“One of the careers I once thought about was being a pet groomer.”
She said he looked very nice when he smiled, so he should smile more often?
"I haven't laughed for a long time and I don't know how to laugh." Hei Wuchang said.
Liar. Didn't you just laugh?
He had apparently laughed at least three times since she'd partnered with him, she thought, Haha, I've got all of that down.
Perhaps he himself wasn't even aware that he was smiling unconsciously. His facial features changed with his mood, but his senses had been numb for so long that he hadn't noticed.
Tian Baozhu continued to style the ends of his hair. Hei Wuchang felt more relaxed than ever before. Perhaps it was because she had helped him unload the heavy burden that had been weighing on him. Hei Wuchang looked up at the bangs that covered his eyes and said,
"Please cut my bangs in the front as well."
"Do you want to cut your bangs short too? Is that okay? Don't you care?"
"I don't care." Tian Baozhu's three consecutive questions made him feel strange. "Why do you think I care?"
Anyone who asks this question has probably never truly felt inferior. For some sensitive people, bangs are a facade that is more important than life. Without bangs, it is no different from appearing without clothes.
"It's good not to care. Then I'll cut the front part."
Tian Baozhu walked over to him and gestured in the air with the scissors to indicate the length of the hair she wanted to cut. She seemed to be hesitating about how short to cut it. Then she asked:
"Senior, what length do you plan to cut your bangs to?"
"The shorter the better."
"Hey... If I cut too much bangs at once, they won't grow back in a short time. I'm afraid you'll regret it if I cut them too short. How about I cut them just above my eyes, close to my eyebrows?"
"Okay, you can cut it as you see fit."
"good."
As the sounds of the scissors clicked, clicked, and clicked, Hei Wuchang's vision became wider and brighter. Now that he was sitting, he no longer needed to look up, and he could see Tian Baozhu who was concentrating on cutting his hair.
Her technique was gentle and delicate, and her eyes were focused on him...
Although I would occasionally look down at his face, it was also to compare the proportions of his face and bangs.
But Hei Wuchang felt a little uncomfortable being looked at like this. He seemed to understand why Tian Baozhu had asked him whether he cared or not. Without the cover of his bangs, when he saw the other person's eyes, he would occasionally feel distracted and uncomfortable.
"Don't move."
Suddenly a hand was placed on his chin.
Tian Baozhu suddenly lifted Hei Wuchang's chin, forcing his eyes to meet hers. He immediately looked to the side to avert his gaze, but he could still see Tian Baozhu trimming with the tip of scissors out of the corner of his eye.
Tian Baozhu stared at his bangs in a trance, but after being stared at for a while, Hei Wuchang still flinched a little and moved a little. Tian Baozhu straightened his chin and said, "Don't move. Just trim it a little more and it will be fine."
Although he knew that she was carefully trimming his hair for him, such an action seemed too intimate to others, even if he didn't think too much about it, and he felt a sour taste in his mouth.
He didn't move much, and asked her softly, "Do you do this to others? When you cut their hair..."
"No, this is my first time grooming someone. I used to groom pets."
Pet grooming? Does a pet lift its chin when its front hair is trimmed? So, was she using the same technique on her pets on him?
Tian Baozhu hadn't anticipated Hei Wuchang's mental activity, which was like a thousand puppies running wildly past him. She replied, "I've sheared wool and dog hair, worked part-time as a groomer in a pet shop, and I even considered becoming a pet groomer if I couldn't find a job in agriculture after graduation."
"oh."
Hei Wuchang pretended to be calm and composed. The sourness had subsided, and a hint of sweetness actually came over him.
"This is my first time cutting anyone's hair. So, you're my first customer," Tian Baozhu said with a smile. "Please give me a good review. If you like it, get a membership card."
Hei Wuchang's face was filled with questions, and Tian Baozhu's smile widened. Haha, he probably didn't understand the current memes of the human world. But precisely because he didn't understand, his ignorant expressions were even more amusing. And... adorable.
Hei Wuchang now has bangs, and his expression is not obstructed. Whatever he is thinking can be seen on his face, and his beautiful almond-shaped eyes can speak.
You can understand half of his thoughts without having to guess his tone. In the past, he had a stern face and his hair covered his face, and his aura was very tough. Now that his hair is cut short and his eyebrows and eyes are exposed, his whole aura has become softer.
Speaking of graduation and finding a job, these were things that Tian Baozhu had been concerned about before her death. She couldn't help but talk more:
"Speaking of which, I agreed to help Old Bai Wuchang go to the meeting. Besides scaring me by saying he was fired for missing the meeting, there's another reason. He said that being a White Wuchang ghost messenger is a stable job with a regular salary. That really hits a sore spot and is so appealing."
"Is the job of the Impermanence Ghost Messenger attractive?"
"Of course, for fresh graduates, having a job with a staff position is a hot commodity. I'll work till death for it!"
When she finished speaking, Tian Baozhu realized that she was already dead, so she changed her words:
"No, I'll fight for the position even if I die."
"You said a lot of new words I haven't heard of. It seems that the world has really changed a lot."
"It's changed, a lot. People's ideas have changed a lot, too. They've become more open-minded and keep up with the times." She explained to him, "Don't be surprised when I act a little bit sometimes. We all have our own living habits from our own eras. If you feel like I've violated your sense of boundaries, tell me immediately and I'll pay attention."
"But..." Tian Baozhu added, "Exposing some skin doesn't count. Oh, and being barefoot doesn't count either."
"Do you think I need to change?"
"Don't force yourself. What others say is one thing. If you think it's necessary, then you can make your own decision. But how should I put it? You can be more relaxed with yourself. You've been so tense all the time."
She could notice him.
Surviving in the underworld had always been a tense experience for him. The moment he was given the Soul-Snatching Scythe, his identity underwent a drastic change. Only he knew how much of a facade he'd put on under the guise of Black Impermanence. Now that she had seen through him, and had spoken to him directly, he didn't know how to react.
Over the past hundred years, he has formed this pattern of behavior in the underworld. As Tian Baozhu said, whether he should change or not is not a question to ask her, but to ask himself.
But this was the first time someone told him, "You can relax a little more," and this sentence was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.
"Okay, the bangs are done!" Tian Baozhu took two steps back and looked at Hei Wuchang carefully. After a while, she nodded and said, "There's nothing else to do. I'm done. Your new hairstyle will definitely give everyone a refreshing feeling, hehe."
Tian Baozhu used a short towel to first brush away the loose hair stuck on Hei Wuchang's face and head, and then brushed away the hair that fell on the cloth covering his shoulders. After cleaning up, she lifted the cloth and asked Hei Wuchang to stand up.
Hei Wuchang stood up as Tian Baozhu said. Without the heavy drag of his long hair as before, he felt more relaxed than ever before.
She lightened his burden, and the rest was up to him...
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