Return to the human world

The wedding night.

After finishing all the work and returning to the palace, Cha Suxun was wearing wedding clothes and sitting by the bed with a red veil on her head like an ordinary bride, waiting for her to lift the veil.

Yuanli stood by the bed and paced back and forth, holding the scale bar in her hand and hesitant to move. She always felt that this action was too disrespectful.

"Madam, lift the lid!"

"Oh, okay, okay..."

Yuanli quickly used the weighing rod to lift a corner of the veil and lifted it up carefully, fearing that she would hurt him if she made a wrong move.

Under the light of the lush, swaying red dragon and phoenix candles, the angles of Cha Suxun's face were particularly clear. The hair that was hanging down today added tenderness to him, and the love that could not be concealed was wrapped in a joyful smile that curved like a half moon.

He held the red veil in his hands and lowered his head to smooth out the inconspicuous wrinkles. "Ari, thank you very much."

"Thank me for what?"

"Thank you so much for fulfilling my wish and playing Li Wan and marrying me. Even if it was just a foolish dream, I am completely satisfied and have no regrets in my life. I never even dared to imagine being able to marry Li Wan and call her my wife."

"When did you recognize me?"

"Before, I always thought it was Huanzhu that made all my dreams, wishes, and thoughts come true. Even though the Li Wan in front of me treated me differently than in my memory, I didn't dwell on it or suspect anything. Until you said you wanted to marry me, I became greedy and selfish, wanting to see what our wedding would be like. But just now, when I lifted your veil, I saw you pacing in place. Perhaps you didn't dare to lift it because of my status, or perhaps you felt that I wasn't the right husband for you. Now that Huanzhu has married the Li Wan I created, I won't have such concerns. But thank you very much."

Cha Suxun stood up, looked around at the joyous scene in the hall, put his hands behind his back and quietly put away the veil, "Let's go, it's time to return to the human world."

When she emerged from Huanzhu, the woman who had escorted her in had vanished without a trace, and everything had returned to normal. Recalling her journey into the tea house and her dreams, she saw, heard, and experienced everything, but could not figure out what that woman had done.

"They haven't come out yet. Should we go into Huanzhu and bring them out?"

"No. Entering someone else's Huanzhu is extremely dangerous. At the very least, you'll be trapped within it forever, until your memories are completely consumed and erased by the Huanzhu, completely becoming the person you replaced when entering the Huanmeng. When the owner wakes up, you'll disappear along with the Huanzhu. At worst, your soul will be shattered, and before that, you'll endure the pain of having your heart and bones ripped out. So, from now on, don't easily touch things you don't understand."

"Okay, I get it. Does Ah Cha have any other ideas? If the four of them were to come out alone, I'm afraid..."

Cha Suxun nodded gently. A strong gust of wind blew behind him, provoking a noticeable push on his back. Countless spirit butterflies flew in, passing through their souls, shuttling busily through the Huanzhu. After waiting for a moment, the spirit butterflies brought back three souls.

"Acha, where is my brother?"

"I am not?"

"I said it was Chi Xun. He came with us. Do you remember?" It's the soul with this identity that you occupy.

"He wasn't even in Huanzhu just now, so there's no need to look for him, and you won't find him. Go back to the human world, your brother will go with you."

After saying this, the spirit butterfly wrapped up all the living souls and rushed straight towards the sea of ​​red spider lilies below. When it was about to touch the ground, it subconsciously closed its eyes. When it opened them again, it had returned to the human world.

As the souls of several people returned to their bodies and woke up, Chi Huai was also awake and well. Seeing this, Chi Que was filled with gratitude and repeatedly shook Qi Heng's hand to thank him: "This time, we were able to save Chi Huai thanks to Master Qi's method. In the future, my two brothers will work hard to repay Master Qi. Thank you, Master Qi, thank you, Master Qi..."

"No need to thank me. You have also made great efforts to save Chi Huai. I just came up with a way. I hope it can help, but tonight..." After saying this, Qi Heng paused and looked at Chi Huai with some hesitation.

"I know that Kukuku is a demon. Lord Qi, just speak frankly and don't worry about me. If Kukuku is truly a demon that harms people..." Chi Huai knelt down and begged, "If possible, I only ask everyone to give her a chance to reincarnate. Born as a demon, she has no choice. If she does evil, she must pay with her life, regardless of the reason. But who is born with a bad nature? I know these few words can't change her behavior, but she and I have been married for two years. If she wanted to kill me, she would have killed me long ago. But in the end, she didn't harm me. It was my own shallowness and ignorance that scared her when I saw she was a demon and ran away, breaking her heart. She didn't despise me for being just a stupid, useless, and short-lived mortal, but I minded that she was a demon..."

Hearing this, the room fell silent. No one could agree to his request, nor did they know how to tell him the whole truth they knew.

"Chihu, take Chi Huai to my house to recuperate first. Don't come back tonight. Come back after everything is done."

"good."

Chi Huai immediately packed his bag and was about to take Chi Huai away, but the silly boy was too stubborn to leave. "Chi Huai! Come with me, do you hear me?"

