Death is no closer to the elderly than to a baby, and the same is true for life. -- Gibran

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While tidying up the store, Man Man asked, "Has anyone close to you died recently?" Have you ever seen someone die? Have you been to any strange places? Have you ever received something that you thought was strange? ”

Full of questions, Li Mu shook his head.

"I think I'm living a normal life, but I've always had bad luck." Li Mu said frankly helplessly, "When I was young, there were many disasters. Cats and dogs are always scratched and bitten, not to mention, they have fallen from the upstairs and been hit by cars. By the way, I've been kidnapped. ”

"Besides, I think I've seen ghosts. It was my mom, when she was seven. Li Mu hesitated and said, "But I was still young at that time, and it may be that I missed her too much and dreamed." That's what my dad said. But now, I'm a little unsure. ”

"Let's listen carefully." Man Man simply cleaned up the shop, only to find that Li Mu had been following him all the time.

"Oh, sorry. Come and sit here. Man Man let Li Mu into the small room inside.

Whether this matter is real or not requires a detailed understanding before we can determine.

There has always been a folk saying that the first seven is the night of the soul. There is a basis for this claim. Seven days after death, the soul will return to the human world. They will meet the cause and effect, and then re-enter the cycle of samsara.

It's just that most of the newborn soul bodies are not strong enough to appear in front of people. There is a way that "people and ghosts have different paths", and the soul body can go back to the world to have a look, which is already the mercy of the way of heaven, and you can't pray too much.

In addition, unless the soul body actively appears, under normal circumstances, people cannot see the soul body. Moreover, this soul body must also be strong enough.

It is very rare for people to be able to see the soul body directly, and even in their industry, Man Man only knows that there are three people who have opened their eyes to the sky. Only one of them was born with a Heavenly Eye, and the other two were forcibly opened using secret techniques. Others, if they want to probe the soul body, must use some means.

And what makes people helpless is that even with the help of means, it is time-sensitive.

Therefore, in the line of Nine Infants, people are all sensing spiritual power fluctuations.

Everyone will have spiritual power in their body, but different people's spiritual power is slightly different, just like there are different frequencies and sizes. In full understanding, this is a bit like the wavelength of the soul.

There is a saying that in this world, no two souls are exactly the same. To use their explanation, it means that each person or soul can have a unique spiritual power fluctuation.

People like Jiuying Man are born with abundant spiritual power, and they can use this power for themselves through various means. Spiritual power recognition is the first lesson of Jiuying and Manman's learning, remember a person's spiritual power fluctuations, and will not be deceived by the disguise or change of appearance. Because a person's spiritual power fluctuations will not change, only the intensity can change.

In addition, there are fluctuations and items stained with spiritual power, which sounds a bit mysterious, but this kind of thing is very common in real life. For example, if you cook a meal with your heart, there will be some spiritual power in this meal. In the same way, painting, writing, and carving, as long as the effort is poured into it, then these works will be contaminated with the fluctuations of the maker's spiritual power.

For experienced people like Jiuying and Manman, they could still vaguely feel the emotions contained in these spiritual power fluctuations.

At the moment when the soul body is haunted, the spiritual power fluctuations will be sudden and violent, and people can detect it.

This is also the reason why Man Man followed Li Mu far away before. She hopes to be able to capture some spiritual fluctuations for reference.

Unfortunately, the previously captured fluctuations have a very inconsistent feeling.

Man Man put aside the matter of spiritual power fluctuations for the time being, and instead focused on Li Mu's body. Man Man sat opposite Li Mu, took out a pen and paper, and planned to record it in detail.

"My mom died when I was nine years old." Li Mu's expression darkened, "Because my father wants to transport her back to her hometown for burial and not cremation, so she stopped for seven days according to the ancient system." ”

The days of vigil made Li Mu's father Li Xingguo look very haggard. He insisted on not cremating his wife, Li Jing, so he was under considerable pressure. This made him even more exhausted when he had lost his lover.

But Li Xingguo did not ignore the young Li Mu, he told Li Mu a story to coax him to sleep as usual, and unconsciously, he also fell asleep on his stomach.

After a while, little Li Mu gently jumped out of bed, covered his father with a blanket, and then came to his mother's coffin.

He knew from his father's words that he would never see his mother again after tomorrow, so he wanted to say goodbye to his mother.

Li Mu lay next to the coffin and whispered to his mother. After some time, he felt a gust of wind blowing behind him.

Li Mu turned around and found his mother walking in from the door. She hugged Li Mu gently, and her arms were a little cold.

Nine-year-olds already know the meaning of life and death. Li Mu knew that this was not a living mother, but he was not afraid at all.

The mother and son snuggled up and talked a lot until Li Mu couldn't hold back and fell asleep.

As the sky grew brighter, Li Mu suddenly woke up. Li Jing was still by his side, looking at him intently.

Li Jing kissed him, "Mom is leaving." Take care of your daddy, little man! Also, Mommy loves you! And then it was gone.

After finishing speaking, Li Mu's eyes were already red.

Man Man was very considerate and silent for a while, waiting for Li Mu to adjust his mood.

