“Then I got eaten,” Pan Pan blushed and lowered her head, “It really hurt.”
Li Cancan looked at the well-behaved child in front of her, feeling a pang of heartache. They talked as they walked and when they were almost at the village entrance, Li Cancan bent down, gently stroked Pan Pan’s hair and slipped her hands under Pan Pan’s armpits, effortlessly lifting her into her arms. “Pan Pan, there are many traps on the mountain. Big Sister will carry you there.”
With that, she took a step out of the village.
She had just walked a few steps when something seemed to fall to the ground with a “bang” sound.
At first, Li Cancan didn’t pay attention. After a few more steps, she felt her sleeve being tugged and Pan Pan’s voice came from behind her. It sounded distant yet clear, “Big Sister, my head fell off.”
“Oh, it’s okay. Your head fell off. Big Sister will help you…” Li Cancan’s voice abruptly stopped.
Wait, the head?
Fell off?
And wasn’t Pan Pan in her arms? Why did this voice sound a bit far away?
“Big Sister.”
Pan Pan’s voice called again, and this time, Li Cancan heard it clearly. It was from behind her, from at the back of her heel to be exact.
She swallowed hard.
Li Cancan glanced at Bai Lixin, then at Sun Ning.
Both of them stared at her with indescribable expressions, their eyes incredibly subtle.
“Big sister, help me pick up my head quickly.”
Pan Pan shouted again.
Li Cancan’s scalp was tingling now. She took a deep breath, gently pulled Pan Pan away from her embrace and finally saw Pan Pan’s figure clearly.
The small skeleton body was hidden in slightly bloated clothes, and the neck made of white bones was empty, with nothing there.
‘Ahhhh!!!
A skeleton!!
This is the first time I’ve been so close to a skeleton!!
But this was Pan Pan before ahhhh!!!’
Li Cancan’s mind was about to explode, but she still maintained a gentle smile on the surface. “It’s okay, Big Sister will help you pick it up.”
With that, she turned around and picked up the round skull that had rolled over with a “gulu gulu” sound.
With trembling fingers, Li Cancan asked gently, “How should I put it back, Pan Pan?”
‘Ah hhh, I’m holding a skull with one hand!!
I’m amazing!
Don’t scream out, Li Cancan, hold back your scream!!
Can’t scare Pan Pan!
Pan Pan had finally opened up to you. Li Cancan, you can’t scare Pan Pan even if you scare yourself to death!!’
Li Cancan smiled even more gently.
Pan Pan: “There’s a buckle between the head and the neck. If you press it hard, it will attach. My head got a bit deformed from being bitten by a wolf, so it’s not easy to put back. Thank you, Sister Cancan.”
“Alright, let me see… ah, there’s the buckle… found it,” Li Cancan held the skeleton frame with one hand and, with the other hand, pressed the skull firmly. “Pan Pan’s little head is so cute. It feels smooth, it’s not deformed at all. Alright, it’s back in place~”
‘Ahhhh!!
Damn, damn, damn!!
I actually put a skull back with one hand ahhhh!!
I not only put it back, but also touched it!!’
Li Cancan maintained her smile.
Pan Pan raised both skeleton hands and touched her own head. Then, she opened her mouth, and her jaw trembled in the air. “It’s very comfortable. Thank you, Sister Cancan.”
“Not at all, you’re welcome. Let’s continue on our way.”
‘Ahhhh, the skull opened its mouth, it opened its mouth!!
Help!
Sun Ning, save me! God Xin, you can’t just watch, help me!’
Sun Ning and Bai Lixin looked at Li Cancan, whose trembling seemed almost like convulsions, and raised their thumbs up at her in unison.
‘Cancan is amazing.’
Li Cancan: “…”
‘QVQ, I’m scared.’
————————————
In the live broadcast room.
[No wonder Pan Pan said she’s not good-looking. This is not just not good-looking, it’s scary, okay?]
[Scary? Clearly, it’s cute. Look at the little skull and skeleton frame. Haven’t you noticed that adding “little” to anything makes it especially cute?]
[Little maggots?]
[Little bugs?]
[Is that cute?]
[…]
[No matter what you say, the little skull is kind of cute.]
