Chengyan immediately wrinkled her nose and sniffed hard, saying she didn't smell anything.
Huang Xin also carefully distinguished the smell, and regretfully told me that she didn't smell anything either.
Not smell anything? How is that possible? The smell of blood is so distinctive, like the smell of rusty iron, how could you not smell it?
I lowered my head, carefully sniffed again, and indeed, I couldn't smell it either.
But I definitely smelled it just now, and definitely couldn't have smelled it wrong.
I stubbornly lowered my head, searching even more carefully for that smell of blood.
Chengyan teased that I had a dog's nose and liked to sniff around for no reason.
Huang Xin was even worse, she said, according to scientific reasoning, a dog's nose always likes to sniff at all times, not because they actually smell something, but because they are always maintaining their keen sense of smell.
After saying that, she patted my shoulder: Well done, Li Ge, in terms of maintaining a sense of smell, you are quite professional, truly a dog's nose.
Oh, these two girls have really picked up bad habits. I opened Huang Xin's hand and was about to tease her when the door suddenly opened.
Squeak!
I saw a tall and thin young man standing at the door, asking us who we were looking for.
"Director Yue, it's me, Cheng Yan. I've come to visit today." Cheng Yan had already jumped into the doorway.
Huang Xin and I also walked into the doorway, saying that we wanted to talk to Director Yue about the last MV.
"Let's talk after I finish eating, hehe." Yue Yun's attitude was very indifferent as he continued to walk into the hall to cook.
The dish he was cooking was chili fried pork, with four plates of fresh lean meat beside it.
No wonder I smelled the blood just now, as it turns out, Yue Yun was cutting the meat.
"Talk after eating? Of course." I always felt that Yue Yun was a bit off, but couldn't figure out what was wrong with him, I just felt like he was a bit arrogant.
The three of us watched Yue Yun cooking on the side.
Cheng Yan apologized to us on behalf of Yue Yun, saying that he was a talented director, but a bit aloof.
Whether he was aloof or not, I kept watching Yue Yun and increasingly felt that this guy was a bit off.
Take the seasoning of the dish for example.
He added three spoonfuls of salt at once.
Putting three spoonfuls of salt in a plate of chili fried pork, is it something people can eat?
In the meantime, Cheng Yan couldn't bear it and offered to help Yue Yun cook, but he rudely refused, holding the shovel and glaring fiercely at Cheng Yan: "I'm cooking, is it your place to talk? Do you know what's good to eat and what's not? Get lost!"
This guy, when someone offered to help him cook, not only did he not appreciate it, but also got extremely angry, making the atmosphere very awkward.
But we have to ask him about the matter of the stone coffin, and we can't leave in anger now.
The three of us stood on the side.
I continued to watch Yue Yun's every move.
The more I watched, the more horrified I became, this guy might really not be human.
Because I saw a livor mortis on his wrist - a livid blue color with a ring of bright red on the edge.
I've been dealing with the supernatural for a long time, seen many dead people, and I’ve seen lots of livor mortis, and I’m sure I didn't make a mistake, there's a livor mortis on Yue Yun's hand.
This guy is actually already dead.
A dead person can still cook, which means - there is something dirty in the room.
There are evil spirits haunting this room.
I felt a lump in my throat, and regretted not bringing Da Jinya with me.
If Da Jinya were here, he could probably handle it, but I can't.
I am just a sorcerer, not a demon, I don't have the ability of a demon.
I want to take Cheng Yan and Huang Xin and leave this place quickly, but I gave up this plan. Why? If I leave now, it will definitely attract Yue Yun's attention, and he will be hostile to us, what should I do?
We can only make the best of the situation and try to maintain our composure, pretend to leave after a while.
And we absolutely cannot mention the matter of the "stone coffin" during this time.
I feel that the dirty thing in the room must be related to the "stone coffin."
I tried to control my expression and focused on watching Yue Yun cook.
Half an hour later, he finished four dishes and said impassively, "Let's go to the dining room."
