Chapter 49 Touching Again
Xiao Yu looked at Xu Chuchu's relieved expression and couldn't help but clench his hands tightly.
He had imagined many of Xu Chuchu's reactions and prepared many excuses. He even spent an entire night imagining what reasons he should find to ask her out when she was working in the Dali Temple in the future.
I didn't expect her to refuse so resolutely, leaving no room for negotiation.
I didn't expect that I didn't even know what she liked or hated.
"I suddenly remembered that I have other official business to attend to." Xiao Yu finally sorted out the funeral items. "You should clean it up by yourself first. Don't be busy too late."
He paused and said, "It doesn't matter if I'm busy for a few more days."
"Okay, go ahead and get busy." Xu Chuchu didn't hesitate to express her good mood after surviving the disaster. She smiled and said, "Leave this to me. Don't worry."
"Yeah." Xiao Yu nodded and left alone.
He wandered around the yamen in a daze and finally returned to his study.
On the desk where he usually works are two urgent letters sent back from the capital, one thick and one thin.
The thick letter was sent by Shao Mingjie. It contained several pages of verbose writing, complaining to Xiao Yu that the emperor had gone to the hunting ground again and didn't know when he would be back. He wanted to report the case but couldn't find a chance, so he could only sit there and worry.
The letter from Bo was a letter of permission to take up a position, which allowed the female fortune teller Xu Chuchu to take up a position in the Dali Temple. The text was concise, with only a jade seal in the lower right corner being particularly clear.
Xiao Yu looked at the two letters again and couldn't help laughing at himself.
Come to think of it, this was the first time he asked a man who was related to him by blood for something.
I prayed for success, but still failed in the end.
In the end, it was just his wishful thinking. He thought he could use such worldly means to keep her in his sight, and that she would happily agree to his arrangement.
He was so stupid that he didn't even know what she really wanted, and so cowardly that he didn't even dare to tell the truth. He only dared to use Shao Mingjie as a cover, and in the end he didn't get any good results.
Xiao Yu sat quietly for a while, then picked up the letter of appointment and placed it on the candlelight on the table, watching it being consumed by the flames bit by bit, with only self-mockery in his heart.
He untied the bandage on his palm and found that the innermost layer was stained a glaring red with blood.
Because he clenched his fist too hard, the wound broke open again and some blood flowed out.
But this seems not enough, far from enough.
Xiao Yu took out the folding fan he carried with him, opened the mechanism, and used the sharp blade protruding from the fan handle to carefully cut open the wound on the palm of his hand.
Although he was very careful, if you look closely, you can still see that this is not a single wound, but several wounds that were cut repeatedly.
Just like the time when they were in the tomb, blood gushed out again without mercy.
However, this time, Xu Chuchu did not dip her finger in blood to draw talismans. Only Xiao Yu imitated her at that time, using the index finger of her other hand to gently press back and forth on the wound.
Yes, there is no corpse poison, nor any wound that cannot be healed, there is only a strange man who keeps recalling the night when his wound was gently touched by a girl's fingers.
He really wanted to experience that feeling that went straight to his heart again.
But he didn't know whether his strength was wrong or his fingers were too rough. He tried many times but couldn't replicate the same feeling that night.
Really, so desperate.
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Xu Chuchu spent several days tidying up the warehouse by herself, and finally sorted out all the funeral objects in the room.
Logically speaking, if people said that the prince in the tomb was the son of destiny or the reincarnation of an evil spirit, she would agree wholeheartedly.
Because some of the burial objects were so weird, there were more than ten pigeon eggs soaked in blood.
Although these blood-nourished jades are not as rare as blood-soaked bronzes, it still takes at least twenty to thirty years to grow them.
If left at home for a long time, it can easily attract evil spirits and damage people's minds. It is usually a weapon that hurts people.
This prince of the previous dynasty had so many weird things among his burial objects, which shows that he used a lot of them during his lifetime. Maybe he was a practitioner who went astray.
Fortunately, these pigeon eggs have been placed in the tomb for a long time and are covered with dust and mud, and have lost their spiritual power. Unless a professional fortune teller is asked to clean them again, they will not cause much harm to people.
After Xu Chuchu finished counting everything, he asked Xiao Yu to come over and take a look. He also pointed out some of the weird burial objects and told him to keep them strictly. If they were to get out and be used by someone with ulterior motives, the consequences would be disastrous.
Although she didn't know where these burial objects would end up, she felt relieved to leave it to Xiao Yu!
Xiao Yu...eh?
"Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu?" Xu Chuchu had just finished praising him in his heart when he turned around and saw Xiao Yu with a dazed look on his face. He awkwardly called him back from his trance.
"Huh?" Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses. "Oh, I heard that. Don't worry, I'll handle it properly."
"You haven't been in good shape lately, Xiao Yu." Xu Chuchu remembered that she hadn't seen Shao Zhi in the past few days, and wondered if something had happened between them. She jokingly asked, "Why, are you feeling amorous?"
"Nonsense!" Xiao Yu immediately glared at her. "Do you think you can just say something like that?"
Xu Chuchu had no choice but to say, "Okay, I won't say anymore."
Xiao Yu looked away and said coldly, "Is there anything else? If not, I'm leaving."
After saying that, he turned and left without waiting for her to respond.
He is allowed to stare blankly and ignore others, but she is not allowed to make jokes.
"Wait, don't be angry!" Xu Chuchu secretly complained about Xiao Yu's stinginess and hurried to catch up, "I was just joking. I do have something to tell you."
Xiao Yu stopped and felt a bitterness in his heart. As expected, no matter how he tried to escape, this day finally came.
"Tell me what's the matter." He seemed to have no choice but to listen.
Xu Chuchu didn't beat around the bush and said bluntly, "Is there anything else you need my help with in this case? If not, I'm going to go somewhere else."
Xiao Yu was mentally prepared, and it took a while for him to respond after hearing what she said: "...Didn't you say there's no rush?"
"Well, plans can't keep up with changes, so I'm a bit anxious." Xu Chuchu answered vaguely.
She didn't lie. She wasn't in a hurry before, but ever since she learned from divination that she might have relatives in the north, she immediately wanted to leave quickly.
Xiao Yu didn't say a word, just looked at her calmly, with the familiar sadness appearing in his eyes again.
Xu Chuchu couldn't stand this kind of look.
It's not that I hate it, but I feel a little panicked and guilty. I feel like I have done something wrong, which has brought out the most depressed mood in the person in front of me.
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