Chapter 197
"It's okay. I'm not afraid."
Paradise answered.
The old man didn't ask him to stay, so he walked out. The path was even harder than before, but he still walked out. He called the taxi driver, but the number was unavailable. This was strange.
But he didn't keep calling, thinking that since he couldn't get through on the phone, he might as well go out. After all, they were all in the same city and couldn't walk far.
We walked on the road for a long time, it was like walking in a maze, but it was pitch black and we couldn't tell right from wrong. As we walked along the road, the sky gradually brightened, and after daybreak the road became much smoother.
He walked all the way back to the small temple entrance beside the path.
The small temple still had candles and incense burning, but the people inside were motionless.
Paradise sat beside and rested.
Zhou Ahui urged him, "What the old man said is useless. Who knows if your memory is good or not? Didn't you say you couldn't sleep if you couldn't find it? What are you doing now? You should keep looking."
Leyuan shook his head, looking relieved.
"The matter is over. There is no need to look for it anymore."
Paradise answered.
"How could I not know when this happened? Haven't I been following you all the way? How is that possible? You knew, but I didn't? What on earth did you know?
Why don't you tell me now? Once you explain it to me clearly, I won't have to bother you anymore. It will save both of us trouble. Now that the matter is over, you can go home and have a good sleep."
Zhou Ahui became even more anxious.
Leyuan thought about it and nodded. This is what I was going to say.
“Let’s start from the beginning.
Your sister died when she was a child.
Maybe because your sister is missing, or maybe because you are frightened and become sick, you forget about it after a while and only remember that you have a sister.
But you don't remember where your sister is, nor do you know what she looks like. You didn't remember when you were alive, and you certainly won't remember when you die.
This is not uncommon.
If you didn't have a sister when you were alive, how could you possibly find another sister after you die? There is only one possibility: the sister you are looking for after you die is yourself.
You are confusing the two identities.”
The sounds in the park were a little hoarse; he hadn't rested for a while.
"What nonsense are you talking about? That's impossible. I definitely have a sister. Everyone knows that. You can't say I don't have one just because you can't find one.
This is too much. If I had known, I would not have looked for you. If I had no other possibility, I would not have looked for you. Don't be too pushy. How could you say that?
If I was that stupid, I wouldn't have come to you in the first place. No, what you said proves that I really have a problem with my brain. Damn it, that's not the case."
Zhou Ahui grabbed her hair hard and walked around.
"Isn't this clear enough? It seems that it is useless for me to tell you this alone. You can ask someone else to tell you again, and maybe you will believe it.
For example, the person who built this small temple, wouldn't be stupid enough to follow me and deceive you, right? "
Paradise asked.
Zhou Ahui bit her lower lip, hesitated for a while, and nodded.
"If others say the same thing as you, then I will accept your words. I promise that I will never look for you again and will not cause you any trouble."
Zhou Ahui said with her head down.
Rakuen nodded.
After a while, the man who lived nearby came.
Zheng Meihui saw the paradise and walked over.
"You are sitting here so early in the morning. When did you show up?"
Zheng Meihui asked.
Leyuan sighed, repeated what he had learned, and showed her the photo.
"What is this? It looks spooky. Wait, this thing looks familiar."
Zheng Meihui turned her head to look at the small temple, compared it, and nodded in confirmation.
"If I'm not mistaken, these two things are actually a pair, but not a couple, they are sisters. According to how old the things look, this one is the older sister and that one is the younger sister.
But according to my feeling, the elder sister is in that place, and the younger sister is in this place. But my feeling cannot be confirmed without evidence, and I have not been there in person. It is hard to say.
That thing can possess people, and has the same effect as this.
I don’t know if the things here are there, but it seems that the things over there were successful. It’s just that time has passed so long that the things inside have rotted away and it couldn’t be left there any longer, so it fell apart.
What a pity, if it had happened earlier, maybe the two sisters could have met each other. But the living don't know the dead, so even if they are put together, they may not have met.
Moreover, who knows how many years have passed, and who knows whether we have become estranged?
Maybe it was just a coincidence. It’s not anyone else’s fault.”
Zheng Meihui muttered to herself.
Leyuan looked at Zhou Ahui beside him.
Zhou Ahui's expression was confused, even blank, as if her mind was completely empty and she couldn't think of anything.
