“So late, and still going to that kind of place? If it’s not a Spirit Exploration Live Stream, then what could it be?” The driver didn’t turn his head, and through the rearview mirror, Zuo Si could see his constantly trembling fat face. “Do you smoke?”
The driver twisted his body, extending his left hand to offer a cigarette to the back seat, while his other hand remained on the steering wheel. His bulky figure looked quite awkward.
“No thanks.”
Zuo Si directly refused; tonight, he absolutely wouldn’t accept anything that could be ingested, not letting his guard down for a moment.
Outside, the fog still fell, and the car wasn’t moving fast. The country road was uneven, causing the vehicle to shake intermittently, making for a bumpy ride.
This old taxi was like an overburdened old man, each bump producing a harsh noise, as if it might fall apart at any moment.
Zuo Si carefully observed every detail inside the car.
The taxi was quite dirty and messy; autumn had already set in, yet there were still cooling mats on the seats.
Some junk food wrappers hadn’t been thrown out.
In such a filthy taxi, it was likely that it could only pick up passengers at night.
Zuo Si turned to look back and found a few dirty women’s underwear placed under the rear window.
“Is this fat guy a pervert?”
But that wasn’t necessarily the case; a sloppy man could have a sloppy wife, which was quite normal.
Perhaps these underwear were left behind after the two had finished something in the car and forgot to take them.
Just thinking about the fact that something like that had happened in the very spot he was sitting made Zuo Si feel instantly uncomfortable.
The car fell into a brief silence; the driver wasn’t a very talkative person. After Zuo Si refused the cigarette, he didn’t speak again.
But at that moment, Zuo Si had something he wanted to ask him.
“Mister, are you a night shift driver?”
“Isn’t that obvious? What else could I be at this hour?”
“That’s not necessarily true. Just now, that old lady was so dazed she thought it was daytime.”
“What old lady? Where did an old lady come from? Don’t scare me at this hour!”
The driver’s voice trembled a bit; he seemed genuinely frightened.
Zuo Si frowned. When he got in the car earlier, that old lady had been nearby; there was no way the driver hadn’t seen her.
“The old lady standing under the bus stop sign at Xiangyang Village when I got in the car. Didn’t you see her?”
“No… no… didn’t see her! If you scare me again, I won’t take you on this ride.”
The driver didn’t look like he was pretending.
“Don’t be scared, brother. I was just joking, trying to create a live stream atmosphere.”
“What do you mean by creating a live stream atmosphere by scaring me? If you scare me again, I’ll throw you out!”
The driver wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a towel draped over his shoulder.
He really couldn’t understand how a night shift driver could be so timid.
“How could this driver not have seen that old lady?”
“Could it be that the old lady really is a ghost?”
“Could it be that the viewers were right? She is tonight’s evil spirit?”
If that were the case, Zuo Si would actually feel relieved.
As long as he didn’t have to face an evil spirit tonight, there shouldn’t be any life-threatening danger.
“Mister, did you just start your shift?” Zuo Si asked again.
“Yeah, you’re the first passenger.”
The driver’s tone had begun to grow impatient, seeming not to want to chat with Zuo Si.
Although he had questions about why a taxi driver would change shifts in such a place, Zuo Si didn’t press further, feeling that if he asked more, the driver wouldn’t say anything anyway.
He chatted with the Chat while occasionally glancing out the window.
The road gradually became smoother, no longer so bumpy.
The speed of the car also gradually increased, but strangely, after a short while, the driver suddenly slowed down.
Curious, Zuo Si looked out the window and saw a girl in a white floral dress waving at the taxi not far ahead.
“Mister, you’re not really going to pick her up, are you?” Zuo Si stared at the driver in disbelief; he was still in the car, and the driver wanted to pick someone else up?
Although the road was smooth here, there weren’t many people living nearby. Who would get in a car in such a place?
Was he not afraid of encountering something unclean?
“I’m going to pick her up, what’s wrong with that?” The driver snorted coldly. “You’re going to a place like Miaoshan Cemetery; I’m willing to take you, so what’s with all the complaints?”
“Mister, didn’t we agree that I’d pay double the fare to take me to Miaoshan Cemetery? Are you backing out now?”
“Bullsh*t! I’ll take you to Miaoshan Cemetery, but didn’t I say I can’t carpool? If you want to ride, ride; if you don’t want to, get lost!”
“…” Zuo Si was speechless; the driver was clearly being unreasonable, but he had no other options.
He couldn’t get out of the car; that was what the Black Mobile Phone required.
Now, he could only take it one step at a time, hoping not to encounter anything unclean.
The taxi slowly stopped beside the girl, and through the car window, Zuo Si could only see half of her body.
The car door opened, and a lewd smile immediately appeared on the driver’s face.
The white figure got in the car; she was a girl around sixteen, carrying a cartoon backpack, her face beaming with a bright smile.
She looked fair and sweet, like a pure white lotus flower.
Just one glance gave a feeling of being healed.
Zuo Si let out a sigh of relief; a girl who looked like that could definitely not be an evil spirit.
The driver’s eyes sparkled; ever since the girl got in, his gaze hadn’t left her.
“Hello, Uncle,” the girl politely greeted the driver, seemingly unaware of his lewd gaze.
She even politely turned to Zuo Si and called out, “Good evening, brother.”
Zuo Si smiled and nodded in response, feeling a fondness for the little girl.
Facing such a girl, anyone should feel no annoyance.
“Where are you going, little girl?” the driver licked his lips, asking with a smile.
“To Miaoshan Cemetery.”
As soon as the girl finished speaking, both Zuo Si and the driver were taken aback.
What a coincidence! She was also going to Miaoshan Cemetery?
Zuo Si was going to Miaoshan Cemetery for the live stream; what was her reason?
“Little girl, what are you going to do there at this late hour?” the driver asked curiously.
“I’m going to find someone.”
“Going to a cemetery at midnight to find someone?…”
The driver was quite surprised but didn’t ask further; perhaps the girl’s relatives were guarding a grave there?
Or maybe today’s young people went there for a thrill, to date?
The vehicle started, and the driver and girl chatted animatedly. Even though the driver intentionally or unintentionally made some crude jokes or let his gaze linger where it shouldn’t, the girl didn’t seem to mind.
This made Zuo Si start to have some doubts.
This girl didn’t seem as simple as she looked.
From their conversation, Zuo Si learned their names.
The driver was called Chen Qing, and the girl was called Gu Yiyi.
Listening to their meaningless chatter was getting dull, so Zuo Si looked at the Chat; perhaps the viewers could pick up on some clues.
“This fat driver is so f***ing lewd, actually telling a little girl so many crude jokes.”
“Didn’t you see how his dog eyes are about to pop out?”
“These girls today are too unrestrained; this fat guy clearly isn’t a good person, yet she’s chatting so warmly with him. She looks pure, but she’s probably a impure at heart.”
“Upstairs, I think you’re just envious; you’ve never had such a beautiful girl chat with you, have you?”
“Everyone, don’t take it seriously; this is all a setup arranged by the live streamer. If we take it seriously, we lose!”
…
Zuo Si looked at the Chat, feeling speechless. This group of viewers was rarely reliable, and he couldn’t expect them to find out tonight’s evil spirit.
It seemed he had been daydreaming.