Chapter 57: Living in a Borrowed Body
I told Master Yunzheng about Liu Xiaojing.
"I didn't expect Liu Xiaojing to do such a thing."
The master didn't say anything else except this.
Liu Xiaojing has not come back yet. It is possible that she has not found a borrowed body. It is better this way. As long as she does not come back, everything will be solved and there will be no other problems.
I discovered that something was wrong with Bai Jie half a month later. Bai Jie's habits seemed to be the same as Liu Xiaojing's. I could feel it, although I tried my best to avoid that habit. I held Bai Jie's hand, and it felt slowly getting colder day by day. It was very cold, just like Liu Xiaojing's hand. I shuddered, and I realized that Bai Jie's soul might have been driven away, and Liu Xiaojing was borrowing Bai Jie's body. The thing I was most worried about had happened.
I felt something was wrong and discovered that the blue soul pendant I was wearing was no longer blue, but black, which meant that the soul had left the pendant.
"You are not Bai Jie, you are Liu Xiaojing."
After I said that, I stared at Bai Jie.
"That's right, Bai Jie is not yours. You two are just in a bad relationship, and it will end sooner or later."
"Then you will kill Bai Jie."
"No, I only need three years. After three years, Bai Jie will be Bai Jie again. After I recover my body, I will release Bai Jie, and everything will be over."
"We were husband and wife in our previous life. I don't want you to go against certain things and do something like this. You are from another world, and humans and ghosts have different paths. So, I hope you don't do this and go back to your world."
"No, I don't like the cold corpses there. Besides, you killed me in the last life, so you owe me. I came to find you in this life."
I started sweating again. It was true. I saw this scene in the Cold Corpse City. I closed my eyes and broke Liu Xiaojing's neck with a knife. Blood was all over the floor. I don't know whether this was true or not. Anyway, I saw it, and maybe it was true.
"This is fate..."
"Please stop talking. Even if you kill me, I still love you. I won't let go of such an opportunity."
Bai Jie was crying. I didn't expect things to turn out like this. I never expected it. I felt bad about Liu Xiaojing's behavior. I went home and my father poured the wine.
"I think you two should talk. You seem to have something on your mind."
I told my father about Bai Jie and Liu Xiaojing, and he was stunned. He simply couldn't believe such a thing could happen. He was a cultural person and an atheist, but now his son told him this himself, how could he not believe it ? He just couldn't believe it.
"What about Bai Jie?"
"There's nothing I can do. I can only wait three years. Three years later, Bai Jie will be Bai Jie again, but now she's still living her life along the same path."
My father sighed.
"It seems this is a calamity destined for you. You can't avoid it. But I'm telling you, no matter what connection you had with Liu Xiaojing in your previous life, you can't marry her."
I nodded, knowing that I would not marry Liu Xiaojing, no matter what happened. Even if I killed her in the previous life, I would not marry her again. I would naturally have to pay back what I owed her in another life. She was impatient and came to me to collect the debt in advance, and it felt like she was worse than death.
When I meet Bai Jie at work, I won't talk to her, no matter what she does. Zheng Qing is happy, but I feel sick when I see him smile. Their transaction is going on, so how far it can go has nothing to do with me.
When I was holding the body, it slipped out of my hands and Zhao Tie came over to help me carry the body in.
"Master, let me do it. You take a rest. I don't think you have had enough rest."
I sat aside smoking, watching the fire in the stove burning red. This was the last fire in my life, and I would leave this world completely. There would be no physical body in this world anymore, and I would go to another world. What kind of world I would go to was all arranged.
In the afternoon, Master Yunzheng asked me to go to his house. When I got there, Yunbai was also at home. Yunbai looked like a white cloud, which was so pleasing to the eye, just like the comfortable sight of clouds rolling and unrolling.
The master's wife brought the dishes and sat down. I poured wine for the master and we drank. The master said that the Liu Xiaojing incident was over and you should get married and then make a move.
I thought to myself, I don't know who to marry? Bai Jie? That's not Bai Jie at all, that's impossible.
The master glanced at Yunbai, and Yunbai's face turned red. I could see that something was wrong. It seemed that they had already told Yunbai about this.
"Master, I'm just a cremator and refiner..."
"Don't worry about that, just do what you like."
My head was a little confused. I had drunk a little too much that day. My master suddenly came up with this trick. He asked me to go home and discuss it with my father.
I went home and told my father about this, and he was stunned for a long time.
"That's great. When you have time, take Yunbai home to see him."
I don't know whether to agree or not. Yunbai is pretty and she wants to date a man who was burned to death, even though her father was also burned to death. Maybe it was because her father was burned to death that she agreed to date me.
The next day, my master asked me to go to his house. After dinner in the evening, Bai and I went out shopping. By the river, I asked Yun Bai.
"Think carefully, I'm a refiner."
"That's nothing. My father is the same. As long as you love each other, it's nothing."
I never expected that love would come so suddenly, and I was a little too excited. However, thinking about Bai Jie, my heart ached. If I waited for Bai Jie, I would never get her. Liu Xiaojing would not allow Bai Jie's soul to exist, and would even destroy Bai Jie's body after she had nurtured her own. Liu Xiaojing was a cold corpse in another world. She had seen too many corpses and too many dead people, and it seemed that she didn't care about life and death anymore. In order for Bai Jie to survive, I could only marry Yun Bai, and quickly, without letting Liu Xiaojing know.
