Rachel was dragged by Ewan unwillingly. She whispered in a coquettish tone, “Ewan, can we go tomorrow?”
Ewan looked back at her pale face and said solemnly, “I am here with you. What are you afraid of?”
She was not afraid of people, but ghosts.
Rachel pursed her mouth and followed him reluctantly, but their hands were held together so naturally.
When they walked through the North Garden, she noticed that almost all the rooms were dark without lights, except for one room on the second floor.
Rachel looked up. Just when she was curious about who was still up at night, she heard Ewan saying, “Let’s go. Don’t be curious. Eliza has been suffering from scotophobia since childhood.”
“Eliza has scotophobia?”
Rachel had no idea that evil Eliza had scotophobia. Shouldn’t a gloomy woman like her love the darkness?
Ewan replied lightly, “Well. The room with the lights on should be Eliza’s.”
Rachel was no longer curious.
Passing through the back garden of the North Garden, they arrived at the rockery viewing area. The two huge ponds looked so beautiful under the moonlight.
After walking for about ten minutes and passing through the bamboo grove, they saw a retro old building in front.
Rachel and Ewan were no strangers to this place. Every year on Tomb-Sweeping Day, the whole family would come here to worship and eat meal.
The ancestral hall looked very gloomy in the night. And it was dark everywhere, except for some light from the two small warm yellow lights at the entrance of the ancestral hall.
However the light from the two yellow lights made the ancestral hall look even more mysterious and terrifying.
The closer Rachel got to the ancestral hall, the more frightened she became. Her palms sweated out of nervous. She unconsciously approached Ewan more. The hand that was not holding Ewan’s, was now around his firm arms. And her whole body was pressed on his.
At this time, Rachel could no longer think about whether the behavior was intimate.
Ewan felt her palms sweating.
She pressed her whole body tightly to him, and followed every step close to his. He gently rubbed her small palm, and whispered softly, “Are you scared?”
“Yeah.” Rachel nodded, not even daring to breathe hard. Her whole body was numb. She felt colder and colder when they got closer to the ancestral hall.
“What are you afraid of?”
Rachel didn’t dare to answer him and was silent.
She would feel embarrassed if she told Ewan that she was afraid of ghosts.
Suddenly, Ewan stopped and looked up at a place next to him.
Rachel was startled. She scanned the surroundings nervously, and found nothing in the dark bushes. “Ewan, why did you stop?”
“Do you feel familiar with here?”
“No… no.” As she said, Rachel also looked up and looked in the direction of where Ewan stared. There was a warm yellow light, and there was a camera beside the light.
Rachel looked at this camera, and then realized that this camera was monitoring the entrance and exit of the ancestral hall. It was the only camera in the monitoring room with a picture.
“Why is there a camera that is separated from other cameras system?” Rachel tilted her head and looked at Ewan curiously. The warm yellow light was set off on his side face, and she was fascinated by the compelling handsomeness.
Now for her, he was not cold anymore, but he still looked strong and powerful.
The feeling of him holding her hand was particularly heartwarming for her.
Ewan led her to move forward, and said softly, “It is convenient to control and observe. This camera is out of the system. That means even the system crushes, it will not affect this camera.”
Rachel understood what he said, “You mean someone premeditated to paralyze the cameras at home. And in order to prevent this camera from being affected, they set up a new system to install this camera independently?”
Ewan showed her a light smile and touched her head in a very gentle tone, “Smart Rachel.”
It was just a simple phrase and a simple action, but Rachel felt flattered, and looked at Ewan with a surprise.
Since registering for the marriage, he seemed to be different, which always made her feel that he did not hate being with her.
But his attitude changed significantly sometimes, which still made her unable to figure him out.
Stepping into the door of the ancestral hall, Rachel took a deep breath. She held Ewan’s hand harder, wishing to climb on him like a sloth.
“I want to go out… out… out…”
A cold wind blew in and was accompanied with the vaguely bleak cry of the woman. It was very subtle, so subtle that it was almost inaudible.
But Rachel always had keen sense of hearing since she was a child. She heard it. She was so scared that she hugged Ewan’s waist with her hands, and got into his arms, which blocked him from walking.
She panted and said incoherently, “Ewan, did you hear it? There is… a woman. She is calling… she wants to go out, she… she… is shouting.”
Ewan felt Rachel’s shoulders trembling so much. He hugged her tightly. Ewan frowned, looked around and listened carefully, but he didn’t hear any sound. He even heard the voice of cicadas in the bushes, but he still didn’t bear the woman’s voice.
“Rachel, there is no sound.”
Rachel calmed herself down, and then listened carefully. And she found that the voice had disappeared.
Was it an illusion that happened because of her being too scared?
She was not sure if what she had just heard was an illusion, but now she was so scared that her feet were weak and unable to move.
“Ewan, let’s go back.” Rachel’s voice became choked, and she was so scared that she was about to cry.
She also wanted to show him that she was brave, but she was too scared inside.
And the woman’s voice just now was so bleak and so real.
Ewan gently patted her head and murmured, “We are here already. Take me to see the forbidden area you said. Don’t be afraid. I am here.”
His movements were very gentle, soothing the fear in her heart.
She had no resistance to his gentleness, and then she nodded, “It’s behind the ancestral hall.”
“Behind the ancestral hall is the wall. This is already the edge of our house. You can see that the wall in front is two meters high.” Ewan could see the wall behind the ancestral hall under the moonlight.
Rachel recalled the places she had visited before, “Behind the ancestral hall is indeed a wall, but there is a hidden rockery and a small bamboo grove beside the wall. There is a hidden door on the wall. You can go outside by the door on the wall. Then you can see a small courtyard. .”
“What door?”
“A stone door on the wall.” Rachel took a deep breath. She could smell his pleasant masculine smell. She nestled on his chest and slowly became relieved. She whispered, “When I was a kid, I went into the rockery and accidentally touched a stone. The stone door was then opened. The old butler who was watching the ancestral hall found me. He took me to a corner and taught me a lesson. I was threatened by the old butler. But this happened long ago, so I didn’t take it seriously. The butler has passed away for many years, and I almost forgot about it.”
Was there such a hidden place?
Ewan gently rubbed her shoulder.
Would this also explain why Rachel was targeted by the murderer?
He immediately grabbed Rachel’s hand and walked towards the inside, “Let’s go take a look.”