"Xiao He?"
I was observing the layout and feng shui of the Gu Mansion when a surprised voice came from the stairs leading to the second floor. Immediately afterwards, a girl in a light - green home dress came running down in a pair of fluffy slippers.
"Why did you come so early! I was going to send you and Mr. Si formal invitations."
She chattered as she came down the steps. Gu Fancheng, who was with us just now, took only two strides and reached her side. He put his arm around her waist and picked her up.
"Be careful not to fall."
Gu Fancheng frowned slightly, but his eyes were full of doting as he looked at the girl in the light - green dress.
"Xixi, I... well, it's a long story. Anyway, I came early."
The girl in the green dress was Lu Xiyu, a friend I met in the capital some days ago. When she gave birth to her baby, luckily we were there, so she didn't get into danger. To thank me and Si Jiangchen, Lu Xiyu invited us to Green City for her son's full - moon banquet. Now, there were still more than ten days before Gu Xiaolu's full - moon, but I was kidnapped to Green City by that hateful Sheng Shixun!!
I didn't want to tell Lu Xiyu, who was still in the postpartum period, about this. I heard that women should avoid worrying and stressing during the postpartum period. I couldn't let her feel restless because of my little matter.
"It's good that you're here!!"
Lu Xiyu's eyes were smiling. She struggled to get off her husband, "Tian Tian won't let me go out. I'm going to grow mushrooms. Xiao He, stay at my place. We can play together."
Hearing his wife's complaint, Gu Fancheng sighed helplessly, "You! You always want to secretly go out with Zifeng to buy milk tea. It's not good for your health..."
"No way! I'm just bored. And you're always busy!!"
...
Watching them bicker back and forth, my nervousness when I came here gradually subsided.
Seeing Lu Xiyu in such a relaxed state, it seemed that the ghost disturbing their mansion didn't bring them too much trouble?
Gu Fancheng carried his wife back to the second - floor room, but Lu Xiyu reached out and grabbed me, insisting that I go upstairs with her.
This girl was already a mother, but she was still as willful as a child. I couldn't help but smile as I looked back at Si Jiangchen.
As a man, Si Jiangchen naturally couldn't go with us to Lu Xiyu's boudoir. So after Gu Fancheng sent his wife and me to the second - floor bedroom, he went downstairs to talk to Si Jiangchen.
The room where Lu Xiyu was in the postpartum period was very spacious. A large double - window with light - beige curtains half - rolled just showed the beautiful view of the green canopy outside.
"Xixi, I heard that you and the baby were harassed?"
I walked to the small crib beside the big bed. Looking at Gu Xiaolu sleeping soundly in the small quilt, I asked carefully, "With your abilities... can't you handle it?"
Hearing my words, Lu Xiyu smiled indifferently, "Did you come early because Gu Fancheng went to the capital specifically to pick you up for this matter?!"
"Uh... no, of course not!"
I quickly shook my head. Then I took out the snow - white demon core from my pocket and held it in both hands in front of Lu Xiyu, "I, I accidentally met your parents in another space. They knew your baby was born, so they asked me to give this treasure to Xiaolu."
"Is this... my father's demon core?!"
A look of surprise instantly appeared on Lu Xiyu's delicate face. However, that surprised expression was like a shooting star across the sky and disappeared from her face in an instant. She reached out to take the small bead emitting a faint fluorescence and looked at it again and again. Then she looked up at me and said, "Xiao He, are you in some great trouble? Otherwise, how could you meet my father and them again?"
Sure enough, Lu Xiyu was more meticulous than her husband. She heard something different from my words.
"Yes, I'm a zombie. I was almost beaten to pieces, so I ended up in the realm of the ghost.
I'm not afraid to talk about these experiences now. "Lord Mu Yuan and his wife are in that void space."
"How did you get out? Why don't they return to the human world?" Lu Xiyu was a bit sad. "I... I still want to see them for real."
"Xixi, I'm sorry."
I felt a bit uncomfortable on my face. "That demon core can cross the two realms, but Lord Mu Yuan gave the demon core to me so that I could return to the human world. He... he stayed there and didn't come out."
"Xiao He, why are you apologizing?"
Hearing my words, Lu Xiyu gently patted my shoulder. "That demon core can probably only allow one person to come out of the realm of the ghost. My father couldn't bear to leave my mother, so he naturally couldn't come out alone. By chance, they met you, so they did you a favor. In fact, they should thank you!"
Saying this, she squinted her eyes and smiled again. "My father probably made up his mind to give the demon core he cultivated to Xiaolu. If you hadn't gone to the realm of the ghost, he would have always regretted not being able to give a gift to his grandson!"
Her smile was infectious, and I couldn't help but bend my lips.
I knew Lu Xiyu had untied my knot.
Actually, in my heart, I had always been a bit uneasy, always feeling that my appearance had deprived Lord Mu Yuan of the only hope of getting out of that desperate situation.
Now, Lu Xiyu's words made me suddenly enlightened, and the little shadow in my heart was swept away by her.
"Xixi, there's a evil god named the One - Eyed Buddha Mother sealed in the demon core now."
Seeing Lu Xiyu start to examine the demon core, I quickly told her all about the process of sealing the One - Eyed Buddha Mother.
"It doesn't matter. In our family, not to mention a small evil god, even if the gods in the sky want to cause trouble, they'll be beaten out with sticks."
Don't be deceived by Lu Xiyu's delicate and beautiful appearance. The words she said were bold and heroic, full of pride.
While we were chatting, the sky was gradually getting dark. After the setting sun fell behind the continuous treetops, the golden light seemed to gild everything with an orange - red edge.
"Wuwuwuwu..."
At this time, in the crib behind us, Gu Xiaolu made a series of gurgling sounds, as if about to wake up from his sleep.
"Creak!"
There was a soft sound of the doorknob turning at the door, and a woman in a dark - blue uniform, about fifty years old, walked in.
"Oops, the young master is awake. Is he hungry?"
The woman looked like a nanny. I thought she was the maternity nurse hired by the Gu family to take care of Lu Xiyu and her son.
Unexpectedly, the woman completely ignored Lu Xiyu and me. She didn't even glance at us. Instead, with a beaming smile on her face, she quickly walked to the crib. Immediately afterwards, Gu Xiaolu in the crib let out a shrill and ear - piercing cry!!