She set off to the mountain from the hotel with Song Shuang after she put on the down jacket.

It was midwinter now.

People hid inside their houses to watch TV or use their phones early at night with the heat on. Some locals even gathered together to play cards.

Only a few people wandered outside at night.

Some film shootings in Caixia Town in recent years contributed to the construction of the tourist projects here.

But there were only a few tourists.

There were not many tourists during spring and autumn, let alone winter.

Gu Baisheng was dressed in white while Song Shuang was dressed in black.

When they passed by the little shop on their way to the mountain, the owner walked out and shouted at them because she noticed Gu Baisheng's white jacket, "Are you going to the mountain?"

Gu Baisheng stopped, turned around, and answered, "Yes."

The shop owner was a woman in her 30s.

She looked a bit chubby because she had just had her second child, and she looked very friendly, too.

She seemed to be very talkative.

She suggested, "It's very cold and dark. Why do you want to go uphill?"

Gu Baisheng looked at Song Shuang.

Song Shuang said, "I heard there was a road of the statues of the Chinese Zodiac, so I want to have a look."

"The temple fair will be held in a few days. It'll be better for you to enjoy it during the daytime. It's not safe to go there at night." After saying so, she added more details, "There's an outsider on the mountain. He's been living at the graveyard for a few days. He seems to be mental. What if he hurts you?"

Gu Baisheng knew that she was talking about Xiao Rong.

If she was sure that Xiao Rong was there, she had to go.

"Has he been staying at the graveyard?"

She asked.

The shop owner nodded, "Yes, he's not a local. Someone suggested that he should go downhill, but he refused. He never talked with anyone, either."

Gu Baisheng sighed in her heart.

Xiao Rong couldn't speak at all, so he wouldn't talk to anyone.

"Thanks."

Gu Baisheng thanked the shop owner.

The shop owner thought Gu Baisheng would leave after thanking her.

Unexpectedly, Gu Baisheng and Song Shuang insisted on doing so after hearing her words.

"Hey, why don't you listen to me?"

She felt her suggestion wasn't appreciated.

Gu Baisheng was talking to Song Shuang while walking, "Xiao Rong must be traumatized."

"It's understandable."

Most people would be traumatized if they witnessed someone's death.

It would be more shocking to witness the death of someone who was very close to him.

"Xiao Rong must be in a very bad situation."

"Let's go there and ask him to go downhill."

Song Shuang said.

Gu Baisheng nodded.

She walked along the mountain road with Song Shuang in the cold wind.

Song Shuang and Gu Baisheng were going up the mountain.

In the hospital, Mo Shaoyan was scared of what Zhang Huai said.

The story told by her just now was scarier than a ghost story.

And she created such a dark atmosphere while telling the story.

Mo Shaoyan raised his hand to take Zhang Huai's hand off him.

He said, "It won't happen to anyone who stays at the hospital. It's just an exception and the murders are dead. There is no need to be scared."

"But I'm still scared."

Zhang Huai grabbed Mo Shaoyan's arm again, having no sense of security.

And when Mo Shaoyan planned to leave the ward, she asked in a low voice, "Can you take me with you?"

Mo Shaoyan was speechless, "Young lady, I'm going to the bathroom."

"I can go with you."

Zhang Huai seemed to be too scared to be left alone, "I don't want to be left here. I'm scared."

"I'm going to the men's room and you're a woman." Mo Shaoyan explained to her, "Wait here. I'll be back in a second."

"No way. I have to go with you."

Zhang Huai grabbed his arm tightly and refused to let go of him.

Mo Shaoyan sighed helplessly, "What about your sister-in-law if you leave with me? She's in a coma. Don't you worry that someone would come and hurt her?"

Zhang Huai hesitated after hearing his words.

Mo Shaoyan seized the chance to shake her hands off his arm, "Stay here. I promise I'll be back really soon."

After making the promise, Mo Shaoyan left immediately.

Zhang Huai wanted to follow him, but Mo Shaoyan was nowhere to be found.

Zhang Huai had no choice but to stay with Qu Xiaobo in the ward.

When Qu Xiaobo was in a coma, she couldn't help dreaming about Zhang Kai.

But her voice was very hoarse because she cried too hard.

When she woke up again, Zhang Huai was waiting for Mo Shaoyan at the door and didn't notice that she was awake.

She moved and wanted to call Zhang Huai's name.

But as soon as she opened her mouth, she found that she lost her voice.