"Mom really loves me." Li Mu calmed down and said, "So, she must not be worried about us before she came back to take a look." ”

Man pondered for a moment before he spoke, "My question may be a little offensive, but please forgive me, I have to investigate it clearly." "I was full of pens and notebooks. On weekdays, I am always full of "off the line", and once I enter the working state, I will be serious and serious.

"Do you think about it, was it after that that you started to be in danger?" Man asked the question seriously and slowly.

There was no doubt that Li Mu was very angry, "What do you mean!?" ”

That's what you mean as you understand it. I'm sorry, but please think about it! "Full of seriousness.

Seeing that Man Man was just doing his due diligence to investigate, Li Mu was like a ball that had been pricked, and he squirmed his lower lip and didn't say anything accusatory.

In terms of time, Li Mu is indeed in danger after Li Jing's death. But there is a time lag in between, and it's not that close. If something happened in the middle of this to cause Li Mu to be entangled, it was also possible.

But now there are no other clues to follow.

"Anyway, I'll check on his mother, you can continue to follow him." Jiuying listened to the full relay, and was also very helpless.

For the most part, the spirits are reluctant to communicate with them. And what the client said was relatively one-sided, and it could not be fully believed. Jiuying and Manman often have to find a breakthrough on their own, and even use some less legal means. So in the early stage of the investigation, what they do is more like a detective solving a case.

"That's right, sister." Man Man added, "Li Mu doesn't know where the is buried." He had never been, and his dad had never told him. ”

"Oh, okay. I'll look this up as well. Jiuying still didn't feel at ease and advised, "Bring more things to defend yourself!" ”

Li Mu didn't want to put his roommate in danger because he was in danger, so he couldn't go back to the dormitory. But he didn't want to stay in the "Nine Infants", even because the formation was arranged by the Nine Infants, which was very safe. Because every girl who enters the store will point fingers at him, and people who are familiar with him will ask if this is Manman's boyfriend.

So now Li Mu and Man Man are sitting in the garden of the school.

Li Mu was reading a book, while Man Man was calling Jiuying.

"I've brought enough." Man Man looked back at the bag beside Li Mu, which was stuffed and bulging.

In the following day, the dangers around Li Mu appeared frequently.

It was a pity that after the soul body that was entangled with Li Mu found that it was stopped by another force, it never went out in person.

Man Man never caught this strange spiritual power fluctuation again. Manman wanted to find out why she felt special through a few more contacts.

This soul body is particularly strange and uses all kinds of items around it to create danger for Li Mu.

So Li Mu's experience became a variety of accidents composed of various coincidences. If it weren't for the fact that Manman had never seen the existence of the Grim Reaper in the movie, she would have wondered if Li Mu had escaped death before, and now he was on the list of Grim Reaper.

The most cunning thing is that its attacks are not fatal every time. Some of the attacks are just a small fight, even if Li Mu is hit, it is just a matter of breaking the skin. Sometimes it's a hidden murderous motive.

Man Man didn't dare to relax at all. She wasn't sure if the next attack would put Li Mu's life in danger.

A girl hurriedly passed by with a schoolbag on her back, suddenly tripped on the soles of her feet, and her body involuntarily rushed forward, and the water bottle she was holding came out of her hand, and flew straight towards Li Mu next to her.

Fortunately, Man Man was on guard, and as soon as he reached out, he grabbed the water bottle that had already arrived in front of Li Mu's eyes.

He raised his eyebrows at Li Mu proudly, and turned around to return the water bottle. At this moment, the cap of the water bottle "jumped" open, and the brown sugar ginger water inside spilled out, and it was full of hot "ah" screams.

Everyone hurriedly gathered around to check, but fortunately, the bottle was not filled with freshly boiled water. When the water spilled out, Man Man also reacted quickly and dodged.

"I'm so sorry." After making sure that Manman was not burned, the girl left. Before leaving, she looked at the place where she had tripped - there was no protrusion.

A kite fluttered into the garden and hung on a tree.

I don't know who is so strange to fly a kite in a place that is not open at all. Before he could complain, the kite string was stuck on Li Mu's neck. Li Mu reacted quickly, and immediately grabbed the kite string with both hands, wanting to take it away.

At this moment, "woo", a roar of the engine came, and a car drove from far and near on the main road next to the garden. The kite string was blown by the car and instantly taut.

Man Fei jumped up, took out the knife he was carrying and slashed down hard, and with a "bang", the kite line broke in response. The thread quickly retracted from the break, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Rao is two reacted quickly, and the suddenly straightened kite string still strangled Li Mu's hands and neck with a bloody mark.

Man Man and Li Mu were both scared into a cold sweat. If Li Mu's movements were a little slower, it would be too late to save him. If Manman's movements were slower, Li Mu would stage a tragedy of separation.

Next, Man Man didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and his nerves tightened. After a few times, I was really exhausted.

Li Mu saw that Man Man was so hard, so he proposed to stay inside the Nine Infants, because the Nine Babies were very safe inside, and Man Man didn't have to be so tight.

But they neglected the most important point, the place where the "Nine Infants" were.