Midnight Bookstore

“Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!”

The guests at the nearby tables were shocked by Lawyer An’s heroism and immediately began to jeer. This was a tradition of bad habits that had existed since ancient times.

Zhou Ze had always felt that bad habits were the hardest thing to change. Look, these people had been dead for countless years and had not changed. Sigh, Zhou Ze shook his head. These people were hopeless. Then, he immediately shouted to Lawyer An beside him, “Drink! Drink! Drink!”

The seven foreign devils on the table followed suit and chimed in. They urged Lawyer An to quickly take the wine jug and finish it. The big shot and the old woman beside him also looked at Lawyer An with approval. They looked like they could be taught.

Lawyer An took a deep breath. He looked at the boss beside him. He was signaling with his eyes if he should do it. Zhou Ze seemed to not understand and continued to clap.

Lawyer An gritted his teeth. He picked up the wine jar in front of him, and began to pour wine into it!

The wine had the smell of wine but it was unknown whether it was cat urine or dog urine or some other disgusting thing. Lawyer An’s face was soaked with alcohol. It mixed with his tears. After drinking a jar of alcohol, Lawyer An placed the jar of alcohol on the table and his body swayed.

“Good!!!” The people nearby applauded and cheered.

The big shot and the old woman finally left that place and went in other directions.

Lawyer An sat down. He pursed his lips and blew on his bangs. Zhou Ze, who was beside him, raised his wine bowl and said, “Tell me, what kind of urine is this? Is it fresh urine, or is it vintage wine? I reckon that even urine stains can accumulate a thick layer, right?”

“Urgh!” It would have been fine if Lawyer An had not listened. Once he heard it, he could not suppress the tumult in his stomach. If he had not been afraid of attracting attention, he would have vomited it all out.

“You rest.” Zhou Ze very considerately helped Lawyer An stroke his back and help him soothe his breath.

Lawyer An couldn’t say anything. He couldn’t blame his boss. After all, he was the one who did it first, and in the end, he was cheated by his boss.

The banquet continued. Zhou Ze and Lawyer An sat at the table and watched. After about half an hour, the banquet became lively again. A group of gorgeously dressed women surrounded a young girl with a red cap on her head and big red makeup. She walked over.

Yes, a young girl. This bride’s figure was too small. Unless she was suffering from dwarfism, she was definitely a young girl.

For a moment, Zhou Ze subconsciously reached out and gripped his chopsticks tightly. ‘Lin Ke? Was It Lin Ke?’

“Boss, don’t be rash!” Lawyer An immediately grabbed Zhou Ze’s wrist to remind him.

There were so many ghosts here. There was a possibility that there were some old guys here. If they were to fight here, these two wouldn’t be able to hold on.

Zhou Ze took a deep breath and nodded, indicating that he understood. Only then did Lawyer An release his grip with relief.

The women surrounding the bride were so thick that their rouge could be scraped off and placed in the pot to be used as oil flowers. They all seemed to be carved from the same mold.

This made Zhou Ze think of the paper people in the underworld shop. Nowadays, the custom of burning paper people is still popular in many parts of the countryside. Some servants, sedan drivers, and maidservants were burned. People hoped that after they were burned, these paper people could take care of the deceased.

The bride followed closely behind. Zhou Ze wanted to try to make some noise to attract the bride’s attention. However, the surrounding people were noisy. Unless they were shouting, it would not work. If he roared, it would be easily exposed. It was not a good time to stir up trouble.

The bride seemed to have just come for a formality and left. Zhou Ze did not see the groom come out from the beginning to the end. The groom must be a big pervert to marry such a small bride?

The banquet seemed to never end. Everyone was eating and drinking without caring about anything else. It was lively and jubilant. Endless wine and food would continue to be served.

When it was almost time, Zhou Ze and Lawyer An secretly left the table and walked in the direction where the bride had just left. Quite a few people were walking by so there was no need to pretend to be sneaky. They just swaggered in naturally. When they reached the depths of the cave, a courtyard appeared in front of them.

It was a very simple green brick archway. Behind it was a winding corridor that could be seen with the naked eye. There was also a lotus pond. The pond was covered with lotus flowers. It had the atmosphere of an ancient town in Jiangnan.

However, there were two men in black servant clothes standing guard under the archway, as if they were not allowed to let anyone in.

It was not appropriate to force their way in. After all, they had not confirmed the location of the bride yet. If they found Lin Ke, the three of them could try to force their way out.