[But Li Cancan is completely terrified, her eyes are almost losing color with fear.]
[For a moment, I don’t know whether to feel more pity for Pan Pan or for Li Cancan.]
[If sympathy is overflowing, let’s just pity both. After all… both are quite pitiful.]
——————————-
They walked in the forest for a while, and a patch of grass mysteriously moved on its own.
Bai Lixin had just stopped when a chubby body pounced directly onto him, immediately snuggling into Bai Lixin’s arms as it made continuous howling noises.
Pan Pan, who had been nestled in Li Cancan’s arms, turned her head towards Bai Lixin upon hearing the noise. Her hollow eye sockets stared straight at the wolf cub in Bai Lixin’s arms.
Li Cancan remembered what Pan Pan had said earlier.
She was eaten by wolves on the mountain, so Pan Pan should be afraid of wolves.
Although the big boss was just a wolf cub in terms of size, it was still a wolf.
Was Pan Pan afraid of it?
With this thought, Li Cancan couldn’t help but hug the small skeleton back into her body. “Pan Pan, we’re not afraid, it’s just…”
“Wow, what a cute big doggy.”
Pan Pan’s surprised voice interrupted Li Cancan, “Sister Cancan, this doggy is so cute.”
Li Cancan: “Huh? It’s not a dog.”
Pan Pan tilted her skeleton head, “Then what is it?”
‘It’s the big boss.’
Li Cancan bit her lip, “It’s a little puppy.”
‘Sorry, Big Boss. Sorry, God Xin. Woooo.’
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Should I be grateful that Dijia turned into a little pup?’
As they walked up the mountain, Bai Lixin opened the taskbar and checked.
[Task 1: Survive for ten days and ten nights. (Days survived: nine days, nine nights)]
[Task 2: Discover the reason for Pan Pan’s distress (completed) and solve it (not completed)]
[Task 3: Help the Red-Clothed Demon find the hairpin (completed)]
Although they had staged that scene with all the players last night, it was just a play after all.
They managed to fool Pan Pan into leaving the village, but they couldn’t fool the system’s tasks.
Luckily, there would be no punishment for failing to complete this task. Perhaps, this was the only benefit of this welfare copy.
Ten days and ten nights had passed, and there was only one day and one night left.
They needed to help Pan Pan, her mother, and her aunt meet as soon as possible within this short time.
This kind of emotional knot, if not solved face-to-face, might never be untied.
They have their thoughts, she has hers. Both were considering each other, yet they had never asked what the other truly wanted.
Kindness was exerted, but if it was misplaced, it was like splashing colored paint in the dark night- nothing could be seen.
Because they frequently went up the mountain, the three of them were very familiar with the terrain on the mountain.
They soon climbed the slope and arrived at the foggy area.
The three of them paused for a moment and then walked into the fog together.
Again, there was a complete disorientation, but when they came out of the fog, the deserted village Bai Lixin had initially entered appeared before them.
It was still pitch black, the sky devoid of the moon and stars.
Pan Pan didn’t recognize this place, and her hollow eye sockets stared blankly at this ruined village. She asked, “Where is this? Weren’t you supposed to take me to see my mom and aunt?”
Bai Lixin coaxed the completely unaware Pan Pan with a gentle voice, “We need to see someone here first, then we’ll go meet your mom and aunt.”
Pan Pan believed him and nodded quickly, “Okay, let’s go. I can’t wait to see my mom.”
Already anticipating what they would see, Li Cancan looked at the little skeleton in her arms, who was still oblivious. She hugged her a bit tighter.
Bai Lixin had been to this village before, so he was familiar with the layout and structure of the village.
Li Cancan and Sun Ning followed behind him, and they entered the village.
There was no one inside the village.
Of course, there was no one left because the people in this village had long been dead.
‘Serves them right.’
Li Cancan muttered maliciously in her heart.
Bai Lixin first went to the square, but there was no one there. Tables and chairs were still scattered around, maintaining the same arrangement as the last time.
Then Bai Lixin went to the school, but there was surprisingly no one there either.
The Red-Clothed Demon was nowhere to be found.
