Folklore: The baby starts the game, and the mother takes off her painted skin

Chapter 7: Painted Skin Ghost's Incense and Candle Shop

Madam Liu asked a question to which she knew the answer.

Liu Bai answered her with the answer and asked a question to which he already knew the answer.

Madam Liu was in a daze.

Because Liu Bai was right, he was indeed her child.

No one knew how much she had sacrificed in order to have a child, but in the end...

Madam Liu looked at the baby in front of her whose eyes were extremely clear, and she could also feel the heartbeat coming from him that fascinated her.

The mother and son stared at each other for a long time, until Liu Bai became a little unsteady on his feet.

She resumed her cold attitude and tone, "Why don't you change your clothes?"

Hearing this, Liu Bai obviously breathed a sigh of relief.

live!
I survived again!

"Mother, thank you mother!"

After letting her go, Liu Bai hugged her legs, shouted excitedly, and then immediately turned around and went to the closet.

These days, he had already figured out his house thoroughly and knew that Huang Yiyi always took out her clothes from here.

But when he found his clothes, he tried for a long time and found that he couldn't put on the clothes with the buttons fastened at the back.

In desperation, he could only ask Madam Liu for help, but when he turned around, he found that his mother, who was originally sitting in the seat, was gone.

Liu Bai didn't care and shouted in a baby voice: "Mom, help me put on my clothes, I can't put them on."

After shouting a few words, Madam Liu came out of the cellar.

Compared with before, she was now wearing the human skin again and her true body was no longer exposed.

She looked at Liu Bai who couldn't even put on his clothes and frowned unhappily, but didn't say anything. She still came over to help him button his clothes from the back.

Liu Bai breathed a sigh of relief again.

Perhaps because it was raining heavily, Madam Liu didn't want to go out again and didn't go to the store, so she stayed at home all day.

This was also the first time that Liu Bai had been in contact with her for such a long time. He found that there was nothing strange about her except that her appearance was a bit scary when she shed her human skin.

Eat, drink, read and sit idle.

Everything was exactly the same as for ordinary people, which made Liu Bai even more confused.

What is her purpose in doing this?
If she was a person, there would be no problem at all, but she was a ghost!
The more important point is...why haven't I seen my cheap dad for a long time?

If there was no father, how could this Painted Skin Ghost give birth to me?

It went on like this until night, and she was kind enough to make a bowl of rice porridge for Liu Bai, but the mother and son still had little conversation.

It was not until they returned to the room that Liu Bai took the initiative to ask, "Mom, do I still have to sleep on the ground floor tonight?"

"Need not."

After Madam Liu finished speaking, she saw that he couldn't jump onto the bed no matter what, so she walked over, grabbed his collar, and lifted him onto the bed.

After going to bed, Liu Bai took off his clothes quickly and got into bed again.

Only then did he notice that Madam Liu had not left and had been guarding his bedside.

Looking at this painted skin ghost covered in blood and flesh, without any sign of life.

Liu Bai's eyelids moved, he reached out and pulled down the quilt, revealing his mouth, and whispered:

"Good night mother, see you tomorrow."

Madam Liu, who seemed to be in a daze, was awakened and quickly turned around and said "hmm".

Then he walked to the end of the bed and went underground.

Until her footsteps could no longer be heard, all the red candles in the room were extinguished instantly.

Liu Bai looked at the endless darkness, thinking a lot, but it seemed like he was thinking nothing.

But no matter what, his first escape failed, which is bad news.

The good news is that Madam Liu seems to have no plans to attack him for the time being. As for the reason... Liu Bai also has some guesses.

……

The next day.

When he woke up, it was already daylight outside and he called out the panel.

[Name: Liu Bai]

[Identity: Human]

[Qi and Blood: 1.7] [Spiritual: 0.6]

[Attribute points: 0.1]

"Ok?"

