Accidental injury, irreversible
A bell rang. Fang Zhou woke from her dream, jumped up, and quickly put on her clothes, not even paying attention to her kindness, shaking it off the quilt onto the floor. She scratched her hair in the mirror and quickly ran down the stairs.
The sound of bare feet stepping on the wooden boards was "dong dong", which attracted Shuixi from the kitchen to lean against the door to look at her.
"Brother, give me money!" Fang Zhou's eyes, which had just woken up, were full of light. He grabbed Shuixi's apron without caring about the situation and urged him to give him the change quickly.
"Breakfast is ready, why do you want to eat that stuff again?" Like other older brothers, he complained and gave her some change. "Put on your shoes."
Shuixi took off her slippers and gave them to her.
It was exactly ten o'clock in the morning, the sun was shining brightly, and the wooden door began to heat up after being exposed to the sun for a long time.
Fang Zhou chased after the glutinous rice cake cart, but before it had gone far, the owner heard the noise behind him and stopped to wait for her, his eyes fixed on the door of Shan You Fusu's shop.
Fang Zhou turned around and saw Shuixi leaning against the gate, one bare foot on the threshold. He was wearing an apron, his arms folded across his chest, a wooden spatula in his hand. He was so long, he looked like a white caterpillar. He was dressed in white today, which made his paper-white face look even more ghostly.
"It's okay, he's my brother." Fang Zhou finished her explanation and then muttered to herself, "I don't know if it's true, but if he wants to act like a fool, I'll just go along with it and become his sister. No need to sleep in the open, haha... Sister, it's the same stuffing today! Give me one of each... Thank you, let's go, don't worry about him."
In the past few days, every time she bought glutinous rice cakes, she would follow the boss to the Chaolai Temple. Although Shuixi repeatedly warned her not to go near, and the monks in the temple also strengthened the security measures and did not let her in, she only looked at the door, so as not to break his rules.
Despite its dilapidated state, the place felt familiar to her. She seemed to want to remember something, but her mind was blank and she couldn't recall anything.
She secretly urged the boss to leave quickly, but suddenly she felt someone chasing her from behind. When she turned around, she saw Shuixi immediately grabbing her hand and forcibly dragging her back home.
"I know you're illegally detaining me. I'm going to sue you."
When they got inside the store, Shuixi finally let go of Fang Zhou and responded to her words with a sneer, "What's your name?"
"Huh?" Fang Zhou couldn't understand and almost thought Shuixi was stupid.
"When were you born? Where do you live? Who are your parents? Where did you go to school? If you didn't go to school, where do you work?" Shuixi saw Fang Zhou's momentum wilting, and asked with satisfaction, "Can you answer that? Can you protect yourself? Do you know how dangerous it is out there?"
She had no identity. This was something Lu Cangyue had learned by now. She apologized obediently, finished Shuixi's breakfast, and stayed alone in the shop.
In the afternoon, she was lying on the table, bored and about to fall asleep, when she heard the bell ringing again. Fang Zhou woke up immediately and ran to the door to see that it was indeed her sister.
She was still wearing a simple but comfortable linen dress today, standing in front of the stone lions and looking into the store, obviously waiting for Fang Zhou.
"My brother is not here today, so I can't buy anything for you." Fang Zhou ran out of the door, saying very embarrassedly.
The woman turned around and took out a few glutinous rice cakes from the carriage, walked up the steps, and stuffed them into Fang Zhou's hands.
"I can't take it," Fang Zhou declined. She hadn't done anything for others, so how could she enjoy their things for free?
"Take it. I can't come here many times."
"Hmm?" She spoke? Fang Zhou thought she couldn't make a sound. He was very surprised to hear her speak. But, "What do you mean by 'I can't come here many times'?"
The young woman, with a calm demeanor and silently enduring life's hardships, had a look of vicissitudes. She smiled and said, "Cancer. I won't live long."
The wind was gentle and the clouds were light. Fang Zhou should have expressed sadness and regret, a normal reaction, but in reality, she felt a little happy for her as she heard the news. It was as if the long, gloomy rain had finally ended and a ray of sunshine had appeared in the sky. In the end, she remained silent.
He Ai approached quietly, jumped onto Fang Zhou's shoulder, and stared at the strange human.
"I'm a person with bad luck. I always hurt people who are good to me." He said, looking around the store, "Is your boss not here?"
Fang Zhou also glanced at the shop in the back and confirmed, "They're not here. I'm sorry, they didn't tell me what to sell, they just told me to watch the store. Sister, do you think... they should be back around 5:30, why don't you come over then?"
Making a dying man go on another journey? Fang Zhou felt bad.
"It's okay, it's okay. I saw that you were the only one here, so I decided to come in and try my luck. If they were here, I might never have the courage to come in. As expected, my luck is really bad." The woman laughed at herself and turned to leave.
These words made Fang Zhou feel guilty. She couldn't let go of her conscience even after watching her walk away. She forced He'ai to stay and watch the store, and she ran after the woman.
"Maybe I can help you!" Fang Zhou had already made up his mind to do just that. Many things people do stem from regrets. If they could go back and change things, perhaps it would be possible. Even cancer might be prevented.
The woman wasn't surprised. A faint smile still graced her face, as if she were recounting someone else's story. "I've known what I wanted since I was a child. I hated my family for not providing me with more resources, so I fought tooth and nail to the point of madness. Anyone who couldn't benefit me, who couldn't help me climb the ladder, was a stumbling block. Eventually, I got what I wanted. I earned a degree from a prestigious university and found a job with an annual salary of one million. Just three years into my career, I received news that I was dying. My family's wealth was gone, and I had no one to live with. As a child, what I wanted most was to go from street to street selling my favorite snacks. Now, before my death comes to an end, I've finally gotten rid of one regret."
