Onmyoji Shikigami Don't Cry

Chapter 253 Spirit Wind Island

Lingfeng Island.

On the barren land, the growth rate of crops is not very good, but there will still be some harvests, and these harvests can almost prevent the residents living on this island from dying of hunger.

Of course, all of this has a premise, that is to look at the sky.

Good weather, all is well.

"Master, there is a house ahead."

Guanhu's white hand pointed to a place in front of him. Although the light was very dim, he could barely see the outline of the black house.

"Well, let's go there. If we find the residents of this island, we can probably find out where Xiao Lian's home is."

Chen Beibei walked towards the house and said as he walked.

The shikigami followed closely behind Chen Beibei, in case any danger suddenly appeared in such an unfamiliar environment.

The house is a very ordinary sea-sand house, basically no bricks are used on the walls, but all of them are built with sea sand.

This kind of house is undoubtedly quite cheap for people living by the sea.

But this kind of untreated sea sand is mixed with a lot of harmful substances, and this kind of house is also very easy to collapse.

Most of the people who choose to live in this kind of house are not well-off financially.

"I'm going to knock on the door, you wait here."

Chen Beibei looked at his shikigami and said to them.

At this time, it was late at night, and Chen Beibei and the others were strangers who had never been to this small island. If so many people went there at once, Chen Beibei was worried that the owner of the house would be frightened, so he chose to be alone. to knock on the door.

"Well, master."

Gu Huo Niao replied.

Chen Beibei walked towards the house, knocked lightly on the door a few times, and soon there were footsteps inside the house.

It was a strange sound of footsteps.

There was a rustling sound of shoes dragging on the ground, which sounded a bit scary, especially on a dark night like this.

"squeak……"

The door opened, and a man standing crookedly appeared in front of Chen Beibei. Because of the crooked body and the fact that the man was not tall, he looked much shorter than Chen Beibei.

"You are……?"

The man looked at Chen Beibei suspiciously, and then asked.

The man's gaze made Chen Beibei a little uncomfortable, as if an ant was slowly crawling on his body, but Chen Beibei didn't show it.

"I'm from another place, and I want to know something about Xiao Lian. Excuse me, do you know where Xiao Lian's home is?"

Chen Beibei looked at the man and said to him.

On the man's face, there were some bumps and hollows, and his skin was also very dark, as if it had been eroded by the scorching sun and sea wind.

There was a trace of anger on the man's face, and then he slammed the door shut: "You are in the wrong place, there is no one named Xiaolian on this island."

The door was already closed, and Chen Beibei had nothing to do at this time.

When that man heard the name Xiao Lian, Chen Beibei had never expected such a reaction.

Although Xiaolian is dead.

However, it is not enough to inquire about her.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Xue Nu walked to Chen Beibei's side and asked him.

"He seems unwilling to tell us about Xiaolian, and he has closed the door. Let's move on to the next one."

Chen Beibei looked at Xue Nu and replied.

Now that he has come to Lingfeng Island, Zashiki Doji also wants to know why Xiaolian was sent to Chunyu Street by her parents.

Therefore, Chen Beibei naturally would not give up so easily.

The man's reaction made Chen Beibei even more determined to figure out what happened to Xiaolian.

Not long after walking forward, I soon saw the next house, the same small house in sea sand, with a sense of vicissitudes eroded by wind and sand.

This kind of house is actually not suitable for living at all.

Leaving aside the slow damage to the body, the risk of collapse at any time has already made many people give up such a house.

"It seems that the people on this island are really poor."

Chen Beibei looked at the sea sand houses full of tiny holes in front of him, and said inwardly.

"There is light leaking from the window. The people in the house are probably not asleep yet. I'll knock on the door first. Don't come over."

As before, Chen Beibei knocked on the door alone, and the shikigami stood not far away, making sure not to frighten the person who opened the door.

"Who?"

Before the door was opened, there was a loud voice from inside, it was a woman's voice, the dantian was full of energy, and the sound shook the sand on the sand wall.

