Early next morning.
The entrance of the hotel.
The bearded boss looked at Chen Mo and others who were obviously a little depressed, and his expression darkened.
"Did you not sleep well? Is there something wrong with the bed in the hotel or something else? Feel free to give me your opinions, I'm not pedantic."
"No, no, it's just that I have some insomnia."
"Oh, is it so…"
The bearded boss frowned.
"Although I often see young people on the Internet saying that they are stressed and have severe insomnia, I didn't expect you to suffer from it too... You have to pay attention to your health."
Chen Mo nodded repeatedly to express his understanding.
Of course he would not tell the bearded boss that after observing the ghost elf at his house through the power of the waveguide last night, the group of them basically didn't get much rest.
In particular, Chen Mo himself not only sent Bibi Bird to observe the boss and his family through the window, but also used his skill CD every once in a while to use the power of the waveguide to explore the room downstairs to confirm that the hotel owner and his family were not there. Something unexpected happens.
The night was uneventful.
Whether it was under the investigation of Bibi Bird or under the scanning of Chen Mobo's guide, the ghost elf stayed in that room like a normal rag doll, rarely making any movement, and at most it was just... Late at night, I occasionally went to the short-haired little girl's bed to stay for a while, but I just looked at her from a distance and made no unnecessary moves.
Combined with the information compiled by Qiao Cheng overnight, Chen Mo already had a preliminary idea about the recent ghost wounding incident in Ziyuan Town.
Now it's just a matter of confirmation.
"dad…"
A clear and childish voice came from the side.
Xiaoyou, who was wearing a blue dress with a starry sky pattern and carrying a small schoolbag, stood in front of the bearded boss.
"Dad...can I not go to school?"
"No, you can discuss everything with dad, but you can't discuss this matter."
The bearded boss touched Xiaoyou's head and comforted him softly.
"Now dad will send you to school. You must obey the teacher at school. When school is over, dad will pick you up and take you to eat delicious food."
The little girl was obviously not in a high mood, but after the bearded boss's rare strong request, she finally agreed glumly.
Qiao Cheng looked at the father and daughter who left the hotel soon, then turned to look at Chen Mo, with a bit of disbelief on his expression.
"Brother Mo, I'm still a little..."
"Don't think so much."
Chen Mo patted Qiao Cheng's shoulder gently.
"It's not Xiaoyou who hurt humans, but the ghost elf staying next to her. As for the specific situation, we have to wait until we go to Ziyuan Elementary School to investigate today."
Qiao Cheng didn't speak, just nodded.
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Ziyuan Primary School is the only primary school in Ziyuan Town, and many parents come to drop off their children every day.
The bearded boss stood in front of the iron gate of the school, looking at his daughter who lowered her head and pinched the hem of her skirt.
"Go on, dad will pick you up when school is over, don't worry."
"Um."
Under the watch of the bearded boss, Xiaoyou gradually walked towards the teaching building, but turned back every three steps, as if to express her reluctance to leave him.
It wasn't until Xiaoyou completely entered the teaching building that the bearded boss turned around and left Ziyuan Elementary School.
"Dad is gone..."
In the teaching building, Xiaoyou, who watched the bearded boss leave with his own eyes, lowered his head again and held the hem of his skirt tightly with his little hands.
She did not immediately go upstairs to the floor where her class was located, but remained silent for a moment, and finally turned around and went to a women's restroom on the first floor.
There was still some time before class started, but since it was early in the morning, there was no one in the toilet and it was very quiet.
Xiaoyou walked into the innermost toilet seat, locked the toilet door, then opened the toilet seat, sat on it, lowered his head and looked at the backpack in his arms.
A long while.
She slowly unzipped her schoolbag.
In the schoolbag, apart from some textbooks, there is also a rather strange-looking, even scary puppet.
And if we talk about the most conspicuous part, it is the mouth that looks like a zipper with its golden teeth exposed, half-smiling but not smiling.
If a normal child had seen this puppet, he would have been frightened and thrown it aside. But at this moment, for Xiaoyou, this strange and scary-looking puppet picked up on the roadside is her only one. rely on.
"Xiaoji, I'm so scared, I'm really scared..."
Xiaoyou hugged the puppet and buried her face deeply in the puppet's soft belly.
She is very afraid of this school and dislikes her classmates.
When she thought of the indifference of those pairs of people looking at her, and the laughter in her ears, Xiaoyou felt a deep fear.
Tears fell from the corners of his eyes and soaked into the puppet's body.
Where Xiaoyou didn't notice, the dull eyes of the puppet completely recovered at this moment. It looked at the child who was crying in his arms. The original scarlet eyes only showed a trace of light at this moment. So gentle.
It wanted to raise its hand and gently stroke Xiaoyou's head to comfort her, but it felt that it would scare Xiaoyou, so it hesitated for a moment, then put its hand down and continued to pretend to be a puppet, just as her. of puppets.
However.
Just at this time.
Suddenly there was a sound of brisk footsteps outside the toilet.
Xiaoyou, who was still crying, quickly stopped. She looked at the large mark on the puppet's chest that was obviously soaked with her own tears, and her expression suddenly felt a little guilty.
"I'm sorry, Xiaoji..."
The words are not finished yet.
Xiaoyou suddenly noticed that the footsteps were approaching in his direction.
In this moment.
Xiaoyou started to feel a bit like choosing the innermost position.
However, I locked the door myself, and I can tell whether there is anyone inside from the prompt on the door handle outside, so...
'boom! ' sounded.
"Is there anyone?"
A little girl's voice came from outside.
After hesitating for a moment, the startled Xiaoyou hurriedly replied.
"There's...someone..."
"Someone should have told me earlier."
"That...the red circle outside means there is someone inside..."
"Of course I know this, but who would pay attention to that all the time? Really!"
The little girl entered the next room.
Xiaoyou lowered his head and said nothing.
In life, you will always encounter many inexplicable things and many inexplicable people.
But Xiaoyou didn't understand.
"Is this... my problem?"
She silently put the doll back into her schoolbag, then opened the toilet door and prepared to leave.
But what Xiaoyou didn't notice was that the moment she put her backpack back on, the zipper was quietly opened, and an unknown creature whose whole body was shrouded in black material floated out.
It looked back at Xiaoyou who was leaving, and then floated straight towards the penultimate toilet seat.