Just as the three of them stood there hesitating about where to go next, they suddenly heard a woman’s voice.
The voice was very faint, coming from an alley.
The three of them followed the sound and found their way to Pan Pan’s house.
As they approached, the woman’s voice became clearer.
“Pan Pan, what game should we play today? How about jumping rope? The three of us, me, Mom, and Pan Pan, can play together, okay?”
It was Ah Jing’s voice.
But Pan Pan was in Li Cancan’s arms. Who was the Pan Pan in Ah Jing’s mouth?
Upon hearing the voice, the Pan Pan in Li Cancan’s arms raised her head. They happened to be standing just outside the courtyard, and if the person inside tilted their head, they could see them.
After hearing the voice, Pan Pan jumped out of Li Cancan’s arms without a word, rushing to hide behind the gate.
Li Cancan followed, but Pan Pan pushed her away.
“You lied to me!” Perhaps afraid that the person inside would hear, Pan Pan’s voice was very low. She pointed at Li Cancan and then at Bai Lixin. “You conspired to deceive me. You didn’t change history at all, did you? The disaster still happened, I was still born, my mom still got hurt and died. Why did you lie to me? You’re all bad people!”
Bai Lixin glanced inside the gate before walking up to Pan Pan. Faced with Pan Pan’s accusations, he had no words to defend himself.
He did indeed lie to Pan Pan.
From Pan Pan’s perspective, he was a bad person for doing so.
“Pan Pan,” Bai Lixin began after pondering for a moment, “if you’re Pan Pan, then who is the person inside? If history hasn’t changed, how could there be two Pan Pans? Aren’t you curious about who the other Pan Pan is and what she looks like?”
“That person was originally your mom and your aunt. Now, she has become the mom and aunt of another Pan Pan.”
Pan Pan was stunned.
Of course, she was curious. She wanted to know who the person inside was.
Bai Lixin continued, “You can go and take a look. Just sneak a peek from behind the gate, they won’t notice. Afterward, we can discuss how I deceived you. I was indeed wrong, and you can decide how to punish me later, okay?”
Pan Pan looked up at the young man in front of her.
He looked very young, probably just entered college.
But the gentleness and calmness in his eyes miraculously soothed her.
Under the gentle voice of the young man, Pan Pan nodded, “Okay, I’ll go see who’s using my name.”
With that, her two little skeleton legs took a few quick steps on the ground, her bones making a “click-click” sound as they touched the ground, the joints dislocating.
Pan Pan quickly reached the side of the gate. She cautiously clung to the gate’s frame, her hollow eye sockets peering into the courtyard, looking inside carefully yet timidly.
She saw a long-haired woman and a little girl facing sideways towards her.
The little girl was wearing a floral dress that she used to wear. She sat quietly on a stool, unmoving, like a statue.
Pan Pan took a closer look and suddenly realized that the little girl looked exactly like her when she was a child.
No, it should be her, the gentle version of herself from the past.
She felt bewildered and lost, completely unable to comprehend what was happening.
‘Was that really Pan Pan?
If that was Pan Pan, then who am I?
Could it be that those are not my aunt and mother?’
The woman with the long hair had her cheeks covered by thick strands of hair. Pan Pan gripped the gate’s frame and tried hard to peek inside , attempting to see the woman’s face.
But the woman’s hair was really thick, no matter how hard she looked, she couldn’t see.
Unconsciously, her body leaned further in.
By the time she realized it, her body was almost at a ninety-degree angle at the gate.
With a crisp “click”, her joints dislocated, and her skeleton frame uncontrollably scattered all over the ground.
Li Cancan stared blankly at the sudden turn of events.
She felt a mix of amusement and heartache.
The abrupt noise caught the attention of the people inside. The woman with long hair immediately turned her head, and under the thick hair, her sinister ghost-like face looked towards the door. “Who’s there?!”
At the sight of this face, three gasps echoed in the air.
Sun Ning, Li Cancan, and Pan Pan.
Li Cancan quickly rushed forward to catch Pan Pan’s body. Her fingers were trembling slightly due to fear.
The woman in the yard looked over, and the people outside stood frozen.
The air was eerily silent, only the sound of bones snapping together could be heard.
