Sleeping Valley (XI)
Yu Shu thought about it for a few days and finally made up his mind to submit his resignation notice.
"What do you mean by giving your resignation notice?" Jiang Yu asked knowingly.
He was also very anxious. Yu Shu had ignored him for a week. When he finally called him, he got an email with a notice of resignation.
When Yu Shu heard Jiang Yu's voice, his mind uncontrollably replayed the unbearable accident.
The sleeves and hem of her red wedding dress sank into the river water, and her waist was restrained by a pair of warm, large hands.
The small bamboo raft rose and fell, creating waves of splashes. Yu Shu could no longer tell whether the water stains on his body were from the river or from his body.
He couldn't tell whether the person behind him was Jiang Yu or something had taken over Jiang Yu's body.
The few remaining thoughts he had were lost in the suffocating feeling of drowning and the push-and-pull sensation. He tried to escape but was pulled back by Jiang Yu. Mixed with blood.
The burning pain flooded him like the sea, and the waves slammed him against the rocks on the shore, and his internal organs trembled constantly under the washing of the waves.
"Stop... stop, for a moment."
A trembling breath slowly came out of the nasal cavity.
The request I made with all my effort was like a dead branch swaying in the wind, and I received no mercy at all. I could only accept the reality.
Jiang Yu's rapid and disordered breathing mixed with the night wind, forming an airtight, invisible and intangible wall that trapped him inside.
Yu Shu wanted to say something else, but his throat was like a dried-up spring, so bitter that he could hardly speak.
He could only let the pain and strange feeling rush through his body, causing his heartbeat to speed up and his body temperature to soar.
The mixture of sweat and river water soaked the clothes, and the sticky feeling made people very uncomfortable.
The water man's hair tips were still warm, and it fell on his eyelashes and slowly slid across his eye sockets, blurring his vision. He saw the moon hanging in the sky, with two images, swaying up and down.
He turned around and saw Jiang Yu's cool and handsome boyish face. There was a faint blush on his cheeks, his nostrils expanded and contracted with the rhythm of his breathing, and his abdominal muscles and chest muscles were covered with thin sweat that shone like broken diamonds in the moonlight.
The face and figure that should have been eye-catching became a prison that imprisoned Yu Shu. He had no way to escape or retreat, and could only force himself to stay awake and persevere in the burning pain and strange numbness.
"Hmm..." Jiang Yu's hoarse groan was like a low-frequency vibration massager, which made the muscles all over the body tense.
Four hours ago, Yu Shu was with the two children. Not only did they not hurt him, they also told him the details of the situation.
"Until the cycle ends, Brother Yu Shu, you must hide well. You've seen the red-clad team carrying the empty bamboo raft sedan chair. The reason the bamboo raft sedan chair is empty is because you are the one on the raft. If you are caught, you will be used as a living stake and thrown into the river."
The little girl held Yu Shu's hand and talked as they walked.
“Can’t those people see me?”
The little boy shook his head. "The cycle has begun, and they will be able to see you."
The two children took Yu Shu to a house that was empty but very clean.
"Don't go out from here. If anything unexpected happens, we will take you to another place." The little girl said seriously.
As soon as she finished speaking the little boy drew the curtains and closed the door, just in case anyone passing by saw him.
"They are not villagers here." Yu Shu wanted to say this before, but the two children kept asking him to stop talking and follow them to a safe place.
Not long after he lost contact with Jiang Yu, he spotted very familiar figures. They were none other than the missing families. It was as if some kind of program had been implanted in their bodies, allowing them to act out the roles of the villagers from decades ago.
Especially Wang Zhiyao's classmate, the sister of a construction worker who has been missing for ten years. She has a calmness and sophistication that is extremely inconsistent with her age. Her every move gives the impression of a grandmother in her seventies or eighties.
The little boy was very alert. Even after closing the doors and windows tightly, he still lowered his voice: "Yes, they are the missing persons."
