Chapter 26 Chapter 26
Tang Yang was stunned for a while, and finally he looked at Yuan Tian as if he had come to his senses: "... Is this how you introduced me?"
Yuan Tian: “…I’m not, I didn’t!” Although I know you definitely hope so.
The head of the sect was shocked at first, then he touched his hair with a sad face, looked at Tang Yang and then at Yuan Tian, and after a while he finally said to Yuan Tian: "You ran away from home just for this man?"
"Brother," Yuan Tian said weakly, "I didn't know him when I came down the mountain."
"What if you fell in love online before you came down the mountain?" The leader looked disbelieving.
"Brother," Yuan Tian sighed, "Don't you know whether I have an online relationship or not? The WiFi on our mountain is so hard that it's hard to even video chat. I really need an online relationship to work!"
That makes sense, the headmaster thought to himself. They have WIFI on the mountain. But because of the bad location and the large number of people, the WIFI is not very good. Many disciples use mobile data. Yuan Tian's package has a small amount of data and he is reluctant to use it. When they are on the mountain, they mostly use paper butterflies to communicate to save money.
His brows furrowed even more tightly. "Well, aren't you guys moving too fast? Bringing someone home to meet your parents just a few days after your flash romance?"
Yuan Tian: “…………” It seemed like she couldn’t explain it clearly at all.
But... he thought about it and realized that this might be a good idea - a good way for him to escape!
His mind raced, and soon he came up with a plan.
Tang Yang was calm and composed on the side. He was not in a hurry to clear himself of the "charges". Instead, he crossed his arms and waited calmly for Yuan Tian's explanation.
However, the result was destined to disappoint him. After a moment, Yuan Tian said calmly, "Brother, I will explain this to you in detail later. Ah. I was still in the hospital yesterday, and I can't starve."
The headmaster's attention was diverted, and he asked hurriedly: "Hospitalized? Is he not feeling well again? Yun Que, your uncle is still ill, how dare you let him run around like this..."
Again? Tang Yang's ears moved. For some reason, he suddenly thought of what the doctor said when Yuan Tian was first hospitalized.
Yun lowered his head as low as he could. A few days ago, the headmaster said that he would capture the man even if he had to break his legs. It turned out that the headmaster didn't mean to break his uncle's legs, but his!
"It's none of Yun Que's business," Yuan Tian smiled helplessly, "I just have a common cold and fever, don't make a fuss, senior brother. Besides, when Yun Que found me last night, my fever had gone down, and it was me who asked to come back today."
The head of the sect only glared at Yun Que, then looked at Yuan Tian with concern in his eyes: "Are you really okay?"
"Really," Yuan Tian raised her hand and touched her stomach, "I'm just a little hungry. If I don't eat something, I'm afraid I'll have a stomachache."
The head of the sect hurriedly said, "Then why are you still standing there? Yun Que, go and make the arrangements."
"Yes." Yun agreed hurriedly, then ran out to make arrangements.
After this incident, the leader temporarily gave up the intention of questioning them and just asked them to wash their hands and prepare for dinner.
As they walked towards the bathroom, Tang Yang asked, "Your senior brother will definitely ask again later. Do you need me to help you explain?"
Yuan Tian shook his head: "No, I can handle this kind of small matter myself. But Brother Tang, please forgive me for making fun of you."
Embarrassing? Tang Yang raised his eyebrows: "Are you referring to the fight between you two elementary school students?"
Yuan Tian: "...We're done being friends, thank you."
Tang Yang smiled happily. He liked to see the child's angry behavior. He always felt that he looked more energetic this way, instead of looking pale and sick all day long.
The two of them had dinner with the headmaster in his courtyard. During the dinner, Yuan Tian even let Xiao Jing out because the child was greedy and wanted to eat after watching them eat. Yuan Tian also wanted to ask his senior brother about Xiao Jing, so he let him out.
When the head of the sect saw Xiao Jing, his first reaction was: "Why are you acting like a ghost dealer? This is the first one you have brought back!"
Xiao Jing's eyes changed instantly when he looked at his boss. He squeezed out two hot tears and said aggrievedly, "Boss..."
It turns out that he is not the only ghost adopted by the boss?
