Chapter 21 Porcelain Doll

Dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-

A sound of footsteps came from the stairs. Perhaps because the stairs were made of wooden and the tower was relatively empty, the dullness of the sound seemed particularly abrupt.

Xiao Xia stood up and looked vigilantly at the entrance of the stairs. She saw a figure slowly turning around, it was reporter Ma.

"Is there something wrong?" Xiao Xia and reporter Ma were not familiar with each other and didn't understand what he came up to do.

"No. I just asked if you want to drink water?" Reporter Ma raised his hand and had a bottle of mineral water in his hand.

Drink water? Of course I want it. Since I entered this empty city, I don’t know how long it has been. I have been running for life and being frightened. I have been so thirsty.

"Where did you get the water?" Xiaoxia took the water bottle and asked hesitantly.

"My backpack is always on my backpack." Reporter Ma pointed to the backpack on his back, "I brought it myself."

Xiao Xia breathed a sigh of relief, really afraid that he had poured water from the lake. However, when he looked down, he saw that the bottle of water had not opened before, and he secretly laughed at the scare that he was so suspicious that he was too scared.

"Thank you."

"It's okay. But--" reporter Ma smiled, "There's not much water anymore, you can share it with Mr. Ruan. He has been protecting us, probably the most tiring thing."

"Well, okay, I'll give it to him."

"He-is is okay? I think he looks in bad health."

"It's okay, he's just a little tired, he'll get better after a while of rest."

"Then - I'll leave first. Remember to give him a drink! I must remember!" Reporter Ma said with concern, but Xiao Xia keenly felt that his eyes were a little disappointed. Why is this, she felt a little strange.

Seeing him slowly walking down the stairs, Xiao Xia sat down again.

She felt a little uneasy, always feeling something was wrong, but she couldn't grasp that feeling. It seemed that an extremely small grain of sand was hitting her soft heart. She couldn't tell which part it was, but it hurt her and couldn't dig it out. It mixed with her flesh and blood, allowing her to deeply understand what the feeling of thorns in the flesh. She looked at the water in her hand, and there was nothing unusual, and even the production date of the bottle mouth was intact, so it was impossible for her to do anything.

Have you thought too much? But they are currently in such a dangerous environment, so they should be extra careful. This empty city is not just a dangerous place, but a crisis and trap!

She looked at the bottle of water in her hand again. The strong feeling of hunger in her mouth made her want to open it and drink it immediately, but in the end she licked her dry lips and placed the bottle of water next to her.

Let's wait until Ruan Zhan recovers some spiritual energy before talking about it. He should be able to know if there is any problem with this water. Now her main task is to protect him and not let anyone or spirit body come in and disturb him. Although she has no ability, if there is anything, she can try her best to help him block it!

But, what's wrong?

Dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-

Someone came upstairs again, but this time it was Liu Hong!

Xiao Xia frowned. She was very annoyed by this woman because she had not contributed any strength since she encountered a strange thing. Not only that, she has also caused more trouble to everyone. If possible, she didn't want to say a word to her, but at this time Liu Hong walked towards her with a smile, making her unable to avoid it.

"What's the price?" Xiao Xia was still a little rude.

"Xiaoma asked me to bring some food." Liu Hong smiled flatteringly and raised the bread in his hand. "He has a lot of things in his backpack."

"Thank you, let's put it here!"

Liu Hong carefully placed the bread on the railing, "I don't know when Mr. Ruan can take us out? Being trapped here is not a big deal! He - okay? I want to see him, but I don't know if it's okay?"

"He's very good." Xiao Xia was cold, "It doesn't seem necessary. He's resting. When he's ready, he will definitely take us out, don't worry."

"That's good, that's good. I just care." Liu Hong glanced at the bottle of water that was not drunk next to Xiao Xia, "Aren't you hungry? Otherwise, you can eat something first?"

She kept smiling and Xiaoxia was embarrassed to be too merciless, so she stood up and said, "Thank you, I'll eat later."

Liu Hong nodded to Xiaoxia with a 'oh', and seemed a little disappointed, then turned around and went downstairs.

Looking at Liu Hong's back, Xiao Xia's uneasy feeling of uncatchment appeared again. What were they going to do? Why did they act disappointed if they couldn't see Ruan Zhan? Did there be some changes outside the tower that made them so anxious to go out? Fortunately, she didn't reveal anything to them, otherwise she wouldn't know what would happen to them? But, what was unreasonable and made her feel unsmooth, and there was something wrong?

She took two steps to get the bread placed on the railing. But the moment her finger touched the bread, a light flashed in her mind suddenly - she finally understood something was wrong!

Footsteps!

