Chapter 539
Chapter 539
Chapter 539
As Li Zhuiyuan approached after coming downstairs, Liu Yumei was momentarily at a loss for how to face him.
To put it seriously, it was Elder Liu who deceived the head of the family and violated the family rules; to put it privately, it was she, as the grandmother, who arbitrarily interfered in the affairs between the two children and helped cover it up.
Li Zhuiyuan walked to the door of the east room and said to Liu Yumei:
"It's cold and windy outside, Grandma, you should go back inside and rest early."
Li Zhuiyuan didn't blame Liu Yumei. After A Li made her choice, all Liu Yumei could do was offer help and support.
Grandma Liu was the one who was most upset. She couldn't even tell me about it, otherwise it would seem like she cared more about her granddaughter's talent than about her own safety as the head of the family.
Liu Yumei sighed, "Alas, Xiao Yuan, you know everything."
Li Zhuiyuan: "I should have known much earlier."
On the morning of Ah Li's first day of martial arts training, the boy noticed something was wrong.
Before Runsheng and Chen Xiyuan sparred, A Li, who had no tools in hand, made a very slight intentional movement. Although she recovered quickly, he still caught it.
After Zhao Yi discovered the problem with the dojo, he pinched his fingernail marks on the construction drawings to remind himself. Rather than breaking through the barrier, it was more like making Li Zhuiyuan make up his mind.
"Xiao Yuan, Grandma thinks we should just pretend we don't know yet. In a few more days, it will be too late."
In a few more days, Ah Li's martial arts training will be completely established, and there will be no going back.
If we intervene now, all the pain and suffering Ah Li endured these past few nights will have been for nothing.
Liu Yumei's statement was made from the perspective of a young person.
Pretend to be unaware, and wait until the next wave or later, when faced with unavoidable danger, Ah Li will then take the opportunity to expose her secret martial arts training.
In this way, not only will there be the joy of escaping from a desperate situation, but the girl will also feel happy and satisfied because she protected the boy, and feel that her efforts were worthwhile. This is the most ideal scenario.
However, once the truth is revealed prematurely, neither approving nor preventing it is appropriate.
"Grandma, I actually hesitated for a long time. Your suggestion is indeed the most suitable, but I can't lie to myself because I've discovered it."
Liu Yumei smiled helplessly: "It's Grandma's fault for not doing things thoroughly enough."
"It has nothing to do with you. You can erase all the traces, but you can't erase the feeling."
"so……"
"Please go back inside."
Liu Yumei nodded, turned around and went back into the house, closing the door behind her.
Leaning against the door, looking at the ancestral tablets of the Dragon King on the altar in front of her, Liu Yumei breathed a sigh of relief, still feeling lingering fear, and said:
"Fortunately, I gave up the idea of having a son-in-law marry into my family a long time ago."
Liu Yumei pressed down with her fingertips, causing the offering table to tremble and the ancestral tablets to sway back and forth as if by magic, as if the ancestors were nodding in agreement.
Just now at the door, she was a little afraid of Xiao Yuan.
This was something she had never noticed before, and she didn't know exactly when it started. It was probably because she and Xiao Yuan had always been on the same side and had never diverged.
Standing outside the line for the first time, even she was a little dazed. Xiao Yuan really was the head of the family. Facing him, she felt like she was facing the legitimate heir of the Liu family.
Thank goodness we didn't do any of those messy things. Let's not even talk about anything else. If you find a son-in-law who lives with you, you'll end up being the one with less presence in front of him. What's the point of all that effort?
"Never mind, it's good that you know. It's the children's own business, let them handle it themselves. It's not appropriate for me to interfere anymore."
Liu Yumei pressed her finger down again, and the memorial tablets nodded in unison, indicating their agreement.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Yumei changed the subject:
"It's all your fault. The spirit is gone. If even one spirit were left, Ah Li could have prayed for its protection and cover it up. No matter what, the patriarch couldn't have said anything bad about the ancestors."
