Ren Pi clearly didn't know Wang Xiaoshuai all that well. At least, he couldn't think of anything now. After comforting his daughter, he took her and Wang Xiaoshuai out for a meal, then went home.
When his daughter got home, she told her mother and grandmother what had happened.
Ren Pi's wife was a little surprised. His mother, on the other hand, seemed to be suffering from dementia. She reacted slowly and spoke in a somewhat disjointed way.
As I watched the old woman, I began to suspect something.
The demon must have approached her back then. Or had it seen from the start that she would refuse its bargain?
The family couldn't make heads or tails of it. Ren Pi's wife assumed their daughter had had a nightmare and, after seeing someone in real life, had confused them with the person from her dream.
Neither the mother-in-law nor the daughter-in-law took the matter to heart. After a while, the little girl forgot about it too, and happily got busy with her homework and cartoons.
Ren Pi was troubled, and for several days in a row, he couldn't sleep well.
His dreams kept showing him tossing and turning in bed. The little girl never came to him again that night, and life seemed to suddenly return to normal, though Ren Pi was left with insomnia.
Perhaps he was still afraid deep down. One day, he found Wang Xiaoshuai and said he wanted to go to Minqing.
"You saved me last time. But the whole matter was only investigated because of their help. They know a lot, and at the very least, they understand plenty. They might know what's happening to me." Ren Pi spoke earnestly. "I want to ask you to come with me. If we find them, we might