You said you would tell fortunes, so you can catch ghosts and exterminate zombies easily?

The old man was clearly wearing men's clothes.

He looked at Su Chen and smiled.

“It’s the adults who bring their children to worship.”

“They don’t know what I am like.”

"The first person who came asked the child to call me godmother, and then everyone started calling me godmother."

He waved his hand: "Godmother or godfather, it doesn't matter."

"It's just an insignificant title."

"My children have grown up smoothly."

As he spoke, he seemed to be thinking of something, and his eyes dimmed a little.

Then he unconsciously swung gently on the swing.

The cat ghost narrowed his pupils at the old man, then quickly looked at Su Chen, walked over quietly, and pointed at the old man's chest.

"He's dying."

"So there must be a conspiracy behind coming here with the child."

The old man laughed out loud when he heard this.

"Yes, yes, I have a big conspiracy."

"Kitten, do you want to listen?"

The cat ghost jumped up as if its tail was stepped on.

"I'm a cat ghost, not a kitten."

"You sinister mountain elf!"

The old man was startled: "Did you figure it out?"

The cat ghost folded his arms, snorted softly and turned his head away.

The old man didn't bother with him, continued swinging for a few steps, and looked at Su Chen.

"You are a good person."

I was given a nice guy card for no apparent reason.

Su Chen raised his eyebrows: "Why are you suddenly talking about this?"

The old man raised his head and looked at the night sky.

"I just let them grow up smoothly."

"I feel pretty useless."

The old man sighed.

"When I miss them, I will go to see them after I get married and have a family."

"Some have bad tempers, some are addicted to gambling, and some even commit murder and robbery."

"They just grew up and didn't become good people."

He withdrew his gaze and looked at Su Chen.

"I wish a bad guy a smooth and happy upbringing. Am I really that sinful?"

Su Chen was silent.

The cat ghost was delighted to hear this and laughed.

"You still know that you are deeply sinful. The big hole in your chest is because of your sins."

His expression quickly changed: "So you should get out of the orphanage right away and stop worrying about the children here."

The old man stopped swinging and stood up.

"Don't worry, I won't bless the child to grow up smoothly anymore."

The cat ghost was stunned and blinked blankly.

The old man spread his hands and said, "I don't have much time left. I came here because I have something that I haven't figured out in hundreds of years."

Cat ghost hums.

"You have a rock-hard head. I don't think you can even think straight, let alone figure it out."

"Ahem... well, if you give me the candy they gave me before, I'll help you figure it out, how about that?"

"Let me first state that I don't like candy, especially candy that's overly sweet."

The old man laughed and said, "Little cat, you should catch mice and eat them."

The cat ghost was furious.

"I've already told you I'm not a kitten, not a kitten, I'm a cat ghost, I'm in human form!"

The old man pointed at himself and said, "I am also in human form."

He seemed lost in memories.

“At first, it seemed like I was just a fog.”

"That woman knelt before me in the dead of winter, holding her child who had been running a fever for half a month. Her head was broken and bleeding. She lit incense, and only then did I gradually take on a human form."

"Their family was poor, so I often brought food to the child late at night: wild fruits from the mountains, wild rabbits and pheasants from the mountains."

"He's grown fat, white and plump. He likes me very much. He always calls me godmother and likes to climb on me."

"Unfortunately, after he started to study, the child stopped calling me godmother."

The old man sighed: "He called me - a monster!"

The old man placed his withered hand on his chest and slowly pulled out a nail from the hole.

It is about one meter long, as thick as an arm, and covered with rust.

Su Chen's pupils shrank slightly, and he subconsciously set up a power net around the old man.

I was afraid that he would act impulsively and harm the children inside.

The old man laughed again.

"Don't worry, I won't bless them, nor do I want to hurt them."

"I just can't figure it out."

"I'm his godmother!"

"Don't people say that filial piety is the most important virtue?"

"He obviously loves me so much, how could he be so cruel as to drive such a long nail into me?"

"I want to find someone who knows the truth and ask them, but only the children can see me."

……

Su Chen sighed.

Having reached a dead end, it is no wonder that even though one has the ability to remove the nail, one still has to endure hundreds of years of pain.

Cat Ghost rolled his eyes: "How stupid!"

"Do you know what 'the human heart is unpredictable' means?"

The old man nodded.

"But I raised him with him, I'm his godmother."

"Don't even mention godmothers. Even among biological parents, some people become beasts and kill their fathers and mothers. It's common."

The old man shook his head: "No, no, no, no, there were some beasts among those children, but they didn't stick nails in me."

Cat Ghost said disdainfully: "Of course he's afraid of you."

The old man was stunned.

He looked at Su Chen.

Su Chen: "..."

"Have you heard of 'Ye Gong likes dragons'?"

The old man shook his head.

Su Chen dragged the table and chairs under the eaves over and motioned for the old man and the cat ghost to sit down.

He told the story to the hairy moon.

Su Chen finished the short story and looked at the old man: "He doesn't like you at all, but you brought him delicious food to fill his stomach."

"I discovered you were a mountain spirit monster after reading, and I was afraid you would hurt him, so I attacked you first."

The old man was silent for a long time.

Then he burst out laughing.

"I thought the children's love for me was genuine."

"So, it's not true."

After saying this, his figure gradually became disorganized.

The cat ghost became anxious.

"What are you doing? Committing suicide?"

"It's just betrayal, what's the big deal?"

"I was often taken advantage of, but I didn't commit suicide."

"Hey, come back!"

"You, you, you...where's the candy you promised me?"

However, the only thing that answered him was the night wind.

The cat ghost looked at Su Chen helplessly, and the latter sighed.

"Don't feel guilty."

"You can't wake up someone who's pretending to be asleep."

"He just pretended to be confused when he knew the truth and asked questions when he knew the answers."

According to Cuicheng’s customs, during every New Year, children who have worshipped their godmothers will definitely go back to pay homage.

Over the past few hundred years, countless people have offered their sincerity to me.

But he was still immersed in the pain of being hurt and couldn't extricate himself.

The nail never pierced his body.

The cat ghost silently put down the bag and curled up in the shadows.

"You actually want me to rescue him, right?"

"Even when he plays games with children, it's just to get them to answer questions honestly."

Something about asking the child to give him something.

I'm afraid it was the cat ghost who instigated the child to do this.

Unfortunately, even if the old man knew, he just planned to go down this path to the end.

The Cat Ghost God looked at Su Chen and said, "Master Su, if the nails are pulled out, can the rocks still give birth to mountain spirits?"

"maybe."

The cat ghost was no longer depressed and picked up the bag.

"I'm going to look for that rock."

Su Chen nodded: "Okay, if I find it, I will also go and burn a stick of incense."

The cat ghost slowly bowed to him, then quickly disappeared into the corner.

Su Chen withdrew his gaze and was about to take the ghost path back home when a curious voice came from behind him: "Are you... Master Su?"