"In order to sustain the cycle, there must be villagers here, and they must be local villagers."
Yu Shu's mouth twitched. "You keep talking about cycles, what's going on?"
The two children spoke one sentence each, summarizing the situation briefly and maturely in their childish voices.
In order to preserve the dragon vein here, Jiang Yu went back to the past to lay the groundwork for the beginning of the cycle.
The villagers outside are an indispensable part of the cycle of playing house. It can only be them, because they are the reincarnations of the villagers of that generation. Only the souls of those who were born and died here can truly sustain the system.
Wang Zhiyao’s female classmate was the village chief’s grandmother at that time.
"Grandma holds a grudge against Brother Jiang Yu for agreeing to our request, and you have a special physique, making you an impeccable tribute. So if you are seen by outsiders, you will be captured and tied to a bamboo raft sedan chair."
The longer I stay with Jiang Yu, the more mysterious things I encounter. Before, he saw ghosts, and now he even talks about reincarnation and cycles.
Yu Shuxia pinched himself hard, and the stinging and burning pain went straight to his heart, reminding him that he was not dreaming or immersed in a script-killing game.
"Okay, I get it." Jiang Yu committed a crime and he became the one to take the blame, but he could no longer change the facts that were happening and could only persuade himself to accept it.
After gaining a basic understanding of the situation, Yu Shu realized that he was in a very passive position. He grasped the key point and asked, "Then how should I solve the problem at hand? I can't just wait forever."
"As long as Jiang Yu can find you before nightfall."
The sunlight that shone into the house through the old faded curtains was coated with a light orange hue, falling on Yu Shu's slightly frowning face, making him look particularly gentle and a little fragile, as if he was about to break.
Of course, Yu Shu understood the implication. If Jiang Yu couldn't find him in time, his ending would not be good.
But he didn't want to just do nothing and wait for Jiang Yu to rescue him. He also wanted to think of a solution on his own.
"You guys should go back soon, otherwise I won't be able to find you and I will be exposed even faster." Yu Shu sent the two children away.
Time passed minute by minute, the sky outside gradually darkened, and the air became a little cooler.
Yu Shu spent a long time in the room fiddling with the little magic he learned from Jiang Yu, but to no avail.
"It seems like nothing happened." Yu Shu looked up at the dark sky and muttered softly.
But not long after he said this, he fell into a sleepy state. When he woke up, he was dressed in a red wedding dress and tied to a bamboo raft sedan.
Jiang Yu did appear, but he became a Jiang Yu that Yu Shu felt both strange and familiar with.
After all, something that shouldn't have happened happened to them.
Jiang Yu later explained it clearly: "In my last cycle, I planted the seeds of destruction of the dragon vein, which caused the twins to become fertile. So, in this cycle where I met you, I was affected by the dragon vein and needed to complete the so-called River God's Wedding."
Jiang Yu had both merits and faults, and he should be punished for damaging the dragon vein, but his original intention was good, so the dragon vein's spiritual energy influenced him and made him do irreparable things to the people he cared about.
Even though Yu Shu never suspected that Jiang Yu was lying or making excuses, when something like that happened to him, who could immediately let go of their grudge and feel relieved?
He couldn't do it, but he couldn't blame Jiang Yu.
From Yu Dingan's funeral to the river valley, Jiang Yu had saved him from critical moments, including being trapped in a maze, crossing a river, passing out in the RV, and this time being trapped in the woods and sinking in the river. If it weren't for Jiang Yu, he would have been in trouble long ago.
As soon as she came back, He Yuhua explained to Jiang Yu, "Your body can't withstand the chaotic spiritual energy of the dragon vein. Although Jiang Yu was affected by what he did, it was actually a form of protection for you from him and the dragon vein to a certain extent."
What a great “little bird doctor”.
To be honest, he also felt that after doing that with Jiang Yu, the pent-up energy in his body dissipated.
