Chapter 112 Blue Tea Island 6
Jiang Qingfeng looks to be around 40 years old, leaning a little to the left, and looks a few years younger than his actual age of 43.
He had Xia Bai when he was 24 years old. He used to be a young and childish father. But because of Xia Bai's disappearance, he became depressed for several years. Also, most artists are emotionally sensitive, so this is probably the case.
Ling Changye took the initiative to find a reason for him in his heart.
Ling Changye was very happy that Xia Bai had just introduced his identity to his parents. He followed suit and called out, "Dad."
Jiang Qingfeng lowered his head and walked past him with his head down.
Ling Changye: “…”
Ling Changye felt that this couldn't be allowed. If the relationship between the two of them cooled down from the beginning, it would be difficult to reverse it later, so he asked, "Where are you going? Do you need my help?"
Jiang Qingfeng still kept his head down: "No need, I'll go find Lao Yang."
After meeting Lao Yang, Jiang Qingfeng became a different person.
Old Yang had never seen him so happy. He felt that if Jiang Qingfeng were younger, he would be jumping for joy.
"Old Yang, come here. I have something to tell you." He pushed and dragged the dazed Old Yang to Xia Bai and their room.
Old Yang was confused. When he entered the room and saw Xia Bai and Ling Changye, he was stunned.
"Old Yang, let me introduce him to you." Jiang Qingfeng said happily.
Old Yang thought to himself, why do you need to introduce them? I know the identities of these two people much better than you do.
"This is my son, Xia Bai." Jiang Qingfeng said, holding Xia Bai's hand.
He didn't turn around, "That's my son's boyfriend Ling Changye."
Old Yang: “…”
It took him a while to react.
"Xia Bai, son?"
Jiang Qingfeng smiled and nodded, "It's our son who got lost when he was three years old, Jiang Bai. Old Yang, we found him. Xia Bai said you helped him before, we want to thank you."
Old Yang looked at Xia Bai for a while longer, his heart filled with emotion.
He also didn't expect that the person he helped out with was the child that Jiang Qingfeng and his wife had been looking for for many years.
"Xia Bai looks exactly like him when he was a child." Jiang Yitong said regretfully: "We didn't show you the photo at that time, otherwise we might have been reunited with Xia Bai earlier. Lao Yang, thank you for helping Xia Bai when he was helpless."
Old Yang waved his hand, "That's what I should do. You should know that I work at the Tourism Management Bureau, and my job is to save people who are suicidal. At that time, I saw Xia Bai was so entangled that he was almost peeling the bark off the tree, and I was afraid that he would be unable to get over it."
Xia Bai: “…”
There is no bald skin.
Lao Yang said: "Congratulations, I am very happy to see your family reunited."
He was really happy. When his daughter died, Jiang Qingfeng stayed with him for a while. He knew then that losing his son was too painful for Jiang Qingfeng to bear.
The two of them became close friends, comforted each other, and understood each other's grief.
His daughter could not be resurrected, so it was good that Jiang Qingfeng could find their child. Moreover, he seemed to have a sense of participation in this matter, which made him feel somewhat comforted.
Xia Bai had already been chatting with his parents for a long time, and they chatted briefly with Lao Yang for a while to explain the whole story, but it was already very late.
Ling Changye said to Jiang Qingfeng and Jiang Yitong, "How about you stay here with Xia Bai, and Lao Yang and I will go to Seaweed House No. 12?"
Jiang Qingfeng's eyes were bright. Just as he was about to speak, Jiang Yitong interrupted him and said, "No need. You guys should come together."
"I did not reveal my identity as a staff member of the Tourism Bureau because I had no skills and I kept it hidden for my own protection."
Old Yang knew what Ling Changye and Xia Bai were worried about, so he said, "But I have been in the Tourism Administration for the past two or three years and have also received some props as rewards. You don't have to worry. I dare not say that I can protect them, but if they encounter danger, I will let you know that I can still do it."
In that case, Xia Bai and Ling Changye didn't say anything more.
The three of them returned to Seaweed House No. 12.
