Cui Mu was silent and didn't speak, just looked at her in a daze.

Lin Ran looked at Cui Shi, who was holding Keju and crying silently, and probably guessed the cause and effect.

Cui's mother sighed: "I have been doing this for more than ten years, this is an ancestral craft, there are many taboos in this line, but he doesn't understand the child, Cui Shi was naughty when he was young, and he painted the eyes of the paper man for me, and told me that the eyes of the paper man were moving, I was frightened, and it took three days to solve this matter with incense and candle ingots, and I beat Cui Shi hard......

Cui Shi, who is still a child, remembers this matter firmly, and has been instilled with this knowledge by his mother since he was a child, and he does not dare to do it again.

But as he grew older, he felt more and more lonely, he wanted a partner to play with, but the children of the same age in the village did not play with him, and the students in the same class also excluded him, for a child, the more lonely he was, the more he longed.

Cui Shi painted the eyes of the paper man made by Cui's mother, and at first he didn't have much hope, but just regarded the paper man as an object to talk to, just like a little girl will confide in the doll, treat the doll as her own little friend, and play with each other.

Cui Shi also has the same mentality, but until one day, the paper man moved, in addition to not being able to speak, the paper man can run and jump, can understand his speech, and can play with him.

After the initial shock and fear, Cui Shi felt surprise.

Life is no longer as dull and lonely as before, he also has his own friends, he can play football together, he does not dare to tell his mother about this, his mother will definitely "send away" his friends like when he was a child.

He thought he could go on like this, but yesterday the little fat man almost discovered his secret.

Cui Shi has never been so angry, he is like a hen who protects food, fiercely driving away the little fat man and saving his friends.

But today, the little fat man broke his secret, and everyone knew about it.

Cui Shi really felt hopeless.

Lin Ran shook his head, looked at Cui's mother, and said softly: "Don't be too angry, Cui Shi just wants someone to be able to play with him, do you know, the children in the village don't like to play with him......"

Speaking of this, Cui's mother was also very sad, rubbed her eyes and sighed: "I can't help it, who asked me to do this, Cui Shi's father died in the typhoon ten years ago, as far as our orphans and widows are concerned, I have no ability, so I rely on the dead man's business to make a living and provide for my children to study...... But everyone is taboo about this, what can I do? ”

Cui's mother also cried as she spoke, Cui Shi saw that her mother was crying, she lost her bow and ran over, her red eyes were at a loss, "Mom, don't cry, if you don't have friends, you don't have friends, I don't paint my eyes anymore, I promise I will never paint my eyes again!" ”

The mother and son cried together, Lin Ran fell silent, looking at the paper man who had Ah Tai's soul attached, the paper man rolled his eyes, raised his hand and wanted to pat Cui Shi's shoulder, but he reluctantly put it down and hung his head.

Lin Ran smiled silently.

After a while, Cui Shi's mother and son both calmed down, Cui Shi looked at Lin Ran, and then at the paper piercing man, his eyes were full of reluctance, and he asked in a low voice, "Are you going to take him away?" ”

Lin Ran didn't answer and asked, "Do you know who he is?" ”

Cui Shi shook his head honestly.

Lin Ran can also understand Cui's mother's mood a little.

This kid is really too bold, fortunately, it's not the things that go to the paper person, in case there is some kind of evil spirit, where is his life now?

"Do you know that there is a child named Atai in the village?"

Cui Shi was stunned and nodded, "He is still my classmate, I heard that he was sick a few days ago and is still ...... in the hospital."

Lin Ran smiled and said: "He is not sick, but he has lost his soul, so the whole person has become stupid and stupid, and it just so happens that this lost soul is here." ”

Cui Shi was stunned for a while, looking at the paper man speechless.

Atai is usually one of the people who squeezed out him and alienated him, Cui Shi never expected that the paper figure who played so well with him would actually be Atai.

After being silent for a while, Cui Shi asked softly, "If the lost soul can't be returned, will Atai stay stupid forever?" ”

Lin Ran nodded in acquiescence, Cui Shi lowered his head, and said sullenly: "I know." ”

He wished he had a playmate, but he would feel guilty if he wanted another person to be a fool because he had a playmate.