The quieter it got, the scarier it felt.
Just when Li Cancan was at a loss, she heard Bai Lixin’s gentle voice beside her, “Hello, big sister. We got lost and ended up here. We wanted to ask for directions and maybe stay for the night since it’s getting dark.”
Li Cancan shuddered as she held the skeleton arm. The skeleton arm touched the skull, producing a crisp sound.
‘Stay, stay overnight?
Here?
My life is in danger!’
The woman’s swollen eyes swept over the three people, “Who are you?”
“I’m the big brother,” Bai Lixin pointed to himself, then pointed to Sun Ning, “she’s the big sister, and the other two are our younger sisters.”
“And this,” he pointed to the wolf cub in his arms, “is our family pet.”
The woman looked at the bones on the ground and the three people, “You siblings look nothing alike.”
Bai Lixin smiled, “Indeed, the dragon has nine sons, each of whom is different.”
The woman: “There’s only one village in the area, and only our family is left in the village. Come in first.”
Bai Lixin: “Thank you, big sister.”
As they walked inside, Li Cancan was extremely reluctant.
‘QVQ, are we really going in?
I shouldn’t be in the yard, I should be outside the yard.’
The little skeleton had just fallen apart quite seriously, and it couldn’t be put back together for a while. But the main reason was that Li Cancan didn’t have experience in assembling skeleton frames.
Li Cancan tried to assemble it for a long time but couldn’t do it. In the end, she had no choice but to hold a pile of bones and follow them inside.
When they passed by “Pan Pan,” both Pan Pan and Li Cancan subconsciously glanced over.
This “Pan Pan” had been sitting there obediently the whole time, expressionless and silent.
The skeleton Pan Pan subconsciously used her skeleton finger to poke “Pan Pan”.
“Pan Pan” showed no response at all, as if she were a lifeless doll.
After poking for a while, the skeleton Pan Pan withdrew her finger. She lowered her voice and whispered into Li Cancan ear, “Sister Cancan, she feels really cold.”
Li Cancan: “…”
‘Skeleton Pan Pan, you’re quite cold too, wuuu!’
“Then I got eaten,” Pan Pan blushed and lowered her head, “It really hurt.”
Li Cancan looked at the well-behaved child in front of her, feeling a pang of heartache. They talked as they walked and when they were almost at the village entrance, Li Cancan bent down, gently stroked Pan Pan’s hair and slipped her hands under Pan Pan’s armpits, effortlessly lifting her into her arms. “Pan Pan, there are many traps on the mountain. Big Sister will carry you there.”
With that, she took a step out of the village.
She had just walked a few steps when something seemed to fall to the ground with a “bang” sound.
At first, Li Cancan didn’t pay attention. After a few more steps, she felt her sleeve being tugged and Pan Pan’s voice came from behind her. It sounded distant yet clear, “Big Sister, my head fell off.”
“Oh, it’s okay. Your head fell off. Big Sister will help you…” Li Cancan’s voice abruptly stopped.
Wait, the head?
Fell off?
And wasn’t Pan Pan in her arms? Why did this voice sound a bit far away?
“Big Sister.”
Pan Pan’s voice called again, and this time, Li Cancan heard it clearly. It was from behind her, from at the back of her heel to be exact.
She swallowed hard.
Li Cancan glanced at Bai Lixin, then at Sun Ning.
Both of them stared at her with indescribable expressions, their eyes incredibly subtle.
“Big sister, help me pick up my head quickly.”
Pan Pan shouted again.
Li Cancan’s scalp was tingling now. She took a deep breath, gently pulled Pan Pan away from her embrace and finally saw Pan Pan’s figure clearly.
The small skeleton body was hidden in slightly bloated clothes, and the neck made of white bones was empty, with nothing there.
‘Ahhhh!!!
A skeleton!!
This is the first time I’ve been so close to a skeleton!!
But this was Pan Pan before ahhhh!!!’
Li Cancan’s mind was about to explode, but she still maintained a gentle smile on the surface. “It’s okay, Big Sister will help you pick it up.”
With that, she turned around and picked up the round skull that had rolled over with a “gulu gulu” sound.