On the way, Jiang Qingfeng asked Jiang Yitong: "Atong, why did you refuse just now? I think Ling Changye's division is good. We can be with our son, Lao Yang doesn't have to worry about us, and we can still be protected by Ling Changye. How great is that."
"Shh, don't say their names, they are still pretending." Jiang Yitong said: "We haven't been with Xiaobai for so many years. We need to let him adapt slowly if we are too clingy to him. He may feel stressed. Also, the child has grown up and has his own life. We need to give him space."
Lao Yang said: "Yitong is right, don't worry."
Jiang Qingfeng was a little depressed, "We haven't been intimate with him for long, are we going to let go?"
Jiang Yitong: "It's not about letting go, it's about letting him get used to it slowly. After he gets out of the game, we'll buy a house near his school, okay?"
Jiang Qingfeng became much happier when he heard this, "Well, I will cook for him every day then. I don't know what he likes to eat."
"Heping Medical College, serving the family and the country, saving lives and healing the wounded. Our son is so amazing. I don't know what major he is studying. I forgot to ask just now." Jiang Qingfeng said chatteringly.
Lao Yang: "Forensic medicine."
“…”
"He's good at studying law." Jiang Qingfeng added, "He's so cute in a weird way. He also likes to pick up dead bodies at home. How can he be so cute?"
Old Yang: “…”
You can tell at first glance that she is a complete child-obsessed person.
Jiang Yitong laughed quietly, looking at him with eyes full of happiness and love.
Jiang Qingfeng also looked at her, "Isn't it Atong? Our son is so cute."
Jiang Yitong nodded, "Yeah."
Jiang Qingfeng laughed again, feeling more relaxed and happy than ever before.
The mountain that was pressing on his heart finally disappeared.
“I think God has been really good to me.”
In seaweed house No. 11, Xia Bai rolled around on the bed with the quilt rolled over and rolled to Ling Changye's side. Ling Changye just sat on the bed and was about to reach out his hand when he rolled to the other side.
Soon, it rolled back.
Ling Changye didn't let him run away this time. He pressed on Xia Bai, who was wrapped in the quilt with only his head sticking out, and asked him, "Are you very happy?"
Xia Bai kissed him on the chin and nodded, staring at him with her beautiful eyes.
Ling Changye stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, but he dodged and said, "Captain, my father is a very good person."
Ling Changye suppressed his throat and made a "hmm" sound.
"When we get married, he will be your father too." Xia Bai said, "Our father."
Ling Changye stroked his lips with his fingers, "I've already called you dad."
Xia Bai was like some small animal that would bite people when it was happy. He bit Ling Changye's finger and stared at him.
Ling Changye stood up slightly, and Xia Bai arched his head in his arms, but was pushed back by Ling Changye's big hands. This was the first time that Ling Changye suppressed him with force, and it was not gentle at all.
Xia Bai lay on the bed with a blank face, like a dead fish, "It's okay now, you don't have to wait until I fall asleep to communicate with you. Every time I fall asleep, you never tell me when the communication is over."
Ling Changye: “…”
Ling Changye glanced at him and asked, "Do you want me to communicate with spirits?"
Xia Bai: "Am I not trying to save my reputation?"
Ling Changye: “…”
Ling Changye conducted spiritual communication with Xia Bai.
After the channeling was over, he was also a little excited.
Xia Bai was so happy that he couldn't fall asleep. Ling Changye finally gave up resisting. After the two of them simply helped each other, Xia Bai couldn't stand the stimulation and soon closed his eyes and fell asleep.
He slept very soundly and happily. When he woke up, he saw Ling Changye standing at the window, neatly dressed, looking out.
Seeing him wake up, Ling Changye said, "I smell blood. Someone must have died in Seaweed House No. 12 again."
Xia Bai immediately sat up from the bed.
It was not even six o'clock yet, but everyone in Seaweed House No. 12 was already up.
As soon as Jiang Qingfeng saw Xia Bai, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He was about to speak, but when he saw that he was now wearing women's clothes and thought of what Jiang Yitong said last night, he held back.
Xia Bai also glanced at them first. In order to make it easier to use the three people from the Holy Travel Guild, he and Ling Changye still used disguises. They did not speak to them and walked to the dead man's room.
It’s the same room as yesterday.
