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Chapter 121 A stubborn ghost

Snapped!
One person and one ghost just gave each other a high-five in the dark basement.

"You must feel bored staying here all the time, right?" Lu Huaiqiu said.

Shadow's eyes twisted into an "awkward" shape, and then he shook his head hesitantly...

Then it stopped quickly.

Then he nodded very vigorously...

"oh, I understand now."

Lu Huaiqiu strode to the basement door and opened it.

The light from outside the door trickled in, slightly illuminating the dark basement.

"Let's go." Lu Huaiqiu said, "Brother will take you out to play."

Upon hearing this, Shadow's eyes suddenly widened again.

It seemed to hesitate for a second or two, and then slowly floated towards Lu Huaiqiu.

"Come." Lu Huaiqiu stood outside the door, turned to the shadow and said, "Brother, I will take you to Kangkang. What is the outside world?"

After hearing this, Shadow's footsteps seemed to become more brisk, and his floating speed also increased instantly.

But the moment it popped out of the door.

Noisy!
As if he was suddenly shocked by electricity, Shadow's whole body suddenly exploded and bounced back into the room instantly.

Even Lu Huaiqiu was almost taken aback by its reaction.

"What's wrong?" Lu Huaiqiu asked, "Don't you like it outside?"

The shadow looked at Lu Huaiqiu, then looked down at its non-existent toes.

Then he shook his head like a rattle.

It seemed a little aggrieved and a little helpless as it lowered its head.

Lu Huaiqiu also lowered his head and looked at his feet.

——The place he stepped on was a territory occupied by light.

"Are you afraid of light?"

Lu Huaiqiu looked at the shadow again and asked.

It's not surprising after all.

It is true that a large number of ghosts are afraid of light environments.

For example, there are dark soul monsters who like darkness by nature, and another example is the shady wraiths.

Not to mention ghosts like Shadow who have stayed in the basement for more than ten years.

Over such a long period of time, the night has long been like wind, cold and moisture, imprinting itself into its blood layer by layer along the skin and meridians.

Lu Huaiqiu stared at the two dark and terrifying eyes of the shadow, and gradually fell into deep thought.

[Lu Xun once really said that. 】

[He said that human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same. 】

[Not to mention humans and monsters. 】

[So, no matter how seriously the Lu family leader stared at the Gou Sigui, it was difficult to truly understand its ink-like sadness. 】

[What’s even more regrettable is that Gou Sigui can’t even see the head of the Lu family clearly. 】

[In its vague vision, the head of the Lu family is just a vague afterimage...]

【Yes. 】

[It also once had eyes. 】

[Unfortunately, the never-ending night has long deprived it of the right to burst into tears. 】

【…】

Lu Huaiqiu stood outside the door, staring at the shadow for a long time.

It just floated quietly behind the door.

The light flows into its two cute eyes, like entering a black hole, and gradually annihilates.

"He must be sad, right?"

Lu Huaiqiu said softly.

"Do not."

A slightly aged but exceptionally gentle voice sounded in Lu Huaiqiu's ears.

At some point, Uncle Deng also came here.

He stood silently a step or two behind Lu Huaiqiu and had been waiting for a long time.

"It should be very happy." Uncle Deng said.

"Happy?" Lu Huaiqiu frowned slightly, "But I don't seem to see it."

"Yes, it is very happy." Uncle Deng chuckled, "After all, it finally completed its mission."

"mission?"

"Yes." Uncle Deng nodded slightly, "It has been guarding [Xingqie] until [Xingchen] arrives." "Why does it do this?"

"This is the master's request."

Uncle Deng said, "Actually, before I left, I just mentioned it casually."

"But this little guy took it seriously."

"Since then, it has been guarding this basement, not going anywhere, and very stubborn."

"Just like this, spring goes to winter, day and night change..."

"It can't leave here anymore."

Uncle Deng let out a long sigh:

"Unlike monsters, the lifespan of ghosts is actually not very long."

"Logically speaking, Shadow's life has already reached its terminal point."

"I don't know what this stubborn little guy relies on to support him until now."

"after that……"

"As a result of being in a dark environment for a long time, its body loses its ability to adapt to light."

"At the same time, because it cannot see light, its eyes have slowly degraded and disappeared over the years."

Lu Huaiqiu was silent.

He raised his head and looked into Shadow's empty eyes again.

At this time, he suddenly figured it out.

Indeed, Shadow couldn't see him clearly at all.

It can't even see the road, so how can it see people clearly?
From when he met the shadow to finally defeating the shadow.

From the beginning to the end, this stubborn little demon kept guarding in front of that door, motionless.

Lu Huaiqiu always thought that the reason why it didn't move was because it was simply unnecessary.

After all, its 18-meter-long hook and sickle chain can reach every corner of the room.

He didn't understand until now.

The shadow has not moved, not because it is unnecessary.

——But because he was afraid that he would never be able to find the location of the door again.

For a long time, it has been standing in front of this door.

Like an immortal monument.

……

"Brother~"

An immature but weird voice of a resentful spirit wafted out again.

Lu Huaiqiu suddenly came to his senses.

Looking up, he found Shadow standing in the darkness behind the door.

It slowly raised a short hand and waved gently towards Lu Huaiqiu in the air.

"I'm sorry~"

“I can’t play games with you anymore~”

Its voice became smaller and smaller, as if the darkness behind it was like a bottomless pit, desperately trying to swallow everything outside into its belly.

Lu Huaiqiu was slightly startled, then stiffly raised his arm.

wave.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the scene when he went to kindergarten when he was a child.

At that time, he was like this, waving goodbye to his parents through a big iron gate.

He was still young at the time, and he would cry so hard every time he said goodbye, for fear that he would never see the two people who loved him the most again.

"Goodbye, brother..."

Shadow's voice grew quieter.

By the end, it almost disappeared.

Even Lu Huaiqiu, who was standing in front of him, couldn't hear clearly what it was saying.

Immediately afterwards, it gradually turned into spiritual power and dissipated in the air.

It's its body.

"Goodbye." Lu Huaiqiu said softly.

Just before it disappears into the darkness.

Lu Huaiqiu saw inside its body as dark as ink——

A touch of girly pink lit up.

(End of this chapter)