Haunted by Little Monsters

  The heavy corpse of a woman pressed me down on top of other corpses, maggots wriggling, the appearance of this female corpse gradually changed.

  I screamed in terror, "How could it be you?"

  This female corpse was mistaken for Liu Xiujun's in a hotel extortion case. She knew the story between Uncle and Liu Xiujun.

  She said, "Jun Li, the road to revenge is narrow. Qin Po thinks she can suppress me with her own resentment, but she's only been dead for ten years. How could her resentment be stronger than that of a thousand-year-old female corpse?"

  The female corpse finished speaking and threw her head back in a loud laugh, the sound getting stuck in her throat with a gurgling noise, as maggots began to squirm on her face.

  I pushed her away, "A thousand-year-old female corpse?"

  I scrambled to my feet, staring at the female corpse that I had pushed out two meters away. I looked at my own reddened hands, what's going on? Although I was terrified and overreacted by pushing her away earlier, where did I get such great strength from?

  The female corpse was unclear in its meaning, under the moonlight, those black pupils gradually turned white...

  My heart is racing, where did Uncle go?

  He looked around and Uncle was far away from me, but he held the talisman with the white fox drawn on it and instantly moved to my side, sticking it to my forehead, feeling like a burning fire.

  My head feels like it's going to explode.

  I'm writhing in agony amidst a pile of corpses, and can no longer smell the stench of rotting flesh.

  Uncle pulled me up, and I felt a sudden jolt. I opened my eyes again, looked around, but there was no female corpse here, no yellow talisman, and no vengeful spirit came to claim my life.

  I was flustered and looked at Uncle Ah.

  We have passed by Corpse Ridge and looking back at the place where we came from, there is only a road paved with corpses. My uncle brought me here from the other side of the river.

  "Uncle said, 'There's too much resentment here. Just now you were possessed by a little ghost, fortunately you wore the protective charm I gave you.'"

  I touched the red rope on my neck, did it save me again?

  Uncle said that as long as we pass by Corpse Ridge, there won't be so many ghosts ahead and I won't be easily surrounded by those little devils.

  I asked Uncle, "Do you mean there are ghosts ahead?"

  Uncle's mouth curled up with a smile, grabbed my hand and held it tightly in his, I followed Uncle's footsteps into the entrance of a cave.

  "Uncle said, 'If you're still this afraid of ghosts, how can I dare introduce Xiaobai to you.'"

  I wondered, "Xiao Bai... who is Xiao Bai?"

  The uncle didn't turn his head and walked straight into the cave, "My little ghost."

  For this name, I don't seem to have much fear for Xiao Bai, maybe it's a lovely little doll, or perhaps it's a fair and delicate little girl, not looking like a ghost at all, otherwise it would be a waste of this lovely name.

  As Uncle Ah walked further and further away, he had no idea how deep this cave was. Was Little White raised here?

  Thinking that there might be some monsters or ghosts in the cave, I suddenly bumped into Uncle who had stopped in his tracks. Uncle's expression was somewhat solemn, and when I took a glance around, all I saw was darkness.

  I approached Uncle Ah and asked, "What's wrong, why aren't you leaving?"

  Uncle wrapped me in his arms and looked around cautiously. "A Li, will you regret leaving Shanghai with me?"

  I don't understand what Uncle Ah is getting at, what's wrong with him?

  After I was eight years old, I grew up with my uncle and he has been raising me until now. As long as I am with my uncle, I have no regrets about anything.

  I shook my head at Ah Shu, "Following you anywhere has never made me regret."