Holiday Tea House (9)
A perfectly good vacation turned into a horrifying dream parade, so much so that for the next two days Yu Shu couldn't tell whether he was dreaming or awake. He already had PTSD about sleeping.
What made him even more tired was that although Jiang Yu's condition was much more stable, he still hadn't woken up.
"Jiang Yu appeared when you disappeared. Do you know something?"
Back to reality, Yu Shu no longer cared about the grudge caused by his psychological problems. Jiang Yu once again helped him escape from the predicament, but Jiang Yu fell into a deep sleep with a painful look on his face and could not be woken up no matter how he shouted.
Wang Zhiyao was stunned. It was the first time that Yu Shu spoke to him in a commanding tone and in a cold voice. It was obvious that these two people were not on good terms before.
He took a deep breath and lowered his head guiltily: "I don't know. I just remember that everything went black before my eyes and I came back in a daze. I really don't know what happened."
"Why is he here?" Yu Huan pulled Wang Zhiyao to his side without leaving any trace. He didn't know that Wang Zhiyao had informed Jiang Yu, and he didn't know that Yu Shu had already predicted that Jiang Yu would definitely chase after him.
Li Qingyan withdrew his hand and shook his head helplessly.
It's not that he deliberately didn't want to help, but he was knowledgeable and capable, but he was stuck in a position where he didn't move forward. He could see that Jiang Yu was lacking something and the situation was not optimistic, but he couldn't tell where the specific problem lay.
Yu Shu clenched his fists and then unclenched them five or six times. His eyes, filled with anxiety and concern, shone directly on Jiang Yu's face like a flashlight.
Due to his profession, he placed great importance on the safety of his life. Jiang Yu frowned in pain but could not wake up, which made him put his concerns aside.
He seemed to have someone who could tell him what to do.
At the same time, I also felt a sense of resentment. Since the man in black could manipulate dreams, allowing the consciousness to construct stories based on the inner thoughts, he could surely have cast a spell while the soul was out of the body, changing the plot's trajectory. He had to resort to so many tricks, causing so many things to happen.
"Hey, hey, hey, stop trying to pass the buck, okay?! You were the one who kept avoiding the topic of this person during the dream parade. I knew this would happen on your first day, so I said hello to you, but who knew you and that little brat wouldn't listen? All my good intentions were wasted, and in the end, I couldn't change the outcome."
A sound that only Yu Shu could hear.
Yu Shu looked around. The voice was like the air around him, real and existing, as if it was right next to him, but he could not see the man in black robe.
"What's wrong?" Li Qingyan asked with concern.
Yu Shu froze for a moment: "Uh, it's okay. I'll rest for a while, you guys go out."
The three of them didn't feel too embarrassed and walked out obediently. Only Wang Zhiyao kept looking back, his bright eyes filled with guilt and self-blame.
Yu Shu waved his hands: "I'm sorry for what happened just now. There were too many unexpected changes that I couldn't predict. I was too excited. Please don't take it to heart."
Wang Zhiyao lowered his head a little further.
"Originally, if you couldn't find a way out, I wouldn't do anything. The magic talisman would become ineffective in two or three days. After all, I just wanted to prevent the scene I foresaw from happening, but I didn't expect to backfire. It was my choice that brought about the future I saw in you. Therefore, I have to be responsible for what I have done." The man blamed himself.
"Under the established rules, breaking them means paying the price. To some extent, you, like the rest of us, survive by breaking the rules."
The black-robed man's mood changed in an instant, from feeling indebted to feeling serious and responsible. His voice once again entered Yu Shu's mind.
This was the third time Yu Shu had heard this. Yu Shu didn't have a bird's-eye view, didn't know Jiang Yu's past, and certainly didn't know the prerequisites and price he paid for his powerful abilities. He only knew that this time the black-robed man had clearly changed his stance, speaking on Jiang Yu's side.
"Oh, you don't even know about his past." The man in black robe spoke in a very old-fashioned tone.
Yu Shu was slightly stunned. He just wondered why Jiang Yu had to break the rules to survive like him. Before he could say anything, he heard the answer.
"Ah, I forgot to tell you. The resentment in the souls of the two victims was too strong to dissipate, so I cast a spell to keep them alive. The words you heard in your sleepwalking were what I wanted to tell him, so I asked him to relay them. Of course, the mind-reading they mentioned was actually me."
As he spoke, the man in black robe became more and more proud, giving Yu Shu a feeling of "Why don't you praise me for being so great?"
"Let's not talk about that for now. You..." The black-robed man hissed and thought for several seconds before speaking. "An important friend of mine, in order to help you break the curse, he sacrificed himself to replace the little fellow who burned me. This tyrannical act left his soul incomplete."
Yu Shu's brain was capable of translating Chinese into Chinese, and his incomplete soul turned into an incomplete spirit. He broke out in a cold sweat.
Jiang Yu looked strong and capable, but Yu Shu had seen his appearance in the days after August 15th and knew that all that came at a price. He was not as omnipotent as he seemed, and he was actually very fragile.
