Chapter 539: Too Dark
After an unknown amount of time, Yun Chen woke up from the darkness and chaos.
Her ears woke up first, and she heard the clear, sobbing wind whistling around her, making the bamboo leaves rustle non-stop, as if countless voices were whispering:
"Wake up."
"Wake up!"
"Wake up!"
She opened her eyes and looked around blankly.
There was no sun or moon in the sky, and everything was gray.
Not far away, in the bamboo forest that blocks out the sun, a wealthy and elegant mansion stands quietly.
It is the villa of Huo Gang.
This was the place she had been to when she, Xun Yan and Xiao Liu signed up to be guards of the Huo Gang.
She stood up and walked towards the house in confusion. Suddenly, she felt relaxed all over, without any pain from the Soul-Devouring Pill.
She stood there quietly for a while, recalling the past, as if she had the illusion that it was all a dream.
Did she really just use the excuse of going to the bathroom to avoid the interview with the Huo Gang guards and take a nap in the bushes outside?
She was confused and slowly walked towards the courtyard.
The gate of the house was tall, wide and deep, with endless layers, like a cold giant beast with its mouth wide open in the abyss, waiting for her, a tiny ant, to walk in and swallow her whole.
She suddenly felt frightened and couldn't help but turn around and run away.
If she really just had a very long and real nightmare, then as long as she stepped into this door, the dream would come true!
She will become a guard of the Huo Gang just like in the dream, and all the love, hate and separation that will follow will be as sad as in the dream!
She stretched out her legs and ran as fast as she could.
But as she ran, she stopped again.
If she steps through this door and lets everything in her dream happen again, will she be able to see Anian again and fall in love with him all over again?
After hesitating for just a moment, she turned around and walked back, laughing at herself for being such a mortal who was greedy for love, hatred, anger and stupidity!
Look, God has given you another chance to choose, and you still want to choose even though you know that there will be bitterness and tears waiting ahead!
No wonder he died at the age of 26. It's true that people who are in love don't live long.
While cursing herself, she stepped into the gate of the villa.
The moment her footsteps touched the ground, the world suddenly changed, and all the grayness was suddenly blown away by the breeze.
A vast expanse of endless green grass appeared before her eyes, and the sound of birdsong and the fragrance of flowers filled her ears. Several familiar figures were laughing and playing in the grass, and she was instantly stunned and tearful.
Xiaoliu rode on Xun Xuan's back, raised his orchid finger, pinched his throat and imitated a woman's voice:
"Oh, Master, don't call me 'Hua Jue', call me 'Oiran'! What? Master likes fat ones? Then look at my big steamed bun, is it plump? Hahahahahaha——"
Hua Jue on the opposite side was so angry that he yelled and rushed forward to beat someone up. Scared, Xiao Liu slapped Xun Jian's buttocks and said in panic:
"Brother Gou, run! The courtesan is here to tickle us!"
Unexpectedly, Xun Jian didn't move at all. Instead, he straightened his back, leaned back, and directly knocked Xiao Liu to the ground.
Hua Jue immediately pounced on Xiao Liu and started fighting with him, tickling him, pulling his hair, spitting on him, and using all kinds of dirty tricks on him, making Xiao Liu beg for mercy.
Xun Jian took the opportunity to sneak over and kick him twice, rubbing his waist while laughing and scolding:
"Xiao Liu, how much of the offerings did you eat? All the delicious food and wine from the Achen Festival went into your stomach. It's so heavy, it's almost breaking my old waist!"
"Hahahaha—" Ye Yan laughed heartily and cheerfully at the side. "Even then, he even wanted to send a dream to Achen, asking Achen to offer more sacrifices and burn more things! Luckily, I stopped him!"
"Dad, I want to use a rattle to amuse my sister! I also want to send a message to Aunt Chen in her dreams!" A small figure suddenly came in. Ye Yan's son coquettishly hugged Ye Yan's legs and said stubbornly:
"Mom said that if she wants a rattle, she has to ask Aunt Chen for it, but she can't go because she is a female ghost now and she is afraid of scaring Aunt Chen."
This childish remark made Xun Xuan burst into laughter. Ye Yan knocked his son on the head and scolded him in a feigned anger:
"Don't talk nonsense! What ghosts? It's so scary. Children don't want to listen to such things! And don't scare your Aunt Chen!"
"But I don't think Aunt Chen will be scared."
"Why?"
"Because Aunt Chen is right there—"
Ye Yan and Xun Yan looked in the direction of the little hand and saw Yun Chen standing at the door in a daze, looking bewildered.
Ye Yan and Xun Yan shouted in surprise: "Achen!!"
The two guys who were fighting on the ground nearby suddenly rushed towards Yun Chen like wild dogs on break free.
Hua Jue hugged Yun Chen tightly, crying:
"Brother, why did you come down here? You shouldn't have!"
Xiao Liu cried bitterly, wanting to hug Yun Chen, but unable to grab him from Hua Jue, so she could only grab Yun Chen's sleeve and cried:
"Wuwuwu... It's over, it's over - no one will burn paper money or offer pig's trotters to us brothers from now on!"
"Fuck you!" Xun Yan and Ye Yan both slapped Xiao Liu on the back of the head, and then together with Hua Jue, they hugged Yun Chen tightly.
"Brother Gou...Brother Ye...Xiao Liu...Hua Jue..." Yun Chen cried as he read out each person's name.
She suddenly felt that death was also good.
Look, Gou Ge’s face is glowing red and he doesn’t look sick at all.
Xiaoliu is dark and strong, standing on the ground like an iron tower, which makes people feel at ease just by looking at him.