Ancestors are best suited to spoil children. When Liu Yumei was young, she relied on the favor of the Dragon King's spirit to beat and kick her peers and tease and play tricks on her elders. Even her grandfather, who was the head of the family, did not dare to question her or make her kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment. Soon after, Liu Qingcheng's Dragon King's spirit appeared and called the head of the family to kneel with her.
There was no sound on the offering table.
Liu Yumei glanced at it and snorted coldly:
"Ha, now everyone's mute and silent?"
Li Zhuiyuan walked to the entrance of the temple and stopped.
In the boy's mind, he recalled how he had temporarily lost his sight in order to set up an array to kill the dwarf father and son. When Ah Li found out, she not only didn't blame him, but also squeezed his palm as if to say: You are amazing.
That's Ah Li for you; it seems like no matter what you do, she'll always support and affirm you.
But that's not how I feel about Ah Li. The reason Ah Li chose to keep it from me is because she knows I won't agree.
Even if he were forced to agree, seeing her talent damaged and watching her suffer pain while honing her physique would cause him inner torment.
Ultimately, Ah Li only sees herself, just like the weather she sees when she opens the window—whether it's sunny or stormy, she takes it all for granted.
But I want her to always be sunny and cheerful, without considering whether she herself wants that.
Li Zhuiyuan opened the restrictions on the dojo and went inside.
On the altar, Ah Li sat cross-legged, wisps of blood energy constantly leaving and returning to her body during the polishing process.
Despite the pain, Ah Li's face remained expressionless, but when she saw the boy enter, panic flashed in her eyes.
Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand to help the girl stabilize the altar's operation, ensuring that nothing went wrong during the body tempering process.
Once this polishing cycle is complete, the altar will no longer be under control and will gradually stop rotating.
Li Zhuiyuan walked up to the altar and stood in front of the girl.
The girl lowered her head.
Li Zhuiyuan squatted down, grabbed the girl's hand, and pried her fingers apart.
The boy pressed his fingernails against the girl's palm, increasing the pressure.
The girl slightly raised her eyes and looked at the boy.
Once, after receiving a call from Li Lan, Li Zhuiyuan became lost and even hurt himself by grabbing Runsheng's incense. The girl discovered this and pinched five fingernail marks into the boy's palm.
But Li Zhuiyuan only pinched a few marks as a token gesture before stopping, unwilling to break the skin on such a beautiful hand.
"Next time, tell me beforehand if anything comes up. We don't need the burden of secrets between us."
The girl's eyes dimmed.
She wanted to tell the boy after the deed was done, not now. Even if the boy agreed, he wouldn't sleep soundly at night when she was working on his physique.
Li Zhuiyuan waved his hand, summoning the evil dragon. A spot next to the altar first sank, then a platform rose up, on which sat a large vase.
The vase wasn't valuable; it wasn't an antique. I bought it from a street stall in front of the Shigang Town Department Store.
But inside the vase was a piece of jadeite obtained from the Five Immortals Temple in Northeast China. This was something Li Zhuiyuan had originally set aside for his future rapid martial arts training.
However, once Li Zhuiyuan realized Wei Zhengdao's wrong path, this preparation became unnecessary.
If one is determined to break with the will of Heaven, one will definitely take the most difficult path to death. Even if one cannot do anything to the high and mighty you, one will still disgust you to death.
The evil dragon Black Thorn emerged, materialized, and rolled up the vase, carrying it to the altar.
Ah Li glanced at the vase, then at the boy, and a light slowly rose in her eyes.
Li Zhuiyuan leaned forward, and their foreheads gently touched.
The two people were so close that they could see each other's eyes and feel the flutter of each other's eyelashes.
Li Zhuiyuan began:
“From now on, I will stay here with you every night, because our Ah Li is going to practice martial arts, and she will practice the fastest and the best.”
……
Uncle Qin boiled water in the kitchen, took the hot water to the east room to pour into the bathtub, and then returned to the west room.
Following the usual routine these past few days, it's time to call Ah Ting to make a midnight snack for the mistress, which can be served after she finishes her bath.
Pushing open the door to the west room, Uncle Qin saw snakes, insects, and rodents crawling on the ground.
