After the meal was ready, Chi Mu called Xiao Xin to come out to eat, and helped his mother bring the meal to the bedside.
"Mom, eat while it's hot. It's cold after the rain."
Just as Chi Mu finished speaking and was about to ask something else, there was a knock on the door.
“Boom boom boom!”
Because the doors in rural areas are wooden, the so-called knocking on the door is actually just knocking on the door, and the noise is very loud.
"Xiao Mu, go open the door. I wonder who would come to our house so late at night."
Mother looked outside and motioned Chi Mu to open the door.
Chi Mu did not go outside to open the door immediately. He looked at the clock on the wall very cautiously.
20:21.
"Phew, it's not even nine o'clock yet, we can still open the door and welcome guests."
After seeing the time, Chi Mu breathed a sigh of relief, picked up his umbrella and went to the yard to open the door.
After Chi Mu opened the door, he was almost scared to death by the person knocking on the door.
“Fuck!”
Because the person knocking on the door was not a living person at all, but a paper man about the same height as Chi Mu standing at the door.
Although the paper man was covered in rain and mud, it showed no signs of breaking down and still stood there upright, looking particularly eerie under the moonlight.
The most terrifying thing is that this paper man has eyes dotted in it!
[3: If you see a paper figure with eyes painted on it, you must not ignore it, but immediately throw it into the river at the west end of the village.]
This rule immediately emerged in Chi Mu's mind.
He looked at the strange paper figure in front of him, picked it up immediately, then turned around and shouted into the house.
"Mom, Xiaoxin, I have to go out for something. If someone knocks on the door later, don't open it!"
Without waiting for a response from his mother and brother, Chi Mu hurriedly picked up the paper figure and ran towards the west end of the village.
"What the hell, how on earth did this paper figure knock on the door? Cripple Li is the only one in this town who can make paper figures. Could it be that he deliberately placed it in front of my door to scare me?"
As Chi Mu hurried on his way, he wondered who had placed the paper figure in front of his door.
Combined with his previous suspicions about Cripple Li, Chi Mu became even more certain that Cripple Li was most likely one of the murderers.
But what Chi Mu couldn't understand was that he had just casually asked about the relationship between the dead people in the afternoon.
At that time, Lame Li had refused to answer Chi Mu, but in the end he took the initiative to talk about the matter.
If he suspected Chi Mu, he would never tell Chi Mu about the relationship between the dead people. So what was the meaning of deliberately placing the paper man in front of Chi Mu's house?
Thinking of this, Chi Mu felt that this paper figure was not placed in front of his house by Lame Li.
Because it is so obvious, any normal person would think that the paper figure belongs to Cripple Li.
It is true that Lame Li is a lame man, but he is not a fool. How could he not know that placing the paper man in front of Chi Mu's house would only make him immediately suspected.
"Could it be that the real murderer deliberately placed this paper figurine in front of my door, hoping that I would think that Cripple Li is the murderer?"
As he was thinking, Chi Mu had already brought the paper man to the river at the west end of the village.
Due to the heavy rain, the water level has risen a lot, and the river is flowing very fast.
"Hiss... If this rain continues, will it cause the flood in the clearance mission?"
Looking at the rising water level and the increasingly heavy rain, Chi Mu couldn't help but start to speculate.
After looking at it for a while, he threw the paper man directly into the river, letting the rushing water wash it away.
Only after the paper man disappeared from Chi Mu's sight did he calm down.
——"That paper figurine is so weird. Cripple Li is the only one in the village who can make paper figurines. Now all the evidence points to Cripple Li."
——"I originally suspected that one of the murderers was Cripple Li, but now all the evidence and signs point to him. It's too obvious. I now think that Cripple Li is unlikely to be the murderer."
——"Yeah, the more obvious a person is, the less likely he is to be the murderer."
.......
As thunder sounded in the sky, Chi Mu planned to leave. After all, it was almost nine o'clock.
Not many people go out on rainy days, and it's even less likely to see any villagers in the village at this late hour.
If the murderer committed the crime at this time, it would be very dangerous for Chi Mu to be alone outdoors, and he might be targeted by the murderer.
Just when Chi Mu was about to leave, he suddenly found a dagger by the river.
There were traces of blood on the soil next to the dagger, washed down by the rain.
"This is......"
Chi Mu picked up the dagger from the ground. He found that the edge of the dagger was bumpy, obviously because it had cut something hard, causing the blade to become blunt.
Considering what the villagers and Lame Li said, the spines of the dead had been pulled out and there were scratches on their necks.
Chi Mu had a bold guess.
Those dead people whose spines were pulled out, could it be that they were holding this dagger? !
Thinking of this, Chi Mu put the dagger into his pocket, quickened his pace and left the river.
Because he left in a hurry, Chi Mu did not have time to bring out an oil lamp, resulting in the return route being completely dark and he could hardly see the road ahead.
In order to avoid another disastrous fall, Chi Mu was very careful.
The only sounds around him were rain and occasional thunder. Walking on the deserted dirt road, Chi Mu felt a little scared.
"Go away, demons and monsters! Go away, demons and monsters!..."
Chi Mu walked forward, muttering to himself.
——"Little Fairy Spring Breeze: Chi Mu, a grown man, is actually afraid of ghosts? I, a woman, am not afraid either. It's really shameful!"
——"The Lone Hero: Hey, the little fairy upstairs, do you have no mother? Normal people would be scared if they were in such an environment, right? You are indeed a keyboard warrior, you dare to say anything with just your mouth open and your hands tapping."
——"Damn, brother, you actually dare to face the female fist, you are brave!"
——"Brother Lone Warrior, please be careful. I'm afraid you'll be beaten to death..."
——"Brother, if you don't have the strength of Emperor Hao Tian, I suggest you don't face the restricted area (dog head protection)"
——"Who said that the human race has no emperor?! Isn't my brother the Lone Hero the first ancient emperor?"
........
When he was less than 200 meters away from home, Chi Mu felt someone following him.
He turned around suddenly and there was no one behind him.
"It's bad. I'm already upset. I have to go home quickly!"
Chi Mu muttered something and quickened his pace again.
But at this moment.
"Boss Chi, Boss Chi.....save me!"
Hearing the voice, Chi Mu stopped, froze in place, and got goose bumps all over his body.
This is Lin Miaomiao's voice!
Should he turn back?
"Boss Chi, save Miaomiao, Boss Chi..."
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