"It's just a passing traveler, I hope I can ask you something."

Chen Beibei replied.

"boom."

The door opened, opened to the maximum, and a fat middle-aged woman appeared in front of Chen Beibei, with a relatively ordinary appearance and rough waves.

"What do you want to ask?"

The woman looked at Chen Beibei and asked him.

There was no disgust or bored expression on the woman's face, just a normal conversation.

"About Xiao Lian, there should be a girl named Xiao Lian on this island. She is fifteen or sixteen years old and looks pretty."

Chen Beibei looked at the woman.replied.

When she heard the name Xiao Lian, the woman's eyes looked at Chen Beibei several times, and finally she seemed to see that Chen Beibei didn't look like a bad person, so she said, "She...is dead... "

When the fat woman said this, she almost leaned close to Chen Beibei's ear, and her voice was kept very low, as if she was afraid of being heard by others.

Of course, it is also possible to just want to create an atmosphere of "it's a secret".

What the woman said to Chen Beibei made Chen Beibei feel that the woman in front of him didn't seem to shy away from talking about Xiaolian.

This is good news for Chen Beibei.

"Can you tell me something about her?"

Chen Beibei looked at the fat woman and asked her.

"Come in and talk."

The fat woman made way sideways and let Chen Beibei enter the room, but Chen Beibei didn't go in right away, because at this time, Chen Beibei's shikigami were still waiting for him not far away.

Chen Beibei turned around, met Gu Huoniao's gaze, and conveyed "I'm fine, don't worry." Such a message came before he entered the house.

The woman closed the door, and Guhuo Niao and Inugami couldn't help becoming nervous.

After all, if the door is closed, then there is no way to see Chen Beibei, and it is impossible to know whether Chen Beibei is safe or not.

"I... I'm going to protect the master..."

The dream-eating tapir said timidly.

Although the dream-eating tapir has always been with Chen Beibei and the others, it is basically the type that does not speak at all, and even the sense of existence has completely disappeared.

It is probably because the nightmare-eating tapir sometimes turns its body into air, forming a false invisibility.

The crocodile bird and the others looked towards the place where the nightmare-eating tapir made its sound.

Where there was nothing.

A touch of color appeared slowly, then spread rapidly, and finally turned into a nightmare-eating tapir—a strange animal with an elephant trunk that looked like a pig.

"Nightmare-eating tapir, please."

Gu Huo Niao looked at the dream-eating tapir and said gratefully.

In this place, the only monster that can pass through walls and become invisible is the nightmare-eating monster, so the only monster that can enter the house without being discovered and monitor everything that happens in the house is the only monster-eating monster.

"Um……"

The nightmare-eating tapir slowly walked towards the fat woman's sea sand house. When the nightmare-eating tapir walked on the sand, there was no change in the sand, and there were no footprints left, as if it had stepped through the air. It is because the body of the nightmare-eating tapir has no real weight.

It was originally a "virtual" existence without a real body, but because of its obsession and aura, it was able to transform into a demon and possess the ability to control dreams.

The body of the nightmare-eating tapir passed directly through the sand wall, and then disappeared in front of everyone...

……

house.

A small black and white TV, which is playing a boring soap opera, but the fat woman seems to like to watch it.

Even in the middle of the conversation, the TV was not turned off.

"Why do you want to inquire about Xiaolian?"

asked the fat woman.

"because……"

Chen Beibei suddenly didn't know how to answer. After all, it was Zashiki-douji's request to inquire about Xiaolian, because Zashiki-douji wanted to know what happened to that girl and what she thought in her heart.

"Because you like her, don't you?"

The fat woman seemed to see through Chen Beibei at a glance, her face was full of complacency.

In order to continue the chat, Chen Beibei naturally couldn't deny the fat woman's guess at this time, so he could only continue to follow what the fat woman said.

"Please... tell me about her, why her parents sent her to Chunyu Street, why she died suddenly by the sea..."

