Chapter 15: Infatuated Person 4
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Yan Yue jumped up happily: "Another winner!"
Seeing her excited expression, Bai Chen smiled helplessly and said, "It's pitch black in the forest, it's easy to sprain your ankle. I'll go look for it myself, you go back to the carriage and wait for me."
Yan Yue left with the little rabbit. After Bai Chen could no longer see her figure, he flashed to the place where the eagle landed at ghostly speed.
Bai Lubao covered his arm and wailed, "Your Majesty, she actually dared to shoot me!"
Bai Chen said angrily: "You still have the nerve to yell! The guardian of the demon world, Bai Lu Bao, was shot by a mortal woman! If I were you, I would just run into a wall and die here!"
"It's unfair, Your Majesty!"
Bai Lubao cried out in grievance, showing Bai Chen his wound and saying, "How can an ordinary mortal arrow hurt me? This woman is not ordinary. The arrow carries the evil spirit of the underworld. She is the nemesis of our demon race!"
Bai Chen leaned in to take a closer look, and sure enough, wisps of black gas were coming out of the wound.
If these demons hurt people, red demonic energy will remain on the wound. This kind of black evil energy is unique to people in the underworld.
It's strange. She is clearly a mortal, so why do the arrows she shoots carry the evil spirit of the underworld?
Yan Yue happily returned to the riverbank and unexpectedly noticed a woman standing by the river.
The woman was standing on a big rock, and it looked like, like...she was going to commit suicide by jumping into the river?
"No, girl!"
Yan Yue ran over with the rabbit in her hand, crying, "There's nothing to worry about! Look at me, I was arranged to have a ghost marriage by my family, and I woke up from the coffin! Am I not living well now?"
The woman looked at her in surprise, and Yan Yue quickly pointed at the rabbit in her hand and said, "Look! I learned how to hunt today! This is the rabbit I just shot! Live well, there will be many new and interesting things in the future!"
The woman smiled gently and said, "I'm not upset. I'm just waiting for someone. But thank you anyway, young lady."
Yan Yue breathed a sigh of relief and asked casually, "Who are you waiting for?"
The woman whispered, "Waiting for my lover."
Yan Yue frowned, thinking which lover from a good family would she meet up with tonight? Definitely has bad intentions! So he reminded her, "It's better to meet your lover in the daytime. It's dark and the road is dim, and it's easy to sprain your ankle. It's better for you to go home early!"
The woman just smiled and said nothing more.
Yan Yue carried the rabbit back to the carriage and looked at the girl with boredom. The girl was still standing on the stone, like a stone waiting for her husband. She thought to herself: How stubborn!
"Squeak", the sound of a vole was heard, Yan Yue quickly picked up the bow and carefully felt the location of the vole.
After a long time, the vole finally died from her arrow.
Footsteps were heard in the woods, and then Bai Chen stepped out.
Yan Yue shook the fat field mouse in his hand and said, "Look! I finally caught a field mouse!"
The shadows of the trees swayed in the evening breeze, and squeezed into her eyes that were shining with moonlight, just like the twinkling stars in the sky.
Bai Chen's tense face relaxed unconsciously, his inquiring eyes softened, and he forced a smile and said, "It looks like you have already become a master."
Seeing that he had nothing in his hands, Yan Yue walked up to him and circled around him in dissatisfaction: "Hey? Where's my eagle?"
Bai Chen said: "We didn't find him. He probably didn't get shot dead, but ran away."
Yan Yue pouted: "What? You didn't look for him seriously? Even if he ran away, he can't run far if he's injured!"
Bai Chen took the field mouse and said, "With this and the rabbit, we have enough to eat."
"Ah?" Yan Yue said with some disdain: "How do you eat rats?"
Bai Chen said: "Voles can be eaten."
Yan Yue turned and walked towards the carriage: "I don't want it! Then you eat the field mouse, the rabbit is mine..."
Bai Chen took the opportunity to check the arrow wound on the field mouse, and also saw a hint of black evil spirit. He couldn't help but release his demonic power to test it.
A strand of red thread entangled Yan Yue's feet. She was unaware and fell flat on the ground!
"ah……!"
Yan Yue screamed in pain and was about to hit his face on the rocks on the river bank when someone grabbed him by the back of his neck.
She stood firm again, patted her chest and checked her feet, and said with lingering fear: "I was so scared! I was so scared! I must have been really tired. How could I have tripped for no reason? Fortunately, I didn't go with you to look for eagles, otherwise I would have been broken!"
Bai Chen put aside his doubts and guessed that maybe she was arranged to have a ghost marriage and had been through the gates of hell, so she had the evil spirit of the underworld on her body.
His tone was much lighter, and he strode towards the carriage and said, "This field mouse will nourish you! After all, field mice have good legs and feet, and they can run fast. Eating them will nourish you!"
Yan Yue looked towards the big rock and found that the woman who had been standing on it was gone. She thought to herself: I'm glad to be home!
She trotted after Bai Chen, shouting, "Rabbits run fast too! I'll just eat the rabbits, and I'll leave the big rats for you, so that you can run faster next time you go looking for eagles!"
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Yan Yue hadn't thought of what to say to Liu Jie, so she evaded the question by saying that the madam had been taken away by government officials and that she had to wait until she was released before questioning her.
She tossed and turned all night and didn't sleep well. She felt so tired that she was always sleepy the next day.
Until dinner time, Bai Chen was still thinking about the evil spirit on the arrow, and he ate absent-mindedly. Seeing Yan Yue doing the same, he asked tentatively: "Do you feel that I am different from others?"
"Yeah." Yan Yue responded casually.
