The Taste of Ghosts in the World

Going back by bus, he entered the community and met a young woman in her 20s. She kept staring at Qi Mu, and he looked away uncomfortably.

When the woman walked by, Qi Mu asked Feng Baisui: "Did she see you?"

"Impossible, she is looking at you."

"Is something wrong with me?"

Feng Baisui rolled his eyes and said, "No."

Qi Mu didn't care and concluded: "That's why she's wrong."

Back home, they finally noticed something was missing.

"Where's Uncle Killing Ghost?"

"...still in the field..."

"Do you want to look for it?" Qi Mu hesitated.

Feng Baisui said: "It's such a big ghost, it can't be lost."

Sure enough, at night, the dead ghost came back by himself, crying and complaining with an old face: "How could you two leave me, my daughter's head was not found, and I was almost trapped in the ground!"

"We called you, but you didn't hear." Qi Mu said without changing his face.

"Really?" The dead ghost looked at Feng Baisui again, who nodded expressionlessly.

"I misunderstood you..."

"It's okay, we don't mind."

"Where is my daughter's head... I've searched almost everywhere but I can't find it..." The dead ghost began to mutter again.

Qi Mu and Feng Baisui looked at each other without speaking.

When he came to the corn field for the third time, Miao Miao led Qi Mu into a deeper place. Feng Baisui tried several times to stop Qi Mu from going any further, but he refused.

Miao Miao didn't notice their abnormality, she was very happy to be able to play with Qi Mu.

After playing for a while, Qi Mu saw that she kept her mouth shut and knew that it was impossible for Miao Miao to take her head out on her own initiative, so she couldn't help asking: "Miao Miao, have you really never seen that toy?"

"No." Miao Miao lowered her head and focused on playing with mud.

"But it's important to me."

Miao Miao didn't speak, and it took a long time to look up at him, "If you find it, will you stop coming?"

There was hope and timidity hidden in her eyes, Qi Mu thought for a while, and finally stood up and said, "If this is the case, are you going to trap me forever?"

Miao Miao squatted on the ground and took Qi Mu's hand, and said sweetly: "I like you very much, will you stay here with me from now on?"

Feng Baisui's expression changed, and he quickly floated into the air, tugged at Qi Mu's collar, and urged: "Go quickly, or you won't be able to get out."

Miao Miao suddenly screamed, pointed at Feng Baisui and asked, "You! Why can you fly?!"

Qi Mu grabbed Feng Baisui's clothes and smiled at Miao Miao, "Because he is just like you."

After speaking, turn around and run.

Feng Baisui led him to shuttle between the corn stalks, and Miao Miao's crying voice kept coming from behind, "Qi Mu...Qi Mu..."

Feng Baisui laughed and said, "You are really welcome."

Qi Mu didn't bother to pay attention to him, and just ran forward desperately, but the cornfield seemed to be boundless, the front, rear, left, and right were exactly the same, no matter how he ran, he couldn't reach the edge.

"How far is it?" Qi Mu asked panting.

Feng Baisui's voice came from above, "Soon..."

Before he finished speaking, his clothes were pulled suddenly, Qi Mu, who was running wildly, stopped, Feng Baisui was surprised, and came down to urge him, and saw Qi Mu looking straight ahead, and said in his mouth: "Miao Miao ..."

The little girl stood not far in front, with her big eyes open, she asked Qi Mu, "Do you know I'm a ghost?"

"I know." Qi Mu quickly calmed down, "I knew it from the beginning."

"Then why are you still here?"

"I haven't found what I'm looking for." After a pause, he added: "And, I like children very much."

Miao Miao ran over and threw herself into his arms, crying loudly.

"I'm sorry...Qi Mu, I lied, I didn't run out alone to play...I can't find my way home...I don't know how to get back..."

Qi Mu simply sat down and patted her on the back, "Why are you here alone?"

Miao Miao said with a sob: "Mom and Dad have to guard the ground, sleep in the shed, and I sleep among them... A few scary uncles came in and wanted to take me away. Mom and Dad woke up and fought with those uncles. ...I saw my father was stabbed several times with a bright knife, and red blood flowed out... Then when I woke up, I was in a car, and there were many brothers and sisters beside me, some very small brother..."

Qi Mu understood a little bit, and asked again: "Are you sold here?"

Miao Miao shook her head, "I'm sick, very sick, but those uncles won't let me take medicine, and won't take me to see a doctor... My whole body is so hot, they just throw me here, I have no energy Got up, couldn't find anything to eat, and it was so cold at night..."

She clenched her fist and rubbed her eyes, "After many days, I saw a person who looked exactly like me lying on the ground. I reached out to touch her, but my hand passed through her."

"I don't know how to get home. When someone comes to the field, I ask them if they know where my home is, but they don't talk to me, only you talk to me..."

