Chapter 1931: The Little Sparrow in the Palm

Little Taotie tilted her head and asked, "Do you suspect there’s a traitor mm-mm-mm—"

Hua Jinyan covered her mouth.

Little Taotie glared at him plaintively.

He slowly let go, whispering in her ear, "Walls have ears."

Little Taotie pouted, "The Ghost Enforcer Uncle is here, if there are outsiders, he’d inform us."

The Ghost Enforcer Uncle nodded cooperatively, "Within a thousand meters, there are only snakes, bugs, mice, and two sparrows."

Lu Yuan looked serious, "This is all just my suspicion, there’s no solid evidence."

Little Taotie said, "I also find it strange. With so many people capable of seeing ghosts, why not have them guard the corpse for seven days? In seven days of vigil, they would see the true appearance of the deceased. On the seventh day, the true form of the ghost is always revealed."

Lu Yuan shook his head, "By the time the body was discovered, it had been dead for more than fifteen days, so that step was skipped."

Little Taotie looked around and asked the Ghost Enforcer Uncle, "Are there no ghosts nearby?"

The Ghost Enforcer Uncle shook his head, "Same as before, within a thousand meters, there are only snakes, bugs, mice, and two sparrows."

Little Taotie sighed, "Not a single ghost around here. I was hoping to find a ghost to ask about the situation. Maybe there’d be a ghost witness."

"Two sparrows..." Hua Jinyan mused, "Maybe we can ask them."

"Ask sparrows?" Little Taotie tilted her head, "We should get the people from the Seventh Captain team. Maybe someone can find out something."

Lu Yuan said, "Sparrows aren’t that smart. If there was a dog, we might get some useful information."

"Let’s try, maybe it will work." Little Taotie looked at a tree not far away, where two small sparrows were perched.

The two sparrows seemed quite young, with round eyes and rather plump bodies, a bit juvenile.

"I’ll help you catch them." The Ghost Enforcer Uncle volunteered.

Little Taotie tilted her head, "Can you catch them?"

The Ghost Enforcer Uncle grinned, "I can scare them into flying over here."

The two little sparrows shrieked in fear and indeed flew in the opposite direction of the Ghost Enforcer Uncle, which was towards Little Taotie and the others.

One panicked sparrow crashed right into Little Taotie’s embrace.

Little Taotie held it in her palm, the dizzy sparrow wobbled to its feet, its big eyes looking at Little Taotie, confused and dazed.

Little Taotie met those round black eyes and smiled sweetly to show friendliness.

Who knew the little sparrow was timid, seeing Little Taotie grin, it thought she was going to eat it, and with a cry, it spread its wings to fly away.

Little Taotie: "...Am I that scary?"

The Ghost Enforcer Uncle blocked the fleeing sparrow’s path, making it scream again, turn around, and crash into Little Taotie’s arms once more.

Little Taotie: "..."

Sparrow: "..."

They locked eyes.

The sparrow realized, screamed again, spread its wings, but this time it couldn’t escape, as Little Taotie pinned its little head down.

The sparrow flapped its wings energetically, but no matter how hard it tried, it stayed in place.

Little Taotie burst into laughter, seeming to experience the joy Uncle Tie felt when he used to hold her head down.

Little Taotie mischievously laughed, "Little sparrow, you can’t escape my grasp, hehe..."

Hua Jinyan’s lips curled up, "Don’t scare it too much, or it’ll faint in fright."

Just as he finished speaking, the sparrow indeed rolled its eyes and fainted.

Little Taotie: "...You! Jinx!"

Hua Jinyan’s mouth twitched, "It seems pretty smart, maybe it’s just pretending to faint."

Little Taotie, surprised, shook the sparrow in her palm vigorously, "Wake up, are you faking it?"

Lu Yuan chuckled, "Even if it wasn’t pretending, now you’ve shaken it into unconsciousness."