The cat - faced old lady was lying on the window, cackling. Her fingernails scraped against the glass, making a shrill sound.
"Girl, have you seen my urn?" Her voice was as if it was squeezed out of her throat.
Those pair of dark - green eyes stared at me intently. Her three - split mouth was wide open, showing the white gums inside.
I was sitting on the edge of the kang. At first, I was extremely frightened, but my mind was still relatively clear. I immediately pinched my fingers and recited the incantation.
"Big matters resolved, small matters ended. Loosen the horse's bit with a flick... If you don't leave, I'll slap. Slap away your five - hundred - year cultivation. Don't blame me."
Then I picked up the shoe on the ground and slapped it against the window glass.
The old people used to say that such evil spirits were very afraid of filthy things. The sole of a shoe was dirty. Hitting them with the sole would scare them away immediately.
Surprisingly, this really worked. Seeing this, the cat - faced old lady slid backward. She didn't even walk. Finally, she disappeared into the night.
Hearing my scream, Gu Yuan simply wrapped a towel around his waist and rushed out of the bathroom.
When I saw him come out, my little bit of courage faded. I threw away the other shoe and rushed into his arms.
"Gu Yuan, that cat - faced old lady... She asked me for her urn."
On the bus, I was still wondering what the square box she was holding was.
Now that I thought about it, wasn't it an urn? Just thinking about it made a chill run down my back.
Gu Yuan looked out of the window, his face showing a hint of gloom.
"Considering that you were a kind person in your lifetime, I didn't want to get involved with you. But you shouldn't have come after the person I care about."
Gu Yuan's hand kept stroking my back.
At the same time, my parents also heard my scream and rushed to knock on the door, asking what had happened.
"Lanlan... Are you okay? Open the door quickly."
I pulled myself out of Gu Yuan's arms, tidied up my appearance, and then walked to the door to open it.
Since I didn't want them to worry, I didn't tell them the truth.
"Dad, Mom... It's okay. I accidentally slipped when I was pulling the curtain just now."
My mom looked into the room. At this moment, Gu Yuan was wearing a white bath towel around his waist, and his upper body was half - naked.
As if she understood something, she patted my dad on the shoulder and said, "Let's go back. Don't disturb them."
"Mom, what are you thinking?"
My mom half - smiled and pushed me into the room, saying, "I'm not thinking about anything. I just hope to have a grandchild next year. Go in quickly. Mom will close the door for you."
Before I could say anything else, she had already closed the door.
The originally terrifying atmosphere was made a bit ambiguous by them.
I turned around, looking a bit embarrassed, and said, "Don't listen to their nonsense."
Gu Yuan took out a set of pajamas from his suitcase, changed into them, and said, "Well, go to sleep. Get enough rest. We have other things to do tomorrow."
"But... Didn't we agree with my parents to go to the market tomorrow?"
I actually really hoped to take Gu Yuan to the big rural market. It was really lively.
"I'm afraid we can't. That cat - faced old lady has come after you. If you don't help her fulfill her wish, she may cause harm to the common people."
"Who on earth is that old lady?"
"She died with grievances. A black cat jumped on her coffin. Her body was cremated, and her soul refused to go to the underworld."
"But she has been looking for her urn. I clearly saw her holding an urn in her hand yesterday."
By now, I had crawled into the quilt and tightly hugged Gu Yuan's waist with both hands. Only when he was by my side could I feel at ease.
"Go to sleep. The answer will be revealed tomorrow."
"Okay." I buried my head in his solid chest and had a little plan in mind.
"Gu Yuan, do you think... Have you considered what my mom said?" My voice was a bit shy, and my index finger kept drawing circles on Gu Yuan's chest.
"What thing?" Was this guy Gu Yuan really not hearing it or was he just pretending?
"Didn't you hear? They are eager to have a grandchild. Don't you want to..."
Gu Yuan hugged my shoulders even tighter and said, "You haven't graduated from college yet. It's too early to think about these things. Do you want to run around the campus with a big belly to attend classes?"
Gu Yuan's words did make sense, but his meaning was quite obvious. He just didn't want to have a child.
I still felt a bit disappointed, because I really wanted to have a love child with him.
"Go to sleep..." Gu Yuan gently kissed my forehead.
I don't know where the drowsiness came from. My eyelids were so heavy that even matchsticks couldn't keep them open.
I fell asleep in a daze.
This was the most peaceful night I had slept in a long time.
Maybe it was because I was back home. In a familiar environment, with the whole family together and happy, I naturally slept soundly.
...
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, I heard someone pounding on our iron gate outside.
"Fairy, fairy, help me... Help me..."
I was still sleepy. I got up from the kang, pulled open the curtain, and looked outside.
At this moment, my mom also heard the sound. She wrapped a cotton - padded jacket around herself and rushed towards the gate in a hurry.
As soon as the gate was opened, a man rushed in.
This man was no other than the driver who had chatted me up yesterday.
At this moment, he was covered in blood, his eyes were blood - shot, his face was pale, and he looked so haggard as if he hadn't slept for weeks.
"Sister, help me. Is the fairy here? I'm here to ask her for help." The driver grabbed my mom's hand. The look of panic on his face scared my mom back a few steps. She thought a crazy man had come in.
"Gu Yuan, it's that driver." When I turned to tell Gu Yuan, he had already got out of bed and dressed.
I quickly got out of bed too, dressed myself, and followed Gu Yuan out.
The driver was anxiously asking my mom where I was just a second ago.
The next second, when he saw me, he immediately knelt on the ground and wailed.
"Fairy, help me. My wife is dead, and my baby son is missing... Waaah..."
A man of seven feet was kneeling on the ground, pleading with me. He must have encountered something he couldn't handle on his own.
I had thought that something might happen to his wife, but I never expected that his son would also be involved.
"Brother, don't do this. Get up quickly. Tell us what's going on slowly. I'll help if I can."
I agreed so readily because Gu Yuan had already said last night that we wouldn't stand by idly.
"Fairy, it's like this..."
The driver told us everything that had happened to him in detail.
After hearing his story, I couldn't help but be shocked. It was better to abide by the taboos left by the older generation.