Chapter 97: Can't Be Together
Chen Dahong is dead, and there are still many questions that have not been clarified. For example, the whereabouts of the golden tomb beast, and why did he want the Ghost Talisman Scripture? Was it to learn how to draw ghost talismans, or for the treasure in the ancient tomb? If I want to find out, I can only ask him in the underworld after I die. But even if we meet in the underworld, he will definitely not tell me any answers.
I stood him up once, and then I killed him myself. How could he possibly tell me anything? Speaking of killing him, he probably would never understand how I lured the fox bird out. It was actually quite simple. I desperately searched the Ghost Talisman Sutra and the supplementary chapters, and finally found a relevant record. The supplementary chapters did not call this little beast a fox bird, but a "fox soul bird". It is not only possessed by human foxes, but all fox spirits have this thing.
Fox spirits or ghost foxes, they have only two main souls in common, unlike humans who have three main souls. These two main souls, one yin and one yang, are the fox soul birds. They are souls in the body and become birds when they leave the body. This may be the reason why people call them "fox birds". If all the fox soul birds leave the body, they will form a male and female pair, drill into the human body and bury it underground. After many years, they will raise blue-eyed human foxes.
If one is killed and only one enters the human body, it will only kill the person. They are closely connected, like husband and wife or siblings, so if one gets into trouble, the other will come to rescue. I figured out this principle, so I picked up the fox soul bird that was soaked in dog blood and rubbed it from the belly upwards, to show its companion the way out or to go back the same way. Then I pinched the little beast and hurt it so that it cried, and the other one couldn't hold back and was led out.
That day, I returned to the city with Xiaopang in a depressed mood. When we left, Xiaopang wanted to ask for a reward. Lu Jingyue started to play dirty tricks, saying that Jian Yuchun had killed the blue-eyed fox, and the cause of the accident in the ancestral tomb was the fox. Since the fox had been killed, the Lu family's ancestral tomb would be fine. So we didn't contribute much, and we should give him a few thousand at most. Xiaopang was angry and wanted to take action. At this time, Director Zhang stood up and said that if he wanted to make trouble, he would take us back to the police station and accuse us of killing Jian Yuchun.
This time Lu Jingyue asked him to come along because he was afraid that if we stood us up, they would come and make trouble. So if he asked a deputy chief of the police station to take charge, he would not be afraid of anything.
I thought it was better to keep things quiet, so I took Xiaopang away. It was daybreak when we returned to the city. I asked Xiaopang to go to the studio, and I went back to the doghouse I rented. Because the lease had not expired yet, and I was busy with the Lu family's ancestral tomb these two days, I didn't bother to cancel the lease. I knew that Lin Yuxi had suffered a great blow this time, and I thought it was better not to meet for the time being. The blood feud of the previous generation cannot be resolved just by saying so.
Xiaopang called me and said that Lin Yuxi had been hiding in her room crying for a long time and couldn't be opened even when she knocked on the door. She was afraid something might happen. I sighed and said, let her cry. It might make her feel better if she vented her sadness. Xiaopang asked me why I didn't go back to the studio. I said I'll come to my place and tell you. Remember to bring some wine and food.
An hour later, Xiaopang came with some food and drinks. We sat at the small table and chatted while drinking . I told him everything about our past lives and how we met. Xiaopang finally understood what was going on. When he heard that we were enemies, he asked with a sad face, "With such a deep hatred, can you two still be together in the future?"
I drank a bowl of wine with a full heart of sorrow, and immediately got drunk and felt dizzy. I smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know if this is true or not. Even if it is true, I don't think the grudges of the previous generation should be passed on to the next generation. Why bother? However, it is impossible for us to meet again. Regardless of whether it is true or not, there is a knot in my heart. Wouldn't it be awkward to be together? Besides, Xiaoxi's personality is that she likes to make a fuss. Since she believes what Chen Dahong said, she will ignore me."
Xiao Pang took a sip and gave me a thumbs up: "Brother Yu, you are very tolerant, I admire that. If it were me, I would never forgive the daughter of the enemy who killed my father. It may not be a bad thing that we can't walk together in the future. How does the saying go, a blessing in disguise? There are many good girls, and she is not the only beautiful one in the world."
I almost spit out the wine I just drank, and scolded him angrily: "Don't talk about things you don't understand in the future, what's the meaning of a blessing in disguise?"
"Yes, I was wrong. It's a blessing in disguise!"
The wine in my mouth sprayed directly into his face.
The boy wiped his face and said, "I just don't want to be bullied by this woman. Let's go to the street stall to tell fortunes tomorrow."
But I shook my head and said, "She's a girl, she has no one to rely on here, she needs a friend to help her. I can't go, but you can still lend a hand. If we all leave, what if she runs into another Su Chengda? She may be a bit harsh in words, but she's actually kind-hearted. Just think of it as helping me and continue working for her."
Xiao Pang smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Brother Yu, Brother Yu, I'm convinced by you. Well, I know you can't let her go, so I'll go through fire and water for my friend. Come on, let's do one!"
We drank two more bottles of white wine, but I was so drunk that I lost consciousness. The next morning, when I woke up, I found a note from Xiaopang, saying that he was going to help with work there and would call me if there was anything. I smiled, rubbed my aching head, got up, washed my face, walked to the balcony, and stared into the distance in a daze.
Thinking that since he could not see Lin Yuxi again, he might as well leave Xiling, but he was reluctant to leave. Finally, he slapped himself in anger and cursed: "For the daughter of an enemy, isn't it too cheap? Damn Ding Yu, get out of Xiling City now, if you don't get out, you are not a man!"
But when he returned to the house, he changed his mind and said to himself, "If I'm not a man, then I'm not. I'll be a ghost in four years anyway. Why should I be so hard on myself?" He rolled up his stall and went downstairs.
I sat on Yonghe Street for the whole morning without much energy, and no business came to the store, but I did see a fight. It was probably a fight between two gangs of thugs, both armed with machetes and iron bars, and the fight was so intense that blood was flying everywhere. Among them was a girl with short hair, who surprised me and immediately cheered me up. This girl seemed to be the leader, and she kept shouting at her brothers to rush forward. She also led the way, moving in and out of the crowd with a machete, and her skills were very agile.
Later, the two groups dispersed after the police sirens. Many of them were bleeding and limping away, supporting each other. The girl with short hair ran past my stall with a bloody knife in her hand, but when she saw another police car coming from the opposite corner, she quickly slipped behind me and without saying a word, she lifted a corner of the stall and hid the knife inside.
"Boy, don't talk too much when the police are here! Come on, pretend to tell my fortune, quickly!" The girl turned to sit on the stool in front of me, staring at me with a pair of round black eyes. I suddenly felt that this girl was actually quite cute.