Aunt Liu sat on the bed, hugging her knees with her arms, resting her chin on her knees, staring blankly down.
Snakes, insects, rodents, and ants are not moving blindly; they seem to be enacting some kind of performance, with dialogue, interaction, and a scenario.
When A-Ting was a child, she had no friends and no one to play with. She was a complete oddball in the Liu family.
However, she was not lonely. She enjoyed playing with these snakes, insects, and rodents. The more venomous they were, the better she got along with them, because they were more intelligent and more likely to respond to her.
Just like nowadays, little girls' rooms are always filled with toys like dolls. They like to interact with these toys, arrange them, and act out the scenes and stories in their minds.
These poisons were the rag dolls that A-Ting used to have.
After Ah Ting was chosen by the mistress, the mistress discovered her habit and forced her to change it.
If she continues to become addicted, Ah Ting's mind and cognition will gradually detach from the realm of humanity, and she will start associating with these poisonous creatures, regarding people as "snakes, insects, rats and ants".
A-Ting has really changed. She gradually started trying other things and slowly became more lively and cheerful. Except for the occasional time when she was stimulated by something, she would secretly bring out these things to play with. Most of the time, she has gotten rid of them.
Until recently, when Uncle Qin saw that Ah Ting started summoning these things frequently, he realized that something was wrong and went to ask the mistress.
The matriarch said that in the past, Ah Ting's belief was revenge. As Xiao Yuan and the others grow up, revenge is approaching, and some of the grudges have already been settled. Ah Ting needs to find a new support, otherwise she will habitually retreat to the kind of scene where she could feel safe when she was a child.
At the suggestion of his wife, Uncle Qin would go out for a walk with Ating every night to chat and talk.
Most of the time, Aunt Liu was the one talking and Uncle Qin was the one listening.
Aunt Liu would talk about her childhood, about Xiao Yuan and his friends, about Mengmeng, Zhou Yunyun and Chen Lin, and about the rights and wrongs in Siyuan Village.
When Liu Jinxia and the others came to play cards with the mistress, Aunt Liu would listen in. The three of them could practically represent the intelligence network of the entire village.
Actually, Aunt Liu wasn't in any trouble; she was just putting on an act to get Mu Tou to spend more time with her.
But some things are beyond our control. This deliberate act of fishing really brought back the feeling of her childhood self.
It could also be said that the mistress's words were correct. When the great revenge was about to be taken, her heart felt empty, and her greatest obsession began to loosen.
“Ah Ting…”
"Ali, tell me, what would have happened if we weren't members of the Xuanmen sect?"
"We are not members of the Xuanmen sect..."
"The mistress is a kind-hearted old lady with a sharp tongue. You and I are both orphans she adopted. We grew up together. What will we become?"
After careful consideration, Uncle Qin replied:
"If we hadn't been born into the family and had been adopted by the mistress like ordinary orphans, would we have become...siblings?"
Aunt Liu nodded.
The snakes, insects, and rodents on the ground began to change. They gathered into three nests, with each of the three snakes coiled up like three houses. The largest snake was in the center, and several rats lived inside the coiled bodies of each snake.
“If Grandpa Li is just an ordinary old man, and you are just someone who helps Grandpa Li farm and deliver goods, then I am just someone who makes paper offerings…”
Aunt Liu kept muttering to herself, describing everyone's "identity" from Li Sanjiang's perspective and depicting their "life" from Li Sanjiang's point of view.
If Chen Xiyuan were here now, she would find that what Aunt Liu was saying now was exactly the same as what she had said to her before dinner.
In Li Sanjiang's mind, Chen Lin's brother had gone to the south to do business and failed, losing all his money and possibly incurring a huge debt.
For this reason, Li Sanjiang also gave Lin Shuyou a few pointers, not to advise him to break up, but to hope that he could consider these practical issues in advance.
Of course, Lin Shuyou couldn't tell Grandpa Li that his future brother-in-law called him "brother," so he could only show off his wealth to Grandpa Li in the most straightforward way.
