Several people left the Lake of Despair, and the fog on the lake slowly dissipated.
George suddenly resurrected with blood, "Oh, the lake is really magical, as mysterious as the legend, this is really a magical place."
Bai Yunxi glanced at George and sneered: "The lake is dangerous."
George said disapprovingly: "It's okay. We may have encountered extreme weather conditions. It's a pity. I was too nervous just now and forgot to take a photo..."
Bai Yunxi: "..." Love selfies, as expected, there is no border.
"If I had just photographed it, my friend would definitely admire me." George said cheerfully.
Ye Fan nodded and said, "Yes, they will give you a thumbs-up."
George looked at Ye Fan, thinking that he had found his soulmate, "Otherwise, we will go back now!"
Bai Yunxi: "..." George This guy, the scar is really healed and forgot to hurt.
"Mr. George, there are water ghosts in this lake, you still don't get close." The village chief said nervously.
Bai Yunxi found that the village head was very enthusiastic about George, but he seemed to be hiding something.
"Water ghosts, there are no ghosts in this world at all. The scene in this lake can certainly be explained scientifically and reasonably. Perhaps, you can invite an expert who studies the weather." George talked freely.
Bai Yunxi rolled his eyes and secretly said: This guy was scared of Liushen Wuzhu, this would be nothing unusual.
...
Bai Yunxi and Ye Fan sat in the room opposite each other.
"What do you think about the Lake of Souls?" Bai Yunxi asked.
Just as Ye Fan wanted to speak, there was a knock on the door.
Bai Yunxi opened the door and saw Chen Ran.
"Mr. Bai, Mr. Ye, I'm sorry to disturb you so late." Chen Ran said apologetically.
"Mr. Chen came so late, there is something!"
Chen Ran nodded and said, "There are some things. After George came to China, he was looking for investment opportunities. A few days ago, the mayor above Huai Village knew about George’s investment idea, and he also knew that George liked supernatural events, so he recommends Huai village .”
Bai Yunxi secretly said: Do you attract investment? The mayor has come forward, and George's background seems a bit difficult!
"This Huai Village is very weird. There are a lot of people going out, but there are not many people who have a good future. I heard that the people who went out in Huai Village had a good end. Some broke their legs on the construction site. People gamble outside and lose everything."
"Now, many of the villages are poor households. I think the scenery here is pretty good. Young Master Bai, do you think it is worth investing here?"
Bai Yunxi considered it, no Answered: "Mr. Chen, why would you think of asking me?"
"When I looked at Mr. Bai, I felt that Mr. Bai is not an ordinary person." Chen Ran said.
"I think Mr. George is not an ordinary person."
Chen Ran smiled bitterly, and said: "George is from a good background, but after he got the certificate with me, he was driven out of the house by his father."
Ye Fan blinked Said with some sympathy: "Expelled from the house, his father is too unenlightened. I heard that foreign parents are more open? I stayed with Yunxi and I got the support of two parents."
Chen Ran: "... …"
Bai Yunxi thought for a while, and said euphemistically: "I don't know, did Mr. Chen notice that there are obviously many boys and than girls in this village."
Chen Ran smiled and said, "It seems to be."
"It's normal . Next, the ratio of boys to girls should be about the same, but there are very few women in this village. Mr. Chen can check this information before considering investment." Bai Yunxi said.
Chen Ran was stunned for a moment, and said quickly: "Thank you, Bai Shao for your advice."
......
Ye Fan looked at Bai Yunxi and said, "Yunxi, you also saw it."
"Almost, there are many drowned girls in the lake. The children may go to the lake to swim, but how can the girls ran into the lake?. The only possibility is that they was drowned when they was born."
Patriarchal patriarchy has always been a bad habit in many places. Now in many parts of China, the idea that not having a boy is equal to a household is still deeply rooted.
A few decades ago, there was a three-year famine. At that time, many people starved to death. Under extreme circumstances, people would do some terrible things.
There were a lot of baby girls in the lake, and they probably died at that time, but there are still a lot of them one after another.
"I just met a female ghost eldest sister head when I was by the lake!"
"Big eldest sister head?" Bai Yunxi said suspiciously.
"Yes! There are only two factions in the lake, female ghosts, male ghosts, and female ghosts. All ghosts were discarded by their parents and drowned in the lake, while male ghosts were deeply resentful by the lake because baby girl was pulled them down."
"So, all the guys who drowned were boys?" Bai Yunxi asked.
"Well, almost." Ye Fan nodded and said. "There are too many grieving ghosts in that lake, it seems that terrible ghosts have been breeding!"
...
Several villagers gathered in the village chief's house.
"The village chief, let these outsiders come in, okay? If you let those guys know, then..."
