Memories 2
After spending a long time together, Jiang Chuan Gu and Lin Chao Ying's relationship remained superficial, at a stage where they didn't delve deeper into each other's lives and couldn't resist their curiosity.
The sensitive boy, who had built an impenetrable wall around his heart, naturally wouldn't easily reveal his true feelings to the "ghost" he had only known for a little over two months.
Lin Chaoying, having nothing better to do, liked to ponder Jiangchuan Valley.
Why does he not contact his family at all?
Why did he communicate with his teammates zero?
Why do they have to hide from the camera when recording materials for the group's variety show?
Why does he act like an unwanted dog every day, whether at the company or in the dormitory?
...
An excessive desire for exploration caused the relationship between the human and the ghost to falter, crumbling instantly with the slightest touch.
The first argument was probably triggered by Lin Chaoying's overactive sense of justice and her childish, delusional behavior.
In fact, through her observations over this period of time, she had long realized that the relationship between the members of ATW-7 was very fragile. They spoke to each other in a sarcastic manner, and when they returned to the dormitory, they would simply greet each other. Apart from Captain Jiang Xu, the other five members had a lot of opinions about Jiang Chuan Gu and would inadvertently reveal their disdain for him.
That day, on a peaceful afternoon, the four members were in the living room discussing what to have for dinner.
Lin Chaoying leaned back on the sofa opposite them, crossed her legs, and listened to their idle chatter; the atmosphere was quite subtle.
Jiang Xingxing, who looks like a bull terrier, seems to cling to Jiang Xu, but she'll also complain about him behind his back; Jiang Xu likes to visit Jiang Chuangu, often getting teased and leaving sheepishly; Shen Hao, who looks like a fox, loves to hang out with Zhao Yuanfan, who's working out like a bullfrog, and Zhao Yuanfan has a lot of opinions about everyone...
Qi Zeren and Su Xi, who weren't present, usually didn't return to their dorms. They would superficially express their concern, but behind their backs, they couldn't help but whisper among themselves...
That was brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
Lin Chao-ying is the leading expert in in-depth analysis of the ATW-7 relationship!
Jiang Xingxing suggested going out for barbecue that evening.
Just as Jiang Xu was about to get up, Jiang Xingxing stopped him, saying, "Brother Xu? Don't go looking for trouble. He doesn't want to come anyway, and it would feel weird if he did."
Shen Hao nudged Jiang Xingxing with his arm.
"Aren't we in the same group?" Jiang Xu was caught in the middle, and her temper flared up. "Did he debut as a solo artist? Don't you know why he doesn't want to leave the group?"
Lin Chaoying immediately caught the line, "Don't you know why he doesn't want to come down..."
Shen Hao smoothed things over, "Alright, alright, you know what Xingxing is saying. How about Zhao Yuanfan and I go look for her?"
Zhao Yuanfan, who was playing on his phone, spoke up, "Integrating into the group is a personal choice, what does it have to do with us? Is a grown man so fragile? If it were me, I would just take it as a joke and move on, I don't know what he's pretending to be."
Jiang Xu felt uncomfortable upon hearing this, "Zhao Yuanfan!"
Even Lin Chaoying felt uncomfortable listening to it, let alone Jiang Xu.
It sounds like they made jokes about Egawa Valley without any restraint, and then resorted to sophistry after being caught by the person in question.
Without thinking twice, she barged into Jiang Xu's body, kicked Shen Hao who was standing in the middle, took a big step and pressed down on Zhao Yuanfan's body, grabbed his hair, raised her right hand and slapped him, leaving a red claw mark with five fingers.
When Zhao Yuanfan came to his senses, his left cheek was burning with pain. "Jiang Xu? You're fucking crazy!"
People rushed to break up the fight.
Jiang Xu put all his strength into slapping, kicking, and pulling his teammates' hair, while also verbally attacking them, "You foul mouth, you put on some kind of enema and you just open your mouth and poop! You dead bullfrog, if you can't talk, sew it up!"
Shen Hao desperately tried to break up the fight, shouting, "Jiang Xu!"
Jiang Xingxing grabbed his waist, "Don't do this! Let's talk this out!"
The scene was in complete chaos, and Jiang Xingxing even chimed in, "This fighting style looks so familiar! Brother Xu beat me up like this the other day!!"
Zhao Yuanfan didn't know where "Jiang Xu" got his strength. No matter how much he struggled, the man could still deliver solid punches, and his chaotic attacks were hard to withstand!
Jiang Xu wasn't idle either, "A grown man who's weak? Fine! I'll slap you a few times, then you'll see if you enjoy this joke! You look like a bullfrog, and your mouth is always croaking non-stop, not a single word I like to hear! So annoying!"
"Enough!" An angry voice came from upstairs, accompanied by a loud bang as the door slammed against the wall. Everyone stopped and looked up.
Lin Chaoying "rolled" out of Jiang Xu's body and fell to the ground.
