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The detectives looked at each other in bewilderment. Did they look that scary? Not really?

Lin Bao smiled heartily and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, Ah Ying is just like that. She doesn't like to talk to people in the village. She's just timid. It's no problem."

The group of people could only smile awkwardly and nod their heads while standing there.

Lin Bao suddenly slapped his forehead as if he remembered something, and hurriedly said to them: "Oh, look at my brain, don't stand at the door, go in and sit down. Wait until Aying has cleaned up the room, then I will take you to see the room."

The group dragged their bags and sat on the soft sofa in the living room, feeling their whole bodies relax.

The decoration of the village chief Lin Bao's house is not the Chinese wooden style that people of his age and status would like, but rather a light European style.

Including the sofa they are sitting on now, it is not a wooden armchair, but a soft fabric sofa. Sitting on it, it feels like the whole body is sinking, making people want to lean back and lie down like Ge You.

But after all, they were in someone else's house, and Ge You's pose was really indecent, so the group of people suppressed their body instincts and sat upright.

After seeing that they were all seated, Lin Bao took a sip of the tea in front of him and began to explain some precautions in the village.

Lin Bao: "Our village is not big, there are not many people, and we have little contact with the outside world, so the villagers are relatively closed-minded. I think there are some things I still need to explain to you, don't mind.

There are several unwritten rules in our village.

The first is a curfew after 10 p.m. Except for the village patrol team that patrols every hour, other villagers are not allowed to go out after 10 p.m.

The second is that if you meet a black cat on the road, you must go home immediately and not stay outside.

The third is that all villagers who leave the village must go to the village committee to go through the procedures for leaving the village, stating the reason for leaving the village and the time of returning to the village. If they do not return after the time of returning to the village, the houses, fields and property of this person in the village will be collectively owned.

The fourth is women, who cannot go out alone and must be accompanied by men.

The fifth is that there is an ancestral hall in our village. The original villagers in the village were all surnamed Lin, and people with other surnames moved in later. People with other surnames are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall.

These are the rules passed down from our ancestors. I don’t know the reasons for many of them, but for so many years, people in the village have been doing it this way, passing it down from mouth to mouth.

Although you are outsiders, in order to avoid any trouble, I would like you to pay attention to this."

Lin Bao's face was serious when he said this, and the seven people from the detective agency listened attentively.

"That's natural. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Thanks for the reminder, village chief. We will all pay attention to it." He Jiang agreed readily.

But these regulations are indeed strange.

There are black cats and ancestral halls. Villagers are not allowed to go out casually, women cannot go out alone, and there is a curfew. These rules do not seem to be what a village in modern society would have.

The more Ning Chaoyan listened, the more her scalp tingled, and she involuntarily moved closer to Qi Kangfei.

Everyone else also felt uneasy. The weird feeling they had when walking in the village without seeing anyone came back to their minds again.

After a few glances, everyone in the detective agency quickly reached a consensus and decided to strictly follow what the village chief said.

They would only be here for a few days anyway, and it wasn't difficult to follow these rules, so there was no need to cause trouble for themselves.

As members of a detective agency, they like solving cases and seeking answers to all unknown events, but this does not mean that solving cases is the only thing on their minds.

There is something wrong in this village. Originally, they thought that the village chief was a kind-hearted man, but looking at Aying's condition and the five extremely strange village rules he just mentioned, everyone in the detective agency felt that this village chief was not that simple.

They have now lost contact with the outside world, so it is safer for them to stay quiet.

They don't want to become the corpse brothers and sisters being investigated in order to explore these strange things in the village.

At this moment, Aying cleaned up the room and went downstairs.

Lin Bao immediately stood up, regaining his enthusiastic and cheerful appearance, and said to He Jiang and the others with a smile: "You must be tired after carrying so many things and walking such a long distance this morning. We happen to have three empty rooms upstairs, all with 1.8-meter beds. If you don't want to share a room, my brother's house has an empty room..."

Before Lin Bao finished speaking, He Jiang interrupted him and said, "Village Chief, you are too polite. Three rooms are more than enough for the seven of us."

As he spoke, He Jiang turned his head and looked at Aying, who had been quietly sitting at the bottom of the stairs without saying a word, and continued: "Thank you, Sister Ying, for cleaning the room for us. You've worked so hard."

Hearing her own name, Aying obviously shrank back again and looked at Lin Bao helplessly.

Lin Bao strode to Ah Ying, put his arm around her shoulders, and comforted her softly: "These guests are different from the outsiders last time. They are just staying here temporarily and will leave when the road is open. They won't disturb us. Don't look so scared. Be obedient."

Lin Bao's voice was very soft. He Jiang and the others could only see his mouth opening and closing, as if he was saying something, but they could not hear clearly what he was saying.

He Jiang and the others could only feel that Ah Ying's tense mood seemed to have gradually eased because of Lin Bao's words, and the look in her eyes when she looked at them no longer revealed fear.

He Jiang and the others all stood up from the sofa, feeling a little embarrassed.

The wife of the village chief is too timid. They are not bragging, but just by looking at their looks, they are usually greeted with admiring glances when they walk in the school. This is the first time that someone has treated them like a scourge and guarded against them.

But they have to stay here until the road is repaired. If the village head's wife is still so scared, it will be really difficult to deal with.

But this village chief is really strange. He knew that his wife was afraid of strangers, but he still volunteered to take them home.

After Lin Baoan comforted Ah Ying, he looked back at He Jiang and his group and said, "Let's go. Ah Ying and I will show you the rooms first. Your rooms are all on the third floor.

The third floor is usually empty and is only used as a guest room when relatives come to visit.

Although my house is big, it doesn’t have many rooms. The first floor is the kitchen, living room and dining room. The second floor is my office, tea room and children’s study. The third floor is the guest room. The fourth floor is where Aying, I and the children live.”