Chapter 54 Can You Call My Name
Huali was about to rush out and strangle Zhang Dezhu with lightning speed.
But Zhang Dezhu's voice grew fainter and fainter. Only then did she remember that she had used the Rebirth of the Breath of Soil, and Zhang Dezhu had already forgotten about this place.
She breathed a sigh of relief, then turned her head and met a pair of scarlet eyes.
Huali: "......"
She smiled bravely under Wen Jin's gloomy gaze, "My reputation has always been very good. You must be hungry after your wound is bandaged. Wait for me to get you some food."
Before anyone could answer, Huali ran away with her tail between her legs, as if being chased by a dog.
As the door was completely closed, Wen Jin stared expressionlessly at the gauze curtains above the canopy bed.
As darkness fell, the furnishings in the room appeared to be outlined in black by a paintbrush. The winding shadows, which should have resembled the twisted claws of a vengeful ghost, now seemed strangely gentle, thanks to the faint fragrance of osmanthus blossoms in the room.
He keenly smelled a faint yet familiar fragrance from under the covers, and after a long while, he slowly pulled the corner of the covers to his nose.
**
Oh no, oh no, oh no!
They had just formed a revolutionary friendship with the Demon Lord, and now they were about to face such a severe test.
Even if she were to confess, it couldn't be now. If she said she wasn't lying to him one minute, and then told him it was all a lie the next, Wen Jin would definitely strangle her, absolutely!
Huali: "Could I poison Zhang Dezhu to make him mute?"
Ao Bai licked his fur. "It's not just Zhang Dezhu, Qi Zhi, Steward Tian, and the other kitchen helpers; you'll have to be poisoned to make them mute too."
Karin broke down, "This is so hard!"
She can only maintain the shielding function of the Regenerating Soil for a day at most, otherwise her health bar will drop rapidly.
You can defend against it for a day, but not for two or three.
Ao Bai jumped down from the tree and squatted down next to Hua Li. "Why don't you try and see if you still have the invisibility talisman that Tang Wanwan and the others gave you?"
Huali turned the Qiankun bag upside down. "It's gone. I used it all back then."
Ao Bai: "Blood-soaked experience tells us that one must know how to be frugal...meow." Seeing that Hua Li's gaze was becoming increasingly hostile, Ao Bai tried to get away with it by acting cute, when suddenly a book caught its attention. "What's this?"
Huali glanced at it casually and said, "Oh, the book that was sold to Tang Wanwan back then."
"Tallies of the Myriad Talisman Sect?" Ao Bai asked suspiciously. "The name sounds so proper, could it be something improper?"
"Hmm?" In a flash, Huali suddenly thought of something, snatched it, and quickly flipped it open.
Suddenly her eyes lit up, "I've got it!"
Ao Bai leaned forward, and on the opened page was a talisman drawn on it, with detailed instructions in small print below: "An obedience talisman?"
"Hmm!" What else could this be but divine intervention?!
Huali regained her confidence. "When Lianzhuo taught me the Golden Body Devouring Demon Spell, he explained to me how to understand talismans."
"This obedience talisman is not even in the same league as the Golden Body Devouring Demon Curse. Let's deal with Zhang Dezhu today, and tomorrow will be another sunny day!"
*
"Achoo!" Zhang Dezhu sniffed, his eyelids drooping. "Someone must be talking badly about me behind my back."
"Who is it?" A head popped out from beside him.
Zhang Dezhu, still shaken, gripped the iron spoon tightly in his hand. Upon seeing Huali, he raised an eyebrow: "Didn't I tell you to find connections?! Why has it taken so long!"
"I can't just go up and state my purpose right away when I'm trying to find connections, that would seem too abrupt. I have to take it step by step." Huali plopped down on a small stool, resting her chin on her hand. "I'll lay the groundwork today, test the waters tomorrow, and then the day after..."
Zhang Dezhu: "The day after tomorrow?"
While he pressed for answers, Karin acted swiftly, "Gold Card, go!"
The gold card, which had been pre-marked with an obedience charm, emitted a beam of light and entered Zhang Dezhu's forehead, instantly freezing his expression.
Ao Bai asked curiously, "It's done?"
Hua Li was also a little nervous, and tentatively called out, "Zhang Dezhu, slap yourself."
Snap—
The crisp sound of the slap instantly refreshed Huali.
She stepped forward and pointed to herself, "I am Cuihua, not Huali, remember that?"
Zhang Dezhu nodded blankly, "Cuihua, Huali."
Karin continued to confirm, "Who am I?"
Zhang Dezhu: "Cuihua."
Perfect! I'm so proud of my cleverness!
Just as she was about to finish, an idea suddenly struck her. "Cuihua doesn't like to work, Cuihua only likes to eat. You prepare delicious food for Cuihua every day. Don't you think Cuihua is ugly at all! Not ugly at all!"
With a snap of his fingers, Zhang Dezhu snapped back to reality.
"What about the day after tomorrow?" he continued. Looking closely, the little girl wasn't ugly at all; she had big eyes, fair skin, and was quite a beauty with her veil on.
"Who am I?" Huali asked. "What's my name?"
Zhang Dezhu narrowed his eyes and sneered, "What, you changed your name and it's not Cuihua anymore?"
All done!
Having completed her mission, Huali turned around gracefully, not forgetting to take the food prepared in the kitchen with her.
Zhang Dezhu didn't stop her at all. Looking at Huali's thin frame, he said, "She does seem too thin. She needs to eat more to have the strength to work..." But he couldn't say the next sentence.
"Damn it," Zhang Dezhu said, rubbing his right cheek, which was still throbbing slightly.
*
The moon's shadow slanted across the carved window lattice, and a patch of silvery white light floated on the blue bricks.
Wen Jin hadn't slept for far too long.
The small house was lit by a glass lamp, its warm orange light casting a cozy glow. A rare look of confusion crossed his eyes as he turned to look at Huali.
The silhouette of Huali at the desk was bathed in the glow of the glass lamp, and the red feathers beside her ear trembled slightly with the movement of her turning the pages of the book.
Wen Jin's wound was itchy, and he instinctively wanted to press it hard, but he touched a ball of pale yellow fur.
Huali stared intently at the "Tallies of the Myriad Symbols Sect," thinking, "If I had been half as diligent as I am now when I was in school, I could have chosen Tsinghua or Peking University."
There are many kinds of talismans on this, including invisibility spells, obedience spells, and even the Midas touch!
Huali's eyes lit up immediately, but then dimmed when she saw the small print below—it was fake.
Ao Bai glanced at her and said, "Stop trying to glorify yourself. You've been looking at that page for half an hour. If you don't understand it, just say so."
Having been exposed, Huali lost face and retorted, "Is it because I don't know how? It's just that it gets harder as you go on. I'm thinking, thinking, you understand!"
Under Ao Bai's suspicious gaze, she forced herself to read for another five minutes before snapping the book shut.
Never mind, the most important thing in life is to forgive yourself.
Having learned to make peace with herself, Huali turned around and realized that Wen Jin had woken up sometime earlier.
She casually picked up the earthenware pot on the table and poured out a bowl of sweet soup. "Awake? Want some?"
The girl's voice awakened Wen Jin's scattered consciousness.
He pressed his wound again, trying to wake himself from the annoying warmth, but as Huali brought over the sweet soup, even the pain seemed to turn into spring water.
As Wen Jin stared at the other person's unguarded appearance, a bizarre thought began to sprout in his mind.
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