"Then... old Liu was scared out of his wits, rowed for his life back to the shore, and after fleeing home, he ran a high fever that very night. In his dreams, he was thrashing about as if being chased by that female ghost."
Inside the inn, the waiter—who unexpectedly possessed quite a talent for storytelling—lowered his voice mysteriously, completely capturing the attention of the porters.
By the end of the tale, several of them swallowed simultaneously.
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