Hua Jue is tall and broad-shouldered, with the same arrogant and childish face.
Ye Yan's black hair was shiny and slick. His wife and children were cuddling together not far away, smiling at him...
"It's great to see you again... I should have come down earlier if I had known..." Yun Chen hugged everyone tightly.
"What nonsense are you talking about, silly boy..." The brothers hugged each other and cried for a long time, until a dissatisfied complaint was heard, interrupting their crying.
Miaomiao stood on the ground with her hands on her hips, like a little adult, pointing at the black cat fleeing in the distance and giving a familiar command:
"Brother Yun, hurry up and catch a cat for me! You promised me that you would catch cats for me for the rest of my life!"
"Okay, okay." Yun Chen sniffed and wiped his tears, then immediately used his best Qinggong skills to chase after a certain "fugitive".
The black cat was so frightened that it let out a "woof" and ran for its life, but was soon caught up by Yun Chen, who grabbed it by the scruff of the neck and made it unable to move.
The black cat was held in Yun Chen's hand. It looked at Yun Chen with resentment and opened its mouth to emit a deep and deep uncle voice:
"Hey, brother, you're so good at Qinggong, are you trying to kill yourself?"
I never expected that cats in the underworld could talk. It had a cute furry little cat face, but it made such a contrasting sound. Yun Chen was so scared that his hands trembled, and the black cat immediately took the opportunity to escape again.
This scene made the other three people nearby laugh so hard that they fell over.
"Yun's Qinggong has regressed. Is it because you haven't eaten the hot noodle soup I made in too long?"
"No, it's just that I haven't eaten tofu pudding in too long!"
"Maybe your bottom is itchy, and you deserve a few canes from me, the old woman!"
“Hahahahahaha——”
Yun Chen ran over in surprise, "Brother Zhang! Aunt Li! Grandma!" and hugged each of them one by one.
As we were hugging each other warmly, we suddenly heard a voice not far away:
"Mee~"
Yun Chen followed the sound and found that it was indeed Doji and old grandma!
Next to her was Monk, carrying his family's big iron pot, singing and dancing with the tribesmen, all of whom smiled and waved at her.
Yun Chen rushed over and pulled the lamb away, picked up Duoji, and threw him high into the sky. He was so sad that he burst into tears again and held Duoji in his arms:
"Hao Duoji, I'm sorry, don't you hate me anymore?"
Doggie raised his freckled little face and grinned:
"What does 'hate' mean? Does it mean being angry? I used to be, but after receiving the lambskin coat you burned for me, I'm no longer angry."
The old grandmother prayed to the sky in Luojiang language, held Yun Chen's head in her hands and kissed her forehead.
As he lowered his head to accept the old grandmother's love, Yun Chen looked back and saw Dan Kou and her brother standing hand in hand.
Danko's two arms were intact, and she was smiling brightly, but suddenly she let out a cry of surprise, her body jerked, and her back felt like it had been butted by a bull.
Luo Dongdong's silly smile appeared on his face, and Kuku, who looked like a big golden retriever, rushed towards Yun Chen:
"Boss! I miss you!"
Luo Dongdong stretched out his arms like a crab and rushed over to give Yun Chen a bear hug.
Yun Chen immediately burst into tears:
"Dongdong, silly Dongdong, we didn't even see each other for the last time..."
Luo Dongdong's eyes were red, but he still tried his best to put on a silly smile:
"It's okay! I saw it!"
Yun Chen and Luo Dongdong hugged each other and cried bitterly.
She looked back with tears in her eyes and saw Huo Leiting and Yun Zhongjun with bare arms, only wearing a vest, and their coats tied around their waists, wrestling with the sound of "Hey yo" and "Hey yo".
On the side, two beautiful and gentle women covered their mouths and leaned against each other with smiles.
Among them, the woman with a peerless appearance but a gloomy face, although her face was unfamiliar, Yun Chen inexplicably knew that she was Huo Gannian's mother.
The person next to him looked at Yun Chen with a smile, opened his arms, bent down, and gently called "Chen'er". Yun Chen immediately burst into tears, cried "Mom!", and ran away.
She threw herself into Shen Youning's arms, and just like when she was a child, she leaned against Shen Youning's arms and acted like a spoiled child, which made Huo Leiting laugh loudly.
"Brother Yun, I envy you for having such a rare little girl. Unlike me, my daughter has become a nun, leaving me with only one son!"
Yun Zhongjun rolled his eyes and said, "Don't give me that! Your son is the emperor, and my daughter is already down!"
"Stop." The woman with peerless beauty spoke softly, and the two grown men didn't dare to make such a devilish joke anymore.
The woman walked up to Yun Chen and looked at his face carefully. She stared at him for a long time with her slightly upturned phoenix eyes, which looked like an icy beauty but had a particularly gentle smile.
"Dear girl, call me 'mother'."
Yun Chen knew what this meant, and shyly buried his head back in Shen Youning's arms. After a long time, he called out "Mom" in an embarrassed and soft voice.
All of a sudden, both mothers laughed.
Yun Zhongjun and Huo Leiting also laughed uncontrollably, their laughter reaching the sky like the sound of drums.
Yun Chen hugged Shen Youning tightly, trying hard to grasp all the beauty of the moment, but suddenly he heard a loud thunder and the sky and the earth changed color in an instant.
Dark clouds covered the sky, black wind swept across the sky, and thick fog surrounded it from all sides. Everyone's face changed drastically.
Shen Youning pushed Yun Chen anxiously:
"Son, run! Run!"
Yun Chen was puzzled, and before she could react, she saw a giant hand falling from the sky like a mountain, grabbing her fiercely.
"What the hell is this?? This is too hellish!!"
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