161 Pretending to be a ghost
Luo Dagui, whose good time had been ruined by Li Lin, rubbed his chin, his hand covered in crimson blood, and said to Li Lin, "Go get some toilet paper... Never mind, I'll just go to the restroom myself." He then picked up Li Wei and headed towards the restroom diagonally opposite.
Li Wei had already lost her temper and reminded the man, "Did you forget to put me down? Huh? Don't let your blood drip on me." Why did it sound like she had done something to him? That must have been the work of the sixth senior brother with the lousy nose, right? But it seems that her head also bumped into his nose a little while ago, so she can't be blamed for that, she was the victim.
Still shaken, Li Lin quickly made way for the two ghosts. Feeling she should confirm, she tentatively called out, "Sister...it's you, right?"
Li Wei rolled her eyes: "It was me, no doubt. You arrived just in time this time. It would have been even better if you hadn't screamed..."
Li Wei watched as Xiao Li Hai came out of the girls' practice room. Just as she was about to urge Luo Da to hurry up, the two of them had already gone into the restroom.
Li Wei was placed next to the sink. She glanced at herself in the mirror, but dared not look at it a second time. Wu Lin is quite bold!
Luo Da turned on the tap next to him and started bending over to wash his face. Li Wei quickly turned on the tap in front of her, washed her face a couple of times, and seeing that there was no more red, she quickly left the bathroom. It was not a good place to stay.
When Li Wei and Li Lin, who were still somewhat surprised and uncertain, returned to the training room, Li Hai had already led the students to continue their physical training. He glanced at Li Wei, said nothing, and gestured for them to quickly return to their teams.
While doing squats with Li Wei, Li Lin whispered, "Sis, you scared me to death. I was just following your instructions to go find you. Don't make me do this kind of dangerous work again. Hua Ge is angry with me, and if I get hurt by you two, do you think your sister's life is more important, or your affair isn't?"
Li Wei's face was still covered in water droplets, and her hands were soaking wet. Her eyes were fixed straight ahead as she whispered, "You did a good job this time. I'll give you praise. Keep up the good work. Shh! Don't talk, just practice."
Li Lin...
After thinking for a moment, Li Lin felt there was something she had to say. So she whispered, "Sister, look at the stain on your shirt..."
Li Wei glanced down. She saw that her light pink tracksuit, which originally had a large, dark pink, shimmering silver heart embroidered on the chest, now had several drops of bright red blood on it. It truly was… a bleeding heart… damn it!
After class, Li Wei changed her clothes and sat with Li Lin on the floor outside the practice room waiting for Li Lianhui.
Li Wei made her decision. She would no longer live near the martial arts gym. She would take the two children directly by taxi back to their three-person home. She absolutely couldn't let their home become a four-person home.
She believed that it was never too late to mend the fence after the sheep were lost, especially since the sheep hadn't been lost yet.
She refused to believe it. Luo dared to break into a house and forcibly abduct a woman!
Oh, and get the stun gun ready too. If he makes any sudden movement, I'll shock him until his limbs are numb and he can't move properly. Just like my neighbor's second son. Forget about the spiked club. That thing is a melee weapon; it's ineffective against barbarians.
The little brat. If it weren't for the fact that he was an acquaintance, she wouldn't have been able to afford to lose face like this; she would have definitely reported him for indecent assault!
Sigh. But I guess filing a complaint is pointless; if he's too old, he'll just attend some school for a couple of days and then be released. He might even end up recruiting a bunch of thugs at that school—
To everyone's surprise, when Li Lianhui heard that his sister wanted to move back to live near the school, he refused no matter what, because his brother Hua said that he would accompany him to practice properly that night.
Li Wei said unhappily, "Still want to practice? Didn't you see what your brother Hua has become after all that practice? If you're going to practice with him, I think you might as well just go and test your skills with your sixth senior brother!"
Li Lianhui hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "It's not that I can't train with my sixth senior brother, but if he accidentally breaks my arms or legs, and Mom asks about it, I can say that my sister sent me."
You brat, you're a coward and you still want to take advantage of her territory!
Li Wei said resentfully, "Then you and your Hua-ge, oh no, you can call him Qiang-ge from now on, you can go live next to the martial arts gym with your Qiang-ge. Xiao Lin and I are going home! Remember, don't be late for school tomorrow morning, it's the last day, so you have to finish what you started!"
Li Wei pulled Li Lin to leave, but Li Lin didn't move: "Sister...actually, I also want to practice with Brother Hua...Qiang..."
Li Wei was amused and annoyed, then turned to say, "Xiao Lin, you did a great job tonight. I'm very satisfied with your sister, and I was just about to give you something nice..."
Li Lin's eyes immediately lit up: "Really? Sis, how about you give me that dolphin necklace with the black pearl on it? Hehe..."
Li Wei —
Taking advantage of someone's misfortune, they're robbing the people right next to you.
Li Lin and Li Wei ignored Li Lianhui and took a taxi home. Li Lin happily took the dolphin necklace first.
In the middle of the call, Li Lin received a call from Li Lianhui to confirm that both of her sisters had arrived home safely before hanging up. At least he has a conscience.
Li Wei washed the bloodstains off her bleeding heart in cold water, then threw it into the washing machine. She took off her clothes, took a quick shower, changed into her pajamas, and crawled into bed. Whew!
Finally, the territory is hers again. From now on, she'll have to put up a sign on the door: "My territorial sovereignty is inviolable!"
