My Family Is Very Odd

Li Xiao Gui naturally opened her big, glassy eyes and looked at the Burly ghost. “Dad, can we keep it?”

The Burly ghost was about to refuse, but he stopped. He let Li Xiao Gui keep the small, strange creature.

Li Xiao Gui happily opened the door to her house and stood at the entrance, changing her shoes with one hand. The small creature saw that it was inconvenient for her and jumped down from her arms.

Even so, Li Xiao Gui still struggled a little. Her shoes were flat with buckles, and she had to bend down to unbuckle them.

Shen Chen followed Li Xiao Gui to the entrance and reached out his large hand towards her. Without thinking, Li Xiao Gui shook her hand and placed it in his.

Shen Chen supported Li Xiao Gui, and she held his hand, steadily lifting her foot to unbuckle her shoes.

The Burly ghost's two black eye sockets stared at their clasped hands.

Free from her shoes, Li Xiao Gui happily ran inside. "Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, Brother, I'm home!"

"Xiao Gui is back?"

"Welcome back, little darling."
"Xiao Gui, Xiao Gui, Brother made you delicious pudding!"

Shen Chen silently watched Li Xiao Gui's energetic back. When he looked back, he inadvertently met the Burly ghost's staring eyes.

Shen Chen felt awkward.

The Burly ghost saw that they had only held hands normally and had not done anything else intimate. Finally, he didn't say anything and silently turned around, following Li Xiao Gui.

Shen Chen was puzzled.

Although Li Xiao Gui had already eaten, the Strong ghost still prepared a lot of fruits and desserts for her, as well as a bowl of rich coconut milk sago.

The small creature sat beside Li Xiao Gui, and the Strong ghost also prepared a special meal for it.

Li Xiao Gui waved to Shen Chen. "Shen Chen, come here quickly. Brother made us a lot of delicious food!"

Shen Chen nodded.

On the table, Shen Chen also had the same snacks as Li Xiao Gui.

Li Xiao Gui said, "Shen Chen, why don't you stay at my house tonight?"

It was very common for Shen Chen to be invited to stay at Li Xiao Gui's house. Even if Li Xiao Gui didn't say it, the ghosts of the ghost house would usually invite Shen Chen to stay if it was late.

After all, they all went to the same school and could go to school together after waking up.

But this time, when Li Xiao Gui said this, all the eyes in the ghost house suddenly turned to Shen Chen.

"Yes." Shen Chen nodded hesitantly under their strange gazes, then looked at them in puzzlement. "What's wrong?"

Ghost Granny smiled and shook her head. "Nothing, nothing."

Shen Chen always felt that the ghosts in the ghost house were acting strange today. He took a sip of the sago and then looked at the small creature beside him.

His eyes gradually narrowed.

He put down the spoon and suddenly asked the creature, "Why were you at the amusement park today? Did you know that Xiao Gui was in danger? Did you know what happened at the amusement park today? Why did you say you were worried about her and wanted to protect her? Why did you look like Xiao Gui when you turned into a human?"

Shen Chen frowned, his face extremely cold.

Li Xiao Gui suddenly remembered why she thought the creature's words were strange at that time. She also looked at it and softly called out, "Little creature, why?"

The creature had been burying its head in the food prepared by the Strong ghost, ignoring Shen Chen's questions. It didn't look up until it heard Li Xiao Gui call it.

The creature ignored everyone but Li Xiao Gui.

It said, "Smell, Xiao Gui, find, her."

"Adult, said amusement park, have disobedient, parasites. I smell, many, bad. I want, protect good, Xiao Gui."

"I want, protect, Xiao Gui. I like, Xiao Gui."

Li Xiao Gui said, "But do we know each other? How do you know me?" Just like her birthday, they didn't know each other, so why did it give her candy?

The creature looked at Li Xiao Gui blankly and just said, "Like Xiao Gui, like, candy."

The creature took out another candy. It was really unknown how many candies were hidden in its black body.

Li Xiao Gui was puzzled.

Shen Chen calmly asked, "Who is the adult? Who are the parasites?"

The Young ghost was listening casually, his expression indifferent and uninterested. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something. His eyes abruptly turned to Li Xiao Gui, and he asked, "Xiao Gui, it's Sunday today. Have you finished your homework?"

Li Xiao Gui's eyes, which were still thinking, suddenly froze. She sat up straight and said nervously, "Not yet! I'll go do it later!"