The one who died this time was Fang Xiaofeng.
He was still bled to death, and this time the blood came from his wrist. Above the bleeding wound, there was a red silk tied with a bow, which looked very much like the bow on a gift box.
He just sat there leaning against the wall, naked.
Medusa and Yu Yin did not avoid the scene and their faces turned pale as they watched Fang Xiaofeng die tragically.
Jiang Yitong did not evade the question. She said, "He also has a red silk on his wrist, just like Yan Quan last night. Red silk is used for weddings on islands. Is this a revenge of a bride?"
Jiang Qingfeng probably just wanted to talk to Xia Bai, so he looked at Xia Bai and added an obvious clue, "He was also bled to death, is there any special meaning to it?"
Xia Bai said, "There are two possibilities. One possibility is that there is a bride like the one you mentioned, and this bride was also bled to death, so she also used this method when she harmed people. If this is the case, this ghost bride is the protagonist of this game. We can complete the game if we understand her story and find out the truth behind her death."
What Xia Bai said was much clearer than what the man in the flowered shirt had said before. Not only did Jiang Yitong and Jiang Qingfeng truly understand what it meant to find the truth, and through it learned how to play ordinary maps, but other players also understood it.
The panic caused by seeing another powerful person die was greatly alleviated by this.
As long as there is a specific method, people will not be so scared. The only thing to be afraid of is being confused and not knowing how they died.
"The second possibility is more closely related to the atonement we talked about yesterday. Yan Quan and Fang Xiaofeng had used this method together to harm someone. Fang Xiaofeng didn't say it in the confessional yesterday, and he died today because of this method. This kind of death can be said to be a punishment from Bai Haixian, or it can be said to be death by the rules of the game. Some people call it internal punishment."
When he said this possibility, he looked at Medusa and Yu Yin.
Medusa asked directly: "Do you mean that I should speak truthfully about my sins in the confessional?"
Xia Bai: "I said it in the confessional yesterday."
Medusa: "Did you really confess all your sins yesterday?"
Xia Bai: "Yeah, you don't believe it?"
“…”
You’re kidding!
"It's not that we don't believe you, little sister." Yu Yin blinked, "You are so cute, of course we want to believe you, but you are so thin, you look like you weigh only 90 pounds at most? Can you really carry your classmates out of the grave?"
Xia Bai: “…”
In order to prove himself, Xia Bai squatted in front of Ling Changye.
Ling Changye: “…”
Actually, it is not necessary.
He glanced at Jiang Qingfeng's envious eyes, lay on Xia Bai, and was carried out by Xia Bai.
“…”
Gu Bai asked them to go to the north of the island to atone their sins at six o'clock. As the time was almost up, Xia Bai simply carried Ling Changye on his back and walked towards that place.
Feeling that this was his sin, Ling Changye only carried him for a short while before quickly getting off him.
Xia Bai asked him: "Captain, what do you think?"
Ling Changye: "I have no idea now, but your analysis seems to be correct."
But he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell exactly what it was.
Xia Bai thought so too.
"Judging from the words and deeds of the four members of the Holy Tour Guild, they must have committed many sins, more sins than the new players who have just entered the game and have always lived in a peaceful world. So even if everyone has not completely confessed their sins, they will be punished first. This is correct." Xia Bai said.
Ling Changye continued, "But their deaths were not so smooth. If the theme of this game is atonement, not punishment, we should be given a chance to atone first, and then be punished with death when we don't do it seriously. If Fang Xiaofeng is like this, and he didn't truly repent, so he was punished with death, then Yan Quan is wrong. He died on the first night he entered the game, before he even started to atone."
Xia Bai nodded.
He said, "If it is really the ghost bride's revenge, then just like what the captain said before, atonement is just brainwashing, and the bride is also a victim of atonement. She was killed by the belief in atonement, and the method of death was the same as Yan Quan and Fang Xiaofeng, she died of blood loss. So she took revenge on those who had used this method to harm people on the island, one person every night."
"This reasoning seems to have no loopholes at the moment." Ling Changye said: "Look at it in the long run, how many players have used this method to harm others? After Yan Quan and Fang Xiaofeng died, who did she harm every night?"
