The old man was clearly wearing men's clothes.
He looked at Su Chen and smiled.
"It's the adults who bring their children to worship."
“They don’t know what I am like.”
"The first person who came asked the child to call me godmother, and later everyone started calling me godmother."
He waved his hand: "Godmother or godfather, it doesn't matter."
"It's just an insignificant title."
"My children have grown up smoothly."
As he spoke, he seemed to be thinking of something, and his eyes dimmed a little.
Then he began to swing gently and unconsciously.
The cat ghost narrowed his pupils at the old man, then quickly looked at Su Chen, quietly walked over and pointed at the old man's chest.
"He's dying."
"So there must be a conspiracy behind coming here with the child."
The old man laughed out loud when he heard this.
"Yes, yes, I have a big conspiracy."
"Kitty, do you want to listen?"
The cat ghost jumped up as if its tail was stepped on.
"I'm a cat ghost, not a kitten."
"You sinister mountain elf!"
The old man was startled: "Did you figure it out?"
The cat ghost crossed his arms, snorted and turned his head away.
The old man didn't bother with him, continued swinging for a few steps, and looked at Su Chen.
"You are a good man."
I was given a nice guy card for no apparent reason.
Su Chen raised his eyebrows: "Why are you suddenly talking about this?"
The old man raised his head and looked at the night sky.
"I just let them grow up smoothly."
"I seem to be pretty useless."
The old man sighed.
"When I miss them, I will go to see them after I get married and have a family."
"Some have bad tempers, some are addicted to gambling, and some even commit murder and robbery."
"They just grew up and didn't become good people."
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Su Chen.
"I wished a bad guy to grow up smoothly. Am I really guilty of a great sin?"
Su Chen was silent.
The cat ghost was delighted to hear this and laughed.
"You still know that you are deeply sinful. The big hole in your chest is because of your sins."
His expression changed quickly: "So you should get out of the orphanage as soon as possible and stop worrying about the children here."
The old man stopped swinging and stood up.
"Don't worry, I won't bless the child to grow up smoothly anymore."
The cat ghost was stunned and blinked blankly.
The old man spread his hands and said, "I don't have much time left. I came here because of something that I haven't figured out for hundreds of years."
The cat ghost hums.
"You have a stone head. I don't think you can even think straight. It's strange that you can figure it out."
"Ahem... well, if you give me the candy they gave me before, I'll help you think about it, how about that?"
"Let me first state that I don't like candy, especially candy that's too sweet."
The old man laughed and said, "Little cat, you should catch mice and eat them."
The cat ghost was furious.
"I've already told you that I'm not a kitten, not a kitten, I'm a cat ghost, I'm in human form!"
The old man pointed at himself and said, "I am also in human form."
He seemed lost in memories.
“At first, it seemed like I was just a fog.”
"That woman knelt in front of me in the dead of winter, holding her child who had been having a high fever for half a month. Her head was broken and bleeding. She lit incense, and then I gradually took on a human form."
"Their family was poor, so I often brought food to the child late at night, including wild fruits, wild rabbits and pheasants from the mountains."
"He has grown fat and is now plump and white. He likes me very much and always calls me godmother and likes to climb on top of me."
"Unfortunately, after he went to school, the child stopped calling me godmother."
The old man sighed: "He called me - a monster!"
The old man placed his withered hand on his chest and slowly pulled out a nail from the hole.
It is about one meter long, as thick as an arm, and covered with rust.
Su Chen's pupils shrank slightly, and he subconsciously set up a power net around the old man.
I was afraid that he would act on impulse and harm the children inside.
The old man laughed again.
"Don't worry, I won't bless them, nor do I want to hurt them."
"I just can't figure it out."
"I'm his godmother!"
"Don't people say that filial piety is the most important virtue?"
"He obviously loves me so much, how could he be so cruel as to drive such a long nail into me?"
"I want to find someone who knows the answer, but only the children can see me."
…
Su Chen sighed.
Having reached a dead end, it is no wonder that even though one has the ability to remove the nail, one still has to endure hundreds of years of pain.
The cat ghost rolled his eyes: "How stupid!"
"Do you know what 'the human heart is hard to predict' means?"
The old man nodded.
"But I raised him with him, I'm his godmother."
"Don't even mention godmothers. Even among biological parents, some people become beasts and kill their fathers and mothers. It's common."
The old man shook his head: "No, no, no, no, there were some beasts among those children, but they didn't stab me with nails."
Cat Ghost said disdainfully: "Needless to say, he is afraid of you."
The old man was stunned.
He looked at Su Chen.
