Volume 1 Chapter 041: Take Charge of Secret Matters
This voice didn't sound gentle at all, it was cold and without any warmth, but at this moment it sounded like the voice of a fairy to me. I struggled to chuckle a few times, but couldn't utter a complete sentence.
I saw Qingzi's pretty face appear in front of me. She frowned and said with disgust, "It's so dirty." She squatted down, handed me a bowl and put it to my mouth.
I smelled the water and immediately became alert. I opened my mouth and gulped it down. I lay on the ground for a while and finally recovered some strength and got up.
I drank the rest of the water in one gulp, licked it with satisfaction, and said, "Where did you get the bowl?" The Dead Face's house was located in a remote area, with no neighbors nearby. Fortunately, she could find such a big bowl. It just had a corner missing, but it didn't prevent me from drinking water.
Qingzi wandered around the house and said, "I found it outside the yard. There are two more there, and this one is less broken."
I was speechless for a while, then suddenly thought of something and asked hurriedly, "Where is this water? Where does it come from?"
Qingzi asked, "Isn't there a well outside?"
I almost dropped the bowl. But never mind, I've already had it once before, so it doesn't matter if I drink it once or twice.
Although the box was not particularly heavy, it was difficult for me, a starving person, to even push it on the ground. Although Qingzi had nothing in her hands, it was a no-brainer to ask her to help me move the box.
"This is such a hellish place. Even my voice can't be heard. You don't know how many times I called you!" After drinking a bellyful of water, I rested on the ground for a while. Finally, I recovered some strength, climbed up and leaned against the box, saying with lingering fear.
Qingzi looked around the room, without turning around, and said, "I heard you shout."
When I heard that, I almost jumped up: "What? You heard it? Then why don't you come to save me!"
Qingzi said indifferently: "You can't stand such a small thing?"
I was so angry: "I almost lost my life, and you call this a small matter?"
Qingzi ignored me. After a long while, she turned around and walked out of the house: "Have you had enough of lying down? Let's go."
I gritted my teeth, got up, and pushed the box out the door. As soon as I got outside, the sunlight was a bit dazzling, and my eyes went dark. I almost fainted. Qingzi, that woman, was walking lightly in front of me without even turning her head. I guess she wouldn't even know that I was fainted on the ground!
After finally reaching the town, they found a small noodle shop and ordered a bowl of noodle soup to drink slowly. After they recovered, they ordered a big bowl of beef noodles. Qingzi had no interest in these rough foods and only asked for a glass of water.
After eating two large bowls of beef noodles and drinking a bottle of soda, I finally felt full and burped comfortably. I leaned back in the chair for a while and finally started to plan for the next thing.
"Let's go wherever is fun." Qingzi, the dead woman, took a sip of water, put down the cup, and still said the same thing.
"Okay, damn it!" I stretched and yelled, which scared the shop owner who was counting the bill.
Qingzi frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
I said proudly, "This is Japanese slang, which means 'get going'. How about it, isn't it fashionable?" I learned all this from TV, and it sounds pretty cool when I say it.
Qingzi asked: "England? France? The United States? Franji? Or Yamani?"
"What the hell?" I was stunned. What the hell is this? I said, "This is English, the language of the United Kingdom."
Qingzi said, "Oh," and said, "So it's England."
I was young and had little knowledge at the time. I saw a lot of things on TV or heard from others. I didn’t know that a hundred years ago, our popular names were: England is the present-day United Kingdom, France is France, and the United States is the United States. As for Francois and Citizenship, they were Portugal .
I said, "That's right, those red-haired devils! Have you seen them before?" It seems that this damn woman is really knowledgeable.
Qingzi said: "I have killed some."
I felt a chill down my spine when I heard this, and I said curiously, "I thought the ghost inspectors had no business in the living world and only cared about the affairs of the underworld."
Qingzi said coldly: "Isn't death a matter of the underworld? If you make me unhappy, I will just kill you. So, you'd better listen to me."
I nodded repeatedly. The world is so big, but your unhappiness is the biggest!
After leaving the hotel, I bought a large suitcase and put my clothes and other daily necessities in it. I used to use the large backpack to carry the things in the dead face box, and stuffed them all in. In my spare time, I also took some time to look at it. Apart from a lot of strange objects, the rest were books.
Some of the papers were very old, from ancient books. Some were quite new, from Dead Face's own notes, densely packed with tiny handwriting, and a cursory glance revealed some of his insights. There were notes on magic, spells, formations, layouts... and so on.
I flipped through a few pages at random, and some of the things I read were not unfamiliar to me, and seemed to be quite similar to some things that my uncle had taught me before. But after a few glances, I threw it back into my bag and would talk about it later when I had time.
There is a small train station in Huangji Town. I carried a big bag and squeezed into the station to buy two tickets, and then set off. As for where to go, it was up to Qingzi, that damn woman, and I had no say in it. I walked and stopped along the way, and visited various places. It was quite enjoyable.
Although Qingzi has slept in a coffin for nearly a hundred years, she has a strong ability to adapt. She can learn many things just by looking at them. For example, now, she is waving a knife and fork with her white hands, cutting the steak on the plate skillfully and elegantly. Compared with her, I am more like a bumpkin who has never seen the world.
"What are you looking at?" Qingzi glanced at me, took a sip of red wine elegantly, her lips as red as blood.
"You look beautiful." I answered absentmindedly, thinking about something.
"You have a good taste." Qingzi praised expressionlessly.
I was in no mood to talk to her at this moment, and I just said "hmm" vaguely. I was calculating how much money I had left and how long I could last. Looking at the steak on the plate, I even wanted to hit someone. I don't know what's so good about this thing, and it's so expensive. One meal would cost me several days' food expenses!
"Where is the next stop?" Qingzi asked.
"You're not going anywhere!" I said angrily.
"how?"
"We have no money left!" I slammed my purse on the table. "We only have 5,000 yuan left in total. We're going to be broke soon!" I was so angry. My uncle and I had worked so hard to save up all our savings for so many years, but this damn woman squandered it all in just two months.
Qingzi said "Oh" and continued to eat her steak slowly: "Then I'll just spend less next time."
I was so angry that my teeth were itching. Now I only had 5,000 yuan. What would it be worth if I spent less? I forked the steak and took a big bite like that dead woman, saying, "We can't stay in a hotel anymore. We have to find a house to live in. Also, we have to find a job!"
Qingzi nodded and said, "Okay. Go find a job after dinner."
"how about you?"
Qingzi said: "I'll wait for you here."
I:"……"
This damn woman is really a freak, just like me. Apart from her good figure and pretty face, she doesn't look like a woman in any other way. Not to mention cooking, she can't even sweep the floor or wash clothes. She throws all her dirty clothes to me, asking me to wash them, dry them, and then fold them neatly and hand them to her. She is a typical woman who only needs food and clothes. If this kind of woman were in our village, she would be beaten to death by the men in her family.
"Did you used to be idle all day like this?" I couldn't help asking.
"It's quite busy to take care of those shitty things." Qingzi said lightly.
I was very curious: "You can't possibly do nothing but patrol the underworld, right? How do you make money and support your family? Oh, can you make money from that..."
Qingzi stopped, looked at me coldly, and said, "I don't need to make money."
I don’t believe it. Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t need money?
"So you need money to buy nice clothes, right? And you need money to eat steak and drink red wine right?"
Qingzi said coldly: "If I need money, I can just take it. Why should I go and earn it?"
When I heard it, I didn't react at first. I was stunned for a few seconds and then suddenly I came to my senses.
