Chapter 60 Conditions Two Wishes
"Don't touch the Book of Life and Death."
Chang Xile's hand stopped halfway.
"Anping?" She turned around, but she couldn't see the white-haired young man. The scene was so déjà vu that she felt like she was back on that rainy night at Blue Mountain Hospital, a gentle voice admonishing her—
[Lower your head, close your eyes, everything is just a nightmare]
But now, everything before her eyes was terrifyingly real. Chang Xile would never again believe that this was just a nightmare.
"Why did you stop?" Wu Chang didn't realize what Chang Xile heard. He frowned and looked around, muttering, "Where did that cat meow come from?"
Chang Xile was surprised to realize that she was the only one who could understand these two instructions. She looked at Wuchang, then at Yang Shu, who was bewildered, and asked, "Did you hear that?"
"What did you hear? A cat's meow?" Yang Shu didn't quite understand why these two people were in the mood to care about what a passing cat was saying in such a tense situation.
Yes, she was so nervous that she didn't realize that the sound just now was actually cat language, cat language that only Chang Xile could understand.
The next second, the voice seemed even closer, and he said hurriedly, "Bend down."
Chang Xile followed the instruction intuitively. As she bent down, Wuchang felt a flash of white light in front of him, and the next second the Book of Life and Death slipped out of his hand.
In the open space on the side, a snow-white lion cat turned around, holding the book in its mouth.
"You again?" Wu Chang recognized it immediately. With a wave of his hand, the Soul-Catching Rope originally tied to Yang Shu flew towards the lion cat. He said word by word, "You're looking for death!"
The Book of Life and Death held by the lion cat was thrown into the air during the fight. Wuchang flew forward and tried to take it back, but he fell back to the ground the next second, and a blood mark appeared on the back of his pale hand.
It was called a bloodstain, but not a drop of blood came out of the wound. The new wound and the old wound overlapped together, looking particularly hideous.
Across from the three of them, a tall, white-haired young man fell to the ground. He coughed, blood streaking the corners of his mouth. His expression was nothing like the submissive demeanor Chang Xile had known him to be. He held the Book of Life and Death in his left hand, casually wiping the blood from his lips with the back of his right. With a provocative smile, he hooked his finger at Wuchang and mouthed:
[Come. ]
He disappeared from everyone's sight almost in the blink of an eye. Wuchang cursed inwardly and quickly chased after him.
Chang Xile looked in the direction they left, not knowing what to be surprised about first.
But she knew Anping was buying them time. The most urgent matter was to resolve something she should have done but had been avoiding.
She turned to Yang Shu and asked, "Are you sure that Duobao and your foster child, Xiaojia, are both at the foot of the mountain opposite?"
"Yes!" Yang Shu's eyes were filled with tears. "Although I can't understand Duobao's words, he has been with me and comforted me these past few days. I'm afraid that he has been captured by bad people just like Xiaojia."
"Okay, let's go." Chang Xile took a deep breath and took out a black bell from her arms. She closed her eyes and silently said in her heart:
[Weiser]
The next second, with a flick of her wrist, the bell rang. Invisible sound waves spread out in circles, reaching where they were supposed to go.
"Hey, didn't someone say that there was no one who needed my help?" A man walked slowly out of the woods.
The first summoning was established.
"Take us to the foot of the mountain across the river and find the two cats Duobao and Xiaojia." Chang Xile didn't waste any time talking to him and directly gave his instructions.
"Hey, it's rare for you to come straight to the point with me." Weasel pulled down his hood and said with a feigned sadness, "Would you please catch up with me for a bit, or I'd be sad."
"You're welcome. You deserve it." Chang Xile endured the cold and held Yang Shu's hand, saying to him, "Let's go, quickly."
Wessel looked at her deeply, put his arm around her shoulders and shrugged: "You said so."
Deep in a forest, Chang Xile leaned against a tree trunk, retching non-stop. Yang Shu stood by, patting her back, while Wessel leaned against the trunk with his arms folded and said innocently, "You were the one who said we had to hurry up?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Shu couldn't help but glare at him, but she happened to see Weatherall's beautiful face, which originally had a bit of evil, transformed into the appearance of a weasel, and growled at her, scaring Yang Shu so much that she didn't dare to speak again.
Chang Xile quickly adjusted herself. She glanced at Wessel and said calmly, "Lead the way."
She knew that when dealing with a creature like this, she had to carefully consider every request she made. It was her negligence not to discuss the details of the instructions.
Wessel raised an eyebrow in surprise, and after catching up with Chang Xile, he reminded her, "There's something I have to mention. There are far more than two cats in this mountain. How do I know which two you want?"
Chang Xile asked in disbelief, "How can there be so many cats living in such a remote place? Are they wild cats that have always lived here?"
"Who knows?" Weatherill didn't say much, but just led the two of them slowly in a general direction.
"Yang Shu, you've always wanted me to find your kitten, but you rarely emphasized the urgency. You said saving Duobao was more urgent than finding Xiaojia." Chang Xile walked, sorting out her thoughts. She asked, "Actually, you already have a guess about Xiaojia's current situation, right?"
"...Yes." Yang Shu suddenly became very depressed and began to sob again, "Xiao Jia, she's probably dead. It's all my fault..."
"Stop crying. Can you explain it clearly? Why are you blamed for everything? Who did it?" Weatherill scratched his ear irritably.
