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Chapter 248 The Wooden Box That Can't Be Thrown Away
Little Corgon carefully divided the money into two parts, put ten pounds in his pocket and stuffed ninety pounds into his shoes. If he met a thug looking for trouble on the street, he would be satisfied if he let him take the ten pounds.

Old Thomason was watching from behind. This kid didn't look like anything special, but he had a lot of potential in the future.

After doing all this, Kougan walked out of the pawn shop and headed home. But he was only a teenager after all, and he didn't realize that he had been targeted.

A man in a checked hunting hat was standing in the street chatting with the coachman when he accidentally saw the wooden box in Kogan's hand.

The man had a thin face and looked young, but his hair and short beard were already gray. He took out a flat wine jug from his arms and took two sips. His face turned red under the effect of the strong liquor.

The coachman he was chatting with was still bargaining, but he was stopped by him with his hand. Baihu's cheek twitched unconsciously, and his rude eyes were fixed on Kougan.

Kogan first went home to put the money away, then hid the box and prepared to take it out at night to give his sister a surprise. Finally, he counted out a few pennies from his small wallet and put them in his pocket before going out to buy groceries.

He went out to buy groceries, and Whitebeard, who was following behind him, took out a map from his pocket and marked the location of Kogan's house. Then he continued to follow from a distance behind him, but his right hand was kept in his sleeve, as if he was holding a weapon.

Of course, Kougan didn't know this. He bargained with the vegetable vendors in the market, and sometimes when the arguments got heated he would slip a tomato or something into their pockets when they weren't paying attention.

Kougan was carrying a bag of vegetables home, while Whitebeard was leaning against the side wall of his house, whistling contemptuously.

In the evening, the brother and sister had a rare big meal. It was called a big meal, but in fact it was just black bread with a few vegetables and eggs. After dinner, Miles conjured up two cupcakes, one with a candle in it and placed it in front of himself, and the other one was for Kogan to satisfy his craving.

"Miles, close your eyes and make a wish!" Little Kogan urged.

Miles closed his eyes and clenched his fists, while Kogan pulled out a small wooden box from under the table like a magician.

"Gift, sister. You're going to be 18 soon and will graduate soon. I heard that all the schools in New Newland will have a dance after the graduation ceremony. You don't want to put all the jewelry you're going to use at the dance on the table, do you?"

"It looks really beautiful. Where did you find it?"

"In the attic. But don't worry, I've kept all of Mom's jewelry for you."

Kou Gang didn't dare tell his sister that he had pawned the watch. The watch was handed to Kou Gang by his father before he died.

Miles carefully opened the lid of the box and found a pinch of sand in the purple velvet lining.

Why was there sand? Miles picked up the box and was about to pour out the sand, but he saw that the handful of sand suddenly flew up into the air as if it had life, forming a hideous face.

This face has human-like facial features, except for the big, crooked mouth, with the corners of the mouth exaggeratedly split to the edge of the face.

As his mouth opened, a sharp laugh rang out without warning, filling the entire room. The brother and sister couldn't help but cover their ears. Although the laughter was not loud, it had a strange power that shook their heartstrings.

When Kou Gang bravely looked at the wooden box again, the surface of the gravel in the box had collapsed, as if a gust of wind blew the sand to every corner of the house.

"Kougan, what was that just now?"

Although Miles was much braver than girls of the same age, she couldn't help but show a look of fear. What she just witnessed was different from pure violence. It was different from other horrific scenes she had seen in the past. It could not be explained by conventional logic. After the scene, only a layer of primitive fear was left in people's minds.

"I... I passed by a caravan while buying groceries yesterday, and a toothless old woman showed me a little magic trick. I borrowed it to scare you. Eat your cake quickly." Kougan swallowed his saliva and tried to be strong, but his heart was beating fast. He knew that there must be something wrong with the box that old Thomason received.

After cleaning up the dishes, the brother and sister chatted for a while before turning off the lights and going to bed early. They were used to going to bed early and getting up early, so this way they could save some money.

But in their dreams, they both dreamed of similar scenes: in a dark and damp underground tomb, in a warm and humid tropical rainforest, in a dry and endless yellow sand desert. They walked aimlessly, not daring to stop for a moment.

Because behind them, a strange creature made of yellow sand was following closely, with a body extending from under the face in the wooden box. It had human limbs, but except for the torso, other body features seemed so inharmonious, as if they were pieced together from a rodent.

The laughter was like a shadow following them, it just followed from a distance, but they all felt obvious malice in their dreams. The monster was waiting for an opportunity, and what it was going to do might be even more cruel than killing them.

Outside the building, a surgeon's stethoscope was hanging on Baihu's ear, but the metal disc at the end was pressed against the wall.

He seemed to be able to hear the laughter in his dreams.

The next morning, Kogan got up from the bed in a cold sweat and with a pale face. Looking at Miles, he knew that his sister must have had the same dream.

After saying a few words of comfort, he picked up the wooden box and ran to the pawn shop.

"Name a price for this thing."

"Two pounds."

Old Thomason didn't know what was wrong with the kid today. He was in a panic, but business had to be done as usual. He still lowered the price hard as usual.

"Ten pounds!"

On the way here, Kou Gang thought that if he could sell it, he would sell it, and if he couldn't, he could just throw it into the trash can. But when he saw that there was room for bargaining, his spirit of risking his life rather than giving up his money came back.

It was also a blessing in disguise. If he had really said the word "deal", given old Thomason's cunning, he would never accept the box no matter how much it offered. He would definitely see the problem.

The two men haggled for another hour in the pawn shop before Kogan sold the box for five pounds.

He breathed a sigh of relief. He had been listless all day. He really didn't want to face the nightmare scene again. He hoped that everything would return to normal after the box was sold.

Looking at Kougan's expression from afar, Whitebeard seemed to be able to guess his inner thoughts. He unscrewed the wine jug and took a sip, with a sarcastic smile on his face.

When they got home, Kou Gang was still cooking, and the brother and sister changed into pajamas and went to bed.

But when Kogan was about to turn off the light, he found that the wooden box was still on the bedroom table! He jumped out of bed and carefully examined the pattern on it. Yes, it was the one he had just sold this morning!
Let’s continue updating. In a blink of an eye, half of October has passed. Time flies so fast. It feels like the scene when I opened the book a few months ago was just yesterday.

Tomorrow's update may be less depending on the situation. It depends on whether the cat has surgery tomorrow. If the conservative treatment is successful today, everything will be fine. Fatty, you money-eating beast, please spare me.

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