Jiangchuan Valley gestured for her to come up.
When Jiang Xu opened his eyes, he found himself straddling Zhao Yuanfan, with a few strands of hair in his hand... He felt like he was going crazy. "I..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Yuanfan punched him in the face.
"Hey!" Shen Hao was completely exasperated. "Why are they fighting again?!"
Lin Chaoying, like a victorious general returning from a battle, floated into Jiang Chuan Gu's room with her head held high. "How was it? Didn't you feel relieved? You have no idea how much they would tease you about it all the time. Those men have such a gossipy tongue!"
"What are you doing!" Jiang Chuan Gu's face flushed red, his brows furrowed in impatience, his dissatisfaction evident in every gesture.
Lin Chaoying questioned him: "Why are you speaking up for them? I'm angry on your behalf."
Jiang Chuan Gu sighed deeply, pacing helplessly around the room. "Did I tell you to do this? Do you have to make such a mess of things?"
Kindness was wasted. Lin Chaoying suppressed her temper, "Anyway, I've already done it! I just can't stand it! What business is it of yours who I hit!"
Jiangchuan Gu stopped at the table. This was the first time he had ever lost his temper. He had argued with someone and even after hurling a few insults, he still needed to find something to lean on for support. He hesitated and said, "What does this have to do with me? You're possessed by a ghost, causing several people to get into a fight. Then the audience and fans will find that the whole group has gone crazy and that I'm the only normal one, right?"
Following his position, she saw the words "How to Deliver Ghosts" prominently displayed on the computer screen on the table, followed by images of chanting, garlic, and burning paper money...
Lin Chaoying sneered, "Can you tell me what this is?"
Jiang Chuan Gu slammed his laptop shut, his tone softening. "You shouldn't have looked into my privacy."
"For the past two months, you've been chatting and having fun with me on the surface, but in your heart you're thinking about helping me pass on to the afterlife?" Lin Chaoying shook her head, pacing back and forth in anger. "I'm really fed up. You're only talking to me because nobody else is paying attention to you!"
"Yes!" Jiang Chuan Gu said, losing control, "I'm unwanted! I'm so bored that I'd chat with someone like you who's not even human every day! I don't care where I came from, you either take me away now, or go back to where you came from. I'm not your parents, I'm not your family. If you don't have memories, go find them. Stop bothering me!"
"You deserve it!" Lin Chaoying cursed without holding back, deliberately poking at his sore spots, getting more and more satisfied with each curse. "With your personality, it's no wonder people don't want to play with you or talk to you. Your current situation is all your own doing! A man who's so pretentious and stubborn! What? You want the whole world to revolve around your emotions?! You want someone to fawn over you and coax you? Dream on! You're a piece of trash who can't even handle your own interpersonal relationships."
"You're the kind of person who pretends not to care about this or that! You seem aloof, but aren't you secretly checking your fan page at night to see if you've gained any followers?"
"Heh." Lin Chaoying sneered, glancing at him. "Feeling good? You like hearing this kind of talk, don't you? My mouth is dirtier than those downstairs. If you like it, I'll curse you a few more times. Still thinking about sending me to the afterlife? Whether I go to heaven or hell is none of your business! Watch out tonight, I'll possess you and kill you!" With that, she floated out the window and left from under the cherry blossom tree.
As it turned out, she was stubborn. That day, she drifted out, completely unsure of where to go, and eventually landed at a temple.
Forget it, it's pointless. Lin Chaoying thought, she might as well just pass on to the afterlife.
The cloud-shaped little ghost sat down in the temple hall without any restraint and began to meditate, imitating the little monks chanting sutras.
Unexpectedly, she felt no discomfort at all. On the contrary, she felt neither sleepy nor tired. A warm current slowly flowed into her body, instantly clearing her mind and filling her with energy.
I could yell at and beat ten more men!
Lin Chaoying spent a wonderful month at the temple. From time to time, when she thought of the good-natured but useless man, she would immediately recite the scriptures more often.
At the entrance of the temple stands a massive, ancient cherry tree with lush foliage. Its trunk is so thick that it would take four or five people to encircle it. Its branches twist and turn, intertwining in the air, and countless petals drift down to every corner with the wind. The beauty is gentle yet radiant.
Jiang Chuan Gu, wearing headphones, looked up at the ancient cherry blossom tree and remembered that there was also a small version of the cherry blossom tree outside his window. He recalled that Lin Chao Ying loved to curl up on the branches.
Along the paths inside the temple, two rows of red lanterns hang, with silk ribbons tied to their bottoms, swaying in the wind, as if the wishes are closer to the heavens so that the gods can hear them more clearly.
Jiang Chuan Gu stepped back a few paces, separating himself from his teammates, and went to the small room next door where people could ask for red ribbons. He asked, "I would like to ask for a wishing ribbon."
The person in charge said, "Those hung on the lanterns can last for a month. Would 360 consider it?"
