The little boy still held onto Shi Xi's wrist, nestled close to him, and whispered, "When the bad guys came... all the adults were here, and Daddy told me to go to sleep..."
Shi Xi glanced at her wrist, which was being held, but did not pull away.
Warm indoor lighting shone through the crack in the door, and the people inside were busily and anxiously working.
"Hurry up, we're going to be late."
"Where's Sui Sui? Sui Sui is gone?!" The woman's voice was filled with panic. "She was just here a moment ago!"
"Find him quickly! He can't sleep! He absolutely can't sleep!!"
Shi Xi lowered her eyes and looked at the little boy—
He just said that his father told him to go to sleep.
The next second, the door was opened.
"Dad!" Sui Sui called out in her clear voice.
"So this is where it was."
The first one to emerge was a man. His gaze fell upon the two of them, and the corners of his mouth kept turning up, his smile growing wider and wider until his mouth looked as if it had been cut open with a knife, splitting all the way to behind his ears. He just kept smiling at them like that.
His gaze was cold and vicious, not like a father looking at his son, but more like...
The big bad wolf is watching the little white rabbit.
"Hehe, I found you," he said.
Shi Xi glanced behind the man; there was no one there.
Standing next to him, Sui Sui was so frightened that she was like a little quail. She gripped Shi Xi's hand tightly, her face pale, and she looked like she was about to faint at any moment.
Only then did Shi Xi take out the kitchen knife she had just borrowed from the kitchen.
He chopped directly down on the man's head; no blood came out, only black smoke.
"Wow, big brother, you're so amazing!" Taking a deep breath, Sui Sui looked at Shi Xi with admiration, her little face flushed with excitement.
Shi Xi mentally called out "Cold Relief" but received no response.
Sure enough, he was still dreaming.
"Big brother, I'm sleepy and want to go to sleep," Sui Sui suddenly said. "Can you play a bedtime game with me?"
"What do you want to play?" Shi Xi asked, looking at him.
"Hide and seek," Sui Sui said, tilting her head and looking at him with a smile.
At the same time, the overhead lights flickered on and off, emitting a buzzing sound of electricity, before finally going out.
Darkness descended once more.
"The countdown is over, the game begins!" Sui Sui's voice rang out, accompanied by the frantic shaking of bells.
"Three, two, one, countdown?" Shi Xi asked.
“Yes,” Sui Sui said earnestly, “Big brother, the game only starts when we count to one.”
"Don't worry," Shi Xi nodded, "I know how to play."
"The countdown begins." Sui Sui's lips curled slightly, then she suddenly shouted at lightning speed:
"one."
However, before the word "beginning" could even be uttered, Shi Xi had already run away.
She even gave him the middle finger.
...
Qin Budu sensed that everyone around him had fallen asleep.
Because it was so sudden, most of the warlocks fell to the ground.
He stood up, walked past these people, slowly approached Shi Xi, bent down, and effortlessly carried the collapsed Shi Xi back into the house.
Behind me was a dark and completely silent open-plan apartment, which gave me a strange feeling of a ferocious beast with its jaws wide open, just waiting for its prey to come to its door.
Just looking at it sends chills down your spine, making you want to stay far away from it.
Qin Budu lifted his leg and closed the door, shutting out the darkness. He took off Shi Xi's coat and shoes, and finally placed her on the comfortable and soft bed.
...
Qi Tingsong opened his eyes and was greeted by a rose garden that resembled flames.
The center of the garden was set up as a wedding venue, where Qin Budu, dressed in a black suit, stood on the red carpet, waiting for the other protagonist.
"The bride has arrived!"
Suddenly someone shouted from behind.
Qi Tingsong turned around and saw Shi Xi in a red suit, her face full of happiness and sweetness.
Seeing the expression on Shi Xi's face, Qi Tingsong's face immediately darkened.
If he didn't still have some sense and know that everything was fake, he would have rushed up and taken Shi Xi away right now, and set the whole place on fire.
"If only I could snatch him away," Ji Ruwen murmured almost inaudibly as she stood beside him.
"Fake."
Qi Tingsong's face turned cold, and as soon as he finished speaking, the huge manor in front of him began to crumble.
On the wedding stage, Qin Budu held Shi Xi's head and lowered his head to kiss her... Shi Xi tilted her head back slightly, seemingly without any intention of refusing.
Just as Qin Budu was about to kiss him, a talisman was stuck to his face.
...
Shi Xi held his breath and hid in the wardrobe. It wasn't that he didn't want to hide in a more secluded place, but mainly because the Cui family really didn't have a place big enough to accommodate a living person.
'Thump, thump—'
Bare feet trod across the wooden floor, the sound of footsteps slow and deliberate.
The little boy approached Shi Xi step by step, walked past the wardrobe, and after a while, the sound of the door closing came from outside.
Just as Shi Xi breathed a sigh of relief, he felt something wrap around his ankles and wrists.
It was cold and sticky. They pulled him slowly and forcefully, dragging him outside.
"Holy crap, what the hell is that?!"
Shi Xi cursed inwardly, grabbed the wardrobe, and kicked back desperately.
A human and a ghost, constantly pulling at each other.
Within seconds, red marks appeared on her fair ankles and wrists from being pinched.
One of the ghostly hands slowly reached up from his ankle, lifted Shi Xi's shirt, wrapped around his waist, and then gradually increased the pressure.
"Ugh." So cool!
Fortunately, Sui Sui didn't seem to hear the commotion here, and Shi Xi was secretly relieved.
The next second, the wardrobe door was suddenly flung open.
Every year, she stands outside.
"Hehe, I caught you."
Sui Sui is no longer a child, but a pale-skinned, handsome young man with a somewhat gloomy air.
More and more ghostly hands wrapped around Shi Xi's body, gradually engulfing and submerging him.
The feeling of suffocation intensified, and Shi Xi's struggles became weaker and weaker. Her eyes closed limply, and tears of primal instinct flowed from the corners of her eyes.
"To be honest, I really like you, big brother..."
Sui Sui slowly walked to Shi Xi's side, raised her hand to wipe away his tears, "It's a pity you're a Taoist priest."
Sui Sui lightly licked her fingertip and swallowed the glistening liquid.
"so……"
He raised the sharp knife and plunged it deep into Shi Xi's chest, then smiled and said to her:
Goodbye, big brother.
But then they noticed that Shi Xi's lips were moving, as if she was saying something.
Sui Sui curiously leaned forward, not even having a chance to hear what Shi Xi said.
'Pfft—'
The dagger that was originally in Shi Xi's chest had now pierced through his heart.
At the same time, he finally heard Shi Xi's words clearly—
"Finally caught you."
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