Pretty idiots are born to be played with and ruined by their husbands.

Chapter 73 The Grave in My Dream

Zhou Gangxun didn't know how long he had slept. When he opened his eyes, he found himself lying next to a lonely grave. To be precise, it was just a small mound of earth that had been haphazardly piled up, with a wooden plank hastily stuck on it as a tombstone.

It's clear that he wasn't valued before he was born; no one offered sacrifices to him, and no one swept his grave.

Weeds grew over it, and the wooden planks were crooked, but no one cared or knew about it.

Judging from the sand and gravel scattered all over the ground, a landslide must have occurred here as well, and the grave was probably slid down the mountain at that time.

Zhou Gangxun looked at the name of the deceased on the wooden board: Lin Dazhuang.

The deceased was not very old, born between 1983 and 2002. The wooden plank does not contain a detailed birth date.

Nineteen years old.

Same as Ruan Zhijuan's.

He bent down and knelt down, wanting to help the deceased rearrange the grave and the remains, "because you look pitiful."

But the more Zhou Gangxun dug, the less bottom he seemed to reach, as the soil around him that had been cleared away would always sink back down and fill the hole again.

Zhou Gangxun spent some time and finally dug out a corpse from the ground.

She looks exactly like him.

Or rather, it was him.

The corpse was dressed in a well-tailored bespoke suit, with neatly worn cuffs and a watch, indicating that it had just attended a business meeting or met with a business partner. Its mouth and nose were full of dirt, indicating that it had been buried and suffocated for some time. In its arms, it was holding a skeleton.

These should be the remains of the grave's owner.

Zhou Gangxun stared intently at his own corpse, questioning, "You have a wife, why are you clinging to someone else's bones? Are you shameless, Zhou Gangxun?"

No wonder he died.

Zhou Gangxun raised his hand and slapped "him," saying, "Serves you right..."

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden, severe dizziness and a strong urge to vomit swept over Zhou Gang. He was forced to wake up as if he were being forcibly pulled from drowning water, and opened his bloodshot eyes.

It was a dream.

Zhou Gangxun frowned, his face so gloomy it looked like it was about to drip water; his wife was missing.

……

Ruan Zhijuan didn't know how he ended up on Nieyin Mountain. When he realized it, he saw Bai Zhiqi leading him forward by the hand.

Strange spots appeared on Bai Zhiqi's exposed skin, with bruises and blood clots in some places. Her skin felt cool, like meat that had been frozen for a long time.

"Shall we play hide-and-seek?" He stopped, slowly turned around, and quietly looked at Ruan Zhijuan as he asked.

Before Ruan Zhijuan could answer, he stepped forward, covered her eyes, and said, "Count to ten, then come find me."

"I found it, so I'll give you something as a reward."

Bai Zhiqi guided Ruan Zhijuan to count, "One, two..."

"Three...four..."

Ruan Zhijuan counted along, seemingly not quite understanding what was happening. Bai Zhiqi's hand was still covering her eyes; how was she supposed to play hide-and-seek with him?

Being blinded by illusions can cause people to overlook certain facts.

Ruan Zhijuan kept repeating until she reached ten, then stopped.

When he looked again, there was no one around. He was the only one left in the vast forest. The trees were like silent, oppressive figures, standing in the dark and empty night, facing Ruan Zhijuan and watching him.

The leaves rustled in the nameless wind, and the branches and leaves on the ground creaked and groaned sharply.

……

On another part of the mountain.

Ji Huanping stood bewildered in the wind, carrying a camera. "Anle, I have a question. Did we come here together this time? What are we filming? Aren't we the directors?"

Ji felt there should be another actor involved.

Upon hearing this, Su Anle suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, instantly raising goosebumps. "Aqi... came with us, do you remember?" He had almost forgotten Aqi's existence once again.

Ji Huanping nodded, remembering, "Oh right, Aqi, he just said he needed to go to the restroom. He always does that. Let's wait a bit longer."

"Huanping, I've actually been feeling that Aqi is acting a bit strange lately. Ever since he came back from his audition, something's been off." Su Anle listed examples to Ji Huanping, "He wears such thick clothes every day, long sleeves and pants. The temperature is 27 or 28 degrees Celsius every day, sometimes even over 30 degrees. Doesn't he feel hot? But look at him, he doesn't have a single drop of sweat on him."

"And makeup, he's been making himself very, very white these days, as white as a dead person. And what's even more creepy is that I've seen him silently crawling on your back several times, like a ghost."

"Just now... do you remember?" Su Anle pointed to an open space in front of them. "When we passed by there, he kept leading us in circles. There was clearly a path there, but he insisted that it was blocked and there was no path..."

Some seemingly unbelievable points became clearer as Bai Zhiqi was no longer by their side. Ji Huanping thought for a moment and asked, "Anle, are you saying that Aqi is dead?"

Su Anle stopped abruptly: "..." It's not necessary to guess so accurately right away; we can try a roundabout approach. Ahhhhhh!

……

While playing hide-and-seek with Bai Zhiqi, Ruan Zhijuan suddenly lost her footing and fell into a deep pit.

Then he found Bai Zhiqi, who was folded up and fell down, her head severed, her eyes open and staring at him...

The corpse.

"You found it..." Bai Zhiqi's joyful voice suddenly came close to Ruan Zhijuan's ear.

Then Bai Zhiqi gracefully climbed down from his back.