Li Xian had been a little surprised when Lin Shiming told him this. When he used the River God Doll, he had never paid any attention to where the item ended up. By the time he checked, it had returned to his inventory on its own, leading him to assume that all items had that function.
But Lin Shiming said this particular item was special, with an ability similar to "automatic retrieval."
Thinking about this, Li Xian walked into the bedroom-his parents' room. Everything he could see matched his memories perfectly. He began rummaging through the room as though searching for something.
The bookshelf, the desk, the drawers, the wardrobe-fortunately, there weren't many things in the room, and Li Xian knew it fairly well. It took him about ten minutes to search the whole place.
He didn't find what he was looking for.
Li Xian had more or less expected this result, so he wasn't too disappointed. He dusted off his hands and left, then searched the rest of the house the same way.
He found nothing else of note, and the doll didn't reappear beside him either.
Li Xian returned to the living room and immediately spotted the rag doll sitting by the entrance. And the front door, which had been locked from the inside...
Was open.
The eerie rag doll sat in front of the wide-open door. Beside it was a child-sized pair of sneakers, apparently taken from the shoe cabinet, as though it were tempting the child before it to go outside.
No wonder his "dad" had added, "Be good and stay home. Don't go wandering off," even after locking all the doors and windows.
So he knew this thing could open doors.
...So who should I listen to?
Li Xian quickly made his decision. He walked