I went home, changed my clothes, and took a nap. In the afternoon, I went to the coffin shop.

As soon as I walked in, the scene inside almost made me call the police.

"Dad, was our shop robbed yesterday? Where is our coffin?" I called my dad from the phone in the shop, and while I was talking, I checked the cabinet for things needed to ward off evil spirits.

Fortunately, nothing is missing, otherwise I wouldn't be able to defraud the three brothers at noon tomorrow.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, this morning I found a little kid who sneaked into the shop. It seemed like it was already familiar with our place. I was afraid that it would damage the coffin, so I took it to the warehouse behind it.

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The kid who sneaked in...

"If you see it, think of a way to send it away. There's nothing I can do anyway."

"Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, I walked straight to the door. There were a few footprints there that I didn't notice when I came in.

The bare feet, the size, and the paper dust instantly reminded me of the very fancy-dressed thing I was looking at at the door that day.

It didn't leave?

I rubbed my aching head.

Some people do raise little ghosts at home, and then let them do things for them to make money. However, such an approach will harm their morality, and if they are not careful, they will lead to serious disasters.

"I have to find a way to ask it to leave." I decided in my heart.

But it was still a little early, and I would probably have to wait until midnight like the previous few days to wait for it to appear. I had nothing to do, so I just started practicing drawing symbols on the table.

After Daochang Chen said goodbye to me, my daily life consisted of exercising, drawing symbols, and reading.

My grades in school were average, but for some reason, my ability to understand these things was extremely strong, as if I already knew this knowledge and now I just remembered it again.

After a while, I drew a talisman that I felt was okay. After observing it for a while, I confirmed that it was good, and then put it aside to dry.

I don’t know how long it took, but the sound of paper being dragged was heard outside the door.

Coming.

At first, I was afraid that it would get involved with me, so I was careful not to offend it. Now it has almost regarded my coffin shop as its home, and I can no longer be cowardly.

It still looked dull and didn't dare to come in when it found me inside. It just stood at the door and stared at me.

"Come in, let's talk." I'm not polite. I'm the home team at the moment, and it's the guest. No matter how aggressive it is, it doesn't dare to make any mistakes.

I saw it was stunned for a while, and then walked in.

It walked up to me hesitantly and asked in disbelief: "Can you really see me?"

Its voice is extremely inconsistent with its appearance. It looks like a paper figurine with badly matched colors, but it speaks with the voice of a little girl.

Adhering to the principle of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, I lowered my voice slightly: "Of course, have you been here several times?"

She hesitated for a while and nodded stiffly: "Yes..."

When she nodded, there was a sound of the paper being pulled, which made the hairs on my back stand up.

I sighed. She was so cautious and I couldn't get angry. I could only ask: "Why do you always come here? Why don't you reincarnate?"

She seemed to think for a while, then turned around and walked around twice before walking back to me: "They didn't let me go. They said I couldn't go. They drove me back."

"who are they?"

She stopped talking and just continued to wander around the room.

I finally understood what my father meant when he said there was no way around him. He couldn't communicate with her, but he couldn't bear to do anything. What could he do?

I sighed.

Forget it, judging from how harmless she behaves and talks, but looks a bit irritating, she can stay here if she wants.

When I have free time tomorrow, I'll put a new talisman here and there. I don't believe she can still come in.

I looked at it and it was almost time. I could start preparing things for tomorrow.

I don't plan to go home tonight. I have something to do tomorrow. I will make some preparations at the coffin shop tonight and then go home to shower and change clothes tomorrow morning.

When I took out the Taoist robe that Master Chen left for me, the paper man suddenly stopped.

"I followed you to that house before." She said suddenly.

So it's you who has been following me?

I suddenly felt a little headache again: "Did you...were you discovered by me in the backyard and then escaped?"

She nodded again.

"Why are you following me? Are you... afraid of me?" I remembered that on the first day, she seemed to have escaped when I discovered her.

She was silent for a long time, and finally said without thinking: "I know this robe, and I also know these charms."

I was shocked.

"Do you know this Taoist robe? Do you know Taoist Master Chen?"

She nodded.

I was even more surprised. Knowing Daozhang Chen, how could he be in such a miserable state, possessed by a paper man who looked like he picked it up on the roadside?

In order to verify the doubts in my heart, I picked up the charm I just drew and brought it to him: "Then tell me, what is this?"

She glanced at it: "The evil-proofing talisman, the fire attribute, the basic talisman, and the drawing of human nature are not enough. We need to improve on these areas."

After speaking, she raised her stiff hand and pointed at several locations of the talisman.

I took it back and took a look, and indeed, there were even a few problems that I didn't notice.

"Hiss... you are quite powerful."

After hearing what I said, she immediately said: "Let me stay, and I will teach you how to draw talismans. Let me stay..."

After that, she began to repeat this sentence while walking around the room.

Think about it carefully, Daochang Chen has been out all year round, fighting monsters and catching demons for so many years. You never know when he saved such a little thing. I am his apprentice, so now she comes to me to repay her kindness?

Moreover, I always have the feeling that if I reject her, my conscience will be condemned...

"Okay, then you can stay, but you have agreed that without my permission you can only stay in this shop and stop following me around."

After hearing this, the paper man turned his head and looked at me with a "swish" sound. The big, dull eyes on the paper man's face made my heart tremble.

Then she let out a burst of laughter that sounded very happy: "Giggle, giggle, I'm staying, giggle..."

The scene was a little weird, so I quickly asked her to stop.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"Giggle..." She didn't reply, she just stared at me and smiled, which scared me to the point where goosebumps fell all over the floor.

"Okay, okay, for convenience, just call me Xiaozhi. Don't laugh."

She nodded and said nothing.

In the second half of the night, after I prepared the things I would use tomorrow, I wrote a few charms with the help of small paper. I told her a few words not to touch things and went to the lounge upstairs to sleep.
Chapter completed!