I loaded the dream game

"Sister Yukino, can you please hold me for me?"

As she spoke, she handed Eluko into Yukino's arms.

"Eh? Me?"

Before Yukino could refuse, she subconsciously took the gift from the girl.

She lowered her head and looked at the cute girl sleeping in her arms, feeling a little overwhelmed for a moment.

It’s not that heavy... Rather, the girl’s body is lighter than expected, and it takes almost no effort to carry her. It makes people wonder where all the food she eats goes.

Feeling the petite and soft body of the girl in his arms, and the faint and pleasant fragrance coming from her... Xueno probably knew why Xia Zhi liked to hold little Ailu Ke so much.

Looking at the cute sleeping face of the girl in her arms, her expression gradually softened.

"Woo..."

As if sensing some changes, Ai Luke moved uncomfortably, revealing an uncomfortable expression.

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Then, she rubbed her little head against Xueno's chest. She seemed to feel something, and her slightly frowned brows gradually relaxed. She gently hugged her body and called out softly, "Summer Solstice..."

Xue No: “…”

Is there anything in common between Xia Zhi and I that made you mistake me for him?

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xia Zhi felt a little funny. Despite this, he still managed to put away the smile on his face before Xue Noi felt something looking at him.

"Then, let's... ..."

As he was about to say something, he suddenly paused and looked towards the deserted street in the distance where only a few people were left at the festival.

"What's wrong? Brother?"

Confused, Xia Zhi looked in the direction he was looking, but saw nothing except the vendors and organizers who were cleaning up their stalls and the mess.

"Nothing, just saw a homeless ghost lady." Xia Zhi replied as he looked at the petite figure sitting on the awning of a stall in the distance, swinging her legs boredly.

"ghost……?"

Natsuori tilted her head in confusion, and Yukino's expression became a little stiff.

The so-called ghost is nothing but an illusion, a cognitive illusion caused by human misperception and brain secretion disorders. Things that do not conform to scientific theories do not exist at all... If it were her in the past, she would definitely think so in her heart.

However, after seeing so many magical and absurd things that were beyond normal cognition, she felt that she could no longer say "ghosts absolutely do not exist".

Not to mention, the person who said that was Xia Zhi...

She hugged the girl in her arms a little tighter, as if trying to find a sense of security.

…You’ve been totally treated as a pillow, Eluko.

Xia Zhi sighed in his heart, gently rubbed the little head of Hubie beside him, looked at them and said: "You go back to the hotel first."

Xubi nodded obediently, but Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment: "But, brother, you..."

"I'll go back by myself later. It's not very far anyway."

"No, I mean..." Xia Zhi hesitated for a moment and continued, "Brother, do you still know the way back?"

Summer Solstice:…

In your mind, am I someone with no sense of direction?

……

After briefly comforting the worried Xia Zhi, Xia Zhi handed the girls to Yang No and asked her to take them back to the hotel first.

Wash your body and take a bath, and when you’re done it should be about time for you to come back.

While thinking this, Xia Zhi turned around and walked under the awning where the green-haired girl was sitting.

Hearing the voice coming from below, the girl lowered her head and set her eyes on him.

"Hello."

Xia Zhi greeted her and then asked politely:

"Do you need me to help you ascend?"

"..."

A “井” character was clearly visible on the girl’s forehead. She clenched her fists and shouted, “I’ve already told you, I’m not a ghost!”

She doesn't need to ascend to heaven or become a Buddha!

"If you hold on to your obsession and refuse to leave this world, you will become a vengeful spirit."

"Listen carefully to what people say!"

The "ghost" girl puffed up her cheeks and said angrily, "Besides, calling someone a homeless ghost or something like that is really rude, isn't it?"

So you heard it?

Xia Zhi thought about it, tilted his head slightly and asked: "But the festival here is over, and you are still staying here and unwilling to leave. If you are not a bound spirit bound to this place, then you are a homeless vengeful spirit, right?"

"Have I become a vengeful spirit?" the girl couldn't help but complain.

And... although he is indeed not that kind of thing, how can he conclude that he is not an earthbound spirit, but just homeless?

"Because, didn't you leave here before?"

Xia Zhi answered and explained as a matter of course.

"That frightened sound we heard in the inn before should have been made by you, right?"

"This, this..."

The girl looked away guiltily, but then she quickly realized: "No, I wasn't scared!"