Lin Ran patted him on the shoulder, "You are a good boy, trust me, you will get your wish." ”

Cui Shi raised his head and didn't know why, Lin Ran took out a transfer charm in a rubber sleeve from his bag and handed it to him, "If you keep this, it will bring you good luck." ”

Cui Shi looked at his mother and saw that Cui Mu nodded, so he accepted it, "Thank you." ”

Lin Ran said hello to Cui's mother, and left with the paper figure to return to the homestay.

I have been looking for the soul for so long, but it turns out that it is far away and close at hand.

She knocked on Ruan Xing's door, Ruan Xing had just finished taking a shower, took a towel and was wiping her hair, and when she opened the door, she saw a miserable white smiling face, and almost rolled her eyes, and then she saw Lin Ran behind the paper man.

"I'll go, sister, it's scary at night, but I'm bold......" He patted his chest, shocked.

Lin Ran handed the paper figure over, "Look at it." ”

Ruan Xing was stunned for a moment, took the paper man and looked at it, his brows jumped, "No, where did you find it?" ”

Lin Ran told everything about it, Ruan Xing felt quite dramatic, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's good to find the soul, and when the soul returns, Atai will be able to recover, and I will go and tell Atai's parents the good news." ”

Ruan Xing was about to take out his mobile phone, Lin Ran smiled and said nothing, Ruan Xing was stunned, although he hadn't known her for a long time, but as soon as he saw her expression, he instinctively felt that something was wrong, and asked quietly: "Little sister, what do you want to do?" ”

Lin Ran spread out her palms, "Lead the snake out of the hole." ”

Originally, I wanted to be a stand-in tonight to figure out what was going on with the song, but now the ready-made one was sent to the door, and she also saved it, and how could the paper figure replaced by blood and birth characters have a good soul, if it weren't for the fear that Atai's parents couldn't accept it, she planned to extract Atai's soul at first.

Ruan Xing was silent for a moment, "You're not afraid, the meat bun beats the dog, and you won't go back?" ”

"I still have that confidence."

Ruan Xing had nothing to say, and went back to divination for tonight's operation.

Lin Ran glanced at it lightly, in fact, she preferred to be alone than acting with Ruan Xing, after all, some things were inconvenient to use in front of him, and she was not easy to explain where she came from, but since the task was assigned to be in a group with him, Lin Ran had no reason to shirk.

She glanced at the system that was dissipating, "Dog, are there any props that stun this guy but don't hurt?" ”

The system perked up, flipped through the mall, and nodded: [Yes!] Sleep powder, 100 points, immediately after use, go into a deep sleep, less than 12 hours to wake up. ]

"Okay, I'll use it on this guy then."

[Host rest assured, wrapped up in the system!] The system patted the round belly and ran back to the fun.

Ruan Xing, who was divining, felt a chill down his spine for no reason, and thought to himself, how could he have a bad premonition?

At about eleven o'clock in the evening, Lin Ran and Ruan Xing took the paper figure to the beach together, at this point everyone almost slept, there was no one on the beach, and Extraordinary was tired of playing and returned to her.

It was still raining during the day, but it had stopped in the evening, and the sky was overcast at this time, and the sea breeze was whistling by, revealing a thick fishy smell.

Lin Ran glanced at Ruan Xing, now they had nothing to do, they could only find a sheltered position and wait for the time to come.

When the bell struck twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, the whole sea suddenly became turbulent, and the dark clouds above the sea were like forts, and the wind and waves became louder and louder.

Suddenly, Extraordinary raised his head from Lin Ran's wrist, the system also lit up the antenna, and the paper figure that had been placed on his side suddenly stood up, walking towards the coast step by step with two bamboo legs, and the two knew that the power of the summoning began again.

The paper figure walked faster and faster, and Lin Ran and Ruan Xing looked from afar and saw that there seemed to be a black shadow looming on the sea.

"What's that?" Ruan Xing wondered in his heart.

The weather was bad, the wind and waves were strong, and there was a layer of mist on the sea, blocking his vision, and he couldn't see clearly.

The system ringtone is loud: [Ding, sea ghost detected!] ]

Sea ghosts?

How can it be a sea ghost?

Lin Ran frowned, puzzled.

The difference is that the water ghost is a single individual, always constantly looking for a substitute for the dead ghost, they are at most crumpled together, gathered together, just like the water ghost group during the day, but the sea ghost is different, the sea ghost is more ferocious, it will devour the soul like a big fish eating a small fish, and continue to grow itself.

If a sea ghost is strong enough and devours enough souls, it is enough to rival the ghost king.

