Da Shao Village
Qin Yan threw Fu Ze away with his backhand. Fu Ze tightly wrapped around the woman. The woman couldn't break free and quickly explained: "I didn't..."
Gu Qingqu said righteously: "You are lying, if you don't have eyes to hide, why are you hiding?"
The woman was a little frustrated. "You kept staring at me, I feel a little embarrassed."
She lowered her head and looked really embarrassed, but Gu Qingqu didn't give in at all, "How would you know you were going to do it if I wasn't staring at you?"
The woman sighed, her eyes showing a powerlessness as if she wanted to explain but didn't know how to do so. "I really didn't."
Qin Yan looked at the woman suspiciously, not daring to let her go easily, "Tie her up before I dig her out."
"Alright."
Qin Yan continued digging and soon dug out the body of an orange cat. Like Xiao Meng's body, a black bone nail was seen on the orange cat's forehead. Qin Yan frowned. He reached out to take the body but his hand went through it. Then the body disappeared, leaving only a wooden orange cat toy in its place.
Phantom.
Qin Yan picked up the orange cat toy, walked up to the woman and asked her, "Is this yours?"
The woman looked up and nodded. She was in a bad mood and pursed her lips tightly. Qin Yan continued, "Are you a cat demon?"
The woman looked up at him and nodded after a moment.
"Who drove the black bone nail into your head?"
A confused look appeared in the woman's eyes, and then she said as if she remembered something: "Ming Po"
"Who is that?"
The woman replied: "An old witch, her daughter fell in love with my husband and used secret magic to kill me and trapped me here."
"witch?"
The woman nodded.
Qin Yan didn't want to care about these things, he just said: "The things that bind you have been taken out now, lead the way"
"Oh, okay."
The woman jumped and hopped two steps. Qin Yan felt helpless and then took back Fu Ze. The woman got out of trouble and said "thank you" to him.
"Go this way." "It doesn't seem right, we should go this way." "It doesn't seem right either, we should go this way." "Hey, then we should go this way."
Qin Yan and the other man followed the woman in the woods for the entire night. It was already dawn and they still hadn't walked out. Qin Yan was speechless, "Do you know the way?"
The woman felt a little aggrieved. "I remember walking this way, but why is it wrong?"
"You ask me?" Qin Yan frowned and was about to get angry. Gu Qingqu patted his shoulder and said, "It seems that someone doesn't want us to leave. It has nothing to do with her."
Qin Yan glanced at Gu Qingqu and said, "So what do you think we should do?"
Gu Qingqu thought for a moment, "Since all this was done by that witch, why don't we..."
Qin Yan understood what he meant and found it funny. "You don't want us to go there alone, do you?"
After hearing his tone, Gu Qingqu knew that his suggestion was not good, so he changed his words and said, "No."
The atmosphere calmed down. Fu Ze could still be used once, so it was better to take a gamble than to waste time here. So Qin Yan said, "Let's go find her."
"lead the way"
The woman was a little surprised. "Ah, me? Me?"
Qin Yan was speechless, "If not you, then who else?"
"You still believe me?"
"Don't talk nonsense"
"oh"
Just as Qin Yan thought, he walked out smoothly this time. However, he was still in the woods, in a house made entirely of wood. There were strange patterns carved on the wood, which made people feel eerie and uncomfortable when they approached.
The door was closed. Qin Yan looked around and saw that there was no one in the room. "Are you kidding me?"
The woman stood at the door, trembling all over, with a look of fear on her face. She did not answer Qin Yan's words. Qin Yan called out to her, "Hey, are you okay?"
The woman turned her head to look at him, her eyes filled with blood and tears, "Can I leave? I don't like it here, I'm scared"
Her tearful appearance made people feel soft-hearted. Qin Yan said, "If you don't cry, I will agree to it."
The woman quickly reached out to wipe her tears and said, "I won't cry, I won't cry, I won't cry."
Qin Yan watched her helplessly turn around and walk back. The woman followed him so fast that she seemed to be flying. Qin Yan stopped after walking about two hundred meters. The woman couldn't stop in time and bumped heavily into his back. Qin Yan closed his eyes speechlessly.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the woman apologized quickly. Qin Yan turned around and looked at her, about to cry again, "Don't cry."
The woman sniffed and said, "I'm not crying."
Gu Qingqu took a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to her. The woman took it and said, "Thank you."
After walking all night, Qin Yan was also tired. He took out a chair and sat down with Gu Qingqu. He also took breakfast and ate it. The woman looked at him in amazement, "You...you are not a human?"
Qin Yan said unhappily: "If you want to eat, let's eat together, don't curse."
The woman quickly explained: "I didn't curse anyone, I was just curious"
Qin Yan still used the same old excuse, "Monster Catcher"
The woman's eyes widened slightly. Qin Yan knew what she was shocked about and said, "You are dead, I won't catch you."
The woman bowed repeatedly, "Thank you, thank you"
Gu Qingqu asked her, "Do you want to eat?"
The woman shook her head, with a hint of regret and apology, "I am dead and cannot eat human food anymore."
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Qin Yan became curious about her affairs. Since he had nothing else to do, he said, "Tell me about your affairs."
The woman was startled and quickly said: "Although I am a demon, I have never done anything bad."
Qin Yan was speechless. "I don't want you to confess your crime, but to tell me how you died."
"Oh," the woman felt relieved and started talking.