Chi Que struggled to pull him away, but he stubbornly held on, pleading softly, "I'll just take one last look at her from afar. Even if it's just... a corpse. We're husband and wife, so I have to collect her body."

As soon as he finished speaking, the weasel, who had been catching up on his sleep under the chair, instantly jumped up and cursed, "You're the one who needs someone to collect your body! You deserve to be scared to death. I don't know why you're worthy of the lady and the nobleman going to such great lengths to save you! How about I, the immortal, enforce justice on behalf of heaven and bite you to death..."

"Stop being so willful! You ungrateful stubborn ox, listen to what you're saying. Even a dog would scold you if they heard it! You should be glad that you don't understand what a dog is saying, so you don't feel ashamed! She almost scared you to death. If they hadn't risked their lives to pull you back from the underworld, your body would have rotted by now! The elders, the village chief, and the village chief's wife are not young anymore. They have to rush back and forth to the back mountain every day just to see if you're getting better. They've tried every possible way to look through ancient books for you. Instead of pitying that female ghost, you might as well look at every lifesaver standing here working hard for you! If you really don't want this life anymore, you don't have to listen. Just stay here and watch with your eyes wide open. I'll just pretend that I don't have a brother like you! I'll ask you one last time, are you leaving or not?"

"Brother, I was wrong. I'm leaving, I'm going with you. You saved my life, I have no right to refuse it. It was me who was too willful... and reckless."

Before leaving, Chi Que clasped his fists and bowed in thanks: "I'll leave the rest of the matter to you all. I will definitely look after him. My younger brother is ignorant and has caused a lot of trouble. As his elder brother, I apologize to you all on his behalf."

"Brother, the banshee is dangerous. Why don't you go home with Chi Que and Chi Huai and wait there."

"I don't want to. Wherever A'li is, I'll stay there. How can I be so afraid of death that I go home and hide, leaving my sister in danger? Besides, that witch can't hurt me, don't worry."

In the blink of an eye, Chi Xun before him transformed into Cha Suxun's appearance, along with that voice. More Hades, more lives, Yuanli no longer rejected him.

In the evening, a cold wind howled through the mountains, rustling the leaves, and the sun set early.

The night fell unusually early today. When the sun usually sets, it is already dark.

"It's not appropriate to have so many people in the room. Let's hide first. The demon girl is coming for Chi Huai, so one of us should wear Chi Huai's clothes and lie on the bed."

"But wouldn't that make him a sitting duck? Chi Huai is thin and frail, and none of us look alike. Just by looking at his figure, I'm afraid the banshee would be able to tell who's real and who's not before he even gets close to the bed."

Tianshu said, "Don't worry, young lady. My sect possesses many unique skills, and one of them is particularly interesting. It can change one's appearance and even shrink one's bones to change one's body shape. I will be Chi Huai. I forgot to introduce you. This is my fellow disciple, He Qi. He and my nephew will protect you together."

After saying that, Tianshu turned around mysteriously and recited a few incomprehensible incantations. As his joints continued to crack, Tianshu's body shrank instantly, his face changed, and he became no different from Chi Huai.

The original clothes became loose, the collar was slightly open, and the strong chest was faintly visible. Cha Suxun stood behind Yuanli and covered her eyes, "Put on your clothes."

"oh."

When Cha Suxun let go of his hand, Tianshu had already changed into Chi Huai's coarse linen clothes.

"Lord Tianshu, Brother Chi Huai is weak and sickly, listless, and has been looking even more listless lately. On normal days, his eyes are usually dull and dull, unlike you who are so energetic and radiant."

Hearing this, Tianshu immediately calmed down, thought for a moment, and then put on a sickly look, lowered his head and said timidly and weakly: "Young Master, is this the same?"

"He's acting like a languid, sickly kid, but he's a little too lacking in confidence. Chi Huai isn't good at interacting with strangers, and he's a bit of a taciturn person. But because he's considered highly educated in the village, he holds himself to be a scholar, and his eyes never fail to be confident."

"I'll make some adjustments, how about this?"

“It’s close, but…”

Yuanli and Tianshu were enjoying the adjustments, while Heqi discussed with the others nearby, "I know the general situation. The demon girl saw you three days ago. A few people or more people will easily arouse her suspicion, so there's no need. Since we're missing Chithrush, I'll disguise myself as Chithrush, just like my uncle-shi. Once the demon girl enters the house, she'll never return."

Several people stayed quietly in the house. The weasel continued to curl up under the glass chair like an ordinary dog ​​to protect her. It seemed that it was taking a nap with its eyes closed, but in fact, it was concentrating all its attention on its ears.

They kept watch until midnight, when Heqi and Cha Suxun opened their eyes and looked at each other almost at the same time. When the vines came into the house as expected, the two of them tacitly trapped them with the immortal rope.

The vine monster, who was suddenly tied up and unable to move, kept trying to struggle and curse, but his arrogance wilted the moment he looked into Cha Suxun's eyes.

"Playing tricks on me?"

"We have caught the monster. Now, it's up to you."

Upon hearing this, the weasel returned to its true form, bit its claws, and used its blood as a pen to draw strange and twisted symbols on the vine monster's forehead.

"It's you? Lingchuan really picked up a good dog!"