"Then why did you go to Shanyou Fusu, sister?" Fang Zhou could tell that she had no regrets at all, but felt sorry that she would die alone. However, she had no complaints about this because she once hated everyone.
"I heard that you can keep something there. Even if it's worthless, as long as someone cares about it and comes to redeem it, it's fine. I wondered if I could leave a piece of my memory somewhere in this world." The woman looked at Fang Zhou, her eyes gleaming with kindness. "Thank you. Your love is like leaving something behind for me, don't you think?"
"Is that it?" Fang Zhou refused to give up.
The woman's expression suddenly changed, becoming serious and eager. "I really hope someone can take away my bad luck."
Another person's face appeared on her face.
Fang Zhou was horrified, his body frozen in place, unable to move. Trying to recall the events, his mind came up empty. Yet, his entire being resonated with the image.
Where have you seen this before?
"Little Deer! Little Deer~ Hehe~ Hehe~" The strange laughter came from the woman's body, not from her lips and teeth. It was obviously not a woman's voice.
What was this? Fang Zhou's heart had become a bottomless abyss, where confusion, fear, and questions echoed. She couldn't understand why she hadn't left this place more quickly this time. Whenever she felt fear, tension, or pain, she would go to unfamiliar places. Why didn't she do that this time?
"Lu Cangyue, when he called you little deer, I got goosebumps all over my body. Do you remember?" The other face that appeared on the woman's skin was distorted, forcing her face to make the same expression, half-smile, half-crying, mocking, sad, unwilling. "Do you remember that I was the first one to know you? I hate you, I hate him, and He'an..."
The tone became lighter, she saw Hean coming...
As expected, He'an jumped out from behind Fang Zhou and pounced on the face of the woman selling glutinous rice cakes. Fang Zhou was pushed by the woman, and her body, which had lost its ability to move, was unable to react and fell into a deep pit like a kite.
The ditch between North and South Chongning Streets is more than 20 meters deep at its deepest point, with steep cliffs and a riverbed covered with gravel and weeds.
Just as Hehan was about to tear the false male face apart, a hand grabbed the cat's neck very lightly, like catching a willow branch in the wind.
The woman got on her bike with panic in her eyes and staggered away.
"What are you doing? That's our young master! He'ai, aren't you going too far?" Shuixi said the reprimand with a smiling expression.
He Ai stretched out his claws and grabbed at him fiercely. Shui Xi was unable to react again, and three bloody marks appeared on his face. By the time he could strike back, the fur in his hand had already turned invisible and disappeared to the bottom of the river.
He's too strong, Shuixi couldn't help but think. Even after thousands of years, and after traveling through time and space with Lu Cangyue many times, which damaged his vitality, he was still so powerful that even Tuo Ye Ling couldn't suppress him.
Shuixi still vividly remembered the power of this thing. It not only bound the body but also restricted the functioning of the spirit. Wearing it caused pain similar to that of an animal, and it felt as if one's body and soul were shattered and ready to turn to ash at any moment. But it seemed useless to He'ai.
Be kind, it's just so strong.
Looking down from the shore, all I could see were twigs and weeds, and I had no idea what was going on inside. Shuixi carefully found a suitable path to step on, slid down carefully, and once she reached the dense vegetation, she transformed like He'ai, recklessly transforming, and found He'ai...
The place where He Ai and Lu Zang Yue went.
Shuixi was stunned for a moment, his steps slowing down. He lifted up the obstructing locust tree branch and stood there, watching motionlessly.
The scene was a little too shocking for him.
Hean finally took human form, but his sorrowful, slowly rising face, his eyes like the dark water in a deep well.
His white body was drained of all its vitality, just like a butterfly, appearing at its most beautiful in life before and after death.
A house-guarding beast wanted to land and play, so it transformed into a human form, acquired human emotions, and abandoned its original responsibilities.
Bright red blood stained He'an's white clothes. That blood came from He'an's chosen new master after he transformed into a human.
How could this happen? Shuixi couldn't believe it. Didn't Lu Cangyue swallow the Luoshen Pearl, which would disappear when in danger? Why was she bleeding?
If humans shed so much blood, they will die.
Shuixi didn't need to breathe, but in this situation, he learned to take deep breaths to maintain his elegance. He took two steps forward, forcing his stiff facial muscles into the same smile he gave Ming Yan. "She has the Luoshen Pearl, doesn't she?"
"I asked you, and you said you regretted it," he said kindly.
His voice was weak and feeble, almost as if his spirit had faded away.
"What should I do with a fool like you? Shuixi, humph, you are too shameless. Who allowed you to use this name?"
The black mist quietly enveloped Shuixi, from above his head, from underground, from Hehui's body, and from his eyes. Shuixi felt a devouring power.
He didn't want to resist. He thought back to that rainy night over two thousand years ago. Lu Cangyue had burst through the mountain gate. He Ai was the guardian beast, and he was also the guardian beast. He Ai's power enveloped him, too, frightened to dare to show his face.
He Kin absorbed some of his energy and gently patted his face. The young man's tender voice sounded leisurely in his ears, "That is your young master, not mine. Shui Xi, please, save my master, please..."
The thick fog dissipated, and all that was left on the rocks was a beautiful woman dying in the blood, and a snow-white cat lying at her neck, unable to open its eyes.
The sunlight coming from far away in the sky penetrates the emerald green leaves, leaving behind mottled green light and shadows that sway gently on them, brightening, dimming, and shaking.
Shuixi found that his hands were shaking, and his body could not bear the heavy pressure in his heart. He knelt heavily on the ground, feeling the pain in his knees. Then he found that his voice was also shaking, and he could not say anything extra.
"Si Tan, help..."
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