The origin of the doll
Early in the morning, when the sky was still slightly gray and the sunlight between the clouds had not yet turned bright and golden, the sound of countless hurried and panicky footsteps could be heard in the Jiang family's ancestral land. It was rare in many years and caused a lot of unrest among the people.
The room was dim and dark, relying solely on the clear, gray light of the sky. Jiang Yuetan lowered his eyebrows and looked submissive, his entire body exuding a sense of cowardice. He gritted his teeth and listened to the man who had just stood up in front of him say in a low voice: "A child under five years old, you can't even take care of a child..."
"What are you still standing here for!" The man in front suddenly felt his heart beating violently, and he was furious. He shouted, "Why don't you go find him? What's the point of you coming here?!"
Didn't you ask me to come here... Jiang Yuetan gnashed his teeth inwardly. But on the surface, he just took a deep breath silently, smiled and said "yes", and quickly retreated.
In the familiar study.
Jiang Yuetan had an expressionless face as he stared at the three people in front of him and said coldly, "You can't even take care of a child who's less than five years old."
The three people in front lowered their heads deeply, cowardly and dared not say a word.
Jiang Yuetan threw his right hand forward, and the pen in his hand fell on the table with a "clack". He frowned and said, "What are you still standing here for? Why don't you go find it quickly?!"
In front, three people kept their heads down, only responded with muffled "yes", and quickly retreated towards the door.
"Three people and a child can be lost..." Jiang Yuetan's eyebrows showed depression and irritability. He walked quickly to the chair and sat down, muttering, "They can be lost right in front of me. What's the use of you?"
At the door, three people suddenly stopped, turned around to look at him, and shouted, "Master!"
Jiang Yuetan frowned again and looked up.
"We were watching her the whole time, even agreeing to blink alternately, but Miss Yunshu just disappeared!" The three people complained aggrievedly, "This is our ancestral land, with all the gentlemen watching over us. Who would have thought that someone could disappear here?"
Jiang Yuetan was stunned, his brows gradually relaxed, and a dazed look appeared on his face.
Listening to the three people in front of him complaining repeatedly, and then casually waving his hand to let them go, Jiang Yuetan slowly fell into deep thought: "Yes, this is our ancestral land. This is the fault of the old guys..."
A bunch of old guys who just sit around and enjoy themselves all day, just looking at the place, and they can't even look at the place properly! In an instant, he suddenly jumped up from the chair, his eyes gradually showing a firm and resolute look.
Jiang Yuetan felt justified, quickly straightening his clothes, holding his head high and chest puffed out, and walked out the door with a fierce look on his face. He was determined to let the old guys know today—this was all their negligence!
"What's wrong with these old guys? They didn't even know that someone had tampered with their own house and right under their noses. They did things like this. Are they trying to destroy the entire Jiang family?"
Jiang Yuetan walked with firm steps and resolute eyes, his whole body exuding a determination to never return, but a little bit of a wild smile appeared at the corners of his mouth and on his face.
"Cough cough..." Suddenly, he slowed down his pace, raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed twice, restrained the smile on the corners of his mouth and face, tightened his face into a serious expression, and continued to stride forward.
“Patriarch!!”
Suddenly, someone rushed over from the side and back in a panic, "da da da, da da da", crying with joy, and shouted, "Master, Master, Miss Yunshu has returned on her own!"
The seriousness on Jiang Yuetan's face and the smile hidden deep in his eyes disappeared in an instant. He turned abruptly and quickly walked along another very familiar route. As he walked, he calmly asked the person next to him, "Where are you coming back from?"
The person next to him quickly replied, "We found Miss Yunshu just after she walked a short distance over the back mountain."
"Are you hurt?" Jiang Yuetan asked.
The person next to him replied, "He's still watching. Nothing seems unusual to him."
"Who is in the back mountain?" Jiang Yuetan asked.
The person next to him said, "We immediately sent someone to check, but no one was there."
Jiang Yuetan paused and asked, "What did she say?"
The person next to him paused for a moment, glanced at the back of the person in front of him, and said in an admiring tone, "You have to ask this, Master! Miss Yunshu only listens to you and ignores us."
Jiang Yuetan was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, and he was happy. After a moment, he coughed lightly, pressed the corners of his mouth, and said calmly: "Okay, I'll go ask."
…………
The room was brightly lit just by the sunlight from the window.
The child took a bath and changed into a clean white robe. He held a human-shaped doll in his hands and sat on the sofa by the window with a calm expression, not moving for a long time.
"Miss Yunshu, the head of the family is here. Shall we go next door?" Someone tiptoed over and bent over to ask her. While asking verbally, the person had actually reached out and grabbed her sleeve, pulling her out.
Jiang Yunshu stood up without any reaction, holding the doll and walked out.
The visitor then noticed the doll in her arms, was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth to ask something, then closed it silently, straightened up, smiled and took her away.
next door.
Jiang Yunshu sat down in his familiar seat and looked at the person sitting on the sofa in front of him. "Master."
"Xiao Shu." Jiang Yuetan smiled and nodded. He turned around and habitually reached out to pick up a bottle of milk on the table and handed it to her. When the milk was in her hand, he suddenly noticed the doll in her arms. He paused, put the milk back, and said blankly, "Xiao Shu?"
Jiang Yunshu didn't respond.
Jiang Yuetan asked hesitantly, "Did Xiaoshu have this doll before?" He paused, thinking of a possibility, and suddenly raised his eyes to look at her face and asked, "Yunshu, is this what you just brought back from outside?"
Jiang Yunshu said "hmm" lightly.
