Volume 5: Qingming Chapter 2: Running Errands
The Luohan bed was not big, so Lin Yu could only sleep curled up.
The sky was getting brighter, and the colors of the flowers and leaves became brighter.
Close your eyes.
Listening to the sound of the pond, he gradually fell asleep. In his dream, he smelled a very light flower fragrance, light and joyful. He sat on a golden petal, and below him was a black, boundless sea.
The waves surged.
The sea parted.
A monster covered with black scales emerged from the waves. It had a fish face, a snake body, and a pair of wings.
The wings spread out and fluttered a few times, and the cold sea water fell on his face. Then, the monster suddenly jumped up, its body looming above him, looking down at him coldly...
He stared at it.
It twisted its head and rushed towards him quickly. Its body rubbed against the air, making a hissing sound. Lin Yu clenched his fists. The ugly face quickly enlarged in front of him. He punched it right under the eyes, and it was knocked to the side. After circling in the air, it rushed towards him from another direction. Its speed was faster, leaving an afterimage...
He had to kill it.
Lin Yu felt a fire burning in his chest.
The golden petals beneath him began to burn, carrying him forward and upward.
He caught fire.
He heard the sound of his heart beating, the sound of his blood flowing, his muscles bulging, his veins popping out. He calculated the distance, 3, 2, 1, there it was. He swung his fist decisively, and there was a bursting sound in the air. There was a golden light on his fist, and he hit it...
Golden light exploded before his eyes.
…
Lin Yu opened his eyes.
The red Jiarong flowers were coated with a soft light golden color by the sunlight, which had risen very high.
The sun is blinding.
He pulled back the quilt and sat up, only to find that he was sweating a lot, his T-shirt was soaked and stuck to his body.
A little numb.
He suddenly remembered something, he raised his right hand, and it was gone, the scales disappeared...
He looked outside and saw Jiang You sitting on the swing with a woman squatting beside him.
Jiang You pulled the sock on his right foot down a little, exposing his ankle, and said, "Look how swollen it is."
Chen Nan gently touched the swollen area on Jiang You's ankle and asked, "Did you apply cold compress?"
"No, I forgot."
"Let's go to the hospital and take an X-ray. Ligament injuries are very troublesome. How about I go with you after lunch?"
"I have something to do today, so I have to go out." Jiang You pulled up his socks, lowered his trouser legs, and stretched his feet into his slippers. "If it's still swollen tomorrow, I'll go to the hospital."
Chen Nan stood up and said, "Don't delay."
"No, I know. Yunyun is on vacation, right?" Jiang You asked.
"She's released. She went to visit her father's grave. Her grades improved a bit in this monthly exam. She ranked sixth in the class."
"I told you, there's no need to be nervous about a fluctuation."
Chen Nan and Jiang You chatted for a few minutes and then left.
Not long after Chen Nan left, Jiang You stood up.
Lin Yu saw Jiang You walk to the door of the greenhouse, open it and walk in.
"The highest temperature today is 22 degrees. It's a bit hot, right?" Jiang You noticed Lin Yu's sweaty T-shirt.
Lin Yu looked a little confused. After a few seconds he said, "It's a little hot."
"Do you want to go upstairs and take a shower?"
"No, thanks."
"Let's go and have breakfast." Jiang You said and walked out.
Lin Yu quickly put on his shoes and coat. When he stood up, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes. He bent down, and after the dizziness passed, he stood up straight again. Then he followed Jiang You out of the insect house and walked to the small room next door.
Jiang You ordered a bowl of mixed wontons.
Lin Yu ordered a bowl of fried fish noodles.
Soon, Lao You brought up the noodles and wontons.
Chopped green onions float in the red soup, and the fragrance wafts into your nose along with the hot steam.
Lin Yu suddenly felt that he was hungry.
Very hungry.
He picked up the chopsticks and picked up the fried fish.
The fried crispy herring fillets were softened by the noodle soup, and the freshness of the fish and the aroma of burnt flesh mixed together were very appetizing.
He ate half a bowl of noodles in one breath. The hot soup and noodles went into his stomach, and the numbness in his body disappeared.
"Are you feeling better?" Jiang You asked.
Lin Yu nodded, and he felt that he had finally woken up from his dream.
So he rolled up the sleeve of his right coat and said, "I had a dream, and when I woke up my hand was healed."
"What dream?" Jiang You asked.
Lin Yu carefully recounted his dream, and then he began to summarize: "I think that monster is the impurity left in my soul. It is still thieving and secretly accumulated strength while I have not rested well recently. It wants to steal my body and carry my petal." He thought of the Jiarong flower beside Luohan's bed. He looked at Jiang You and asked, "You saved me again."
"No, no," Jiang You said modestly, "My feng shui is pretty good, I asked someone to look at it for me."
"The two methods you told me last time, practicing the appropriate technique is to increase the strength of my own soul, and believing in God is to introduce the power of a third party, that is, to find an opponent for it." Lin Yu's eyes were sharp, and he made a fist-pounding gesture, "Defeat it and drive it out of my body completely."
"You are quite talented."
"Practice?"
"No, I write online articles. I have some ideas."
"Am I wrong?" Lin Yu asked.
Jiang You put down his chopsticks and said, "It can't be said to be wrong, but it's impossible to drive them out completely. We can only suppress them."
"Why?"
"Your soul relies on my postcard to maintain its connection with your body. A normal person's body will reject any soul other than his own. In this case, your idea is feasible. You can even find someone with some skills to give you a few bangs and add some strength to your body to repel the monster . But to a postcard, you and the monster are the same. It doesn't reject anyone. It's just that when you have the upper hand, it will maintain the connection between you and your body. When the monster has the upper hand, the connection will become fragile or even broken, and you will die at this time."
Lin Yu asked persistently: "Then, can you control that postcard?"
"Okay." Jiang You said straightforwardly.
Lin Yu looked at Jiang You.
He waited for him to make his offer.
Jiang You took out a tissue and wiped his mouth.
"Using the power on it means that your soul will be completely integrated into the postcard, and you will be controlled by the laws and will on it."
"What's the meaning?"
"In simple terms, it means that they share the same beliefs as me."
"So should I go preach, recruit believers, hand out flyers, and hold rallies?"
"It might as well be that I need to run errands, buy breakfast, and hang out the laundry..." Jiang You muttered vaguely.
"What?" Lin Yu didn't hear clearly.
"Just think about it. There's no need to rush to make a decision," Jiang You glanced outside. "It's getting late. Let's go to the bureau first." He stood up and walked to the counter to scan the code to pay.
Lin Yu followed him and heard Jiang You ask him, "Have you been busy lately?"
"I was going to Chu City today."
"travel?"
"Rui Rui's hometown is there," Lin Yu paused, "It's Qingming Festival, I want to go and burn some paper for her."
