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◎Two mothers◎
"Anchor, Grandma Chen is not in here."
Liang Hongning found that after he approached the grave, the feeling of being stared at disappeared.
Her voice became tense, and she tried to focus the camera of her mobile phone on the open coffin and the deep grave. She subconsciously took a small step forward cautiously, trying to see more clearly.
At this moment, Jiang Chuxu's voice came clearly and firmly: "Don't look for her anymore, she is right next to you."
Liang Hongning was startled and looked around suddenly. The camera of her mobile phone also shook. After a few seconds, she realized that Jiang Chuxu was probably talking about Grandma Chen.
"Point the camera to the shade of the tree in front of you to the left. She's there."
Hearing this, Liang Hongning's arms trembled as she slowly moved the camera of her mobile phone toward the open space shaded by trees in the front left.
[Did the host see it?]
Is that Granny Chen's ghost? In broad daylight?
【Girl, hold on! 】
Maybe it was just a few seconds, anyway Liang Hongning only felt the camera flicker slightly, and then a translucent figure quietly appeared in the camera.
The figure was a little blurry, but Liang Hongning recognized the familiar face at a glance. It was Grandma Chen.
But at this moment, Mrs. Chen's face no longer had the seriousness of the past, but instead showed a deep sense of fatigue and relief.
Her eyes were no longer cloudy as they had been after she became blind, but instead had a strange clarity.
Chen Po's eyesight became blind because she failed in a magic fight, and it healed naturally after she became a ghost.
"Grandma Chen?" Liang Hongning's voice was stuck in her throat, filled with tears and great shock. "What are you doing..."
Liang Hongning couldn't believe that Grandma Chen had actually passed away.
The translucent Chen Po looked at her, a smile on her face, her lips moving: "Liang girl, don't be afraid, it's me."
"The old woman has been dead for a month, and Liang girl is the first one to come to see me."
"Grandma Chen, it's really you!" Liang Hongning looked at Grandma Chen's transparent body. Huge sadness and self-blame instantly overwhelmed her, and tears burst out.
One month, isn't that about the time when she went to ask Grandma Chen for help? At that time, she felt that something was wrong with Grandma Chen.
"It's all my fault. It's all my fault for running away that day. If I hadn't run away, you wouldn't have... I'm the one who hurt you!"
The remnant of Granny Chen shook her head slightly, and her voice echoed in Liang Hongning's mind, with a mixture of comfort and a hint of fear: "Silly girl, you ran well, you were absolutely right to run!"
Her expression grew exceedingly serious. "That night, what I summoned wasn't the spirit of your parents at all! It was a powerful, malicious spirit filled with malice! The moment it possessed you, it intended to kill you! It said 'you're the dead one' because it wanted to scare you to death, to make you lose your mind and control your thoughts, so it could take over your body completely, or drag you down to be its scapegoat!"
Liang Hongning felt cold all over when she heard this. She realized she was so close to death.
If one is scared to the point of losing his soul, it will be different from normal situations. Once Liang Hongning's soul leaves the body, it will probably not be able to return. At that time, it will become a wandering living soul and will not be able to reincarnate. If it is swallowed by other ghosts, it will be troublesome.
"I, an old woman, used all my last bit of strength to hold it back from harming you immediately, hoping you would run away. If you were stupid enough to stay there, or were so frightened that you couldn't move, we would both end up in that room!"
The remaining soul of Grandma Chen seemed to remember the danger at that time, and her figure wavered.
"So what does it mean when it says 'they're looking for me instead'?"
Liang Hongning asked in a trembling voice, with deep longing for her parents.
She had been thinking for the past month that if she really died, her parents would miss her so much and would not be able to live well.
A hint of complexity and tenderness appeared on the face of Grandma Chen's remaining soul: "That 'they' might really be referring to the souls of your parents."
