Chapter 018
My mother was a very frugal woman. She lived in a small county town and never paid much attention to dressing. The only jewelry she had was the amber pendant my uncle mentioned. But she never wore it. She just kept it in a box. I didn’t know what special meaning this pendant had for her. When I was a child, I took it out to play with it a few times, and she always scolded me.
Blood amber is a type of amber, and its appearance is the color of red wine. However, the quality of the pendants was not very good. Both were only the size of a thumb, and contained a small red bean-like object. It was difficult to see clearly what it was even in the sunlight.
I don't know why my uncle mentioned this thing specifically, but since it is my mother's relic, no matter what he says, I can't just give it away.
I was silent for a while, and he didn't disturb me. He just sat quietly beside me, watching me intently.
I couldn't stand his look at me, so I quickly said, "Uncle, you may not know the price of these things. Don't think you can get a lot of money just because they are jewelry. That pair of pendants is worth a few thousand yuan at most, not even as much as you could get if you sold your car."
He said that you don’t have to worry about this matter, I will definitely find those fools who don’t know the value of it and sell it to a good price.
I think this may be the funniest sentence I have heard today. I couldn't help but laugh. I said that since you can find a fool who doesn't know the value of things, why don't you just go to the street and pick one or two to cheat? Why do you have to buy my mother's things?
When he heard what I said, he was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't know how to continue, and his fingers began tapping on the table again.
I felt that he had not told me the truth from the beginning to the end, and his purpose was to get the blood amber pendant. Although I couldn't figure out what was good about this thing, I hoped to get some useful information from him.
He took a deep breath and exhaled. His expression was no longer as kind as before. He just stared at his hands and said coldly, "Xiaoxi, I think that pendant is very good. Maybe I can sell it for a good price. If I make a lot of money, I will definitely share some with you."
I feel more and more that my uncle is not someone who can accomplish great things. If he just said that he owed a lot of debts, I might believe it, but the more he said it, the more outrageous it sounded. Although I am young, I am not an ignorant fool. My mind will not be swayed by his casual words about dividends.
I smiled, trying to look more natural, and said, I really need money, but I really can't help you. The pair of pendants were buried with my mother when she was buried, so I can't give them to you even if I want to.
He leaned back and suddenly sneered, saying, "Xiaoxi, I haven't seen you for so many years, but you can lie. I know that your mother is my sister, so I should have a share of her things. I only want this pendant, nothing else."
I chuckled and said to uncle, I really didn't lie to you. I'm not a woman, so I don't need these things. Anyway, my mother likes them, so I'll leave them to her.
My uncle's face was stern, his eyes were rolling around, his mouth was tightly pursed, and he didn't believe what I said at all. But even if I said so, he couldn't verify it, because he was not there when the burial took place.
He tapped the tabletop faster and faster, as if he was getting more and more anxious. I sat there silently, wondering what else you could say.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly stood up, his body shaking wildly, and said, "Xiaoxi, to tell you the truth, you really have to give me this pendant today, and you don't have to make up stories for me. Before I came to find you, I went back to my hometown and searched the old house carefully. I also visited your mother's grave..."
I was shocked and stood up quickly and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
He tried his best to calm himself, but the more he did so, the more his expression became distorted. He said, "I have already dug up your mother's grave and checked it. The pendant is not in it. But don't worry, I have reburied her. After all, she is my sister..."
I just felt a buzzing in my head, as if a thunder had struck. I couldn’t believe what I heard, but my hands were already cold.
The person in front of me is actually my mother’s only brother and my uncle!
I pointed at him and said, "Say what you just said again!"
He did not dodge, but paused for a moment and said, "Xiao Xi, believe me, I can do anything. I don't want to hurt you either. As long as you give me the pendant, you are still my nephew!"
I laughed out of anger. I never thought there were such people in the world. They dug up my mother's grave and tried to steal things from me, and they acted as if it was their right!
Without saying a word, I picked up the stool in front of me and threw it at him!
He was too heavy to dodge, and I hit him on the head. He screamed and fell to the ground! I didn't know where his head was broken, and blood flowed down his forehead.
I really had the urge to kill him at that time, so I tightened the stool in my hand and prepared to continue hitting him.
Unexpectedly, he panted and suddenly said, "Okay, my last relative! This is how you treat me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a hand suddenly stretched out from the floor beneath his feet!
My downward movement suddenly stopped. During this short period of time, the hand continued to stretch out, and a black figure suddenly crawled out from the floor!
He was all black, covering the whites of his eyes and teeth. I couldn't see his facial features clearly, but I felt that this ghost was attracted at a really bad time. If Ding Ding was here, I would just let him deal with it and continue to beat this fat man to death.
