259: Chapter 259 Human or Ghost?

The woman shrank her neck.

Although they were a bit unreliable, they weren't completely stupid.

Before coming here, they had inquired a bit about their daughter's current situation.

Plus, Lin Xiao had indeed become quite popular in the entertainment industry recently, and they had seen the news.

Hearing such a threat, they realized there was truly no room for negotiation left.

Just as Su Yu had said.

With the Lin family's background, if they wanted to do something to them, it wouldn't cost them anything at all.

With no other choice, they could only grit their teeth and sign their names on the agreement.

The man glared fiercely at Xiao Yuan and also signed the paper.

The two of them had intended to reap a harvest, but they hadn't expected their entire vegetable garden to be uprooted.

After they left, Xiao Yuan's mood eased up quite a bit.

Turning her head to look at Lin Xiao, she lifted her little face, "Daddy!"

"Good girl."

Lin Xiao rubbed Xiao Yuan's head.

This time, he was truly a father.

As for the subsequent formalities, it was best to leave them all to Su Yu.

And he could consider it as having gained a daughter out of thin air.

Wait a second!

Appeared out of thin air?

Fell from the sky?

A windfall?

Lin Xiao was surprised.

So this was the wealth the system had hinted at earlier!

...

On the way back from the village, the sky turned gloomy.

A light rain began to drizzle down.

Fortunately, everyone managed to board the bus in time, so they didn't get soaked.

The mountain road was winding.

In this foggy weather, it felt a bit more dangerous.

The woods on both sides of the mountain road also became eerie.

To ensure safety, the driver didn't dare to drive too fast.

Even so, everyone on the bus felt an inexplicable sense of tension.

Just at that moment, the bus suddenly slammed on the brakes!

Everyone's body lurched forward.

Just as someone was about to complain, they saw a red figure appear directly in front of the bus!

All words of complaint were stuck in their throats, unable to say a single thing.

It was a young Red-dressed woman.

In the rain, her face was pale, and a head of long hair covered half of her face.

"A ghost, is it a ghost?"

Someone asked timidly.

The driver was startled and wanted to quickly drive around her.

However, the woman was blocking the middle of the road, and the bus couldn't get through at all.

The driver gradually began to panic.

He pressed the horn hard twice, but the woman remained motionless.

Lin Xiao looked up and sighed softly.

[Sigh, where is there any ghost! It's just a poor woman who has been trafficked.]

[I should still find a way to save her.]

Thinking this, he planned to stand up and get off the bus.

But Su Yu, who was beside him, stood up first, "Open the door!"

"Huh?"

The people around were stunned.

Su Yu said indignantly, "Can't you see the young lady is getting soaked in the rain? Out here in the wilderness, what if she encounters danger all by herself? Do you have no compassion left?"

Hearing these words, everyone suddenly came to their senses.

Perhaps they had been influenced by the gloomy weather, leading to some preconceived notions.

How could there be ghosts in this world?

With such a pitiful person outside in the rain trying to stop the bus, how could they not help?

Thinking of this, everyone hurriedly shouted for the driver to open the door.

Although the driver was still a bit afraid, thinking that there were so many people here, he still opened the door.

The Red-dressed woman saw the bus door open and immediately ran over.

As soon as she got on the bus, she knelt down directly.

"Thank you, thank you for saving me!"

Her voice was a bit hoarse, yet one could still tell she seemed incredibly emotional.

She kept trying to kowtow to everyone.

Su Yu reacted quickly, grabbing the woman and helping her up, then asked, "Who are you? How did you end up here?"

The woman, with tears in her eyes, choked out, "My name is Xiao Hong. I was originally a university student in S City. Six years ago, I was abducted by human traffickers at the train station and brought into these mountains... It's been six years, I've been tortured by them for six years! Two days ago, taking advantage of them letting their guard down, I finally managed to run away. I walked in the mountains for two days and thought I was going to starve to death in the mountains. Fortunately, fortunately I met you all..."

By the end, the woman was already sobbing uncontrollably.

Everyone on the bus was also moved, and they took out some food and water from their bags and handed them to her.

Su Yu also took out a tissue to wipe the rainwater off the woman's face.

Pushing aside the wet hair, she discovered a hideous scar on the woman's face.

The woman seemed to see Su Yu's confusion and said bitterly, "This was cut by them when I first tried to escape after being sold to the mountains. If it had been any deeper, I fear I would have died back then."

Su Yu nodded and didn't ask anything else.

Seeing that the woman's clothes were soaked through, it wasn't easy to change on the bus.

She found a large piece of clothing to drape over her and let her sit at the very back of the bus.

After the woman was seated, the bus slowly started moving again.

But unexpectedly, not long after the bus drove off, it slammed on the brakes again!

This time, everyone on the bus looked ahead immediately.

Sure enough, there was another figure directly in front of the bus.

This time, it was a hunchbacked old man carrying a snake-skin bag in his hand.

In the rain, he also looked very disheveled.

With the experience from just before, everyone wasn't too nervous.

Moreover, compared to that Red-dressed woman, this old man looked much more normal.

Judging by the old man's appearance, he likely wanted to walk out of the village but was trapped by the rain.

The driver quickly opened the door to let the old man on.

But there were no empty seats on the bus at this time.

A young man from the Film Crew tidied up the luggage on the seat next to him and waved at the old man, "Old man, come sit here!"

The old man shook his head, "No need, I'm dirty."

The young man looked the old man up and down, feeling a bit puzzled.

Although the old man's clothes were soaked by the rain, they didn't look dirty.

The old man seemed to see the young man's confusion and spoke eerily, "Some dirt, you see, is invisible."

He didn't know if it was an illusion.

The young man always felt that when the old man said these words, his expression was very eerie and strange.

It made one's skin crawl.

Just at this moment, a scream came from the side.

"Ah, that, why is that bag bleeding?"

Everyone around looked over immediately and sure enough, saw red liquid seeping out from the snake-skin bag in the old man's hand.

It dripped onto the ground, drop by drop.

It looked eerie and terrifying.

At the same time, a few whimpers came from the snake-skin bag.

In this instant, everyone felt a chill down their spines.

Could it be that this time they had really let a ghost in?

The bus was silent.

After a long while, someone gathered the courage to ask, "You, in that bag of yours, it wouldn't happen to be a child, would it?"

It would have been better if they hadn't said that, but once said, everyone was even more terrified!

The old man just tightened his grip on the opening of the snake-skin bag and said indifferently, "It's just a beast!"