She sighed and said, "Between close relatives, souls can sense each other. You've been haunted by that evil spirit, your life hanging by a thread, and your yin energy is overwhelming. They're restless down there, sensing your distress and wanting to get closer to protect you. Unfortunately, they can't get through because of the barrier of yin and yang, so they can only worry. The evil spirit sensed their telekinesis and spoke that way deliberately, wanting to make you more afraid and more vulnerable to its attack."
However, the evil spirit was not targeting Liang Hongning. If someone else had asked for help, the situation would have been the same. The evil spirit just wanted to return to the human world.
It turned out that her parents had been trying to protect her. Liang Hongning was overwhelmed with emotions and her tears flowed even harder.
She looked at Grandma Chen and had a lot to say, but in the end she couldn't say it because she was choked with sobs.
But Granny Chen seemed to know what Liang Hongning wanted to say. She smiled, and there was open-mindedness and a hint of relief in that smile.
She simply said, "I should have died anyway. When I was young, I was injured by asking for money, which caused me to go blind and shorten my lifespan. The fact that I've been delayed this long is already a blessing from God."
"But Granny Chen, you now..." Liang Hongning felt heartbroken as she watched Granny Chen's figure becoming increasingly faint, as if it would disappear in the sunlight at any moment.
"My remnant soul can't hold on for much longer."
Grandma Chen's voice became increasingly vague, filled with deep worry.
"That evil spirit was invited by me when I wasn't careful enough. It's easy to invite a spirit, but hard to send it away, especially such a vicious creature. If I die, it will be free and won't leave! It's still lingering in my old house! This is my sin. I have to send it away, otherwise it will come back to harm you or other innocent people sooner or later."
The look she gave Liang Hongning was filled with worry and reluctance.
But just as she said, she was the one who "invited" the ghost, and she didn't understand the matter. If the ghost harmed anyone, she would be held responsible.
By then, let alone reincarnation, the soul will probably dissipate.
At this moment, Jiang Chuxu's calm voice interrupted: "Grandma Chen, you can go with peace of mind. Leave that thing to me."
The remaining soul of Grandma Chen trembled slightly, and her gaze seemed to penetrate the screen and fall on Jiang Chuxu and the lazy black cat in her arms.
A hint of understanding and gratitude flashed in her cloudy eyes, and she nodded, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her.
However, something unexpected happened!
A cold air suddenly rose up from the direction of Grandma Chen's old house at the foot of the mountain without any warning, and even in the sunshine, people felt a biting chill.
As if angered by Jiang Chuxu's words, a stream of evil energy rushed straight towards the mobile phone in Liang Hongning's hand, and the target was Jiang Chuxu on the screen.
[Oh my god, you dare to come out in broad daylight]
Is this the evil spirit that Grandma Chen invited to possess her?
[Sister and Mrs. Chen, be careful]
The negative energy instantly condensed into a vague human figure. It opened its huge mouth, looking particularly ferocious in the sunlight, as if it was going to swallow the entire screen.
"Xiao Hei!" Jiang Chuxu's eyes became fierce and he shouted clearly.
“Meow——”
A cat's howl was like thunder, and the invisible sound waves slammed into the oncoming evil spirit with suppression.
The human figure condensed by Yin energy twisted violently in the sunlight, letting out a shrill and painful howl. Its forward momentum suddenly stopped, and the Yin energy around it rolled and quickly evaporated and dissipated in the sunlight.
But this attack did not seem to completely defeat it, but instead completely aroused its ferocity.
It let out an even more resentful and piercing scream, and its Yin Qi rolled, and it actually split into several sharp claws formed by the Yin Qi and grabbed Liang Hongning's arm holding the phone with extreme ferocity.
Obviously, it understood that as long as the phone broke, Liang Hongning and that Chen Po, who were targeted by it, would be like fish on a chopping board, at its mercy.
Liang Hongning was so frightened that her mind went blank. The sunlight seemed to have lost its warmth. She could only watch the ghost claw approaching.