With trembling fingers, Li Cancan asked gently, “How should I put it back, Pan Pan?”
‘Ah hhh, I’m holding a skull with one hand!!
I’m amazing!
Don’t scream out, Li Cancan, hold back your scream!!
Can’t scare Pan Pan!
Pan Pan had finally opened up to you. Li Cancan, you can’t scare Pan Pan even if you scare yourself to death!!’
Li Cancan smiled even more gently.
Pan Pan: “There’s a buckle between the head and the neck. If you press it hard, it will attach. My head got a bit deformed from being bitten by a wolf, so it’s not easy to put back. Thank you, Sister Cancan.”
“Alright, let me see… ah, there’s the buckle… found it,” Li Cancan held the skeleton frame with one hand and, with the other hand, pressed the skull firmly. “Pan Pan’s little head is so cute. It feels smooth, it’s not deformed at all. Alright, it’s back in place~”
‘Ahhhh!!
Damn, damn, damn!!
I actually put a skull back with one hand ahhhh!!
I not only put it back, but also touched it!!’
Li Cancan maintained her smile.
Pan Pan raised both skeleton hands and touched her own head. Then, she opened her mouth, and her jaw trembled in the air. “It’s very comfortable. Thank you, Sister Cancan.”
“Not at all, you’re welcome. Let’s continue on our way.”
‘Ahhhh, the skull opened its mouth, it opened its mouth!!
Help!
Sun Ning, save me! God Xin, you can’t just watch, help me!’
Sun Ning and Bai Lixin looked at Li Cancan, whose trembling seemed almost like convulsions, and raised their thumbs up at her in unison.
‘Cancan is amazing.’
Li Cancan: “…”
‘QVQ, I’m scared.’
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In the live broadcast room.
[No wonder Pan Pan said she’s not good-looking. This is not just not good-looking, it’s scary, okay?]
[Scary? Clearly, it’s cute. Look at the little skull and skeleton frame. Haven’t you noticed that adding “little” to anything makes it especially cute?]
[Little maggots?]
[Little bugs?]
[Is that cute?]
[…]
[No matter what you say, the little skull is kind of cute.]
[But Li Cancan is completely terrified, her eyes are almost losing color with fear.]
[For a moment, I don’t know whether to feel more pity for Pan Pan or for Li Cancan.]
[If sympathy is overflowing, let’s just pity both. After all… both are quite pitiful.]
——————————-
They walked in the forest for a while, and a patch of grass mysteriously moved on its own.
Bai Lixin had just stopped when a chubby body pounced directly onto him, immediately snuggling into Bai Lixin’s arms as it made continuous howling noises.
Pan Pan, who had been nestled in Li Cancan’s arms, turned her head towards Bai Lixin upon hearing the noise. Her hollow eye sockets stared straight at the wolf cub in Bai Lixin’s arms.
Li Cancan remembered what Pan Pan had said earlier.
She was eaten by wolves on the mountain, so Pan Pan should be afraid of wolves.
Although the big boss was just a wolf cub in terms of size, it was still a wolf.
Was Pan Pan afraid of it?
With this thought, Li Cancan couldn’t help but hug the small skeleton back into her body. “Pan Pan, we’re not afraid, it’s just…”
“Wow, what a cute big doggy.”
Pan Pan’s surprised voice interrupted Li Cancan, “Sister Cancan, this doggy is so cute.”
Li Cancan: “Huh? It’s not a dog.”
Pan Pan tilted her skeleton head, “Then what is it?”
‘It’s the big boss.’
Li Cancan bit her lip, “It’s a little puppy.”
‘Sorry, Big Boss. Sorry, God Xin. Woooo.’
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Should I be grateful that Dijia turned into a little pup?’
As they walked up the mountain, Bai Lixin opened the taskbar and checked.
[Task 1: Survive for ten days and ten nights. (Days survived: nine days, nine nights)]
[Task 2: Discover the reason for Pan Pan’s distress (completed) and solve it (not completed)]
[Task 3: Help the Red-Clothed Demon find the hairpin (completed)]
Although they had staged that scene with all the players last night, it was just a play after all.
They managed to fool Pan Pan into leaving the village, but they couldn’t fool the system’s tasks.
