Chapter 53
After painting eight blood plum blossoms, Zhang Kaiyi admired his masterpiece for a while.
It won't be long before Li Zheng can go downstairs to accompany his sister.
Okay, that’s great.
“Knock, knock.”
There was a sudden knock on the door.
Zhang Kaiyi's expression suddenly changed.
His pupils moved to the corners of his eyes, and he stared at the door at the entrance carefully, tightly gripping the brush in his hand.
Suddenly, the door opened with a click, and a streak of light appeared from the crack.
Zhang Kaiyi immediately threw the blood-soaked brush in his hand over, but the figure behind the crack in the door was faster than him.
The man dodged the fortune-telling pen that was thrown at him and rushed over to throw Zhang Kaiyi to the ground. Zhang Kaiyi's eyes were bloodshot, he couldn't believe that he was about to succeed, but he failed at the last moment!
Bai Siyu, was it that Bai Siyu who cheated him? ! !
Zhang Kaiyi struggled desperately, blood oozing from his throat, and he wished he could kill Bai Siyu at the same time.
When he heard Li Zheng talking to his fan in the morning and mentioned Bai Siyu, who had stirred up several bloody storms on the Internet, he became alert. He knew that Bai Siyu must be capable, but the emperor was far away and there was no way he could take care of this! But he didn't expect that Bai Siyu could actually find help? ! !
"You are not human, you don't care about right or wrong, you save the evil! You——"
"Bang."
With one slash of his hand, Zhang Kaiyi fainted.
The two policemen in plain clothes looked at each other, one of them carried Zhang Kaiyi away, and the other took out a handful of incense ash from his pocket and sprinkled it on the eight plum blossoms. He then took out a square pendant made of pure gold and, according to the instructions on the phone, carefully and hesitantly placed a corner of the gold pendant three inches west of the center of the door and drew a Qian hexagram.
There are three straight horizontal lines on the board.
Then he moved it to the east of the center by three inches and formed a Kun hexagram.
The moment the last short horizontal line was drawn, a burst of air suddenly erupted from the entire door.
"puff--"
The door that had been motionless just a moment ago suddenly opened.
Li Zheng inside had a gloomy face and bloodshot eyes. When he saw the door was opened, he rushed out like crazy.
The policeman guarding the door tried to stop him but failed. Li Zheng, who seemed to be controlled by hormones in his kidneys, rushed forward with terrifying force. While shouting "I'm out" in a fierce voice, he ran wildly towards the road outside.
"Bang--"
Li Zheng, in a panic, fell into a big pit on the roadside.
......
Pang Guanchao hadn't heard from the young anchor since then and was extremely worried.
He pestered Bai Siyu and asked if the anchor was okay. Bai Siyu just asked him to relax and told him that everything had returned to its original track.
Pang Guanchao felt a little relieved, but he couldn't help feeling anxious because he couldn't get a voice response from the young anchor.
If Peking University had not just started the new semester, the fresh activities and packed class schedule every day would have occupied Pang Guanchao's mind and energy, and he would have been even more "unable to eat or drink".
It was three days later when he finally saw the news about the little anchor.
[The game anchor stayed up late playing games and became unconscious. He fell into a deep pit at the construction site and died after failed rescue]
The accompanying picture is exactly the account picture of that anchor.
Pang Guanchao's eyes suddenly widened and his pupils contracted. He rushed back to the dormitory howling and found Bai Siyu who was washing a T-shirt.
"Xiaoyu, why did he die? Ahhh, why did that anchor die?! Didn't you say you would save him?!"
Bai Siyu just poured a spoonful of laundry detergent into the small basin and stirred it with his hands.
“It doesn’t seem to be very bubbly.”
Bai Siyu frowned and muttered to himself.
"Ahhh what do you mean by bubbles or no bubbles? Xiaoyu, are you listening to me?!"
Pang Guanchao was so anxious that he patted Bai Siyu on the shoulder.
How could that really unlucky little anchor die? How could he die so suddenly? Didn’t Bai Siyu tell him to relax at that time? Then why did he die?
Besides, couldn't Bai Siyu tell if a person would encounter an accident next? That group of people. The meat anchor, Su Zhiyou, the boss lady... Why didn't he see it when it came to this anchor, or did he deliberately not remind him? !
