"Yuko, can I come to your house tonight? I've already talked to my mom, and she agreed!"
"My home isn't very convenient!" Cheng Shuang refused directly, but before Fujiwara Yumi could get upset, she said something that made her smile: "Otherwise, you could ask Senri to help you with the pre-exam study and see if we can stay at the Akasaka house."
Fujiwara Yumi covered her face. "Yuko, aren't you staying with me? We're best friends! I'm so sorry to be staying at Akasaka-kun's house!"
Girl, be more reserved, don't smile like that!
Before class, we have a regular meeting, followed by cleaning the classroom and corridors, which takes half an hour in total, fully demonstrating the benefits of having many people working together.
The fourth-grade curriculum is quite relaxed. In the morning, there are language, physical education, math, and music. Basically, there is one main subject and one minor subject, with a 15-minute break between the two classes. Children are usually encouraged to run around outdoors and get some sunshine.
The afternoon class was even simpler, just one art class.
Because Fujita Yumi was determined to go home with Cheng Shuang, she even swapped her duty hours with a boy to avoid Cheng Shuang and Qianli leaving her behind.
Cheng Shuang was also curious about why she was so persistent, so she indulged her clingy behavior.
The three of them had a rare lively walk home from school, with Fujita alone keeping the atmosphere lively.
Fortunately, the bus was already quite noisy, so her voice didn't bother others too much.
They quickly arrived at their stop and got off the train. Qianli suddenly remembered something and shouted, "Oh no!" He looked at Cheng Shuang with a worried expression, "Is the little black cat alright, being home alone all day?"
Cheng Shuang patted her backpack. "No, I bring it to school with me. Even kittens need to learn!"
The little black cat, who can finally poke its head out in broad daylight: Thank you!
"Oh, Yuko, you have a cat? It's so cute!" Fujita Yumi excitedly tried to pull the little black cat out, and the little black cat was also excited to escape its predicament.
However, Qianli suddenly slammed the backpack lid down and said seriously, "No, you can't. What if you can't hold it? The little black cat will run away." He looked at Cheng Shuang and instructed, "It's best not to take it out randomly. You have to tame it a bit. I'll write you a list of things to prepare for the cat being home alone when we get back. If you need anything, you can get it from me!"
"Thank you, Qianli!"
Because she couldn't pet the cat, Yumi turned her head away for the first time, not wanting to pay attention to Chiri. Instead, she excitedly asked Cheng Shuang, "What's its name? How old is it?"
"Let's just call it fried rice! I don't even know how old it is!"
The conversation shifted entirely from Chisato to fried rice, and Chisato was happy to keep quiet and quietly cleared the way ahead.
As they walked, the light dimmed, and Qianli abruptly stopped.
"What's wrong? You're not afraid of the dark, are you?" Yumi felt she had won back the game and happily jumped to his side, but the next second, she also stiffened up and didn't move.
Cheng Shuang raised an eyebrow and walked over. She saw a woman wearing a white trench coat and red trousers emerge from the depths of the alley. She was wearing a large mask and although her steps looked small, she moved extremely fast, reaching the three children in no time.
Cheng Shuang then realized that the woman was very tall, about 1.9 meters. In R country, such a height would definitely be considered outstanding.
Just by being face to face, both the proud and aloof Chisato and the talkative and lively Yumi held their breath, seemingly too frightened to move.
When the woman walked up to them, her pace returned to normal; she brushed past them in one step and overtook them in two.
Cheng Shuang was also a little nervous, but it was nothing compared to the chills she felt at Saeki's house.
The little girl immediately understood that she could defeat this female ghost (monster).
Don't ask why it's not human; no normal person can take one step and cover half a meter, or two steps and cover half a street...
The woman walked past them without even glancing at them, and Chisato and Yumi immediately breathed a slight sigh of relief. But the next second, a muffled call made them freeze instantly again, "Little one!"
Yumi asked Chisato in a trembling voice, "Do you remember the rumors that were circulating at school the other day?"
"That... Slit-Mouthed Woman?" Qianli opened his mouth but didn't dare utter the last three words.
When Cheng Shuang saw Qianli's lip movements, she was momentarily stunned. She wasn't very familiar with the ghosts and monsters of R country, and now wasn't a good time to ask questions randomly.
The Slit-Mouthed Woman turned around slowly, "Little one!"
Yumi stammered, "Run...run away?"
Qianli: "You think you can outrun it?" He pulled Cheng Shuang aside and said expressionlessly, "Then you'd better run one and see!"
Yumi...
“Little one!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman, unwilling to be ignored, raised her arm, and from the shadow cast in front of her, it could be seen that she was reaching out to pat one of them on the shoulder.
The two children immediately frowned and muttered to themselves, "Don't film me, don't film me!"
Perhaps Heaven took pity on them for their young age and the many hardships they had endured; indeed, the Slit-Mouthed Woman did not choose them.
Qianli felt the person next to him flinch, his relaxed expression instantly vanished, and he gripped Cheng Shuang tightly, not wanting her to turn around.
He deluded himself into thinking that as long as he turned his back and didn't look at the slit-mouthed woman, she couldn't do anything to them.
"Don't be silly, you've forgotten the legend that the Slit-Mouthed Woman can pry open people's eyelids, whether they want to look or not." Yumi sniffed, tears streaming down her face in fright. The weather wasn't hot, but sweat mixed with tears, soaking her face.
"Little friend, do I look pretty?"
His burning palms gripped his shoulders tightly, his fingertips digging forcefully into the flesh.
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