Uncle Qin interrupted Aunt Liu's mutterings: "A-Ting, shall we go for a walk?"
In the past, Ah Ting would nod and follow him out at this time, but this time, Ah Ting seemed not to hear what he said and continued to describe the lives of everyone in a different situation.
Uncle Qin dared not let Ah Ting continue like this; it was clearly a sign that she was about to go astray.
He stepped forward, picked A-Ting up, pushed open the door, and went outside.
The snakes, insects, and rats in the house wanted to follow, but Uncle Qin turned around and glared at them. The low growl of the evil dragon resounded from within his body, and the snakes, insects, and rats immediately broke free from Aunt Liu's control and scattered and hid.
Under the cover of night, Uncle Qin carried Aunt Liu on one arm as they walked along the village road.
Aunt Liu's rambling continued:
“If the mistress is your mother, then I am the mistress’s daughter-in-law, and Ah Li is our daughter. Our daughter can’t speak…”
With the evening breeze blowing and the support of the man's broad shoulders beneath her, Aunt Liu's voice grew softer and softer. She closed her eyes, as if she were about to fall asleep.
Uncle Qin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, Aunt Liu looked up.
Uncle Qin's heart immediately jumped again.
Aunt Liu's eyes cleared, and after looking around, she forcefully slapped Uncle Qin's back and scolded:
"You blockhead, you're practically carrying me out of town, and I haven't even cooked for Ah Li yet!"
……
Zhao Yi lay on the bed, eyes open, staring at the ceiling, above which was Chen Xiyuan's room.
At this moment, Zhao Yi could clearly sense that something was wrong with the resident upstairs.
He knew that person was good at sudden enlightenment, picking it up casually like cabbage on the roadside, but this time, you've been picking it up for far too long, haven't you?
Chen Xiyuan lay in bed, her dazed state continuing since after dinner, and had not yet subsided.
The domain remains open and is constantly changing.
Her eyes were open, yet it felt like she was dreaming.
The dream began with her accompanying Ayou and Chen Lin to the city to buy gifts in the afternoon, and then it turned into Ayou and Chen Lin arguing about getting married.
It's like a painting that has had a layer torn off. In the remaining painting, the figures haven't changed, but they are no longer the original colors.
Chen Xiyuan dreamed of her grandparents. Her grandfather was fishing by the sea, but he rarely caught anything. Yet, he always carried a very large net.
Grandma scolded Grandpa for only knowing how to play all day and not caring about the family's livelihood, which resulted in the whole family still living in a poor and remote place without electricity, and having to cross mountains to make a phone call.
As the images of the figures in her dream were torn apart, the realm surrounding Chen Xiyuan in reality also continued to change, resulting in even more interpretations.
Logically, this should be a good thing, but as the dream deepens, problems arise after some characters are exposed.
In her dream, Chen Xiyuan stood at the kitchen door, looked up, and saw her little brother and sister sitting on the rattan chair on the second floor.
She habitually reached into her pocket and pulled out a handful of sunflower seeds to look at.
With a "ripping" sound, a layer of paper was torn off the little brother and sister.
The little girl's eyes lost their luster, and terrifying evil spirits appeared around her, creating a horrifying scene.
The little boy's gaze was cold and devoid of emotion, as if a layer of human skin had been torn away, and he looked down at her condescendingly. Under his gaze, she felt all her value being dissected and categorized; she was no longer a living person, but a commodity with a price tag.
"puff……"
Chen Xiyuan coughed up a mouthful of blood, and her domain also became disordered.
Downstairs, Zhao Yi sat up: "Oh no, something really has happened."
Zhao Yi immediately ran upstairs and arrived at Chen Xiyuan's door. As soon as he opened the door, a powerful repulsive force hit him, and Zhao Yi was thrown out.
His body spun in mid-air, his feet planted firmly on the wall, Zhao Yi formed hand seals, and the Gate of Life and Death spun rapidly as he spoke in a deep voice towards the room:
"Life and Death Seal!"
Inside the room, on the bed, Chen Xiyuan closed her eyes, and the domain disappeared.
