As Ning Qiushui was speaking, he suddenly seemed to have discovered something. After rummaging through the refrigerator, he took out several pieces of meat. These meats were vacuum - packed without any labels. Inside, there were some blackish things in all of them. However, due to the large amount of crushed ice, they couldn't tell what these were.
So, Ning Qiushui handed the meat to Liu Chengfeng beside him. "Cut it open and take a look."
Liu Chengfeng took out a knife and cut through the vacuum - packed plastic bag outside, but then suddenly froze. "Holy shit..."
He stared at the meat in the vacuum - packed plastic bag and couldn't help but curse. What was contained in the vacuum - packed plastic bag was actually a piece of meat with thick hair on it! Judging from the position of the hair, it should be from the leg... and it was human!
"Is this... human flesh in this damn bag?!" Liu Chengfeng was so scared that he directly threw away the piece of meat in his hand. The frozen and stiff piece of meat fell to the ground, making a clear clattering sound.
He suddenly thought of the meat they had eaten before and couldn't help but retch. Liu Chengfeng knew that what he had eaten was indeed beef, but he still felt extremely nauseous.
Ning Qiushui picked up the piece of meat on the ground, examined it carefully, and finally put it back into the bag. "I think I know why the old lady on the second floor doesn't eat meat..."
Liu Chengfeng, who had finally managed to hold back his urge to vomit, said with a pale face, "Why?"
Ning Qiushui said slowly, "Because before us, someone had fed the old lady this kind of meat, causing the old lady to have a serious psychological shadow on meat..."
"And don't you think it's very strange?"
Liu Chengfeng frowned. "What's strange?"
After wrapping the meat, Ning Qiushui stuffed it back into the refrigerator. "The old lady is clearly paralyzed, but there are many steel bars nailed to the windows in the room, as if they're extremely afraid that the old lady will escape..."
Liu Chengfeng thought about it carefully, and it was indeed the case. But then, he felt a chill all over his body, as if he had thought of something terrifying... "You mean, the old lady's paralysis..."
Ning Qiushui's eyes were sharp as he nodded. "Most likely."
"However, this is not the scariest part. The truly terrifying thing... is yet to come."
As he spoke, he picked out a piece of lean mutton from the refrigerator and threw it to Liu Chengfeng.
"There's something even more terrifying?" Liu Chengfeng caught the mutton, his face looking extremely ugly.
Ning Qiushui's brows knitted into a small knot. "Haven't you noticed... there aren't any photos in this family?"
Liu Chengfeng, who was cutting the meat, paused for a moment.
Indeed. The little girl that the hostess of the villa had been leading before was at least eight or nine years old. After all these years, even if the male and female owners got divorced, there should at least be some photos of the woman and her daughter left in the house... But in fact, there were no photos of the woman, the little girl, or the old lady on the second floor on the first and second floors at all!
Why... was this the case?
"And, if I'm not mistaken, those women's shoes in the shoe cabinet at the door..." Ning Qiushui said, then suddenly stopped and finally shook his head.
"Forget it..."
"Let's cook first."
"Many of our doubts... should be answered tonight."
Seeing that Ning Qiushui didn't want to say more, Liu Chengfeng was sensible enough not to ask further. But he secretly sized up Ning Qiushui.
This man... was really strange. Whether it was the human skin of the fat guy they saw before or the series of strange things they encountered in the world behind the Blood Gate later, he didn't show too much panic.
Even... he was eerily calm!
Liu Chengfeng had never seen such terrifying psychological quality in his past thirty - odd years!
Was he really a veterinarian in the outside world? Liu Chengfeng began to be extremely curious about Ning Qiushui.
...
At dinner.
Everyone sat at the dining table, silent.
"Liu Chengfeng, why aren't you eating the dishes?" Xue Guize noticed with care that Liu Chengfeng, the cook, had only served himself a little plain rice porridge and didn't touch the dishes at all.
The mutton tonight smelled very fragrant. But Liu Chengfeng didn't take a single bite of it. He even placed the mutton in the corner farthest from himself.
"Ah? Dishes?"
"Oh right, the dishes... I, my stomach doesn't feel well..." Liu Chengfeng mumbled, his face looking unpleasant.
He and Ning Qiushui hadn't told everyone about the human flesh in the refrigerator. After all, two people in their group had already died. Everyone was like a frightened bird. If they revealed this news, it would only increase their fear. Moreover, even if everyone knew this news, it wouldn't help them survive.
The mission required them to take care of the old lady in the villa area for five days, so they had to stay in this place for exactly five days.
After finishing dinner, everyone was faced with a new problem -
What to do with Yan Youping.
With the two girls already dead, Yan Youping was the only girl left in the team.
Could it be... that she had to sleep in a room alone?
"I... I don't want to sleep alone!" Yan Youping said, on the verge of crying as she sensed the strange atmosphere.
Are you kidding?
Asking her to sleep alone in such a terrifying place? What was the difference between that and killing her directly?
Compared with life and death, the issue of男女授受不亲 (men and women should avoid physical contact) didn't matter to Yan Youping at all!
"Well then... you can sleep with us tonight. We two will sleep on the sofa, and you can sleep on the bed." Bei Dao said.
Xue Guize didn't have any objections either. After all... the number of people in the team was getting smaller and smaller. The more people died, the more dangerous it would be for the remaining ones!
Yan Youping nodded and gave the two a grateful look.
This scene was noticed by Ning Qiushui. He slightly shook his head.
Ning Qiushui knew that if the ghost hiding in the dark of the villa wanted to kill, it would be useless even if a hundred people were gathered together.
Seeing that the expressions of several people had improved a bit, he said, "It's getting late. Everyone should rest early... Also, remember to check the doors and windows and make sure they're closed properly."
"After today, there are only three days left before we can leave."
Everyone nodded.
After turning off the lights in the first - floor hall, Ning Qiushui went to the second floor with them. After seeing everyone enter their respective rooms, he turned off the lights in the corridor.
The switch for this light was at the stairway. Generally speaking, the light switches in such places were two - way or even multi - way. Turning on at one place and turning off at another place would be more convenient to use. But for some reason, the light in the corridor on the second floor of the villa was designed as a single - way switch.
As the corridor light went out, the entire villa was plunged into pitch - black darkness in an instant!
Ning Qiushui felt a bit creepy. Just as he was about to walk towards his room, he suddenly heard a faint sound coming from not far behind him.
This sound wasn't loud, but in the deathly silence of the darkness, it was so clear!
That was... the sound of the iron door lock leading to the third floor being opened!
Ning Qiushui's body stiffened.
Upstairs...
It seemed that something was coming down!
And... it was right behind him!