Facing Xiao Jing's accusations and Tang Yang's disapproving look, Yuan Tian suddenly felt like a heartless man. He said helplessly, "Brother, Xiao Jing is different from those wild ghosts. I adopted him."
Then he turned around and explained to his little ghost: "I used to lie, cough, I picked up those ghosts and brought them back just to coax them to practice Taoism with me. But you are different. Think about it, have I ever used you to practice Taoism after I adopted you? I bought you boxes of Coke, and I provided you with food when you wanted it!"
Tang Yang: "...Excuse me, I bought those boxes of Coke."
"Don't worry about the details," Boss Yuan showed a face that was trying to trick a hen into laying eggs, and hooked Xiao Jing's neck and said, "Be good, you have to be confident, ah!"
Xiao Jing smiled brightly after hearing these words. He hugged his eldest brother and rubbed his face against his, nodding his head heavily: "Yes!"
Seeing the intimacy between the man and the ghost, Tang Yang felt a little sour in his heart, but he didn't know why. He looked at the head of the sect and said, "A Yuan really values Xiao Jing and raises him like a child."
“…I can see that.” The head of the sect had an indescribable look on his face. He always felt that the two people and one ghost sitting opposite him looked like a family of three, and they were very happy.
He looked at Xiao Jing again, and then said seriously: "Xiao Tian, your little ghost seems to be a little bit abnormal."
Yuan Tian suddenly became nervous, put down his chopsticks, and said seriously: "To be honest, Brother, I have a few things to do when I come back this time, one of which is for Xiao Jing. Do you see what's wrong with his soul?"
"Yeah, I noticed that." The head of the sect nodded heavily and said meaningfully, "He's dressed quite...non-mainstream."
Yuan Tian: “…………”
Tang Yang: “…………”
The two looked at Xiao Jing, who was eating from a bowl of rice with incense sticks stuck in it. The way he ate voraciously and the tattered, fluttering clothes on his body made him look like a refugee.
Yuan Tian slapped his forehead suddenly. Things had been happening one after another these days, and he was so busy that he had no time to burn a nice set of clothes for the little ghost.
"Okay, let's eat first. We'll talk about your little brat tomorrow." After the headmaster said this, he did not forget to instruct: "Remember not to let him out casually, otherwise if any disciple is quick to act, this little brat may be gone."
Yuan Tian nodded heavily. He knew this. After all, a Taoist priest's first reaction when seeing a ghost is to go up and fight. Only the Taoist priests who have been with Yuan Tian for a long time are influenced by him and his master and don't like to play by the rules. The others just like to do it without thinking. This is also the reason why he has kept Xiao Jing away since he went up the mountain and didn't let him come out.
After dinner, Tang Yang took Xiao Jing to bask in the moonlight in the yard, while Yuan Tian was taken by his senior brother to a room in the yard where tablets of ancestors were placed to burn incense for the master.
The fragrance is lingering, elegant and solemn.
Yuan Tian carefully inserted the incense sticks into the incense burner, then looked at the large characters on the tablet with complicated eyes. After a long while, he said quietly, "Brother, to be honest, I still can't believe that the old man is gone."
The head of the sect raised a bitter smile and said, "I can't believe it either. But, his body was collected by the two of us brothers."
"Yeah..." Yuan Tian murmured to himself, "But why can't I summon his soul..."
The head of the sect was also a little sad. It was strange that people with the cultivation level of the master in their profession would often be assigned by the underworld to become ghost messengers or even small leaders after death. At that time, it would be very easy for them to see their relatives in the world of the living or have a dream.
The strange thing is that after their master died, his soul disappeared and never appeared in their dreams. The two brothers and even other elders in the Taoist temple tried to summon his soul, but to no avail.
I don’t know where the old man’s soul went. I asked the underworld, but they couldn’t explain it clearly and they had never seen it.
"I think," the headmaster said quietly, "it's impossible that the master's soul has been scattered. Maybe he had some unfulfilled wishes in his life, and his new soul went there to fulfill them after his death."
This possibility was not impossible, Yuan Tian could only believe it. After all, their master had sensed that his end was coming, so he sent them away early in the morning. It was not until the next day that they found that the man had already stiffened and his soul was no longer there.
