Chapter 419 I am a Folklorist
"You two, your coffee."
Fang Xili came to the dining table with a tray, then took out two cups of coffee from the tray and placed them in front of Xia Yu and Xiu respectively.
After putting the coffee down, Fang Xili was about to leave when Xia Yu suddenly looked at her and said, "Excuse me, can I ask you some questions about Rishang Mountain? I want to know more about this mountain."
"Um?"
Fang Xili looked at Xia Yu in surprise, as if wondering why he asked.
"I'm a folklorist. I heard about the rumors about Rishang Mountain, so I wanted to come here to investigate the truth. My name is Xia Yu, and this is my assistant Xiu."
Xia Yu introduced himself. Xiu on the side didn't say anything. She tilted her head and looked at the black coffee on the table with a puzzled look .
"A folklorist?"
Fang Xili hesitated, but nodded and sat down at the table next to her: "I can't ask Fang Xili, Mr. Xia, please feel free to ask, but I don't know much."
Although she is a bit introverted and doesn't want to interact with others, she can't ignore other people's requests. It's just a matter of answering a few questions. She should be able to handle it.
"Okay, actually I mainly want to know about the curse of Rishang Mountain. A few years ago, the local government here planned to turn Rishang Mountain into a tourist attraction, using ghosts as a selling point. You should have heard about this, right?"
Hearing this, Fang Xili nodded: "Well, although I came here after that, Sister Mihua once told me about this matter. By the way, Sister Mihua is the owner of this cafe, and I am her employee."
Xia Yu took a sip of coffee and replied, "If that's the case, then you should also know that during the development of Rishang Mountain, there were many accidents and a large number of casualties, which directly interrupted the development progress."
"After that, due to various reasons, the plan for the tourist attraction was eventually abandoned. According to rumors, this was due to the curse of Rishang Mountain. Does Miss Bu Laifang know anything about this?"
"this……"
Bu Lai Fang Xili was a little hesitant. Due to her own reasons, she could see phantoms of the past and "things that shouldn't exist" such as the dead, so she did know something about Rishang Mountain.
only……
"puff!!!"
Suddenly, I heard a noise nearby, and turning my head, I saw Xiu looking at the coffee in his hand with an expression like "old man on the subway with his cell phone".
There was still a trace of black liquid hanging from the edge of his mouth, and the table in front of him was full of coffee that had just sprayed out of his mouth.
Xia Yu: “…”
If you don’t come, Fang Xili: Σ(⊙д⊙|||)丿丿
Seeing this, Fang Xili stood up hurriedly and said, "Sorry, sorry, is there something wrong with the coffee? I'll change it for you right away."
As she spoke, Fang Xili was about to walk towards the counter, but Xia Yu suddenly stopped her: "...No, there's nothing wrong with the coffee, it's her who has the problem."
He suddenly remembered that this seemed to be Xiu's first time drinking coffee.
"I... have a problem?"
Fang Xili was staring at Xiu's wrinkled face and didn't even notice that Xia Yu was holding her hand. Of course, the main reason was that she didn't see what was in Xia Yu's heart and therefore didn't notice it.
"Yeah, that's a long story."
Xia Yu pressed Fang Xili to her seat, took out a tissue to wipe the table, and explained to her.
"Because of her unusual appearance and special powers, Ah Xiu had lived alone before and suffered from isolation from others."
"Before I met her, she was wandering alone, so it might be her first time drinking coffee and she was not used to it so she spit it out."
Hearing this, Fang Xili looked at Xiu's white hair and purple eyes, and felt pity in her heart: "She is so beautiful..."
"In fact, the main reason for the isolation is Ah Xiu's special power..."
Xia Yu threw the crumpled tissue in his hand into the trash can, and then said mysteriously: "Miss Bu Laifang, do you believe that there are spirits in the world that ordinary people cannot see?"
As soon as these words came out, Fang Xili's eyes were full of surprise. Of course she believed it because she could see it. Could it be that...
Xia Yu did not keep the secret and continued to explain: "A Xiu has this ability. Not only can she see things that ordinary people cannot see, but she can also eliminate those ghosts that can be called vengeful spirits."
Although according to the actual situation, most of the ones that Xiu eliminated were monsters and vengeful spirits, I'm afraid that one Zanshin could exorcise them.
However, Fang Xili would naturally not know this, and she did not have the ability to distinguish lies. Even if she did, she probably would not be able to tell anything, after all, Xia Yu was telling the truth.
"I see……"
Fang Xili looked at Xiu and murmured in a complicated tone, her eyes full of sympathy, because her past was the same.
When she was in high school, she lost all her family members in a traffic accident and survived alone.
This experience also triggered her ability to see shadows and spiritual power, allowing her to see phantoms of the past and "things that shouldn't exist" such as the dead, and to see into other people's hearts by touching them.
However, the doctors and people around her only treated this as post-disaster traumatic illness, and she was not understood and thus isolated.
After that, because of her constant contact with the "existence of death", she no longer believed in anyone or anything, and her heart gradually became closed, which led her to commit suicide at Rishang Mountain.
However, before she committed suicide, she was rescued by the guilty Kurosawa Mika and was taken back to the cafe. Since then, she has lived and worked in the cafe, and was taught the ability of Kagemi by Kurosawa Mika.
At this moment, Fang Xili suddenly heard that there was someone who had the same experience as her. Her heart trembled. Perhaps the other person was the one she had been looking for and who understood her.
"Miss Xiu, you have worked so hard over the years."
"?"
Xiu, who was being stared at by Fang Xili's complicated gaze, tilted her head slightly, looking confused.
"Well, I'm sorry. Xiu was mute for a while due to a childhood trauma. So it's not that she doesn't want to pay attention to you, but she has forgotten how to speak." Seeing that Xiu still didn't speak, Xia Yu could only explain to Fang Xili.
Hearing this, Fang Xili's eyes showed even more sympathy. After a moment, she put away the emotion in her eyes.
"Rishang Mountain is a cursed mountain. According to legend, this mountain is also a well-known suicide site. Many people who want to commit suicide come here to commit suicide."
After learning about Xiu's situation, Fang Xili began to tell what she knew.
"Since you also know that there are wronged souls and ghosts in the world, then I will tell you clearly that Rishang Mountain is actually such a ghost mountain. During the day, Rishang Mountain is just an ordinary deep mountain, but at night, Rishang Mountain will turn into a ghost mountain. The dead ghosts will show up and lure the living to commit suicide."
"In addition to death, the living will also suffer from the disappearance of the spirits..."
Next, Fang Xili told Xia Yu everything she knew, which also allowed Xia Yu to learn details that were not explained in the game.
"I've decided. I'm going up the mountain!"
"Huh?"
After finishing her story, Fang Xili looked at Xia Yu in surprise. What she said was so terrible, why did this man still want to go up the mountain?
Isn't he afraid?
