A small figure lay in the ancestral hall, with no trace of color on their face.

Only the village chief was present at the scene. Faced with her pressing questions, the village chief evaded the issue with vague words.

One late night, a massive fire burned the Li family's house to ashes.

Li Nan's husband and mother-in-law, all perished in the ruins.

But she was nowhere to be found.

Several years later, Li Nan returned to the village alone.

She became the kind-hearted and warm Li Granny.

Sitting there, her gaze wandered aimlessly, clearly immersed in the painful memories of the past.

I carefully felt the rope behind me, while diverting her attention.

"But..."

"The killer who harmed your daughter didn't receive the punishment they deserved, and yet you became the one who harmed others!"

The air in the basement seemed to solidify.

Li Granny turned her head stiffly to look at me, and she roared, "Shut up!"

I chuckled softly, "Are you getting angry out of embarrassment?"

She suddenly rushed towards me and grabbed my neck, "You're talking nonsense!"

Then she burst into laughter, "My daughter is about to come back to life, but you will surely die!"

Seizing the opportunity, I pulled out the hidden blade from my sleeve and slashed at Li Granny's neck.

Painfully, she quickly stepped back a few paces, and I took the chance to cut the hemp rope on my wrist and run towards the door.

The moonlight seemed brighter.

The door was locked, and this old-fashioned lock could only be opened with a key.

Li Granny held a silver needle in her hand and walked towards me step by step.

Her smile at the corner of her mouth grew wider and wider.

The next moment, with a loud "bang," the door was broken open, and a baby crawled out.

She giggled and swiftly crawled to Li Granny's neck, then took a bite.

"No, it's impossible!"

The baby's strength was surprisingly strong, and Li Granny couldn't hold her at all.

Several figures appeared outside the door one after another, and Li Granny stared wide-eyed, full of disbelief.

"You all didn't die?"

The newcomers were my parents.

Li Granny claimed that she could trap the ghost doll for four days, but in reality, she had planned everything, and her resentment would be unleashed when I left home.

My parents remained alive but maimed, conveniently preventing anyone from disrupting her plans.

They were confused but enraged when they saw me lying on the ground.

"What are you going to do to Xiaoman?!"

Li Granny hastily took out talismans and stuck them on the baby's body, but the baby clung tightly to her.

My parents grabbed wooden sticks and smashed them on her head, causing blood to splatter.

The ghost doll was torn away, and Li Granny's windpipe was bitten through.

Two streams of bloody tears flowed from her eye sockets as she muttered something.

My father struck her again to eliminate any future troubles.

Li Granny ceased to exist.

Then, a dark energy dissipated from the baby's heart, and her body gradually disintegrated, revealing her true form.

It was a puppet doll.

In the corner, a talisman spontaneously ignited without any wind.