Chapter 52
Luo Zhi turned his head away, avoiding his gaze, and squatted beside him. After a long while, he finally spoke: "You ask one by one, and I will answer one by one."
His tone was very calm, with no intention of refuting it at all, and he fully acknowledged it.
Luo Yu's mouth corners twitched slightly, and his smile was full of sarcasm.
What he just experienced was no different from watching a movie, and the physiological reaction has not yet subsided, but inexplicably, he doesn't want to question him about those things right now, at this moment, in this short period of time.
Luo Yu suddenly grabbed his hand, pulled him towards her, and blocked his cold lips.
Luo Yu put his tongue in, but he couldn't feel any warmth at all. Where his tongue touched, it felt like he was licking ice.
The ice was slowly melting into ice water due to the entry of his warm tongue tip, dripping onto the tip of his tongue and making his whole body numb.
Luo Yu held Luo Zhi's hand tighter and tighter. Because they were still kissing, they didn't notice that the hand he was holding had taken on a strange curvature, like a cheap plastic toy that had fallen apart and could never be put back together.
Luo Yu's tongue gradually withdrew, but his mouth was unwilling to leave those cold and soft lips.
"Which one of you is true..." Luo Yu whispered against Luo Zhi's mouth.
Luo Zhi used his free hand to push Luo Yu away and whispered, "Ask."
Luo Yu's eyes were filled with tears. He looked at Luo Zhi for a long time before he said in a hoarse voice, "What's your purpose?
Luo Zhi said: "Save your whole family."
Luo Yu punched him directly in the face. Luo Zhi turned his head away, then turned back expressionlessly and continued to look at him.
Luo Yu gritted his teeth and said, "How long are you going to lie to me?"
Luo Zhi said: "I didn't lie to you."
"Still lying!" Luo Yu grabbed his collar, tears dripping from his red eyes. "What do you want to control me to do? What do you want me to do for you? Tell me!"
Luo Zhi's face still had no expression, as if none of this mattered to him.
But the more he did this, the more Lao Hong's voice pierced Luo Yu's mind, and his brain felt like it was about to explode into pulp.
"Young man, you don't admit that this is a dream. That's because you've been completely bewitched. Since I showed up these past few days, they can't control you and have started to hide. I've made it so clear, are you sure you still want to pretend to be confused..."
"...Because you're controlled by them now! They've already grasped every thought in your mind. They know how to bewitch you and make you their puppet. That's why I have to snatch you back. We're both living people, so I had no choice but to fabricate this dream. Do you understand my good intentions, child?"
"Child... I'll go in and get rid of them for you, and you won't be bothered by them anymore..."
"Child, why would you believe that kind of thing..."
"child……"
"child……"
Luo Yuqiu grabbed his collar and slammed him against the wall, his eyes wide open as he roared, "Speak up! Speak up! Why don't you speak? Why did you lie to me! Give me a reason! Give me a reason!"
Luo Zhi took a deep breath, his throat almost clogged. "I really want to save your whole family. I'm not lying to you about this. I swear."
Luo Yu was still holding his collar tightly, with no intention of loosening it. He just stared at Luo Zhi, and the hatred in his eyes made Luo Zhi feel pain all over.
Luo Yu could feel that Luo Zhi was sincere and felt guilty when he said this.
But...but he can pretend, he can pretend!
I can't be fooled by him again.
Luo Yu took another step closer to him, and the strength in his hands increased. "Then tell me, how do you want to save my family? How did my family die? Come on, convince me, and I will believe you for the time being."
Luo Zhi said: "I can't tell you how your whole family died, life..."
"Then you are lying to me!" Luo Yu roared again.
"Luo Yu, calm down first, I..."
"Calm down?" Luo Yu sneered, "You can't explain it clearly. Do you want me to give you more time to find an excuse?"
"Tell me the truth! I'll forgive you!"
Luo Zhi raised his trembling hand and wiped away the tears from Luo Yu's eyes with his thumb. "I really did see your list in the Life and Death Chamber, but I really don't know how your family died. I only know that they were murdered. Luo Yu... I really didn't lie to you about this."
"Really?" Luo Yu said, "Then what's the point of opening a small shop? Going through so much trouble to burn money, then going through so much trouble to ask ghosts for money, and even getting yourself injured. Are you just bored?"
Luo Zhi said, "I've wanted to give up several times since entering Chishan, but I've already started, and I don't want to arouse your suspicion, so I have no choice but to continue."
"You're right, these actions are indeed idle."
Luo Yu was gasping for breath. Every breath he took was extremely difficult, as if this place was not letting him breathe or stay.
He always felt that there was something very important that he hadn't said, but he just couldn't remember it for the time being.
What is it exactly?
This feeling of being lost was so uncomfortable, as if there was an important red thread mixed in with all the other red threads, and he couldn't find it out.
Suddenly, a child's cry suddenly echoed in his mind, mixed with the roar of thunder and rain, as if explaining his current situation.
The crying of the children and the noise of thunder and rain gave him a headache. Luo Yu wanted to block out these sounds, but he couldn't.
It was as if he hadn't asked something very important yet, but he couldn't remember what it was.
Why is this happening?
Why...why does Luo Zhi do this?
Luo Yu shuddered as if he had been enlightened, and tightened his grip on Luo Zhi's hand, "Why us? Why do you want to save our whole family? You..."
"My name wasn't Luo Zhi before."
Luo Yu was stunned for a long while before he realized what Luo Zhi said, "Wh...what do you mean?"
The crying of the child in Luo Yu's mind became louder and louder, as if the child saw the god of death waving at him.