Who gave it to you? Jiang Yuetan resisted the urge to ask questions immediately, picked up the milk and brought it to her mouth, smiling slightly and saying, "Drink a little before eating."
Jiang Yunshu looked up at him, moved the doll to the side with one hand, took the milk bottle with his free hand, and drank two sips slowly.
"..." Jiang Yuetan's smile froze, and he quickly took the spoon beside him, cut a small piece of cake, put it under the handkerchief, and brought it to her mouth, "Come."
Jiang Yunshu eats.
Jiang Yuetan calmly examined the doll in her hand. It had short arms and legs, and was dressed in a black embroidered robe. Its eyes were bright and dark, and its mouth was pursed. "What the hell is this?" Jiang Yuetan thought curiously.
But he smiled and asked softly, "The things we brought back from outside are very dirty. Let's wash them, okay..."
"not good."
Jiang Yunshu answered quickly.
Jiang Yuetan paused, then smiled and said, "It's quick. Just wash and dry it, it'll only take an hour or two. If we wash it now, you'll be almost done eating by then, okay..."
"not good."
Jiang Yunshu answered decisively, she could do it herself.
"Xiao, Xiao Shu?" Jiang Yuetan was stunned, almost doubting his own ears, looking at her in disbelief.
After a moment, he swallowed hard, calmed himself, and looked critically at the doll in her hand. Then he whispered to her, "It looks like a human and has eyes. It's not good to keep it in the bedroom. Let's put it farther away next door and play with it during the day, okay..."
"not good."
Jiang Yunshu answered without any expression.
Jiang Yuetan: “???”
Jiang Yuetan opened his eyes wide in disbelief, his face filled with a daze of "doubting life". After a while, he gritted his teeth and said softly, "Xiao Shu..."
Jiang Yunshu simply ignored him.
She has already said "no"! Jiang Yunshu thought calmly, if she wasn't sure, she would hesitate and be vague and wouldn't say "no" directly, but now she has said "no", then it means... no.
No room for negotiation, no communication.
Jiang Yuetan's hands trembled, and he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He opened his eyes and looked at her worriedly. He said softly but firmly, "Xiao Shu, you should at least tell me where this doll came from and what happened when you suddenly disappeared earlier, right?"
Jiang Yunshu looked at him.
Jiang Yuetan also looked at her with concern and seriousness, very determined.
Jiang Yunshu lowered his eyes, and before Jiang Yuetan could speak again in panic, suddenly, in an instant, the room was rapidly filled with blood red.
As soft as clouds and mist, flowing slowly.
It was majestic and terrifying, as if some mysterious ancient beast had suddenly awakened, slowly opening its eyes that had been washed by time, and squatting over the entire Jiang family ancestral land, staring indifferently at everyone below.
Opposite Jiang Yunshu in the room and in the ancestral land outside the room, pairs of dark eyes, some clear and innocent, some experienced and mature, suddenly trembled wildly.
call--
Like the wind blowing away the mist, the blood-red lines on the back of Jiang Yunshu's right hand instantly vanished. She held the doll in both hands and looked indifferently at the person in front of her.
The meaning is straightforward.
If you are worried, then you don't have to worry now. So, there is no need to ask.
The terrifying pressure on his head and back suddenly disappeared. The spoon fell to the ground with a clang. Jiang Yuetan suddenly bent down, raised his hand to cover his mouth, and his whole body trembled, gasping for breath rapidly and hard.
He lowered his head, staring at the ground with his eyes wide open, his pupils, sometimes dark, sometimes vaguely changing, trembling constantly.
He breathed with difficulty, taking quick breaths, and suddenly, without knowing when, he began to laugh in short bursts, one after another, soft and low, then rising little by little -
He laughed heartily for a while, then straightened up and looked at the child in front of him. A smile was on his face and he gently agreed, "Okay..."
"Xiao Shu, good!" Jiang Yuetan laughed again. After a moment, his brows softened and he said slowly, "Xiao Shu is very good. I won't ask any more questions."
Jiang Yunshu had an indifferent expression and looked at him without any reaction while holding the doll.
Jiang Yuetan looked at her tenderly, then suddenly leaned forward, so happy that he couldn't help but reach out to hug her, "Our little Shu is really amazing!"
Jiang Yunshu reacted quickly and quickly shrank back!
Jiang Yuetan immediately withdrew his hand, unconcerned. His joy and excitement didn't diminish at all, but rather intensified. He couldn't help but smile and said to her over and over again, "Our Xiao Shu is amazing! Xiao Shu is amazing. He is truly a treasure of our Jiang family."
I heard it. Jiang Yunshu had a blank expression on his face and a dull look in his eyes.
"Xiao Shu, go home and have a good rest today." Jiang Yuetan smiled and hurriedly stood up and said to her, "I'll take you to meet some playmates tomorrow morning."
Jiang Yunshu paused, then nodded in agreement. Then, she looked up and saw him quickly walk to the door. When the door opened, several figures appeared outside.
Jiang Yuetan waved goodbye to her, then walked out the door with a smile on his face. He waved his hand again, and the people outside the door no longer cared about putting on airs, but immediately followed him away with nervous expressions.
From afar came the low voices of several people:
"Yuetan, Yuetan—wait, what just happened?!"
"Is it Yunshu? What happened to Jiang Yunshu?"
Jiang Yunshu withdrew his gaze and did not rush back to the room. He slowly lowered his head to look at the strange yet familiar doll in his arms.
This doll is not ordinary.
Inside the doll is——
Blood seal, Jiang Jingjian...and Jiang Jingjian's inheritance.
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