"I heard it, Lao Pang, don't get excited." Bai Siyu scooped another large spoonful of laundry detergent and poured it on the T-shirt, blinking his dark eyes.
It must be able to lather now, right? I feel like it won't be clean without lather.
"After the living tomb became a dead tomb, an ordinary person like him couldn't get out unless he broke through from the outside."
Bai Siyu's voice was flat.
"Since he had an accident outside, it proves that someone did rescue him."
"But, but..." Pang Guanchao panted, "But he died again."
Since they said they were going to rescue him, then, what's the point of saving him if he's dead?!
"I asked you at that time, and you said he wouldn't die now!"
"Yes, that was what I said—'He won't now,' but I didn't say he would live to be a hundred years old."
Bai Siyu soaked the clothes, turned on the tap, added half of the water, and started rubbing them.
Pang Guanchao was stunned for a moment.
"No...no, Xiaoyu you..."
"Lao Pang, everyone has a destiny, and karmic debt is also a part of his fate."
Bai Siyu spoke seriously.
"Xiao Yu..." Pang Guanchao was stunned.
The serious and cold Bai Siyu in front of him, with an air of superiority, made him feel a little unfamiliar.
But the next second, he saw Bai Siyu's serious face suddenly wrinkled——
Looking at the basin full of bubbles that were obviously not right, Bai Siyu was obviously panicked...
Wait, did he put too much detergent? ! !
......
At this time, in a police station somewhere in Chen City, Y Province, Zhang Kaiyi stared at the people in front of him with red eyes, unable to believe what they had just said.
"What did you say? Are you guys lying to me?!"
"We have no reason to lie to you. This is the recording of the conversation. You can listen to it."
Sun Qian turned on his cell phone and turned up the volume. A clear, pleasant and somewhat childish voice of a young boy came out.
"If you can't get through the provincial capital, you can let the police go. They have the national emblem to protect them. According to my method, they won't be hit by the evil spirits. As for the tomb digger... he actually has some talent. Now that no one is at risk of death, why don't you recruit him?"
The boy's voice came slowly.
Zhang Kaiyi's nails almost dug into his palms. This sound... this sound was exactly the same as the tone of voice he heard when he saw Bai Siyu's live broadcast on the Internet before.
He is a ventriloquist, it is impossible for him not to be able to tell the difference.
But he didn't want to believe it!
He had been cursing and swearing at Bai Siyu these days, wishing that he and Li Zheng would die together, but he actually...? !
"If you are involved in a murder case, even if you are not sentenced to death, you will still be in debt. The person Master Bai really saved is you."
Sun Qian sat down in front of Zhang Kaiyi and stared at him.
"I can tell you this, Master Bai's ability is no less than that of Master Tian... It's impossible for him not to see that Li Zheng is doomed. His ultimate goal of opening the tomb is not to interfere with Li Zheng's fate at all."
"I I...he..." Zhang Kaiyi's fingers trembled.
Unspeakable emotions filled his chest.
Sun Qian continued slowly, "Li Zheng is already dead, and your sister's revenge has actually been taken."
Zhang Kaiyi lowered his head and tears fell to the ground.
"You have some talent, but your ability in metaphysics is still too shallow. Join our spy department. Not only can you learn more, but you can also help more innocent people like your sister. If you really want to uphold justice..."
**
The first two weeks of school are the most interesting and fulfilling.
Brand new classrooms, interesting teachers, various clubs, colorful activities, fresh faces...
Bai Siyu was completely immersed in the colorful university life.
The dormitory environment has also improved. I don’t know if the school leaders suddenly felt conscientious and actually allocated funds to install air conditioners in this most shabby dormitory building in the school. Now Bai Siyu is also one of the people who has an air conditioner in the dormitory. He is so happy!
And with Peng Cheng's deliberate "approach", Bai Siyu and Peng Cheng soon became friends.
He is even closer than Xu Zhensheng, Pang Guanchao and Zhang Chengshan.
Because the other three people also have different hobbies and plans, it is impossible for them to always be "partners" with Bai Siyu, but Peng Cheng is different.
