Qiqi pulled her hand away, and Ji Jinyou's hand missed its target.
The boy's face immediately darkened, and a dark anger flashed in his eyes.
Like an enraged wild beast, it was about to pounce on the little girl and bite off her neck in the next instant.
But that look only lasted a moment, followed by struggle, which then transformed into a gentle warmth.
"Little sister, how about giving the box to your brother?" Ji Jinyou coaxed softly.
Qiqi looked at him, tilting her head, "What if I don't give it to you?"
"Sweetie, if you like it, I'll buy it for you later. But can you give this to me first?"
"Why can't I have this?" Qiqi blinked twice, feigning confusion. "Is it because Fifth Brother doesn't like me?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Jinyou's eyes showed an even more obvious struggle, and his smile and voice became even gentler, "How could that be? Fifth brother loves his little sister the most. But I have other uses for this box, so I can't give it to you for now. Be good, give it back to brother, okay?"
"I don't want it." Qiqi hugged the box to her chest, looking like an unreasonable brat. "Unless you tell me what you're going to do with this box, brother."
Ji Jinyou fidgeted with his fingertips, seemingly wanting to explode in anger, but ultimately held back, only looking at Qiqi with a sinister gaze.
"Does my sister really want to know?"
Qiqi nodded, "Fifth Brother, are you willing to tell me?"
"I'm afraid the truth will be too shocking for you to handle!"
"Don't be afraid, I'm very brave."
Ji Jinyou smiled. "Then do you dare to come with me to a place?"
"OK!"
Qiqi didn't ask him where he was taking her, and just let him lead her away.
The two children ran downstairs and headed towards the gate.
Madam Ji was setting the table when she saw this and quickly called out, "Dinner's ready! Where are you going?"
"I'm not eating yet! I'm taking my sister out for a bit, I'll be right back!"
Without turning his head, Ji Jinyou threw down a sentence, fearing that Madam Ji and the others would stop him, and ran away quickly with Qiqi in his hand.
Mrs. Ji put down her chopsticks and chased after them from the restaurant, only managing to catch a glimpse of the two little ones running away.
"What's all this secrecy about?!"
Madam Ji frowned and muttered something. Turning around, she saw Ji Chengfeng coming downstairs while making a phone call. She quickly stepped forward and said, "Xiao You just took Qi Bao out, saying he had something to do. I couldn't catch up. Do you want to go and see where Xiao You took Qi Bao?"
Ji Chengfeng covered the microphone and whispered, "Xiaoyou is a sensible child. He won't take Qibao running around carelessly, so you don't need to worry too much. I have an important call here, I'll talk to you later."
Upon hearing this, Madam Ji had no choice but to give up.
Meanwhile, Ji Jinyou took Qiqi and ran away, but they didn't go very far. They stopped outside a villa at the very back of the villa area, near the lake.
Qiqi glanced at the rampant yin energy emanating from him, then at the villa gushing out yin energy, and immediately calmed down. "Fifth Brother, weren't you going to take me shopping? Why did you bring me here?"
She peered into the villa, wondering, "Is this some kind of general store?"
"This isn't a general store, but it's very exciting. I'll take you on an adventure!" Ji Jinyou looked around and, seeing that no one was around, smiled like the Big Bad Wolf trying to lure Little Red Riding Hood.
"I've heard this place is haunted. People are always walking around inside in the middle of the night, and you can hear piano music and voices. Don't you think that's exciting? Wouldn't you like to go in and take a look?"
Is it exciting?
Qiqi blinked. She was worried that the things inside would be too stimulating.
Qiqi glanced at the dark circles under Ji Jinyou's eyes and his obviously listless spirit, and frowned.
No, the gluttonous ghost is inside Fifth Brother, and with the influence of Yin energy, Fifth Brother's body is too depleted and has begun to damage its essence.
We can no longer allow this wisp of yin energy to affect Fifth Brother.
"If Fifth Brother wants me to go in, then I'll go in!"
Unexpectedly, Ji Jinyou's expression suddenly twisted for a moment, and a gentle voice struggled to cry out, "Sister, no..."
He suddenly stopped before he could finish speaking, and then his expression returned to calm, making him look as strange as someone with a split personality.
"Fifth brother, what's wrong? Don't you want anything?"
"It's nothing," Ji Jinyou said gently, his smile not reaching his eyes. "Go in. Just stay inside for an hour, and I'll tell you the secret in that box!"
Hearing this, Qiqi really wanted to roll her eyes at him.
They actually tried to trick her into going in with such a lame excuse. What if she said she didn't want to know the secret of the box anymore?
What is he going to do?
Don't you know that children are the most fickle of all?!
However, seeing his expectant look, as if he was certain that she would agree, Qiqi couldn't refuse him.
She could only nod and say, "Oh, okay." After a pause, she asked, "So, are you coming with me?"
“I’ve already been inside. It doesn’t appeal to me. I’ll just wait for you here.” Ji Jinyou took a step back, making it clear that he wouldn’t go in with Qiqi.
Qiqi blinked. "If you're not going, then I'm not going either. Anyway, I'm not interested in what's in that box. If Fifth Brother doesn't want to say, then so be it. I'll just throw the box away and we'll go home."
As he spoke, he made a gesture as if to throw the box away.
Ji Jinyou immediately panicked and stepped forward to grab it, but Qiqi pulled her hand back.
Ji Jinyou: ...
What a wretched child! I really want to kill her!
“Fine, I’ll go in with you!” Ji Jinyou gritted his teeth.
Qiqi then grinned, revealing a mouthful of white wine, and entered the villa hand in hand with Ji Jinyou.
The villa seemed to have been uninhabited for a long time, and the gate had a weathered look of disrepair.
When it was pushed open, it made a creaking, ear-piercing sound.
As soon as I stepped into the yard, I heard a burst of urgent piano music coming from the villa.
The piano music was rapid and was a tune that Qiqi had never heard before, but it was still quite pleasant to listen to.
Upon hearing the sound, Ji Jinyou paused, his brow furrowing slightly. He turned to Qiqi and asked, "Little sister, did you hear that sound?"
Qiqi shook her head blankly, "I didn't hear that, Fifth Brother, are you scared? If you are, let's go back!"
"No, I'm not afraid!" Ji Jinyou frowned. Could it be that the music was just a warning to him and had no effect on Qiqi?
"If you're not afraid, let's go in."
Ji Jinyou stood still, and Qiqi took his hand and skipped ahead to lead the way.
As I walked into the living room and was about to reach out to push the door open, it was opened from the inside before my hand even touched it.
A gust of cold wind swept over me, carrying with it a face that was pale and bloodless, but with lips as red as blood.
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