All living beings in hell

Chapter 149 - Xiaomei
The lotus lantern at the door was lit up, and the office welcomed the one hundred and third guest.

The guest was a girl with braids all over her head, about 12 years old, with a mouth full of decayed teeth.But the most eye-catching thing is the long scar on her face.This scar seems to have just shed its blood scab, and there is still tender pink flesh on the slightly raised skin.

The little girl ran to the desk, sat down on her buttocks, her legs were on the ground shaking desperately, her head was looking around, and she couldn't find peace for a while.

"Hello, what should I call you?" I asked.

"Huh? Huh?"

"What should I call you?" I repeated.

"Ah, me?"

"Yes, I'm asking you."

The little girl's attention span was very short, she picked her fingers for a while, and picked her nose for a while, but she just couldn't calm down at all.

"Me, my name is Xiaomei, Xiaomei."

"Alright Xiaomei," I wrote down her name on a piece of paper, "Why are you looking for me today?"

"Well, it's nothing, I don't know."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned to look elsewhere.I followed her gaze, and she seemed to be very interested in my bookshelf.

"Would you like to read a book?"

Xiaomei was still picking her fingers and looking around, but didn't answer me.Immediately, I felt like a well-meaning preschool teacher who was dealing with a child whose attention span was so short that it made people mad.

"Do you want to read a book?" I asked again.

"Ah book, ah book. Don't read it or read it." After Xiaomei said, she turned her head again, swinging her legs in the air.

"How did you end up in hell, Xiaomei?"

When I said her name, I emphasized my tone, hoping to attract her attention.

"Me, me?"

"to you."

"Me, me. Look, look!"

She pointed to the shocking long pink scar on her face.

"My mother was driving, very fast. I was sitting next to it and the car hit. The window glass was shattered and stuck in the face. Both me and my mother died."

"Then where is your mother now?"

Xiaomei's eyes shifted to other places.I snapped my fingers twice in front of her to bring her back to her senses.

"Where is your mother now?"

"Oh, oh. My mother, she was supposed to come today, but she wasn't available, so here I am."

"What is your mother busy with, why is she not free?"

"She said this opportunity is rare and I need it more than she does."

"Do you know why this opportunity is rare?"

Xiaomei shook her head, the movement of shaking her head was exaggerated, like a rattle.

"Is your mother near the office now? If so, can you call her in?"

"what about me?"

"Call your mother first."

"I don't know where my mother is, I don't know if she's around the office."

"Are you in hell, living with your mother too?"

"No, it's not. My mother and I run into each other occasionally, and she says she's very busy with a lot of things to do, so we can't see each other often."

My confusion about the girl in front of me and her mother was at its height.

"What do you usually do in hell?"

"Just play!"

Xiaomei seemed to be unable to sit still, she propped up the chair with both hands, and her buttocks moved around very restlessly.I thought about it, and the jade bracelet in my left hand turned into a long coil of fishing line.I tied one end of the fishing line to Xiaomei's wrist.

"Now I give you a task. If you complete it, I will give you a reward when you come back."

"What reward!"

"Where did you most want to go to play when you were alive?"

"Beach! I've always wanted to go swimming in the sea!"

"Okay, if you can complete this task, I will take you to the beach for a while."

Xiaomei withdrew her attention from the surroundings, and she looked straight at me with fiery eyes.

"Really! Go to the beach!"

"The premise is that you have to complete the task."

"What mission!"

"I'll give you an incense stick of time. You go out to find your mother. If you find your mother, you pull the fishing line to notify me, and then come back to the office with your mother. Are you clear?"

"I'm going to find my mother, and pull this after I find it," Xiaomei pulled the transparent fishing line, and the part where the fishing line was connected to the bracelet was connected to a small bell, and there was a jingling sound as she pulled, "then I Come with mom, right?"

"Yes, you only have one stick of incense time," I lit the incense thread, "after one stick of incense, the fishing line will be cut off naturally, and you will not be able to return to the office, do you understand?"

"Why are you looking for your mother?"

"Your mother is the key to the whole incident, including the cause of your being here now and the fruit in the future. The incense has been lit, go now."

Xiaomei grabbed the fishing line on her wrist and rushed out of the office like flying.

After Xiaomei left, I thought about the ins and outs of the matter.Judging from Xiaomei's performance, she may have suffered from autism or other similar congenital diseases during her lifetime.It is very likely that Xiaomei's mother deliberately committed suicide with her son, and both of them went to hell after the car accident.Generally, children with autistic tendencies, it is best to communicate with their parents, and it is difficult to communicate with the children themselves (at present, the same is true in the state of the soul).

The incense sticks burn slowly, and I drink tea and wait while I drink.I thought, if Xiaomei couldn't bring her mother back, what would happen to the mother and daughter?What if after Xiaomei finds her mother, her mother doesn't want to come?There are many, many ifs... It is simply like a big gamble for such an unstable soul to complete such a task.

I watched the incense stick burn, the fishing line on the bracelet continued to extend, and Xiaomei was still going far away (and judging by the speed at which the fishing line was released, she should still be running).Half of the incense thread has passed, and the fishing line has no intention of stopping.I tried my best to keep calm, but there seemed to be some kind of faint worry hitting my chest.

Suddenly, the fishing line stopped, the bell rang twice, and the fishing line began to automatically recover.Looks like Xiaomei has found her mother!My mood brightened, and I spread my pen and ink to get ready to meet her mother.

The speed of fishing line recovery is so fast that it is unbelievable.With a swish, the slender and transparent thread was drawn back from the door and retracted into the bracelet.The piece of fishing line that was tied to Xiaomei's body was broken, and Xiaomei was gone. The end of the fishing line was empty, and there was nothing there.

I checked the gap where the fishing line was broken, and there was a fluorescent blue liquid on it, which was sticky. I don't know if it was saliva or the secretion of an unknown creature.I suddenly felt a kind of discouragement, like a piece of my stomach had been hollowed out.

I wipe off the fluorescent blue fluid and melt the line back into the bracelet.

If only the child could see the sea.

I froze for a while, feeling a little empty in my heart.

(End of this chapter)