C91 escape

"Don't just look at it yourself."

Tang Rou was also standing next to me. She followed my example and punctured a hole in the window paper to look into the house.

"Is that a human or something?"

Tang Rou's voice was a bit shaky. I don't even know who she was.

"Do you want to take a picture with your cellphone?"

I didn't dare agree to Tang Rou's bold suggestion. I hastily waved my hands at Tang Rou, but the lightning that had stopped suddenly flashed again.

The instant the thunder sounded out, Tang Rou suddenly covered her throat and let out a muffled shriek.

I immediately realized that Tang Rou must have clearly seen what was inside. Soon after, I curiously looked up. This look didn't seem to matter, but it scared me so much that I almost fell to the ground.

The interior of the house was clearly illuminated by the lightning. I saw a figure with dishevelled hair kneeling in the corner, shaking his body continuously as if he was gnawing on the coffin.

This situation was truly frightening.

When darkness returned to the room and we couldn't see anything clearly, I immediately squatted down and looked Tang Rou in the eye. I couldn't say a word.

"The old man?"

Of course, I understood what Tang Rou meant. The person who was squatting in the corner and gnawing on the coffin board was that old man.

But soon, I remembered that something wasn't right. I remembered clearly that the old man's clothes were different from the one on the corner of the wall. The old man's hair was only white, but the hair on his head was already as white as snow.

It was only then that I remembered. Ever since I entered the courtyard, I thought that the old man was the only one living in the courtyard. I didn't ask him if he had any companions.

"No matter who he is, why is he squatting there in the middle of the night and chewing on the coffin board?"

Even before I could reply, Tang Rou unexpectedly stood up again and leaned against the window, as if she had clearly seen the situation inside. Truthfully speaking, I was extremely curious, but I thought that as long as no one inside the house discovered her, there shouldn't be any problems, so like Tang Rou, she stuck her bottom out and stuck her eyes into the hole in the window.

The heavens didn't let me down. Lightning flashed again and again.

The more I looked at it, the more I felt that there was something wrong with my judgement. The person inside was not chewing on the coffin board, although I couldn't see it clearly, but it was obvious that the person was chewing on something black in his mouth. From time to time, there was a sound of satisfied swallowing.

It was absolutely impossible for a person to make such a gurgling sound while chewing wood, but if it wasn't eating wood, then what was it?

From my angle, there's no way to see it clearly, let alone Tang Rou, so Tang Rou actually moved behind me and moved to the corner of the window. She once again extended her hand to poke at the window paper.

Just at this moment, a clap of thunder seemingly came from above the two of us, scaring Tang Rou's hand into trembling. With a bang, it knocked over the tile next to the window, causing a clear sound to ring out in the room.

At this moment, the figure that was squatting in the corner and gnawing on something suddenly stopped and turned around.

It was the face of an old lady with dark green hair and purple pupils. The scariest part was that there was a piece of flesh hanging on the corner of the old lady's mouth.

The reason why I called it a piece of minced meat was because I could clearly see what was in the old lady's hand. It wasn't a coffin board at all, nor was it anything else, but an arm.

Moreover, the old lady looked towards the window while licking her lips. While her tongue was moving, a maggot was moving back and forth between her lips, and the old lady rolled the maggot's tongue into her mouth, quickly chewing it twice and letting out a sound of satisfaction.

If I hadn't directly covered my mouth, then perhaps I would have shouted out loud. Tang Rou, who was next to me, didn't see clearly and had to move forward to let me pull her away.

"Who's outside?"

The old man's voice came from the other room, and I saw the light.

The old lady was eating the dead, and she didn't look like a normal person either. No wonder I could smell a strong smell of the dead ever since I entered this village, especially in this courtyard.

"Hurry up and leave this place, it's too scary."

I stopped Tang Rou without saying anything and ran to the entrance. At this moment, the lights were already floating towards the courtyard.

It was already too late to climb over the wall. I had previously observed that the door was already in tatters, so I didn't bother to read before raising my leg to kick it. As expected, the door opened with a clang and struck towards the wall.

I heard the sounds of cursing coming from inside the house and didn't dare to stay here any longer. I grabbed Tang Rou's hand and, while the sky was still dark, followed my memories and ran towards the village entrance.

I was worried that the old man might chase me out, but after running for a while, I found that there was no other sound except the sound of the mountain wind.

"What did you see?"

Tang Rou had been dragged along by me the entire time. At this moment, she seemed to have lost all her strength and refused to run any further. She stopped and put her hands on her knees as she panted heavily.

I explained in detail what I had just seen. Tang Rou immediately covered her mouth and started puking.

From this, it was very likely that the meat in the bowl was actually taken from a dead person. This old couple actually ate a dead person's meat. This was too shocking.

"What kind of place is this? How could something like this happen?"

Tang Rou puked for a long time. Her face was already a bit waxy yellow. Her belly was gradually starting to turn white. It looked like dawn was about to arrive.