A living person!!!
Old Li's pupils contracted slightly, and his expression darkened at once. As a veteran paper-effigy craftsman, he had seen far more than Uncle Li.
He frowned and said, "Normally, anyone who makes a paper effigy of a living person is trying to harm them."
"Xiao Fan, although we haven't really kept in touch since your master passed away, you mustn't do anything bad."
"Your master liked helping people when he was alive. He was a very good, kind man. If you do something bad, I'm afraid you won't have the face to see him when you go down there."
Old Li worried that Lin Fan would stray down the wrong path. In his view, making paper effigies of living people usually meant wanting to do something like placing a curse on them.
So after saying his piece, he refused Lin Fan's request.
"Grandpa Li, you've misunderstood. I'm trying to save someone."
Lin Fan froze for a moment before realizing that Old Li had misunderstood, so he briefly explained Flexible Little Chubby's situation.
After hearing about Flexible Little Chubby and considering that Lin Fan wanted to make a paper effigy of this very much living person, Old Li gave it some thought.
He vaguely guessed what Lin Fan intended to do.
"So that's it. I thought you were up to something bad."
Old Li did not spell it out, instead asking obliquely, "Does this have something to do with a substitute?"
Lin Fan nodded. He had not expected Old Li to know about the Paper Effigy Substitute Technique, but then remembered that Old Li's paper-effigy craft had been passed down through generations. Moreover, Old Li belonged to a different era from his own. In that earlier era, Old Li clearly had more opportunities to encounter unusual things.
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