Luckily, there would be no punishment for failing to complete this task. Perhaps, this was the only benefit of this welfare copy.
Ten days and ten nights had passed, and there was only one day and one night left.
They needed to help Pan Pan, her mother, and her aunt meet as soon as possible within this short time.
This kind of emotional knot, if not solved face-to-face, might never be untied.
They have their thoughts, she has hers. Both were considering each other, yet they had never asked what the other truly wanted.
Kindness was exerted, but if it was misplaced, it was like splashing colored paint in the dark night- nothing could be seen.
Because they frequently went up the mountain, the three of them were very familiar with the terrain on the mountain.
They soon climbed the slope and arrived at the foggy area.
The three of them paused for a moment and then walked into the fog together.
Again, there was a complete disorientation, but when they came out of the fog, the deserted village Bai Lixin had initially entered appeared before them.
It was still pitch black, the sky devoid of the moon and stars.
Pan Pan didn’t recognize this place, and her hollow eye sockets stared blankly at this ruined village. She asked, “Where is this? Weren’t you supposed to take me to see my mom and aunt?”
Bai Lixin coaxed the completely unaware Pan Pan with a gentle voice, “We need to see someone here first, then we’ll go meet your mom and aunt.”
Pan Pan believed him and nodded quickly, “Okay, let’s go. I can’t wait to see my mom.”
Already anticipating what they would see, Li Cancan looked at the little skeleton in her arms, who was still oblivious. She hugged her a bit tighter.
Bai Lixin had been to this village before, so he was familiar with the layout and structure of the village.
Li Cancan and Sun Ning followed behind him, and they entered the village.
There was no one inside the village.
Of course, there was no one left because the people in this village had long been dead.
‘Serves them right.’
Li Cancan muttered maliciously in her heart.
Bai Lixin first went to the square, but there was no one there. Tables and chairs were still scattered around, maintaining the same arrangement as the last time.
Then Bai Lixin went to the school, but there was surprisingly no one there either.
The Red-Clothed Demon was nowhere to be found.
Just as the three of them stood there hesitating about where to go next, they suddenly heard a woman’s voice.
The voice was very faint, coming from an alley.
The three of them followed the sound and found their way to Pan Pan’s house.
As they approached, the woman’s voice became clearer.
“Pan Pan, what game should we play today? How about jumping rope? The three of us, me, Mom, and Pan Pan, can play together, okay?”
It was Ah Jing’s voice.
But Pan Pan was in Li Cancan’s arms. Who was the Pan Pan in Ah Jing’s mouth?
Upon hearing the voice, the Pan Pan in Li Cancan’s arms raised her head. They happened to be standing just outside the courtyard, and if the person inside tilted their head, they could see them.
After hearing the voice, Pan Pan jumped out of Li Cancan’s arms without a word, rushing to hide behind the gate.
Li Cancan followed, but Pan Pan pushed her away.
“You lied to me!” Perhaps afraid that the person inside would hear, Pan Pan’s voice was very low. She pointed at Li Cancan and then at Bai Lixin. “You conspired to deceive me. You didn’t change history at all, did you? The disaster still happened, I was still born, my mom still got hurt and died. Why did you lie to me? You’re all bad people!”
Bai Lixin glanced inside the gate before walking up to Pan Pan. Faced with Pan Pan’s accusations, he had no words to defend himself.
He did indeed lie to Pan Pan.
From Pan Pan’s perspective, he was a bad person for doing so.
“Pan Pan,” Bai Lixin began after pondering for a moment, “if you’re Pan Pan, then who is the person inside? If history hasn’t changed, how could there be two Pan Pans? Aren’t you curious about who the other Pan Pan is and what she looks like?”
“That person was originally your mom and your aunt. Now, she has become the mom and aunt of another Pan Pan.”
Pan Pan was stunned.
Of course, she was curious. She wanted to know who the person inside was.
Bai Lixin continued, “You can go and take a look. Just sneak a peek from behind the gate, they won’t notice. Afterward, we can discuss how I deceived you. I was indeed wrong, and you can decide how to punish me later, okay?”
Pan Pan looked up at the young man in front of her.