Bai Siyu joined the roller skating club, and Peng Cheng followed her to the club. Bai Siyu wanted to eat the chicken leg rice in the second cafeteria, but Peng Cheng would not want to eat the roasted goose leg in the first cafeteria.
He really wanted to get involved in everything Bai Siyu was interested in, and he was also genuinely interested in Bai Siyu.
Sincerity plus initiative are a combination that is very difficult to crack.
Mu Changzhu soon discovered that when Bai Siyu talked to him on the phone, a name would frequently come out of his mouth.
"Let me tell you, Changzhu, didn't I go to the street opposite the school to buy starch sausage yesterday? It was so delicious! Peng Cheng went there today too, but when the city management came, the auntie hid when she saw the city management. Hahaha, Peng Cheng chased her for five or six miles. It was so miserable. Someone even took a photo of her and posted it on the school wall."
"...Ah, I want to, too, but I haven't finished my homework yet. Changzhu, I'll talk to you later. I'm embarrassed to let Peng Cheng do the group homework alone."
"Hahaha, I know this stupid news. Peng Cheng forwarded it to me this morning. It's so funny..."
Pastor Candle didn’t think much of it after hearing it once or twice, but after hearing it eight or ten times, he began to feel that something was not right.
他也在白肆玉嘴裏聽他提過其他室友，但不會這麽頻繁，而且這個彭程怎麽感覺一直都黏在他的阿玉旁邊，不光是飯搭子學習搭子還是其他各種課外活動的搭子？！
這真的正常嗎？！
這個彭程他就沒有自己獨立的愛好和生活麽？！！！
牧長燭心底莫名不舒服起來，而且還有點說不清楚的煩躁，甚至比之前幾次都要強烈。
他将這歸咎于他一直穩穩坐着的“阿玉最重要的好朋友”位置現在遭到了沖擊，如果再不采取一些措施，怕是真的要岌岌可危。
誰說友情沒有嫉妒心和危機感。
——牧長燭如是想着。
所以在決定要采取措施時，那叫一個心安理得。
當晚，牧長燭就對牧老爺子說前院園子裏棗子成熟了先別摘，等下個星期天他帶白肆玉一起來打棗子。
牧老爺子微微蹙眉。
“但是這兩天再不摘的話，下個星期估計就熟過了。”
“而且小鳥會來吃，今天我帶團團去摘，看到最上頭一些半紅的棗子被鳥啄了好些去。”
牧長晴拿着水杯走了過來，也插了一句。
她這兩天帶牧團團回牧家住，陪陪牧老爺子。
牧長燭不疾不徐地開口。
“這都不是問題，我下午問過了管園子的張叔，他有辦法，可以搭個簡易的遮陽棚，既能防止鳥類啄食，也能減緩成熟的速度。”
牧長晴：“......”
說不上來哪裏不對勁，但是感覺真的有點不對勁。
可不等牧長晴再次開口呢，穿着小熊睡裙的牧團團就踩着小拖鞋“噠噠噠”地跑了過來，兩只烏溜溜的大眼睛亮晶晶的。
她驚喜地仰着個小包子臉，迫不及待地問牧長燭，聲音奶裏奶氣。
“小舅舅，小舅舅，窩剛剛聽到你說你要帶小舅媽來摘棗棗，是真的嗎？！”
牧長晴正喝着水呢，差點被水嗆到。
“咳......咳咳！小弟，我真的教過團團很多遍，白大師不是小舅媽，但是團團就是改不過來，你別在意哈......”
牧長燭心裏卻好似被什麽撞了一下。
他深灰色的眸底微頓，看向牧團團。
之前聽團團喊阿玉小舅媽，他還沒什麽感覺，只覺得小孩子什麽都不懂，童言無忌。
可這次聽到團團喊阿玉小舅媽，不知道為什麽，他心跳居然有點加快。
那種感覺——
那種感覺居然是高興？
他居然在高興？！！
牧團團沒有得到回答，皺了皺包子臉，她跑到牧長燭旁邊，“吧嗒”抓住了牧長燭骨節分明修長寬大的手。
堅持不懈地繼續問。
“小舅舅小舅舅，你說話呀，小舅媽到底什麽時候來呀，我想和小舅媽一起玩，小舅媽還記得團團嗎？！”
牧長燭還是沒有回答。
他眸底微黯，情緒翻湧，陷在心底猛然掀起的風暴之中。
他不是傻子。
如果說他之前一次次因“白肆玉對白靜高旗等人親昵主動的行為”而心悶煩躁，可以用各種堂而皇之的理由解釋，他因“白肆玉對所謂的舍友彭程頻繁提到，明顯日日親密無間”一事不悅，也可以用友情也具有排他性和占有欲解釋......