My master told me that once you get married, that kind of relationship will be over, and there is no need for Liu Xiaojing to chase you anymore. She came to me in this life because, firstly, I am an extremely yin person, and secondly, it is what Liu Xiaojing needs. After all, you owe her. But what this is, only Liu Xiaojing herself knows.
When I went home and told my father about this, he hesitated for a long time and said.
"Xiao Zuo, do you understand your master's true intentions? Would he marry his daughter to you so easily? Is he doing this to get you out of this matter? Then this father is truly great."
My father’s words woke me up.
Once a teacher, always a father, but after all, he is not my biological father. My master's behavior really makes me think too much.
At this time, Bai Jie has become Liu Xiaojing. What should I do?
I sat in the room, holding the diary locked by Hao Fei. I should be able to guess the secret set by Hao Fei, but I don’t want to open it. I am afraid of seeing something disappointing. I don’t know why, but now I feel particularly worried about gains and losses. Maybe it’s because I lost Bai Jie. Bai Jie became Liu Xiaojing, which is as painful as a phoenix turning into a chicken.
I don't know what to do. At this moment, I can only make my own decision. That would be absolutely unfair to Bai Jie. But if I don't choose Yun Bai, then I have to choose Liu Xiaojing. If I don't choose Liu Xiaojing, then Bai Jie's soul will never be able to return to her own body. Liu Xiaojing will use such means, which is very scary.
The next day at work, Zhao Tie came to ask for leave because his mother was sick. I was working alone in the hospital and didn't dare to be distracted. Here, being distracted is like sending yourself into a refining furnace. Any small mistake will cause big trouble.
Master Yunzheng is here.
"I came with you because you looked so upset. I know you and Bai Jie have a lot of feelings for each other, but this is not the time to get emotional."
"Master, I just want to ask you, what is your ultimate purpose in marrying Yun Bai to me?"
"Kill two birds with one stone. Yun Bai has always liked you because of Bai Jie. I scolded her several times, but she still likes you. There is also such an opportunity. I think you are a good person, so I told you about it. The matter is very simple, not as complicated as you think."
Master Yunzheng is a straightforward person, and I believe him. If that's the case, then I don't have to think about it anymore and I feel relieved.
"But I'm worried about Yunbai. Liu Xiaojing is not an easy person to deal with."
"Don't worry about that. I won't let her hurt my daughter. You just have to slowly forget about Bai Jie. I know it's hard for you to forget it for a while, but you must forget it."
I know that Bai Jie holds a very important place in my heart. It will take time to forget her. I can only do it slowly. Bai Jie, I'm really sorry. This is the only way to save you.
I know in my heart that even if Liu Xiaojing and I are together and I can't forget Bai Jie in the end, then Liu Xiaojing will completely destroy Bai Jie after successfully borrowing her body. She will never let Bai Jie stay in this world again.
Everything was so terrible. Zheng Qing came in triumphantly and gave me a cigarette, but I ignored him. All this was related to Zheng Qing. Zheng Qing should not have provoked Liu Xiaojing in the first place, then nothing would have happened.
Zheng Qing is gone, said the master.
"Zheng Qing is someone I can't fathom. I don't know what he's been up to, but just remember one thing: stay away from him. He's a bit evil."
I have long noticed Zheng Qing's weirdness. He is very scary and unfathomable. Even the master said so. It seems that Zheng Qing is the most evil person in the crematorium. The director is unwilling to say a word to him.
Zheng Qing hangs around outside my house at night and doesn't come in. I'm worried that if he comes in, he'll say something unpleasant. There are some things my father doesn't know, and I don't want to make him worry about me. He already regrets sending me to the crematorium, and I don't want him to regret it more, because he won't be happy that way.
When I went out, Zheng Qing walked ahead of me, all the way to the bank of Hun River, sat down, and I stood.
"Master Zheng, I think you have something to ask me?"
"Yes, regarding the matter between you and Liu Xiaojing, remember, don't have any other ideas. Any thoughts will harm Bai Jie. You can't struggle. I only need two more bone balls, and I have already found these two. I will have them in two days. So, Liu Xiaojing is a real flesh and blood body, and you can be together. Although it will take three years for her to become a person like us, it's only three years, and Bai Jie won't die by then."
"This is my business. I know you don't want Liu Xiaojing to die. You just want to get the thousand-year-old finger bones. I don't know how many you need or what you want them for, but I know that if Liu Xiaojing can't realize her true form, she won't give you the thousand-year-old finger bones. So you don't want her to have any problems. So why do that? I don't like Liu Xiaojing. I love Bai Jie. She hurt the person I love. Why should I love her?"
"Liu Xiaojing loves you. She just wants you to be with her. Or, in other words, she will find a way to make you fall in love with her and not love others. It's that simple."
"Master Zheng, I don't want to talk to you too much. I'm going back."
I left the river, went home, lay on the bed, and thought about what Zheng Qing said.