The woman's name was Liu Lingyang. She was a member of the civet cat tribe in the Tian'en Mountains. Ten years ago, she ran down the mountain to play and encountered Ren Shenxing who was stuck in a quagmire. There was no one around, and Ren Shenxing was going to drown if no one rescued him. Liu Lingyang couldn't bear it and cast a spell to save Ren Shenxing, but she herself was knocked unconscious due to the backlash of using her magic power privately.
Liu Lingyang woke up at Ren Shenxing's house. According to Ren Shenxing, after he escaped, he saved Liu Lingyang who was unconscious due to injuries on his way home. He was originally the savior but now he has become the one being saved. However, Liu Lingyang still stayed at Ren Shenxing's house to recuperate with peace of mind.
The two fell in love during their stay together, got married the following year, and had a son two years after their marriage. Humans and demons have different paths. This child exhausted all of Liu Lingyang's spiritual power, and he fell into a coma for two years before waking up. His health had deteriorated after he woke up, but fortunately, Ren Shenxing was considerate and the elderly in the family were understanding, so she never had to worry about family matters and she took good care of the child.
However, Liu Lingyang's health was still up and down, but he still lived a comfortable life. Until this year, his mother's health suddenly deteriorated and seeing a doctor was of no use. Ren Shenxing then went to the ghost lady, hoping to change his fate. As a result, the ghost lady's daughter Yan Ning fell in love with Ren Shenxing and made a deal with him, exchanging Liu Lingyang's life for his mother's life.
“Then, I died.”
Liu Lingyang felt inexplicably relieved at the end, but then he became angry again, "Actually, if they had told me directly that they wanted to exchange my life, I would have agreed. But they were afraid that I would not agree, so they let the ghost torture me to death, skinning me alive, pulling out my tendons, and bleeding me to death."
That's right, how can a vengeful spirit not have grievances?
After going through so much, Qin Yan couldn't help but say, "It's so miserable again."
Since he couldn't leave anyway, Qin Yan looked at Gu Qingqu and discussed with him, "Should we go meet that ghost lady?"
Gu Qingqu swallowed the food in his mouth and nodded at him. Qin Yan threw the orange cat toy in his hand and looked at Liu Lingyang, "I'll take you there, you control the ghost lady."
"Me?" Liu Lingyang pointed at himself in disbelief.
"Don't you want revenge?"
Liu Ling was impotent, "I couldn't beat her when I was alive, and now I can't beat her when I'm dead..."
Hearing her dejected words, Qin Yan quickly corrected her, "The revenge that was not avenged during life must be avenged after death, otherwise it would be a waste of life."
Liu Lingyang was convinced by him and nodded, "That makes sense."
Qin Yan continued, "Beat him to death. You're already dead, so the worst that can happen is that you die again. It's not a loss."
After hearing this, Liu Lingyang frowned immediately, "How can you die after you die?"
The agitation was about to fail, so Qin Yan immediately changed his words, "Don't worry, I will assist you from the side"
"Okay then."
After Gu Qingqu finished breakfast, he went to Ren Shenxing's house. Ren Shenxing's home is in Dashao Village, about ten kilometers away from Dadie Village. The mountain road is difficult to travel on and after the excessive exercise last night, even Qin Yan could hardly walk, not to mention Gu Qingqu, who was already bent over with exhaustion.
"Let's take a break first."
Qin Yan took out the bed and called Gu Qingqu, "Go and rest."
Gu Qingqu asked him back, "What about you?"
"Of course I'll take a rest too," Qin Yan replied, then looked at Liu Lingyang, "You stay here."
Liu Lingyang nodded, "Oh, that's fine."
Then Liu Lingyang was surprised to see the two of them getting on the bed and hugging each other. Liu Lingyang let out a surprised "Wow", but Qin Yan glared back at him. Liu Lingyang smiled and said, "You guys sleep, you guys hug each other, I'm a bit old-fashioned."
"Shut up"
“Okay, okay.”
There was a mosquito net hanging on the bed. Before, for precautionary purposes, only the gauze curtain had been lowered. But now that there was someone guarding it, Qin Yan kicked the mosquito net down, completely blocking Liu Lingyang's sight.
Liu Lingyang was not dissatisfied with such obvious defensive action. She sat in front of the bed for a while and then fell asleep again. She was also sleepy.
Just when Qin Yan was about to fall asleep, he heard Gu Qingqu shouting. Qin Yan suddenly opened his eyes. Gu Qingqu grabbed his collar and said, "She is also a vengeful spirit. You can ask her to take a look at the wound on your ankle."
As soon as the words fell, Liu Lingyang's voice came through the mosquito net, "I'm not a doctor."
Qin Yan thought it was something, but he lowered his guard after hearing what he said, "Go to sleep first, and watch it when you wake up."
Liu Lingyang's voice rang out again, "I'm really not a doctor"
Qin Yan shouted angrily, "Shut up!"
"oh"
Speaking of injuries, Qin Yan then remembered to ask Gu Qingqu, "Is your hand better?"
Gu Qingqu stretched out his arms from the bed and shook them in the air to show him, "It doesn't hurt anymore."
Because of his movement, his loose sleeves fell down, revealing his smooth and white arms. Qin Yan was worried, so he reached out and pinched his arm gently. He felt relieved only after making sure that he was fine. The fingers that should have been put down rubbed on Gu Qingqu's arm for no reason, and it was as slippery as he thought.
Qin Yan's thoughts were out of control, and his hands were out of control too, until Gu Qingqu grabbed his hand and he came back to his senses. He stared at his hand that was about to slide onto Gu Qingqu's shoulder, stunned and not knowing what to say. Instead, Gu Qingqu found a way out, pulled his hand back to his chest, and said, "You're sleepy, go to sleep."
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