可他聽到團團喊阿玉為小舅媽卻感到高興......
這該怎麽解釋？！！
好像滔滔河流中一直堵着的一個閘口突然被沖開，一下子就變成奔流不息的江川。
牧長燭一下子明白了什麽，醍醐灌頂般，心髒怦然一顫。
過去和白肆玉相處相見的一幕幕碎光般閃過，牧長燭發現自己之前居然早就對白肆玉産生了不自主的“怦然”。
只是他潛意識裏一直刻意把“真相”避開！
他下意識不去想那些情緒産生的原由和結果，也下意識覺得自己不能那麽禽獸，想将一切解釋為朋友。
可現在.....
他卻不得不意識到，他好像喜歡上了白肆玉。
他喜歡上了這個比他小了十歲還多、和他快要差輩了的小少年。
“小舅舅，小舅媽到底什麽時候來啊，小舅舅！”
牧團團見牧長燭居然不理她，急得抓着牧長燭的大手晃悠，還是不停地在問。
牧長晴看着牧長燭沒有表情眸色深沉的臉，還以為牧長燭生氣了，連忙把牧團團抱起來，敲了她一個腦瓜崩。
“媽媽之前都說了你好幾遍了啊，團團，不要亂喊，你看舅舅都生氣了！那個是白哥哥，或者你也可以喊小玉哥哥，但是不能喊小舅媽，聽見沒有？！再亂喊媽媽也要生氣了。”
“就是小舅媽，就是小舅媽——”
牧團團不服，撇着小嘴巴“哇”地一聲就要哭。
牧長燭回過神，伸手握住牧團團的小手捏了捏，深灰色的眸底銳意被斂去，透着意味不明的柔和。
“團團不哭，你這麽聰明，怎麽能說哭就哭呢？”
“為什麽聰明就不能哭。”牧團團癟着小包子臉。
“因為聰明的人肯定會先打敗別人，說服別人啊。”牧長燭一本正色，“但是你哭了，你就輸了，你媽媽就贏了。”
一向好勝的牧團團攥着小手，抽噎了一聲，突然感覺她小舅舅說的很有道理。
怪不得她小舅舅從來不哭，因為她小舅舅最聰明啊！
見牧團團果然停止了鬧騰，牧長晴松了口氣，連忙抱着牧團團跑回卧室，準備哄她睡覺了。
牧長燭也準備離開。
“長燭啊。”牧老爺子突然喊住了牧長燭，“你等等，爸有事要和你說。”
牧長燭微微斂住情緒，停下來，轉身看向牧老爺子。
“爸，你說。”
牧老爺子頓了頓，沉思着開口。
“爸把康複師給你請到家裏來......怎麽樣？”
有白大師在，他的小兒子長燭的身體果然一天天變好，性命不再有後顧之憂，可是輪椅目前還是沒有擺脫。
之前他也特意問過白大師，當時白大師說的是大概要百日後，腿疾可祛，上個星期就已經達到了百日，可當時長燭在忙着收購案，中間繁瑣關節利益網鏈太多，耗費大量精力和時間，所以他也就沒提。
可現在那場收購已經算是結束了最繁瑣複雜的部分，他覺得自己兒子可以開始嘗試複健了。
牧老爺子希冀地看着自家的工作狂兒子，生怕他說推兩天。
好在牧長燭的回答讓他沒有失望。
“當然，爸，我也正想和你說這件事。這兩天我的腿部的知覺越來越明顯，我覺得可以開始進行複健了。”
牧長燭的視線掃過自己的雙腿，又移到這深桃木色的輪椅上，這輪椅陪伴了他三年，他曾經以為可能永遠也擺脫不了，直到死。
卻沒想到，他遇到了改變這一切的人。
而現在，這個人還成了他的心上人。
“那可太好了，那就從明天開始吧，長燭，你把工作什麽的都放一放，不要總把工作放第一位這麽重要......”
