"Cough, cough..." Xia Meng swallowed a mouthful of blood, staring at Jiang Cheng's eyes, and said fiercely, "You will... you will definitely regret it."

"The bed is over there." Jiang Cheng pointed to the bed where Xia Meng slept, the meaning of the threat was self-evident.

Xia Meng immediately shut her mouth. After a long while, she gritted her teeth and said, "That's all, just the two of them."

"Who are they?"

Xia Meng looked at Jiang Cheng, and after a long time, she squeezed out a few words from between her teeth: "Shou Ye Ren (Night Watchers)." She said fiercely, "They are Shou Ye Ren."

These three words seemed to represent a special meaning. Jiang Cheng keenly noticed that when Xia Meng mentioned these three words, something subconsciously appeared in her eyes, and then quickly disappeared.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Cheng asked, "Are they here for Shen Hong (Crimson)?"

"Yes."

Nodding, Jiang Cheng's previous guess was correct. Since Shen Hong was so terrifying and so brutal in the middle-aged man's mouth, the players in the nightmare would inevitably spontaneously organize a force to fight against it in order to survive.

It seems that Shou Ye Ren is one of them.

"Are you also members of Shou Ye Ren?" Jiang Cheng asked, looking at Xia Meng.

"No."

"You better be smart." Jiang Cheng raised his eyebrows meaningfully, "Otherwise, you know the consequences."

Xia Meng was so angry, but there was nothing she could do. She had already decided to settle the score with him after she got out. "I said no, believe it or not."

"What is the original intention of Shou Ye Ren?" Jiang Cheng continued to ask, "It can't be just to fight against Shen Hong."

The name Shou Ye Ren sounds very upright. The literal meaning is a group of people who guard the peace of the night for people, more like guardians.

Seeming to see through Jiang Cheng's thoughts, Xia Meng swallowed and nodded, "You are right, the original intention of Shou Ye Ren is for the nightmare, they are looking for a way to end the nightmare, but the nightmare is Shen Hong's hunting ground, they are a group of lunatics immersed in the nightmare." She glanced at Jiang Cheng guiltily, "Shen Hong's brutality is beyond your imagination, you should be glad you didn't fall into their hands."

Jiang Cheng completely ignored her, he only cared about the questions he wanted to know, so he narrowed his eyes and said mockingly, "I don't see Shou Ye Ren as beneficial to the country and the people as you said."

Xia Meng was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that he was talking about Tang Shirou.

"I don't know why An Xuan did this." Xia Meng explained, "But he must have his reasons, maybe... I said maybe, there was a problem with the information he received."

Jiang Cheng frowned, "Maybe? Isn't your information shared?"

"Of course not." Xia Meng replied, "I have already said that I am not a member of Shou Ye Ren, but only have some cooperation-based exchanges with them. We don't have a subordinate relationship."

"There is no need for me to tell them my information. By the same token, there is no need for them to tell me."

"But they know we are together," Jiang Cheng leaned forward, staring at her and said, "Don't they? And you also told them the information on the clue newspaper."

"This is all to fight against Shen Hong." Xia Meng said very naturally, "This is the best choice."

There were footsteps outside the door, not clear, but barely audible, from far to near, and after a while, Fatty poked his head in and said, "Doctor, hurry up, someone is coming!"

Turning his head, Jiang Cheng tilted his head to look at the door and replied, "I'm done."

Fatty saw Xia Meng, who was lying on the ground in a very embarrassing state, and muttered that it was really fast enough, and then turned around and closed the door.

After hearing someone speaking outside, Jiang Cheng immediately changed his face. While squatting down to help Xia Meng up, he patted the dust on her buttocks and said, "Miss Xia." He nodded with a smile, "Just kidding, you were shocked."

Xia Meng had already decided in her heart that he was sick, mentally ill, and then his emotions were extremely uncontrollable. At least before going out, she didn't want to have any conflict with him again.

"Squeak—"

The door opened.

Fatty walked in first, followed by An Xuan and a few others. When they saw Jiang Cheng supporting Xia Meng, and the latter was leaning on Jiang Cheng because she had not recovered from the previous shock, everyone's eyes paused for a moment.

After discovering the change in everyone's eyes, Jiang Cheng immediately put on a straight face and said to Fatty with some complaints, "Why didn't you tell us in advance that someone was coming?"

Fatty understood and argued, "Who knew you would take so long this time!"

Xia Meng shivered, almost fell to the ground again, and after so long, her body had recovered a lot.

Several subtle gazes wandered back and forth between the two of them, especially Jiang Cheng who subconsciously straightened his clothes and belt.

The next second, You Qi's throat rolled violently.

"You... Did something happen when you visited suddenly?" Jiang Cheng said with a flushed face and panting.

An Xuan's eyes stayed on him for two seconds, and then he said, "The painting has changed again, and I want to invite you to take a look together."

It was not until they stood in front of the painting that everyone realized how big or how specific the change was this time.

Almost all the women in the painting turned around. In addition to the previous attic, there was also a blood-colored full moon in the background. The circle on the attic also revealed its true face.

It is indeed a drum.

Just like what they saw in the attic.

"Mr. Hao." An Xuan suddenly looked at Jiang Cheng, gestured to a certain place in the painting with his eyes, and then said, "This drum... Did you see anything unusual?"

This drum is painted very realistically, almost like it was taken with a camera, almost perfectly restoring every detail.

The texture of the drum surface, and the mottled feeling on the drum body, it is difficult to imagine that this is the feeling that a painting can present, the most important thing is that it is extremely vivid!

It's like imprinting the soul into it.

Most of the face revealed by the woman in the painting is smiling, and a pair of bright eyes can almost capture the soul. After watching it for a long time, the woman in the painting seems to be able to dance out of the painting, stepping on a moving melody.

There is a light-colored tattoo on the back of the neck, a little below.

The reason why it is said to be a tattoo is also their preconceived notion, it may also be a birthmark, or some other special mark.

But none of these are important, what is important is that there is also a mark on the drum, a little bit off the edge, which is exactly the same as the back of the woman in the painting.

After noticing this, everyone present fell silent.

In fact, Jiang Cheng had already guessed the origin of this drum when he was in the attic.

Human skin drum.

The drum surface of this drum is wrapped in human skin, and obviously, it is this poor woman in the painting, which also explains why everyone who was killed by the ghost was skinned in the end.

This is the ghost's revenge.

"A Jie Drum." Chen Qiang stared at the painting and said in a low voice.