Chapter 71 What are you looking at?

Jiang Liyue always felt that the blind old man had other secrets.

The other person just stared at her, and her intuition told her she couldn't keep asking.

Moreover, even if you keep asking, you won't get any results.

So she simply put the paper effigy the blind old man had given her into her coat pocket and quickly left his house.

After she left, the door was closed from the inside.

Looking through the window, the house was pitch black, no different from any other house in the village.

She didn't stop, and continued exploring.

The blind old man's house is located at the very end of the Paper Doll Village, behind which lies a barren mountain.

Just as Wang Cuifen had said, the outside was shrouded in thick fog, as if the whole world had been reduced to just this small village.

Something seemed to be watching her from within the thick fog, cold and terrifying.

She recalled that when Wang Cuifen mentioned the thick fog, the fear in her eyes seemed genuine.

In other words, there is at least one entity in the fog that even the people of the Paper Doll Village themselves fear.

As expected, the task was not so simple.

Jiang Liyue decided to turn back. Although she was mainly rebellious, she could at least distinguish between rebellion and courting death.

Before figuring out the situation regarding the Paper Doll Village and the Paper Festival, it's best not to do anything reckless.

Walking back again, the blind old man's door was still tightly closed.

But the other doors that were originally closed were now open, and villagers were sitting at their doorways washing clothes and cooking, just like in a real village.

Jiang Liyue fully demonstrated what it means to have social arrogance.

Whenever she saw a villager, she would approach them and greet them cheerfully.

As I walked down the road, I was surprised to find two children and a big yellow dog following behind me.

"Sister Yueyue, could you do that candy scene you just performed again?"

The little boy named Xiao Le was dressed in a festive red outfit, his face flushed, and he looked at her expectantly.

Just now, Jiang Liyue used a simple magic trick—suddenly producing a piece of candy—to completely fool the two children who had never left the Paper Doll Village and had never seen the world.

He instantly became her little shadow.

"That won't do. My divine power is limited. I've used up all my power these past two days trying to make candy for you," Jiang Liyue said seriously.

Xiao Le let out a regretful "Oh," while Xiao Yi, the little girl with two braids next to him, gave him an annoyed look.

She was wearing a green coat, similar in style to Xiao Le's. She had fair skin, rosy cheeks typical of children, and bright, dark eyes; she was very cute.

Xiao Yi mercilessly exposed Xiao Le: "I think you're just craving it."

"Sister Yueyue's divine power has great uses; she can't just conjure up candy for you every day."

When Xiao Yi mentioned candy, she actually swallowed hard, but still looked at Jiang Liyue very seriously: "Sister, don't listen to him, he's a glutton!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Liyue patted her head and said, "Thank you, Xiaoyi."

"Sister Yueyue, I won't ask you to turn me into candy anymore, I'm sorry." Xiao Le quickly jumped forward and apologized obediently.

Jiang Liyue then patted his head as well, sharing her affection with him.

After withdrawing his hand, he felt no guilt as he touched his pocket.

It's not that she lost her divine power and couldn't transform anymore; it's just that she only had two candies in total, and once they were transformed, they were gone.

[How come my wife can even do magic tricks?! I was just looking at her with the same bewildered expression as the two kids.]

[Who wouldn't want candy that appears every month?]

It seems Yueyue's wife is not only good at appeasing the boss, but also at appeasing the kids.

[Starting with a vision, I'll be taking care of our child every month after our marriage ///A\\\]

[The last fantasy of someone who died from suspected poisoning after eating ghost food]

[Am I the only one who noticed Yueyue touched her pocket? She probably ran out of candy, hahaha]

After calming the two children down, Jiang Liyue was led to the large banyan tree in the center of the village.

This banyan tree, whose age is unknown, is about the thickness of five people's arms, and is covered with white lanterns and white paper flowers.

"This is where the Paper Festival is held," Xiao Yi introduced to Jiang Liyue in a lively manner. "The Paper Festival is held here every year, and there are lots of paper doll uncles and aunts here."

Xiao Le added from the side, "Yes, yes, that was the liveliest time of the year."

Jiang Liyue noticed the terms "paper doll uncle" and "paper doll aunt" used by the two of them, but did not show any other expression.

She simply replied earnestly, "Really? Then I must see for myself."

Children are actually very easy to please; what they need is to be treated as equals and to have conversations with them.

Seeing this, Xiao Le and Xiao Yi warmly invited her, "Sister Yueyue, you must come and see!"

"However, I am from out of town. Can I participate in the village's paper offering festival?" Jiang Liyue asked tentatively.

“Of course, we welcome people from other places to participate in the Paper Festival.” Xiao Yi said, recalling, “I remember that every year during the Paper Festival, there are people from other places like you, sister, who come to participate.”

"However, they disappeared the day after the paper offering ceremony. They must have left. Can you stay in the village a few more days, sister?"

This passage still contains a lot of information.

Perhaps from a child's perspective, those people have left, but Jiang Liyue always felt that most of them were probably dead.

Or perhaps the player exited the game immediately after completing the dungeon.

At least one thing is certain: the Paper Offering Day requires people from other places to come.

So, was their car overturning really just an accident? Jiang Liyue was very skeptical of that.

Xiao Yi was still staring at her expectantly, and Jiang Liyue nodded with a smile: "If possible, I would of course stay and play for a few more days."

Jiang Liyue said this without any awareness of deceiving the children.

However, she used to use this method to trick bosses, and now it feels a little strange to use it to trick the kids in the dungeon.

It's all that jerk's fault; I don't even know what his role is in this instance.

He only dared to sneak into her room in the middle of the night, and didn't dare to appear in front of her.

What a scoundrel!

Jiang Liyue cursed inwardly as she looked up at the paper lanterns and flowers on the banyan tree.

Suddenly, I noticed that there seemed to be small words written on the bottom of the white lanterns.

Because it's hung too high, it's not clear.

She tried to squint to see more clearly, but Xiao Yi tugged at the hem of her clothes: "Sister Yueyue, what are you looking at?"

Jiang Liyue looked down and suddenly noticed that in the shade of the banyan tree, Xiao Yi's face was excessively pale, and her eyes were so dark that they seemed unable to cast a single ray of light.