365: [That's really weird.]

365: [But I like it.]

【Yes, look for a witchcraft puppet. You can use a puppet in your hand to control the actions of another puppet's owner for a short period of time.】

Ruan Xianxian did as instructed, spending 400 yuan to buy a pair of wooden dolls from the mall, holding one in her hand and placing the other on Ruan Kangri's chest.

Strangely enough, the doll on the other person's chest disappeared, leaving only one in Ruan Xianxian's hand.

She tried to move the puppet's arms, and Ruan Kangri's arms were raised at the same angle.

This startled the guy, and when he looked around, the whole cell felt eerie.

He chuckled dryly twice: "[Manager, aren't the items in the shop a bit too fantastical?]"

"Is it fantasy?" 365 snorted. "But wasn't it someone who put it in themselves?"

Someone?

who?

Before she could ask any further questions, the system urged her to leave quickly. The Spring Festival Gala was over, and the prisoners would soon be escorted back by the prison guards. It would be troublesome to leave later.

Ruan Xianxian knew that He was changing the subject because he realized he had said something wrong.

As Ruan Xianxian was about to take a step forward, a picture suddenly flashed through her mind, with the image of the witch doll's eerie smile in her mind.

In the midst of a mountain range, two corpses lay before him, and a slender, pale hand brushed across their faces.

A strange and perverse laugh rang in his ears, "Heaven's favorites? I'll turn you into puppets and take you back to help me."

The image disappeared, and Ruan Xianxian abruptly stopped, her breathing rapid. "Doggy, what weird thing did you implant in my head?"

[Something strange?] The system doesn't understand.

"That's it..." Ruan Xianxian recounted the hallucination-like scene to the system.

365 remained silent for a while before replying dryly, "[The fact that you used few items from the shop is due to what you described; it's like a user manual.]"

Instructions for use?

The thought that the so-called puppet was made from two corpses made her feel that Ruan Kangri didn't necessarily have to be shot.

Oh well, I've already spent the money, 400 yuan!

He quickly opened and locked the cell door, dodging the returning prisoners as he spoke, "Monitor Ruan Kangri's situation. Call me immediately if there's any movement."

When they got home, it was already late and all the neighbors had left. Only Fan Caicai was helping the two elderly people clean up the leftovers.

Seeing that she looked like she had encountered a huge problem, putting the key in the shoe cabinet and not even realizing that her boots were on top of the shoe cabinet, Fan Caicai called out to her.

"What's wrong? You look like your soul has left home."

Ruan Xianxian stopped and asked seriously, "Do you believe in the reincarnation of an Immortal Emperor?"

Fan Caicai: ? ? ?

"I have my doubts." The man's voice was ethereal and his steps unsteady. "I am the reincarnation of the Celestial Emperor."

Fan Caicai pushed up her glasses with her middle finger and gave a fake smile.

When the guy looked at him suspiciously, he lowered his hand and handed him a note, "Take a look, this is a distress signal from your cousin."

The paper contains a child's doodle-like drawing.

Ruan Xianxian remembered that when she sent Tian Tian back to cause trouble for the dead man, she had given her an address for an emergency call for help, which was near Master Qin's lair.

At the time, she thought that if anything happened, she could ask Qin Wuye for help, or contact him through him.

She hadn't needed it for a long time, and since Tian Tian later got involved with Master Qin, she forgot about it. She never expected that even after Old Man Ruan died, Tian Tian would ask her for help.

What did you draw?

A disheveled female ghost knelt on the ground and prayed to the heavens.

What the heck?

Is the female ghost the same as Ruan Baozhu?

Is she performing a cult ritual?

...

Three days, a mere 72 hours, felt like 72 years to Tian Tian.

On the night of the 29th, Ruan Baozhu smeared bodily fluids on the towel she used to wash her face.

On Lunar New Year's Eve, while her aunt went downstairs to set off firecrackers, Tian Tian hid in her room, and Ruan Baozhu squeezed her blood into the dumpling filling.

If it weren't for her keen sense of smell that detected a metallic odor in the mutton filling, and her keen observation of the knife wound on Ruan Baozhu's finger, she might have actually fallen into the trap.

She could have made an excuse to avoid it, but seeing the old woman so brazenly trying to earn a dowry for her son, Tian Tian didn't know what she was thinking.

She could have easily dodged it, but instead, she flipped the table.

The old woman escaped a disaster, but she was also suspected by Ruan Baozhu. If Gu Zhengchi hadn't returned in time, she estimated that Ruan Baozhu would have gone crazy indiscriminately, regardless of the consequences.

Tian Tian didn't keep it a secret for her. She told Gu Zhengchi about her suspicions and, regardless of whether he believed her or not, opened the door to go downstairs.

A cold voice came from behind, "Where are you going in the middle of the night?"

Tian Tian gritted her teeth and swallowed the words that were about to spill out, "Let's go home." If she didn't say she wanted to leave now, things would backfire.

He slammed the door shut without looking back.

Gu Zhengchi, that bastard, did indeed chase after them, using both soft and hard tactics.

Tian Tian, ​​worn down and losing her temper, finally said she was in a bad mood and wanted to go for a walk. Gu Zhengchi accompanied her, using the excuse of needing to urinate to find an opportunity to send a distress signal.

When Tian Tian returned to this home, she felt as if the air itself was filled with syphilis.

She returned to her room under Ruan Baozhu's sinister gaze, not daring to lie down on the bed. She kept watch with one eye on the side and stood guard with the other, barely managing to endure until dawn.

It was fine that Gu Zhengchi came over during the day, but as soon as it got dark, her heart pounded, worried that Ruan Baozhu would cause some more trouble.

Oh, by the way, after the incident of poisoning dumplings on New Year's Eve, the aunt in charge of Ruan Baozhu resigned this morning.

Gu Zhengchi agreed without saying much, and even gave him an extra month's salary.

Tian Tian was praying by the window, wondering when Ruan Xiaozu would come to save her, when suddenly the bedroom door slammed shut, followed by a series of loud banging sounds.

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