I was picked up by Dad and taken home.
After Zhao Zifeng and I got separated at the hotel entrance, he spent the whole night looking for me. It wasn't until a man answered my phone that he realized something was seriously wrong and quickly informed my dad.
My dad is extremely smart. He immediately thought of my aunt Lu Ling.
Recently, I had only had a few contacts with her. From my aunt, Dad learned that I had been to the haunted house in Fanjing Villa the day before July 14th.
So he asked my aunt to drive, and they came to No. 18 Linyin Street together.
Judging from the outside, the feng shui of this house was excellent, with good qi gathering. It wasn't until they climbed over the wall into the yard that they found that the ground half a foot underground was covered with white lime and guided by cinnabar, turning a perfectly good yang house into a large formation for raising ghosts.
The three - story small building that served as the eye of the formation was like an inverted tomb, and the large bedroom on the top floor was the burial chamber.
On the big bed in this main burial chamber, Dad found me unconscious.
Dad was furious at that time. He slapped my aunt hard twice, then picked me up and drove straight home.
My home was behind the shop in Daguanyin Temple. It was two separate and connected bungalows, connected to the front storefront. It was a layout of a store in the front and a home in the back.
My room was only separated from the store by a wall. When I was in a coma, I could always faintly hear Zhao Zifeng's cries or my aunt's pleading voices.
However, I was really too tired. The swelling pain in my body could only be slightly relieved when I fell asleep...
When I woke up again, it was already an evening with a sky full of sunset glow.
I felt dizzy and parched, as if I had had a long nightmare. I got up from the bed and wanted to get a glass of water to drink. But as soon as my legs touched the ground, they went weak, and I plopped down on the floor.
"Awake?" It was Dad's voice.
"Xixi! Wuwuwu..." It was Zhao Zifeng's cry.
The two of them ran into the room at the same time and helped me up from the floor.
"Xixi, you scared me to death!" Zhao Zifeng's eyes were as swollen as peaches. "Who was that man who answered the phone? Did he bully you?!"
"What nonsense!"
My dad has never had a good temper. He gave Zhao Zifeng a flick on the forehead. "You two were so drunk that day. It was all auditory hallucinations. Do you understand?!"
"...But, but..." Zhao Zifeng covered the bump on his head and wanted to say something else.
"Since Xixi is awake, you can leave now!" Dad glared at Zhao Zifeng and said impatiently, "Sitting in the store and crying every day. People who don't know might think my business has gone wrong! You're just delaying my money - making."
"Okay." Zhao Zifeng wiped away his tears, grabbed my hand and said, "I'm relieved that you're okay. We need to prepare materials for school registration in the next few days. I'll come to find you then."
When Dad heard this, he got anxious. He slapped the table with a "pop". "Get out, you trouble - maker. If it weren't for you, Xixi wouldn't have had an accident!"
After saying that, without waiting for my answer, he pushed Zhao Zifeng towards the front store.
I couldn't help but smile bitterly. There was a sharp pain on my lips.
...
"Dad, I seem to have been arranged in a ghost marriage..."
Dinner was simple, white porridge and green vegetables, cooked by Dad. I ate very seriously, while Dad was very silent.
After hearing what I said, he took a sip of the porridge and then smiled. "I think you were also drunk. In this world, I'm afraid no outsider can match your bazi!"
"Ah, why..." I asked puzzledly.
Dad sighed and fell silent again.
I don't know if Dad was just comforting me or if he really thought I had just had a spring dream because I was drunk. However, the pain in my body couldn't lie to me, and I couldn't tell Dad that there was a vermilion mole near my heart on my left chest.
...
Time can heal all wounds.
I quietly recuperated at home for a week.
The ghost who claimed to be Gu Fancheng didn't appear in any form again.
My body gradually recovered, and those shameful hickies had almost disappeared. Only the slightly raised cinnabar mole still glowed brightly on my skin, like a drop of blood on the snow...
At the end of August, it was time for school registration. I still couldn't persuade my dad in the end.
That stubborn old man who looked young jumped up and quarreled with me. He didn't have the air of an immortal at all.
In short, it was just one sentence. I couldn't go to Lvcheng Civil Affairs Vocational College unless he kicked the bucket!
Looking at his strong and healthy figure, I thought he might live longer than me.
So, I secretly made a copy of the household register. With Zhao Zifeng's cover, I successfully slipped out of the house with my luggage.
Lvcheng Civil Affairs Vocational College was located in the North University Town of Longteng Lake.
Zhao Zifeng and I dragged our big and small luggage out of the taxi. Immediately, some enthusiastic senior students came to help us carry the luggage.
Zhao Zifeng had chosen a popular major, and several senior students came to help her carry the luggage. While the funeral major I had chosen was obviously "sparsely populated". Only a tall and thin boy warmly greeted me. He reached out his hand from afar. "Hello, I'm a sophomore in the funeral major. My name is Li Zhi."
"Hello, senior. My name is Lu Xiyu." I bowed obediently like Zhao Zifeng.
"We don't call each other senior in our major. Just call me Senior Brother Li!"
Li Zhi was very happy. He took me to the student affairs office to go through the formalities first, and then dragged the big suitcase to take me to the girls' dormitory.
"Our major has few students, and even fewer girls."
Li Zhi was very talkative and there was never a moment of silence along the way. "There wasn't a single girl in my year. You freshmen are better. There are at least three of you. You're the first one to come, so you can choose your bed first."
Seeing that I didn't talk much, Li Zhi looked back at me and said, "Junior Sister, don't be scared by what others say. Our major is very popular. As long as you work according to the rules, there won't be any problems."
"Okay, thank you, Senior Brother Li." I smiled and was already a little looking forward to my school days here.
The dormitories for the funeral major were a row of bungalows in the northwest corner of the college, at least two or three hundred meters away from the brand - new dormitory building.
"Don't think our place is remote. It's quiet and there's no fight for the water room." Li Zhi smiled self - deprecatingly. "If they have the guts, they'll never ask for our help in their whole lives."
As he was speaking, we had already arrived at the door of the girls' dormitory. I took the luggage, thanked Li Zhi, and then dragged the luggage to open the dark red wooden door.
A cold wind blew in my face instantly. I shivered and immediately stepped back.
"Senior Brother Li!" I called out to Li Zhi who was about to turn around and leave.
He looked back at me.
"...Can, can I change my dorm?"
The smile on my face had already frozen because as soon as I opened the dormitory door, I saw a pair of pale feet hanging in mid - air, swaying gently with the breeze brought by opening the door...