I am a Flower Vase in an Infinite World / I Am a Useless flower in an infinite

Chapter 56

The mobile phone had no signal in the village, and one of his previous means of communication with Lin Yun was through the landline.

Why wasn't he answering the phone?!

He was so anxious that he almost paced in place.

"It's late, all late," Grandpa Ji muttered while sitting on the chair, trembling.

Ji Lianyan glanced at the old man. He had previously tried to engage in conversation, but the only thing the old man would say besides "It's late" was nothing else.

"Hello?" Lin Yun's voice came through the receiver.

Ji Ke hurriedly said, "What's happening on your end? Why did it take you so long to answer the phone?"

Ji Ke hastily said, "What happened on your end? Why did you take so long to answer the call?"

"Ran into a little trouble, what's up?"

Ji Ke turned to glance at the foolish old man, covering his mouth, and whispered, "I attended Tang Ning and Ji Lian Yan's wedding and found that the guests coming and going were not human!"

"While Ji Lian Yan was happily conversing with those unknown entities, every word and action differed from the Ji Lian Yan I first met."

"Hard to describe that difference; it felt like a stark contrast between one in the heavens and one on the earth." Ji Ke anxiously said, "I'm worried about Tang Ning, could he be in trouble?"

"Join me first," Lin Yun calmly said, "by the well at the village entrance; I have something to tell you."

"Alright." Ji Ke quickly hung up, preparing to leave. At the moment he was about to step out of the door, the old man who had been muttering suddenly said, "Dog."

Dog was Ji Ke's nickname in this village.

Ji Ke felt puzzled by the call, turned back, and the old man, still bowing his head, began muttering to himself, his elderly voice constantly repeating, "Too late."

Initially ignoring it, Ji Ke left, but after being interrupted just now, he no longer had the urgent desire to leave. Lingering unease compelled him to recall if he had missed something.

What could it be?

Ji Ke's gaze swept through the dilapidated room, finally landing on the old landline. He had never used such an old item, only knew about its usage from old TV shows. When he tried dialing earlier, there was no sound of buttons, and he didn't hear the typical dial tone while waiting for Lin Yun to answer.

Yet, Ji Ke lacked experience with such devices, so he stubbornly held the handset to his ear.

Approaching the landline, he took out his phone, turned on the flashlight mode. In the light, he saw the landline covered in dust, as if it hadn't been used for a long time.

That wasn't the focus.

The focus was the phone line of this landline, and it was severed.

Beep beep beep, the phone rang urgently.

Ji Ke slowly picked up the handset, listening to "Lin Yun" on the other end: "Why haven't you left yet? I'm waiting for you by the well—"

This time, without waiting for that entity to finish, Ji Ke hung up the phone.

Yet, a deep chill swept through his entire body because he realized a very serious problem—how did the other know he hadn't left yet? Unless...

Ji Ke abruptly looked at the window, the halo of the red lantern, as if something was hiding in the shadows.

It was midnight.

Qingming Festival, the time when the ghost gate opens wide.

Lin Yun had already been murdered, and he needed to ensure Tang Ning's safety. Tang Ning's ID card was crucial in this scenario; if Tang Ning fell tonight, the mission difficulty would skyrocket!

Even if he stayed hidden here, he might not avoid tonight's crisis, so it was better to go out and investigate.

Having made up his mind, Ji Ke quietly thanked the seemingly foolish old man before leaving. Then, Ji Ke sprinkled a gray-white powder on himself and strode out of the door.

Ji Ke moved swiftly.

Following the route from his memory, he arrived at the old house where Ji Lian Yan was. The house had no windows, and to glimpse the secrets inside, one could only use a small hole in the door.

Tang Ning had mentioned that there might be a monster behind this door that 'licks' eyes.

If the cost of spying was just getting 'licked' once, Ji Ke hoped it would be that simple. His heart pounded like a drum. Standing in front of the door, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, following the gray-white powder. Ji Ke clenched his teeth, overcoming the fear within, and slowly approached the door.

He heard a faint and intermittent sobbing, the crying breaking off each time, leaving a lingering sweetness in the mind.

"No, please, I beg you!"

"Don't undress."

What had happened?

Ji Ke stood frozen, his left eye aimed at the hole. In the cramped room, a red candle burned, and besides that, there was only a coffin painted in red.

A graceful hand emerged from the coffin, its snow-white wrist covered in layers of red marks, as if forcefully entwined by some object, leaving imprints.

Ji Ke was stupefied.

He held his breath, witnessing the beautiful hand suddenly gripping the edge of the coffin, the knuckles turning white from exertion.

Then, a tall figure abruptly sat up straight from the coffin, still clad in the remnants of wedding attire. In the glow of the red candle, the pale and mournful face possessed an eerie and chilling allure. A faint trace of fresh blood slowly oozed from the lips tinged with bluish color.

What added to the strangeness was that although only one person sat up in the coffin, the shadows reflected on the wall showed two distinct, flickering figures!

In an instant, "Ji Lianyan" abruptly turned his head, and his crimson eyes locked onto the intruder peering through.