C23 Strange Midwife Liu

There was a bright moon hanging in the sky, and the moonlight brought a hint of light to the dark night. However, the pale moonlight added a bit of coldness to the mountain. Walking in such an environment, people were already very nervous. That sudden sound that seemed to be there and there scared me so much that my stomach tightened and I almost peed.

"Who is it?"

I shouted out reflexively and stood where I was, listening with my ears up.

The sound disappeared. The mountain was quiet, and there was not even a trace of wind. It seemed that the sound I heard just now was an illusion.

No, it couldn't be an illusion. Although the sound was not loud, I could hear it clearly. It came from deep within the forest.

"Thief, did you hear it?" This was the first time I called the thief cat's name, and my voice was trembling.

The thief cat also stopped and turned its head to look at a certain place in the forest. It seemed to have sensed something, and its eyes became even more green. I thought of the book that said that when the Profound Cat saw evil spirits, its eyes would be especially green. Could it be that there really was a ghost in the forest?

"When the sky turns dark, don't go up the mountain. Ghosts hide in the night." This was not a joke, but an old saying that was passed down in our village. The old man often used it to warn his children not to go up the mountain when it was late at night. There were ghosts in the mountain.

When I was young, Poison Elder also told me that. I asked him if there really were ghosts hiding in the mountain.

He told me very seriously that there was one.

He said that ghost hiding people was a kind of trick to fool people. If there were more than two people going up the mountain, one of them would suddenly disappear for no reason, and no matter how the others searched, they would not be able to find him. That person would be hidden by the ghost. If you met that kind of situation, unless you could kill that ghost, you would only find the dead body of the missing person in the mountain after dawn. And if a person met a ghost hiding person, he would be confused and hallucinate. The person would find that the place that was originally a road had become filled with thorns, and they could not walk. And the place that was originally a cliff had a path. If the person walked along that path, the end result would undoubtedly be rolling down the mountain and falling to his death.

I am a curious person, but I am very timid. When I thought that I might meet a ghost, I was scared out of my wits. I staggered to the front of the thief cat and hugged it. Although it was just a cat, it was a Profound Cat. It was said that the Profound Cat could avoid misfortune. I felt a little more at ease when I hugged it.

The thief cat's body was especially agile. After it was picked up by me, it twisted a few times in my arms. It actually broke free of my embrace and climbed up my shoulders. It stretched out its claws and slapped me on the head.

I was hit by a cat! That bastard hit me so hard that it hurt. It was not the strength that a normal cat should have. It hurt so much that I grimaced in pain.

"Damn it, this is the only situation today. Normally, I wouldn't even care if it was me who was carrying it. Damn it..." I cursed in my heart as I held my head that had been hit.

The thief cat had already jumped from my shoulder to the ground. It stared at me and let out a heavy grunt. It seemed to be dissatisfied with me carrying it. Moreover, I could see disdain in its eyes. It was looking down on me. Not only was I beaten by the cat, but I was also looked down on by the cat.

Due to the special situation, I did not lower myself to the thief cat's level. However, its claw had woken me up. Cats were very sensitive animals. When they encountered danger or were nervous, they would raise their tails and arch their bodies. However, the thief cat seemed very calm. This seemed to mean that there was no danger.

"Sha Sha..."

After I thought through this matter, I suddenly heard a rustling sound from the forest. That sound seemed to be something that was moving through the forest. It slowly approached us. The direction that the sound came from was the direction that the thief cat had been staring at previously.

It shouldn't be a ghost. I thought to myself. The legendary ghosts were all tangible and intangible. When I heard the rustling sound, it sounded like the sound of people walking.

This discovery made me heave a sigh of relief. There was nothing to be afraid of.

The rustling sound was getting closer and closer to us. Soon, a figure appeared in the darkness.

"Who are you?" I shouted at the figure.

"Young man, don't go up the mountain at night. Ghosts are hiding in the night." An old voice sounded, and the figure walked in front of me.

The person who came was an old lady who was holding a crutch. I knew the old lady. She was Midwife Liu from our village. She was the midwife who gave birth to my mother with Second Uncle.

Midwife Liu was already very old. Her body was dry, like an old tree that had lost its moisture. The wrinkles on her face were like walnut skins, and she wore a black round hat. She was wearing a tuxedo with buttons, and her trousers were in her socks. She was wearing a pair of small embroidered shoes.

"Grandma Liu, why are you here?" After recognizing the person, I asked in surprise. It was not easy to walk in the dark. Why did she, an old lady, enter the mountain?

"M蚊 are a lot in the night. I picked up some mosquito grass." As Midwife Liu spoke, she raised her left hand. I saw that she was holding a handful of mosquito grass in her hand.

I frowned slightly. I thought to myself, this Midwife Liu is old. She must have become muddle-headed. There were a lot of mosquito grass under the roots of the mountain. Why did she have to come up the mountain in the dark and say that 'the ghosts are hiding in the night'? Wasn't she in the mountain? Wasn't she afraid of ghosts?

"Young man, which family are you from? Why don't I recognize you?" Midwife Liu stared at me for a long time and asked me with a puzzled expression.

Since I was in junior high school, I have been living in the school until I entered senior high school. I rarely went home for a few years. Even when I came back, I didn't see Midwife Liu much. Plus, she was old and had a bad memory, so it was normal for her to not recognize me.

I said, "Grandma Liu, I am Changsheng, the grandson of Jiang Renjin."

"Jiang Changsheng?" Midwife Liu repeated my name one word at a time, her brows furrowing like a piece of cloth. It was as if she was trying hard to search for memories of me in her mind.

After a full minute, I was about to lose my patience and do whatever I wanted. Midwife Liu took a deep breath and took a step back. She looked at me in surprise and said, "Jiang Changsheng, Changsheng, you are the child that Jiang Huaili took in?"

I thought to myself, this old lady finally remembered me. However, her reaction was a bit too big. Why was she so surprised?

I said, "Yes, Grandma Liu. You finally remembered me. It's not easy to walk on the road at night. I'll help you down the mountain." After saying that, I reached out to help Midwife Liu.

I thought that it was too late. If I met some evil and sneaky thing on the way up the mountain, it would be troublesome. I could talk about Qingzhi's matter after dawn. I would go down the mountain with Midwife Liu, and I could help her along the way so that she wouldn't fall.

However, just as my hand was about to touch Midwife Liu's body, she suddenly fell backwards as if she was startled!