Chapter 74
They didn't understand what I meant, so I said, "That thing should come tonight."
As soon as I said this, Wang Laosan's wife and the old village chief shrank back.
The old village chief said dryly, "Well, since I have nothing to do, I'll leave first."
After saying this, he left in a panic.
"Auntie, just sleep peacefully at night. I'll be watching you in the yard."
"That won't work. Auntie will accompany you."
I looked at her and said, "Aren't you afraid?"
"Afraid."
After making the paper figurine, I didn't stay at Wang Laosan's house. Instead, I took a trip to Xigou. Aunt Chen, seeing me back, warmly welcomed me. I felt incredibly close to Aunt Chen and chatted with her for a long time. She also said that every time Maomao came home, he'd ask her if I'd returned. I chatted with Aunt Chen about family matters for a long time before heading home. Once this was over, I had to leave home again, but I was suddenly lost. The last time I left, I'd done almost nothing for two years. I only learned about the ghost tribe from Zhang Jingzhi, but I had no other clues.
If we keep searching like a headless fly, it will take forever to find the answer.
I am very bored at home, but I don’t know anyone in the village and I don’t know who to go out and play with.
I just waited at home, and finally I was too bored to death, so I climbed up the big tree in the yard, lay on the branch, watched the villagers passing by, looked at the mountains in the distance, anyway, I was so bored that I felt uncomfortable all over.
Finally, at night, I went to Wang Laosan's house. Wang Laosan was in better spirits than in the morning. When he and his wife saw me coming, they kept thanking me.
"You two should sleep peacefully tonight," I said.
"Little sister, I'm very nervous and can't sleep. Just let me stay with you." said Wang Laosan's wife.
"Auntie, I'm afraid you'll be scared when you see that thing. If you scare it, I don't know what the consequences will be."
When Wang Laosan heard me mention that thing, he was obviously a little scared.
"Don't worry, I promise not to make any noise."
No matter how much I tried to persuade her, Wang Laosan's wife insisted on going with me. I knew she wanted to keep me company, but I wasn't afraid at all.
While it was still light, I placed the paper figurine in front of Wang Laosan's house, securing it with a string to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.
But my worries were unnecessary. There was no wind tonight. Even late into the night, the creature didn't come. Wang Laosan's wife and I hid in the shed, closed the door, and watched the paper figurine through the crack.
Under the dim moonlight, the paper figurine stood alone in front of Wang Laosan's house. It was so quiet that I could hear both of us breathing. Wang Laosan's wife couldn't wait any longer and whispered in my ear, "Does that thing really work? How could you mistake a paper figurine for my son?"
"Aunt, you don't know this. Although it's a paper figure, it contains Uncle Wang's hair. As the saying goes, hair is the residue of blood. Plus, it's dressed in Uncle Wang's clothes, and his birth date and time are written on it. Just now, I wrote his name on it. With all this, the paper figure looks just like a paper figure to us, but in the eyes of that thing, it's Uncle Wang, a real person."
"That's how love plays tricks on people." She said this very seriously.
I chuckled and said, "That's probably how it came about."
The originally tense atmosphere was broken by her.
"Why haven't you come yet?"
"Shh, it should be soon."
I glanced down at my watch when Wang Laosan's wife suddenly grabbed my arm. I felt a sharp pain and was about to ask her what she was doing when I looked up and saw through the crack in the door the headless ghost, bounding towards the paper figurine. It was running, but it was actually very slow, but it was definitely running.
I didn't dare to act rashly, staring intently at the headless ghost. It ran to the paper figurine and stood there quietly, as if thinking. Blood plasma pumped out of the hole in its neck and then fell back down, beating in unison with its heartbeat.
"Crunch, crunch." It moved stiffly, twisting its headless neck.
Wang Laosan's wife covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from making any sound. My heart was pounding. Now was the critical moment. As long as it took away the paper man, then this method would work and Wang Laosan would not be entangled by it in the future.
But it didn't move the paper figurine. I even had a feeling it had noticed something was wrong with it. After a minute of silence, it stiffly picked up the paper figurine, tucked it under its arm, and then, taking advantage of the night, ran away.
Seeing it leave, we both breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, I was very nervous just now. After all, I don’t have any magic power now, and I have no ability to deal with it if something unexpected happens.
I looked at Wang Laosan's wife again, and she was already rolling her eyes in fear.
I immediately pinched her philtrum and she woke up after a while.
She looked at me and said, "Little sister, is that thing gone?"
"Let's go, auntie."
“It’s really scary.”
I helped her stand up, opened the shed door, and as we walked out, her legs went weak and she sat down on the ground.
"Little sister, my aunt's legs are a little weak."
I helped her up and carried her into the house.
"Auntie, you can sleep well this time. I'm going home too." I said after settling her down.
"Why go back home so late at night? Just sleep here with your aunt."
"No, it's not far anyway. I'll go back then."
After saying that, I walked home.
While the moon was still a little bright, I walked on the village street, my footsteps echoing in the night as I walked back quickly.
I lay in bed and stayed up until midnight, when I was so sleepy that I fell asleep in a daze.
While I was sleeping, I vaguely heard some noise outside. I turned over, ignored it, and fell into deep sleep again.
“Ding ding ding.”
I was awakened by the sound of banging on the door again.
"Little sister, open the door." It was the voice of Wang Laosan's wife.
I packed up and hurriedly opened the door. She grabbed my arm and said, "Hurry up, our third child is dying."
When I heard him say that, I was shocked and had no idea what was going on.
I rushed to her house and saw Wang Laosan was already unconscious. She looked at Wang Laosan crying and said inconsolably: "Little sister, come and see what's going on."
I looked at Wang Laosan carefully. His forehead was dark, his cheeks were sunken, and his skin was sallow.
"Auntie, did anything else happen after I left yesterday?"
"No, after you left, I kept looking at the third brother and couldn't sleep. He was fine at first, but who knew he would become like this when the sun came out."
"No, it shouldn't be like that."
I thought about it carefully. Although this was a simple method, it was Zhang Jingzhi who had suggested it. As a former Celestial Master of the Celestial Master's Mansion, he was highly respected and would definitely not speak nonsense. So the only thing left was what I did wrong. But I followed the steps exactly as he said and didn't notice anything I had missed.
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