In the downstairs living room and beyond the bedroom door ahead, two identical little girls had both invited Jiang Chen over, leaving him caught in a dilemma.
He had heard of this kind of paranormal incident before.
A child heard his mother calling him from the kitchen at night. Just as he was about to go over, his mother's voice came from the bedroom beside him, telling him not to go-she had heard that voice too.
Someone online had said the best approach was to sling one of them over your shoulder and run.
If she was real, both he and his mother would be safe.
If she was fake, his mother would be safe.
"Phew..."
He took a deep breath and looked at the little girl ahead, giving her a gentle but resolute smile.
"Little girl, I've never risked my life for anyone before."
"Don't struggle in a moment. I'll take you out of here. If the one downstairs is the shadow, we'll be safe. If you're the shadow, your original self will be safe."
The little girl by the bedroom door opened her mouth, seemingly never having expected Jiang Chen to be such a positive person.
"That won't work. Once you run downstairs, my shadow will latch onto you. You haven't seen how terrifying she is yet. I can't let her keep doing evil..."
"If this keeps going, I'm finished. I'll become her-no, she'll become me, and I won't exist anymore!"
She shook her head as she spoke, her expression turning fiercer by the moment.
"I'll say this one last time. Come inside and hide."
"Uncles who don't listen get their eyes gouged out!"
As she spoke, she brought out the hand she had kept behind her back all this time. In it was a bloodstained spoon.
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