So Jin Jin stopped responding and just lay on the bed crying, "I... I'm just scared."
Jin Jin didn't look up, but her voice was sweet and soft, and her crying sounded really pitiful. Yang Xiaoxiao comforted her for a few more minutes, and then she suddenly sat up and curled up in the quilt.
She looked at me pitifully, " Xiaoxiao... I'm really scared, can you sleep with me tonight?"
"Huh? I..."
"She can't."
Zhu An, who had been watching a movie with headphones on, interrupted, casually tossing his tablet onto the bed, his tone very confident.
Yang Xiaoxiao scratched her head. "How about this... I still have a lot of Jiang Ge's talismans here. I'll give you one; stick it on your bed and no ghost will dare to approach."
She was very generous; she took out a talisman from her bag and was about to stick it on Jin Jin's bed when she heard a very violent reaction.
"Can't!"
Jin Jin quickly backed away, shrinking into the blanket.
"I still have a psychological aversion to this kind of thing, so please don't let me see it. I'll just go to sleep..."
His tone was pitifully aggrieved.
"Alright then, you should go to sleep early."
Yang Xiaoxiao stuffed the talisman back in, patted the bulging little bag—these were all precious treasures!
She got out of bed, intending to go to the bathroom to wash her face. As she passed Zhu An's bed, their eyes met. Yang Xiaoxiao blushed, "Why are you looking at me... aren't you watching a movie?"
Zhu An took off the other earphone, gesturing, "Want to watch together?"
"... Okay, then wait until I finish my skincare routine."
Yang Xiaoxiao shuffled into the bathroom in her slippers; her moon-white nightgown looked especially beautiful in the light.
Only after the bathroom door closed did Zhu An smile, withdraw her gaze from Jin Jin's retreating figure, pause the screen, and look up at Jin Jin.
Upon closer inspection, a problem arose.
Zhu An sat up straight with a frown, looked at the person sleeping on the bed, then lowered her gaze. The moonlight streaming in through the French windows cast shadows on the ground.
But the bed surface in the shadow was flat, without any arches at all.
She glanced at her own reflection again, lay down in the same position, and confirmed that she could see her arched shadow.
Zhu An's heart skipped a beat, and he quietly tightened his grip on the talisman, his eyes gradually becoming wary.
I'm all better!
Yang Xiaoxiao skipped back excitedly, and as soon as she sat down on the edge of Zhu An's bed, she was pulled into the covers.
As soon as the blanket was pulled over her, Yang Xiaoxiao's face turned bright red. "What are you doing...?"
That's so fast!
"Shh."
Zhu An pressed two fingers to her lips and whispered in her ear, " Jin Jin has no shadow."
"!!"
Yang Xiaoxiao was startled and quickly patted Zhu An's hand to indicate that she understood. She then responded in a whisper after Zhu An moved her hand away.
"Perhaps... it's that fake Jin Jin."
Just like the versions of themselves they see.
Having spent several episodes with Jiang Nuo, Yang Xiaoxiao had developed a high level of acceptance towards supernatural and ghostly events.
Zhu An: "What should we do? I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for Jiang Nuo to come."
"Charm."
Yang Xiaoxiao tapped her wrist, took the talisman from Zhu An's hand, and folded it into a special shape according to the method Jiang Nuo had taught her, with two pointed corners, one large and one small.
"The big one, aim at the ghost; the small one, aim at yourself."
Zhu An pressed her hand down, "It's dangerous, I'll take over."
"... oh."
Yang Xiaoxiao blushed again, inappropriately. They were too close under the covers, and in the rising heat, she could almost smell the fragrance of Zhu An's neck and the long hair that had fallen around her neck.
Zhu An threw back the covers, suddenly grabbed Yang Xiaoxiao's hand, and stood in front of her, his eyes sharp.
Suddenly, Jin Jin sat up, facing them, her hair obscuring her face, revealing only her red eyes.
"Weren't you sleeping?"
Zhu An slowly tied up her hair to make it easier to move around later, and tried to make her tone sound like there was nothing wrong.
Jin Jin didn't answer, remaining seated, then slowly raised her head, "What... did you just see?"
Zhu An guessed she was referring to the shadow, and asked in a similar tone, "I'm watching a movie with Xiaoxiao, is there a problem?"
"Really... didn't you see the shadow?"
Jin Jin chuckled softly, tilting his head to look at her, "Didn't you see... the shadow?"
Zhu An: "I am night-blind and cannot see clearly."
Jin Jin: "..."
Suddenly choked, seemingly a little embarrassed and angry, he abruptly stood up.
Zhu An seized the opportunity, raised the talisman, and aimed it at Jin Jin. A golden light flashed out.
"Ah!!!"
Jin Jin screamed and quickly retreated, only to be blocked by Yang Xiaoxiao, who had secretly circled behind him, using three talismans.
"Ah!" Jin Jin screamed again, clearly in pain, and was forced to raise his arms to shield himself as he returned to the mirror.
"Holy crap!"
Yang Xiaoxiao, who witnessed the whole thing, swore.
"It's a ghost in the mirror!"
"No wonder we only see them from time to time, and they look so much like us."
"Go find Jiang Nuo."
Zhu An made a quick decision, "It's no longer safe here; she could walk out of the mirror at any moment."
"Yes, yes, yes! Let's go quickly."
Yang Xiaoxiao grabbed her hand and ran outside.
As soon as she came out, she bumped into Ming Xu, who was also rushing out in a hurry.
The three of them startled each other.
"It's you guys... wait, that's not right!"
Ming Xu still dared not relax, "You... you are human or ghosts?"
Hearing this, Yang Xiaoxiao understood that Ming Xu had probably also encountered a ghost.
"We are human beings, and we need to find Brother Jiang!"
"I'm going too!"
Ming Xu quickly followed, "I was so scared! Brother Sicun is nowhere to be found... I couldn't find him, but I found a ghost first."
The three of them went upstairs to look for someone, and just then they saw Jiang Nuo coming down, yawning.
"I heard you guys making a lot of noise late at night."
The corner of the corridor was dimly lit. Jiang Nuo stretched and said, "What's all the noise about? Let me hear it too."
" Brother Jiang!"
Yang Xiaoxiao rushed over, "A ghost! Jin Jin is a ghost!"
" Brother Sicun too..." Ming Xu was extremely worried.
"Ghost?"
Jiang Nuo became interested, rolled up his sleeves, and said, "Let's go take a look."
Zhu An asked, "Where's Si Yan? Wasn't she with you?"
Jiang Nuo: "He's sleeping."
He turned to look at Zhu An, and said with a smile, "You're not even sure you doubt me?"
Zhu An shook his head. "Just asking."
The group of four first went to the girl's room.
Pushing open the door, Jin Jin was indeed about to rush out of the mirror, and the talismans that Yang Xiaoxiao had stuck on the mirror were teetering on the verge of falling.
Jiang Nuo closed the door and moved her wrist.
"Just a kid."
Zhu An glanced at his closing motion, frowned, stepped back, and casually grabbed Yang Xiaoxiao's wrist.
It's just killing ghosts, why close the door?
The main problem is that Si Yan, who is inseparable from him during the day, didn't come along, which is really suspicious.
Jin Jin in the mirror was pounding and screaming wildly, but no one could hear what he was saying through the mirror.
Ming Xu suddenly turned pale and timidly leaned closer to examine it carefully.
"No... God Nuo, are you going to kill her?"