My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

In Qiao Dawang's eyes, the little girl's face was always the face of a female ghost.

He kept telling him that he wanted to show Lu Qianye how he ate people in Shiqiao Village.

He needs to make Lu Qianye hate him.

Qiao Dawang felt as if his eyes were covered with a layer of fog.

All he could hear was the female ghost's voice, and all he could see was her face.

“I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you! Then you won’t be able to tell anyone… I absolutely cannot let you tell Lu Qianye about me…”

However, despite his continuous tightening of his arms, he was unable to kill the female ghost in reality.

It can only kill girls.

The little girl's face turned bright red, and her legs initially kicked wildly, but then stopped moving completely.

Seeing this, Lu Qianye had no choice but to pry Qiao Dawan's arms off with both hands.

"You...let go! She's dying..."

Qiao Dawan couldn't hear Lu Qianye's voice at all.

Lu Qianye was also unable to use human strength to twist Qiao Dawan's arm.

In a moment of desperation, Lu Qianye kissed Qiao Dawang on the cheek as if possessed.

This moment caused Qiao Dawang to lose his composure temporarily.

Taking advantage of the moment when Qiao Dawan's grip loosened slightly, Lu Qianye tried to think of a solution.

Although she couldn't see the female ghost, she still felt that there was a reason why Qiao Dawang pinched the little girl; Qiao Dawang might be able to see her!

At that moment, she suddenly remembered something Joey had said.

“Miss Lu, if you stand here holding the knife, you'll be like a door god, guarding a certain place. That place will be safe, and even gods and ghosts won't dare to invade.”

"why?"

"Because you are stubborn and unyielding, you only care about right and wrong, you have a strong sense of justice and you believe in reason. This kind of person is very difficult to be swayed, even by gods and ghosts."

Thinking of this, Lu Qianye immediately drew his knife.

First, he took a picture of the girl.

Immediately, screams rang out.

Lu Qianye looked around, but she still couldn't see anything.

But being able to hear a sound is good!

She then brandished the knife at the girl, but didn't actually cut her; she just gestured.

The screams grew louder, almost screams of agony.

Then the sound disappeared, and Qiao Dawan's eyes stopped staring blankly. He saw the little girl, let go of her hand, and Lu Qianye caught her.

"I……"

Qiao Dawang shook his head, and after seeing the handprint on the girl's neck, he immediately squatted down.

"I didn't mean to kill her!"

Lu Qianye replied, "I know."

But she kept stroking the girl's back until the little girl coughed a few times and slowly woke up.

Lu Qianye and Qiao Dawan both breathed a sigh of relief.

The little girl didn't die!

After settling the little girl and the middle-aged woman into their beds in the inner room, Lu Qianye came over and asked, "Big Bowl, what is it that you said you absolutely mustn't let me know?"

"nothing!"

Lu Qianye crossed his arms and exhaled.

"Then why are you afraid of that female ghost? I heard her voice just now too, a scream. It was when I pointed the knife at the little girl's face that she made it. It's all fake. She's trying to sow discord. I won't fall for that kind of trick, but it seems like you won't."

Qiao Dawan bit her lower lip.

What he feared most was that Lu Qianye would find out about what happened in Shiqiao Village.

In fact, not only Lu Qianye, but also Old Man Qiao and all those who were good to him, he didn't want them to know about that matter.

The older you get, the more you realize that the things you did as a child were wrong, which makes you feel bad, and you can't change them.

He could only live in constant fear and regret his youthful ignorance.

Lu Qianye continued, "Big Bowl, I hope you'll tell me the truth. Look, we still don't know why that female ghost targeted this little girl, and even after you arrived, she came after you. If you don't tell the truth, how am I supposed to understand you?"

If something happens, how will I know which one is the real you?

Upon hearing this, Qiao Dawang suddenly looked up.

What if something goes wrong and Sister Lu is forced to break through her shield of justice?

So Qiao Dawan lowered his head, twirled his hands, and said, "Sister Lu, after I finish speaking... will you not hate me?"

Before Lu Qianye could speak, Qiao Dawang said, "Forget it, let me hear my story before you make a judgment. In Shiqiao Village... I've eaten hundreds of souls."

Qiao Dawang said, "Do you still remember the lie that Qiao Yi told when she first met Lu Qianye?"

They came down from Stone Bridge Village, with Dog God in tow.

It is said that there is no one left in Shiqiao Village.

"I ate the souls of nine out of ten people in Shiqiao Village. The flower-dyed remains were meant to suppress me."

Lu Qianye was taken aback.

Looking at Lu Qianye's expression, Qiao Dawang knew he was in the wrong, so he lowered his head.

"Although they always say that it was that shadow monster who bewitched others and caused the trouble, and that I shouldn't take that blame on myself, it is true that I ate so many souls."

Lu Qianye coughed.

"Why do you eat so many souls?"

"At that time, I knew nothing."

Lu Qianye asked again, "Are there any good people in there?"

Qiao Dawang clenched his fist behind his back.

He nodded, his voice choked with emotion, and said, "There are...there are many good people..."

But he immediately added, "Sister Lu, I didn't mean to. I was in a semi-conscious state at the time. I didn't know anything. When my soul came back, I ate... I'm a glutton! So..."

Qiao Dawang wanted to find many excuses for himself.

However, everything he said was untenable and unconvincing.

He can't even lie.

All he could say was in a tearful voice, "Sister Lu, please don't hate me..."

Qiao Dawan's eyes were filled with tears; he looked extremely pitiful.

Lu Qianye remained silent for a long time.

She also has her own troubles.

Although she has lived for so many years and people always say she is insightful, in the end, she is just an ordinary person.

The incident involving Qiao Dawang somewhat shocked all her previous understanding.

There was more than one good person who took advantage of others, and they didn't know why they did it at that time.

Taken individually, none of these traits would be considered a label for a "good person".

They could even be categorized as "utterly heinous" bad people.

But this same Qiao Dawang is pitifully trying to convince himself not to dislike him...

Is it annoying? No, it's more of an unexpected heartache.

It was during the trial that I witnessed the heartbreaking impact of witnesses realizing that the murderer was someone they knew very well.

"Sister Lu, I promise, after leaving Shiqiao Village, I have never eaten any other person or any other spirit!"

Lu Qianye remained silent.

Qiao Dawang couldn't resist grabbing Lu Qianye's hand, but Lu Qianye pulled his hand away first.

"Sister Lu, you still don't believe me, right?"

"It's not a matter of whether I believe it or not. I just... can't understand it."

Qiao Dawan pursed his thin lips into a line.

He stood up and asked anxiously, "Is it true that if a bad person does one good deed, they are still a good person no matter how bad they are? And if a good person does one bad deed, they are still a bad person no matter how good they are?"