At a glance, I suddenly found that there was a red rope tied on the ghost's finger, which was extremely and exactly the same as the one on the fat man's finger!
I suddenly remembered what Tintin said about Mrs. Jiu. He said that the red rope entangles people's souls. I don't know how useful this red rope is, but I feel very panicked!
Because I found that my uncle could obviously see the existence of this ghost.
As soon as the black man came out, he turned his head to look at him, then said to me, Tan Xi, don't blame me, I had no choice.
As soon as he finished speaking, the black man suddenly pounced on me!
I subconsciously dodged it and narrowly avoided it.
When my uncle saw my action, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted, "How could you see him? This shouldn't be the case! This shouldn't be the case! Tan Xi, what did your mother do?"
I had no time to think about his words, my whole attention was focused on the black man. His body seemed to have no substance, but every time he rushed towards me, he would bring up a cold wind that made people shiver!
There were things everywhere in this private room, making it very inconvenient for me to move. When I stepped back, I bumped into the table behind me, and my lower back hurt. I watched the evil spirit pounce on me.
I originally thought that he would pass through my body, but I didn't expect that I could actually touch his body. It was as cold as ice and very strong. He knocked me to the ground in one go.
He held my hands and feet tightly and twisted them hard in an attempt to make me lose the ability to move.
I grimaced in pain, feeling like my bones would break at any moment. At this moment, I really regretted not learning how to exorcise ghosts from Ding Ding, otherwise I could have struggled a little longer.
When my uncle saw me being restrained, he slowly got up from the ground. He was breathing rapidly and wiped the blood off his forehead. Then he came over breathlessly and said, "Tan Xi, you can't beat me. I still say the same thing. If you hand over the pendant, I will never hurt you. You are still my nephew!"
I gritted my teeth, made a "Puh" sound, and cursed, "You're fucking dreaming!"
I got so angry that my head flew out immediately.
When my uncle saw me like this, the flesh on his face trembled and he quickly stepped back, but he stumbled and fell heavily to the ground.
I barely thought about what I was going to do, all I wanted to do was bite this guy to death!
He looked at me in horror, twisting his body and crawling backwards, yelling, "Flying Head Barbarian! You turned out to be a Flying Head Barbarian! So you're already dead!"
I didn't care about anything and opened my mouth to bite him. He stretched out his hand to block my head, but his movements were not as smart as mine. I bit him on the arm and he screamed in pain!
I clenched my teeth tightly and refused to open my mouth. He screamed and slapped the ground. Suddenly, another black hand stretched out from under the floor!
I saw that the situation was not good, and I didn't know how many similar ghosts were around. Unless my body could be torn into pieces, I would not be able to deal with these two black ghosts.
I became more and more anxious, and I bit my clenched teeth tighter and tighter.
The fat man yelled in pain and punched me with his other hand. Every punch was merciless, and soon I felt dizzy and the pain was like an explosion!
Then I suddenly saw the red rope in his hand, and many thoughts flashed through my mind. If the red rope tied two souls together, and he used it to control the ghosts, would the rope be gone and his connection with the black ghost be severed?
Seeing the second black man also crawling out from the ground, I didn't have time to think about it. I endured the severe pain in my head, aimed at the fat man's hand that was constantly hitting me, and took advantage of his opportunity to wave his hand and bit his hand.
I don't know how long he hasn't washed it, and when I put it in my mouth, I immediately felt a salty taste, which made me almost vomit. But now at this critical moment, I can only force myself to hold back the desire to vomit and move my teeth to bite the red string on his hand.
He seemed to realize my purpose and suddenly became panicked, and used his other hand to pull my hair hard!
I felt like my scalp was about to be torn off, and it was even difficult to use force in my mouth. The second black man had already come to us, grabbed my head, and pulled hard!
I was immediately pulled away from the black man's hand, but fortunately, in that instant, the red rope that I was biting was also torn off!
The black men suddenly stopped moving their hands, just like a puppet with its strings cut. I pushed my body and head away from their grasp.
I wanted to continue dealing with that fat guy, but he reacted quickly and grabbed the broken red rope and tied it up again.
Seeing that I had no chance and couldn't stay here and wait to die, I immediately put my head down on my neck, put on the hood of my clothes, and ran out of the private room.
When I was leaving, I looked back and found that he was staring at me fiercely. He shouted at me, "Tan Xi, just wait! I will find someone to take you away!"
I thought he was talking nonsense, so I pushed the door open and ran out, bumping into the waitresses who were delivering the food. They were startled by my flustered behavior. I didn't want to explain, so I ran out of the restaurant!
I didn't stop walking after I left the restaurant. I didn't expect him to catch up so quickly, but he was still very evil. I stopped and took a deep breath after he ran far away.
