Chapter 145 - Bells (1/2)
The wooden cabin was actually very dilapidated. There was a large hole in the window and the door was also tattered. When you pushed it open, it would make a loud rusty creak.
Su Min stared at the child inside but he didn’t move any closer fearing that he would scare the other party. He asked: “What is his name?”
Xiao Su murmured: “No name.”
Su Min froze.
He felt that he could now guess the basic premise of this movie. Could the so-called “Taking My Surname” have something to do with this child?
Or was he Chen Su?
The more Su Min thought about it, the more he felt that he was on the right path. He just didn’t know what Chen Su looked like when he was a child so he couldn’t confirm it. He could only sigh.
He walked in slowly. The two children stood side by side and just watched him approach.
Su Min touched a wooden stool in the corner and was about to sit down when Xiao Su suddenly called out: “Don’t sit.”
He subconsciously pressed down with his hand.
The stool shattered in response.
Su Min: “……………..”
There was still danger around despite the cabin being so small.
Su Min moved away from the stool remnants and eventually stood in the centre of the wooden cabin. He asked: “You don’t remember your own name?”
The child said: “I don’t remember.”
His voice was very young. It carried a hint of confusion and daze.
Su Min suddenly felt like a father. For some reason, he wanted to raise and take care of this child.
He wondered if this was something caused by Chen Su.
Xiao Su said: “He doesn’t remember anything. He doesn’t even remember how old he is and what his name is.”
Su Min asked: “When did you first get to know him?”
Things probably developed differently compared to the other adults, so Xiao Su was in a good mood. He instantly gave a long explanation.
He only came to know this ghost child by accident.
Su Min’s second uncle and second aunt worked outside, so he basically lived in his aunts place. When there wasn’t much to do, he would go out to play.
This wooden cabin was previously unoccupied. Children would occasionally come and act like adventurers, but they later stopped because there wasn’t anything interesting.
When Xiao Su came over, he noticed that something wasn’t quite right.
There were a lot of new things around the cabin. Although he didn’t know what it was, he couldn’t remove it. Later when he looked through the window, he saw a child locked inside.
Su Min frowned: “Locked inside?”
Xiao Su nodded: “Yeah.”
He was locked inside and couldn’t move. When he later entered through the door, strong wind blew in, knocking the child to the ground.
That was when Xiao Su met him.
When Su Min heard Xiao Su’s words, he felt that there was some hidden meaning behind it. He quickly left the cabin and looked around.
This wooden cabin was indeed not normal.
Various bells were installed under the eaves and there were bells tied to red thread surrounding the entire wooden cabin.
In addition to that, there seems to also be a ditch around it.
Although Su Min wasn’t familiar with things like this, he could tell that things weren’t so simple.
He pulled the bell. It didn’t ring.
Xiao Su called out nervously from inside: “Don’t shake it. He’s scared.”
Su Min released his hold of it and went back in. He saw the frightened expression on that child’s face, “Did you hear the sound?”
The child nodded and whispered: “Heard it.”
As soon as he heard this answer, Su Min felt that all those installations were for ghosts. That was probably why he couldn’t hear it.
He didn’t know who did it.
Su Min squatted down. Like this, he was about the same height as the two of them, “Do you remember anyone strange appearing around here?”
The two shook their heads in unison.
Su Min reached out and touched the child’s head. The other party originally wanted to shy away but in the end for some reason he didn’t move.
His heart softened.
If this really was Chen Su, then that would mean that he had encountered something horrible at a very young age.
Su Min asked: “I’ll take you out okay? Staying here isn’t good.”
Hearing this, Xiao Su pouted: “He can’t go out.”
Su Min didn’t expect this answer. He had thought that the child could go around everywhere but, as it turned out, he had been in this cabin the whole time.
He said: “Wait.”
Su Min went back out. He went home to find a pair of scissors and planned to cut the red thread. Unfortunately, it didn’t work.
He didn’t know what those threads were made from, but they couldn’t be cut. If he accidentally touched it, the child inside could hear it.
Su Min didn’t dare be reckless. He decided to think of another method.
And more importantly, who was hiding him here, and what exactly did they want to do?
***
The next day, second uncle and the others went and found a godmother.
Su Min was afraid that this godmother would do something superstitious, so he quickly hurried over to Xiao Su’s place early in the morning waiting for the godmother’s appearance.
Around noon, the godmother was brought over.
When Su Min saw her, the other party also happened to see him. She smiled and then looked away.
Second aunt acted like she finally met her saviour. As soon as she saw the godmother, she rushed over: “Godmother, please see if my son has been possessed.”
Xiao Su was taken downstairs by second uncle.
The godmother looked at him and then she looked at Su Min. She then looked back at the expectant eyes of second uncle and second aunt: “No possession.”