Shen Xiu'er looked at the strange men in front of her, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes beneath her mask. "What... what do you want?"
Hearing her, one of the men stepped forward. "Nothing much, we just want to play with little sister, hahaha!"
Shen Xiu'er: "..." Believe you me, that's a lie! She might be naive, but she wasn't stupid. These men, at first glance, were clearly up to no good.
Seeing that the men had no intention of making a move for the moment, Shen Xiu'er said to Hong Xin, who stood beside her calmly and collectedly, in a voice only they could hear: "Big brother, I'll count to three, and then we'll run."
Hong Xin looked at the men in front of him, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes. "No need."
"But there are too many of them, and you're too small to fight them all."
Hong Xin: "..." It's fine, I have a plan. If I can't beat them, I can scare them. Anyway, I'm not human.
The men, seeing the little girl in front of them muttering to herself, frowned. For some reason, they suddenly felt a chill down their spines, as if the surrounding air had dropped several degrees. They felt uneasy.
So, to bolster their courage, the men stepped forward, wanting to get the job done and leave this eerie place as soon as possible. "Little girl, brothers are a bit short on cash lately, mind lending us some?"
Shen Xiu'er heard this and quickly clutched her money pouch. "No!" This was money her sister had given her; she couldn't give it to these bad guys.
At this moment, Hong Xin spoke, saying to Shen Xiu'er, "Nini, turn around first, cover your ears, and no peeking."
Shen Xiu'er thought about it and obediently nodded.
So, the men saw the little girl in front of them suddenly turn around and cover her ears. This action made the men utterly confused.
Before they could even figure out why Shen Xiu'er was doing this, they saw a headless figure suddenly appear out of thin air in the open space before them! Headless!
Hong Xin, holding his own head, spoke in a chilling voice, "Where's my head? Give me back my head~"
The men: "... Ah!! A ghost!!" After screaming, they tried to run, but found they couldn't control their legs due to sheer terror and fear. They couldn't move at all.
Seeing this, the men fell to the ground, struggling and backing away. "... Ah!! Help! Don't come near me! Don't come near me!"
Hong Xin, suddenly smelling the stench of urine, couldn't help but twitch his lips. He continued to float forward. His action scared the men into fainting.
Seeing this, Hong Xin calmly reattached his head. After confirming it was on the right way, he walked behind Shen Xiu'er. "Alright, Nini, let's go back to the temple fair."
"Oh." Shen Xiu'er turned around, cautiously glanced in the direction of the men, then disdainfully withdrew her gaze and followed Hong Xin out of the alley to continue exploring the temple fair.
Meanwhile, Ming Li arrived at the place with the strongest yin energy and saw a gate enveloped by ghostly energy.
Suddenly, with a creak, the gate was pushed open a crack from the inside. Ming Li's gaze swept over and saw a disheveled, pale-faced female ghost with bloodstains under her eyes sneakily looking around. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, she stepped out and disappeared from her spot the next second.
Ming Li: "..." She strongly suspected this ghost was nearsighted. She, a living ghost, was standing right there, and the ghost didn't even see her?