Judging from Zheng Meihui's tone, her attitude and ideas are not much different from Leyuan's.
The park waited quietly for Zheng Meihui to come to her senses.
After a while, Zheng Meihui turned her eyes away from the photo, looked towards the park and asked, "How did you get this?"
Leyuan replied: "I saw it in an abandoned mahjong parlor."
Zheng Meihui nodded, and it was unclear whether she believed it or not, but it seemed that she was skeptical.
The two of them were silent for a while, and neither of them knew who should speak first.
"Thank you so much for finding these things. No one told me about them before."
Zheng Meihui said.
Rakuen nodded.
The woman with the child appeared and walked slowly towards us from the side of the road, as if she had been waiting for a long time.
Zheng Meihui: "What are you looking at? It's creepy. Don't do that, I'll be scared."
Paradise: “Nothing.”
He withdrew his gaze, just realizing that he had mistaken the ghost for a human and failed to tell the difference between the two.
"No, no, what did you see just now? You look weird, your expression isn't right, your eyes don't look like you're looking at a place where there's no one. What can you see? Something that I can't see?
Don't worry, I'll be scared, just tell me. The person you are in contact with at this time must know something about these things. What does that person know? Will he tell me?
If he can say it, please let him say it. Although I have waited for so many years, this day doesn't matter. But since I have waited for so many years, I don't want to wait any longer.
Waiting for someone is not a pleasant experience. Do you have any solution? If so, please. I can give you money, but I don't have much money. I have to save a part of my savings for my future self, to eat, drink and have fun.
I can give you a portion of my savings. How about 50,000? Is 50,000 too little? How about 100,000? This is the most I can give you.
Just giving you money won't do any good, will it? You don't look like you need money. Let me think about what else I can give you at home? You look like you'd be interested in old things.
I have a box of elixir passed down from my ancestors at home, but there is only one pill left. How about I give it to you?
It is said that the pill can make people write like a god after taking it. Although it is not as good as the magic brush of Ma Liang, it is definitely much better than ordinary people. Although I have not tried it, it is really useful.
Forget it. If I say it will definitely work, you won’t believe me because you have never seen it or used it, but I can tell you for sure that it is different from others.
I don't use that stuff to deceive people.
It is recorded in my family genealogy that in the past there was not just one elixir. My ancestor specialized in refining elixirs for the emperor and he made a large furnace of elixirs.
There were a lot of pills, but some were eaten by people, and some were used as poison. Only this one is left today. It is a family heirloom.
I was reluctant to show it to others before.
However, this matter has been bothering me for a long time and is a big concern of mine.
Today I finally have some clues, and the truth is about to come out. I really don’t want to wait any longer. If I continue to endure, I don’t know what I will become. I don’t want to be a ninja turtle, nor do I want to turn into a stone after I die and still think about this matter.
Curiosity kills the cat, and it can kill people too.
Please save me."
Zheng Meihui said.
Leyuan opened his mouth and wanted to refuse, but the other party's words were so harsh that it seemed like he was making further accusations and that he had something on the other party that he would not let go.
He hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "I agree to this."
The other party was very happy and suddenly excited and asked with a smile, "What can you do? Can you solve the problem now? If possible, it would be best to solve it within this hour."
Paradise asked why?
The other party replied that he had other things to do, like work and an exam, and now he needed to eat and sleep, so it would be better to resolve it as soon as possible.
Leyuan nodded, which was considered as her full agreement.
He took out the rhino horn incense from his pocket, borrowed a lighter and lit it. In order to carry it with him, he made it into the shape of a candle, even a little like a dragon and phoenix red candle.
The candle was lit and a little fire started, but the sparks soon went out, leaving a thick, snow-white fragrance that sounded like taro ground into powder and spread in the air.
A child passing by shouted to his mother, "Mom, I want to eat that."
The young mother took a look at this place and felt that it was eerie. She quickly pulled the child away and taught him, "You eat everything. Why don't you check what it is? Are you that hungry? I will cook for you when we get home. Don't eat anything outside."
The child left crying.
The place suddenly became quiet, but the number of people did not decrease, but increased. In just a blink of an eye, Zheng Meihui saw three more people.
Rakuen sat on a communal chair, indicating that they could now explain to each other.