"It's so warm...... So comfortable......"

Probably because this warmth was too attractive to her, Bai Yueying was like a little girl who had never seen fire, and simply squatted down directly next to the brazier burning incense, candles, and paper money in front of Zhou Zhongqing.

It was a still sultry summer night at the end of September, but she stretched out her white and tender little hands to roast the fire as if she was in the cold winter of heavy snow.

It was just an ordinary firewood, but it was an incense candle flame that normal people could not avoid, she restrained her smile, the expression on her face became more sluggish, the fire in the basin was reflected in her eyes and danced, she was quiet and well-behaved.

Bai Yueying's performance made Zhou Zhongqing a little stunned.

Although they have known each other for a short time, a simple understanding also knows that she will not be in pain, tired, hungry, cold or hot, and she is a ghost with no real sense.

So what's the point where you can feel the warmth of the flames now?

As Zhou Zhongqing forgot to continue to put incense candles and paper money into the brazier, the flames began to get smaller and smaller, and Bai Yueying, who was indulging in the warmth of the fire, turned her head to look at him a little anxiously.

"Fire ......"

Looking at the anticipation that was about to overflow in her big eyes, with a pitiful look, Zhou Zhongqing untied a pile of white paper and put it into the brazier one by one, and refilled the flames.

"It's so warm!"

Like a little girl who has been rewarded with candy, her little expression immediately melted, and the whole person looked warm and comfortable.

"That...... Are you getting too close? ”

"Don't be afraid, the fire won't burn me."

Bai Yueying said, she herself was a little surprised, and said to herself: "It's strange, the first time I burned a fire, I felt this way, I tried to burn myself to death before, but I didn't feel any ...... temperature."

“……”

Can you stop talking about these horrific suicide methods in such a calm tone!

"The first time you've felt this way?"

Zhou Zhongqing asked curiously, he naturally wanted to know more about Miss Ghost's existence beyond his cognition, people's insecurities always come from the unknown, and if he understands her more, then he will have more confidence in his heart.

"Uh-huh!"

"Is it because it's incense and not ordinary fire?"

"Hmm...... It doesn't seem to be. ”

Bai Yueying thought for a moment, then shook her head again, it seems that she had also encountered incense before, but she didn't feel this way.

"Is it because I specially lit incense for you?"

Ruling out the wrong answers again and again, Zhou Zhongqing seems to have found the crux of the matter.

"Huh? So you ordered it for me? ”

Bai Yueying saw him lighting incense, but she didn't know what he was doing here, and she didn't hear what he had just prayed for, and she was quite surprised to hear Zhou Zhongqing say this at this time.

"Just do a control experiment."

After the incense candles and paper money in the brazier were burned, Zhou Zhongqing lit some again, but this time he deliberately changed the object of prayer to his parents.

The flames in the pot are still burning vigorously, but the ghost lady next to the brazier is full of confusion, obviously she can still feel very warm just now, but now she can't feel it at all, she even put her little hand on the top of the fire a little unwillingly, the fire licked her palm, but she didn't even feel the temperature at all.

"Will it be warm?"

"No, I don't feel any more......"

"Then try again."

Zhou Zhongqing re-lit the incense candle flame that prayed for her this time, even if he didn't burn paper money this time, he just lit the incense stick, but Bai Yueying on the side immediately felt warm.

"It's weird! I didn't even have a fire, but I still felt warm! ”

"Is it just warm?"

"Hmm...... It's just warm, it's satisfying, it's comfortable, it's like something magical has gotten into your body, and it feels great. ”

As a medium to communicate yin and yang, incense carries the wishes of the person who burns incense, and after the experiments of the control group, Zhou Zhongqing can probably be sure that the reason why Bai Yueying can feel warm is not just the incense itself, but more importantly, it should be the prayers when he burns incense for her.

In other words, it is really appropriate to use this scientific research method to explore unscientific fields!

Since it has been studied, let's explore it to the end, Zhou Zhongqing said to Bai Yueying again: "You stand far away and take a look." ”

"Is it possible here?"

Miss Ghost reluctantly left the lit incense stick and stood two steps away from Zhou Zhongqing.

Not to mention two steps away, it is impossible to perceive that kind of temperature with somatosensory when it is about ten centimeters away from the incense stick normally.

"Can you still feel the temperature?"

"Yes! It's still warm! ”

"Just as warm? Is it weaker? ”

"I won't ...... it"

"Then you stand a little farther away."

Under Zhou Zhongqing's experiment, Bai Yueying walked from two steps away to ten steps away, and then to a hundred steps away......

But the result every time is - as long as it is the incense that Zhou Zhongqing specially lit for her, then she can feel warm and satisfied, and there is almost no difference in intensity.

"It seems that it has nothing to do with distance, as long as it is incense lit for you, then you can feel it." Zhou Zhongqing made a brief summary of the experimental results.

"Uh-huh." Miss Ghost didn't care much about this, but just stared blankly at the incense stick that had been lit for her, her big eyes staring at the light of the fire in the dark night.

There is a kind of awakening in nothingness, a trace of clarity in confusion, and a kind of warmth that is far away from home but still knows that it is remembered...... It's hard to describe the wonderful feeling, and at this moment she just wants to have it all the time.

"So...... You haven't felt this way before today? ”

Zhou Zhongqing asked her, and after asking, he felt that his question seemed a little cruel, and looking at Miss Ghost's confused eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little pity.

"No ......"

Bai Yueying squatted on the ground and shook her head, holding her knees with her hands, her eyes were a little dazed as she looked at the burning incense stick in front of her, and she didn't know how to deal with herself for a while.

If she had felt this strange warmth before, she would never have forgotten it, but in fact it was not.

Although Miss Ghost doesn't have a good memory, she is not stupid, and the implication of Zhou Zhongqing's question is - you have been dead for so long, has anyone ever burned a stick of incense for you?

The answer is no.

- She is a lonely ghost who even if she dies, no parents and friends have burned even a single incense for her, no one remembers her, and no one prays for her.

"Sure enough, I shouldn't exist."

She smiled, relieved and relaxed: "I don't remember others, and others don't remember me, this is very fair." ”

Zhou Zhongqing didn't know if this was fair in her mouth, but it was definitely a sad thing, whether she couldn't remember anyone, or no one remembered her.

They are all people with a hard life, and Zhou Zhongqing at this moment can't help but feel a little more sympathy for her.

After a while, I didn't know how to comfort her, so I lit a new incense stick for her again and stuck it in the crack of the stone next to the gate of the courtyard.

"I'm leaving."

"Uh-huh! I'll help you keep an eye on the gate, don't worry! ”

Yes, I still have an agreement with this lonely ghost, but thinking of killing her with his own hands, Zhou Zhongqing still has a big head, and he didn't speak, turned around and prepared to enter the house.

"Zhong, Zhongqing!"

Hearing her voice, Zhou Zhongqing turned around, but saw that she thanked him very sincerely: "Thank you for the incense you lit for me!" ”

“…… You are welcome. ”

Zhou Zhongqing closed the iron gate at the gate of the courtyard, turned around and returned to the house.

Bringing out some new incense, he walked over to his parents' tablets and called out to his sister after taking a bath.

"Xiao Yu, haven't you finished taking a shower, come and put incense on your parents!"

"Huh? What day is my brother? ”

"Don't ask, it's usually okay to put on more incense."

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