Online Fortune Telling: Your Son Has Another Dad-Chapter 219 - 217: The Truth About Li Family Village
Zhao Jinde, with a trembling voice, continued to narrate: "The sudden burst of singing was even more haunting and terrifying than what Qingfeng had sung."
"At that moment, everyone present was taken aback and involuntarily shivered."
"Then that skinny guy who claimed to be Brother Yang’s fan asked if Qingfeng was pretending to be supernatural." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
"But at that time, Brother Yang suddenly smiled at the others, including the sharp-faced man, and asked if they knew who was the owner of the tomb."
"The sharp-faced man was furious and kept threatening Brother Yang, but he didn’t care at all and told us a story..."
With that, Zhao Jinde recounted the story of Chu Renmei that he had heard from "Yang Qingshu" that night.
Ma, standing by, nodded repeatedly and added some details that Zhao Jinde had missed.
After listening, Captain Zhang frowned deeply, full of confusion.
He turned to Yang Qingshu and asked, "Yang, do you know this story?"
"Captain Zhang, this is the first time I’ve heard of this story too!"
"If it wasn’t for Old Zhao and Ma telling me, I wouldn’t know anything about Bo Wantian and Chu Renmei."
Yang Qingshu shrugged, looking innocent.
Captain Zhang nodded and then looked at Zhao Jinde and Ma, smiling: "To be honest, as a local, this is the first time I’ve heard of this story too."
"However, I believe that this story is very likely to be fake."
"Fake?"
Hearing this, Zhao Jinde and Ma exchanged glances.
They could both see the astonishment in each other’s eyes.
If the story is fake, then what is the true identity of the red-dressed female ghost?
"Listen to me..."
Captain Zhang smiled and said: "When I was young, I once went to Li Family Village."
"What?"
As soon as he said this, everyone in the ward turned their eyes to him.
"Captain Zhang, why did everyone suddenly disappear from Li Family Village?"
Yang Qingshu asked curiously.
"Captain Zhang, was there really no Bo Wantian or Chu Renmei in Li Family Village?"
Zhao Jinde also asked.
Captain Zhang gently shook his head and continued, "Don’t be anxious, listen to me first!"
"As for the matter of Li Family Village, it’s actually not as outrageous as what’s being said online."
"First, all the villagers of Li Family Village relocated out, rather than inexplicably vanishing as you said."
"During wartime, due to its remote location, Li Family Village avoided the impact of the war."
"But in peacetime, that remote location became a major factor limiting the village’s development."
"The first point is the difficulty of schooling for children!"
"Although the village had a primary school, its location was too remote, and the salary offered was low, so no teacher wanted to go there."
"The second point is the issue of water and food."
"There’s a river behind Li Family Village, which used to flow continuously but later often dried up, creating problems in water supply for both humans and animals."
"Later, villagers invested collectively to build a reservoir, ensuring the daily drinking water needs but failing to irrigate the farmland."
"The third point is the issue of transportation."
"With the development of the era, villagers’ living needs also grew."
"To get in and out of Li Family Village, one had to go through mountain roads, and it took more than an hour of mountain hiking just to buy something. Over time, no one could bear it."
"The last point is the need for marriage."
"All villagers in Li Family Village share a common ancestor. Tracing the lineage, they are all relatives."
"In the past, outsiders would come to the village to seek refuge and marry local villagers."
"Later, as life outside improved, who would still be willing to come to the mountains?"
"There were a lot of single young men in the village; if they didn’t leave, wouldn’t they remain bachelors for life?"
"Considering all these factors, with mediation from the relevant departments, all villagers of Li Family Village relocated to specific areas within one year."
After explaining the basic situation of Li Family Village, Captain Zhang continued: "What’s said online about this being a haunted village is purely fabricated."
"Some outdoor adventure streamers spread supernatural events online to boost their popularity."
"In reality, it’s just a deserted village, nothing special."
"I see!"
"So we were fooled by those streamers before."
Yang Qingshu shook his head and smiled wryly after hearing this.
Song Qing, sitting beside him, also had a hint of amusement in her eyes.
Honestly, even before going to Li Family Village, she had already guessed that it was those previous outdoor livestreams deliberately hyping up Li Family Village as having ghosts to attract traffic.
Why did she go with Zhao Jinde and Ma to Li Family Village?
Wasn’t it also to ride on the traffic?"
For a streamer like her, traffic is the lifeline!
Regardless of whether Li Family Village is actually haunted, as long as there’s traffic, web celebrity streamers will be continually drawn to explore.
But what she hadn’t expected was that last night, she unexpectedly ran into a group of DM thieves.
She ended up being scared out of her wits by their trickery.
And it led to the incident where Zhao Jinde, Ma, and those DM thieves saw ghosts in the graveyard...
"What about Bo Wantian and Chu Renmei then?"
Ma asked Captain Zhang impatiently.
"There shouldn’t be such people!"
Captain Zhang shook his head and said, "After you mentioned these names last night, we immediately started an investigation."
"We first checked the household registration records of Li Family Village, and later also asked the village chief."
"We can basically confirm that there were never such people in Li Family Village."
"Also, the ancient tomb in the village’s graveyard is the tomb of an ancestor of the Li Family and has never been opened, let alone had outsiders buried inside."
"This..."
Zhao Jinde and Ma were dumbfounded.
What on earth is going on?
Why are Bo Wantian and Chu Renmei not real?"
Could it be that the "Yang Qingshu" from that night was deliberately deceiving them?"
But what would be the point of fooling them?"
"Old Zhao, continue with the story, what happened next?"
The encounter Zhao Jinde and Ma experienced that night was thrilling for Yang Qingshu to hear.
He was eager to know what happened next.
"What else could have happened?"
Zhao Jinde shook his head.
He initially didn’t want to continue, but seeing the look of curiosity on Yang Qingshu’s face, he reluctantly continued: "After that ’Yang Qingshu’ finished telling the story, the singing started again."
"Then Ma suddenly pointed at the stone archway of the large tomb, telling us to look..."
Ma interjected at this moment: "I was positioned right across from that archway."
"Unintentionally looking up, I saw someone on top of it!"
Zhao Jinde continued, "Ma’s sudden shout made us all look in the direction he was pointing."
"We then saw a female ghost in a bright red bridal dress standing on the seven-meter-high archway!"
"Her hair seemed to grow backward, covering her entire face, so we couldn’t see what she looked like..."
