Chapter 111: Monsters Without a Shadow
The moonlight was very good, and it had been falling from the sky, spreading in this quiet world, like a white veil.
Today should be a day of reunion.
But Yang Xiaomei is alone, although she has an older sister and brother, after all, she is not related by blood, she still feels lonely and afraid of insecurity.
She was not yet fifteen years old, and she had experienced more things than other little girls, which made her not like to laugh, no longer believe in anything, and would be frightened at the slightest disturbance.
The sentence that Jin Bell said today, although she didn't understand the meaning of that sentence very well, she knew that it was a curse, especially the one that scolded the "slut".
Although it wasn't scolding her, it poked at her sore spot, and she would never forget the ugly words when the four women of the Jì patriarch scolded her.
Li Yixin slapped the golden bell because of these words, and Li Yixin, who has always been soft and weak, actually made a move!
Yang Xiaomei was also so angry that she wanted to hit the golden bell, but she didn't dare.
Fortunately, Yang Erwa helped her take revenge, and Yang Erwa became a hero in her mind.
Since Sister Yang left, her smile has decreased, she has become more silent, she doesn't like to talk, she always hides to the side, she will only respond to something when she is called, and then do what they tell her.
Of course, she won't listen to the golden bell's orders, she doesn't even pay attention to them, and the golden bell can't do anything about her, if she wants to do it, she won't do it if she sees so many people, and she won't and won't dare to act rashly if she doesn't get what she wants!
She always stood quietly aside, listening to the Mandarin she didn't understand very well, quietly saving, she thought that everyone had forgotten that there was still her, she was small, she was lonely, and she also needed her friends to comfort and accompany her.
Perhaps, she has long been used to such days.
"They ignore me and don't like me."
Yang Xiaomei thought silently in her heart, quietly sad.
Then her inferiority complex slowly spread from the small corner of her heart. slowly to her own thin body, until it continued into the whole world she lived in.
Sun Da would occasionally look at Yang Xiaomei and see her leaning against a tree, keeping her cheek on her knee. Tilting his head, looking at the leaves in the treetops to the white clouds or moonlight in the sky, he looks like he is thousands of miles away.
Sun Da wanted to say something to her, but he didn't say anything to her because he didn't understand the language with her.
Yang Xiaomei tilted her face and looked at the bleak moonlight. I felt that even the fat man in front of me hated her so much.
She began to hate the world, although she was now free and no longer did the heavy farm work that should be done by men, and Yang Damei promised not to let her go back.
She believes!
But she still felt that she was adrift, if it weren't for Sister Yang secretly explaining some things to her, otherwise she would really follow Sister Yang and Zhu Wen to leave Guyan them.
Yang Xiaomei was silent, although Sun Da wanted to say something to break this embarrassing silence, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only keep silent.
Sun Da looked at the golden bell and listened to her "woo woo" scream. Trying not to look at the terrifying eyes of the golden bell, they occasionally glanced at Yang Xiaomei, but they didn't say a word after all.
"How I wish the ghost could kill the monster sooner, and then the bell will be fine, and we will be safe!"
Sun Da looked at the direction in which they had left, and prayed sincerely in his heart to the bright moonlight.
As the old saying goes, they are also silent, and no one speaks.
Quiet moonlight, quiet environment.
It's all so good, and if it weren't for this monster, they might have come a long way.
The ghost man lies on a large rock like a gecko. While recuperating, he stared intently at the entrance of the cave.
Yang Erwa leaned against the stone and cheered up, watching the monster walk in the direction where the forest disappeared, her eyes were tired. He used his thumb and forefinger to pull his eyelids up and down, and then he was awake.
Li Yixin didn't know what to do, her love affair with Gu Yan was very delicate, she wrapped her hands around her knees, and then put her cheeks on her knees, so that they all thought she was asleep again. In fact, she was crying silently.
Gu Yan lowered his head and thought about a lot of things with Sister Yang, and in general, the two of them had more memories of not giving in to each other.
He knew Li Yixin's thoughts, and in order not to make things worse, he didn't break the silence.
He was worried that such a situation would affect Li Yixin, so he was silent for a long time before raising his head, and decided to comfort Li Yixin first, kill the monster first, and talk about the future later.
Then he raised his head and glanced at the front casually, just as he was about to whisper something to Li Yixin, when he inadvertently fell on Yang Erwa's shadow.
He remembered something, looked at the shadow of the ghost again, then at Li Yixin's shadow, and finally at his own shadow, and was very surprised.
Suddenly, something sprung into his mind
Although their respective shadows have shrunk into a ball, at least there are shadows, but that monster??
Gu Yan suddenly woke up and finally understood what he felt was wrong.
