Because I was afraid of being seen by the people outside, I leaned against the jar and then blindly opened the lids of the two jars with my hands. After the lids were all opened by me, taking advantage of no one noticing below, I quickly straightened up and looked into these two jars to see what they were filled with.

  But when I saw it, I was so scared that I sat on the ground with a thud, almost shouting out loud. My breathing was rapid, my heart racing, and I felt like my whole body was instantly drenched...

  Maybe I was startled and sat down on the ground, making some noise. Du Jie in the attic shouted at me in a low voice: "What are you doing up there? Why did you suddenly make a loud noise? And what's in that jar?"

  When Du Jie asked me what was in the vat, I tensed up and hastily replied: "N-nothing! Wait a moment, I'll go down right away!"

  Then, I didn't even bother to cover the vat, actually, I also didn't dare to go and cover it. Then, I hastily walked down the stairs, almost falling and rolling down in the middle.

  After I came down from the stairs and walked quickly to Du Jie's side, Du Jie first looked at me and then frowned and asked: "What's wrong with your face? You look like you've been scared. What did you see in the jar? Why were you so flustered when I asked you a question just now?"

  "I didn't say anything out of the ordinary! There's nothing in the jar..." I replied nervously.

  "Nonsense, there must be something in the attic that scared you, I'll go take a look." Hearing Du Jie say he's going to take a look, I grabbed his hand and shook my head at him: "Brother, trust me, don't look, or you'll be scared to death! Anyway, this village is definitely not a place we can stay any longer, no matter what!"

  "What the hell! What did you see? Even when something big happened, I've never seen you so flustered! Back in our school days, when you helped me out and the gangster from East City chased you with a knife, I didn't even see you get scared! What's wrong with you this time?" Du Jie asked, looking at me incredulously.

  "Alright, stop messing around with those useless things. Look down and see if there's anyone there. If not, let's hurry up and go!" I shouted to Du Jie.

  "Oh!" Du Jie responded with a sentence and then glanced at the pot beside the skylight again, his eyes full of inquiry.

  I know I can't let Du Jie go see it. With Du Jie's temperament, there's a possibility he'll be scared to death after seeing it. What I'm saying is true, because...

  Because I just saw two dead bodies in those two vats that had been soaked and were already somewhat swollen!!!!!

  To be frank, one of these two dead people was just a tiny infant, while the other was a grown man!

  I can hardly believe that I would see such a situation in this forum. I had thought of the worst outcome, but I never expected to see a dead person in the forum!

  It was only then that I realized the stench that smelled so foul and pungent wasn't anything else, but the smell of rotting flesh wafting from the dead bodies!

  I'm now confused about what's going on in this village. What's the deal with dead people being put in jars? Shouldn't they be buried or cremated after death? Putting them in jars is just weird! I even wonder if Zhang Qi will also be tortured to death and then put in one of these jars. If we can't leave this village, are we going to end up in a jar too when we die? Is the jar some kind of burial ground for dead people in this village? Or does it have another purpose?

  The more I think about it, the more scared I become. The more scared I am, the less I dare to stay here. I've decided not to investigate what secrets this village holds. I'm going to take Du Jie and leave tonight, the sooner the better. I don't want anything to happen to me in a foreign land! I'm a filial child, I don't want my parents to suffer for me, I'm the only child of the old Gu family!

  The more I think about it, the angrier I get. I feel like cursing and yelling, but I don't dare to, fearing that I'll disturb the people outside.

  "What's going on outside? Can we still get out of here?" I was getting anxious, and my tone when speaking to Du Jie also carried a bit of temper. At this moment, I felt that my eyes were even hurting a bit, probably because they were congested from anxiety, and had turned red.

  Du Jie looked at me like that, didn't say anything, just glanced outside again and then said to me: "There are fewer women around here now, we can go."

  Hearing Du Jie say this, I directly shouted at him: "What are you waiting for? Let's go!"

  "Oh!" Du Jie nodded, and then we quickly went down from the attic and carefully walked out of Tingting's house. After finding that there were no women around, we took advantage of the night to run towards the mountain.

  We soon arrived at the foot of the mountain. After arriving at the foot of the mountain, Du Jie still wanted to go back to the tent to rest and said he wanted to take a few things away. But I scolded him. I told Du Jie to hurry up and leave, and earlier there were women checking on our tent, who knows if someone was ambushing inside, so don't bother taking those broken things, anyway he has plenty of money, can buy anytime, hurry up and leave.

  Seeing me so eager to urge him, Du Jie should be able to see from my actions and expressions that I have found a reason that must leave, so he didn't ask in detail, and climbed up the mountain with me.

  Because we two didn't take the regular mountain road, so all the way was particularly difficult, it's not an exaggeration to say that we were cutting through thorns and brambles. We crawled through tree hollows, pushed aside grass nests, and scratched several gashes on our bodies, but we didn't dare stop, nor did we know how far we had walked, until we climbed over the entire big mountain, only then did we find a clearing to rest properly.

  After we rested, Du Jie asked me: "What's the hurry, kid? What happened? What did you see in the jar?"

  Now that we're temporarily safe, I took a deep breath and whispered to Du Jie: "I told you not to be afraid."

  "Don't be afraid, anyway we've made it over the mountain, you say." Du Jie said.

  "Well, I'll tell you then, guess what I saw when I opened those two jars?"

  "What's wrong?" Du Jie stared at me with his ignorant little eyes.

  "I saw two dead bodies soaking in the vat!"

  As soon as I said this, Du Jie was so frightened that he almost fell off the stone he was sitting on.

  "What the f**k! What's in the jar? Is it... is it a dead person?!" Du Jie's face turned white instantly.

  "So I didn't let you see it, and told you to leave as soon as possible. I guess that when we die in the village, who knows if we'll also be put in a jar? Maybe this is where they bury people after they die in the village? Or maybe this is what that old woman in black meant by "jar slave"? Anyway, I don't understand it, but there are dead bodies inside the jars, and they're placed on a wooden platform on the attic, which is just too freaking scary. You don't know, one of the jars even had a dead baby inside, when I saw it, I was completely stunned!"

  "My god, what kind of village is this? This is too scary! No way, I'm telling you, brother, don't sit there, hurry up and run, I'm afraid they'll catch up to us! Run, run, run!"

  After learning the truth, Du Jie suddenly gained strength and ran towards the location where we parked our car.

  While following Du Jie on the road, I asked him: "Brother, your car's tires are all flat, can you still drive?"

  "Can! Must be able to! At most, we'll just waste it and destroy the car's wheel rims. Anyway, we have to get down the mountain by car!" Du Jie replied while running towards me.

  After running for almost an hour, we stumbled in the dark to where Du Jie had parked his car. When we got into the car with big smiles on our faces and Du Jie started the engine, the two of us were suddenly stunned again...

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