"Me? What kind of reversal is this?!"
"What did Xu Ran do wrong? What did Nan Nan do? What happened to Xu Dad and Xu Mom??"
In the live stream, the viewers were numb.
They felt like they had eaten a pile of confusion fruits under the tree of bewilderment.
At first, they saw Xu Ran being possessed by a ghost.
He binged and purged, and even self-harmed by banging his head against the wall.
Then, Dan Zong and the paper effigy came out and captured the ghost.
It was supposed to end there.
But then, the viewer who had commissioned the task appeared and recognized the ghost child's identity.
It turned out to be Xu Ran's twin brother!?
So the question arose,
One twin was alive and well, while the other had become a ghost?
Was it due to the resentment of not being able to be born?
But as Xu Ran said,
If that were the case, the ghost child should have said: I could have had a life like yours.
Instead of: This should have all been mine.
The more they watched and analyzed...
The more the viewers felt their brains were insufficient.
Then, it was unclear what happened midway.
Xu Ran was shocked, Xu Mom was shocked, and Xu Dad was also shocked.
All three of them cried.
And they muttered, something like 'Nan Nan has been wronged...'
And now, Xu Ran had apologized.
Xu Dad and Xu Mom were also eagerly trying to give their bodies to the ghost child, Xu Nan.
No matter how imaginative the viewers were,
Without so much crucial plot information, they couldn't come up with anything.
"I'm done! Still don't get it!"
"Listening to them, it seems the ghost child was wronged, and Xu Ran is sorry for it, but!"
This was the most baffling part for the viewers.
If the ghost child were older, it would be fine, but the fact was—it died before it was born.
This...
"Forgive my limited brain, I really can't think of any sacrifice an infant could make."
"I want to guess, but I can't guess~"
"Can Dan Zong give some reaction?"
As if sensing their urgency, in the live stream—
Dan Zong finally moved.
...
The seven-colored egg, a shiny cloud mass, hit the ghost child. 'You wish!'
It then looked at the three people below: 'What are you fighting for? It belongs to our underworld.'
While they were spectating, and it was heartbreaking.
The task was not forgotten.
"......!!"
With these words, the ghost and the three people fell silent.
Oh no!
Completely forgot about this!
—If a ghost from the underworld appears, it must be to capture the ghost child and resolve this haunting incident!
Xu Ran, with tears streaming down his face, looked at Xu Mom:?
Xu Mom, with red eyes, looked at Xu Dad:?!
Xu Dad paused for a moment, looked towards the window, and pleaded:
"Lord Dan, can Nan Nan stay? We won't pursue this!"
This child... is too pitiful.
And too sensible.
After this ordeal, there were still many things he hadn't had time to experience.
Although they didn't understand underworld laws, they knew that ghosts causing trouble and being taken back wouldn't have a good outcome.
After all, even those who caused trouble in the human world were disciplined or punished by the police.
'Stay here for what? To let him kill you?'
The seven-colored egg instinctively replied, then remembered that Xu Dad was the client.
Logically, it was here to fulfill the client's request.
However...
This viewer was the client, but its direct client was the Master.
Thinking of the Master's past actions, the seven-colored egg made a decision:
—Take it back first!
As soon as it decided, it acted!
The seven-colored egg looked at the ghost and the three people. 'Are you done talking? Then I'll take it back to report first.'
After speaking, it beckoned to the paper effigy.
The paper effigy nimbly put the ghost child into the bag.
Then, it followed the seven-colored egg with the disguised robot.
In just a few seconds, the egg, the robot, and the paper effigy disappeared from their spots.
The Xu family trio:???
Just leaving like that?
Hey, hey, they hadn't even reacted yet.
You can't do this.
If asked if there was anything else to say, it would take three days and three nights to finish!
The bedroom fell silent.
After a long while, Xu Ran spoke, "Dad, did they really take Brother away?"
Xu Dad handed him the phone. "Mm."
They had returned to the underworld.
"Nan Nan, Nan Nan..."
Xu Mom suddenly murmured and went to the storage room.
Ignoring the dust inside, she pulled out the brand-new baby items.
Baby crib, baby toys, baby clothes...
"This is Nan Nan's, all of this is Nan Nan's, Nan Nan will use it."
As she moved them out, she asked Xu Dad, who was following her, "Do you think Nan Nan will like them?"
"Or should I buy new ones?"
"These are old..."
Xu Dad, with red eyes, held her back, wanting to say something.
But in the end, all he said was: "Nan Nan won't mind, he's very sensible."
"Why wouldn't he mind?!"
Xu Mom suddenly flung his hand away, crying hysterically, "He's just too sensible!"
"I wish he knew nothing!"
"Why wouldn't he mind! He's still a child!"
Such a tiny little thing...
He could have known nothing.
...
Xu Ran stared blankly at his mother, opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound.
Xu Dad noticed his son's reaction and quickly patted him. "Your mom isn't blaming you."
Xu Ran, with a pale face, nodded.
Xu Mom hugged her head, tears streaming down her face:
"If I had been stronger back then, I wouldn't have had a premature birth, and these things wouldn't have happened."
"If I had taken good care of my pregnancy, I wouldn't have caused Nan Nan to be like this."
"It's all my fault, all my fault..."
She wasn't a good mother.
She was bad.
It was all her fault.
Why did she have a premature birth?
Why did it turn out like this?
"If I had been more careful back then..."
"Wife."
"Mom."
Xu Dad, holding Xu Ran, embraced Xu Mom from both sides.
Xu Mom finally broke down and cried, as if to release everything suppressed in her heart.
"Wuwuwuwu—wuwuwuwu—"
Over the years, they had all tried to avoid mentioning that child.
But they never thought if that child wanted to be forgotten.
...
Meanwhile.
After being put into the sack, the ghost child snapped out of its hatred.
It struggled in the bag.
'Ahhh!' Let me go, let me out!
Then, the robot, mimicking Senior Dan's actions, hit it.
Thump!
It quieted down.
The seven-colored egg found a safe place and opened the underworld passage.
It quickly returned to the underworld.
Today was its first mission involving capturing ghosts.
It was also its first direct contact with human emotions.
Although it was heartbreaking.
But what it most wanted to know now was—
If the Master were here... what would he be thinking?
Perhaps, the Master had already witnessed countless human experiences?
...