So she closed her eyes and licked her lips.

When she was about to make a sound, someone happened to open the door.

Zhang Huai suddenly let out a scream and jumped onto the man who just opened the door.

Qu Xiaobo suddenly felt annoyed when she looked at her reaction sideways.

When she looked at the man's face and found it was Mo Shaoyan, she became more annoyed.

But her voice was so hoarse that she could barely speak.

So she remained quiet and looked at them to see what would happen next.

What happened next made Qu Xiaobo feel that she was watching a film.

Zhang Huai slipped into Mo Shaoyan's arms and grabbed his collar like a frightened rabbit. And she refused to let go of him.

Mo Shaoyan wanted to get rid of her but she clung to him tightly.

He had to ask her, "What's wrong with you?"

"I'm scared. Someone was at the window when you were away."

"Really?"

After hearing her words, Mo Shaoyan looked at the window.

He saw nothing but complete darkness.

"I saw someone's shadow."

"Don't move. I'll have a look."

Mo Shaoyan wanted to check it out alone, but Zhang Huai wouldn't let him do it, saying, "Take me with you. I'm scared."

She kept saying that she was scared.

She appeared to be very aggradevole.

But was it appropriate to set her eyes on Mo Shaoyan shortly after her brother's death?

Qu Xiaobo found them disgusting.

She wanted to drive them away from the ward, but she could do nothing due to her hoarse voice.

So she had to watch what they would do next.

Mo Shaoyan took Zhang Huai to the window.

He pushed open the window quivering and regained his composure after making sure that no one was outside, "There's nothing outside the window."

Zhang Huai nodded and refused to let go of Mo Shaoyan.

Mo Shaoyan got rid of her and said, "You can get some sleep if you're tired. I'll look after your sister-in-law."

Sister-in-law?

Qu Xiaobo sneered inside.

When Zhang Kai was alive, Zhang Huai never treated Qu Xiaobo as her sister-in-law.

She even never called her so.

Now Zhang Kai was dead, but she started to call her sister-in-law.

Qu Xiaobo was angry and anguished.

Zhang Huai's shy voice sounded, "I'll look after my sister-in-law with you. If I don't take good care of her, my brother would blame me."

She sounded very considerate.

Qu Xiaobo was almost touched.

She would feel touched and cry if Zhang Huai hadn't been so mean to her.

Mo Shaoyan felt sorry for her because he found her very considerate, "Go to sleep. There's another bed. It's a long night if you don't get some sleep."

"You're very tired, too. Why not get some sleep as well?"

"There's only one bed. You can take it."

"It's fine. I'm very thin and won't take much space. You can have half of the bed. Get some sleep."

Zhang Huai offered to share the bed with Mo Shaoyan sweetly.

Mo Shaoyan was a bit tired.

He was still thinking about it.

But he was pushed to the bedside by Zhang Huai.

Zhang Huai lay down and looked at Mo Shaoyan, "Have a rest."

Mo Shaoyan looked at the pillow and really wanted to sleep.

He somehow sat on the bed.

When he was about to lie down, Qu Xiaobo suddenly coughed, "Eh-hem!"

The sound made Mo Shaoyan and Zhang Huai sit up in terror.

Zhang Huai looked at Qu Xiaobo nervously, "When did you wake up, Xiaobo?"

Mo Shaoyan was a bit scared when he saw Qu Xiaobo was awake.

But the reason why he was nervous was different from Zhang Huai's.

Zhang Huai was a bit guilty.

When Mo Shaoyan noticed that Qu Xiaobo was awake, he was extremely alert.

The last time when she woke up, she tried to jump out of the window. The time before last time when she woke up, she tried to bang her head against the desk.

He had no idea of what Qu Xiaobo would do this time.

Mo Shaoyan checked if there was anything near her sickbed that could hurt her.

He suddenly glimpsed at a glass cup.

His brain worked fast.

He knew that the glass fragments were very sharp if the cup was broken. He hurried to take up the cup and put it on another table.

Qu Xiaobo was very thirsty and wanted to drink some water. When she saw Mo Shaoyan take the cup away from her, she felt very angry.

She opened her mouth and wanted the cup back.

Mo Shaoyan realized that she wanted the cup, so he was more confident in his assumption.

He gave the cup to Zhang Huai and talked to her in a low voice, "Get rid of it now!"

Zhang Huai was confused, "Why?"

"She'll definitely cut her wrist with its fragment if you don't throw it away."