Li Wei turned off the bedside lamp and was about to rest when Li Lin kicked it in with her slippers. Li Wei quickly turned on the light: "What are you doing? Let me tell you, I don't have anything else in my hands right now..."
Li Lin sidled up to the edge of the bed: "Um... Sis, I'm a little scared... I think I'll sleep with you, okay?"
Li Wei said irritably, "You're scared because Xiao Hui isn't here? Is it really that serious? Don't you dislike sleeping with people?"
Li Lin said irritably, "It has nothing to do with Xiao Hui. It's all your fault. I was scared by you and Hua... Brother Qiang. Every time I close my eyes, I see that terrifying scene. I don't know if I'll have nightmares!"
This time, Li Wei was speechless. It was only because of Li Lin; if it were her, she would have been so scared that her legs would have gone weak, and she wouldn't have been able to go back to the training room to do squats. So she lifted the corner of the blanket: "Come in. If you can't handle it, we'll go home tomorrow and have Grandma call your soul back to you, so you don't lose your soul or anything."
When Li Wei and her siblings were little, whenever they were frightened or cried incessantly, their grandmother would massage their spines while performing a ritual to call back their souls. The incantation went like this: "Child, you're scared, hurry home. Child, you're scared. Hurry home."
Li Wei suddenly realized that the ritual seemed quite simple, so she jumped up and said to Li Lin, "How about... I chant for you?"
Li Lin immediately curled up into a ball: "No, it hurts so much to have my back pinched. I'll be fine after a nap."
Li Wei was a little uneasy. She blinked and then remembered a ritual: "How about I perform a ritual for you?"
Li Lin thought about it. That's fine, since she doesn't have to do anything; her sister can handle the rest.
Seeing that Li Lin agreed, Li Wei got out of bed and prepared the ritual implements. The so-called ritual involved filling a bowl with water, placing two chopsticks side by side upright in the water, supporting them with her hand, and then beginning to communicate with the passing spirit.
This was also one of the rituals her grandmother often used to treat frightened people. In Li Lin's case, Li Wei communicated with the spirit medium like this: "Um..." She wasn't familiar with this service and was a little embarrassed to say it, but sighed, for Li Lin's sake, she was going all out. She'd just treat herself as a first-time door-to-door salesperson.
"Um...you there...which passing deity is it? My little sister was frightened today after seeing someone with a nosebleed. If any deity happens to be passing by, please, please be merciful and spare my little sister (I think it was that guy Luo Da who frightened her?). She's young and doesn't know any better, and she offended you. If you have any requests in the future, please tell my grandma. I'm not very skilled in this kind of ritual, and I might not understand your myths..."
Li Wei mumbled for a while, feeling that she had said almost everything she needed to say. She stood the two chopsticks upright and slowly let go. As soon as she let go, the chopsticks were about to fall over, so she quickly held them up again, and let go again, and they were about to fall over again... This repeated several times until they finally stood up.
Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief. Alright, it seems the ritual was successful.
Looking back at Li Lin, who was lying on the bed with her eyes wide open, she asked, "How was it? Did it work?" She remembered that her grandmother had done the same thing, only the incantation was a little different.
Li Lin looked around and whispered, "Sister, I...I'm a little scared..." Her sister was so superstitious, could she really have attracted some kind of...?
After her sister started talking about it, Li Lin felt as if there were some unseen things around her, and she pulled the blanket up a little and shrank further into the bed in fear.
After Li Lin's reminder, Li Wei also felt a little uneasy. She looked around but didn't see anything. Suddenly, a loud thud startled her; the chopsticks in her water bowl had fallen onto the desk.
However, Li Wei quickly climbed into bed and squeezed together with Li Lin. The two of them gradually shrank under the covers, feeling increasingly frightened.
Li Lin whispered in her sister's ear, "How about... Sister, we call Xiao Hui and ask him to come back? I'm a little scared."
Li Wei had to comfort Li Lin: "It's okay, we're just scaring ourselves. There's nothing wrong, it'll be fine in a bit."
The two of them had been covered up until they could hardly breathe. Li Wei gritted her teeth, threw off the covers with a whoosh, and said, "Phew—it's too hot. Come on, let's go watch TV!"
The two got dressed again, moved to the living room sofa, and turned on the TV to watch TV.
Normally, Li Lianhui wasn't used at home, but when he was away, Li Wei suddenly discovered another wonderful use for him: he could ward off evil spirits and protect the house!
The two sisters watched until several TV stations said they were welcome to continue watching the next day, before they reluctantly squeezed into bed. They were probably tired too, and they fell asleep quickly.
The next day, for the first time ever, Li Wei was woken up by Aunt Gao, who came to make breakfast.
Now that Aunt Gao no longer needs to go to the house near the martial arts school to make breakfast, she only needs to tidy up a few times when she has nothing to do, so she doesn't need to come here early anymore.
But today, Aunt Gao felt that since the holiday was starting today, she should hurry up and tidy up the house properly. She figured the children would go home in the next couple of days and wouldn't come back, so she came a little early.
They found the two sisters were still asleep. If they didn't get up soon, they would be late for school, so they woke them up.
Li Wei and Li Lin rubbed their slightly sore eyes, looked at each other, and realized that the older sister was still the older sister, and the younger sister was still the younger sister; neither of them had been invited by the gods to have tea.
Li Wei exclaimed: "Feudal superstition is killing people!"
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