Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The eyes of the little paper man burst out with strong resentment, leaving blood and tears in its eyes, and the scene before Jiang Lan’s eyes also changed.
There was another shrill cry and howl.
This time he had turned into a tall and thin paper man. The villagers seemed to have told him about the death of his wife and daughter. He knelt on the bank of the river that was about to burst and howled helplessly.
And the group of villagers who had just killed two people gathered around him, comforting him with words:
“You can’t resurrect the dead, you have to be more open-minded.”
“It’s because we didn’t hold them back. Don’t cry anymore. Cuiping and her two are watching you from the sky.”
“Yeah, let’s go look down there and maybe we can find the body again.”
The paper people babbled out ideas and kept hiding the truth as it came out of their mouths. The little Sao Qingniang sat on the shoulders of the tall and thin paper man. Her body had completely turned blood red, and even her big dark eyes were stained with a hint of dark red.
It tilted its head, grinned widely, leaned gently on the tall and thin paper man’s head, pointed at the paper men one by one, and said: “You all deserve to die.”
Those chirping paper figures seemed to have been pressed with the pause button for an instant, with hypocritical and funny expressions remaining on their faces. The paper bodies were gradually dyed red, and then in an instant it seemed as if they were torn apart by something and turned into pieces.
Red pieces of paper fell down one after another, and Jiang Lan stepped on the ground as if the picture had faded. All the scenes quickly disappeared, and in the end only a void of darkness remained.
There was a headless body in front of him. Judging from the clothes, it should belong to He Laowu who disappeared while going upstairs.
This body still retained the posture of escaping. Jiang Lan could even imagine how scared he was after being pulled into this space, how he ran away, and how he had his head cut off.
There was a clear voice singing a song in the darkness and slowly approaching:
“Sao Qingniang, Sao Qingniang, if it doesn’t rain tomorrow, I’ll give you a silver bell.
Sao Qingniang, Sao Qingniang, if it won’t rain tomorrow, I’ll give you a golden bell.
Sao Qingniang, Sao Qingniang, if it rains tomorrow, I will chop off your head…”
Sao Qingniang, bearing the size of a seven or eight-year-old girl, came over holding He Laowu’s head. She raised her flat little face and looked at Jiang Lan with her dark red eyes, but her thin paper body held He Laowu’s head steadily. Laowu’s head was handed to Jiang Lan and she said crisply: “Are you here to find him?”
He Laowu’s eyes were bloodshot and bulging, and they were trembling in fear.
He saw his own headless body.
But he couldn’t even utter a scream of terror, he could only open his mouth wide, like a comical mime.
Jiang Lan did not answer the question but looked at the smiling Sao Qingniang and said firmly: “You are not Nan Nan.”
The smile on Sao Qingniang’s face froze.
The corners of her raised mouth were flattened, her dark red eyes moved strangely, and her warbler-like voice became shrill and harsh, like the noise of metal rubbing against each other: “You are talking nonsense! I am Nan Nan!”
It threw He Laowu’s head on the ground, and the original head rolled away.
“You are with them, I will kill you.”
In the darkness, something fell on Jiang Lan’s shoulder. When he looked sideways, he saw that it was a miniature paper man. The little paper man was still dressed as a Sao Qingniang, but the thing in his hand was not a broom, but a butcher’s knife.
The thin paper knife was longer than its body, soft and ineffective to the naked eye.
But Jiang Lan had no doubt about its power.
Squinting his eyes slightly, he picked up the paper figure with two fingers and looked at it carefully, and asked: “Were He Laowu and the others killed like this?”
They were pulled into this space, and then chased, chased… just like a cat teasing a mouse. After letting them taste enough fear, the paper man chopped off their heads with a knife.
When Sao Qingniang saw him pinching her paper figurine, her eyes suddenly turned redder. She screamed, and countless identical paper figurines fell down like snow.
They landed on Jiang Lan’s head, shoulders, body… Some fell on the ground, and quickly climbed up Jiang Lan’s legs. In an instant, he seemed to have been submerged by the paper men.
Sao Qingniang grinned and let out a giggle.
However, after it laughed twice, its laughter stagnated.