Zhao Yi got up and walked in.
Looking at Chen Xiyuan, Zhao Yi licked his lips.
He wouldn't offer help unless they were in Nantong.
He basically adopted a "hands-off" attitude towards the person surnamed Li, too lazy to scheme against or compete with him. He would only occasionally fantasize that the person surnamed Li might choke to death on a soda or die of thirst because he couldn't open the soda.
But Zhao Yi is still on the river. If he has no competitive spirit towards others, what is the point of him staying on the river?
He wanted Chen Xiyuan dead; this girl was indeed a bit scary, always putting him under immense pressure.
If it weren't for someone surnamed Li, she would have died in Luoyang.
But this is Siyuan Village, the home of Big Beard. Here, it's assumed that injured people who come in will be taken care of. Old Tian, his family's husband, is the vice president of this hospital, and he'll lend a hand to anyone who comes in.
Within the territory of the Li family's monastery, the rules governing the river do not apply here.
Zhao Yi reached out and pried open Chen Xiyuan's eyes to examine them.
Considering Chen Xiyuan's special circumstances, it would be too difficult to control her if she got out of control, so Zhao Yi did not intend to risk breaking the seal on her now.
He turned around, went out of the house, went downstairs, and came to the door of a room on the first floor, where he knocked.
The gurgling sounds in the room, like the sounds of counting, stopped.
The door opened, and Xiao Yingying, dressed only in a simple floral short-sleeved shirt, stood in front of Zhao Yi. Wearing so little was inappropriate for this season, but she was least afraid of the cold.
Zhao Yi beckoned to the bed inside the room:
"Messenger, go and call that guy surnamed Li over. Tell him there's something wrong with the flute."
Benben immediately jumped off the bed, and Xiao Hei, who was sleeping under the bed, crawled out and caught the child steadily. As the child and the dog darted out, Xiao Yingying quickly put a cotton-padded coat on Benben.
Benben was very happy because he was supposed to have a music class during evening self-study, but now he could skip it.
Late at night, Li Zhuiyuan led A Li out of the temple and onto the dam. Li Zhuiyuan then personally pushed open the door to the east room.
Steam rose from the bathtub, which was covered with beautiful flower petals.
Liu Yumei stood up from her chair.
This is the spot where Ah Li usually returns after finishing her training, which means that Xiao Yuan agrees to Ah Li continuing her martial arts practice.
Otherwise, it's impossible for the two kids to have been holding a discussion in the dojo for so long, right?
However, when Liu Yumei looked at A Li, she immediately sensed something was wrong. There was a very sharp aura about A Li, and at the same time, A Li's already amazing physical training speed was inexplicably enhanced again.
This enhancement goes beyond the traditional scope of natural treasures.
If Ah Li knew this, she would have used it long ago instead of waiting until now; this means that Xiao Yuan not only did not stop Ah Li from practicing martial arts, but also helped Ah Li plan her martial arts training.
This is undoubtedly cruel to Xiao Yuan.
But Liu Yumei admires and agrees with this point. Like Lao Gou back then, leaving someone behind "for his own good" is even more cruel.
Even if there is a dead end in front of us, walking hand in hand is happiness.
Li Zhuiyuan looked at the long sword hanging on the wall inside the room.
With a flick of her finger, Liu Yumei sent the longsword flying back to its sheath under the bed.
To achieve one's goal, some suffering is unavoidable, but there's no need to suffer to avoid being discovered.
Li Zhuiyuan turned around, looked at the second-floor terrace, and then looked at A Li.
The boy wondered if Ah Li could just grab him and lift him up, sending him directly to the balcony and saving him the trouble of going up the stairs into the house.
Of course, you can also jump onto the terrace with yourself, and then Ah Li can come down.
This way, I can look better.
A smile appeared on the girl's lips; she had "read" the boy's thoughts.
Ah Li first reached out and took the boy's hand, then grabbed his arm, then his shoulder, and then tried to put her arm around his waist...
Li Zhuiyuan was waiting for the aerial acrobat.
Ah Li was pondering how to make the boy jump up more gracefully.
