Chapter 2288 Pretending to be sick
"I'll find her!"

"I will—"

"Where are you going to find it?"

"You don't know her name, you don't know where she lives, you don't know anything!"

"There has never been such a person in our family!"

"Xu Qingzhu!"

"Don't be so stubborn!"

……

The old lady still remembers Qingzhu's expression at that time, heartbroken but trying hard not to admit it.

Her eyes instantly became moist.

My heart hurts too.

But she couldn't be soft-hearted.

She must make her son sober up... make her son return to normal...

Now it seems……

"We misunderstood Qingzhu..."

Qingzhu is not possessed by demons...

The little sister that Qingzhu mentioned also really exists...

It’s just that except Qingzhu, they can’t see it.

……

is that true?

What happened back then...were they wrong?

Ok?
The old lady looked down at her hands.

……

The old man patted the old woman's hand.

"do not think too much about it."

"What's past is past."

"The green bamboo is very good now."

……

Now... Green Bamboo is good?
The old lady was a little stunned.

……

"Yes, grandma."

Xu Zizhen grinned with an exaggeratedly proud expression on his face, "Thanks to me."

"I found Master Xiao."

"Help my uncle realize his wish."

"Hehe, I am uncle's lucky star."

……

The old lady was somewhat amused by her grandson's expression.

"You kid..."

"Yes, thanks to you..."

The old lady has slowly accepted what her grandson said before.

Monster...

"Master Xiao..."

The old lady looked at Xiao Xiao.

It turns out that Master Xiao is indeed Master Xiao.

She was wondering why her grandson called her classmate "Master Xiao" when he was fine.

So this is ah.

"you……"

The old lady came from a scholarly family and never believed in gods or ghosts.

I rarely come into contact with this kind of things.

At most, she would go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, just to seek psychological comfort.

There is no real expectation that these actions will have any effect.

The information she had heard from her grandson earlier made her feel a little overwhelmed.

The information was too shocking.

It completely refreshed her worldview and cognition.

She needs time to accept it.

……

Seeing that the old woman hadn't said anything for a long time, the old man spoke.

"Can you see monsters?"

The old man asked bluntly.

You are already quite old, why would you beat around the bush when asking questions to the younger generation?

and many more.

Without waiting for Master Xiao to answer, he looked at his grandson again, "Can't you see the monster?"

"If I could only see..."

Xu Zizhen smiled bitterly, "I have already found someone for my uncle."

Oh, it’s to find the monster.

Xu Zizhen corrected his mistake in his mind.

……

"Ah, you can't see?"

The old lady was surprised.

Xu Zizhen was even more surprised, "Did I say I could see it?"

Why do both old men think he can see?

……

"Who told you to speak as if you saw it with your own eyes..."

The old man muttered.

"what?"

Xu Zizhen blinked his eyes and said, "I saw it with my own eyes..."

"I didn't see any monsters."

He saw the rest.

After all, it was he who brought Master Xiao to find his uncle.

He was there at the time.

I also saw Ling Feng's response to his uncle with my own eyes.

He once thought that the maple leaves turning from green to red in an instant was the most magical scene he had ever seen in his life.

Unexpectedly, he saw an even more magical scene today.

Life is full of surprises. No one knows what will happen in the future.

……

The old man couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Didn't see..."

But he spoke as if he had seen everything.

This kid really believes in monsters.

……

"Master Xiao, can you see monsters?"

The old man's gaze returned to Xiao Xiao.

Otherwise, Master Xiao would not have helped Qingzhu find his childhood playmate.

Although he knew this, the old man still wanted to confirm it again in person.

……

"Of course Master Xiao can see monsters."

Xu Zizhen answered first.

The old man glared at his grandson and said, "I didn't ask you."

Xiao Xiao smiled, "Yeah, I can see that."

……

The room fell into silence for a moment.

The two old men looked at Xiao Xiao.

He said something very casually and naturally that was not ordinary at all.

This person... can really see monsters.

……

"…The maple tree in the yard is a monster…"

The old lady slowly asked her doubts, "Then how it looked like when it was sick before..."

what's going on?

Can monsters get sick?

……

“It’s intentional.”

Xiao Xiao slightly curved his eyebrows.

"what?"

The other three said in unison.

The old man couldn't help but look at his grandson, "What?"

"I do not know either."

Xu Zizhen felt aggrieved.

He didn't join in the fun.

"I didn't have time to ask you guys just now."

……

"That's it."

The old man withdrew his gaze.

As if he hadn't said anything just now.

Xu Zizhen: ...

……

"Master Xiao."

The old lady's face showed some confusion, "What do you mean by intentional?"

"It deliberately made itself sick?"

……

"Ah."

"I deliberately made myself look sick."

Xiao Xiao curled his lips, "Doesn't this mean Hong Feng has given up?"

……

Ah!
A word to awaken the dreamer.

The two old men and Xu Zizhen all showed a look of realization.

"That's right."

Xu Zizhen sighed.

……

"…What a clever monster."

The old lady couldn't help but smile.

The discomfort and concerns I had because I knew there was a monster in my house faded a lot.

To her, the monster was no longer the hideous image she had seen in books or imagined, but the maple tree in the yard.

He actually pretended to be sick to "drive away" people who had "evil intentions" towards him...

The smile in the old lady's eyes deepened a little.

……

"Haha~"

The old man laughed out loud, "Good idea."

He also thought that monsters would use violence or more direct means to achieve their goals.

Isn’t it?

Also.

The old man's brows relaxed.

If the monster in his family was so violent, how could Qingzhu be so good friends with it?
I have been thinking about that monster ever since I couldn't see it anymore.

He and his old wife have lived here all their lives, how could nothing happen to them?
The old man found that accepting that there was a monster living in his house... didn't seem to be a difficult thing.

……

"Oh, Ling Feng is still smart."

Xu Zizhen was in a good mood, "Hong Feng was dealt with in one go."

He just felt that the irritability he had felt during this period of time was swept away.

I feel much more relaxed all over.

"Otherwise, we don't know how long we will be entangled by Hong Feng."

……

"…He has good vision."

The old lady suddenly said.

I fell in love with the most special tree in their house at first sight.

(End of this chapter)