"Wow, I didn't expect you to be such a filial son."
Yue Jiuli, waving a bamboo branch in her hand, said, "If it really meant exchanging your entire lifespan for your mother, would you really be willing?"
"I do!"
Feng Meng said firmly, "My mother has always loved me dearly since I was little, and I want to do something for her. Besides, I have a younger brother, so even if I die, my mother will still have someone to take care of her."
Yue Jiuli was genuinely surprised that Feng Meng was actually so filial. She asked, "Aren't you afraid of dying?"
“I’m not afraid. My mother is so good. I don’t want to see her suffer anymore.”
Feng Meng sincerely hopes that his mother can get better. He lost his father when he was young, and his own health was not very good. His mother raised him and his younger brother with great difficulty. He has seen all the hardships his mother has endured over the years, so he became an actor to earn more money to support his family. He just didn't expect that his mother would fall ill now, which made him feel very sad and painful.
"Tsk tsk~ What a filial son."
Yue Jiuli sighed and said, "Let's go, I'll go see how your mother is doing."
Because Feng Meng and Xiao Lan came back to find their phones on their own, the cars didn't wait for them when they went back, so they had to take a taxi home by themselves.
However, on the way back, Feng Meng wanted to take Yue Jiuli to the hospital to see his mother, so he wanted Xiaolan to go back to the hotel by herself.
"Little girl, you should go back first. Don't be afraid. As long as you don't talk too much, I won't hurt you."
Yue Jiuli knew that Xiaolan was always afraid of her, although she couldn't understand why, since she had never scared her.
Xiao Lan knew they were going to the hospital, so she asked Feng Meng, "Brother Meng, which hospital are you going to? Is it one in this city?"
Feng Meng's mother, Feng Yuelin, wasn't actually in the hospital in L City; she lived in a small city next door. However, it wasn't too far to get to the hospital by taxi at night, so Feng Meng told Xiao Lan, "She's not in L City, Xiao Lan. Could you ask the director for leave for me tomorrow? Just say I'm sick. If I really die, the company will know how to handle it."
Feng Meng thought he was really going to return his lifespan to his mother, so he said a few words to Xiao Lan. When Xiao Lan heard this, her eyes immediately reddened. She said with red eyes, "Brother Meng, you... never mind, why don't I go with you?"
Xiao Lan suddenly felt that Feng Meng's behavior was not good. She was afraid that Feng Meng would really die because of what Yue Jiuli had said before, which made both her and Feng Meng believe that saving someone meant risking their lives.
"Why are you going with us? If something happens, you won't be able to explain yourself. I'll go with Sister Jiu Li instead."
Feng Meng frowned as he looked at Xiao Lan; he didn't really want Xiao Lan to come along.
Hearing this, Yue Jiuli realized that her words had been misunderstood. She said with a bit of a laugh, "Hey, what I said about lifespan was just a hypothetical, not that I really meant to do it. What are you all trying to do?"
"You mean it doesn't have to be done this way?"
Upon hearing Yue Jiuli's words, Xiaolan hurriedly asked, genuinely worried that something might happen to Feng Meng. She knew Yue Jiuli was no ordinary person, hence her fear. However, she also wanted to go to the hospital with him, saying, "I want to go to the hospital too. Maybe I can help if anything happens."
Yue Jiuli guessed what Xiaolan was thinking, so she didn't refuse. She said, "If you want to come, then come. I have no objection. By the way, I'm really not a bad person. You don't need to be so afraid of me. Look at this bamboo. Actually, I'm half a bamboo spirit. I don't eat people. Don't worry."
So you're a bamboo monster?
Xiao Lan looked at the bamboo stalk in Yue Jiuli's hand and asked curiously.
"I guess so. Anyway, don't worry, I don't eat people."
Hearing Yue Jiuli say that she was a bamboo spirit and didn't eat people, Xiaolan felt much more at ease. She smiled and said, "I didn't expect there really were spirits in this world. By the way, what was that fight with that talking bird you were fighting earlier?"
"Oh, you mean that crow spirit?"
Seeing that neither of them was afraid of her anymore, Yue Jiuli spoke without any reservations: "I'm a bamboo spirit, you know. That stinky crow is also a spirit, but its cultivation isn't as high as mine, and it has a foul mouth! A few days ago, I don't know what happened, it ran onto my bamboo and pooped. You know, bird droppings smell really bad. So I scolded it, but it was so arrogant. It dared to talk back after I scolded it, and it keeps coming to poop on my head every day!"
Speaking of this month, Jiu Li was furious. She was really annoyed by that stinky crow. She continued, "I couldn't show myself for a few days, so I couldn't fight it. I just put up with it for a few days. I didn't expect that today, just as I was about to show myself and get some fresh air, it came to provoke me again. So I grabbed it and beat it up."
"Oh, I see. I thought it was some kind of scary demons or monsters fighting. I was terrified back then."
Xiao Lan is no longer so afraid of Yue Jiuli. She said, "Then what method do you have to cure Mengge's mother?"
"Well, don't worry, I can cure her and I won't let Feng Meng really die."
Yue Jiuli's previous words were just meant to scare people; she didn't really intend to seal Meng to death.
Now that they've reached the main road, they're ready to hail a taxi.
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