The touch of my fingertips across my skin just now seemed to be just an illusion.
The drowned ghost's eyes suddenly froze.
There was some doubt revealed.
...
"However, if it were anyone else, it would be injured."
Xiao Xiao looked at Drowned Gui, "Humans are very fragile creatures."
"So if you want to play with them, you have to be more gentle."
"Otherwise they will all be scared away by you."
...
The drowned ghost shook his head, his calm tone inexplicably revealed a bit of grievance, "Ignore me."
"Can run."
Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment, then realized that there was nothing he could do about it, "There is nothing we can do."
"They can't see you or hear you."
"Sorry, I take back what I just said."
Even if it is gentle, Drowned Ghost cannot let those children play with it.
…
Maybe this monster did the same thing at first, but then... its behavior gradually became rough.
"Drown Ghost, I'll play with you."
The drowned ghost's eyes suddenly lit up, "Play with me, play with me..."
But playing with children-
Although he didn't know how old this monster was, but simply judging from the other party's words and deeds, he felt that this monster should be young.
He's not very good at it.
He didn't need to do anything to drown the monster. It seemed that just swimming around in the water with it would make the monster exude a pleasant atmosphere.
There was a slight smile in Xiao Xiao's eyes.
He is really a monster that can only be coaxed.
…
However, while Xiao Xiao was having fun with the drowned ghost in the water, the people above him became increasingly worried.
"It's been a long time!"
Xiaolu reached out and grabbed Pei You's clothes, his fingertips turned white, "Why hasn't Master Xiao come up yet?"
"yes."
Pei You held his friend's hand, both hands were equally cold, "How can anyone hold their breath underwater for so long?"
"Hey, hey, it's only been five minutes."
"You have to know that some people can hold their breath underwater for more than 20 minutes."
Pei Liang looked at the watch on his wrist, feeling a little helpless, but then his eyebrows, which had not been relaxed, tightened a little more, "But the average person can only hold his breath for about a minute."
He looked at Xiaolu, "Xiaolu, how is Master Xiao's water quality?"
"have no idea."
Xiaolu shook her head, and she stretched out her hand to grab Pei You, "Never mind what Master Xiao said before, let's go over and take a look."
"quick!"
"Um."
Pei Yang nodded, and the two of them ran quickly to the river.
"wait-"
Before Pei Liang finished speaking, he could only see the backs of the two girls.
He shook his head and chased after her.
…
"Huh?!"
The female voice's exclamation made Pei Liang ask urgently: "What's wrong?"
"There... there is no Master Xiao in the river?!"
Pei You looked dull.
Before the drowning accident, children who lived near this river always came to the river to play and swim.
The river water is naturally quite clean and clear.
The river is not very deep and when the weather is good, you can almost see the bottom of the river at a glance.
But now the weather is fine, the sun is shining brightly, and they can clearly see the stones lying on the bottom of the river in the sparkling water.
However, there is no Master Xiao.
...
"what happened?"
The deer squatted down and put his hand into the water to explore.
"Little deer."
Pei You was so frightened that he grabbed the deer's hand and said, "Don't put your hand into the water, you will be dragged down!"
"Why?"
Xiaolu tilted his head, looking stunned, "I just want to see if Master Xiao is in the river?"
"Isn't this an obvious absence?!"
Pei You rolled his eyes angrily.
"But……"
Xiaolu turned his head and looked towards the river again, "Then where did Master Xiao go?"
"......yes."
Pei You also squatted down, looking confused.
There has never been such an incident of people disappearing out of thin air in this river before. The children only almost drowned, but they were all rescued in the end.
It can be said that there is no danger.
Therefore, this river still exists,
Otherwise, I'm afraid the villagers will fill in the river.
…
"I don't think you need to worry too much."
Pei Liang squatted beside the two girls.
"elder brother?"
Pei You didn't understand what his brother meant.
How can you not be worried? A big living person like Master Xiao disappeared out of thin air!
"Let's call the police."
As he said this, Xiaolu was about to take out his cell phone.
"Yep."
Pei You agreed very much, "Our address here is..."
"Wait a moment."
Pei Liang shouted in a deep voice, which made the two girls look at him, with some frightened confusion and panic on their faces.
"Feel sorry."
Pei Liang softened his expression and softened his voice a little, "It's just that I think maybe all of this was within Master Xiao's expectation."
"You see, Master Xiao said from the beginning that no matter what happened, we should not go there."
"Obviously he knew what was going to happen behind him for us to run past."
Xiaolu and Pei You looked at each other, then looked at Pei Liang blankly, with a thoughtful look on their faces.
"and-"
Pei Liang touched his head with some uncertainty, "Master Xiao fell into the river before...it seems like he did it on purpose."
He saw Master Xiao's profile for a moment, just before entering the water.
No panic, no fear.
How happy are you?
Just when he wanted to take a closer look, Master Xiao had already fallen into the water.
…
"on purpose?!"
The two girls said in unison.
"Why?"
The deer was confused.
"Could it be-"
Combining all the previous information and his own experiences, Pei You made a bold guess, "Master Xiao is going deep into the enemy camp?!"
Pei Liang:......
He reached out and patted his sister on the head, "Probably."
"You mean-"
The deer looked upstream of the river, "Master Xiao, swam up the river?"
"But……"
Xiao Lu turned to look at the two of them, "I have been staring at the river. I neither heard any sounds nor saw Master Xiao sticking his head out to take a breath."
It's so quiet here. If Master Xiao swims up there, they can always hear some noises, right?
"Perhaps Master Xiao deliberately held his breath... in order not to disturb the enemy?"
"Okay, okay, I'm just talking."
Pei You resisted the suspicious looks of his friends and brother for a while and then declared "admit defeat".
…
"How about we look along the river?"
Pei Liang suggested.
Waiting like this is not the way to go.
They'd better do what they can.
"good."
The deer responded urgently.
Master Xiao was entrusted by her. If something happened to Master Xiao because of this, she would never feel at ease for the rest of her life.
She stood up suddenly, but her legs were numb from squatting for a long time, making her unsteady and about to fall forward.