Tong Xiaosong turned his head to look at the copper basin on the table. Did he not bring Zhi Xian back?
Didn’t Zhi Xian come back before without the copper basin?
Moreover, when he didn’t know about Zhi Xian’s existence before, his mother could already see Zhi Xian.
So there was no situation where Zhi Xian followed him but his mother couldn’t see him.
Why didn’t Zhi Xian come back with him this time?
Was he angry?
Because of the misunderstanding, he didn’t say anything and left secretly, so his patience finally ran out, and he got angry?
Feeling somewhat lost, Tong Xiaosong sat down. Would he be able to see Zhi Xian again after returning to school?
Zhi Xian wouldn’t just disappear like this, right…
After some thought, he went outside and shouted, “Sis! Is there any leftover paper money at home?”
Tong Xiaoyan’s voice came from the kitchen, “Yes! It’s still in the same place as before! Are you going to offer it to Dad’s grave? After dinner, let’s go together!”
“Okay!” Tong Xiaosong responded and went around his mother to get a bag of paper money. Holding the copper basin and paper money, he secretly went to the back of the house, lit the paper money, and threw it into the basin.
After some thought, he pricked his own finger again and dripped a few drops of blood into it.
Tong Xiaosong burned the paper money with anticipation.
Unfortunately, even after all the paper money was burned, Zhi Xian did not appear.
After waiting for a while, the ashes cooled down.
Disappointed, he poured out the ashes and carried the copper basin back to his room, looking dejected.
After packing up his belongings, he took out all the supplements Zhi Xian had given him and placed them on the table outside.
Tong Xiaoyan asked in surprise where these things came from.
Tong Xiaosong said they were from Zhi Xian, and Tong Xiaoyan didn’t inquire further.
Until the evening, he didn’t catch a whiff of that familiar and warm fragrance.
***
Tong Xiaosong returned home and basically did nothing except work.
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As it got dark again, after returning home and finishing dinner, he suddenly remembered that he had left his sickle in the field.
He informed his sister and went out.
In the mountains, when night falls, it’s darker than in the city, with no sources of light.
Tong Xiaosong didn’t bring a flashlight, so he groped his way into the cornfield, relying on his instincts to search in a particular direction.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the field.
So late, besides him, could there be someone else?
The sound seemed to be coming from the adjacent soybean field.
Tong Xiaosong walked in that direction in the dark. The adjacent soybean field also belonged to his family, and the soybeans weren’t ripe yet, but the pods could still be boiled and eaten. Could it be that someone was picking pods from their soybean plants?
As Tong Xiaosong emerged from the cornfield, he noticed a figure in the soybean field. Although the cornfield was pitch black, the soybean plants were relatively short, and some details were visible in the moonlight.
A slender figure, at least three meters tall, stood in his family’s soybean field. It resembled a person but was unusually elongated, creating an eerie appearance.
To ensure it wasn’t someone playing tricks, Tong Xiaosong took a couple of steps forward, and the figure seemed to notice him.
In the darkness, he felt the gaze of the elongated figure.
The slender silhouette wobbled towards him, displaying remarkable harmony and flexibility, eliminating the possibility of it being a mere prank.
Tong Xiaosong, having experienced many strange occurrences, immediately reacted and turned to run.
Regardless of what it was, his experience told him not to make contact—safety lies in keeping a distance!
As he reached the dirt road, he glanced back and was surprised to see the shadow following from a distance.
Upon reaching the dirt road, the figure suddenly crouched down, its slender shadow crawling, displaying a bizarre yet swift movement.
Not daring to look back, he ran all the way home, hastily locking the front gate, and then running back inside, securing the door latch.
After a few minutes, he heard knocking on the door.
Thud, thud, thud.
Three knocks, deliberate and measured. After the third knock, it ceased.
Tong Xiaosong’s back was pressed against the door, and his entire body felt incredibly stiff.
After a moment, the same thud, thud, thud—three knocks on the door—repeated.
Tong Xiaosong’s sister, Tong Xiaoyan, draped in clothes, came out and, seeing her brother pressed against the door, couldn’t help but be puzzled. She asked, “Who’s outside the door?”
