NCCnovel Chapter 202: The Haunted House
Chapter 202: The Haunted House
After saying goodbye to Di Qiu, Li Shaoan walked towards the Tzu Chi Institute.
During this time, he passed by the three young men.
Hearing their conversation, I couldn't help but feel a little emotional:
"This gambler is hopeless. He still wants to gamble now."
Looking at the temperament and clothes of these three people, you can tell that they come from good families, or they used to come from good families.
The young man in the lead, named Zhou Shao, was covering the wound on his face.
Some of them grinned and said:
"Mr. Li, Mr. Wang.
The two hundred thousand was borrowed by the three of us together, and Chengzhai has three IOUs in his hand.
Mine is 100,000, and each of you will have 50,000.
I'm a bit short of money right now, I only have 60,000 yuan.
I don't think I can raise 100,000 in three days, how about you lend me 40,000 first?"
Upon hearing this, Li Shao and Wang Shao's faces turned a little unhappy.
They are also short of money now, and each person can only raise 20,000 or 30,000 yuan at most.
They all wanted to borrow some money from Zhou Shao to pay off the gambling debts of Chengzhai first. After all, Chengzhai was no joke.
But before they could even open their mouths, Zhou Shao asked them to borrow money.
Li Shao said with a bitter face:
"I can only scrape together 20,000 yuan at most. I would like to ask Mr. Zhou to lend me a few thousand yuan so that I can get the IOU back from Chengzhai first."
Wang Shao also said:
"I am about the same as Mr. Li. I only have about 20,000 or 30,000 yuan on hand."
When Zhou Shao heard them say this, he thought they didn't want to lend it to him, so he said angrily:
"Master Li and Master Wang, are you guys remembering my endnote?
You know, I even mortgaged my ancestral home."
Hearing this, both of them laughed bitterly.
Li Shaodao:
"Mr. Zhou, we have been friends since we were little, and you know what kind of people we are.
If I had money, why wouldn't I lend it to you?
I really have no money.
I am also having a headache now. Where can I find tens of thousands of dollars?
After all, although Chengzhai is fair in its actions, it cannot change its words.
If I can’t pay back the money in three days, I’m afraid they will really arrest me and send me to fill the sea.”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Shao and Wang Shao suddenly felt a little scared.
But they dare not speak to their parents until the critical moment.
If their parents knew that they were in debt from gambling, they would never have a good life again.
Thinking of this, Zhou Shao made a suggestion:
"In that case, how about we make a bet?"
Wang Shao asked with great interest:
"Mr. Zhou, how do you bet?"
Li Shao was also very interested and nodded repeatedly.
Zhou Shao's words made both of them nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Zhou Shao continued:
"You guys know about the ancestral home I mortgaged to the Walled City, right?"
Li Shao rolled his eyes and said:
"Nonsense, we have been playing with you for so many years, how could we not know."
Wang Shao nodded and smiled:
“In fact, I admire you a lot.
Your ancestral home is a well-known haunted house, and you dare to mortgage it to the City Walled City to borrow money."
Zhou Shao said unhappily:
"Stop talking nonsense, my bet with you is:
As long as you can stay in there for one night without any harm, I lose.
I'll give you all my money.
Otherwise, even if I win, you give me all the money."
Li Shao and Wang Shao agreed immediately and said:
"It's a word."
"It's a word."
Zhou Shao nodded and continued:
But you can’t stay in the same room, you have to live in separate rooms.”
Wang Shao laughed and said:
"That's absolutely fine, I don't believe there are ghosts in this world at all.
And I bought a revolver from an Annan some time ago.
Even if there is a ghost, I will let it eat bullets."
Zhou Shao smiled without commenting:
“It is better to believe it exists than to believe it does not exist.
Without further ado.
At ten o'clock tonight, bring your money and meet at my ancestral home.
Those who don’t come will lose.”
"it is good......"
After the three separated.
When Zhou Shao returned home, he saw that both his parents had gloomy faces.
Father Zhou said angrily:
"You little brat, why did you come back with all these injuries? Did you get jealous with your friends again?"
Zhou's mother didn't give him a good look either.
“You can have fun, but you must not get involved in gambling or drugs.
Otherwise, I would rather donate all my property and not leave a single cent for you."
After hearing what his mother said, Zhou Shao didn't dare to ask them for money directly, so he could only say in a low voice:
"I'm not involved in gambling or drugs. The injury on my face was caused by a fall."
With that, he ran back to his room and slammed the door shut.
While thinking about his mother's words, he was also afraid that the walled city would really use him to fill the sea.
If he loses the bet tonight, he will really be finished.
As he was thinking about it, he suddenly thought of a solution.
Although I feel this method is a bit shameless.
But in order to win, I can only say sorry to my friends.
Ten o'clock in the evening, Zhou Shaozu's house in Kowloon Tong.
Zhou Shao opened the door and saw that the house was full of spider webs. He used his hands to push away the spider webs and found a candlestick.
After lighting a candle, he walked in with the two of them.
The three of them looked around in the light of the candles.
Zhou Shao held up a candle and threatened:
“This is a haunted house.
People who live here often die inexplicably."
Wang Shao laughed loudly and said:
"Mr. Zhou, you don't have to scare me. I'm not afraid."
Zhou Shao sneered and said:
"Okay, then follow me."
As he said that, he took the two of them to a room on the first floor.
After opening the door, he said to Li Shao:
"Mr. Li, you will stay in this room tonight."
Li Shao looked at the old house and furniture with a hint of fear on his face.
He asked again hesitantly:
"I......
I sleep here?"
Wang Shao saw that he was a little scared, and immediately teased him:
"Ha ha.......
Li Shao, if you are afraid, you can leave the money and quit playing.
Mr. Li faces the same problem as Mr. Zhou, and it's even more serious than his.
So face is important, but money is more important.
Li Shaoqiang said:
"Will I be afraid?
You are afraid of me, but I am not afraid of you. "
Wang Shao smiled and stopped teasing him, and asked Zhou Shao:
"Then where do I live?"
"You, you live in the room on the second floor."
After saying that, he held up the candlestick in his hand and led the two people towards the stairs.
After arriving on the second floor, he opened a door and said to Wang Shao:
"You will sleep here tonight."
Wang Shao observed it and then touched the furniture in the house with his hand.
Complained:
"It's too dirty here. The dust is several centimeters high."
Zhou Shao ignored this and came to a painting, asked them to come closer and threatened:
“This is my great-grandfather, who was a high-ranking official during the Jiaqing period more than a hundred years ago.
Later, because he did so many bad things and aroused public anger, he was beheaded by Emperor Jiaqing.
Maybe he’s watching us right now.”
Li Shao and Wang Shao carefully observed the person in the portrait.
He was dressed in the attire of a high-ranking Qing dynasty official, with a haggard face and wide-open eyes.
Upon closer inspection, Fang Fo was also being stared at by him.
Seeing that they were a little scared, Zhou Shao smiled and said:
"It's not too late to admit defeat now."
They both rolled their eyes at him.
"cut......"