The ground of the entire tower is made of wooden and so empty, so of course there will be a sound when walking, but it is definitely not the "dongdongdongdong" sound of muffled sound. Just now, reporter Ma and Liu Hong felt like they were deliberately smashing the wooden board downwards. Although the sound was not too loud, it was still very stiff!

Also, at that time, Xiao Xia focused her energy on what Liu Hong said and her expression, and did not realize her physical condition. When she recalled carefully, a detail made her heart tighten instantly and almost stopped beating!

Her feet are wrong!

Reporter Ma was wearing long clothes and trousers, so he didn't think anything was abnormal except for the sound of footsteps. However, Liu Hong was wearing an exquisite dress, which was longer than the knees, revealing only a small piece of her calf and ankles. When she walked up just now, she didn't stand to the top stairs and couldn't see her legs at all, but when she went downstairs, Xiao Xia could see clearly!

Her legs are not as slender and soft as normal, but are very stiff, fat, and have a pale plaster-like luster!

Her legs are not human legs!

Thinking of this, Xiaoxia took a breath of air conditioning and touched the bread on the railing, allowing the bread to fall to the next floor. She subconsciously looked down and suddenly found that the whole tower was deformed and no longer what it was. The corner of the stairs was dark, and there was no way to see where the next floor was. The stairs seemed to have no end!

Oh--

A sound of breath came from behind her, scaring her to look back immediately like a conditioned reflex. Within the sight, she was still empty. The entire top floor, except for a small room separated by herself, was the only one herself.

But, the feeling of being spying is quite strong!

She looked at the window in horror, and saw that the mist like white paint outside the window had faded at some point. At this moment, the glass window was densely covered with faces! Men, women, young and old were all expressionless, their eyes were blue, and their lips were not on their faces, but they were staring at her clearly, full of hatred!

They were surrounded and must notify Ruan Zhan!

Thinking of this, she immediately rushed towards the small room, but she didn't move her steps at all. She felt her two stiff arms blocking her waist, and her mouth was also covered by a hand without temperature.

"Don't move! Haha, don't go to inform me, otherwise you will be killed together and killed with the whole village!" A 'person' went around her and said.

It was Liu Hong, which means that the one who clamped her into motion was Ma. Or, it was two dummies with the appearance of Liu Hong and Ma reporters!

Xiao Xia struggled desperately, but it was useless. The "Ma reporter" behind her was extremely powerful, and the arm around her waist made her feel that her ribs were about to break.

"There are faults, and the debts are the masters. If you have any grievances, just say it. I can help. Don't kill innocent people indiscriminately!" Xiao Xia couldn't speak, so she could only do this, but she felt that the other party could understand.

"It's useless." Liu Hong said, "No one asked us to say a word back then. You don't need to defend yourself, everyone is guilty!"

"What's my fault?" Xiao Xia continued to say "hmm", trying hard to increase the vibration of his voice, intending to let Ruan Zhan in the room hear it.

"You are guilty of being with them!" "Liu Hong' suddenly became fierce, "Don't expect to notify the mage inside. No matter how loud you scream, the sound cannot be heard inside. I have surrounded it!"

"Be careful, Ruan Zhan, be careful!" Xiao Xia ignored what she said, just struggling.

With a 'bang', her foot kicked 'Liu Hong' in the leg. She tried too hard, and the pain from her toes made her tears fall, feeling that her toes might have broken.

'Liu Hong' could understand her heart and smiled maliciously, "You are fine, it's me who has something to do. My leg was kicked off by you." She bent down and picked up a piece of fragment, "Look, you kicked my leg bone." She said as she installed the piece of fragment on her calf again.

Xiao Xia couldn't move, so she had to force herself to look down. She saw that "Liu Hong's legs were made of clay, or that their whole body was made of clay! Now the only one who talked to her was just a clay man! No, to be precise, her legs were brightly colored and were porcelain! She was talking to a porcelain man! But where did the real Liu Hong and Ma reporter go? Was he killed? In this way, did the temple tower not block these resentful spirits and let them catch up?

"I guess right, I'm not a clay man! I'm the most exquisite porcelain, do you understand? The best porcelain fired!" "Liu Hong" suddenly shouted, "Take her into the cabinet!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Xia felt a huge force throwing her back and she fell off the stairs. Before she went down, she had only time to take a look at the door handle of the cottage.

On that is her amulet.

Fortunately, she just wrapped the amulet on the door handle, hoping that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva would bless Ruan Zhan with peace! She thought with comfort in this way, feeling that she had been falling, but she did not fall on the stairs. Sure enough, the tower changed, making the stairs grow to an endless extent!