Xia Bai: "She died by losing her blood. She may have suffered other injuries during her lifetime, such as human trafficking, imprisonment, frame-up, etc. There may be other players who have done the same thing and will be punished in turn."
At present, Ling Changye could not deny Xia Bai's speculation, so he said: "Let's verify it first."
The two slowed down and waited for the waves of people behind them to catch up.
"There is one thing that is very important for clearing the game. We need to confirm it." Ling Changye asked Medusa directly: "Have Yan Quan and Fang Xiaofeng ever spared someone's blood before, or indirectly caused someone to bleed to death?"
When the others heard Ling Changye ask this, they all stared at Medusa.
Medusa didn't dare to disobey the vice president in the first place. The successive deaths of Yan Quan and Fang Xiaofeng made her realize the seriousness of the problem and sense that danger was approaching her. When Ling Changye asked, she immediately said, "Yes, they did bleed others."
Letting others bleed to death little by little is a very interesting method of punishment. It allows one to appreciate the other person's fear and the series of behaviors caused by fear. They have indeed done this many times.
really.
Ling Changye asked Medusa and Yu Yin again, "What about you?"
“Yes.”
“Yes.”
Both of them looked unhappy. Because of the invincible skill combination of the four of them, they acted recklessly in the game and in reality, under the banner of the Holy Tour Guild to screen humans for the game, and harmed many people.
Unexpectedly, their retribution came like this.
Unexpectedly, their retribution came from games.
Aren't they believers in the game? Why does the game treat them like this?
Both of them looked at Ling Changye, not knowing whether they hoped that he could help them or that he could help her solve her doubts.
Ling Changye only said: "Be careful tonight."
The psychic standing next to them was a little confused.
According to his understanding, the four young men of their Shengyou Guild are lawless. They are obedient except in front of a few ruthless players of Shengyou Guild. They will not have a good attitude even to the minister and director of the upstream management bureau.
Why do they listen to Ling Changye so much?
Could it be that he was frightened by the deaths of Yan Quan and Fang Xiaofeng, and recognized Ling Changye's identity?
Ling Changye was indeed the only one among the three of them who had only disguised his face; his body and clothes were still his own, so there was a high chance that he would be recognized.
No future!
The psychic cursed the two of them in his heart, feeling angry at being betrayed.
Ling Changye said, "I don't know how we are going to atone for our sins later. I just hope that everyone can find out in their spare time if there is anyone who died from bleeding on Blue Tea Island. This person may be a key figure. Find out more about this person's experience, especially the injuries he suffered."
The new players all nodded and expressed their willingness to cooperate actively.
Even if they were to cooperate with the man in the flowered shirt who threatened and mocked them, they would be reluctant to do so. But how could they not cooperate with this big man who seriously led them to complete the game?
Ling Changye looked at Yu Yin: "Especially Yu Yin, your skill is Charm, which is very suitable for finding out information. Make use of your skill and find out more. The sooner we find out the truth, maybe one less person will die."
He listed all of Yu Yin's skills right away. Yu Yin and Medusa, who had no doubts about him to begin with, became even more convinced that he was the vice president's psychic and responded yes repeatedly.
The psychic looked angrily at the two useless female players, then looked angrily at Ling Changye.
He told the four of them their skills, not to order his subordinates around!
Xia Bai, who saw all this, said: "..."
He no longer thinks that the psychic's skills are an advanced version of Jing Yan's. If it were Jing Yan's skills, he would be able to discover the truth by looking at what Medusa and Yu Yin are thinking.
Yu Yin asked again: "Do we still need to go to the confessional and sincerely confess our sins once again?"
Ling Changye continued to move forward, "If you have a chance, you can try it."
They hurried to the north of the island.
On the first day of atonement, Bai Gu didn't ask them to do anything else but just conduct labor reform.
Cutting trees, picking fruits, collecting grain, sewing clothes, building houses... there are more types of labor reform than in prison.
There is no lunch yet.
They hadn't eaten in the morning and were almost fainting from exhaustion by the afternoon.
Xia Bai felt that Ling Changye was right. Atonement was brainwashing. They used this method to make them pay various costs so that they could profit from it.