The village chief took a cigarette and said, "Then what do you think? The surrounding villages are getting richer, that's our village. They are getting poorer and poorer, and the dealers do not grow well. Those who go out to work often have accidents. It means that the foreigner is a rich man. We won him, let alone tens of millions. A few hundred million is not a problem, will you have money then?"
"Can people be willing to invest?"
"That's a rich second-generation master who doesn't need money. He is young and doesn't understand our situation. Let's take care of him. We are not afraid that he will not invest!"
"That foreigner seems to be a bunny. This foreigner likes so special, just I like this one who doesn’t lay eggs. Two men are together. Isn’t it going to be extinct?"
"I heard that foreigners are extinct!"
"What do these foreigners think! Why can't they think so?"
"The one with that foreigner seems to be a pair too. It seems that they are quite rich. The rich now are really strange. They like men. In the future, who will the property be left to!"
The village chief said coldly. The speaker glanced at it and said, "If you are in charge of who the others leave it to, they will definitely not leave it to you."
...
Bai Yunxi's phone rang, and Bai Yunxi connected the phone, a bit of joy flashed across his face.
"Is there any good news?"
Bai Yunxi nodded and said, "Yes, the trailer company I contacted before has already repaired the car for good luck."
Ye Fan said excitedly: "Great, so we don't have to rub people. The car is out."
Bai Yunxi glared at Ye Fan and said: "You dare to say, how could the car break down if you didn't drive like this."
Bai Yunxi walked out and handed over to the people from the trailer company.
Bai Yunxi was a little surprised to find that a bunch of red and green hairs followed the people from the trailer company into the village.
Bai Yunxi learned about it from the words of several rich second generations.
Ye Fan ran into a race with a few rich second-generation racers by mistake, and finally took red away. These guys were not convinced and came to Ye Fan to challenge.
Ye Fan stuck his waist and looked at the few people in front of him, "Racing cars? I'm not interested!"
"Do you look down on us?" a red hair said displeased.
"Your speed is too slow, besides, racing is not my hobby either." Ye Fan said lightly.
Ye Fan was telling the truth, but the rich second-generation generations were irritated by Ye Fan's arrogant attitude.
"Then what is your hobby?"
"Hobby? My hobby is treasure hunting!" Ye Fan said.
There are many ancient tombs in this place. Treasure hunting is a euphemism for tomb robbery. Ye Fan said that several rich second generations expressed their contempt for Ye Fan!
Chen Ran went to the police station in Huai Village to find a few villagers and found some surprising clues.
When Chen Ran returned, he saw Ye Fan being besieged by several rich second generations.
Ye Fan finally got rid of the entanglement of a few rich second generations.
"Those guys are so troublesome!" Ye Fan walked into the house a little depressed.
Bai Yunxi rolled his eyes and said, "If your attitude wasn't too mad, people wouldn't haunt you so much."
"Then I would drive faster than them!"
"You cheated, what's so good about you ?"Bai Yunxi said coldly.
"I don't cheat, and I drive fast!" Ye Fan said.
Chen Ran rolled his eyes and said, "I saw your car at the door. It's a good car!"
Bai Yunxi smiled and said, "It's okay, Mr. Chen, what's the matter with us?"
Chen Ran nodded immediately and said, "There are some things. I went to the police station and checked the population records of Huai Village. Decades ago, in the era of the Three-Year Famine, the number of girls born in Huai Village dropped sharply. Since then, the male to female ratio has been out of balance."
"There are few girls from Huai Village, which leads to only marrying wives from outside villages, but I don’t know why, people from outside villages are not very happy to marry, so people in Huai Village can only buy women from traffickers. However, not all villagers can buy it. Many villagers can only bachelor."
"Now that there are few female babies born, you can use the relationship between men and women to distinguish between men and women, and they will be killed if they are girls." Although the state explicitly prohibits this method, there are always people who can take risks for the sake of money.
"However, there should be no such means in that era. I don't know what happened to those baby girls!" Chen Ran said in confusion.
"Those missing girls! They are all in the lake." Ye Fan said casually.
Chen Ran originally wanted to say something, but his face paled in shock by Ye Fan's words. "Ye Shao, what are you talking about."
Ye Fan smiled and said, "It's nothing."
Chen Ran calmly said, "The Lake of Souls has existed for hundreds of years, but it seems that the abnormality appeared in the past few hundred years. Ten years ago..." It was almost three years of famine in this calculation.
Chen Ran suddenly thought of a possibility. When the country was hungry, he would always choose to protect himself. In that era, many girls were drowned. After that, the national family planning and infanticide became a habit. .
Chen Ran’s heart was pounding, and he secretly said: If there is a problem in the Lake of Souls, it is because of the evil spirits of the dead girls, it is no wonder that George asked about the source of the abnormality of Lake of Souls, and the village chief always covered it up. .