Chang Xile patted Yang Shu's back and said, "Tell me slowly. Maybe Duobao's experience is similar to Xiaojia's, and we can find clues from it."
"I advise you to touch her less. If a living person frequently comes into contact with ghosts, his yin energy will become heavier," said Weatherall.
Chang Xile glanced at him and made a "hush" gesture.
Yang Shu is an ordinary college student. Her living expenses plus the money she saves from her part-time job are enough for her to rent a house off campus, raise a kitten and live comfortably.
Although her family did not quite agree with her keeping a cat, Yang Shu and Xiao Jia spent a very happy time together.
But the good times didn’t last long, Xiaojia fell ill.
The doctor said that even if she spent the money on treatment, the cat might not be saved. Yang Shu couldn't afford the bottomless pit of medical expenses, and her family couldn't support her spending so much money to save a "beast."
But Xiaojia was just like her relatives. She spent all the money she had saved. Seeing that Xiaojia was clearly getting better and trying to raise her head to lick her fingers, how could she say the word "give up"?
She was so anxious that she couldn't sleep, so she found a group of people in the same situation online to get together and share their support. They discussed treatment plans and the hope of their pets' recovery. Among them were people who were as poor as Yang Shu.
A netizen said: "You can find a charity loan. My puppy was saved with it. And you can pay it back slowly after borrowing it. I have already paid it back! This is my puppy Haru~" The post also included a photo with the dog without showing his face.
Yang Shu was enticed. She followed the instructions online and found the Love Loan app. Everything went smoothly. She filled out her information, received the loan, and cured Xiaojia. After that, she continued working part-time. At the end of the month, when she opened the website to transfer part of the money, she was shocked.
The netizen mentioned only the generous repayment date but failed to tell Yang Shu how high the interest rate would be. The website, playing with words, tricked Yang Shu, only to finally reveal its fangs.
They kept coming to her address to harass her and demand repayment, and even kidnapped her kitten. They threatened to release the semi-nude photos she had taken to pay for the loan if she called the police.
Yang Shu couldn't sleep at night, caught in the panic of being harassed for the first time in her life. At the same time, she was tortured every night by the recording of Xiaojia's screams outside her room, but she didn't dare to open the door to take a look. In this routine, the other party's goal was to force her to engage in some illicit transactions to repay the debt.
But before that, Yang Shu died suddenly.
Unaware of the situation, the debt collectors came to play the recordings as usual to intimidate them, mistakenly believing that Yang Guisi's family was their debt collection target, which led to the incident that night. However, Yang Shu, unable to let go of Xiao Jia, was obsessed with it and evaded Wu Chang's pursuit, and has been on the run ever since.
Chang Xile fell silent for a rare moment. After a moment, she said with some regret, "Actually, we should have called the police."
Yang Shu nodded. "It took me a long time to come to my senses after my death. I didn't have anyone close to me at the time. I was only with the online friend who taught me how to take out loans. She told me not to call the police, saying that it was my fault if I didn't pay back the debt. Later... later she just ignored me."
Weatherall snorted and said, "They're all in the same group."
Yang Shu covered her face and cried, "I just want to find Xiaojia now. It's all my fault. It made its death so painful. I just want to bury it properly."
Chang Xile patted her shoulder and said, "It's not your fault."
The next second, Wessel grabbed Chang Xile's sleeve and moved her arm away. Then he walked between the two people to separate them and said expressionlessly, "It's right in front."
Chang Xile and Yang Shu also vaguely heard a kitten screaming in the woods not far away.
"Don't hit me! Don't burn me! Can't I just stop eating your food? Where is this? Let me go home... My grandma is still waiting for me to come home... Ah!"
After another scream, there was no sound in front. Chang Xile immediately recognized it as Duobao's voice. She wanted to run up to stop him, but was pulled back by Wessel by her arm.
"What are you doing!" Chang Xile asked him anxiously in a low voice, "Let me pass."
"There's a pretty bad guy over there. Are you sure you want him to see what you look like?" Weatherall's eyes gradually darkened. He stopped Chang Xile behind him, then waved his hand. A man's exclamation came from the front.
After a sound of rustling leaves, Wessel let go of Chang Xile. The two ran forward and saw Duobao, dying in the grass.
Its hair was burned in many places by cigarette butts, and there were bloodstains around its eyes. At this moment, it was almost breathing more than it was breathing in.
"Okay, it's time to go find that cat named Xiaojia, right? Any clues?" Weatherall walked up slowly and asked casually.
"Do you still have any humanity? At this point, you only care about completing the orders given to you." Yang Shu was extremely anxious, as if she saw Xiaojia's fate through Duobao. "The most important thing now is to save it."
"I'm not a human being." Wessel retorted. He looked at Chang Xile and waited for her to speak.
Chang Xile stared at Duobao, then stood up and asked Weiser, "Can your magic save it?"
"No." Wessel confessed that most of what he learned was for attacking, not healing.
"Okay then." Chang Xile took the black bell from his pocket and rang it, saying to him, "Please take us to the nearest animal hospital."
"You're going to use up your second wish just like that?" Weatherall asked, staring at her intently. "Aren't you going to ask me for an extra favor?"
This was clearly easy for him.
"Yes." Chang Xile didn't intend to waste time negotiating with him. She wrapped Duobao in her coat, gently held it in her arms, and said, "Don't waste time, let's go."
Wessel looked at her deeply again and said, "Okay."
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