seven days. Whether it's a celebration or a funeral, don't run around during this time, especially don't leave the village. Wait until it's over before going out, otherwise, you won't be able to find your way back~"

The old man turned around, one hand behind his back and the other holding his pipe.

"The banquet is starting! Hurry to the village entrance to eat! Every household must be there!"

He shouted as he walked away.

The people in the yard felt a gust of cold wind blowing in for no reason, and the chill penetrated their clothes and scraped their skin.

It was so cold that everyone got goosebumps.

Shi Chao turned to look at Bi Yi, "Are you cold in short sleeves?"

Bi Yi shook his head, "I'm not cold."

"That's good. Tell me if you're cold. I have clothes in my backpack."

"Okay."

Bi Yi put his hands in his pockets.

His eyes darted around, looking everywhere.

"Are we going to the banquet? He came all the way to tell us, we definitely have to go, right?"

Everyone obviously knew about this, but they were just preparing themselves mentally.

Xia Xinmei took the lead and strode forward, "Let's go. Have you memorized all the rules?"

The players behind her nodded repeatedly.

"We've memorized them."

The audience was watching the replay, copying the rules by hand, and couldn't help but sigh when they heard this.

【The players have a pretty good memory. They memorized it after hearing it once.】

【They weren't like this at the beginning. At the beginning, Xiang Ma always kept the rules in his pocket and had to take them out to look at them. Now it's the result of training.】

【I don't know how they trained, I want to learn it too. My memory is not good, I can never remember the questions the teacher taught.】

【Me too, but it must not be easy to train like this in such a short period of time. Look at how their temperament has changed, it's like they've been reborn. They stand up straight, the men are handsome and the women are cool, it's quite pleasing to the eye.】

【Speaking of which, is Bi Yi really not cold? I see his hairs are standing on end.】

【Mind your own business about handsome guys, if he says he's not cold, then he's not cold. Didn't you see that Brother Bi even did his hair today? How handsome, what's cold.】

【I've finished copying, I've copied all the rules, but I have a question. Someone in the village is marrying off their daughter, why are there 'happiness' characters posted in the yard where the players are? And red silk, shouldn't that be decorated by the family getting married?】

【Hiss! Now that you mention it, it's very strange, and what is the identity of the players? Are they the children of this family? Or guests staying there?】

【Remind the players to pay attention to this issue. The last round was Western horror, mainly based on blood and violence. This round is Eastern horror, which is too terrifying. Once you get involved, you can't see it, you can't touch it, and you can't get rid of it.】

Immediately, an audience member spent contribution points to remind the players not to miss this detail.

【Only the family of the person getting married will post 'happiness' characters and hang red silk. Someone in the village is marrying off their daughter, but the yard you were just in is decorated very festively, which is very wrong.】

【The old man didn't introduce his identity or your identity. It's not clear whether you are the children of this family or guests, so you must be careful.】

The players finished reading these two prompts in one glance.

After that, everyone looked at the dark path again, and the festive red lanterns at the entrance of the village, and their hearts suddenly became complicated.

Zhuang Xueqing said, "We're not going to be the daughters being married off, are we?"

Shi Chao recalled the rules, "It shouldn't be. We have men too, we can't all be married off. Maybe the bride being married off is related to the house we live in."

Zhuang Xueqing thought for a moment after hearing this, "This explanation is indeed possible."

Qiu Ye immediately interjected, "If that's the case, it means we're related to this bride, then can we not look at her or touch the bridal sedan?"

"…"

Bi Yi looked at the banquet set up at the entrance of the village, "Then we'll just eat our fill and ignore people? Didn't that uncle say that young people can just go and eat?"

That's right.

It's definitely not okay not to go to the banquet. The uncle said everyone in the village has to go.

The group once again stepped on the stone slab road and approached the entrance of the village.

Many people were busy here, and dishes were placed on every table. Some people were already sitting down and eating.

Everyone was talking and laughing, saying congratulatory words.

Each table was for eight people, but the players took two stools from the side and squeezed into one table.

Just as they sat down, the sound of a suona came from far to near.

Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a group of people coming from outside the village. They were carrying a bridal sedan, playing the suona, and beating gongs and drums, coming here in a mighty manner.

The players quickly lowered their heads and ate their food.

But at this moment, they suddenly heard someone shouting in the house, "The bride has run away!"

"…"

The scene suddenly became chaotic, and everyone eating at the banquet stood up and walked around.

"The bride has run away!"

"Which way did she run?"

"A child saw her going to the Liu family in the east, it must be that Liu family boy trying to steal the bride!"

"Go and see!"