Su Chen: “…”
"Have you ever heard of 'Ye Gong Hao Long'?"
The old man shook his head.
Su Chen dragged the table and chairs under the eaves over and motioned for the old man and the cat ghost to sit down.
I told the story to the furry moon.
Su Chen finished telling the short story and looked at the old man: "He doesn't like you at all, but you brought him delicious food to fill his stomach."
"I found out you were a mountain spirit monster after reading, and I was afraid you would hurt him, so I took the initiative to attack you."
The old man was silent for a long time.
Then he burst into laughter.
"I thought the children's love for me was genuine."
"It turns out that it's not true."
After saying this, his figure gradually faded away.
The cat ghost became anxious.
"What are you doing? Committing suicide?"
"It's just betrayal, what's the big deal?"
"I was often taken advantage of, but I didn't commit suicide."
"Hey, come back!"
"You, you, you...where is the candy you promised to give me?"
However, the only one who answered him was the night wind.
The cat looked at Su Chen helplessly, and the latter sighed.
"Don't feel guilty."
"You can't wake up someone who's pretending to be asleep."
"He just pretends to be confused when he knows the answer and asks questions when he knows the answer."
According to Cuicheng's custom, during every New Year's Day, children who have worshipped their godmothers will definitely go back to pay homage.
Over the past few hundred years, countless people have offered their true hearts to us.
But he was still immersed in the pain of being hurt and couldn't extricate himself.
The nail never pierced his body.
The cat ghost silently put the bag down and curled up in the shadows.
"You actually want me to save him, right?"
"Even when he plays games with children, it's just to get them to answer questions honestly."
Say something to let the child give him something.
I'm afraid it was the cat ghost who instigated the child to do this.
Unfortunately, even if the old man knew, he just planned to go down this path to the end.
The cat ghost looked at Su Chen and said, "Master Su, if the nails are pulled out, can the rocks still give birth to mountain spirits?"
"Perhaps."
The cat ghost was no longer depressed and picked up the bag.
"I'm going to look for that rock."
Su Chen nodded: "Okay, if I find it, I will also go and burn a stick of incense."
The cat ghost slowly bowed to him, then quickly disappeared into the corner.
Su Chen retracted his gaze and was about to take the ghost path back home when a curious voice came from behind him: "Are you... Master Su?"
He looked at Su Chen and smiled.
"It's the adults who bring their children to worship."
“They don’t know what I am like.”
"The first person who came asked the child to call me godmother, and later everyone started calling me godmother."
He waved his hand: "Godmother or godfather, it doesn't matter."
"It's just an insignificant title."
"My children have grown up smoothly."
As he spoke, he seemed to be thinking of something, and his eyes dimmed a little.
Then he began to swing gently and unconsciously.
The cat ghost narrowed his pupils at the old man, then quickly looked at Su Chen, quietly walked over and pointed at the old man's chest.
"He's dying."
"So there must be a conspiracy behind coming here with the child."
The old man laughed out loud when he heard this.
"Yes, yes, I have a big conspiracy."
"Kitty, do you want to listen?"
The cat ghost jumped up as if its tail was stepped on.
"I'm a cat ghost, not a kitten."
"You sinister mountain elf!"
The old man was startled: "Did you figure it out?"
The cat ghost crossed his arms, snorted and turned his head away.
The old man didn't bother with him, continued swinging for a few steps, and looked at Su Chen.
"You are a good man."
I was given a nice guy card for no apparent reason.
Su Chen raised his eyebrows: "Why are you suddenly talking about this?"
The old man raised his head and looked at the night sky.
"I just let them grow up smoothly."
"I seem to be pretty useless."
The old man sighed.
"When I miss them, I will go to see them after I get married and have a family."
"Some have bad tempers, some are addicted to gambling, and some even commit murder and robbery."
"They just grew up and didn't become good people."
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Su Chen.
"I wished a bad guy to grow up smoothly. Am I really guilty of a great sin?"
Su Chen was silent.
The cat ghost was delighted to hear this and laughed.
"You still know that you are deeply sinful. The big hole in your chest is because of your sins."
His expression changed quickly: "So you should get out of the orphanage as soon as possible and stop worrying about the children here."
The old man stopped swinging and stood up.
"Don't worry, I won't bless the child to grow up smoothly anymore."
The cat ghost was stunned and blinked blankly.
The old man spread his hands and said, "I don't have much time left. I came here because of something that I haven't figured out for hundreds of years."
The cat ghost hums.
"You have a stone head. I don't think you can even think straight. It's strange that you can figure it out."