Just like Li Zhuiyuan's first time acting as a Bodhisattva, it was also A Li's first time formally practicing martial arts. She was not sure how to handle it and was worried that she would not do well in this first high jump with the boy and leave regrets.
Liu Yumei, standing inside the room, looked like an outsider.
The old lady reached out and picked up a sour plum from the offering table, then popped it into her mouth.
Just then, Uncle Qin returned carrying Aunt Liu.
Uncle Qin opened the air valve and moved at lightning speed. When he landed on the dam, he used his air to neutralize all noise, afraid of disturbing Li Sanjiang who was fast asleep.
This looks like he just snatched a wife back from outside.
Li Zhuiyuan knew that Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu had recently developed the habit of going out for walks at night, but the boy did not expect it to be like this.
Aunt Liu tidied her hair and said, "Grandma is hungry, right? I'll go make some midnight snacks right away."
Li Zhuiyuan: "Aunt Liu, make a little more, I'll eat with A-Li."
Aunt Liu: "Okay, sure."
Uncle Qin followed Aunt Liu into the kitchen to help light the stove.
Aunt Liu: "It seems that Xiao Yuan has already discovered that A Li is practicing martial arts."
Uncle Qin: "What? Ah Li has already practiced martial arts?"
Aunt Liu gripped the spatula tightly, wishing she could pour all the hot oil from the pan over it, but then she thought better of it. She couldn't get angry, after all, sending Ali to pour hot water and deliver the late-night snack was precisely to avoid arousing suspicion, and it had indeed succeeded.
Sitting behind the stove, Uncle Qin didn't notice that Aunt Liu was taking deep breaths; he just said with great regret:
"What a pity, Ah Li's talent far surpasses mine."
Aunt Liu: "Xiao Yuan's journey across the river is far more difficult than yours."
Uncle Qin nodded.
While A-Li was taking a bath in the east room, Li Zhuiyuan went into the kitchen.
Aunt Liu: "Xiao Yuan?"
Li Zhuiyuan: "Is something wrong?"
Under normal circumstances, Aunt Liu would never forget to prepare a meal for Ah Li after her martial arts practice.
Aunt Liu: "No... I just had a small problem."
Li Zhuiyuan looked at Uncle Qin: "Uncle, add some firewood to the stove, let's go to the west room to talk."
"it is good."
Li Zhuiyuan felt that Uncle Qin's perspective and description were more in line with the facts.
After entering the west room, Li Zhuiyuan looked at the two beds and chose to sit on Uncle Qin's bed.
When he came to "take" Aunt Liu's account books, what he found under the bed was quite fascinating.
Uncle Qin stood in front of the boy and explained things to Li Zhuiyuan in a very serious and earnest manner, adopting the attitude of reporting to the head of the family.
After listening, Li Zhuiyuan had a clear understanding of Aunt Liu's situation.
Initially, Aunt Liu probably wanted to use this as an excuse to interact more with Uncle Qin, but this behavior itself is also part of the development of the illness.
Seeing that Xiao Yuan remained silent, Uncle Qin asked, "Xiao Yuan, is something wrong with A-Ting?"
Li Zhuiyuan: "It's not a big problem."
Aunt Liu is just very simple and pure... she has mental problems.
This must be innate.
Grandma Liu took Aunt Liu in and trained her because she was afraid that Aunt Liu would wander into the world and cause trouble.
Previously, Aunt Liu did not have these symptoms, or these symptoms could be suppressed because the deep-seated family feud hung over her head, and external pressure suppressed internal problems.
This can be seen from Aunt Liu's account books. Not only did they give her a headache, but they also made the evil books uncomfortable to read. That's something that no normal person could have written.
Li Zhuiyuan: "Uncle Qin, don't worry, I'll find a way to solve this."
Uncle Qin: "Hmm, Xiao Yuan, you're smart, you'll definitely have a way."
Li Zhuiyuan stood up, paused for a moment, and said, "If something like this happens again, notify me immediately."
Uncle Qin replied solemnly, "Yes, patriarch."
