HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]

HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
104 - Ghost Festival

Liu Wei Lin and Ling Qing Zhu sensed that someone was approaching them. Both are prepared to launch an attack if they do not hear a sound.


"I can't find Mo Huai. You guys are okay, right?"


!!


Liu Wei Lin gasped, "Brother Xiao?"


"True, it's me." Xiao Shuxiang was about to approach Liu Wei Lin when something seemed to be targeting him.


Xiao Shuxiang unhesitatingly darted and used his fist to punch anything that felt threatening to him.


His fist seemed to hit something and along with it, the white mist enveloping the place disappeared rapidly like his arrival.


!!


Liu Wei Lin was finally able to see his friends. But what is surprising is when the white fog disappears, the rows of houses and at the same time the horse carriage disappears.


Ling Qing Zhu and Wang Zhao gasped. What they saw was not the same as before. In front of them stretched a vast expanse of garden, decorated with elaborate and elegant ornaments, full of festive red color.


There is also a pavilion and a wide and winding veranda, green trees with rocky paths. All of it stretched before them and even beyond what could be seen by the eyes. The thing is, this is not what they saw while inside the carriage.


"What date is it today?" Xiao Shuxiang seriously asked. He made Liu Wei Lin flinch from realizing something.


Ling Qing Zhu replied as he realized it, "Hantom Festival Day."


Xiao Shuxiang turned his head when he heard his White Cat remark. He was just about to respond when his gaze pointed at something. Immediately, Xiao Shuxiang walked towards Wang Zhao who was standing beside Ling Qing Zhu.


Xiao Shuxiang's hand stretched out and grabbed Ling Qing Zhu's wrist, he scowled with a cringe said. "Why are you holding Wang Zhao's hand? Do you secretly like this young man?"


Wang Zhao gasped in shock. He only realized that when Ling Qing Zhu pulled her hand-the thin-veiled beautiful girls continued to hold it without ever being let go.


Wang Zhao's heart was shaken considering he had never been as close as ever to coming into contact with a female. The look on his face paled somewhat upon realizing that not only was the female held, the figure that did so was none other than Ling Qing Zhu.


Wang Zhao looked at his right wrist without being able to say anything. He's surprised not to play. He had not even heard Xiao Shuxiang's complaint.


Ling Qing Zhu himself looked at his Guardian Protector. He said calmly, "I saved Wang Zhao. Nothing special."


"But I saw you continue to hold her hand," Xiao Shuxiang's cheeks looked somewhat bubbly.


"I forgot,"


"White Cat! You forgot or were too comfortable holding her hand, huh?"


"Mn, both." Ling Qing Zhu's short answer surprised Xiao Shuxiang and almost made Wang Zhao and Liu Wei Lin stumble over their own feet.


Wang Zhao felt weak, he said. "Please don't bring me into your relationship. I'm a peace-loving young man,"


"Brother Xiao" Liu Wei Lin said. "Miss Ling is just teasing you, there's no need to* splash vinegar on your face until it's like that,"


^^^*jealous^^^^


"Where might I feel so," Xiao Shuxiang defended herself. He turned his head towards Liu Wei Lin and kept his White Cat hand.


Ling Qing Zhu himself was just about to respond when something suddenly happened. Xiao Shuxiang, Wang Zhao and Liu Wei Lin gasped. They also realize it.


"There is movement in front," Ling Qing Zhu said seriously. He saw no one but his friends, yet he could feel it.


"This voice .... Footsteps?" Wang Zhao heard something.


Xiao Shuxiang, "Look at that."


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Wang Zhao flinched and immediately looked ahead. His eyes widened as his gaze caught the thin mist that began to form many heads and bodies.


Liu Wei Lin gave a serious expression. In the previously spacious courtyard of the pavilion began to look over a hundred banquet tables with all the fine dining of special dishes.


Wang Zhao turned his head and watched for himself how the two thin fogs had formed an open gate in front of him with carvings of the 'Luck' character'.