At this critical moment.
"Girl, be careful!" The remaining soul of Grandma Chen let out an anxious cry, and she pounced on Liang Hongning without hesitation.
She used her soul, which was almost fading, to stand between Liang Hongning and Gui Zhua, so decisively.
At the same time, Jiang Chuxu's eyes were cold. She raised her right hand, and the necklace in her hand seemed to glow. It ignored the spatial barrier and shot towards the sharp claws with incredible precision along the live broadcast line.
Like water dropped into a frying pan, the ghost claw instantly emitted a sizzling sound and quickly melted in the sunlight. The human figure even let out a howl of extreme despair. It twisted wildly, evaporated, and finally faded.
"Meow!" Xiao Hei's cry rang out again.
The evil spirit couldn't even put up a decent resistance, and finally let out a scream filled with endless resentment and unwillingness. The thick yin energy exploded with a "bang" and finally disappeared without a trace.
Everything happened in a flash, and the mountains and forests returned to tranquility, with only the sounds of birds singing and wind blowing through leaves.
When Liang Hongning came back to her senses from the extreme shock, she only saw the residual soul of Chen Po standing in front of her.
"It's okay." Jiang Chuxu's voice came to her ears, and then Grandma Chen opened her eyes.
Liang Hongning looked at Chen Po's increasingly distant figure, her throat feeling heavy and blocked.
She stumbled forward and nearly fell into the open grave. Her fingertips were cold, and when she tried to touch the shadow, she passed right through it.
"Grandma Chen!" Her voice was trembling and her tears were falling like broken strings. "Please don't leave. I will see you off. I will burn paper for you and light a long-burning lamp for you!"
She fumbled around in her pockets, as if wanting to take something out immediately, but there was nothing there except a bunch of keys.
In mid-air, Grandma Chen's figure had faded so much that only an outline remained. There was only a calmness in her eyes, as if everything had settled, and even a bit of gentleness that Liang Hongning had never seen when she was alive.
"Death is like the extinguishing of a light. I, an old woman, should have left long ago. It was worth it to be able to protect you one last time."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Po's figure became fainter and fainter, just like the ghost just now.
"It's okay. Granny Chen just went to reincarnate. Her body is still in the old house."
Grandma Chen died a month ago, so the evil spirit must have been in her body for the past month.
Liang Hongning nodded vigorously, tears welling up in her eyes again. She was going to bury Chen Po's body.
The next thing was Liang Hongning's matter, so Jiang Chuxu ended the connection after saying a few words.
"Next."
The next person we connected to was Zhou Shiyue. When we were connected, she seemed to be sitting on the street, with confusion and shock in her eyes.
"Anchor, I met two mothers yesterday."
What does it mean?
【Biological mother and stepmother? 】
[We only deal with supernatural events here]
"I had a nightmare yesterday and woke up in shock. I looked at the time and it was one in the afternoon. My mother sat by my bed, touched my hair, and said to me, 'Don't be afraid, it's just a dream.'"
"When I closed my eyes again, I suddenly heard my mother's voice coming from the kitchen. She said, 'Did you have a nightmare? Mom will heat up some milk for you.'"
Zhou Shiyue sighed deeply. At that time, she didn't dare to open her eyes. She could feel her mother sitting beside her bed staring at her, as if waiting for her to open her eyes.
The mother's voice in the kitchen was getting closer and closer.
So close that it seemed to be right next to her ear.
If that's it, it's actually okay.
But……
"But my mother died a long time ago."
But there are now two mothers in her family.
【Author’s words】
[Dog head holding a rose]
I live alone and am afraid of the dark, so I always let my golden retriever sleep at the bedroom door to make me feel safe.
I was awakened by a rustling sound tonight, and I felt relieved only when I touched the dog's warm body.
Suddenly I heard the familiar scratching sound and anxious sobbing coming from outside the door.
My dog is outside, so what did I touch?
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