But as far as she knows, no matter how powerful the sea ghost is, it doesn't have the ability to summon and seduce the living, right?

Seeing that the paper man was about to walk to the beach, Ruan Xing was about to stand up: "Little sister, let's go over and have a look." ”

Lin Ran glanced at the eye system, and the system immediately understood, [Ding, deduct 100 points, use sleep powder, current points 1090]

As soon as Ruan Xing stood up, he felt a sweet smell, and he didn't feel at ease at first, but suddenly he felt his brain heavy, and the thick sleepiness spread rapidly, making him lightheaded.

Ruan Xing saw Lin Ran's figure running towards the beach in a daze, and was about to stop her, but she couldn't resist sleepiness, and fell asleep on the beach.

The paper piercing man was made of paper, and when it got wet, the lower half of his body was wet all at once.

The sea ghost has appeared, and Lin Ran doesn't need to use this paper figure anymore, his fingertips are on the eyebrows of the paper man, and the soul is extracted, put it on the acacia wood, and throw it into the backpack.

Extraordinary has turned into a prototype, the bucket-thick body is several meters long, and it called out to Lin Ran: "Ranran, come to me, I'll take you over!" ”

They didn't charter a boat, and even if they did, they wouldn't be able to drive it, but fortunately, Extraordinary was a natural swimmer.

Lin Ran rode onto Extraordinary, grabbed Extraordinary's horns, and with a low cry, Extraordinary moved towards the vague shadow at full speed, and from a distance, it looked like Lin Ran was drifting on the surface of the sea, leaving a long white wave mark in the place it passed.

Sensing the danger coming, the sea ghost quickly escaped in the water, but the system locked it early on, and it was under control wherever it went.

The extraordinary speed is extremely fast, and it doesn't take long to reach the sea area where the sea ghost is, but at this time, the sea ghost has already dived, and the extraordinary is hovering on the sea surface with Lin Ran.

The sea water was dark and heavy, and the thick yin qi swirled up from the bottom of the water, and the waves fell one after another, Lin Ran pasted a water avoidance charm on his body, and at this time a whirlpool appeared on the sea surface, and the whirlpool became bigger and bigger.

Lin Ran heard a beautiful singing voice, which was just a few simple minor keys, but it was crisp and moving, and people unconsciously indulged in it.

She felt a sense of peace that she had never felt before, as if she was lying quietly on a bamboo chair, watching water droplets fall from the tips of bamboo leaves, watching sparrows jump onto honeysuckle vines, and seeing a white fox running towards her in the rain.

…… Arctic fox?

Fuck your sister's white fox!

Lin Ran woke up violently to find that the extraordinary was too dizzy to find the north, and the system fell into an eerie silence, and the whirlpool on the surface of the sea almost swallowed them.

Lin Ran frowned, attached a meditation talisman to Extraordinary's body, and then punched the system.

Puff –

The system fell into the water, and after three seconds, it sprang out of the water like a burning butt, shaking his body and shaking off the water beads on his body, and Extraordinary also regained his senses, exclaiming: "Ranran! ”

It found itself in the center of the whirlpool, and the wave was about to pour down head-on, when suddenly it roared in the sky, and a thunderbolt fell to the ground out of thin air, scattering the wave into countless splashes, and the water vapor was smeared on the surface of the sea, but the whirlpool slowly disappeared.

Lin Ran squinted at the system, "Are you sure it's a sea ghost?" Do sea ghosts still have the ability to deceive people? ”

[……]

The system hugged his chubby self and fell into deep self-doubt.

Lin Ran shook her head, "Lock it for me." ”

The system hurriedly cheered up, and a beam of light hit the sea, and the landing point was actually directly below the extraordinary.

Lin Ran patted it, "Extraordinary, go away!" ”

Extraordinary didn't come out of that dizzy state, but when he heard the sound of Lin Ran, he swam to the side with a flick of his tail, and at the moment when it left, a large mouth of blood burst out of the water, and its sharp teeth bit hard, making a sonorous and powerful crashing sound.

The upper body exposed from the water looked like a highly corroded human body, the seaweed-like hair was scattered over the shoulders, the facial features could no longer be seen clearly, the eyeballs fell out of the sockets, the nose was completely flicked up, and the corners of the mouth were cracked behind the ears.

The skin on his body was a strange pale blue, smooth as fish skin, and the whole person exuded the rotten and fishy smell of sour water that had been stored in the cellar for several years.