Lawyer An made a few hand gestures to Zhou Ze. His face was solemn. Then, he made an OK frowning gesture to indicate to Zhou Ze that he understood?

Zhou Ze shook his head. ‘God knows what your hand gesture meant.’

Lawyer An took a deep breath. He shook his head. He revealed his bony hands and slowly began to fan them. Two streaks of pink mist slowly drifted over. It first spread to the feet of the two servants, then slowly climbing up from their backs and finally entering their nostrils.

For a moment, the two families began to close their eyes. They began to shake in a daze.

“Let’s go!” Lawyer An immediately motioned for Zhou Ze to follow. The two servants passed in front of them. They did not dare to stop for a moment and ran straight past the corridor.

Footsteps sounded from ahead. The two of them were shocked. Zhou Ze immediately stretched out his hand and pushed open the door beside him. At the same time, he grabbed Lawyer An’s shoulder and pulled him in. Then, he quickly and carefully closed the door.

The group of people chatted and laughed as they walked away. They did not notice anything.

Lawyer An let out a long sigh. “D*mn, it’s the same feeling as before when we went out for a tryst. We go to other people’s homes for a tryst and always be on guard against their husbands coming back.”

“What’s the difference from now?” Zhou Ze asked in return.

Lawyer An frowned and thought for a moment before saying, “There doesn’t seem to be much of a difference.” Forget about a tryst, he was stealing someone else’s bride now. It was even more exciting.

He had simply entered this room earlier due to the urgency of the situation. When Zhou Ze turned around and looked into the room, he immediately stretched out his hand and pulled on Lawyer An’s arm.

Lawyer An turned around in confusion. Then, he was also stunned.

The room was very big but it was also very small. It was big because the layout of the room was big. It was small because there was a lot of stuff piled up in the room. It could be said that besides a few steps behind the door, there was no free space. It was full of corpses piled up! It was simply overwhelming.

One corpse after another, their clothes were all different. Everyone was neatly stacked together, appearing very orderly. It was as if they were playing a game of building blocks. The people who stacked them must have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The heads were facing Zhou Ze, so from his point of view, it seemed as if countless dead faces were staring at him. If someone would open their eyes at the next moment, they would say “Hi” to him. “What’s with all these corpses?” Zhou Ze couldn’t understand.

“Corpses are the fetters of the dead. This is the so-called ‘Peace on Earth’. If you place the corpses here and cast a spell, you can imprison their dead souls in this place forever and they would never leave. Yo, look what I found. That foreign chick, she’s also lying here!” Lawyer An shouted in a low voice. “The corpses aren’t as beautiful as the dead souls.”

Zhou Ze did not care about this. He was thinking about where he should go next. Logically speaking, the bride should be settled in the wedding room, waiting for the groom to remove the veil at night.

Which direction was that room in? If the two of them ran around like headless flies, it would be very easy to be caught.

If he could directly find the bridal room and take the bride out while she was sitting there alone, he would have succeeded more than half of the way.

No, how could he let Lin Ke stay here and get married? This was a ghost marriage. Could it be that Lin Ke felt that she had wasted her talent in the bookstore and had planned to run to the wilderness to be the wife of a village ghost?

Hiss. It was not impossible based on Lin Ke’s character. If this was the case, then it would be interesting. If he went to snatch her away, would Lin Ke call her husband out to beat him?

As he thought about it, Zhou Ze’s gaze was attracted to a corpse at his side. This corpse was wearing a jacket and a green beret. This style was quite novel. There were so many corpses in the room, but this guy had a hat. He had special treatment.

For some reason, Zhou Ze saw that this guy was wearing a hat and felt very uncomfortable. He simply reached out and took off the hat. Then, he was stunned.

“Boss, the people outside have gone far away. Should we go out now? It might take a long time to find the bride.” Lawyer An asked Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze ignored him.

“What’s wrong, boss?”

Zhou Ze raised his head and looked at Lawyer An. He wanted to say something, but he hesitated. His eyes were thoughtful.

“What’s wrong?” Lawyer An came closer. He was paying attention to the movements outside.

Zhou Ze pointed at the corpse that he had just taken off the hat from. He said, “Look at this corpse. Does he look like someone?”

“Who is it?” Lawyer An lowered his head. He was also stunned after seeing this corpse. His face was filled with disbelief. His body began to tremble in fear.

Zhou Ze took a deep breath. He looked at the corpse and then looked at Lawyer An. He said, “Does it look like… you?”