C2 Dirty Daughter Peak
I didn't expect that Sister Xiujuan would come to me so late at night.
Her old body was hunched out of my window, her hair was disheveled and dirty, and she looked completely different from her beautiful self.
She whispered to me, "Can I go with her to this shameful girl mountain?" She said she had a way of getting herself back to her original form. She just needed me to go with her to the summit of Mimi Peak.
"After sister regains her looks and marries into the city, I'll give you lots of candy every day. Huaizu, can you help sister?" That way, HuaiZu will be able to eat a lot of delicious snacks in the future. "
Sister Xiujuan was begging me in such a pitiful manner. After all, she was my big sister who had played well and would often share whatever food was good with me. My heart softened as I ignored what my grandfather had told me and decided to help her.
"However, Sister Xiujuan, it's already so late. How about we go up the mountain again tomorrow?" It was windy outside, and it sounded a little scary.
Sister Xiu Juan shook her head firmly. "No, it must be tonight. Huaizu, I know you are a good child, so help me. "
After hesitating for a while, I finally agreed to elder sister Xiujuan's request. She let me quietly walk out of the room, so as to not disturb my grandfather who was sleeping in the room next to mine. I quietly took out her skinny hands and grabbed my arm.
The bright moonlight shone on Sister Xiujuan's old face. Her facial features were ugly, and there were even spots of age on her face. Just like the old demoness in the story, I felt a chill down my spine as I panicked inside.
We walked for a long time to the foot of Mimi Peak. On the way, Sister Soo Juan didn't say a single word, just kept walking. She sounded so short of breath that it made me feel very regretful, and I asked Sister Soo Juan in an aggrieved and timid manner, "Can we not eat her candy and go back to sleep?"
"No, I'm already here. You have to accompany me up the mountain."
Sister Xiujuan's voice was hoarse, and her grip on my arm tightened, as if she was afraid that I would suddenly turn around and run away. It hurt, but I didn't dare to say it out loud.
At this moment, elder sister Xiujuan made me feel very scared. In the past, elder sister Xiujuan was very gentle and would never treat me like this.
Sister Xiujuan let me walk in front. Although the Shrewd Peak was very high, it wasn't too steep. It didn't take long for us to reach the top of the mountain.
There was a temple on Maid Peak, formerly a military command center built by the Kuomintang during the war, which was later renovated into a temple.
According to the older generations, at the beginning, there were many monks in this temple, but after the plague, many monks died. Gradually, there were no more monks, and this temple had been abandoned until now.
Sister Xiujuan was standing in front of the door of the Shrewd Temple, her turbid eyes rolling around. The surroundings were filled with weeds, and the Shrewd Temple was in such a state of disarray that bricks and tiles fell off. Even the signboard outside the door had been slanted by a large amount, so I really didn't know what she was looking at.
"Come, Huaizu, let's go in."
Suddenly, Sister Xiu Juan opened her mouth and grabbed my arm as she walked towards the temple of the shy girl. She didn't give me any room to refuse her, so I had to let her pull me into the temple of the shy girl.
The temple was dark, as if not even the moonlight could shine in, so the light was not too good. The items on the floor were scattered randomly around. There was no one to take care of the mess, and the smell of moldy damp assaulted his nostrils.
"Sister Xiujuan … Why would we come to a place like this? "
I asked timidly. The taste of this shy girl's temple was really unpleasant, but Sister Xiujuan didn't seem to care about it. She didn't answer my question, but continued to pull me towards a very tall statue before stopping.
When I first saw this statue, I felt a strange shiver in my heart. This man was like a woman without clothes, his body was as white as snow, the surroundings were messy and dirty, only she was as clean and spotless as this woman. She stood tall in the dark corner and said something in a quiet voice.
Although it was a mannequin, I always felt that she was like a real person. Especially when I looked at her eyes, they were suffused with a kind of vivid light, as if she was sizing me up and Sister Xiujuan.
I recalled what the villagers said before. They said that there was a statue of a shy girl worshiped on the edge of the Maid Peak's temple. Could the statue in front of me be the legendary statue of a shy girl?
Sister Xiujuan led me to stand in front of the female statue. She looked at it for a while, and her eyes seemed to radiate a strange longing and eagerness. Then, with a plop, she suddenly kneeled down.
Xiujuan's sister held her hands together as she looked at the female statue, her hoarse voice filled with piety, "I've brought HuaiZu here, please, please let me return to my original form. I want to marry into the city, I don't want to stay in this small mountain village and live a miserable life …"
Sister Xiujuan kept repeating the same words over and over again as if she had been possessed by a witch.
Suddenly!
Sister Xiu Juan's body shuddered. The grief on her face disappeared. It was like a mask had been draped over her face. There was no emotion on her face, only an endless blank.
After a while, she stood up and turned around to look at me. Her wrinkled face seemed to have a dry expression on it. I don't know why, but a word suddenly popped into my mind — smile without laughter!
"HuaiZu be good, quickly turn around. Big Sis will give you candy to eat."
Sister Xiujuan wanted me to turn around with my back to her, and although that was nothing, I was scared, especially when I saw her like this. It was as if there was a voice in my heart telling me not to turn around.
I looked at her piteously, as I always did when I asked her for sugar: No, I... I don't want to eat candy. Sister Xiu Juan, let's go back now, okay?
Xiujuan's sister showed her dry yellow teeth and said that if I turned around, she would agree to come back with me. I thought that Sister Xiujuan had really agreed to me, so I quickly turned my back to her.
Alright, Sister Xiu Juan, let's go back...
Suddenly! A pair of hands reached out from behind my head!
Before I could react, the pair of shriveled claws grabbed my neck, and it became extremely difficult for me to breathe. My hands and feet subconsciously struggled desperately, trying to break free of Sister Xiujuan's hands, but she also tried her best to hold on to me. She was stronger than me to begin with, and even if I used all my strength, I wouldn't be able to resist her.
I felt my vision begin to blur and my head grow dizzy.
"Don't be afraid of Huaizu. Big Sis knows that you're not feeling well right now, so just treat it as taking a pinch for big sis's sake." When your sister recovers, your sister will be able to marry into the city and you will be able to eat the delicious candy your sister bought. "Think about how delicious and soft that banana is."
Sister Xiujuan's hoarse voice echoed sinisterly in my ears, as though a turbid breath was spraying onto my earlobes.
"But …"
Sister Xiu Juan screamed, "What a pity that you can only go down to the Underworld to eat!"
Sister Xiujuan's hands tightened around my neck, as if she was trying to strangle me. I felt a sharp pain. I couldn't resist anymore. In the end, my eyes turned black and my head tilted to the side. My body became limp, and I couldn't stop myself from losing track of what was happening in the outside world.
However, at the last moment before I fainted, I vaguely saw Grandfather's figure running towards me …
