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The rhythm of the piano sound was suddenly disrupted, and there was a piercing hum before it fell silent.Immediately afterwards, there was the woman's scream, but the thunder outside the house did not attract anyone's attention.

"Ah~, monster!" Ruyu stepped back a few steps and screamed loudly.

The mandrill pushed down the door panel, but the door was still too small for its giant, so it had to bend down and squeeze into the room little by little.Hearing Ruyu's cry, he opened his bloody mouth impatiently, bared his fangs and howled at her, Ruyu's eyeballs turned up to reveal the whites, and she fainted from fright.

The other big living person in the room, Mrs. Chen, was frightened. Although she didn't faint like Ruyu, her face was pale and her hands and feet were weak. She didn't have the slightest desire to fight the mandrill, but just wanted to hide. stand up.

Seeing the cabinet by the wall in the house, he quickly got up and opened the door.This cabinet was originally used to store mattresses and quilts, but now the mattresses and quilts are all lying on the bed, so the cabinet is naturally empty.She retracted into the cabinet and closed the door, shaking uncontrollably.

That monster can even break the door, so how could it not do anything to a cabinet.Chen's heart was beating thumpingly. When a person is afraid, he will subconsciously find a small space to hide. Although he will get a short-term peace of mind, the fear in his heart will be infinitely magnified immediately.

The mandrill squeezed into the room, instead of looking for the two living people in the room first, it rushed to the low table first.The lamp on the table was burning, and it stretched out its hand to touch the burning flame in the oil lamp on the table. Although the lamp was tiny, the temperature was unambiguous.The hot mandrill let out a cry, knocked over the oil lamp with its claws fiercely, and the last light in the room disappeared.

Through the gap in the cabinet, Chen nervously opened his eyes and looked out.The room was pitch black, and only when the lightning flashed by, could the movement of the mandrill be seen clearly.

The monster had already walked up to the fallen Ruyu, fiddled with its claws a few times, stretched out its head and sniffed Ruyu's body, as if looking for the position of the lower mouth.

Ruyu is a maid who has followed the Chen family for many years, how could she just watch her being eaten.Chen took off the emerald green jade bracelet from his wrist, slightly opened the cabinet door, and threw the bracelet towards the outside of the room, hoping to lure the mandrill out.

The jade bracelet fell on the porch outside the door, came into close contact with the ground, made a crisp sound, and shattered into several pieces.

A thing flying out of nowhere in front of him really caught the mandrill's attention, but to our disappointment, the mandrill didn't follow it out.It left Ruyu behind and walked quickly towards the cabinet.Obviously, it didn't forget Chen's in the cabinet.

Another flash of lightning flashed across, illuminating the mandrill's ugly face. The mandrill had already reached the cabinet and raised its claws.Chen shrank back sharply, leaning her back against the cabinet, with cold sweat dripping from her head, she hugged her head and closed her eyes.

However, the imaginary scene of the broken cabinet door did not appear. Chen opened his eyes, feeling unreal.She hurriedly crouched behind the cabinet door and looked out through the crack, but saw black shadows in disorder, making crackling and fighting sounds.It wasn't until the next flash of lightning appeared that Mrs. Chen could see clearly that the one fighting the mandrill turned out to be a fierce ghost with a green face and fangs sticking out of its mouth.

Chen covered her mouth with her hands, leaned back, and didn't want to look again, only feeling desolate in her heart.

It seems that today, her life will not survive.A monster came in front, and a ghost came behind, and the two fought for the prey.No matter which side wins, it doesn't make any difference to her, unless they both lose, she will die.

I only hate the rainstorm today, if it wasn't for the lightning, thunder, storm and wind outside the house, if it wasn't for Ruyu's room next door, and Ruyu is now lying on the floor in the room, how could no one hear such a big movement here, God I want to kill her.

Before Mrs. Chen could figure out how to write the suicide note, the sound of fighting had stopped, Mrs. Chen's mind was instantly emptied, and she couldn't remember anything.She took a deep breath and calmed down. She will die sooner or later. Since she should die today, let her be appointed.As for the suicide note, people are going to die, so why bother to care about the aftermath.

Chen closed her eyes again, and began to wait for death peacefully.

The cabinet door was pulled open, Chen Shi clenched her fists, the girl bent down and looked at the pale Chen Shi, "Come out, you're fine."

Chen did not dare to open her eyes, for fear that she might be hallucinating.The girl chuckled, reached out and grabbed Chen's arm, and pulled it hard.

Chen was taken aback by this action, opened her eyes in a panic, and saw the girl's bright face.Chen was taken aback for a moment, and after standing still, she glanced around.

The room was once again illuminated by the light of the oil lamp, and the monsters and evil spirits were gone. The door panel was lying on the ground, a big hole was broken in the window, and traces of fighting were everywhere.

"Are you going to kill me?" Chen looked at the girl in front of her, her voice trembling slightly.

She once heard that demons and ghosts like to turn into beautiful women to confuse people.There was only one monster and one ghost in the room just now, and the girl in front of me is probably one of the two.

"I am an evil spirit, but I am not an evil spirit that kills innocent people indiscriminately. I only take the heart of those who betray me and kill those who hurt me. Have you ever betrayed me, or have you ever harmed me?" the girl asked.

