After Lingshang left, I couldn't stop thinking about the look she gave Song Bailu. It was full of meaning and endless disappointment. I also noticed Bailu's expression at that time. She looked guilty. But the two of them hadn't spoken to each other since then. Aren't their reactions strange? Why was Lingshang disappointed in her, and why did Bailu feel guilty about Lingshang? I couldn't figure it out.
At this moment, I was in a state of confusion. I hated myself for being so reckless. If I drove Hu Lingshang away, wouldn't it make Yunwen, me and Bailu more threatened and unable to protect ourselves in this threatening hyena-man situation? I shouldn't have done that. It's not good for survival at all.
I stood up with Bai Lu's help and heard Bai Lu say, "Brother Zhou Bo, am I right? I am the only one in the world who treats you well and never leaves you."
"Okay! Let me be quiet for a while." I said.
I got up and headed towards the house. As I passed the fields that were trampled, I noticed something strange. The locations of the potato seedlings that were trampled were all accurate. They were basically stepped on in the direction of the sprouts. Was it necessary to do so deliberately? If you stepped on the sprouts, there should be footprints left, but I saw a layer of loose soil on them. From this, it seems that someone stepped on the sprouts and then deliberately covered them with a layer of soil to conceal it.
Only then did I remember what Hu Lingshang said, saying that I should get to the bottom of the matter and not wrongly accuse anyone, so her reminder now does not seem to be groundless. After all, there are probably not many people who can think of stepping on the seedlings and covering them up. The IQ of the hyena people is not at this level, and the mermaids use forked fish tails to walk, so they cannot step so precisely. And even if the little mouse people stepped on the seedlings, they would not necessarily damage them to this extent.
To sum up, the only person who could commit such a crime in this place is probably Song Bailu, the girl next to me. But I don't want to care about it anymore. I have already driven away one girl. Do I have to drive away all the girls next? Then I will be alone.
Forget it, let’s just assume that I don’t know who did it.
And now I know that it was not the hyenas who trampled the fields, but some other hidden secret. In addition, now that Lingshang has left, it would definitely be disadvantageous for me to have a rash conflict with the hyenas. Judging from the attitude of Big Fang towards me just now, my sacred status in the hearts of the hyenas has long ceased to exist. I am no longer their commander, let alone their king. If I really want to do something, it will only be disadvantageous to Yunwen and Bailu beside me.
Therefore, given the current situation, we can only lay low and take one step at a time.
After returning to the house, I went to the backyard with Yunwen, who followed me closely. Bailu wanted to follow me, so she wanted to bring up the old topic again, saying that she wanted me to accept her. I was not in the mood to listen to that, so I blocked her in the room inside the door under the pretext of taking a bath in the backyard. She knocked on the door for a long time, but became annoyed by my voice and left, leaving me alone for a while.
They have all been sent away, and now there is only one person who follows me all the time and never leaves my side. Although it is not because he is willing, but because of some special reason, he is trapped by my side like a curse. But now I am hiding at the backyard door, and I still feel a little comforted and a sense of security.
I took Yunwen to the downstream of the spring pool, where I undressed, leaving only the parts that were covering my body, and went into the water. Due to the height difference between the downstream and upstream areas, there was a small waterfall in the downstream area, so I went there and let the spring water water me from head to toe, so that I could reflect on myself, clear my mind a little, and calm my troubled heart a lot.
However, after watering for a while, when I opened my eyes, I saw Yunwen also standing blankly in the pool. Because she was lifeless, she was floating in the deep water like a floating corpse. I could see her head rising and falling in the water, so I hurried over and carried her to a shallower water area to prevent her body from being filled with too much water and unable to drain out.
When we reached a shallower place, we stopped. Because I wanted to hold her, my body was right next to hers at the moment. The distance was quite close. I could see her eyelashes moving slightly in the wind. Holding her also made me feel good, so I simply didn't let go and just held her like that.
