"Dead?" Shen Qing looked at the little girl, somewhat puzzled, and said, "You're fine, why say you'll be dead tomorrow?"
The little girl blinked her bright eyes and said innocently, "I'm going to serve Huang Daxian tomorrow. All the children from the village who went there never came back, so I guess I won't come back either, which means I'll be dead."
Shen Qing continued to ask, "Huang Daxian? A demon?"
"Shh!" The little girl made a hushing gesture, worriedly looking around, and said cautiously, "Huang Daxian doesn't allow others to talk about it like that."
So, it was a demon.
Shen Qing understood in his heart.
"A Liang said that Huang Daxian likes children. If a village doesn't send anyone, it gets very angry. Many villages have been completely eaten by it for not sending children. I don't want my parents to die," the little girl said seriously.
Shen Qing looked at the little girl's innocent face and, after a moment, said, "Aren't you afraid?"
