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When the two of us came out of the train station, it was already afternoon. According to Tang Rou, the disciple of the restaurant was still several dozen miles away.

He had thought that an hour would be enough for him to travel dozens of miles by car, but he had never expected that the traffic would be so slow.

The most important thing was that there was no way to get through. The old man lived in the mountains.

After a long inquiry, the two of us received this information.

There was only one way to get to that place, and that was to take the local motorcycle, which was very common. However, they had to take a detour, and would arrive around 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening.

However, when Tang Rou and I were asking around for directions, we clearly felt that this country bumpkin in front of us was somewhat of a scammer.

Seeing this, I quickly took out another cigarette and offered it to her.

"Are there any faster ways? We don't have that much time to waste."

The other party hesitated for a moment, then took the cigarette from my hand. After looking around and confirming that no one was nearby, he lowered his voice and said.

"Actually, there isn't any other way to go about it. However, you've come at the wrong time. Normally, there wouldn't be any problems, but now, at this time …"

After saying this, the man's face revealed a troubled expression.

"What the hell is going on? You can just say it directly."

"Originally, the distance from here to the place you guys are heading to isn't too far in a straight line. We can basically reach that river a dozen miles away, but recently, the water hasn't been peaceful, and it should be night time and no one will be willing to drive you there."

I've never heard of such a thing as not being able to sail at night.

"What did you mean by 'not peaceful'?"

The middle-aged man looked over Tang Rou's body up and down, his eyes staring straight ahead. Although Tang Rou wasn't particularly sexy today, with her beauty and figure, it was rare to see her in the countryside.

Perhaps it was because the beauty was so attractive, but the middle-aged man simply put down the tools in his hand and sat cross-legged on it.

"You're from a foreign land, so you definitely don't know what's going on here. The reason why I didn't tell you about the other water path is because by the time we arrived at the river bank, it had already become dark, and we've always had a rule here, and that is we can't sail at night."

This was the first time I had heard of this type of custom, so I was also a bit interested. In particular, Tang Rou's eyes were shining with excitement, making me feel that there was something fishy going on here.

"Can you be more specific when the time comes?"

Tang Rou began acting cute again. Sure enough, the middle-aged man couldn't take it anymore and laughed dryly before continuing.

It seems like last month, just like this day, there were a few foreign tourists who refused to listen to the advice and insisted on going to the other side of the river. They said that they were in a hurry, and none of the local boat owners dared to go.

When he said this, the man's face immediately revealed a bit of fear. Seeing how Tang Rou and I were anxiously looking at him, he continued.

"And guess what? As soon as the boat reached the middle of the river, it suddenly stopped moving forward. That night, it was supposed to be calm, but the boat just started spinning right in the middle of the river. "

At this point, the man couldn't help but click his tongue. When I saw the cigarette in the other party's hand, he immediately lit another cigarette.

This man had a rustic tone to his words, but his narration skills were quite good. He directly brought Tang Rou and I into the situation.

"People die for money, birds die for food. That's not bad at all. Unfortunately, there were 7 or 8 people on that boat, and they were both men and women. They were forcefully dragged in by the water and became scapegoats."

Tang Rou and I looked at each other. I felt like this man was exaggerating a bit. Even if someone did die, it was probably because the boat was broken or something else happened.

After all, the water ghost only existed in the legends of the market.

Looking at you two, it seems you don't believe me. I've already told you guys many good things, I'd rather take a detour, or I could just find a country kid and give them some money. We'll leave tomorrow morning, or we'll be harming ourselves and everyone else.

"Uncle, did you say so or did you see it with your own eyes?"

This sentence made the middle-aged man somewhat unhappy. He immediately opened his eyes wide, straightened his body, and raised his voice.

"Look at you, little girl. You are very beautiful, why do you not trust others? If you don't believe me, just ask around from that person in the nearby village. I'm sure you'll find out more than I do. The corpses in the water are fished out from the bushes on the shore after three days, they're all swollen … The pitiful one is that boatman. He lost his life trying to earn two pieces of money, but he still has a beautiful little widow. What a pity. "

At the end of his speech, the man's expression turned wretched as the topic of conversation became more and more irrelevant.

Tang Rou and I didn't continue interrogating each other. From our conversation just now, we learned that if we followed the road straight ahead, if there was a motorcycle, we would arrive at the river bank in an hour.

It was around 4pm, so he carefully calculated. If he was lucky, he should be able to catch the last boat by the river, and no matter what, he had to give it a try.

When I hired the motorcycle, I finally understood why Tang Rou was so excited.

After I opened up my fan group, I found that there were complaints and complaints inside. Without exception, all of them were asking me why I didn't continue the live broadcast, and of course, there were also a few people who were guessing if we were in danger due to messing with something bad.

"If you stop the live broadcast for two days in a row, your fans would probably be snatched away by others very soon. Don't you think that the story we just heard, whether it is true or false, is a good material? If you use it well, won't you be able to fool the live broadcast today?"