Guoguo's dad
"Well, never mind, let's ask the people in the village first." Ye Jing'an found Guoguo's mother, "Sister Jiang, the water in Youhu Lake is cold and deep. Will you go swimming in the lake?"
"In the past, the boys in the village would go to the lake to play, but now after this incident, no one dares to go there," said Guoguo's mother.
"Oh, has anyone drowned before? Or do you have a tradition of water burial?" Ye Jingan asked again.
Guoguo's mother shook her head in confusion and said, "No, people in our area believe in resting in peace, so we bury the dead in the ground."
"Is that so..." Ye Jingan said after a pause, "Has anyone disappeared in the past few years?"
Guoguo's expression suddenly became a little lonely. She lowered her eyes and said, "Guoguo's father went hunting in the mountains four years ago and disappeared."
"Uh..." Ye Jingan comforted, "Sister Jiang, don't be sad. We will find it."
"We've searched all over the mountains around here, but we can't find him. He hasn't come back in so many years. He must have been eaten by those beasts." Guoguo's mother became agitated and ran back to her room.
"What do you think?" Ye Jing'an asked.
"The one in the lake couldn't be..." Qiu Zimu said.
"Tsk, ask when the cattle and sheep disappeared. By comparing the time, we can probably confirm whether it is her husband. What if it is true?" Ye Jing'an said.
"I don't know. Let's ask the neighbors first." Qiu Zimu ran to the uncle next door to ask when the cattle and sheep began to disappear.
This incident caused widespread panic, and anyone who asked would know the story. The uncle reminisced for a moment and told him it happened about two or three years ago, though he couldn't quite remember the exact date. They then asked around, and everyone gave different times, but it was definitely about three or four years ago.
"I think so. Look at the last time we went to the river to look for Guoguo, he seemed to be being amused by others." Qiu Zimu said.
"How do I tell Sister Jiang this?" Ye Jing'an asked in embarrassment.
"Well……"
Ye Jing'an and Qiu Zimu walked slowly back home. Guoguo's mother had calmed down considerably and was now in the living room preparing the beans she had picked yesterday to make sauerkraut. The two of them paced back and forth between the living room and the door, unable to find the words to say.
During the time I lived in Guoguo's house, I got to know them a little bit. Now Guoguo and her mother depend on each other for survival. There are two elderly people in their hometown who need money to support them. If it was really Guoguo's father who drowned, how difficult would their family's life be?
The more Ye Jingan thought about it, the more he felt that the reason why the ghost was reluctant to leave was because he couldn't let go of them, mother and daughter. Ye Jingan patted his head. He didn't want the ghost to be Guoguo's father. Guoguo's mother was a warm and kind person and didn't deserve to suffer like this.
"Oh, this is so annoying." Ye Jing'an rubbed his hair and ran to Liu Muze's room. "Brother Liu, can I come in?"
Liu Muze opened the door and looked at Ye Jingan's hair that looked like a chicken coop, and asked in confusion: "What happened?"
"I want to chat with you." Ye Jing'an said.
Liu Muze raised his eyebrows: "What do you want to talk about?"
"Don't look at me like that, let's get down to business!" Ye Jingan sat on the chair. "Brother Liu, what does it feel like to lose your lover?"
Liu Muze was stunned for a long moment. Then he smiled faintly and said, "Maybe someone ripped my heart out and twisted it in front of you?"
Liu Muze raised his head and chuckled twice, saying, "Or, perhaps, a person who is afraid of the dark and can't swim is thrown into the dark and lightless deep sea?"
"Brother Liu, your description is too..." Ye Jing'an felt pain and suffocation when he heard this.
"I guessed." Liu Muze raised the corner of his mouth and said with a sigh, "After all, I don't have...a lover."
"Brother Liu, what's wrong with you?" Ye Jing'an always felt that something was wrong with Brother Liu today.
"What's wrong with me?" Liu Muzhe asked.
"You seem a little happy when talking about this topic?" Ye Jing'an asked uncertainly.
Liu Muze burst out laughing: "Are you still not making people laugh? I've never been in a relationship before. I blush when I give a man artificial respiration or even put on underwear. And you actually ask me what it feels like to lose a lover. This is ridiculous!"
Ye Jingan was speechless. That's right, Brother Liu still blushes and gets shy at his age. What the hell does he know? If you ask him what it feels like to like someone, he might not be able to tell you.
Ye Jing'an told Liu Muzhe the conclusion he had drawn from his discussion with Qiu Zimu, and asked him how he should tell Guoguo's mother about this.
"Just tell him directly, take Guoguo to the lake and see, maybe he will come out." Liu Muzhe said.
"Tsk, Brother Liu, it's really hard to deal with you being so indifferent to love." Ye Jing'an said helplessly, "What if he really is Guoguo's father? How sad will Guoguo's mother be? How will she live in the future?"
Liu Muze's face darkened a bit, and he said coldly: "Can't you live your life after someone dies? Isn't there still a soul in the water, coming out to play with Guoguo? Why can't you live your life?"
"Hey, is the water really cold for you? Or is it to kill your emotions with a kiss? You are so unkind in what you say, aren't you?!" Ye Jing'an retorted.
"What do you want?" Liu Muzhe asked.
"I'm asking you because I don't know!" Ye Jing'an sighed, "Forget it, I can't get involved in emotional matters with you. I'm tired!"
