Chapter 14 First Sight, Fatal Fortune

Almost as soon as the first word was spoken, Tan Yuxi recognized Xie Yizhi. Her tense nerves, which had been on edge, somehow gradually relaxed after hearing Xie Yizhi's voice. Looking again, there Xie Yizhi was, standing right behind her.

"Yeah..." Tan Yuxi nodded. Only then did Xie Yizhi release her mouth.

"Don't be nervous. Close your eyes and adjust your breathing."

"Don't pay attention to whatever you hear or feel. Slowly pull your hand back and walk towards your seat," Xie Yizhi continued. His voice was very soft and close, so close that Tan Yuxi could feel a warm current in her ear.

Although she was scared and her hand was still being held, Tan Yuxi chose to believe in Xie Yizhi and silently closed her eyes. Then she took two deep breaths, trying to empty her mind and slow down her heartbeat. The next moment, the hand that was being held could actually feel itself being slowly released. Tan Yuxi then took the opportunity to pull her hand back and turned to walk back.

But who knew that as soon as she turned around, she was suddenly grabbed by another hand. Tan Yuxi, who thought she was safe, was so startled by this that her body trembled, and her eyes opened involuntarily. It would have been better if she hadn't opened her eyes. After opening them, she found that she was almost face - to - face with a bloodless face. This sudden close - up, with her field of vision filled, would have scared anyone.

"Damn it... Holy crap!" With someone daring to get so close to her, Tan Yuxi didn't think much. Her first reaction was... to punch. She punched hard towards the other's face, but strangely, her fist passed right through the other's face. The person's eyes widened, as if the eyeballs were about to pop out, and just stared at Tan Yuxi like that.

"Okay, don't move around anymore," Xie Yizhi said hurriedly. This girl was really bold. If he didn't stop her, she would probably start a fight with the ghosts. Unlike Xie Yizhi, she hadn't practiced any skills. If she really fought, there was only one outcome, which was to be torn apart by a busload of evil spirits.

However, Tan Yuxi wasn't impulsive. Although she was scared, she still maintained her rationality. Hearing Xie Yizhi's words, she immediately stopped her actions.

"Just think that everything you see now is fake. If your mind isn't stable, nothing you do can affect them," Xie Yizhi explained.

"What on earth is going on?" To prevent being scared again, Tan Yuxi closed her eyes again, but she still didn't understand the situation at hand. How did the people on the bus suddenly all change? Without even having to say it, Tan Yuxi could feel that they weren't like living people. If they weren't living people, then they were... ghosts.

"The light in the tunnel is so dim, and the view outside the car has been the same all the time."

"After looking at this monotonous environment for a long time, the brain gradually gets used to it. Coupled with poor air circulation, it disrupts the mind."

"Before you know it, the soul slips out on its own and gets taken away."

"That means we're not on the original bus anymore. We're on another one," Xie Yizhi continued. This kind of situation was something his cheap father had encountered when guiding the corpses when he was young.

"Another bus... A ghost bus?" Tan Yuxi asked shakily. At this time, the clothes the passengers on the bus were wearing didn't look like the styles of the past two years. Especially a few young people with eyeliner and spiky, slanted bangs. It was very likely from around 2000.

Xie Yizhi nodded. Wasn't it obvious? This was a ghost - packed bus!

"Are we just the unlucky ones who got taken here?" Tan Yuxi asked again.

"To be precise, it's you. I just came here to find you," Xie Yizhi said, pausing before answering. His soul probably wasn't that easy to be pulled around.

Tan Yuxi: "..." "Dude, you can come here whenever you want!?" So she was the only unlucky one! Moreover, Xie Yizhi could actually come here whenever he wanted. It was a bit too exaggerated! But Xie Yizhi, who clearly wasn't taken here, still immediately came to find her. Thinking of this, Tan Yuxi had an indescribable feeling in her heart.

While they were talking, the "passengers" on the bus had all stood up at some point. Their target was clear, all aimed at Tan Yuxi, not even looking at Xie Yizhi.

"Damn it! Why don't they pay any attention to you!"

"I'm being targeted!!" Tan Yuxi said anxiously.

"Hold on for a while," Xie Yizhi knew she was in a hurry, but still motioned for her not to be impatient. It was the same old rule. He told her to adjust her state. The less scared she was, the slower the ghosts would approach.

After saying that, Xie Yizhi walked towards the front of the bus on his own, looking around to see if there was anything useful. He didn't bring his bag either, so he could only improvise according to the situation. Finally, Xie Yizhi's gaze landed on two newspapers pasted on the window. He casually tore off the two newspapers. The date on the newspapers clearly read 2005, which meant that the bus they were on now was probably from about twenty years ago.

Xie Yizhi found a seat and quickly folded the newspapers. Tan Yuxi, who was watching from the back, was dumbfounded.

"Come on, dude. What are you folding the newspapers for at this time!"

"Look at me! Can you hear me?"

"I think I can still be saved a little bit!" Tan Yuxi was almost in a panic. But over there, Xie Yizhi was still leisurely folding the newspapers. She didn't know what he was folding. He tore and folded, and anyway, he looked very skilled.

The problem was that the ghosts around her had completely surrounded her. If this continued, wouldn't she be torn apart and eaten by these ghosts?

After a while, Xie Yizhi finally finished folding the newspapers. Then he took out a pen and wrote words on them respectively. Seeing that Tan Yuxi was almost submerged in the crowd of ghosts. Xie Yizhi forcefully squeezed in and stood beside Tan Yuxi. This calmness bordering on the strange made Tan Yuxi's body shiver.

The most exasperating thing was that the first thing Xie Yizhi said when he came to her side was to ask her: "Do you like white or black?" Was he going to prepare an urn for her in advance?

Tan Yuxi: "Is there pink?"

Xie Yizhi shook his head. There were only black and white.

Tan Yuxi: "Then I want white." Looking at her expression, she had already fully prepared to face death calmly.

Xie Yizhi picked up the folded newspapers. Looking closely, it turned out that he had folded two hats. Before Tan Yuxi could ask, Xie Yizhi had already put one of the hats on Tan Yuxi's head. The remaining one, Xie Yizhi put on his own head backwards.

Almost the moment they put on the hats, the faces of the ghost passengers around them changed drastically, and they hurriedly retreated in a panic. Looking at the hats on their heads, the originally empty eyes were filled with fear. This scene left Tan Yuxi stunned. Weren't they fierce just now? Why were they all cowering now?

"What's going on?" Tan Yuxi's eyes widened. If she wasn't mistaken just now, the four big characters on the paper hat should be - - 'First Sight, Fatal Fortune'!