I’d rather die than sleep in a coffin. Pretending to be clueless, Gu Youyou earnestly promised, "Ah, elder, you want me to guard this for you, right? Go ahead and take care of your business, I’ll make sure to keep an eye on it, no way he’s getting out!"
Having said this, it seemed she had thoroughly enraged the wild man. His eyes, big as if ready to devour someone, suddenly reached out to grab Gu Youyou.
Gu Youyou was like a helpless little chick, picked up by the wild man, who strode towards the coffin with her in hand.
Gu Youyou yelled and cursed loudly, "You pervert, let me down! I’m a living person, not someone who sleeps in coffins. Hey, why don’t you go sleep in it? Let go of me, my husband is the hunter on this mountain, and he’s bound to catch you and sell you off..."
Ultimately, Gu Youyou was still thrown into the coffin by the wild man.
She hit her head so hard that she saw stars; scrambling up, she tried to climb out of the coffin.
But her small stature was little use, as the wild man quickly pushed her back in.
This time the fall was hard, and her bottom ached terribly!
She could hear the sound of heavy stones being moved from outside. Before long, Gu Youyou saw a lid being added to the massive stone coffin.
It was that very lid leaning against the coffin!
Now she truly felt like crying but had no tears—how on earth the wild man managed to lift that massive coffin lid, she had no idea.
One thing was for sure, once it was covered, there was no way she could push it off.
As the coffin lid moved, a heavy sound echoed, and Gu Youyou’s heart sank deeper, heavy as if stuck in a mire.
When the lid was entirely in place, darkness engulfed the space to the point where she couldn’t see her hand before her face. Even after her eyes had completely adjusted, with Gu Youyou’s vision, she could only make out a vague silhouette of the man beside her!
It looked as if he was crawling towards her.
Gu Youyou huddled in the corner, unsure if the man could see her.
He had been in this coffin all this time and surely knew it inside and out—it was his domain!
In this pitch-black environment, Gu Youyou felt as if she had returned to the haunted House of the Gu Family, suffocating in the sealed darkness. She was frightened, very frightened.
Gu Youyou had no clue what these two were up to, nor did she understand why the wild man had thrown her in here!
Suddenly, she considered a possibility that made her heart leap to her throat.
Could it be that they were using her as food to feed the creature in the coffin?
No, that couldn’t be right—if they wanted to kill her, why would they have wasted a rabbit leg earlier?
With nowhere to retreat, Gu Youyou had no choice but to shout at the man, "Hey, hey, don’t come over here, don’t move!"
As soon as she spoke, the man seemed to understand and, indeed, didn’t come any closer. He just sat across from her, perfectly still.
Gu Youyou couldn’t see him clearly and thought about reaching out to touch him, but decided against it after some thought.
It was pitch black in the coffin, and pushing it open was impossible. Gu Youyou heard footsteps growing fainter and then, after a while, the sound of the tomb door moving. She was shocked; the wild man was about to leave.
If he left, she would have to remain cramped up . In desperation, Gu Youyou shouted, "Uncle, elder, can we talk this out nicely? I’ll sleep, okay? I’m ready to sleep, just don’t put the lid on. Once the lid’s on, it’s pitch dark in here, and I don’t sleep well. If by accident I hurt your honored son, it wouldn’t be good."
The person outside paused for a moment, and Gu Youyou heard the door falling back into place, followed by the heavy footsteps of the wild man approaching. Not long after, several muffled thuds sounded on the coffin lid, like thunder, making Gu Youyou’s ears painfully ring!