"Yes yes yes~"

Xia Zhi nodded indifferently.

Originally, he just came here out of kindness to ask her if she needed ascension services, and by the way, he wanted to test whether his previous idea could succeed. But since she was still attached to this world, he decided to forget it.

As he thought to himself, he waved to the girl and said, "Then I'll go back first. Goodbye."

"Eh? Wait, wait!" (Good)

Hearing this, the girl immediately became restless and jumped down from above, trying to hold his hand.

Then the next moment, her movements paused and a dazed expression appeared on her face.

It was clearly she who ran over and reached out to hold the boy's hand, but when she really held the boy's hand and felt the warmth from it, she was stunned.

"Really... I touched it..." The girl murmured softly in disbelief.

"I'm not a ghost, of course I can be touched."

As Xia Zhi spoke, he looked at the dazed girl in front of him and suddenly seemed to think of a dragon.

The screams after hearing the ghost story... the denial that he was a "ghost"... the unwillingness to go back... and the hasty attempts to keep himself...

If you combine these...

"Miss Ghost..."

Xia Zhi looked at the girl's eyes with some suspicion, and asked tentatively: "You are not... afraid to go back alone?"

Chapter 435: Singing can be down-to-earth, but please don’t be down-to-earth

Xia Zhi felt a little regretful.

If he had known that things would end so soon, he should have asked Yang No and the others to wait for him.

"Is this place so remote? Even the map doesn't record it completely."

After taking a look at the electronic map which still lacked many details even at the maximum scale, Xia Zhi put his phone back into his pocket and looked up at the bright moon in the night sky.

I have to say that the weather tonight is quite good. If it weren't for the desolate and deserted path, it would probably be quite pleasant.

"By the way... did we take this road when we came here?"

Xia Zhi looked at the somewhat unfamiliar path in front of him and thought doubtfully in his heart.

...Or, why not just fly back?

Just as he was thinking this in his mind, he felt a small hand gently pushing his back.

"Don't, don't stop here..."

From the girl's stammering and trembling voice, it can be heard that she is probably not feeling very relaxed at the moment.

"Are you scared?" Xia Zhi looked at her and asked.

“No way!” the girl denied it on the spot.

"Aren't you a ghost? Why are you afraid of ghosts?"

"I've already said it... and who is the ghost?" she continued to retort.

"If you're not afraid, then why don't you dare go back by yourself and have to follow me?"

"I... am just passing through."

The little mouth is quite hard.

Xia Zhi thought to himself.

"It's true!"

Seeing his obviously distrustful look, the girl puffed up her cheeks in annoyance: "Look, I can still be in the mood to sing."

As she spoke, as if to prove herself, she cleared her throat:

“Please let me through, let me through… Where does this path lead to… It’s the path to Tenjin Shrine… Please let me through quickly…”

In the gloomy and desolate environment, the cool night breeze blew, and the faint singing voice of a young girl floated over.

Summer Solstice:…

Could you please stop singing? If you keep singing, I'm afraid I'll really go to see Mr. God.

He curled the corners of his mouth and stretched out his hand to stop the girl from singing any further.

"What? Don't stop me."

It was unknown whether she was in the mood to sing, or whether the method she had finally found to boost her courage was blocked. The girl showed a dissatisfied expression, coughed twice, and then opened her mouth again:

"Go through, go through... This is the path to the underworld... This is the path for ghosts and gods..."

Who would use this kind of song to give themselves courage?

Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

Also, is the latter part of this song so grim?

He sighed softly and held out his hand in front of the girl.

"...?"

The girl tilted her head slightly, not quite understanding what he was trying to do.

"I will send you back."

"Eh?" The girl was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "Why... suddenly say that..."

I was afraid that you would send me away along the way.

Xia Zhi complained in his heart, but did not say it out loud. Instead, he said, "I can't just leave you here like this... Besides, your home shouldn't be in that hotel, right?"

Otherwise, it wouldn't just be "on the way".

"Can you walk back now?"

The girl hesitated, but after taking a look at the gloomy environment around her, she shuddered and put her hand gently in Xia Zhi's hand, and whispered: "Then... I'll trouble you."

He was surprisingly polite at this time.

Since it was on the way anyway, Xia Zhi gently took the girl's hand, thinking of using this method to give her some courage, and led her forward along the path.