Jiangchuan Valley checked his balance; he only had 560 yuan left this month.
He nodded. "Give me one."
The person in charge handed him a silk ribbon and a pen, saying, "Write it down, and we'll hang it up for you."
Jiangchuan asked, "May I hang it myself?"
The person in charge said, "That's fine."
Jiangchuan Valley picked up his pen and wrote two sentences: I'm sorry. May you be reborn into a peaceful, long, and carefree life.
He put down his pen, followed the staff, selected the tallest lantern, climbed the ladder, and patiently tied a red ribbon with a wish on it. Suddenly, a gentle breeze lifted the wishing ribbon, brushed past his ear, and swayed towards the main hall.
Jiangchuan Valley stepped down the ladder and expressed his gratitude to the staff.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the main hall, the other six people came out from inside.
Jiang Xu asked, "Where did you go?"
"I'm going to hang up the wishing ribbon." Jiangchuan Valley said and walked straight into the main hall.
Jiang Xingxing walked over and said, "Brother Xu, he probably prefers someone else. Let's go."
Jiangchuan Valley stepped into the main hall with his left foot and stood there, stunned. Beneath the compassionate eyes of the Buddha statue, neatly arranged prayer cushions were placed. On the central cushion sat a girl with her eyes closed in meditation. Her figure, enveloped by candlelight and the Buddha's light, looked more like a "person," quite different from the highly transparent ghostly figure from before.
Jiang Chuan Gu put away the lucky bag in his hand, slowly walked around several prayer cushions, and knelt down beside her without making a sound.
"Lin Chaoying..." Jiang Chuan Gu tried his best to lower his voice and called out softly.
Lin Chaoying opened her eyes, turned her head and saw a familiar handsome face, "What are you doing here?"
"The boss told us to come to the temple to pray." Jiangchuan Valley deliberately concealed the theme of "exorcising evil spirits."
Lin Chaoying thought about it and agreed. Given her constant possession, it was already a miracle that Jiang Xu hadn't asked a master to perform an exorcism.
She nodded, closed her eyes, and didn't say anything.
Having grown accustomed to her noisy and boisterous manner, Jiang Chuan Gu was uneasy by her sudden silence, but he didn't know how to start a conversation, and the situation remained tense for a while.
Lin Chaoying opened one eye. "What? You're here to help me since I haven't been properly prayed for?"
"You're right." Jiang Chuan Gu's voice was soft, hesitant, and strained. "This month, I've thought about it seriously, and I'm largely to blame for the current situation..."
"Oh my..." Lin Chaoying tilted her head and said in disbelief, "So you're the kind of person who fights fire with fire? Looks like I'll have to scold you a few more times."
Faced with her teasing, Jiang Chuan Gu finally felt comfortable and continued more freely: "My parents were in a car accident when I was 5 years old. I lived with my aunt from a young age. When I was 10, we couldn't afford to go to school, so I started helping out by moving goods. No one taught me how to get along with friends, and I didn't know how to deal with certain situations..."
Lin Chaoying blinked and stared at him, then suddenly realized that the person in front of her was only 17 years old.
She asked earnestly, "Does the company know about your family situation?"
Jiangchuan Valley: "I know."
Lin Chaoying: "Does Jiang Xu know?"
Jiangchuan Valley: "I know."
Lin Chaoying: "Do your other teammates know?"
Jiangchuan Valley: "I know."
Lin Chaoying recalled their argument that day, and his words: "I'm just unwanted!"
It turns out he really was a child without a home.
She asked tentatively, "You joined the company as a trainee when you were 13. What would you have done if you hadn't debuted last year?"
Jiangchuan Gu said frankly, "At 16, I probably have the strength to transport more goods."
Lin Chaoying persisted, asking, "If your aunt's family is so poor, why didn't they send you to an orphanage?"
At least in that environment, you wouldn't have to start moving goods at the age of 10, right?
Jiangchuan Valley remained calm and spoke casually, "My parents have an inheritance."
Lin Chaoying's eyes widened. "Then where's the money?"
Jiangchuan Valley: "My cousin isn't in good health."
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“Actually, given the situation at the time,” Jiang Chuan Gu’s eyes were unfocused, it was impossible to tell whether he was trying to comfort himself or speaking to Lin Chao Ying, “I was just grateful to have a place to stay.”
If it weren't for the fact that they were in the main hall of a temple, directly opposite a Buddha statue, Lin Chaoying would have really cursed.
Jiang Chuan Gu looked around at the empty space beside him, then looked up and saw Lin Chao Ying hovering in the air. He smiled helplessly and said, "Lin Chao Ying, when you get angry, you really are like a gas cylinder about to explode..."
Actually, he was just stating things without any purpose. Some things had been bottled up in his heart for too long, piling up and covered with a thick layer of dust. This ghost had been intentionally or unintentionally rubbing off some of it, leaving the dust in patches, making it unclear. It was better for him to clean it up himself so that she could see it clearly.
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