Chapter 50
The moonlight was cold.
The wind was strong by the lake. Yu Feiyang pulled Dandan's hand, which was as cold as frozen food in a refrigerator. He pulled her away and put Dandan's hand into his coat pocket.
His warm hand rubbed the cold hand again and again.
But he could never pass the warmth to her.
Yu Feiyang felt distressed: "It's cool by the lake. How many times have you told me that? Why do you always like to wait here?"
Dandan looked at him quietly, her clear eyes raised, which made Yu Feiyang feel like she was smiling, but her voice was still flat.
"I'm worried that you won't be able to find it if I change places."
"How could that be? Anyway, you're just waiting in the bamboo forest. The place is quite big. Even if I search through the bamboo forest, I can find you."
Dandan looked at the large bouquet of roses held by Feiyang. The bright red flowers were particularly eye-catching in the dark night, and there were still a few dewdrops on each full petal.
She said: "It's so beautiful."
Yu Feiyang was about to send the roses over, but Dandan had already looked away, holding an oil paper umbrella and turning around, "I'll take you to the house, follow me."
House!
Yu Feiyang was so excited that his hair stood on end. Dandan wanted to take him home. Does this mean that he recognized his character?
The chance of success in confessing later cannot reach 100%?
"Still not coming?" The woman held an oil-paper umbrella and looked back quietly with a white veil on her face.
"Right away." Yu Feiyang stopped thinking and hurried to catch up.
Dandan's home was not far from the bamboo forest. Yu Feiyang only remembered that he passed through the dark bamboo forest, saw a circle of light, and then turned a corner and saw a big old house.
The blue-gray bricks and black tiles were still used on the roof. There were majestic stone lions on the left and right of the door.
"The decoration is so old?" Yu Feiyang was surprised.
Hong Kong has not seen old houses with ancient and unique shapes for a long time. Most of them have been demolished and rebuilt in the past few decades.
Dandan went up the stairs first, holding an oil-paper umbrella. "Yes, the house was left by my grandfather. It was built during the Qing Dynasty."
"Your family has taken good care of it." Yu Feiyang also went up the stairs. When he passed by two stone lions, he only felt that their wide-open eyes were scary.
No one noticed that the two stone lions' eyes, as big as copper bells, turned in the direction of Yu Feiyang.
After entering the house,
a maid came forward and took Dandan's oil-paper umbrella.
The maid's dress was also strange. It was not cold enough, but she had already put on a gray-black cotton robe, and a coarse linen braid was neatly tied at the back of her head. Her hair was shiny with sawdust water.
"Miss, the master and the mistress are in the back garden."
His expression was pale as he spoke.
Yu Feiyang was thinking about how to confess all the way, and he didn't have a chance to give out the flowers. The maid wanted to come over to take them, but he quickly refused.
The maid held an oil-paper umbrella with both hands, staring at Yu Feiyang.
Yu Feiyang felt numb at being stared at, and hurriedly shouted: "Dandan, wait for me."
As he said that, he followed Dandan with roses and chocolates in his arms. He entered the main room and went out the back door to see the yard full of flowers.
The moonlight sprinkled on the white hibiscus flowers. The more Yu Feiyang looked, the more familiar they looked. He always felt that these flowers seemed to have been seen somewhere.
Thinking too much, Yu Feiyang shook his head again.
"It must be an illusion. It's not surprising that Hibiscus is everywhere."
Just after thinking about it, I heard Dandan shouting, and Yu Feiyang followed.
A large Hanyu table, carefully carved with many complex patterns. I didn't expect that in addition to the simple appearance of the house, even the table is so unique.
Yu Feiyang was attracted to look at it a few more times.
"Ayang, come to see my parents." Dandan said.
Yu Feiyang looked up.
The two middle-aged men and women beside the Hanyu table were also wearing black clothes.
Dandan said again: "Dad, Mom, this is the Feiyang I told you about."
The middle-aged man stared at Yu Feiyang, and after a while, he forced a smile, "Okay, okay."
"Good-looking, not bad."
The middle-aged lady Liu Hai combed her hair into a hand-pushed wave pattern, and the black woolen cheongsam was buttoned to the top, tightly around her neck, but she didn't seem to be angry at all. She applied thick and white foundation and painted red lips.
She stood up and slowly stretched out her hand to pull Yu Feiyang over.
Yu Feiyang was surprised.
The lady's hands were as cold as Dandan's.
Could it be some family inheritance?
It seems that I have to make more blood-replenishing soup for Dandan in the future.
"Okay, okay." The middle-aged lady looked at Yu Feiyang straight, her red lips curled up slowly, "You are handsome, not bad."