Chen shook her head, she didn't even know this girl, so how could she blame her for harming her?

"That's it. I didn't intend to kill you. I saved you. The mandrill wanted to attack you. I waited for a long time but no one came, so I showed up and fought with the mandrill. The mandrill is not They broke the window and fled." The girl said with a smile.

Chen didn't let go of her guard, "If that's the case, why did you save me?"

"I like to listen to you playing the piano. You are the second best person I have ever heard at playing the piano." The girl raised her hands, and a guqin appeared in her hands out of thin air.

Mrs. Chen knew this piano because she had played it just now.Chen suddenly had a good impression of the girl, the person who loves the sound of the piano... the ghost is the same, how could it be a bad ghost?

Chen, who had filters as thick as a city wall on his eyes, looked at the girl again, no matter how he looked, he looked like a good ghost.Even the appearance of the evil spirit fighting a mandrill just now, the filter can beautify it into a flower.

"You brought this piano?"

"This is your qin. You didn't take it with you when you went out today, so I brought it to you specially." The bone girl wanted to hear what qin had to say.

"Thank you, what's your name?" Chen looked at Qin, feeling more at ease.Since this piano is hers, then this female ghost must have seen her already. If she wanted to harm herself, why would she wait until now to do it?

"Aren't you afraid of me? I'm a ghost. Don't look at me like a human being. In fact, this is just a piece of human skin." The girl lowered her voice, showing her canine teeth.If you use your real body to do this action, you might be able to scare Ruyu into unconsciousness.But now that she looks like a girl, doing this action seems a bit playful.

It's not the first day for her to be a ghost. She naturally knows how ugly and terrifying her real body is.Otherwise, she would not hesitate to reveal her real body in front of Wang Sheng.A boudoir of the Chen family, her face turned pale with fright just now, it can be seen that she is not very courageous, how could she not be afraid of herself?

"Your face and bones are just appearances. Although you look different from ordinary people, you saved me. You are my benefactor... and you even gave me a piano. You are a good ghost. How could I be afraid of you?" Chen smiled. road.

Facing her gaze, the bone girl suddenly felt a little inferior, how could anyone not be afraid of her, she must have told lies to make her happy, she was so ugly.The bone girl was a little regretful, if only her ghost body could look better, she looked away and said, "Then can you often play the piano for me in the future?"

"Of course, if you want to listen, I can play the piano for you anytime."

"Then it's settled, I will come to you again." The bone girl lowered her head, hugged the piano and ran out of the door.

Mrs. Chen hurriedly chased after her, but she was nowhere to be seen as soon as she left the door.

"You haven't told me your name yet." Ms. Chen murmured looking at the heavy rain outside, feeling a sense of loss in her heart.

"Well, ma'am~" Inside the room, Ruyu who was lying on the ground groaned, and Mrs. Chen came back to her senses, and hurried back to the room.

"Ruyu, are you okay?" Chen shi squatted down and helped Ruyu up.

Ruyu shook her head, stood up, and felt a burning pain in her arm. She raised her arm, and there were several cracks on the sleeve, and several wounds on the arm, which stained the sleeve with a lot of blood.Fortunately, it was only a skin injury, probably scratched by a mandrill's claw just now.

"Madam, what's the matter, where are the monsters?" Ruyu looked around and asked.

"Don't be afraid, the monster has already left, I'll find someone to come." Mrs. Chen put on her clothes, and went out to call for someone.

Meng Zhang frowned, opened Ji Zihe's closed five senses, and concealed his figure.Immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open, and Ning Caichen walked in, waking Ji Zihe up on the bed.

"What's wrong, cousin." Ji Zihe rubbed his eyes and sat up.

"Get up, something has happened." Ning Caichen shook Ji Zihe's undressed clothes, and put them on him.

When the two arrived at Chen's room, almost everyone was there.A maidservant was treating Ruyu's wound. Chen's sister-in-law, Mrs. Wang Er was crying in Chen's arms in fear. Chen patted her on the back and looked coldly at the few who were checking the doors and windows and the short ones in the house. Monk and servants with traces on the table.

"Are you all right?" Ning Caichen walked up to Mrs. Chen and asked.

Chen's calmness was a little abnormal, and the second wife was crying so badly, Ning Caichen was really not sure which sister-in-law was in danger just now.

Chen shook her head, "It's nothing, cousin don't worry."

"That's good." Ning Caichen said, and then walked to the group of people who were checking the traces in the house and asked, "What happened in this house?"

"Maybe it's a mandrill. In the past, woodcutters occasionally encountered that monster when they went up the mountain to cut firewood. A few years ago, when a scholar surnamed Sun was studying in the temple, he said that he had also met a mandrill." A monk said.

"Why didn't you remind me earlier?"

"In fact, we haven't really seen the mandrill, and we haven't heard any news about the mandrill in the past few years, so we didn't pay attention to it. It rained heavily today, and there were thunders, maybe the monster was frightened and panicked. I ran to the temple. I frightened the benefactor, and it was really our fault for not reminding him earlier." The monk said sincerely.