Chapter 1: The Strange Occurrence on Guard Spirit Night

  I quickly looked around and found that at this early hour, there were only the three of us in the alley. There weren't even any children playing nearby. So where did that voice come from just now?

  Is it just me being a bit neurasthenic these past few days and having auditory hallucinations?

  "What's wrong, little fairy? Did you hear some strange noise?" Qin Youyou suddenly asked me with concern.

  I took two steps back, suspiciously, how did she know I heard that strange sound?

  She asked me again: "What sound did you hear?"

  I shook my head and denied it: "I didn't hear anything!"

  Then, he quickly pushed open the door and went in!

  When I got home, my dad was calling me to eat breakfast. I didn't go and went straight back to my own room, locking the door behind me.

  My dad called me several times later, but I didn't respond to him.

  In the midst of summer, there are always cicada sounds outside the house. I lie in bed with many doubts in my mind: Is there really a corpse in Grandma's coffin? Where did I go during those few days after I fainted? And who brutally murdered Uncle Wang, and is his grandson still alive?

  I lay in bed all day, and at noon when my dad called me to eat, I still didn't go out. Then I heard Aunt Zhang loudly saying in the courtyard: "Why bother with her? She's ungrateful for the blessings she has, we make food for her and she still throws a tantrum, who is she showing off to? If she were my own child, I would have beaten her to death long ago! If she's got such an attitude, then let her never eat again! Starving to death would be best..."

  My dad knew she had a poisonous tongue and was very impatient, interrupting her: "Can't you say two fewer sentences?"

  "How come she's allowed to throw a tantrum at home and I'm not even allowed to say a few fair words? I insist on speaking!"

  I heard her voice and got annoyed, so I quickly pulled the pillow over to cover my ears.

  But still couldn't block her loud and shrill voice.

  "She's already 20 years old, not only does she eat without doing anything, but also asks for money from home. From small to big, what she eats and wears isn't the best? How can she not know how to be grateful at all? What's wrong with selling that walking stick? Is that broken walking stick useful at home? You tell me..."

  I couldn't bear it anymore and sat up with a loud cry, from childhood to adulthood, I was afraid that my dad would be in the middle of it, so I pretended not to hear her words.

  This time she sold my grandmother's cane for money, I really had the urge to fight with her.

  As soon as this was shouted out, there was suddenly no sound outside.

  I wondered if she had finally come to her senses and decided to shut up. I pushed open the door and went out.

  The sky has darkened, on a clear night the countryside is always beautiful, with a round moon hanging in the air and countless stars densely packed at the horizon, forming one starry river after another.

  But under such night colors, it was filled with a silence that made people's hearts panic.

  Those animals that used to howl at night have also disappeared!

  I looked around, where did my dad and Zhang Ayi go? Weren't they just talking in the yard a moment ago? How could they disappear in such a short time?

  I took a deep breath and felt a strange feeling in my heart, which made me feel anxious.

  Moreover, I always feel like there is a pair of eyes staring straight at me from the other side of the hospital gate.

  I stared intently at that corner, when suddenly a white wild cat jumped down from the top of my house wall, giving me quite a fright.

  The cat seems to be being chased by something and its cries are full of terror.

  I patted my chest lightly, probably because there was a big dog outside. It's no surprise that the town has many stray cats and dogs.

  But I feel a chill on my back, and just as I'm about to turn around, I hear a low, male voice coming from in front of my shoulder.

  "Little fairy, you should marry me!"

  I turned back with a start and saw Shi An standing behind me, his whole body covered in blood, but with a gentle smile on his face.