At just one glance he noticed that his spirituality had increased by 0.1. It was 0.5 yesterday, but it had become 0.6 today.

And the corresponding qi and blood also increased by 0.1.

But I clearly didn't add any points, so could it be that this is an attribute I gained through natural growth?
But for a baby like me, it’s already exaggerated that I have half the spirituality of an adult. What kind of growth can allow me to continue to grow?

Not to mention the qi and blood points.

Liu Bai couldn't figure it out, so he added his 0.1 attribute point to his qi and blood and settled the account.

After getting up, he reached under the pillow and took out three beads, one blue and two white.

One bead is missing!
He quickly turned over the pillow and lifted up the bed to look, but couldn't find it.

Madam Liu happened to come up from underground, so Liu Bai asked, "Mother, one of the beads you gave me is missing. A white one is missing."

Madam Liu said without even looking at it, "You ate it."

"I ate you?"

Before Liu Bai could react, she had already opened the door and went out. It looked like she was going to prepare breakfast.

Liu Bai stayed on the bed and spread out his hands to look at them again.

"So what she meant was that the beads transformed by this evil spirit could be absorbed by people? Absorbing a white bead would increase 0.1 Qi and blood points and 0.1 spiritual points?"

"What about the green one? And how can this thing be absorbed? Just put it under the pillow when you sleep? Or is there another way, such as eating it as candy beans when you are asleep and dreaming? "

Liu Bai couldn't figure it out, so he could only wait and see when he woke up tomorrow.

Well... the premise is that I don’t get killed by my mother tonight.

Just as he was about to get out of bed, Madam Liu had already stood at the door again, saying nothing with a gloomy face.

Liu Bai was startled... I, I didn't seem to have done anything bad. Shouldn't I have put the matter of escaping yesterday behind me?
"Is there something wrong... Mom?"

Liu Bai tried to use the word "mother" to awaken her conscience.

Madam Liu said expressionlessly: "Huang Yiyi is not coming today, you will go to the store with me later."

After saying that, she turned around and left without caring whether Liu Bai agreed or not.

She didn't come to ask, she came to inform.

Liu Bai still had a smile on his face. Only after she left did he react and jumped off the bed happily.

"That's great, Mom! You can finally stay with me!"

The words sound corny, but it’s all for the sake of survival, so it’s not shabby.

After breakfast, when Liu Bai was about to go out, Madam Liu sneered behind his back:
"You want to go out by yourself again and scare other people half to death, thinking that you are also an evil spirit, right?"

Liu Bai shuddered. This was the first time that Madam Liu had spoken so much to him.

It’s just… How can I, a living person, be compared to a ghost like you with a painted skin?
Liu Bai turned around with a stupid and ignorant smile on his face, "What should I do? I'll listen to my mother."

Madam Liu did not answer, but took out a swaddling cloth from the house and said expressionlessly, "Come here."

She's going to carry me?

Although Liu Bai was a little stunned, it did not stop him from walking forward and squatting on the stone steps. He was wrapped in a swaddle by Madam Liu and finally carried on her back with a sling.

Her body was still cold to the touch, but Liu Bai felt much better because she didn't shed her human skin.

In just a moment of distraction, Madam Liu had already carried him out of the house.

This was the first time that Liu Bai had experienced being carried by someone since he became conscious. His body felt soft, and he took one deep step and one shallow step, which was very comfortable.

No wonder no matter how naughty the children are, they fall asleep immediately once they are carried by their parents.

At this moment, Liu Bai did not sense any murderous intent from her, and even felt inexplicably relieved.

He wanted to see what the town was like, but after walking for a while, he fell into a deep sleep.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but when he woke up again, he found himself in an incense and candle shop.

A man wailed in my ears, "Madam Liu, my mother has suffered so much. She suffered all her life, and now she has been skinned alive."

Liu Bai woke up instantly.

Peel... peel?!

Isn’t this the method used by the Painted Skin Ghost?

(End of this chapter)