The other new players thought it was not so bad. They were indeed dying of exhaustion and starvation, but their lives were not in danger after all. They were more afraid of mysterious things.
Seeing that the sun was about to set and Bai Gu didn't ask them to go to the confessional, Medusa and Yu Yin became a little impatient, so they took the initiative to find Bai Gu and said they wanted to confess.
They were afraid that if they did not truly confess and tell of the sins they had committed, especially those involving bloodletting and murder, they would both die tonight.
Unexpectedly, Bai Gu, who had asked them to confess more yesterday, showed a strange smile on her face as if she saw through them, "Are you anxious? Why didn't you confess seriously yesterday? It's not possible now. Others have to confess. The next time for you to confess is the day after tomorrow afternoon."
the day after tomorrow?
Two more nights passed before their faces turned pale.
They continued to reform until dark, when they were finally given the pitiful steamed buns and pickles and were able to go back to rest.
Those who stayed at the Blue Tea Holiday Hotel were all wealthy people, many of whom had never done physical work. When they finished, they could no longer walk back, so they sat at the door, munching on dry and hard steamed buns, and rested for a while.
Medusa and Yu Yin came to Ling Changye in panic and asked him what to do.
"Go look for the statue of Bai Haixian in the village and try to confess in front of other statues?" Ling Changye said, "I can't think of any other way. What I can do is to move to Yan Quan and Fang Xiaofeng's room tonight, next to yours. If anything happens to you, I will help you if I can."
The two felt much more at ease. When they were really in danger, they realized that the vice president was really their support. They were really too rebellious in the beginning.
Ling Changye said: "The worst thing to do is panic. Don't worry. When you go to find the statue, you can ask the villagers for information."
Under the psychic's dim gaze, the two men nodded obediently and were ready to go immediately.
One player stood up and said, "Can I go with you to look for it? One more person means more strength."
Other players stood up one after another.
Although no one said it explicitly, everyone knew that these people did not truly confess yesterday, or at least they were hiding their sins. After seeing Fang Xiaofeng's death, they were afraid that they would die tonight, so they wanted to confess again.
There were quite a lot of people there, including Lao Yang. Yesterday he indeed only confessed one thing about his daughter. No one is perfect, and it is normal to make other mistakes after living to the age of fifty.
Xia Bai was surprised that the psychic didn't go.
"You're not going?" Xia Bai asked.
Psychic: “Why should I go?”
Xia Bai: "You must be hiding some sin."
The psychic sneered, "Tell me, what else do I have?"
Xia Bai opened his mouth and said, "The corpse dealer used the president's name to establish a criminal guild. His deeds are simply too numerous to mention."
Psychic: “…”
Xia Bai glanced at Ling Changye and saw that he was looking at a person who was atonement at the door. He should be communicating with that person through spirits. At noon, he saw him staring at Bai Gu for a long time, so he should be communicating with Bai Gu through spirits.
Spirit communication is very energy-consuming. He has just learned this skill, and he can communicate with no more than five people a day. Xia Bai discussed with him last night that he should communicate with the people in the game world during the day, and with him at night. I wonder if he has discovered anything today.
Xia Bai asked the psychic: "You must have communicated with Bai Gu before? Did you find anything?"
The psychic walked towards the seaweed house without even turning his head, and just snorted at him.
There was no one else around, so Xia Bai told his parents, "He's a big bad guy, even worse than Yan Quan and Fang Xiaofeng. Look, he's still so selfish that he doesn't share any clues."
Just as the psychic was about to turn around, he heard Jiang Yitong say in a slightly serious tone, "Xiaobai, you can't say that about others. Mom thinks this guy shouldn't be as bad as those two. If he is really that bad, why isn't he the first to be punished?"
The psychic felt much better when he heard someone teaching Xia Bai a lesson and speaking up for him.
He smiled and turned around, "Did you hear that, kid? You should listen to your mother more."
Xia Bai said blankly: "Oh."
The psychic looked at him again, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, "I'm not such a selfish person. I just want to know what I saw from Bai Gu."
"I have communicated with Bai Gu twice," the psychic said, "and I did see some interesting things."
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