"I'm tired of talking to you!" Liu Muzhe lay on the bed, turned over and ignored him.
Seeing Ye Jingan coming downstairs with a depressed look on his face, Qiu Zimu jokingly asked, "Were you scolded by Brother Liu again?"
"Don't mention him, he deserves to be single!" Ye Jingan said, "What should we do?"
"Hmm... let me think about it." Qiu Zimu and Ye Jing'an hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to tell Guoguo's mother.
Anyway, it's not confirmed yet that the person dead in the lake is her husband, so let her go and confirm it first. If it's not, it seems like someone else is looking for him. If it is, it will give me some peace of mind. He has finally been found.
After all, escape is not the solution to the problem. People cannot always live in fantasy and dreams. Life must go on.
After hearing what Ye Jing'an and Qiu Zimu said, Guoguo's mother was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Impossible? Guoguo's father is a good swimmer and often catches fish for us. The pickled fish in the jar were all caught by him. I haven't eaten the fish he caught for a long time. He just got lost..."
"Well, it's not certain yet." Ye Jingan said, "Can we take Guoguo to the river to take a look?"
Guoguo's mother hesitated and said, "Okay... I, I'll go too."
A slight breeze blew, rippling the surface of Youhu Lake, gleaming golden in the sunlight. Guoguo's mother couldn't bear to think that her husband would sleep peacefully in the cold lake. She called out in a trembling voice, "Xiaofeng, is that you?"
The wind blew a little harder, Qiu Zimu shivered and asked: "Ye Jingan, did you see it?"
"What did you see?" Ye Jing'an asked.
"As for the ghost's minions, the ghost catchers in your family must have some way to see them, right?" Qiu Zimu said.
"Wait, I'll call Brother Liu." Ye Jing'an ran to Liu Muze's room, "Brother Liu, I'm coming in."
Seeing Liu Muze still curled up in the quilt, Ye Jingan patted him and said, "You've been in the room all day, aren't you feeling suffocated? Get up and go see if that ghost from Youhu has come out."
"No." Liu Muzhe said.
"Why not go?" Ye Jing'an asked.
"I have a headache and I'm tired." Liu Muzhe said.
"You're still in the mood for acting, right? Hurry up, everyone's waiting for you!" Ye Jing'an pulled back the quilt.
"I said I won't go!" Liu Muzhe roared and snatched the quilt back.
Ye Jingan was stunned. He sat on the bed and patted the quilt gently and asked, "Are you angry?"
Ye Jingan thought about his previous chat with Liu Muze. He said a few words to him, and why did he get angry? Ye Jingan coaxed him, "Isn't it just a few words to you? Why are you sulking? I was wrong! Don't be angry, okay?"
Ye Jingan didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he watched Liu Muze sulking under the covers. He hadn't often scolded him before, and everything was fine. Sometimes when he scolded this Liu guy, he would laugh happily, but why did he get angry today after just a few words?
Ye Jingan figured that he was already fuming over the previous incident with Liu, and since he'd just said that, Liu had been hiding in his room for the past hour, brooding over his thoughts, and he'd just gotten mad at him. Ye Jingan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Come on, stop being such a little girl and sulking and making me guess. Hurry up and get up and go to the lake."
Ye Jing'an tried to pull the blanket, but Liu Muze held it tightly and it wouldn't budge. Qiu Zimu called and asked why he hadn't come over yet. Guoguo's mother was waiting so long that she didn't believe him and was about to go back. Ye Jing'an sighed and didn't want to indulge him. He climbed onto the bed and yanked the blanket out of Liu Muze's arms, then held it down tightly so he wouldn't move.
"Let me go!" Liu Muzhe warned.
"Don't let go!" Ye Jing'an had been caught by his father many times since he was a child. Every time he struggled desperately, he could still escape from his father's hands. However, later Ye Zhuoran studied how to hold a person by his hands and feet and hold him up so that he could not move. After that, he put it into practice and really made him obedient.
Ye Jing'an remembered his father's method, and he grabbed Liu Muzhe's hands and pressed them behind his neck, then passed through his knees and picked him up horizontally.
"Let me go!" Liu Muzhe was furious. He was pinned down and couldn't move, so he kept flailing his legs to the ground.
Ye Jing'an ignored the issue of height and weight. He was so small back then that it was easy for him to hold onto him. But Liu Muze was only about 5'8" tall, so his legs couldn't be restrained at all. Ye Jing'an rolled his elbow and said, "Liu, you have a bad temper. You kicked my hand until it was numb."
"I'm saying it again, let go of my hands!" Liu Muzhe said coldly.
"What can you do if I don't let go?" Ye Jing'an pressed his hands against the wall, holding him down tightly so he wouldn't move. He leaned close to his face and threatened, "Behave yourself! Don't you blush easily? Don't you think you're indifferent to love? Provoke me?! I'll kiss you straight away, believe it or not? Brother Liu is too shy to even kiss you. Do you want me to give you something more exciting?"
Liu Muze glared at him and said, "How dare you!"
"Oh, you're pretty tough." Ye Jing'an moved closer. Liu Muze turned his face away.
Ye Jingan pinched his jaw and twisted his face to say, "If you have the guts, repeat what you just said."
Liu Muzhe stopped talking and stared at him.
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