He looked very young, probably just entered college.
But the gentleness and calmness in his eyes miraculously soothed her.
Under the gentle voice of the young man, Pan Pan nodded, “Okay, I’ll go see who’s using my name.”
With that, her two little skeleton legs took a few quick steps on the ground, her bones making a “click-click” sound as they touched the ground, the joints dislocating.
Pan Pan quickly reached the side of the gate. She cautiously clung to the gate’s frame, her hollow eye sockets peering into the courtyard, looking inside carefully yet timidly.
She saw a long-haired woman and a little girl facing sideways towards her.
The little girl was wearing a floral dress that she used to wear. She sat quietly on a stool, unmoving, like a statue.
Pan Pan took a closer look and suddenly realized that the little girl looked exactly like her when she was a child.
No, it should be her, the gentle version of herself from the past.
She felt bewildered and lost, completely unable to comprehend what was happening.
‘Was that really Pan Pan?
If that was Pan Pan, then who am I?
Could it be that those are not my aunt and mother?’
The woman with the long hair had her cheeks covered by thick strands of hair. Pan Pan gripped the gate’s frame and tried hard to peek inside , attempting to see the woman’s face.
But the woman’s hair was really thick, no matter how hard she looked, she couldn’t see.
Unconsciously, her body leaned further in.
By the time she realized it, her body was almost at a ninety-degree angle at the gate.
With a crisp “click”, her joints dislocated, and her skeleton frame uncontrollably scattered all over the ground.
Li Cancan stared blankly at the sudden turn of events.
She felt a mix of amusement and heartache.
The abrupt noise caught the attention of the people inside. The woman with long hair immediately turned her head, and under the thick hair, her sinister ghost-like face looked towards the door. “Who’s there?!”
At the sight of this face, three gasps echoed in the air.
Sun Ning, Li Cancan, and Pan Pan.
Li Cancan quickly rushed forward to catch Pan Pan’s body. Her fingers were trembling slightly due to fear.
The woman in the yard looked over, and the people outside stood frozen.
The air was eerily silent, only the sound of bones snapping together could be heard.
The quieter it got, the scarier it felt.
Just when Li Cancan was at a loss, she heard Bai Lixin’s gentle voice beside her, “Hello, big sister. We got lost and ended up here. We wanted to ask for directions and maybe stay for the night since it’s getting dark.”
Li Cancan shuddered as she held the skeleton arm. The skeleton arm touched the skull, producing a crisp sound.
‘Stay, stay overnight?
Here?
My life is in danger!’
The woman’s swollen eyes swept over the three people, “Who are you?”
“I’m the big brother,” Bai Lixin pointed to himself, then pointed to Sun Ning, “she’s the big sister, and the other two are our younger sisters.”
“And this,” he pointed to the wolf cub in his arms, “is our family pet.”
The woman looked at the bones on the ground and the three people, “You siblings look nothing alike.”
Bai Lixin smiled, “Indeed, the dragon has nine sons, each of whom is different.”
The woman: “There’s only one village in the area, and only our family is left in the village. Come in first.”
Bai Lixin: “Thank you, big sister.”
As they walked inside, Li Cancan was extremely reluctant.
‘QVQ, are we really going in?
I shouldn’t be in the yard, I should be outside the yard.’
The little skeleton had just fallen apart quite seriously, and it couldn’t be put back together for a while. But the main reason was that Li Cancan didn’t have experience in assembling skeleton frames.
Li Cancan tried to assemble it for a long time but couldn’t do it. In the end, she had no choice but to hold a pile of bones and follow them inside.
When they passed by “Pan Pan,” both Pan Pan and Li Cancan subconsciously glanced over.
This “Pan Pan” had been sitting there obediently the whole time, expressionless and silent.
The skeleton Pan Pan subconsciously used her skeleton finger to poke “Pan Pan”.
“Pan Pan” showed no response at all, as if she were a lifeless doll.
After poking for a while, the skeleton Pan Pan withdrew her finger. She lowered her voice and whispered into Li Cancan ear, “Sister Cancan, she feels really cold.”
Li Cancan: “…”
‘Skeleton Pan Pan, you’re quite cold too, wuuu!’