Huang Xin and Cheng Yan quickly followed him, I moved more slowly, thinking about whether I should leave with Cheng Yan and Huang Xin.
But I decided to follow.
Because when I saw Yue Yun enter the room, it seemed like there was a tail floating behind his shadow. It seemed like he was possessed by a spirit, but I didn't know what kind of spirit it was.
I, as a sorcerer, must figure out this matter, and then I can find the right demon to take care of this spirit.
The three of us entered the inner room and saw the table full of dishes.
At least fifteen or sixteen dishes, all with meat.
Chili fried pork, a thousand-layered stir-fried pork, and other similar dishes.
Cheng Yan and Huang Xin thought these dishes were prepared for them and pulled the chairs to sit down.
Yue Yun suddenly slapped the table: "Who told you to sit down? These dishes are all for me to eat, there's no share for you."
"Hey, why are you so..." Huang Xin was about to say, but I pulled her away.
I advised Huang Xin to not eat if someone won't let you, it's not a big deal, it's his stuff after all.
"No, I mean can he finish all this food by himself..." Huang Xin was a little insistent, probably never seen such an unreasonable person before.
I quickly restrained Huang Xin and gave her a signal with my eyes, meaning it's not our business even if he can't finish it.
Fortunately, Huang Xin was smart. She saw my signal and immediately shut up, without any more nagging.
"Wait until we finish eating to talk about why you came to see me."
Yue Yun added sternly and began to eat the food grandly.
His appearance when eating, is extremely exaggerated, not picking at food, not eating with large bites, but holding the plate and pouring the food down his throat.
In four or five seconds, he had poured nearly a plate of food down and then sat there.
He sat there for four or five minutes, then continued to pour another dish.
After pondering for a while, I glanced at his belly.
Although Yueyun was wearing a loose coat, I could still see his bulging belly.
As a skinny person, how could he be fat only in the belly?
There's something tricky going on in that belly!
After thinking about some quirky habits, I understood completely what was going on.
This guy must have been possessed by some malicious spirit. As for what kind of spirit, I remembered a Northeastern folk song "The fat immortal who starved and the hungry woman".
I had a good idea what kind of malicious spirit Yueyun was.
Since I knew what kind of spirit this was, there was no point in staying here. It's better to leave with Huang Xin and Cheng Yan and find someone to deal with Yueyun and the malicious spirit.
I grabbed Cheng Yan and Huang Xin, and was about to leave, giving a good reason: "Yue, you're enjoying your food so much, we'll go to a restaurant first and come back later."
"Will you be back later?" Yueyun temporarily stopped pouring food into his mouth and asked me unclearly.
I said of course.
Cheng Yan, however, said she didn’t want to go. She said she had already eaten lunch and couldn’t eat anymore now.
Man, you think I allowed you to eat? I didn't say anything, just forcibly dragged Cheng Yan away.
It was only outside the iron gate that I sighed and told Cheng Yan and Huang Xin, "That was close."
Huang Xin asked me, "What's wrong with Yueyun?"
Cheng Yan, however, was a bit slow, immediately retorting that there’s nothing wrong with Yueyun, just that he is not very mature in handling things. She then licked her lips and asked what we were going to eat, as she wasn't hungry before but now she felt hungry.
I almost said something very blunt to Cheng Yan: "Hey, Miss Cheng Yan, could you please wise up? Even Huang Xin saw my point, and you didn't? You were almost eaten by Yueyun, you know?"
"What?" Cheng Yan looked helpless.
Huang Xin explained to her that Yueyun was definitely not a good person she said she saw the look in my eyes just now, and felt that something was off about Yueyun.
"More than something is off, this Yueyun has been possessed by a malicious spirit."
I told Huang Xin and Cheng Yan.
"What malicious spirit?" Huang Xin and Cheng Yan asked at the same time.
I stood with my hands on my hips and solemnly said, "You two, listen carefully. I'm afraid to scare you, but the malicious spirit on Yueyun is..."
Just as I was about to reveal the mystery to these two girls, suddenly, a decisive female voice came from behind me: "Hmm hmm hmm, you can't run away now."