He hurriedly patted the ghost, patted Yang Erwa, and whispered: "I just discovered a strange thing, and now I remember that the monster seems to have no shadow."
"Do you want to sue sΓΉ Yixin?"
Yang Erwa glanced at Li Yixin, and then asked Gu Yan.
Li Yixin didn't move, just listened to their movements quietly, Gu Yan hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Let Yixin rest for a while, it's not too late to wake her up when the monster comes back to the firewood, she doesn't seem to have a good rest now."
Li Yixin still didn't move, pretending to be asleep.
The tears that just dried just now, Li Yixin is now moved to tears again.
Just now it was sadness, now it's happiness.
A figure flashed in Li Yixin's head, but it didn't stay for long.
"What do you think is the reason why monsters don't have shadows?"
The ghost asked curiously, and the ghost was also puzzled by this question, and asked everyone's opinions.
Gu Yan shook his head, looked at the entrance of the cave, and replied quietly: "I don't know anymore, I have been watching that monster crawl over, and I feel weird, and then I realized that the monster has no shadow, and I am also wondering."
"I don't know!"
Yang Erwa shook her head in confusion and confusion, and the ghost turned around again to see that the monster had not come before asking reassuringly: "Then have you ever seen an animal without a shadow?"
Gu Yan and Yang Erwa both shook their heads habitually, and the ghost turned to look at Gu Yan and Yang Erwa, and said in disappointment and helplessness: "I don't understand this question, think about it."
Yang Erwa and Gu Yan glanced at each other and spoke in unison.
"How do I know something you don't understand?"
Li Yixin suddenly raised his eyes and said casually: "Only the animals that are active at night have no shadows, which means that we rarely see their shadows because they rarely come out during the day." For example, rats and other things don't come out during the day. β
The ghost looked at Li Yixin, and didn't know if she was right, Li Yixin was expressionless, and continued: "What if its shadows happen to fall under the soles of its feet? The soles of its feet are huge.
Anyway, I don't believe there will be any shadows in this world, at least"
Li Yi thought for a while and added: "At least I've never heard of it." β
Li Yixin buried her cheeks in her knees again after speaking, and she said the same thing regardless of whether they believed each other or not.
"But I saw that monster had the spirit of a hunchbacked old man!"
Yang Erwa sighed, and the ghost replied: "As I said before, many things can't be explained by science, I just don't know how many unexplainable things we will encounter."
The ghost sighed softly after speaking, he became less and less confident!
Money?
House?
Whether or not he can get out of Maoling Mountain alive is unknown.
"Maybe the monster's shadow is another of its dead ends?"
Yang Erwa asked suspiciously, and the ghost nodded and said, "Let's find its shadow and try it again."
"Can iron ward off evil spirits?"
Yang Erwa suddenly remembered her sister's words, and Gu Yan was also curious.
The ghost shook his head and replied, "I don't know if it can ward off evil spirits, there has always been this legend among the people, saying that the demons and monsters with iron on people don't dare to approach, I don't know if it's true or not."
"So what is it that can ward off evil spirits?"
Yang Erwa hurriedly asked, and the ghost knew that Yang Erwa was afraid, so he quickly flipped through the ancient books in his head, and then answered quickly.
"Ancient books say that there are only three kinds of metals that can ward off evil spirits: gold, silver, and copper. Silver can also ward off evil spirits, but its power is not as good as jade, agate, and crystal. β
Before the ghost could finish speaking, the demon who was lying quietly at Yang Erwa's feet suddenly jumped into Li Yixin's hat and didn't move.
Li Yixin suddenly woke up, looked up, and saw the monster in the distance reappearing, hurriedly dialed the ghost's shoulder, and reminded in a low voice: "Don't say it, that monster is back again."
Gu Yan and the ghost ghost, as well as Yang Erwa, lay on the stone again, watching the monster slowly crawl over again.
The ghost carefully drew his sword and clenched it in his left hand and hid it next to the stone.
Gu Yan also took out the bronze mirror from his arms, and the mirror was placed on his lap facing the stone.
Yang Erwa clenched the firewood knife and the small hoe excitedly, and found that her palms were soaked with cold sweat again, and her back was also cold.
Li Yixin took out the bronze mirror from his pocket, and did not dare to move rashly when the mirror was facing the ground.
"Don't miss this opportunity!"
The ghost said seriously, Yang Erwa and Gu Yan nodded silently, although they were afraid, they could only let it go.
Li Yixin squatted at the back, there was a demon hidden in her hat, she could feel the demon squirming restlessly in her hat, she was even more scared, and her body couldn't help but tremble. (To be continued.) )