"Wang! Wang! Wang!"
A series of urgent barks came from the dog.
Li Zhuiyuan pushed open the door and saw Benben sitting on the dog's back.
Benben pointed south, raised his hands horizontally, pinched his fingertips together, and made a gesture as if he was playing a flute.
He had studied it, and his performance without props was very convincing.
"Something happened to Chen Xiyuan?"
Benben nodded vigorously: "Zhao...bad...guy..."
Li Zhuiyuan: "Go back and tell him to stabilize the situation. I'll be right there."
Benben turned the dog around and ran home as fast as he could.
The fact that Zhao Yi could send Benben to deliver the message indicates that the situation on that side is not critical.
Li Zhuiyuan looked up at the moon overhead. So many things were going on tonight, one problem after another.
"Brother Xiaoyuan?"
Tan Wenbin walked out of the hall.
Liu Yumei had summoned the dark clouds earlier to obscure Tan Wenbin's senses.
Li Zhuiyuan has good hearing and can easily avoid danger; but after Tan Wenbin returned from recuperating at Big Beard's house, his perception naturally covers the surrounding environment, not to mention that he has been staying up late to read books recently.
After the dark clouds dispersed, Tan Wenbin had already noticed the commotion outside, but since no one called him, he didn't feel the need to show up. However, upon hearing the noise from Benben and Xiaohei, he got up anyway.
"It's okay, Brother Binbin, I'll go take a look."
Tan Wenbin responded, knowing that with the help of the other team, he really didn't need to do it himself.
Li Zhuiyuan walked down the dam and arrived at Big Beard's house.
On the balcony, Zhao Yi rested his elbow on his hand, smoking a cigarette, and chuckled:
"Hey Li, you're pretty busy tonight, aren't you?"
Li Zhuiyuan entered the house and went upstairs.
Zhao Yi stubbed out his cigarette and followed: "It's like she's gone mad. I sealed her off with the Gate of Life and Death before she completely lost control."
Li Zhuiyuan: "Do you know what caused this?"
Zhao Yi: "When I came back from eating at your place, she seemed absent-minded, like she had suddenly realized something. I guess she probably had a sudden realization and did the splits."
Li Zhuiyuan: "Sudden enlightenment?"
Zhao Yi: "Hey Li, what advice did you give her this time?"
Li Zhuiyuan: "I didn't."
Zhao Yi: "That's strange, isn't it? A sudden enlightenment?"
Li Zhuiyuan stopped and closed his eyes. Memories of the evening surfaced, first settling on dinner.
Chen Xiyuan often eats until she's the last one to finish, meaning that even after I've finished eating and gone upstairs, she's still sitting there eating.
From the memories, it's clear she seems to have something on her mind.
Li Zhuiyuan rewound his memories to the time before Aunt Liu called him to dinner. In the scene, he and A Li were sitting together playing chess in front of the sky. In the lower right corner, at the kitchen door, Chen Xiyuan and Aunt Liu were standing there chatting and eating melon seeds. Suddenly, Chen Xiyuan looked at Aunt Liu with a surprised expression.
The boy opened his eyes.
Zhao Yi: "You found out?"
"We need to double-check."
Li Zhuiyuan entered the room, came to Chen Xiyuan's bedside, and a golden thread flew from his fingertip, piercing into Chen Xiyuan's brow.
Zhao Yi felt a tightness in his chest and took a deep breath. This golden thread made him feel a great threat at the gate between life and death, as if they were natural enemies.
Through the golden thread, Li Zhuiyuan saw the images that Chen Xiyuan was seeing flashing in her dream. They were mostly people he knew, but also strangers.
As the gold thread was pulled out, Li Zhuiyuan pursed his lips.
Li Zhuiyuan found out the reason for Chen Xiyuan's problem. He can only say that she is indeed Sister Chen, and she always manages to leave him speechless.
If you like sudden enlightenment, then go ahead and do it. But Aunt Liu is almost going crazy with her spiritual practice, and you're still trying to have sudden enlightenment with her?
Okay, you've caught it.
(End of this chapter)