Chen Beibei did not answer the fat woman's previous question.

Since there was no answer, there was no negative either.

In the fat woman's heart, she naturally felt that Chen Beibei really liked Xiaolian. After all, apart from this, there seemed to be no other feelings between men and women.

"Her parents sent her to Chunyu Building, probably because the family had no money, but the other three children were still young and couldn't go hungry, so they did it. However, it would be too much to do this, after all, My own daughter."

The fat woman spoke slowly.

There was also a trace of wanting to fight for Xiao Lian on her face, probably a relatively straightforward woman.

In fact, this fat woman gave Chen Beibei a good impression.

He is the kind of person who is more straightforward and has no heart.

"Then how did she die?"

Chen Beibei looked at the fat woman and continued to ask.

"I just heard about this. Xiao Lian's body was found by the sea, and then her parents went to collect her body and buried it on Lingfeng Island. When Xiao Lian was buried, They didn't even do funeral affairs at home, they just buried them hastily."

The fat woman replied.

The scenes on the TV were switched, and the light flickered on and off. When it shone on people's faces, it looked a little weird.

"Probably because there is no money. After all, Xiao Lian just went out and hasn't received any guests yet."

Chen Beibei said.

If Xiaolian's parents really had no money at home and the other children were suffering from hunger, then such rituals as funerals would be unnecessary.

At this time, the nightmare-eating tapir had arrived in the room where Chen Beibei and the fat woman were.

Quietly lying on Chen Beibei's feet, with a relatively relaxed posture, his slightly chubby body looks very cute.

The nightmare-eating tapir is invisible, so neither the woman nor Chen Beibei saw her.

If Chen Beibei opened his spiritual eyes, he would still be able to see the dream-eating tapir. However, at this time, there was no need for Chen Beibei to open his spiritual eyes.

After all, it's just talking to an ordinary woman right now.

"Well, that's true, but I still feel that Xiao Lian is very pitiful. A girl who is obviously kind, but she has ended up like this."

The fat woman sighed and said.

For some reason, the black and white TV suddenly turned into a snowflake, shaking non-stop, accompanied by the whistling sound of electric current.

"This broken TV..."

The fat woman raised her foot and kicked the wooden table supporting the TV. The table shook violently and the TV almost fell off.

But only narrowly.

The TV is still standing firmly on the wooden table, and the lost picture has returned.

"May I ask, where is Xiaolian's home?"

Chen Beibei looked at the fat woman and asked her.

At this time, some questions about Xiaolian have probably been asked.Therefore, Chen Beibei planned to go directly to Xiaolian's house to have a look.

If it is true what the fat woman and Chunlou's mother said, then Xiaolian's younger siblings are really suffering from hunger at this moment.

If they can be found, Chen Beibei can still tide over this difficulty for them.

After all, it is too simple to just eat enough.

Rice is really cheap...

"Walk about 1000 meters to the west, and you can see a house that is even more dilapidated than my house. That is Xiao Lian's house."

The fat woman looked at Chen Beibei and replied to him.

"Well, thank you."

After Chen Beibei finished speaking, he stood up and planned to leave.

In this fat woman's room, there is a double bed, and there are men's shoes beside the bed, probably her husband's.

Although Chen Beibei just came to inquire about some things.

But even so, he still didn't want to be bumped into by his husband to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings.

"Let's go now?"

the woman asked.

"Well, go to Xiaolian's house to see."

Chen Beibei replied.

"Okay then, I'll take you out."

The fat woman sent Chen Beibei out, looked at Chen Beibei's leaving back, sighed softly, and then slowly closed the door.

It wasn't until Chen Beibei was completely out of sight through the crack of the door that he turned and went back to his room.

"Owner,……"

As soon as Chen Beibei went out, the voice of the dream-eating tapir rang out from under his feet. The voice was very soft, soft, with a feeling of shyness...

　Everyone go to bed early~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)