"Ahem... well, if you give me the candy they gave me before, I'll help you think about it, how about that?"
"Let me first state that I don't like candy, especially candy that's too sweet."
The old man laughed and said, "Little cat, you should catch mice and eat them."
The cat ghost was furious.
"I've already told you that I'm not a kitten, not a kitten, I'm a cat ghost, I'm in human form!"
The old man pointed at himself and said, "I am also in human form."
He seemed lost in memories.
“At first, it seemed like I was just a fog.”
"That woman knelt in front of me in the dead of winter, holding her child who had been having a high fever for half a month. Her head was broken and bleeding. She lit incense, and then I gradually took on a human form."
"Their family was poor, so I often brought food to the child late at night, including wild fruits, wild rabbits and pheasants from the mountains."
"He has grown fat and is now plump and white. He likes me very much and always calls me godmother and likes to climb on top of me."
"Unfortunately, after he went to school, the child stopped calling me godmother."
The old man sighed: "He called me - a monster!"
The old man placed his withered hand on his chest and slowly pulled out a nail from the hole.
It is about one meter long, as thick as an arm, and covered with rust.
Su Chen's pupils shrank slightly, and he subconsciously set up a power net around the old man.
I was afraid that he would act on impulse and harm the children inside.
The old man laughed again.
"Don't worry, I won't bless them, nor do I want to hurt them."
"I just can't figure it out."
"I'm his godmother!"
"Don't people say that filial piety is the most important virtue?"
"He obviously loves me so much, how could he be so cruel as to drive such a long nail into me?"
"I want to find someone who knows the answer, but only the children can see me."
…
Su Chen sighed.
Having reached a dead end, it is no wonder that even though one has the ability to remove the nail, one still has to endure hundreds of years of pain.
The cat ghost rolled his eyes: "How stupid!"
"Do you know what 'the human heart is hard to predict' means?"
The old man nodded.
"But I raised him with him, I'm his godmother."
"Don't even mention godmothers. Even among biological parents, some people become beasts and kill their fathers and mothers. It's common."
The old man shook his head: "No, no, no, no, there were some beasts among those children, but they didn't stab me with nails."
Cat Ghost said disdainfully: "Needless to say, he is afraid of you."
The old man was stunned.
He looked at Su Chen.
Su Chen: “…”
"Have you ever heard of 'Ye Gong Hao Long'?"
The old man shook his head.
Su Chen dragged the table and chairs under the eaves over and motioned for the old man and the cat ghost to sit down.
I told the story to the furry moon.
Su Chen finished telling the short story and looked at the old man: "He doesn't like you at all, but you brought him delicious food to fill his stomach."
"I found out you were a mountain spirit monster after reading, and I was afraid you would hurt him, so I took the initiative to attack you."
The old man was silent for a long time.
Then he burst into laughter.
"I thought the children's love for me was genuine."
"It turns out that it's not true."
After saying this, his figure gradually faded away.
The cat ghost became anxious.
"What are you doing? Committing suicide?"
"It's just betrayal, what's the big deal?"
"I was often taken advantage of, but I didn't commit suicide."
"Hey, come back!"
"You, you, you...where is the candy you promised to give me?"
However, the only one who answered him was the night wind.
The cat looked at Su Chen helplessly, and the latter sighed.
"Don't feel guilty."
"You can't wake up someone who's pretending to be asleep."
"He just pretends to be confused when he knows the answer and asks questions when he knows the answer."
According to Cuicheng's custom, during every New Year's Day, children who have worshipped their godmothers will definitely go back to pay homage.
Over the past few hundred years, countless people have offered their true hearts to us.
But he was still immersed in the pain of being hurt and couldn't extricate himself.
The nail never pierced his body.
The cat ghost silently put the bag down and curled up in the shadows.
"You actually want me to save him, right?"
"Even when he plays games with children, it's just to get them to answer questions honestly."
Say something to let the child give him something.
I'm afraid it was the cat ghost who instigated the child to do this.
Unfortunately, even if the old man knew, he just planned to go down this path to the end.
The cat ghost looked at Su Chen and said, "Master Su, if the nails are pulled out, can the rocks still give birth to mountain spirits?"
"Perhaps."
The cat ghost was no longer depressed and picked up the bag.
"I'm going to look for that rock."
Su Chen nodded: "Okay, if I find it, I will also go and burn a stick of incense."
The cat ghost slowly bowed to him, then quickly disappeared into the corner.
Su Chen retracted his gaze and was about to take the ghost path back home when a curious voice came from behind him: "Are you... Master Su?"