The two said exactly the same words.
"Thank...thank you uncle and aunt for your praise." Yu Feiyang didn't think it was strange, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
He secretly went to see Dandan, and found that Dandan was also standing aside and looking at him quietly, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
That's good. At least Dandan's parents don't dislike him, and it's better to have some comments than no comments.
"Let's go to the front hall for dinner." The middle-aged man smiled stiffly, stretched out his straight arm and pointed to the front hall, "I knew you were coming today, so I specially prepared a family feast."
"So late?" Although Yu Feiyang and Dandan have become accustomed to meeting in the evening, this is the first time they have dinner at night.
Dandan took the initiative to hold his hand, her white veil was blown by the wind,
her face was vaguely visible. At this moment, Yu Feiyang also vaguely saw the extent of her smile.
"You can have it as a midnight snack."
The voice was still calm and without any ups and downs, but it was sweet to Yu Feiyang's heart.
He felt that the neighbors were right. He had been blinded by his greed and did not realize that Dandan also had a good impression of him.
The family sat in the front hall. There was a large table in the middle that could seat more than a dozen people.
Four people sat on both sides.
Yu Feiyang faced Dandan's parents.
One by one, servants brought dishes to the table.
A servant only served one dish, and then another servant served the next dish.
Yu Feiyang looked at the servants, both men and women, coming in and out, busying around, but there was no sound at all. The house was eerily quiet. He went to see his uncle and aunt, who were sitting in the upper seats with expressionless faces.
After sitting for a long time, Yu Feiyang couldn't help feeling a little cold. He put the roses and chocolates on the table and went to see Dandan who was pouring tea for him.
"Your family hired so many workers?"
Dandan twisted the teapot, her slender fingers pressing the lid, her sparkling eyes swept over the servants standing against the wall, neatly lined up in a row.
"Yes. They are all servants who signed a lifetime contract with my family. If they leave here, they have nowhere to go."
"Lifetime contract?" Yu Feiyang felt strange, "Why do we still have such a permanent contract now? Hasn't it been abolished long ago?"
Dandan didn't explain, picked up the chopsticks on the table, picked up the vegetables and put them in Yu Feiyang's bowl, "Eat quickly, the food will get cold later."
"Okay."
Yu Feiyang was very happy to have vegetables picked up. After eating the vegetables, he wanted to pick up the pork head on the plate, but was stopped by Dandan's chopsticks.
Dandan picked up the vegetables for him again, "You can eat more vegetables because they are fresh."
Yu Feiyang looked at the meat in confusion, but still ate the vegetables obediently.
The middle-aged couple ignored him, and both of them lowered their heads to eat. Looking closely, it seemed that their movements were very mechanical and stiff.
Finally, the meal was over.
Dandan walked Yu Feiyang to the gate of the house, and her eyes once again looked at the roses and chocolates in his arms. This time, her eyes seemed to be filled with love, and she took the initiative to ask.
"Are the flowers and chocolates for me?"
Yu Feiyang was finally able to give the roses, "Of course."
Dandan took the flowers, "You, do you have something to say to me?"
"Yes." Yu Feiyang also handed the chocolate to her. He was used to being frank and carefree on weekdays, but he was embarrassed to scratch his head, "It's just... we have known each other for so long."
"I hope that in the future, you will give me the opportunity to take care of you and cherish you."
The more he spoke, the redder Yu Feiyang's face became.
Dandan chuckled and couldn't help but let out a silver bell-like laugh, and the white veil swayed with the movement.
Dandan pressed the white veil with one hand, slowly raised her head, and her beautiful eyes were filled with tears. She scolded lightly: "What's good about me, idiot."
"No, you are very good." Yu Feiyang said frankly, "The master said that I missed many opportunities, but if I miss them all just to meet you, I am willing to do it."
"Dandan, are you willing to give me a chance?" Yu Feiyang took Dandan's hand very sincerely.
Just as he stepped into the mansion again.
Time seemed to flow backwards, the blue-gray bricks were covered with spider webs, and many broken pieces of wood lay on the ground. The dining table where we used to eat was also covered with spider webs.
In addition to a fresh vegetable, there were several bleeding human heads on the other plates.
The middle-aged couple sat side by side in a neat row, with blood flowing from the necks without heads.
Yu Feiyang felt goosebumps all over his body, and his hair stood on end. He took a step back but did not forget to hold Dandan's hand tightly.
"What...what's going on?"
Dandan looked at him with tears in her eyes. She had changed too. Her originally combed hair was messy, and there were several cracks on her pink cheongsam. Her body was shaking and about to fall.
