Rules of the Strange: I Can See Through All the Weird

Qi Tong felt that she had grasped most of the truth when she heard the voice of the ghost mother outside.

"Come and eat!"

As Qi Tong walked quickly toward the restaurant, she could still feel the touch of those eyes sticking to her skin.

It felt like a cold snake was slowly crawling down my back.

She pinched her palm hard to forcefully suppress the surging nausea.

Now is not the time to turn against each other.

When Qi Tong walked to the dining table, she saw that it was still full of meat. She went to the refrigerator and took out some vegetables and an apple.

Just as the ghost mother looked this way, she was about to speak.

Qi Tong immediately smiled sweetly: "Mom, I think I've gained weight recently, and I don't look good on camera. I'll eat some vegetables to lose weight."

Only then did Mom nod in satisfaction.

"My darling is growing up, and she even knows how to manage her figure now. You'll be a superstar in the future..."

Qi Tong buried her head in picking at the vegetable leaves, her eyes constantly watching the ghost mother's reaction.

The ghost mother was unusually quiet today, mechanically stuffing meat into her mouth.

The chewing motion was more forceful than yesterday, as if trying to chew up some hatred along with it.

Qi Tong quickened her eating pace; she didn't want to stay at the table for even a second longer.

Just as Qi Tong was finishing her meal, Ghost Dad appeared at the table.

After finishing her meal, Qi Tong left the table and returned to her room.

Soon she heard her parents arguing and things being smashed.

Qi Tong leaned carefully against the door to eavesdrop, but couldn't hear anything clearly; the door was quite soundproof.

All she heard were vague phrases like "treating her like that" and "absolutely not."

So she opened the door a crack with utmost caution.

But she forgot that the door was very loud.

The two ghosts immediately turned on them with ferocious expressions, the mother ghost's eyes turning bloodshot.

The ghost father's cheeks were swollen high, and he didn't look much better.

Upon seeing that it was Qi Tong, the two immediately stopped arguing and turned to look at her gently, asking softly what was wrong.

Qi Tong immediately rubbed her eyes and pretended to have just woken up: "Mom and Dad, turn the TV down, I just fell asleep."

"Okay, go inside and rest."

Upon receiving the answer, Qi Tong immediately closed the door.

Holy crap! This dead door is such a rip-off!

Fortunately, she acted quickly; life is like a play, and acting skills are everything.

Qi Tong felt that she could enter the entertainment industry after leaving this instance.

Qi Tong opened the diary, and words appeared on the second page as well.

[Wednesday, July 4, 2063, sunny]

Mom and Dad have been arguing a lot lately. Xiao Tong doesn't like them arguing. They always break things that Xiao Tong likes. After an argument, Dad always says his face hurts. Xiao Tong feels sorry for Dad.

Qi Tong frowned as she finished reading. Had her father brainwashed her too?

The first diary entry was also about how I loved my dad, but now I feel sorry for him.

You didn't see how angry your mom was, but your dad made you feel sorry for her after two rounds of misery.

A distorted father-daughter relationship?

Qi Tong feels sorry for the ghost mother, but also thinks the ghost mother is very unreasonable, dressing her child in all kinds of clothes that are not suitable for children in order to gain popularity.

This is a mind-blowing dungeon!

It was already dark, but it was starting to get light outside again.

Qi Tong looked out the window, his eyes darkening as he observed the brightness outside.

Qi Tong went to the toilet before eight o'clock, got a glass of water and went back to her room to drink it, since she couldn't leave her room after nine o'clock.

Too many things happened today, so Qi Tong went to bed early.

Even late at night, it was still very noisy, even noisier than yesterday, and there was laughter added to the noise.

Even Qi Tong was about to lose her temper. She cursed inwardly, thinking that once she had enough points, she would definitely exchange them for lots of items to blow up these damned devils.

They argued for over an hour, and Weiqi probably got really tired before finally stopping.

Qi Tong goes to bed early and wakes up early as well; she woke up as soon as the sunlight shone in.

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a teddy bear.

The corners of the teddy bear's mouth turned up unnaturally, and Qi Tong immediately stepped back when she saw this, remembering the rule.

The bear cub doesn't laugh; if it does, you have to wet it with water.

Qi Tong reached out, preparing to take off his pants.

???

【Host, what are you going to do?!】

"Pour your urine on it."

The rule is like water! Use water to water it!

"Do all you city people discriminate? Isn't urine water?"

【…】

Even the little bear's mouth twitched unnaturally. Just as it was secretly pulling its mouth down little by little, a cup of water was poured over its head.

Now it's completely over. ●︿●

The little bear immediately looked up with its two big eyes, only to see Qi Tong with his arms crossed, looking at it with a playful expression.

The girl even raised an eyebrow the moment their eyes met.

"Oh, you're not smiling anymore."

Upon seeing this, the teddy bear trembled slightly.

This woman looks terrifying.

The little bear can see Qi Tong's soul directly, so it is not a girl but a woman.

"Come on, tell me, you've been in this room for so long, you can't possibly know nothing, right? What has your little master been through?"

The little bear didn't want to talk and shook its head in resistance.

"Are you sure you don't want to tell me?" Qi Tong narrowed her eyes, her expression full of threat.

The little bear nodded as if it had made up its mind.

She made a move to stand up, her little hand already on her waistband.

She performed this action with remarkable ease during her lifetime; she used the same threatening gesture when fighting with her roommate for the last packet of instant noodles.

But now, looking down at her short legs that couldn't reach the ground, a sudden, absurd sadness welled up inside her.

She, with the soul of a twenty-three-year-old, is trapped in the body of a seven-year-old and is threatening a plush toy.

What kind of nonsense is this?

Without the slightest hesitation, the little bear said, "I'll tell you!"

That wicked woman, she even bullies a baby!

Hearing the answer, Qi Tong sat down on the edge of the bed with satisfaction, indicating that he could speak.

"There seems to be something in the cabinet that makes a noise every night, which scares the little owner. So her father bought her a lot of dolls. Since she got the dolls, the cabinet has stopped making noise, and the little owner is no longer afraid."

Qi Tong nodded thoughtfully: "And then?"

The little bear thought hard and finally blurted out, "It's very sunny outside, or rather, it's very dazzling."

"Good boy, tell me something others don't know," Qi Tong said with a smile. (•‿•)

That smile looks like a threat! That wicked woman!

The little bear cursed inwardly while trying his best to think.

"The light outside isn't always on! Sometimes it suddenly goes out with a 'pop,' like someone blinked."

The little bear tried hard to recall, gesturing with its two short front paws.

"When it went out, it was even darker outside than inside the room, so dark you couldn't see anything. Then there were lots of footsteps outside. My little master said that was the moon checking if we were sleeping well."

"The owner's dad loves the little master very much. Every time he goes on a business trip, he brings back all kinds of gifts. The owner's dad rarely comes back, but every time he does, he sees the little master first."

Qi Tong thought back to when her ghost father came back, he went straight for her without paying any attention to her ghost mother who was standing there dumbfounded. That was indeed the case.

"Is there anything else?"

"I don't know anything else. I only know what happened inside the room. I can't see what happened outside." The little bear tried hard to recall.

"Oh, by the way, the little master often cries. When I asked her why she cried, she finally answered that she just wanted to be normal and had a happy and fulfilling home like an ordinary person."

"Wait a minute, you mean your master knows you can talk?"