A cloud of mist began to rise in Luo Zhi's eyes, and soon the mist turned into raindrops, hitting the back of Luo Yu's hand. He said, "Do you still remember the Xiangba Road we always went to when we were children in Lai County?"
The child's crying stopped and the sky cleared up.
Luo Yu's mind suddenly went blank. He didn't think about anything at the moment, but just stared quietly at the face in front of him.
Luo Zhi continued, "At that time, we went to Xiangba Road because we wanted to buy snacks from that store. Every time we passed by that temple, we would see that man on the temple steps always looking for different little girls to commit crimes against."
"Luo Yu, I can't tell who is going to kill you. I only know that you are going to be killed, and your death will be very tragic. I think the person who is going to kill you is just like that man, randomly picking someone to do his evil."
Luo Yusong unbuttoned Luo Zhi's collar, his eyes filled with disbelief. His blank mind kept flashing with the smiling face of the toothless child, the child who always took him to the store to buy spicy snacks, the child who always wore tattered clothes, the child who always had to pick up bottles every day...
Luo Zhi continued: "So I can only appear by your side to protect you, and then..." He didn't want to tell him the truth about exchanging lives. It was wrong to exchange other people's lives for other people's lives, but he was selfish. He was not a good person. Other people's lives meant nothing to him, so he did not hesitate to exchange other people's lives for the lives of the Luo family.
Luo Yu was so shocked by the news that Luo Zhi was Guan Zi that he couldn't recover. He didn't listen to what Luo Zhi said afterwards.
"You...you are...you really are..."
Luo Yu couldn't remember the name "Guan Zi". Less than half a year after his family returned to Lingcheng, Lai County was hit by a heavy rainstorm. That heavy rainstorm was a natural disaster, and many people were killed. Guan Zi and his grandmother were among the victims.
Luo Yu vaguely remembered that after learning that Guanzi and his grandmother had starved to death in the rainstorm, Xu Xiaoxia cried for a long time. He didn't quite understand death at the time. He just knew that he would never see Guanzi again, so he cried too.
Only when he grew up a little did he gain a new understanding of death.
His body will be buried in the soil. After a long time, it will rot and then merge with the land. There will be no trace of him in this world anymore. Luo Yu will never see the child without front teeth again, the child who always called him Xiao Yu.
He lost a friend, a friend born to suffer.
"Luo Yu." His friend called him.
"You were my only friend in my childhood, and the only one of my peers who didn't look down on me. I didn't have a father or mother since I was a child, but I felt that in yours. After meeting you, I felt like I had a father and mother too. So," Luo Zhi said, lowering his head, "I changed my last name and given name. I really... wanted to become a family with you."
Luo Zhi raised his head and said, "Luo Yu, the underworld is not good at all. There is no sun in the underworld, and most ghosts live like zombies. I don't want you to come here. I hope you can live well."
Luo Yu was stunned for three minutes before he said with difficulty, "But... didn't you say that every ghost must take the bath?"
Luo Zhi looked at him with a firm gaze, and his words were even more unbreakable: "I will not forget, I will never forget."
Luo Yu slowly raised his hand to touch Luo Zhi's cheek, his chest clogging up, "...How could it be you? It turns out...I felt familiar with you the first time I saw you. It turns out...it wasn't my illusion."
Luo Zhi held the hand that was caressing his face and said, "Luo Yu, you are all right now. I have changed your fate."
Luo Yu started crying again, "Your body is so cold now, maybe it has something to do with this."
Luo Zhi laughed and said, "Yes, but it won't take long before it recovers."
Luo Yu said, "Really?"
Luo Zhi said: "Really, I will never lie to you again."
Luo Yu hugged him. The anger and discomfort he had just felt now turned into bitterness, spreading throughout his body. He said, "If I hadn't discovered this, you would never have told me, you are the kid."
Luo Zhi said: "Yes, I will never tell you, I just hope that you can be safe."
Luo Yu said: "Have you forgotten that you are still my partner now?"
Luo Zhi smiled bitterly: "You are still willing to admit it."
Luo Yu said, "I lost my temper just now because of the lies you told me before, and because you are only now confessing to me."
"Luo Yu." Luo Zhi put his lips to his ear, "Just forget it."
Luo Yu said: "I will never forget."
Luo Zhi continued to whisper in his ear: "Forget it, don't come again after you go back tonight. I said before that we will be separated one day."
Luo Yu turned her face to the side, put her face against his cold face, and said in a hoarse voice: "No, you promised me so many things, and now you haven't done them. Even if we have to separate, you have to complete what you promised me."
"Luozhi, I beg you not to break your promise."
Luo Zhi's legs began to dissipate, his body had reached its limit, but he still had a lot to say to Luo Yu, but there was really not much time left for him.
Luo Zhi kissed Luo Yu's forehead and whispered to him, "Luo Yu, remember to live a good life after you go back."
The next second, Luo Yu’s eyes went dark, his feet had no support, and he seemed to be floating in the air.
Boom boom boom——
"Luoyu?"
"You haven't woken up yet?"
Xu Xiaoxia's voice came through a door. Luo Yu suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up from the bed. Looking at the familiar room in front of him, he was stunned and confused.
Luo Yu opened his phone and checked the time. It was almost ten o'clock.
Boom boom boom——
The knock on the door sounded again, and Luo Yu said, "Awake, what's the matter?"
Xu Xiaoxia's voice came through the door, "It's nothing, the beef porridge is getting cold, and I saw you haven't come out yet, so I called you."
"I'll be right out." Luo Yu rubbed his face and walked out of the room.
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