"Dandan..." Yu Feiyang couldn't believe it.
"Do you know why I wear a veil every time I see you?" Dandan asked.
"I don't know." Yu Feiyang shook his head.
Dandan reached out and slowly took off the veil, looking at him with tears in her eyes, "Do I look familiar to you?"
Yu Feiyang let go of her hand, looked at Dandan's beautiful face, his hands were shaking, and he couldn't believe it, "It's you..."
"I remember you."
Three months ago, he and his colleagues made an appointment to go fishing at Zhulin Lake. There were several tombstones buried not far away, and one of the tombstones had a black and white photo of a woman in cheongsam.
The woman had a beautiful face and was about to smile. She
was only 19 years old when she died.
Yu Feiyang felt it was a pity, so he told his colleagues: "It's really pitiful that she died at such a young age."
"If it were now, I would definitely marry her."
Then, he met Dandan.
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew, and the heads of the people in the house rolled to the ground, making a series of ghostly screams.
A black shadow quickly escaped.
Yu Feiyang only felt a pain in his chest, and before he could react, the yellow talisman in his pocket burned out. Dandan pushed him out of the house violently, and as he left, the stone lion's head rolled to the ground and the door of the house collapsed.
The scene was full of splashing white dust. Yu Feiyang tried to open his eyes, but the sky was gradually getting light, and the field of vision was white and hazy. He couldn't see what was happening at all.
A black bird flew out from the white mist, and it cackled twice accompanied by Dandan's scream.
"Fei Yang, you forgot me! Don't come again!"
"That's what happened."
Yu Fei Yang sat in the fortune-telling stall. He was wearing a green military uniform but looked lost as if in a dream. "I forgot how I got back to the city. I only knew that I slept until dawn and then came here."
The neighbors sighed when they heard this sequel.
"No matter what, Officer Yu, personal safety is the most important thing. I'm glad you're okay."
"Fortunately you weren't with the female ghost, otherwise Master Chu said you wouldn't live for more than three days."
"Oh, hurry up and buy two talismans from Ling Ling and stick them on the head of the bed. You'll forget about this in a few days."
"I was obsessed with the beauty." Yu Fei Yang said in despair, "but the beauty is a ghost."
Blame him for being too scared.
"Actually, what's the difference between being a human or a ghost?"
As long as they can stay together and live together, does it matter whether they are alive or not?
Chu Yueqing disagreed.
"Humans and ghosts are on different paths, there is no chance for you."
"Forcing you to be together is against the will of heaven. Not only will you be punished, but your family will also be implicated." Chu Yueqing stood up, pulled out a red plastic bag from under the stall, took out talisman paper and a brush, and wrote a talisman.
After writing, she took it and stuck it on Yu Feiyang's forehead with a snap.
The sound was loud.
Lin Jiahua, who was working at the milk-tart stall next to him, looked at it and covered his forehead in pain.
The talisman paper quickly turned into ashes, and many people in the public saw the magical scene and exclaimed.
Yu Feiyang gradually came back to his senses, "Master Chu, I heard Dandan screaming at the time. Was she hurt by your talisman? Can you help me?"
Yu Feiyang took out his bank card and handed it to Chu Yueqing with a bitter expression.
"Dandan is really good. The only good thing about the food we had that night was the green vegetable. She didn't want to hurt me."
"Can you help me to pray for her soul to be reborn?"
"Please, let her be reborn!"
"Okay."
Chu Yueqing finally agreed to Yu Feiyang's request and made an appointment with him to pray for Dandan's soul to be reborn. Only then did he get up and leave the temple street.
Although Yu Feiyang used the talisman to calm down the shock, he still walked unsteadily and felt a little floating.
Lin Jiahua stared at his steps, wondering, "Why do you seem to be swaying when you walk?"
"It's the result of being exposed to too much Yin energy." Chu Yueqing explained, "When a large amount of Yin energy enters the body, it will cause an imbalance in the five elements and disrupt the order. The body will become very sensitive to cold, career will not be smooth, and luck will also deteriorate."
"Wouldn't Officer Yu be in danger?" Lin Jiahua pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and sighed, "It's so hard to achieve a happy relationship, but fate plays tricks on people. Alas, he is a bit miserable."
"It's okay, he will be fine after his Yang energy slowly recovers." After Chu Yueqing finished speaking, she tied a red plastic bag with a bow and threw it under the stall.
"Hehe! Hehe!"
Chu Yueqing looked over in the direction of the voice, and Mrs. Ding waved at her from a distance with a straw basket astride her.