He sighed and muttered quietly: "I don't know if he received all the gold and silver paper money I burned. I also burned a few paper figures for him and left a message asking him to leave two for me..."
Sect Leader: “…………” He also arranged his affairs after his death clearly.
He suddenly felt that he couldn't let the kid keep talking like that, or he would get angry. So he cleared his throat and said seriously, "Let's get back to business. What's the matter with Mr. Tang? Is he really your man?"
Yuan Tian was suspiciously silent for a moment, and then suddenly looked miserable, eyes full of sorrow, and said, "To be exact, he is the man I have been longing for but cannot get."
The headmaster's forehead was full of question marks, and he signaled him with his eyes to continue.
Yuan Tian pursed her lips and said in a sad tone, "Actually, I fell in love with him at first sight, and I fell in love with him the next time I saw him. But he didn't know about this, and he didn't like me."
After saying this, he gave his senior brother plenty of time to digest his thoughts. During this time, he also maintained a miserable expression to deal with his senior brother's suspicious gaze.
After a while, he heard his senior brother's complicated voice as he wished: "If you really like him...how about I find someone to cast a spell on him for you, so that he can only want you?"
"No," Yuan Tian said hurriedly, "A forced melon is not sweet! Besides, Brother, you know the condition of my body. I won't live long, so why bother to hurt others!"
The headmaster's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could almost pinch a mosquito to death. He looked at him with some heartache and annoyance, and asked, "So what do you want?"
"I want to be with him during the last days of my life." Yuan Tian's eyes were filled with tears, and his voice was deep and extremely sad. "Brother, please consider that we are brothers and that it is rare for me to experience the taste of love. Please allow me to go down the mountain and be with him."
The head of the sect was silent for a while, then asked, "Is this your new excuse to shirk your position as head of the sect?"
Yuan Tian raised her head, looked at him with eyes full of tears and misery, and said bitterly in a crying voice: "Brother, how could I lie to you about this! I even brought him to you specially, isn't this enough to show how much I value him? I really like him..."
"But he is the president of a big company, it is impossible for him to stay with me on the mountain. Moreover, he has no intention towards me in that way." At this point, Yuan Tian choked up twice before continuing, "Brother, if you insist on keeping me to succeed the head of the sect, then he and I may be separated from each other and never see each other again."
His eyes were full of pleading and tears: "Brother, I just want to be with the person I love and see him every day in the few remaining days. Can you be so reluctant to leave me in the future and die with regrets?"
His eyes filled with tears and his half-begging, half-crying words struck directly into the headmaster's heart, making his insides bloody and bloody. He could no longer get hard or doubt anymore.
Yes, his junior brother had a short life to begin with. He finally grew up and had someone he liked. Could it be that he just missed out on her like this? What if he really regretted this for the rest of his life?
At this moment, the leader finally wavered.
He looked at Yuan Tian quietly for a long time before softening his voice and sighing, "Well, you and Mr. Tang stay in the temple for two more days, and then go down the mountain together. I will take over the position of the head for another three months. After three months, no matter how your body is or how your relationship with him is, you have to come back to the mountain."
Yuan Tian felt relieved and nodded quickly: "Okay!"
The plan worked! He wiped the tears from his eyes and smiled broadly at his senior brother. Hehehe, who will come back after running away this time?
Looking at his senior brother's distressed and helpless eyes, Yuan Tian felt that Oscar owed him an award!
"That's enough. You're already an adult, why are you still crying?" The head of the sect touched his hair softly and said with a smile, "I know you want to be with your man all the time. Senior brother is not important, you little heartless boy. Go and find your man."
Yuan Tian hugged him and smiled like a child: "Brother, you are different from him. You are a family member, a relative, and he is a lover. You are also important, especially important. It's just that I spent too little time with him, and I don't want to have any regrets. After I die and turn into a ghost, you can still see me, but he may not be able to."
This made the headmaster feel a little comforted. It was indeed true. He stroked the child's hair again, smiled, and said, "Okay, go."
Yuan Tian then smiled brightly at him, turned around, walked happily to the front door and opened the door.
Outside the door, his elder brother Tang was looking at him with complicated eyes.
Yuan Tian: “…………” His smile froze and his mind was confused.
He closed the door again with a bang.
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