Chapter 135, Chapter 135: Peipei...
Peipei stared at her hands for a long time.
Everyone was watching her, holding their breath, as if watching a puppet being given a will, waiting for her to make a move. Pingyu noticed that Peipei's breathing was becoming rapid, starting with an increased frequency of inhalation and exhalation, and gradually a sickly hissing sound came from her throat, the process of inhaling and exhaling becoming like coughing up phlegm.
She cried and cried, tears and saliva mingling as she spat them out, wrinkling her face. Peipei cried herself into a mess of skin.
Finally, she made her move:
A heavy, powerful slap landed loudly on the man's face. His few loose teeth finally fell out like rotten fruit. This slap cracked open Peipei's taut, suppressed heart. The mute girl's previously dim eyes shone with an astonishing light at that moment.
The woman's weeping and the child's cries, coupled with the bloody, mangled "pig's head" on the ground, seemed utterly absurd. Peipei's fists were bleeding and her skin was broken, but she wouldn't stop until the very end. Seeing that the person was truly dying, Pingyu gave Xiaoniba a look. The girl quickly pulled Peipei away, touching her mute mother who was still struggling to crawl back, saying, "Alright, alright, let's not hit Mother anymore, or we'll have to pay lots and lots of money!"
Upon hearing that she would have to pay compensation, Peipei paused and immediately obediently returned to her adopted daughter's arms.
The vital energy flowed through Pingyu's fingertips into the man's limbs and bones, and his breathing gradually calmed down. She gave some silver to the people around her, asking them to take the man to a clinic. Peipei was unhappy the rest of the way. Even when Xiaoniba tried to take her hand, she refused.
The mute girl used sign language:
You're hiding something from me.
Little Mud: "How could that be? Mommy just came out to play today, why would I hide anything from you!"
Peipei turned her head and accurately located Pingyu's direction. Unsure if others could understand sign language, she looked at him with a pleading, intense gaze. On one side was Peipei's plea for the truth, and on the other was Xiaoni, shaking her head vigorously. Pingyu sighed deeply, unsure how to answer.
Nezha didn't want them to put all the blame on Pingyu, so he said, "Don't you know best whether she's hiding something from you?"
Peipei was speechless at those words and lowered her head in a murmur.
She had always been well aware of what Xiao Niba had done. She knew the girl had gone to great lengths for her, her hands stained with blood. Peipei lay on the bed, painfully and listlessly enjoying it all. Xiao Niba had never let her lift a finger before; today's unusual behavior must mean something had happened.
Will you leave me?
Pepe used sign language to say: "If you leave, I don't want anything."
Navigating a sea of suffering alone is too difficult; that small haystack is too much for her to support by herself. Little Mud patted her mute mother's shoulder and said cheerfully, "Don't worry, Mother, I won't leave!"
Their shadows will merge into one, never to be separated.
The journey continues.
Little Muddy took Peipei to buy hairpins, ate at the best restaurant in town, and also got some exquisite pastries and fresh fruit. She was the kind of person who wouldn't change her mind once she made up her mind; she was happy to have fun and even die happy.
Soon, the drowsy sunset cast its reddish light upon the girl's palm. She stuffed the last piece of cake into her mother's mouth and looked up towards the west...
The sun has set.
The yin energy is strongest at the reddest moment of the sunset, making it the best time to separate the two souls of the little mud figure.
The girl took a knife from the cabinet and plunged it into her forehead without hesitation.
Pingyu: !
Is this suicide?!
She tried to stop her, but when Little Mud pulled the dagger out, there wasn't a drop of blood. As the blade was torn from flesh, a translucent spiritual entity identical to Little Mud was easily pulled out. The girl's shadow on the ground, as if due to a botched cutout, lacked any human outline, leaving only cat ears and a tail projected onto the ground.