Regardless of whether Jiang Yu was affected or not, it could not conceal the fact that he felt comfortable. But in the final analysis, he still couldn't get over the defense line in his heart, because they were both men.
After the incident at the scenic area came to an end, he never contacted Jiang Yu again after returning, nor did he go to work.
After thinking for a week, I finally made a decision and asked Jiang Yu to resign.
"Literally, I quit. Thank you for taking care of me during this period." Yu Shu took a deep breath and spoke each word clearly with force.
Jiang Yu was anxious: "I don't agree."
Yu Shu said helplessly: "It's useless even if you disagree. I'm submitting a notice of resignation, not a resignation application."
"That's still 30 days."
"Then you can calculate it based on the daily basic salary. I will transfer the deduction amount to you." Yu Shu was glad that Jiang Yu was stupid enough not to add the termination compensation when signing the labor contract.
But how could he know that Jiang Yu was not stupid, he simply did not write it down.
"I don't need your little money." Jiang Yu's voice became softer, and he lowered his posture and asked: "I'll give you a vacation. Come back when you feel free."
This is not something that can be solved by taking a holiday. Yu Shu was speechless and laughed out loud. At the same time, a shameless idea popped up in his mind: Jiang Yu couldn't bear to let him go, so he tried every means to keep him.
"Hang up, bye."
Yu Shu hung up the phone and laughed at himself in his heart. It was a pity that he could regain the imagination and self-confidence he had in his early twenties at that moment.
He was a grown man of 31 years old. Jiang Yu had only done it with him on the bamboo raft. How could he be reluctant to let him go? To put it bluntly, he was just reluctant to let go of his special physique.
The phone he had just put down rang again. Yu Shu looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Li Qingyan before he answered it.
"Thank you, you have done another great thing."
"No need to be polite. There's nothing to do. I just need to take a rest." Yu Shu was too lazy to be polite.
The police were unable to intervene in the destruction of the dragon vein in the river valley, so they contacted Bureau 749 to clean up the mess. They unearthed the intact bodies of two children from beneath the destroyed stone bridge piers.
Bai Shi's gang was caught in one fell swoop by the 749 Bureau. The owner of the scenic spot was suspected of collusion and betrayal and should have been handed over to the public security for handling according to law, but Zhu Yumin appeared and pleaded for leniency and reduced the punishment slightly.
The other side of the bushes was actually the desolate and dilapidated place that Jiang Yu saw. The beauty they saw in those days was all an illusion.
The missing persons were infected by the chaotic spiritual energy, and their bodies would become weaker after leaving the valley. However, Jiang Yu gave them special talismans, so they could fully recover after a short rest. There was nothing serious. They just thought that the days of living in the valley were a long dream.
Li Qingyan had no intention of hanging up the phone and said shamelessly, "Oh, you're not feeling well? I'll be in Yangcheng this afternoon. I'll treat you guys to dinner."
Yu Shu said impatiently: "Just contact Jiang Yu, don't look for me."
Li Qingyan seemed to be referring to Shu's words: "Did you have a fight with Jiang Yu?"
"None of your business."
The words "Jiang Yu" seemed to be a switch for Yu Shu's emotions; every time they were mentioned, his mood became even more chaotic. Yes, he wasn't angry or complaining, but rather confused.
His feelings towards Jiang Yu were complicated: gratitude, admiration, and peace of mind, but that incident added to his self-doubt and confusion.
If that incident hadn't happened, he should still be able to stay with Jiang Yu now.
"Of course it's my business. If you had a fight with Jiang Yu, I would only invite you and not him." Li Qingyan chuckled.
Yu Shu was slightly stunned. Even though he was emotionally slow, he could clearly hear the hidden meaning in Li Qingyan's words this time.
"I'll send you the time and place. You must come."
Li Qingyan didn't give Yu Shu a chance to refuse. He sent the time and location, then hung up the phone preemptively.
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