King of Centipedes (1252)

owdery residue on my windowsill, but there were no fingerprints or footprints... I started to suspect that I was being haunted."I rubbed my temples: "Ms. Lin, your brother never believed in ghosts and..."Carrying a baby is not difficult at all. Just keep a peaceful mind, eat well, sleep well, and have a good mood. You don't need to deliberately make up for anything... However, with your personality, no matter how much I say, it won't be of any use." Fifth Senior Sister giggled and placed the food box "with a bang" on my table.

In the middle of the night, my kitchen was cold and bare. I wanted to make some noodles for myself, but I woke up my fifth senior sister. She told me to go back to bed and then quickly made me a snack.

I looked at that big bowl of noodles, suspecting Fifth Sister had given me half a jin of noodles, plus meat, eggs, vegetables, and shrimp. It was very plentiful.

"Your master sister just asked about you before I went to sleep." The fifth senior sister didn't look good seeing the two of us eating. She picked up her lunchbox and was about to leave.

"Ask me anything" I said, taking a bite of my noodles and looking at her.

"Who knows, just ask if you're back. But it's the middle of the night now, your master probably went to sleep long ago. You should go and pay respects in the morning."

"I'm busy. I need to eat something and leave. Something came up." That message hasn't been found yet, I have to get that important item first, and also see if the old woman's soul has returned home.

Fifth Sister looked at Mu Wanchen the same way, with a hint of complaint, she said: "How can a pregnant woman be so hard-working, not even sleep, it's really uncontrollable, uncontrollable."

After the fifth senior sister left, Mu Wanchen glanced at me and said, “...I even got scolded.”

"Oh, my fifth senior sister is the undisputed champion, you know She's the one who calls the shots. If she disciplines someone, they just have to pretend not to hear her, or else there won't be any food for them!" I chuckled and slurped down a mouthful of noodles.

We quickly went back through the path. There were few living things in the village, and I heard a few strange cries from afar. I uncomfortably touched the back of my neck.

"Wanchen, when can we go into the main house All the important things must be hidden inside..." I was longing to find that letter with the bargaining chips.

"Let her come out on her own. When dawn breaks, the wandering souls will instinctively seek shelter. Just be patient and wait." Mu Wanchen said calmly.

"Easier said than done... but it's so cold now... This house is like a tomb, everything is cold and lifeless. Besides the main house, I guess no one has lived here!"

"...No." Mu Wanchen softly refuted my statement.

What is not

"For ordinary families, houses are built only when they are needed. Although this old house is not as grand as yours, it has a front yard, back yard and side rooms, indicating that many people lived here before. However, for various reasons, fewer and fewer people have resided here over time..."

He said lightly, "… It's possible that before you were born, there were only you, your great-grandmother, and your mother, the three of you relying on each other. After you were born, your mother didn't want you to grow up here, but she couldn't leave her elderly grandmother behind, so she had to be separated from you for a long time. That's just the way it is."

Mu Wanchen turned his head and swept his gaze over the house, sighing: "The people of the past have all gone, leaving only bricks and rubble. I've seen this too many times... A family, a clan, step by step towards decline, I can only watch, but there is nothing I can do to change it. This is the way of heaven."

Brilliant, at its peak, bustling with activity, will eventually become desolate, lonely, and difficult to find a companion.

“So I’m worried about labor now, but it’s also accumulating good fortune,” I pouted. “When I find that message, I’ll go and see those officials, ask them for a small piece of land so we can settle down, and eliminate the dangers here…”

Glug...

As soon as I spoke, a muffled sound echoed through the air. The little yellow critters hiding in the corner immediately perked up their ears and raised their front paws, looking startled.

This sound seems to be coming from the backyard. Could something have happened

"I'll go take a look." Mu Wanchen walked toward the corridor behind them, and I hurried after him to the backyard, watching that main house from afar.

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Could something have happened to the old crone, the demon granny

Mu Wanchen had just walked down the steps when the door to the main house creaked open.

A shriveled hand, like a chicken claw, reached back and braced against the doorframe, slowly pulling it open.

"Little girl..." a voice, rough like sandpaper, rasped, "My dwelling has returned... where's the treasure ...cough cough... We mustn't lose the treasure... cough cough cough..."

"Even with your life on the line, you're still thinking about your precious" I couldn't help but retort.

The raspy voice faltered: “You’re not Ru Yi… You’re not Ru Yi…”

"Of course I'm not Ruyi. She's being well taken care of now, recovering from her injuries!" I said with a scoff.

Grandmother Tai’s half-face emerged from behind the door. It was just before dawn, and she looked like a corpse, really.

"...Is it Xiaoyue'er, or Xiaolu'er...ah...Xiaoyue'er doesn't have that ability...It should be Xiaolu'er who came...Come, come, come...Let Grandma see you..."

I rolled my eyes under my breath. This old woman's mind was a little scattered, probably aftereffects of her soul leaving her body.

"Old woman, Elder sister-in-law, your precious Ruyi almost died in the mountains. I carried him back and am raising him at my place now. I came to see how you're doing. What happened to make you look so disheveled" I got straight to the point.

Great-grandmother paused for a moment, still hiding behind the door. She let out a strange laugh and said, "That woman probably figured Ruyi wasn't here and came to kill and steal… ha ha ha… she doesn't take me, an old woman, seriously at all…"

You... you've been scared into releasing the last "bottom of the coffin" Guiling, and you're still pretending It's clear the process was extremely dangerous.

"Auntie, don't stay here alone. We're going to renovate this house and get it fixed up. Why don't you go live with us for now"

I'm going to coax the old woman out first. She's hiding behind the door like that, it's so creepy.

Maybe her face hadn't fully recovered to normal, and she didn't want to show it.

"Auntie Tai, do you know who attacked the woman here Could you come sit in the front yard and tell us slowly"

"Slowly say! Where's the time... My baby... You, you go find my baby back..."

"Don't look any further, your treasure is right here." I raised my wrist and shook it: "Mu Wanchen received this jade tube. First, take care of your own body. We are here, no strange or evil creatures dare to cause trouble."

The old woman paused for a moment, then smiled wryly and nodded. "Alright... the younger generation is taking over... We yellow-turbaned people need to let go..."

"Don't say that, you still have blood gu in your body, protecting you for a long life... You're almost a hundred years old, aren't you Come out first. I brought some clean clothes for you to rest."

After much coaxing, I finally managed to get the old woman out. I sent the little yellow skins to stand guard at the door, and the fox demon Mu Mu went to take care of the old woman's hair and dressing. She changed her blood-stained clothes and took care of her wounds.

As soon as they left, I raised my foot and gently kicked open the main house door, stepping into the largest and most luxurious house.

"Your mannerisms are just like a bandit's." Mu Wanchen shook his head.

"I'm afraid, is there blood on the hands behind this door..." I fumbled and lit the lamp on the table.

A solitary lamp, a lone mosquito.

"Hurry up and look, Ms. Xue said that all the valuables are in this courtyard," I told Mu Wanchen.

Mu Wanchen wasn't polite. He directly pulled open the large cabinet on the right side. Inside were many small drawers. He rummaged through them for a while and found a big floral tunic, laughing: "Little Lu'er, is this your baby clothes from when you were little"nd said in a low voice, "There's so much greed and resentment in this place. We need to cleanse the air around us first."The talisman dissipated quickly. I was about to say don't draw talismans inside...