With a "swish", she was sucked into the darkness and no longer fell down, but she could not move anymore. She felt bound by an invisible force and locked in a cage by something!

"Open your eyes and see who I am?" A voice rang out.

This time it was not Liu Hong's voice, but it was also a woman's voice. Her tone was not soft, but she had a bit of naughty feeling. She was so familiar that she could hear every day, it was her own! It was herself!

In amazement, Xiao Xia felt her eyes lit up and saw clearly the person in front of her.

Who is not me? Or who occupied her body? And why did she become so small, but the body that once belonged to me was so big? Is it because my soul is very small?

"That's right!" said the 'person' who occupied her body proudly, "I occupied your body, and it feels pretty good. Unfortunately, under the spells that man cast, I can't use a person's body for a long time, and it will slowly turn into porcelain, because I was originally a fired porcelain!"

‘She’ laughed loudly, raised her arm and turned into a piece of snow-white porcelain.

Xiaoxia felt cold all over. It was not just because her soul was pulled out of her body, nor because her body turned into porcelain, but because she suddenly understood what the resentful spirit was going to occupy her body.

"Yes, I used your body to deceive that mage! He only trusts you and does not make any defenses against you. We already know that he was injured and has little ability. If I performed well, if we worked together, he would die without a burial place!" "She" became angry again, "Mage deserves to die! Mage deserves to die! He should not help the evil, seal us in a dark place, so that this huge injustice will not be complained about! Otherwise, we would have had this resentment long ago, and we would not have stayed in this place where yin is not yin and yang is not yang, and suffered endless suffering!"

"Don't hurt him, I won't do anything about him! He is not the mage who suppresses you!" Xiao Xia screamed in anxiety. This time, she heard her voice, but it was as small as a mosquito.

"If you are a mage, you should die!" 'She' said in a soft voice.

Xiao Xia looked at her face in shock and showed such treacherous malice, feeling extremely uncomfortable. She could not imagine that an evil spirit used her hands to hurt the person she loved the most, the man she kept in her heart warm. This is the heaviest punishment in the world, how could she bear it!

"Don't go! Please! He is the most innocent! He always forces him, he has never hurt others! Don't count everything on him! Don't!" Xiao Xia shouted, desperately hitting the wall surrounding her, but found that the "house" moved under her crazy impact, but she still did not get out of the cage, but the scenery in front of her changed, as if her angle of looking at things had changed.

Just when she was at a loss, a hand suddenly reached over, and the resentful spirit that occupied her body grabbed her. She thought it would hurt, but she didn't. She was dizzy. When she calmed down, she saw the glass exhibition cabinets placed on both the second to seventh floors of the tower appeared in front of her.

When I went up the tower, I was hurried and nervous. In addition, the light was dark, so she hadn't looked carefully. Only now did she see that there were rows of porcelain dolls in the glass cabinet! It was finely made, colorful, with different expressions from men, women, young and old, and lifelike!

Looking closely, it still looks familiar! The eyebrows, clothes, and special marks on the face -

It turned out to be the Shuanzhu family who intended to invade her in the white mist! There are also the silent "people" she saw on the commercial street when she met Ruan Zhan, the couple who walked by her, the female ghost who once laughed secretly when she kissed Ruan Zhan!

The sky was spinning, and she understood that the resentful spirit was holding her and looking around because the cabinet was placed around the room.

After just looking around, the more she looked, the more she became more shocked, because she saw people she was more familiar with - Zhao Jiayuan, Ma reporter, and Liu Hong! Apart from those who had seen the death with her own eyes, only Zuo De and Mao Fu were not there. These porcelain dolls were placed according to certain spacing rules, with only a blank space in one place!

Is that her place? Xiaoxia thought in horror.

So she would feel that she was so small, so she would feel that she was trapped in a "room" that she could not get out of. It turned out that her soul was placed in a porcelain doll! But when did this happen? Liu Hong and others lost their bodies and were placed here like themselves? So are other porcelain dolls where the resentful spirits live? Then wouldn't she be in the middle of the resentful spirits? If Ruan Zhan could not realize this, she would always be a little porcelain person, and be visited as a decoration, and live a life that could not be escaped without sun or moon?

They first occupied the bodies of reporter Ma and Liu Hong, and then slowly approached themselves. Perhaps they didn't know about Ruan Zhan's situation, so they tried twice that the water was bread, so they must use her hand to poison Ruan Zhan!

Fortunately, she was not deceived, but what should I do now? Although she didn't say anything, they still felt that Ruan Zhan's condition was not good, so they had to borrow her body to deceive and hurt Ruan Zhan!

What to do? What to do?
To be continued...