"Miao Miao, how long have you been here?"

Miao Miao shook her head, "I don't know, it seems like it's been a long, long time, and I'm all alone."

Qi Mu sighed, looked at Feng Baisui, "Do you want to call the police?"

"What are you going to say? Met a female ghost in the cornfield?"

"..." Qi Mu asked Miao Miao, "Do you remember where home is?"

Miao Miao shook her head, "I only know this corn field, I don't know the road outside, and I dare not go out."

Coming out of the field, Feng Baisui said to Qi Mu, "Don't come here again."

"No." Qi Mu looked back at the standing corn stalks, "I haven't found the head yet."

Feng Baisui grabbed Qi Mu's arm violently, "Do you want her to keep pestering you? Or can you help her get her wronged?"

Qi Mu frowned, broke free from his restraint, and said lightly: "I don't want to cause trouble."

He turned to leave, and said leisurely: "But the father who lost his daughter's head is more troublesome."

Feng Baisui finally understood how much trouble Qi Mu meant by "trouble".

Although the decapitated female ghost was very noisy in the past, at least her father took care of it.

But now she stopped arguing, but her father was walking around the house all day, thinking about his daughter's head, and it was even more noisy than before.

Qi Mu explained to him that if Miao Miao didn't take the initiative to take it out, it would be impossible to find the female ghost's head, and the dead ghost would follow Qi Mu at any time, begging him to try to negotiate with the little girl again.

In fact, Qi Mu also knew that he had to go, but he couldn't figure out how to tell Miao Miao so that she would obediently take out her head. The little girl seemed to have decided that if Qi Mu found her head, she would never go to the fields to look for her again.

After being quarreled by the dead ghost, Qi Mu decided to go to the cornfield again. When he went out, he passed the scenic lake in the community. There was a woman standing by the lake, leaning forward slightly, motionless.

Qi Mu hurried past her, the woman suddenly turned her head and looked at him, and even smiled, Qi Mu felt bewildered, and nodded to her out of politeness.

"Why do I think she looks familiar? When did I see her?"

Feng Baisui replied casually: "I don't have a good memory."

When I came to the corn field again, I could hardly recognize its appearance. The dense corn stalks had been chopped off, and the whole land could be seen at a glance.

Qi Mu walked into the field, surrounded by an open space, no other people could be seen, he tried to call out: "Miao Miao?"

The little girl appeared soon, raised her head and said, "Qi Mu, I miss you so much."

Qi Mu held her shoulders, feeling a slight tremor under his hand, "What's wrong?"

Miao Miao buried her head in his arms, "A lot of people came to the field, and a very bad uncle."

"Very bad uncle..." Qi Mu's heart moved, and he said to her, "Take me to have a look."

Miao Miao nodded, led him for a while and refused to go any further, pointing at a few people from a distance and said, "That's right there."

Qi Mu saw that those people were all wearing police uniforms, but two of them were wearing prison uniforms. The two prisoners gestured in the air a few times and said something, and then several policemen took shovels and started to attack them Point to the soil to dig.

"Qi Mu, what are they digging for?"

As soon as Miao Miao finished speaking, she saw a policeman squatting down and digging a few times with his hands. Some gray-white things were turned out and rolled to the ground.

Qi Mu subconsciously covered Miao Miao's eyes, and Miao Miao stood motionless. After a while, she said, "Qi Mu, I remember where home is. I want to go back and have a look."

"Go back." Qi Mu said softly.

"Will I see you again in the future?"

Qi Mu thought for a while and said, "I don't know either, but I will always remember you."

Miao Miao giggled, raised two small palms to cover Qi Mu's, "I will always remember you!"

Qi Mu silently watched her disappear in front of him, never letting go of his hands blocking her eyes.

The slanting light of the setting sun spread silently on the flat land, the few people in the distance were dyed orange red, their shadows stretched very long, Qi Mu took another look at the pile of dirty bones in the twilight, and thought of Miao Miao's crisp childish voice——

"Qi Mu...is it neat and tidy, the wood of the trees?"

He turned to leave, but kicked something under his feet, Qi Mu bent down, picked up the ghost's head, threw it in his hand and walked slowly forward.

The female ghost's head was finally found, and the uncle who killed the ghost was so excited that he thanked him repeatedly, and Qi Mu's house resumed its usual noise.

That night, the three ghosts, one person and one dog all saw the news reports——

"Recently, the police uncovered the largest child kidnapping gang in our city's history. More than 100 children were victims, the oldest was 16 years old, and the youngest was only three years old. At the same time, the gang was also suspected of robbery, murder and other crimes... ..."

"Will Miao Miao go to reincarnation?" Qi Mu suddenly asked Feng Baisui.

"do not know."

Qi Mu looked at him, "Why don't you want to reincarnate?"

Feng Baisui snorted displeasedly.