"Ghostwriter?" The girl should be the owner of this homestay, her face was full of distrust, "Isn't the ghostwriter writing letters for people?"

"In addition to writing letters, I also do other things for my clients, especially things that cannot be solved by this kind of conventional thinking. "Although the demon aura is very weak, there are indeed monsters in this homestay, and they have not been left for long.

The girl looked at me for a long time, and after making sure I had no malicious intent, she pointed upstairs, "If that's the case... Come with me to the second floor and have a look. ”

Walking up the stairs, you can see that this is a very careful homestay, with bright windows, regularly pruned plants and delicate ornaments everywhere, but on the second floor it is completely different.

"This..."Just like what people said in the bath just now, everything on the second floor has mysteriously disappeared, not only furniture and appliances, but not even a single water cup left, and it is as empty as a rough room.

"This has happened to more than one family before me," said the girl, whose face was very bad, "and the things in the house have disappeared like this for some reason, and at first everyone thought it was a thief, and they also called the police, but it was useless, and every once in a while a shop would suffer." ”

"Is there surveillance?" I asked her.

"There was definitely nothing in the room, only the common areas could be seen. ”

"Can you show me around?"

"You're really not a journalist?" the girl confirmed.

“... No. ”

After seeing the surveillance, I confirmed my thoughts.

In the first half of the night yesterday, everything was normal in this B&B, and at about two or three o'clock in the second half of the night, everything in the public area on the second floor suddenly disappeared collectively as if sinking to the ground, and the whole process lasted about five minutes, during this time, no one came in and no one went out.

"Look... That's it," the girl seemed frightened, "the shop I've worked so hard to build... was inexplicably beaten back to the original point. ”

"Have you shown this surveillance to anyone else?" I asked her.

"No," she said, "you're the first guest to come in today." ”

"Well, don't show it to anyone just yet," I said, walking to the door and putting on my backpack again, "I'll check out the other stores, and if nothing else, I'll give you the answer tomorrow." ”

“... You can't be a liar, right..."

“... If you really don't believe me, just take me for. "This girl is too wary, but I think about it, when I encounter this kind of thing, I suddenly appear as a person, no matter who will suspect it.

After coming out of this B&B, I went to five or six similar B&Bs in succession, and found that all those who encountered this kind of strange thing were all shops that used to have a good business, and they were all after the rain, and what is more interesting is that all this happened after the opening of a B&B called Zhuyuan.

After dark, I returned to Fuyu Mountain, and I saw the lemur-looking monster in the distance.

"It's so early. I turned on my flashlight, "I just want to find you, too." ”

The lemur looked surprised, "Lord Yek looking for me?"

"Well, that friend of yours is a youkai in the swamp, isn't he?" I said, "and it doesn't seem like it can't leave the swamp." ”

"I don't understand what you mean?" the lemur scratched his ears and cheeks.

"It's okay, just take me there. ”

The forest at night is not as quiet as it seems, and countless monsters and animals will only appear at night, so I followed the lemur all the way, and the path it chose was hidden but convenient, and if I had walked on my own, I might have to make a big circle to reach my destination.

"Lord Yeke, I've finally waited for you. "Before I could get closer, the youkai in the swamp had already greeted me.

"I heard from your friend that you want me to write for you. I sat down on a large rock beside the swamp, "I'm not cheap, but you can afford it." ”

"What do you mean?" the voice sounded like it was coming from the bottom of the swamp.

"Let's get out of the swamp first, and it's good to talk about some things face-to-face. I took pen and paper out of my bag.

The surface of the swamp began to gurgle and bubble, and a large-eyed youkai covered in long hair appeared wet and looked friendly.

"Isn't that a way to get out of the swamp?" I joked.

"Hello Lord Yeke, it's not that I can leave the swamp, it's the swamp itself, it's me. ”

"Huh?" I really didn't expect that most of the youkai I've seen before have their original form, and the youkai that survive in their natural form are really the first time I've seen them, "Then you've never lived here and never left?"

"Occasionally, I go to places of interest," said Marsh, "and it's still very convenient to move around, and as long as there is water, you can go where you want, and the only inconvenience is that it's too conspicuous." ”

"Well," I said, "let's talk about your letter first, who are you going to write to me in such a hurry?"

"A human girl. The swamp said, dripping water down his body and reuniting with the swamp.

"Humans, you are in the mountains and forests, it shouldn't be easy to get to know humans. ”

"Hmm... She didn't know I existed. Swamp said.

"That's... Why are you writing this letter?" I said, "and my experience has taught me that if it's not unavoidable, youkai are better off trying not to be associated with humans. ”

"Because... Her mother passed away this year, she should be sad alone, it is her twentieth birthday soon, I want to give her a gift, but considering that it is too abrupt to send it directly, I want to write a letter to explain. When the swamp speaks, birds habitually fall on it, and if you don't know, you can't imagine that this is a monster, "Lord Yeke, can you write this kind of letter for me?"

"Well, yes," I smiled, "even if I give it to her." ”

“... Do you know who I want to send the letter to?"

"If you're not mistaken, there's a girl you want to write to in the B&B called Zhuyuan at the foot of the mountain. Swamp's look of surprise confirmed my suspicion, "But I have one condition. ”

“... You say, I'll do my best. ”

"Return all the things you took from other B&Bs during this time. I said, "Otherwise, I can't help you with this favor, that's what I'm charging." ”

"What are you talking about?" the swamp didn't intend to admit.

"You're trying to mess up their business by taking things from other stores," I pulled out my phone and turned on the surveillance video I recorded, "This is the surveillance video I saw in one of the B&Bs, and ordinary people can't see anything unusual on the ground, so the furniture or something seems to sink into the ground and disappear, but in my eyes, the ground has obviously become a swamp-like form, and anything on its surface will slowly be submerged and swallowed, and finally taken away," I paused the video to a frame," Look closely, and you'll see your figure in the corner. ”

The swamp didn't say a word.

I put my phone away, "I don't know why you did this, but for whatever reason, relying on the stagnant water after the rain to move to different B&Bs, and taking away the fruits of other people's hard work at will, is not something that the girl you care about agrees with." ”

"I don't need her approval," Swamp's tone was a little lost, "she doesn't even need to know who I really am, as long as she can get what she wants." ”

"What is that girl from Zhuyuan, what is the relationship with you?" I asked.

"She... It's my daughter. ”