I was momentarily stunned. Then I turned my face and hooked under Si Jiangchen's jaw, frowning.
"Tell me! Who has possessed you?"
I stared at him seriously. "Si Jiangchen would never say such things!"
The Si Jiangchen in my memory had always been high - spirited and in full control of every situation. I had never seen him so dejected.
"Heheh..."
Si Jiangchen suddenly burst into laughter. Then he leaned in and pressed his lips against mine. The faint smell of tobacco engulfed my senses. When this passionate kiss ended, I was already in his arms and carried into the bathroom.
Since my right hand was injured, he helped me with all my morning routines. At first, I felt shy, but after he kissed and hugged me, taking all sorts of liberties, I just let him do as he pleased...
I always felt that he was different from before. He was no longer like a ravenous wolf who always seemed insatiable, eager to devour me whole. Instead, he supported my waist and whispered my name in my ear again and again.
Even so, I was left limp in his arms as if I had been completely worn out...
"... Xiaohe, I'll handle everything. You're a woman. You don't need to be so tough."
My hard - won clarity of mind seemed to be under a spell as he whispered. While the last shred of my rationality struggled, my body sank into a deep slumber...
...
When I woke up from my dreamless sleep, the little birds were already chirping busily in the greenery outside the window, starting their day.
Only then did I realize that this bastard had tricked me again!
I had originally planned to avenge Dongdong last night!
First, Si Tong had pestered me to draw pictures and tell stories. Then Si Jiangchen had drained all my energy. I didn't even have the strength to open my eyes all night.
I propped myself up and walked into the bathroom. Just then, Si Jiangchen pushed the door open and walked in.
"Did you do this on purpose?"
I glared at him angrily with my mouth full of toothpaste foam as I held the toothbrush in my left hand.
"Do what on purpose?"
Si Jiangchen lifted the corner of his lips slightly and filled a glass of mouthwash for me, then brought it to my lips.
I angrily gulped down a mouthful of mouthwash to rinse out the foam. Si Jiangchen had already taken a damp towel and gently placed it on my face. "I'll ask Lao Tang to bring your breakfast up later. Sister Shuya and her family haven't left yet."
Si Jiangchen knew that I didn't want to see Lin Shuya, and he didn't want me to see Wei Yuan either. So, after tidying me up, he told me to stay in the room.
"Sister Xiaohe, I'm going to school."
It was time for school. Si Tong greeted me at the door and then went downstairs. The family driver would take him to kindergarten.
I noticed that this little guy wasn't dejected because of Sun Wenwen's bullying. It seemed that his ability to adjust his emotions was much stronger than mine!
I had brought my backpack into the bedroom last night. Now, a soul bottle in the bag was faintly buzzing, as if trying to catch my attention.
I opened the soul bottle, and Wang Yingxiu, dressed in a red dress, gradually emerged from the shadows behind the window.
"Xiaohe, why hasn't Dongdong come back all night?"
Wang Yingxiu's own child had already entered the cycle of reincarnation before her. She doted on the four little ghosts I had taken in as if they were her own children. Every day when I offered incense to them, I could see her chatting with them non - stop.
I had sent the little ghost Dongdong out yesterday afternoon, and he hadn't returned to the soul bottle all night. Naturally, Wang Yingxiu came to ask me about it.
"Axiu... Dongdong is gone."
I said with difficulty, "I... I shouldn't have let him go out to play tricks on bad people."
"What do you mean by 'gone'?"
Wang Yingxiu was taken aback. "Has Dongdong been reincarnated?"
"No, no..." I shook my head. "He... he was scattered by a Taoist priest from the Qingcheng School..."
"His spiritual consciousness was scattered?"
Wang Yingxiu frowned slightly. "Completely destroyed?"
"Yes."
Seeing that Wang Yingxiu didn't show any signs of anger, I became even more nervous. "Axiu, you're trying to accumulate merits. Don't do anything stupid!"
Although Wang Yingxiu was a fierce ghost, she had never killed anyone. Even Song Yixuan, who had betrayed her and caused her and her unborn child to die, she had only paralyzed him from the neck down.
The reason I hadn't found Song Yixuan to arrange a ghost marriage for Wang Yingxiu was that I wanted Wang Yingxiu to receive more offerings from me, to resolve the resentment in her heart, and to let her enter the cycle of reincarnation cleanly.
She was a good woman. In her next life, she would surely be reborn into a good family and enjoy a happy life.
"Okay."
Wang Yingxiu's soul hung her head in the shadow of the wall, eerily calm.
"I'm the one who caused all this. I'll avenge Dongdong. You're not allowed to have any other thoughts!"
I picked up the soul bottle and popped open the seal. I wanted to take Wang Yingxiu back!
It was early morning, the time when the yang energy was rising. Ordinary ghosts would have already hidden their souls, either returning to the graveyard or going back to the underworld.
Unexpectedly, Wang Yingxiu suddenly looked up at me. "Xiaohe, you're the one who really needs to accumulate merits. From now on, let me handle these things of an eye for an eye!"
With that, her figure retreated and disappeared into the wall!
"Axiu!!! Xiuxiu!!! Don't go!"
I had never forced Wang Yingxiu and the others into the soul bottle. They were willing to listen to me and accept my offerings.
Now that Wang Yingxiu had suddenly refused to return to the soul bottle, I knew that she wanted to avenge "Dongdong".
I was so anxious that I didn't even have time to put on my shoes. I opened the bedroom door and rushed downstairs.
Just then, I saw Si Jiangchen accompanying Lin Shuya and her husband walking out of the dining room.
Lin Shuya's face looked extremely pale, as if it had been plastered with white putty. Seeing me rushing out without even greeting her, she immediately sneered, "What kind of manners are these? In the morning, you don't even greet your elders and just run out bare - headed and bare - footed. How improper!"
"... I don't have time to argue with you now!"
As I said this, I grabbed my coat and slipped on my shoes, then rushed out.
"Xiaohe!!"
I heard Si Jiangchen's voice chasing after me. "Where are you going?!"
He had already grabbed my arm.
"I, I'm going to find Dong Jianhui!"
I didn't mention that Wang Yingxiu had gone to seek revenge, nor would I say that I was going to find her now. Si Jiangchen was so busy every day. I didn't want to be a clingy vine!
"What do you want to find him for?" Si Jiangchen frowned slightly.
"Don't you remember? I promised to help him get a job related to the concert."
While saying that I was going to Hanyu Planning, in my heart, I was already thinking about how to find that despicable Taoist priest.
Wang Yingxiu would probably go to Si Tong's kindergarten. She would find clues from Si Tong and finally track down the Taoist priest Su.
But I had a more direct way to find Taoist priest Su before Wang Yingxiu did!
Since he was from the Religious Affairs Bureau, I could just go to the Religious Affairs Bureau and find Deputy Director Sun!!