He was in trouble because he had not yet learned the magic that Jiang Yu taught him, so he had no way to find the lost soul.
"Don't bother, you are the best solution."
The man in black robe finally showed up, but this time he was not wearing a black robe. Instead, he was wearing a neat suit and his blond hair was combed back.
Yu Shu frowned. This was his room, and the man in black robe appeared out of nowhere.
"If you want to learn, I can teach you, but let's get back to the point. Your physique is the best solution." Yu Shu didn't even need to speak, the man said everything correctly. It was really convenient to communicate through mind reading.
Yu Shu finally spoke: "How to do it specifically?"
The man folded his arms across his chest, his chin slightly raised: "Kiss him, I came here just to see this, go ahead and kiss him."
Yu Shu: ? ?
Although there was no mirror, Yu Shu knew that when he heard this, his expression must have been like that of a stunned, wide-eyed, surprised yellow bean.
"Ah? Didn't he just ejaculate directly inside you? You've both done that kind of thing, why are you still shy? Go ahead!" The man just stared at him like that, as if he would not blink if he didn't see them kissing.
Yu Shu was speechless. He actually knew about such a thing.
This was the first time Yu Shu kissed Jiang Yu in front of others. He took a deep breath, prepared himself mentally, and hugged Jiang Yu.
When our lips touched, the soft touch was so familiar, except that the previous warmth was replaced by coldness.
"Stick out your tongue! Stick out your tongue! You can't do that!" the man was very anxious.
Yu Shu suspected that if the man's physique was as unique as his, he would definitely want to push him aside and take over himself. But as soon as this thought came to his mind, Yu Shu became inexplicably irritated, and he actually had the strange thought that his thing was about to be soiled by someone else, which scared him.
However, he still followed the instructions and slowly pried open Jiang Yu's teeth.
The tongue that had been demanding and entangled fiercely before was now unusually quiet. No matter how hard the technique sucked and entangled, there was no response. It was as if the person in the arms had already left, and no matter how tightly he hugged, it was just a body that could breathe but would not make any unnecessary movements.
According to the man's instructions, Yu Shu was to kiss Jiang Yu three times a day. If he persisted for three to five days, he would be able to recall the missing part of Jiang Yu's soul. The man would also quietly appear in Yu Shu's room at regular times and places to remind him what to do. For the past two days, Yu Shu had felt like he was under surveillance, being watched.
Of course, the man explained that this was just a small illusion. The real person did not appear in the magic room. He could only appear for a fixed period of time and there was no surveillance.
"He's in much better condition now. He should be able to wake up soon." Li Qingyan specially called a doctor from the bureau and asked the doctor to help give Jiang Yu a nutrient solution.
"Thank you for your hard work." This is the sentence Yu Shu said the most in the past two days. He said it once when Li Qingyan and the doctor came, and he said it again when they were done.
Li Qingyan smiled bitterly. "It's just a small favor. No need to mention it so many times. Besides, I'm one of the people he helped. Plus, you guys have helped us 749 twice before. It's only right that I should do my part."
"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first." Li Qingyan said politely, standing at the door.
Yu Shu opened his mouth to say something else, but many of the organized words once again fell apart into a mess of lines and slid back into his stomach.
Yes, no matter how much he said, it would seem pale. Many things had been made clear before, and now he also felt that Li Qingyan was deliberately keeping his distance. If he pretended to be close to him out of gratitude, it would be disrespectful to Li Qingyan.
He opened his mouth and finally said thank you again.
Li Qingyan smiled helplessly and replied that it was just a piece of cake.
As soon as I walked out the door, the doctor came up to me and asked, "Is he treating you well? Why don't you seize the opportunity?"
Li Qingyan nudged the doctor's ribs with his elbow: "I haven't paid you less, so why are you gossiping?" He used a joke to cover up his disappointment.
He knew very well that he could not compare.
It's useless to try to get close to him shamelessly, so he should just save some dignity. After all, Jiang Yu's traces are left in too many places on Yu Shu's body, and there is no room in his heart for him to squeeze in and gain a foothold.
He would never be able to make Yu Shu remember him when he was in trouble, like Jiang Yu did, nor would he have the courage to risk his life to save Yu Shu like Jiang Yu did.
In fact, that night, Li Qingyan went back and told several senior officials in the bureau about Jiang Yu's condition. They knew at that time that Jiang Yu's soul was incomplete, so they specially asked the doctor in the bureau to help.
Soul incompleteness is very serious for living people, ranging from dementia to death.
Li Qingyan couldn't imagine how much courage and concern it took to use such a dangerous method to save another person.
"It's like you're paying for it out of your own pocket. I'm just on a business trip." The doctor spat, pretending to be disgusted.
"That's true. It's normal that you can't win. He's much braver and more handsome than you." The doctor deliberately angered Li Qingyan.
Li Qingyan pretended not to hear and remained calm: "So I'm starting to draw a clear line between myself and others."
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