“是，爸你說的對。”
牧長燭這次簡直聽話得不像話。
讓牧老爺子都受寵若驚了一瞬，這還是他那個從很小起就特別有自己主意的小兒子嗎？！
但牧老爺子也沒有多想，只是笑着說：“你這麽說，爸就放心了，我想白大師要是知道的話，也會很高興。”
牧長燭微微頓了下，卻道：“爸，這個事情你先不用和阿玉說，這方面我會自己和他交流。”
“行。”牧老爺子一口答應了，沒有多想。
現在他已經非常知足，三個月都不敢想象現在的日子會有這麽圓滿，他的小兒子長燭會不但沒了性命之憂，還能夠重新站起來。
......
牧長燭接受了康複訓練，但是沒有告訴白肆玉。
白肆玉一周六天都在上課，星期天還有輪滑訓練，只有晚上才有空和牧長燭聊個幾句天，但是也沒有深聊。
牧長燭一直按捺着按捺着，想給白肆玉一個驚喜，結果沒想到，差點按捺過頭後院起火。
這天，牧長燭終于可以靠自己獨立站起來且順利沿着康複教室走了一圈，牧老爺子當場老淚縱橫。
牧長燭也很激動，他看着鏡子裏終于和正常人別無二致的自己，看着自己一米九的身高終于不再只能折斷在一處輪椅裏。
他忍不住撥響了白肆玉的電話，想邀請他的阿玉周日來和他一起打棗子。
——和能站起來的他一起！
卻聽到對面傳來白肆玉不好意思的婉拒。
“哎呀，長燭，這周末好像不行，彭程的爸爸媽媽兩天前就特意打電話過來邀請我去他們家做客，我已經答應了。”
白肆玉也很為難。
“下周我去和你一起打棗子，好不好？
牧長燭面上緩緩露出一抹微笑，只是那笑意浮在深灰色瞳孔的表面，絲毫不達眼底。
他用一如既往的語氣不疾不徐地開口。
“好啊，沒關系，阿玉你去吧。”
然後在兩天後的周末，一早，牧長燭就打響了白肆玉的電話。
牧長燭的聲音仿佛在忍耐着很大的痛苦。
“阿玉......”
Bai Siyu had just walked out of the dormitory and was about to go to Peng Cheng's house with him, holding a few bags of fruit in her hands.
But as soon as he heard the voice of Shepherd Candle, his heart suddenly skipped a beat and his steps stopped immediately.
"What's wrong, Candle? What's wrong with you?! Are you feeling unwell?!"
"Ayu, there seems to be...something wrong with my legs."
Pastor Chang Zhu's voice was dry and Bai Siyu had never heard Pastor Chang Zhu speak in such a voice before.
Even though several celestial masters had predicted that Mu Changzhu would not live past thirty, and even though he could only sit in a wheelchair and was frail, he was always like the breeze and bright moon, like a dragon from the abyss. His every word was intimidating without him getting angry, and his aura was reserved and unpredictable.
When has Shepherd Candle ever spoken in this tone?
Bai Siyu's heart suddenly ached and he became anxious.
"What happened to your leg? Didn't you say it was getting better two days ago?!"
There was nothing wrong with the magic circle he made, so why did something suddenly go wrong with the legs of the long candles?
"Yes, my legs seemed to have recovered a little two days ago, and I had some feeling, but today it suddenly became very painful, so painful that I even lost consciousness. I don't know what happened. I didn't tell anyone, Ayu..."
What came from the microphone was the low and suppressed breathing of Shepherd Cang.
"Can you...can you come over and see what's wrong with my leg? I'm sorry if I disturb you when you're visiting."
"What are you talking about? Can I? Sorry? I'm going to be mad if you say that!"
Bai Siyu's eyes turned red with worry.
"Wait for me at home, Changzhu. Just wait for me at your home. I'll be there right away!"
As he said this, he turned and looked at Peng Cheng beside him.
"I'm sorry, Peng Cheng, I can't go to your house today. Please apologize to my uncle and aunt on my behalf. I will definitely go next time."