The shifting shadows caused the half-demon Xiaoniba's body to undergo a transformation. Her form began to flicker, barely maintaining its solidity. Her small, knot-like fox ears instantly grew to the size of a palm. The sound of clothes tearing echoed from inside the haystack, and several bushy fox tails grew from the girl's tailbone. The human soul departed, and the demon soul took control of the body. Xiaoniba plucked the soul from the blade and tossed it into Peipei's shadow on the wall.
Just as Pingyu had seen before, the shadows merged, causing the woman's shadow to begin to boil. The dark shadows on the wall writhed like digestive intestines, bubbling and gurgling. Then, two eyeballs attached to the optic nerves popped out at once.
Pepe's eyes have been repaired.
The girl almost lost her human form, with fiery red fur growing on her body, and her body, which was trying to touch the ground, became like a fox lying on all fours.
Pingyu closed her eyes, unable to imagine Peipei's reaction when she woke up to find Xiaoniba gone. If Xiaoniba truly only intended to repair Peipei's body, then wouldn't her and Nezha's coercion be the root cause of the girl's self-sacrifice?
Even though Pingyu had killed both humans and demons over the years, she still couldn't bear to watch a child die like that. Nezha knew her thoughts, so he reached out and covered Pingyu's eyes. He watched the girl's movement as she brought her hand to her mouth and whispered, "I can understand her."
Pingyu asked, "Why?"
“If I replaced this mute girl with you and the half-demon with me, I would do the same thing.”
"..."
"Foxes, though notoriously vengeful and petty, are also among the most devoted and grateful of all. Once the Hu family has made up their minds about someone, they will never change. Peipei is blind and deaf, unable to speak. In this situation, unless one has a family background like yours or mine, living in this world would be worse than death. If sacrificing myself can bring her happiness, then I am willing..."
The second half was abruptly cut off by Pingyu's hand. Feeling her warm palm, Nezha reacted and kissed her twice. Pingyu didn't even care about being shy, her gaze fixed on his dark eyes. They spoke very softly, only the two of them could hear each other.
The girl's words were like a breath striking Nezha's face: "I won't let you die a second time."
She said solemnly, "I swear."
How can a dead person die a second time?
Nezha removed Pingyu's hand and pinched the tip of her nose: "Don't make promises you can't keep."
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Like a skilled pickpocket, it swiftly retreated after obtaining its loot. Under Ping Yu's bewildered gaze, it returned to Nezha's side.
As the last demonic soul was pulled from the blade, Little Mud could no longer maintain her form. She began to dissipate from her fox ears, turning into gray-black willow catkins that drifted into the air. When the disintegration of her body reached her lips, they twitched twice.
Little Muddy said, "Sister, please help me."
The sound grew fainter and fainter, disappearing into the haystack along with the girl's body. Ping took a deep breath and bent down to pick up the dagger adorned with a spirit from the ground.
Get into bed and raise your hand.
The blade was forcefully driven into the wall.
The demon soul merged with the human soul, and the five deficiencies and three imperfections were replenished in the souls of the people and the dual souls of the half-demon. The moment the knife pierced through, Little Mud's soul merged with Peipei's. Pingyu quickly retreated after doing this, as the commotion within the shadow grew stronger. From the flat black shadow, eyes, a nose without skin, and a mouth all emerged.
Her eyes looked around blankly, her sinuses expanded and contracted with each breath, and her mouth made a "peep" sound.
She asked, "Where is Hu Lü?"
Pingyu stammered, feeling that he shouldn't reveal the answer before his senses had completely stabilized Peipei's body.
Their eyes swept forward, taking in Ping Yu's guilty conscience. They asked again, "Where's Hu Lu? Immortals, where's my daughter!"
Nezha made no attempt to hide it. He walked up to Ping Yu, and the Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon) obsequiously handed over what was wrapped around his body to Nezha. The thing was furry and very long, and looked like it could be tanned into good leather. Holding the fox demon's tail that the Hun Tian Ling had just pulled out, he said in a flat tone, "It's here."
Fearing that Peipei might not understand, he added, "Your daughter is in my hands."
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