Bai Chen looked solemn. Could it be that she could feel the evil spirit from him but just didn't say anything? So I asked, "What's so special about me?"
His eyes were so focused, unlike his usual carefree look, they revealed a sense of seriousness and inquiry.
Yan Yue didn't dare to respond casually, and answered carefully: "You are very noble, very generous, very handsome, and very kind..."
Seeing that Bai Chen's expression was slightly distorted and he still seemed dissatisfied, she could only rack her brains to continue, "You are also a big eater, you love cleanliness, and...oh, you are also very good at martial arts! I didn't see where you came from that day, you were like a god appearing..."
“That’s enough!”
Bai Chen pinched his brows and interrupted her. He shouldn't have thought so much. It was obvious that this little fool had died once, so he was easily attracted by ghosts and had some of the dead person's evil spirit on him!
Bai Chen didn't even eat the meal and went straight back to his room.
"I am so pitiful, having to deal with such a fickle master." Yan Yue sighed, turned around and said to the waiter: "Please help me take all these meals to the servants' room, I will eat there. Oh, and bring a pot of wine!"
Zhou Lin looked at the table full of food and said with a smile: "Miss Yue is too polite. We ghosts can eat for a long time with just one meal. We don't have to eat every day. How can we be embarrassed to eat such a sumptuous meal..."
Yan Yuebai glanced at him and said, "It's not for you to eat."
Zhou Lin was immediately unhappy: "Oh, you get tired of the old and love the new, right? How long have we known each other? You're tired of the old so quickly, aren't you?"
Liu Jie was keenly aware of something strange: "Miss, is there any news about Xiaomei?"
Zhou Lin was speechless, and instantly understood the purpose of this table of food and wine.
Yan Yue nodded silently.
Liu Jie smiled and said, "It's okay, girl, just tell me! If Xiaomei is redeemed by someone else and lives a decent life, I will be happy for her! If she is sold to another brothel..."
He smiled bitterly and continued, "Then there's nothing I can do. I'll just go and stay with her. When she passes away, she won't be afraid of me anymore."
Yan Yue picked up the wine glass, tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
Zhou Lin said, "Hey, why did you drink the wine I prepared for Brother Liu?"
Yan Yue pretended not to hear and drank two more glasses. Zhou Lin couldn't stop her, so he could only nag her: "Oh my! That's not how you drink. You're already drunk after just a few drinks!"
A burning heat rose in Yan Yue's belly, and she finally mustered up the courage, slammed the wine glass on the table and said, "She's dead."
Liu Jie was stunned. "How... could it be?"
Yan Yue said: "When you went to the brothel to ask for her, she was already dead inside. The madam was so angry that she beat you severely because she couldn't hand her over..."
Liu Jie was completely stunned and stood up involuntarily, "How... How is it possible? She, at that time, just..."
The long silence made the air extremely heavy and depressing, and Yan Yue felt as if a huge stone was pressing on her heart.
After an unknown amount of time, Liu Jie finally asked again: "How did she die?"
Yan Yue said truthfully: "It is said that she wanted to escape, but was caught by the madam, so she stabbed her throat with scissors and committed suicide..."
She hung her head in frustration, and suddenly felt that something was different in the air. Then she heard Zhou Lin say, "Brother Liu! Calm down! Miss Yue is still here!"
Yan Yue looked up and found that Liu Jie's eyes seemed to be a little red, and his expression began to become ferocious. He stood up anxiously: "The madam has been arrested by the government! Don't be impulsive..."
She was so anxious that she forgot about not touching them and went up to pat Liu Jie's shoulder to comfort him, but she heard Liu Jie let out a sharp and strange scream, and she quickly retracted her hand in fright.
A wisp of black gas emerged from the place where Liu Jie's shoulder was touched by her. Fortunately, the huge pain brought him back to his senses and he stopped transforming into a ghost.
Yan Yue looked at her right hand in disbelief, and explained in panic: "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to do that... I, I don't know why this happened..."
Zhou Lin observed Liu Jie carefully and saw that he had calmed down a bit. He said quickly, "Brother Liu, you must stay calm! If you become a ghost, you will hurt innocent people! Then you will not be yourself anymore. Miss Xiaomei will never recognize you again!"
Liu Jie finally calmed down completely, and his ferocious expression and red eyes gradually returned to normal.
He collapsed on the ground, hugging his knees and crying: "I, I am so useless. I can't avenge Xiaomei... She is such a coward. How desperate must she be to choose such a tragic death..."
"I said I would protect her, but I didn't..."
"She must be so scared to leave alone..."
Yan Yue's nose felt sore, and Zhou Lin also absorbed the essence of the glass of wine and sat silently aside.
The man and the two ghosts sat there for who knows how long. Yan Yue's buttocks became numb. Liu Jie suddenly let out a long sigh.
"You two, I'm going to look for Xiaomei. She's always been timid, maybe she doesn't dare to cross the Naihe Bridge by herself, so she's waiting for me at the bridgehead!"
Yan Yue nodded quickly and asked, "Do you need me to help you with anything? Do you want a monk to perform a ritual for you?"
Liu Jie smiled, shook his head and said, "Thank you Miss Yue. If it weren't for your help, I would still be waiting here foolishly! Since Xiaomei has already left, I won't waste any more time. I want to take another look at the place where we got engaged, so I'll go find her."
Yan Yue asked: "Where did you get engaged?"
Liu Jie said: "It is a river near our village. The river is very clear and she often went there to wash clothes. There is a big rock half a person's height by the river. When she was a child, she loved to stand on the big rock and jump into my arms..."
"etc!"
A picture flashed in Yan Yue’s drowsy head.
Isn’t it such a coincidence?
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