Li Xiao Gui quickly finished her sago, picked up a fruit, and stood up. "I'm going to do my homework!"

Ghost Granny's gentle voice said slowly and kindly, "Walk slowly, don't rush, don't fall."

The small creature immediately wanted to jump off the stool and follow her, but the Young ghost grabbed it by the back of its neck again. The Young ghost educated it, "Xiao Gui is going to study. Don't disturb her. If I see you pestering her, I'll throw you out."

Perhaps sensing the threat, the small creature didn't bare its fangs and claws. It just looked at the Young ghost with its faceless face.

"Xiao Gui has to go to college." The Young ghost looked at the small creature and added, "You little thing."

Ghost Granny said worriedly, "Yes, how many days until Xiao Gui's college entrance exam?"

Ghost Grandpa replied, "556 days."

Ghost Granny exclaimed, "Only 556 days left! What about Xiao Gui's math?"

The ghosts of the ghost house began to discuss, seeming to care more about Li Xiao Gui's college entrance exam than what they had just been talking about.

Shen Chen was led astray and said seriously, "Don't worry, there's still a year. I will help Xiao Gui."

The Female ghost stopped yawning and said, "Yes, yes, then you two study hard and don't fall in love early."

Shen Chen was stunned. What?

When Shen Chen walked into Li Xiao Gui's bedroom, she was sitting at her desk, looking down at her test paper for a while, then flipping through her notebook in a mess, the cap of her pen resting on her chin, her light eyebrows furrowed.

Shen Chen walked softly behind Li Xiao Gui, bent down slightly to look at her test paper, his voice cold and deep but gentle, "What don't you understand?"

Li Xiao Gui raised her head. Shen Chen's white, firm chin was above her hair. He looked down at her, and she smiled, her eyes narrowed. It was a beautiful smile, as if it had light. She pointed at the third multiple-choice question with her pen. "Shen Chen, here."

He picked up the test paper and looked at it seriously.

Li Xiao Gui thought of something, her body twisting and turning like a twist as she looked around. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she jumped down from her chair.

Shen Chen held the test paper in one hand and reached out with the other, silently holding the back of the chair for her.

Li Xiao Gui jumped to the ground and brought a chair over to Shen Chen.

"Shen Chen, sit."

"Thank you," Shen Chen said, then sat down and began explaining the question to Li Xiao Gui.

After explaining, he sat to the side, waiting for Li Xiao Gui to ask any questions she had. Shen Chen had finished his homework on Friday. He never had the trouble of rushing his homework.

Shen Chen's eyes fell on the laptop on Li Xiao Gui's desk and asked, "Xiao Gui, can I use your computer?"

Li Xiao Gui didn't look up. "Sure."

Shen Chen opened the computer next to Li Xiao Gui, logged into his account, and found his mission file.

He had received this file the day after the strange event. He had read it several times, and this time, it was because he saw a familiar face at the amusement park today.

He had been unable to catch the school evil ghost he was looking for. Aunt Lin Zhi had already figured out its basic characteristics, and the file also contained its detailed information. Shen Chen had already figured out its basic trajectory.

But it was as if the evil ghost had disappeared and never reappeared.

Of course, the supernatural events that appeared with it also disappeared. If this situation continued for three months and there were no abnormalities in the school, the mission would be put on hold. If it continued for half a year, the mission would most likely be over and no one would care anymore.

Because ghosts that did evil usually had obsessions, and once they started, they would not stop easily.

If they stopped, it wasn't that they were dead, had run away, or had been sealed, but that they had dissipated.

Evil Ghost Number: 0976, appeared in No. 2 Middle School. At first, it only played pranks at the school, but later it evolved to killing people, resulting in two deaths.

Twenty people were involved, and seven were injured.

The frequency of the pranks went from one every two months to two a month.

From light to heavy.

Shen Chen looked at the victims, and it was almost as if the more recent the time, the more seriously injured they were.

Shen Chen's fingers paused as he scrolled the mouse, stopping on the last page. There were five victims on that page.

Li Xiao Gui couldn't solve a problem and leaned over, just in time to see Shen Chen's computer. She let out a small cry. "Isn't that Xi Li?"

Li Xiao Gui said, looking at the second victim.

"Yes." Shen Chen hummed in response.

Shen Chen remembered Xi Li not because they had participated in the strange events together. He couldn't remember how many students had participated in the strange events, let alone this girl who hadn't said a word.

He remembered her only because she happened to be one of the victims in his mission.

The second victim.

You Xi Li.

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