The carving is emblazoned in a large bright red cloth and anyone will know the character of 'Luck' it is usually associated with marriage.


Is correct. This is a wedding with all its looks.


Liu Wei Lin closed his fan, "You guys saw it? These people ..... None of them have a face."


Wang Zhao nodded slowly. His pale face was still clearly visible, he even held his breath when he knew these people did not have faces like Liu Wei Lin had said.


Xiao Shuxiang and Ling Qing Zhu also knew. They noticed it first, before even hearing Liu Wei Lin's comments.


Xiao Shuxiang frowned, "Are I the only one who heard it or are those people chatting merrily and exuberantly?"


"Mn, I heard it too." Ling Qing Zhu responded.


"But-but..." Wang Zhao felt scared, "W-how are they talking?"


Liu Wei Lin, "It's not about the way he talks, but where the voices are coming from. Behold, they stand, sit and toast there. But they have a face that is empty and as if it were made of paper."


Xiao Shuxiang nudged Ling Qing Zhu and said, "White Cat. Look at that, if you don't talk much and you're always flat-out-you could turn out to be one of them,"


"No fear," Ling Qing Zhu responded with a calm tone of voice.


"Miss, I'm not scaring you." Xiao Shuxiang solemnly before finally looking forward. He continued to say to his friends, "So now what should we do? Did you go in there and have fun with them?"


Liu Wei Lin opened his fan, "Brother Xiao, are you kidding me?"


"Then what are we doing here? Time just stood still and watched the faceless scarecrow-" Xiao Shuxiang was just about to grumble upon hearing the sound of footsteps from a distance.


Wang Zhao and his friends turned around. They saw two long lines of people moving, as if out of the fog. Xiao Shuxiang and the others reflexively gave way to those people.


The motorcade is getting closer. Ling Qing Zhu saw that the ones leading the accompaniment were a boy and a girl. They looked like stuffed paper dolls for the dead.


The pair of children carried each one a candle in hand. Ling Qing Zhu noticed that the thick candle was decorated with interlocking carvings of dragons and phoenixes.


The motorcade walked in front of Xiao Shuxiang and his companions. He was surprised to see the line of these people who appeared to be corpses, even the bodies still have the same facial features as when they were alive.


"Mn?" Xiao Shuxiang was filled with curiosity. He watched closely and saw that the line of corpses that were walking in front of him had pale white skin with closed eyes. Most of the bodies appear to be 20 years old.


Wang Zhao looked bad-faced. He grabbed Xiao Shuxiang's arm with a gaze that remained straight ahead. Due to his actions, Xiao Shuxiang turned his head and immediately looked towards Wang Zhao's gaze.


!!


In one of the rows of corpses was Mo Huai. The young man followed behind a line of corpses with his head lowered. Mo Huai's eyes were also covered, his face was pale and the way he walked was exactly the same as these corpses. Wang Zhao had absolutely no idea if the young man was still alive or dead.


Xiao Shuxiang was about to rush over to pull Mo Huai when his wrist was gripped first by Liu Wei Lin. He nodded and immediately looked.


"What---" Xiao Shuxiang was about to ask when Liu Wei Lin gestured him not to make a sound. Ling Qing Zhu and Wang Zhao came to see him.


Liu Wei Lin whispered, "Hold yourself. Don't be in a hurry,"


Xiao Shuxiang, "But Mo Huai..."


"I know," Liu Wei Lin said softly, "But try to pay attention to our current situation. This is the Ghost Wedding Festival, you can't get Mo Huai out without preparation. And even though the ghosts seem oblivious to our existence-it does not mean we will continue to be ignored. If you're not careful and you pull Mo Huai instead, it'll make this motorcade chaotic. These ghosts could've attacked us all at once,"


Xiao Shuxiang did not want to imagine that. It would be bad if what Liu Wei Lin said came true. "So how should it be? Is it just waiting?"


Liu Wei Li opened his fan and was so careful as he spoke, "We'll go undercover."


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