Chapter 1645 Doubt and Resistance
"So other people can't see this child?"

"Is it because the old woman is dying that she can see the child?"

"wrong."

The old man quickly denied his guess.

It is true that she is an old woman on her deathbed, but the young man who also sees the child in front of him is not.

The old man had a conflicted expression on his face.

So what is this child?
"It's a monster."

Xiao Xiao directly announced the answer.

The old man felt as if all the hairs on his body stood up.

Not afraid.

It's a feeling close to trembling.

monster? !

"It's a child ghost."

Xiao Xiao introduced the monster to the old man.

“It likes children.”

"oh oh."

The old man nodded, still looking a little dazed, "I like children, too."

"The child ghost always appears in the child's bed at night."

"Bounce around."

"It wants to play with the child."

"It wants company."

"Children are what it wants to be its companions."

"is it?"

A trace of heartache flashed across the old man's face.

This is a lonely child.

"But to become its companion, this child must... die."

The old man suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Children who are visited by it will have a high fever the next day."

"High fever. Will not go away"

For the first time, the old man felt that he was not yet senile.

Because when she heard these words, she suddenly thought of the young man's first words -

"Do the children in this community always have inexplicable high fevers?"

What's the meaning?
The old man couldn't help but reach out and grab the clothes on his chest.

She was a little afraid to listen any further.

I dare not think further.

But her consciousness was beyond her control, and her mind continued to think along the lines of what the young man said.

What this young man means is that... those children in the community who have high fevers... are because of the child hiding behind her?

How can it be?

How can it be……

Even if this child is a little special...even if no one except her could see this child before...

Even if this child is a little different from other children...

But he is just a child.

A child with a somewhat strange appearance.

A child who follows her because she says she is not feeling well.

A child who smiled happily because of going to her house…

Such a child... Such a child... How could...

"Did you make a mistake?"

The old man's voice trembled a little, "He's just a child."

"How could he cause other children to have a high fever?"

"impossible."

"Such an incredible thing... How could it be possible..."

The old man kept shaking his head.

The more she spoke, the more she felt that the young man's words were just nonsense.

This young man is talking nonsense.

The old man frowned and an angry look appeared on his face.

……

"The child ghost is a monster."

Xiao Xiao reiterated what he said before.

“It has the capability.”

"monster……"

The old man opened his mouth and his voice was almost hoarse.

She didn't react much when she heard these two words for the first time.

Hearing these two words from the young man in front of her again, she was still a little dazed.

Her attention was attracted by the young man's next words, and she didn't have time to think about the meaning of these two words.

just now……

Monster...ah...

Was this young man really not kidding her? The old man opened his eyes wide and looked at Xiao Xiao's expression carefully.

But I didn't see any falsehood in it.

The young man in front of her was talking to her about this matter very seriously.

She knew that what this young man said... was true.

For some reason, the old man felt some resistance to this fact.

"How... do you know this child is a monster?"

The old man shook his head. "Monsters... or something like that... how could it be real..."

"The monster that makes children sick..."

"How can it be true?"

The old man kept shaking his head.

"you……"

"I'm serious."

Xiao Xiao looked at the old man, "I don't have to joke."

The old man opened his mouth.

Yes, even the most idle young man would not travel so far in such hot weather just to play such a vulnerable joke on an old lady.

She knows...

The old man lowered his eyes slightly.

She knew, but...

The old man raised his eyes, "Then you..."

She had almost guessed the young man's purpose.

The child's hands were still clutching her clothes.

It is afraid.

The old woman suddenly remembered that a week ago, when she was about to fall here, her child, who she was worried about, appeared beside her and held her arm.

The child's expression at that time was as anxious as it is now.

Is it...

"Did you do anything to this kid a week ago?"

The old man asked without thinking.

"Ah."

Xiao Xiao nodded, "But it ran away."

"I found this place."

“And then I saw you bringing it home.”

"I didn't want you to know about this."

Xiao Xiao sighed a little.

He saw the old man's struggle and entanglement.

For an old man to accept that the child he had been with sincerely for several years was actually a monster, and a monster that was harmful to humans...

This fact is too cruel for an old man.

"You must have suddenly encountered this monster one day. Then, if this monster suddenly disappeared one day, it wouldn't be that hard for you to accept, right?"

"But this monster is very smart."

Xiao Xiao glanced at the monster who was paying attention to their conversation.

"It knows that as long as you are by its side, I will not touch it."

"It's in your house..."

Until the last step, "I will not break into your house without permission and attack this monster."

"You knew I would come here..."

The old man suddenly realized.

Many people know her habit of feeding cats.

It is not difficult to "sit back and wait" here.

"Ah."

Xiao Xiao nodded, "I waited for a few days before coming here."

"For the next few days, whether it's because of your physical condition or because the monster is afraid of my appearance, you won't go out."

"Luckily, it seems my time estimate was very accurate."

The old man was speechless.

This young man... is amazing.

The old man wiped his face and forehead.

It was indeed a hot day, and even she, who was so afraid of cold, was sweating.

My face feels sticky and a bit uncomfortable.

"Those children's high fever won't go away... Is it really because of... this child?"

"Partly yes."

Xiao Xiao nodded.

"A child...died?"

The old man spoke the last two words very softly.

She herself was a little confused as to whether she had pronounced those two sounds.

But she saw the young man in front of her nodded.

She knew that she had made the sound of those two words.

(End of this chapter)