Suddenly, a shadow of a giant black beast appeared behind Jiang Lan, who was surrounded by paper men. The beast sucked the paper man in, chewed it twice, and spat it out again.
It’s rough and hard, so unpalatable qaq
Jiang Lan’s face turned green.
Sao Qingniang’s face also turned green.
She didn’t expect that the person she had been leading by the nose would be so powerful. It rolled its eyes and wanted to run away, but Jiang Lan took two quick steps to pick it up. Then he said with a smile: “Now we can talk?”
Sao Qingniang screamed at high decibels: “Bad guy! Let me go!”
Jiang Lan bared his teeth at it: “I’ll tell him to eat you again.”
Sao Qingniang closed her mouth angrily and stared at him with her dark red eyes wide open. The face that was originally very weird actually looked a little cute because of the anger.
Jiang Lan changed it to a hug, gently touched its little stomach, as he said, “Let me out. I promise I won’t hurt you.”
Sao Qingniang’s eyes rolled around, and she suddenly grinned again: “Okay, I’ll let you out.”
A door with bright light suddenly appeared in the dark space. Looking from here, Qin Shuyi could be seen pacing anxiously in the living room.
Jiang Lan glanced at it and walked towards the door with a smile.
Sao Qingniang’s bright red mouth curled up slightly.
Then Jiang Lan walked to the door but stopped. He raised his hand, and dense cotton threads appeared on the originally empty door. These cotton threads had been dyed dark red by blood and did not look threatening. However, if a person walked past them without warning, they would be cut into pieces by the densely packed cotton threads.
Sao Qingniang’s eyes widened and she screamed again.
Qin Shuyi outside the door seemed to feel something, and looked at the bedroom door with a panicked expression: “Nan Nan?”
The Sao Qingniang struggled in Jiang Lan’s arms, but even though Jiang Lan didn’t seem to be very strong, she couldn’t break free no matter what.
Its dark red eyes shed red tears, and it called out in grievance: “Dad!”
Jiang Lan almost laughed because of it. He picked it up again and slapped it on the butt unceremoniously: “You didn’t succeed in killing me, and you still feel aggrieved?”
The naughty child just lacked education.
Sao Qingniang was stunned. She had probably never been spanked before. She turned around and looked at the place where she was beaten. It took her a few seconds to react, and her scream became even harsher: “I’m going to kill you!”
Jiang Lan pinched its open mouth and threatened: “You don’t want your father anymore?”
Sao Qingniang looked at Qin Shuyi who looked anxious and suddenly became quiet.
Tears began to flow from her big eyes again.
Jiang Lan hugged it and walked out.
When Qin Shuyi saw them walking out of the bedroom, he opened his mouth to say something, but finally closed his mouth again. Seeing that Jiang Lan was safe and sound, he murmured: “It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay.”
Sao Qingniang stretched out her arm towards Qin Shuyi: “Dad.”
Qin Shuyi subconsciously reached out to hug it, but when he saw Jiang Lan, he paused. As if he was afraid that Jiang Lan would not let them go, his eyes were pleading: “Nan Nan doesn’t understand anything. I asked her to kill those people.”
Jiang Lan sighed, let go of his hand, then glanced at Sao Qingniang who threw herself into Qin Shuyi’s arms. She lay in his arms like a wronged little girl.
Qin Shuyi hugged her carefully, as if holding a lost treasure, and there was finally light in his dark and lifeless eyes.
Sao Qingniang secretly turned her head and grinned provocatively at Jiang Lan.
But the next moment, Jiang Lan’s words made her smile freeze on her face.
“It’s not your dead daughter.”
Sao Qingniang turned her head angrily and shouted: “I am!”
It was eager to seek support from its father and eagerly went to see Qin Shuyi.
However, Qin Shuyi did not deny his statement. Instead, he smiled bitterly and sighed.
Jiang Lan observed his expression and affirmed: “You know.”
Qin Shuyi hugged Sao Qingniang tenderly and said softly: “No matter what she is, in my heart, she is my Nan Nan.”
His eyes were empty, as if he had returned to those lonely and difficult days.
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