Chapter 2205 - 2165: Something Strange About the Mountain Lake

The two boys didn’t understand, but this time they were truly frightened.

Quickly, those classmates forgot about the unpleasant incident. As night fell, fires were lit around here, and lights were hung up.

At night, you could have barbecues and such.

Ye Qiu, Liu Lingxiu, Lin Xiang, Ling Fei, Xia Tiantian, and the two classmates of Liu Lingxiu sat over here, preparing to have a barbecue.

Until around nine in the evening, the activity ended, and the classmates went back to their tents to rest.

When Ye Qiu returned to his tent, the more he thought about it, the stranger that Mountain Lake seemed.

Until around eleven at night, the night was deep, and the other classmates had started resting.

After a day of outings, everyone was tired.

Ye Qiu wanted to go to that Mountain Lake alone to take a look.

Unexpectedly, just as he stepped outside,

he saw two people coming out of their tent and heading towards that Mountain Lake on the mountain.

A closer look revealed it was the two boys who almost drowned in the afternoon.

What was going on?

Ye Qiu hurriedly followed and grabbed them.

But no matter how he pulled, he couldn’t stop them, as if they were mesmerized.

Ye Qiu could only slap them on the head, then they came to their senses and asked, "Class monitor, what’s wrong with me?"

"What happened? I couldn’t stop you just now. What’s going on?"

"We, we don’t know either," one of the boys said.

Ye Qiu realized this eerie place must have an issue.

These students sleeping here might encounter trouble.

He decided it was better to call people to return those classmates back.

As he called them back and woke up the other classmates, they were all groggy from sleep and were startled when Ye Qiu mentioned this incident.

"No need to contact that bus driver, I’ll call people over to pick you up, pack your things now."

Ye Qiu made a call to Cai Yong, asking him to send two buses over.

The classmates began packing their things, while Liu Lingxiu and Xia Tiantian also sensed that something was amiss.

After packing up, they waited there.

About an hour later, the two buses sent by Cai Yong arrived and drove down.

Once they loaded their things onto the buses and counted everyone without missing a single person, they took their trash away too.

As they left in the buses, Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu got into his car.

Once inside the car, they drove away from there, heading back to Peach Blossom Source Villa.

"Ye Qiu, what happened just now?" Lin Xiang asked.

"Those two boys who almost had an accident this afternoon, if I hadn’t stopped them just now, I’m afraid they would have jumped into the lake, and we’d have no idea even if they died."

How could this happen?

Could it be they were cursed?

To Lin Xiang, this seemed very similar to the curse techniques from Southeast Asia.

"How could that be?" Lin Xiang asked.

"There’s something odd about that Mountain Lake, I’ll take you back first, then I’ll come to check it out again later."

"This is too terrifying," Lin Xiang and Song Ying felt chills.

While Liu Lingxiu and Ling Fei looked worried.

"Ye Qiu, if that place is so dangerous, shouldn’t we just ignore it?" Liu Lingxiu suggested.

"No, I need to check it out."

Ye Qiu drove back to Peach Blossom Source Villa Community to let the girls rest there first.

After Lin Xiang, Liu Lingxiu, Song Ying, Ling Fei, and Xia Tiantian, along with Liu Lingxiu’s two roommates, got off the car, Ye Qiu prepared to leave.

He made a call to Zhao Ruxue and asked, "Ruxue, are you asleep?"

"Not yet, what’s up?" Zhao Ruxue responded.

"I’ve discovered some things, coming to pick you up now."

"Meet me at the community entrance."

Zhao Ruxue had just returned from work and finished bathing, her hair still damp.

Hearing there was a situation, she guessed it might be related to the dried corpse.

Ye Qiu drove towards Zhao Ruxue’s community.

Arriving there soon, he saw Zhao Ruxue coming out.

"What’s going on?"

Zhao Ruxue asked.

"Come with me and you’ll see."

Zhao Ruxue could only get into Ye Qiu’s car. Ye Qiu drove away from there, heading back towards the outskirts.

When they arrived at the previous location, Ye Qiu parked the car.

Now, those campfires were still smoking - of course, they’d been doused with water.

"Why are there so many campfires here?" Zhao Ruxue asked curiously, getting out of the car.

"We were having a fall outing earlier."

Ye Qiu briefly recounted the incident to Zhao Ruxue. Zhao Ruxue remembered having visited this area with Ye Qiu before.

"You’re saying there’s something wrong with the Mountain Lake up there?"

"Come see for yourself and you’ll understand."

It was very dark now.

This place is usually very quiet, with not a single person around. At night, it was even more so; aside from some insect sounds, there was nothing else.

Though normally courageous, Zhao Ruxue suddenly felt a hint of fear.

As Ye Qiu held her hand, Zhao Ruxue felt her palms sweat a little. Was she scared by what Ye Qiu just said?

After walking for more than twenty minutes, they reached the Mountain Lake on the hill. Sure enough, it was the same dammed lake, now very quiet. Under the night sky, the shimmering water was the only visible thing.

This Mountain Lake might seem fine during the day, but at night, it was strangely terrifying.

"Is this it?" Zhao Ruxue asked.

"This is it."

"What’s so peculiar about it?" Zhao Ruxue queried.

"I suspect there are many bodies underneath."

Bodies?

How could that be?

Of course, Zhao Ruxue thought it possible; if someone disposed of bodies here, they might never be discovered.

"You suspect it’s related to the dried corpse case?"

"Probably."

"So what do we do now?"

"We’ll wait nearby to see if any suspicious people show up. If none do, we’ll have to send someone to dredge the lake tomorrow."

Zhao Ruxue agreed it seemed the best course.

The two sat nearby. Leaning against Ye Qiu, Zhao Ruxue suddenly felt the lake was odd, with a strange pull to jump into it.

In the dead of night, jumping in, even if one could swim, they might drown.

"I feel dizzy, like I want to jump into the lake."

"Your situation mirrors those two boys from the class."

But with Ye Qiu watching, Zhao Ruxue wouldn’t get enthralled.

Time quietly passed.

No one suspicious appeared.

By early the next morning, nothing had changed.

Ye Qiu’s phone rang; it was Liu Lingxiu calling out of worry for his safety as he was gone all night.

"Lingshow, I’m fine, get some rest."

Hanging up, Ye Qiu knew the next step was to have people dredge the lake and uncover the truth.