"Auntie Ding, where are you going?" Chu Yuexiang smiled and greeted the old lady.
"I'm just buying some food. Today I bought the steak that my grandson likes." Auntie Ding carried a basket and looked at the popsicle box, then took money out of her pocket, "Xingxi, do you still have the Qingshenfu sugar water?"
"Yes." Chu Yuexiang opened the box, took out the Qingshenfu sugar water, packed it, and handed it over with a smile, "It should be a breakfast drink."
"I know, you are so kind, young girl, you always remember to remind me." Auntie Ding paid the money and left with the Qingshenfu sugar water.
After the incident with the mountain cat, people lined up at the fortune-telling stall again. Although there were not as many as before, the business had recovered a lot.
An Acura Legend stopped and an old man got out of the car. He was wearing a Zhongshan suit and walking with a cane to the front of the queue.
When the first person in line saw the old man, he was surprised: "Hey, we are not allowed to cut in line here."
"Really?" The old man with white hair tilted his head back when he heard the other party say this. The accompanying bodyguard immediately took out money.
"Ten thousand yuan to buy your seat."
The old man leaned on the crutches with both hands and looked to the side. "Is it enough?" "
Is it rich?" The first person didn't look very happy, but considering the ten thousand yuan, he still took the money and left.
The other people in the queue were slightly dissatisfied.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, you are rich? You look like you are about to step into the coffin."
"Alas, I have been queuing for a long time. If I had known that I could buy it with money, I would have paid a little money to buy it."
"Hey, hey, hey, 10,000 yuan, are you really willing to buy it?"
"Well... I am reluctant."
There were many people who wanted to buy sweet soup at the sweet soup stall. In a hurry, Chu Yueqing just glanced at the fortune-telling team next to him. Seeing that the order had been stabilized, he didn't pay much attention.
After selling a few more cups of sweet soup, an impatient voice finally came from the queue.
"Boss, can we start fortune-telling?"
The person who spoke was the old man with white hair just now.
Chu Yueqing raised her eyebrows and said in a light tone: "If you don't want to be told, you can leave at any time. There are more than one fortune teller in Hong Kong."
The old man was angry and knocked the ground several times with his cane until his temper gradually subsided.
He said: "I have read about your fortune telling examples in the newspaper. You are indeed quite capable. You are a businessman after all. Do businessmen treat customers like this?"
"Oh, you don't have to be told." Chu Yueqing's words were also light.
"With your attitude, how can you still have so many customers?" The old man was obviously angry again, and his wrinkled face turned red.
"Well, you don't have to be told." Chu Yueqing packed another portion of dessert and handed it to the customer, smiling and reminding the customer to drink it early, and then sat down leisurely at the wooden table, without taking off the apron with the words "Chu's Dessert" printed on it.
She raised her eyebrows, "So, does it count or not?"
Gu Xianchang came over with crutches, and the first thing he did was to throw the crutches on the table and then sit down, "No one can talk to me like that."
Chu Yueqing ignored him and stretched out her hand, "Thank you, ten thousand for a divination."
"Ten thousand?" Gu Xianchang looked at the people behind him, "Others only pay two hundred? I want ten thousand?"
"Yeah, you want to break my rules." Chu Yueqing smiled, "You insisted on paying ten thousand for a seat, there is no reason why my divination fee should be lower than a seat."
The words came out in a set pattern, and the other people in the queue also echoed.
"That's right. Anyway, you have a lot of money. You asked Chu Yueqing to tell your
fortune. There is no reason why a seat should be more expensive than hers." "Hurry up and pay. If not, let the next person do it."
"That's right. You are so nagging."
"From now on, anyone who buys a seat must pay the same price."
"That's right!"
Gu Xianchang finally stopped arguing. He asked the bodyguard to take out 10,000 yuan and put it on the table. He then laughed angrily, "Can we forget it?"
Chu Yueqing took out a small canvas bag, stuffed 10,000 yuan into it, and then threw it under the stall.
Gu Xianchang frowned, "Is this how you treat the money I gave you?"
"Well, what else?" Chu Yueqing blinked, not knowing what was going on. "Is it a lot?"
Is it a lot?
That was 10,000 yuan, equivalent to nearly four months' salary for an ordinary employee.
He made light of it, as if he treated his money as trash.
Gu Xianchang gasped twice in anger, picked up the cane on the table again, and stabbed the ground hard, "Fortune telling."
"What do you want to tell?" Chu Yueqing asked.
Gu Xianchang's wrinkled eyes were full of brilliance, and he was calm and collected.
"The newspapers have praised you for your magical powers, what do I want to tell? Why don't you tell it yourself?"