Tong Xiaosong felt he couldn’t explain and was afraid of alarming his sister, so he just pursed his lips and shook his head, “Can’t open the door.”
At that moment, the same three knocks repeated.
Tong Xiaoyan asked loudly, “Who’s knocking?”
Silence outside for a few seconds, then a sound somewhat resembling a baby’s cry.
Afraid that his sister might soften her heart, Tong Xiaosong immediately asserted, “I can’t open the door! I promise it’s not a child outside!”
Tong Xiaoyan frowned and sighed, “Strange things happen in the mountains. You don’t need to press against the door; it can’t come in. Go back to your room and sleep, get some rest early.”
After saying this, Tong Xiaoyan turned around and went back to her room.
Tong Xiaosong hesitated for a moment, took two steps forward, and then turned to look at the door.
The knocking occasionally resounded, and indeed, nothing had entered.
He turned back and returned to his room, lying on the bed lost in thought.
This inexplicable ghostly thing blocking the yard made it impossible for him to take a shower.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound under the window. He looked towards the window covered with plastic sheeting.
He saw a strange silhouette staring at him from outside the window.
His blood instantly reversed, and he shivered, feeling a chill throughout his body.
The shape looked like a head, but it didn’t quite resemble a human head.
The other party seemed to know he was about to sleep, so they stopped knocking and just stared at him from outside the window.
Tong Xiaosong confronted the thing for a while and found that, aside from staring at him, it seemed unable to do anything.
But he still didn’t dare to sleep. Who knows if, once he falls asleep, the other party might crawl in through the window.
After all, his house’s windows were covered with plastic! As long as someone wanted to get in, they could at any time.
Turning his head, he casually noticed the copper basin on the table. A determination formed in his heart. He got up, picked up the basin, and walked step by step towards the window.
The silhouette paused, made a slight noise, and then disappeared.
Tong Xiaosong breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed to be effective. He went out of the room, placed the copper basin against the door, and after checking around the window from inside the room and finding nothing suspicious, he got back into bed.
***
He woke up without knowing when he fell asleep again, and by the time he woke up, it was already daylight.
Tong Xiaosong got up and walked out of the room, coincidentally, his sister also opened the door.
Seeing the copper basin against the door, Tong Xiaosong’s sister, Tong Xiaoyan, found it amusing and said, “What’s the use of using it against the door?”
Tong Xiaosong quickly went forward to pick up the copper basin, saying, “It’s better to have something than nothing…”
With that, he placed the copper basin back in his room.
As it was already daylight, they would have to start working in the fields after breakfast, and Tong Xiaosong felt a bit scared.
His sister noticed and couldn’t help but laugh, “If you’re afraid, just rest at home. Cook lunch for me at noon.”
Tong Xiaosong gritted his teeth. If even his sister wasn’t afraid, why should he, a man, be afraid?
“I’m not afraid.” Tong Xiaosong slung the basket on his back and followed his sister out.
To prevent the thing from last night still lurking in the fields, Tong Xiaosong sent his sister to the potato field, and he would handle the work in the soybean field.
Although he was very afraid, he still ventured into the cornfield to retrieve his sickle.
He found the spot where he had left his sickle yesterday but didn’t see the sickle. After searching in circles, he was sure that his sickle had been taken by that thing from last night.
Because it’s common for agricultural tools to be left in the fields, and nobody would deliberately take such commonplace and worn-out items from others’ fields.
He bent down, heading towards the soybean field. Just as he reached the edge of the ditch, he kicked his sickle with the tip of his foot.
He was stunned, crouching down to take a closer look. The sickle was indeed his, but there were suspicious scratch marks on the wooden handle, resembling claw marks from some kind of animal.
Since the item had been moved, it couldn’t possibly be the work of a person.
He stood up and kicked the sickle into the ditch, deciding not to bring this thing back home.
The copper basin had taught him a lesson – thinking something was lifeless might lead to unforeseen consequences, and there could be something following behind.
Genuinely scary incident
Where did zhi xian go though? And now strange things are attracted to our tong’er!
Ruh oh Raggy
As someone living in a very rural area surrounded by corn and soybean fields… F*CK! I shouldn’t be reading this at 3am! 😖