"Yunwen, now I can only talk to you. In fact, the whole day has been terrible. Since I started thinking about what you said that night, saying that you wanted to cancel the engagement with me and let Bailu be with me, I have been so upset. As the saying goes, appearance is determined by the heart. How you feel will affect everything today. Look! Now I have pissed Lingshang off, and I learned that Bailu is cheating on her again. The hyena people are going to break up with us. I can't even take care of my own yard, and strangers are invading our wedding room at will. Wasn't it because of my unstable mind this morning that the trouble started?" I muttered.
However, Yunwen still had that dazed look, with just a slight change in her eyes. I still felt like I was talking to myself, as if I was talking to myself, but is there any difference now?
"That's right, you and I are both from the civilized world. These idealistic theories are certainly inappropriate. I'm just looking for excuses for my wrong actions. But what can I do now? You can't talk to me, Lingshang is gone, I don't trust Song Bailu, and she always threatens me. Who can I talk to? Only I can comfort myself. Yunwen, I really hope you can take back those words and go back to the way you were before, otherwise I don't think I can hold on any longer." I said.
After I finished speaking, when I got no response, I let go of Yunwen and dived into the water, hoping to hold my breath to hide from the chaotic voices in my head. At this moment, I heard a splash in my ear. It turned out that when I dived, Yunwen also dived into the water. I was afraid that her body would be filled with water. After all, she was not a living body that could function, and her functions were very limited, so I had to help her out.
But at this moment, I suddenly heard her voice.
"Zhou Bo, this is Yunwen." The voice came from under the water, so there was a gurgling sound of water flowing in the sound, and the sound was also slightly heavy, as if it was coming from through a layer of diaphragm.
I was stunned. I haven't heard her communicate directly with me for two or three months since her accident. I can only listen to her soft voice outside the door. Her voice is very soft and sometimes I can't hear it clearly. I can't interrupt her, otherwise her body in the house will be out of control. According to the rules after the remnant soul is resurrected, when she hears the voice, her body will find my eyes by all means, and then wait for my order.
So basically, I blocked any possibility of communicating directly with Yunwen. Today was the first time I heard her communicate with me. It was underwater, and I was very excited, but I almost choked when I opened my mouth.
"I know you can't speak now, so let me tell you. I heard from Sister Lingshang that you used the Zhenming Umbrella to wake me up. The material used for the Zhenming Umbrella is the left wood heart of the water. The effect of the water will be reduced underwater. The reason is similar to the principle of the ghost claw flower. It grows on water and water can detoxify. Therefore, I can take this opportunity to talk to you underwater without being hindered by the residual soul contract. Now that you need to hold your breath, I will make it short. I said those things just because I was afraid that you would suffer for me. I have no intention of abandoning you. Knowing your intention today, I will definitely not say it a second time." Yunwen said with her mouth open.
Underwater, her facial expressions could be relaxed, and I finally saw that she was slightly emotional. If it wasn't in the water, I would have burst into tears.
I nodded at her underwater in response.
"Wake up, cheer up. In fact, if you don't mind, I will accompany you like this, follow you all the time, and I will be satisfied. It's just that I can't respond to you, satisfy you, and can't tell you that I miss you very much, I love you very much, and it hurts my heart." Yunwen said.
I didn't care about anything anymore. Under the water, I held her face in my hands and she immediately put her arms around my neck. I kissed her lips, nose, cheeks, and eyes. Although they were cold, they warmed my heart. Her words were enough to dissolve all my resentment and anxiety. I really couldn't live without her.
I couldn't hold it in any longer, so I got up from under the water. Yunwen also got up, but because of the so-called residual soul contract, she became dull again. Now it was my turn to talk and she had to listen.
"Yunwen, with your words, everything I have done is worth it. Now I haven't fulfilled my promise to let you survive. I have only fulfilled half of it. I still have to find a way.
As I said this, I saw Yunwen's eyes move slightly. It was at this moment that I realized that there were words on the back of the bamboo slips exposed when I took off my clothes. There were four words written on the back. Yunwen was in the contract period, so I ordered her to translate it.
She translated four words: "A letter left by a ghost."