I stood still with both legs stiff, instantly dumbfounded.

This group of people was clearly going in the opposite direction from me, how did they suddenly turn around?

In the time it took for me to be stunned.

Click—

Everyone's faces all lifted up in an instant.

Although these people looked up, their bodies were still bent down, appearing extremely eerie.

They were paper people.

In the mist, pale faces smiled at me, their rosy cheeks unusually vibrant.

The bright red little mouths opened together, emitting strange laughter:

"Let's g-g-go!"

"Ah ah ah, f**k!" I exclaimed in shock and ran with the umbrella.

The ground was muddy, and I ran with one foot deep and one foot shallow, not knowing how far.

I gradually saw the houses at the entrance of the village, and faintly heard dogs barking.

Looking at the familiar village, I finally wasn't so scared.

After stopping, I realized that I was soaked in sweat.

My heart was still pounding, suspecting if I had seen it wrong just now.

I've seen funerals in the village many times, but I've never seen anything like this.

I tried not to think about these things and just wanted to hurry home.

As I walked, I suddenly stopped.

Rustle rustle rustle...

The sound behind me also stopped.

On this road, it wasn't only the sound of my footsteps.

There was something following me from behind.

I stood stiffly, raindrops falling on the umbrella one by one.

Up ahead was the village's land temple, and today someone had lit a pair of white candles inside, their flames flickering.

I silently prayed to the God of the Land:

"In your territory, you can't just ignore this, can you..."

I didn't look back and hurried back home.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, I saw that the Earth God in the shadow wall shrine had two candles in front, still burning three sticks of incense.

The candles and incense were almost burned out, only leaving a faint glimmer.

The rain had stopped, I put away the umbrella and looked back at the street.

Pitch black, there was nothing.

After closing the courtyard gate, my anxious heart finally settled.

After relaxing, I suddenly felt as if several bricks were tied to my legs, making it difficult to lift.

A gust of cold wind blew from behind, and the two candles in front of the Earth God suddenly went out.

Later, I found out that something had entered my house that night.