I lowered my head and looked inside again. I counted them once more, and the number was back to ten. Could it be that I had been seeing things and miscounted just now?
While I was still wondering, those ten little animals gathered together and transformed into Yan Lin's soul.
I picked up the long - burning lamp and called out Yan Lin's name.
"Yan Lin, come back. Yan Lin, come back."
Yan Lin's soul gradually returned to her body under the guidance of the long - burning lamp.
"Jixiang, when will she wake up?" I asked.
"Probably in three days." Saying so, Jixiang cast a spell and sent Yan Lin's body back to the bed. Three days was okay. As long as she could wake up.
After this incident, Li Xue would surely be too scared to sleep alone with Yan Lin for these three nights.
Li Xue pleaded with me to accompany her. Since Gu Yuan was not at home, there was no need for me to go back either. So I agreed to stay with her for these three days and take care of Yan Lin by the way.
These three days were simply torture. I was on tenterhooks, filled with contradictions.
I was afraid of hearing news about Gu Yuan, yet I also hoped to get news about him as soon as possible. I was also afraid that the news would be bad. In that case, it would be better not to have any news at all.
During these three days, I was in a daze. At night, I would wake up and then fall asleep, only to wake up again.
Three days later, just as dawn was breaking, I heard Yan Lin asking for water. I quickly got out of bed and fetched water for her. She finally woke up.
Seeing me, Yan Lin looked full of grievances. She hugged me tightly and cried heartbreakingly.
While crying, she said that she had had a really terrifying dream. She dreamt that she had gone to the Yellow Spring Road. If it weren't for me, she would have died there.
This was no dream. It was clearly real.
I gently patted her on the shoulder and looked at the disappearing tattoo.
"Why did you suddenly decide to get a tattoo?"
Yan Lin touched her collarbone and said, "Don't I have a scar here? I wanted to cover it up, so I went to get a tattoo."
"Did you find that tattoo parlor by yourself?" I asked again.
"It was Han Mengyao from the previous class who introduced it to me. She said that she had gotten a tattoo of a crimson spider lily there, also in this position on my collarbone. It looked really nice. Then she accompanied me there."
Yan Lin flipped through her phone and found a photo. It was a selfie of hers, but Han Mengyao was accidentally captured in it. When I zoomed in on the photo, there was indeed a pattern of a crimson spider lily on her collarbone.
There was nothing strange about this. They were probably both deceived by the shop owner and thus went to get tattoos.
"Lan Lan, do you know? She's just like you, a spirit - medium disciple."
"What? How do you know that?" I was extremely shocked after hearing the words "spirit - medium disciple".
"I overheard her. She was talking to her spirit guide, saying that the blood contract had been signed."
The blood contract of the spiritual cat. Could it be that she was behind all this and wanted to harm us?
"Yan Lin, do you have her phone number? Give it to me, right now." My speaking speed suddenly quickened, with an unrefusable tone.
I startled Yan Lin. She quickly took out her phone and gave me the number.
I jotted down the number and walked out of the dormitory, thinking about how to ask her out.
I guessed that she was Hu Qingluan's spirit - medium disciple. There couldn't be many spirit - medium disciples in one school. Hu Qingluan had said before that her spirit - medium disciple was also in our school.
If so, Han Mengyao should know something about what happened yesterday. Even if she answered my call, she definitely wouldn't agree to meet me.
I was so anxious that I stamped my feet. I even felt like banging my head against the wall. Just as I turned around, I saw a photo of Han Mengyao and Wei Fan on the poster in the dormitory bulletin board. They had a performance tonight...
This Han Mengyao and Wei Fan were well - known figures in the school. They were good - looking, excellent students, and student union cadres. They got along well with everyone around them.
They were going to perform together for the school anniversary, which meant they would surely rehearse together today.
As long as I found Wei Fan, I could surely wait for her.
Now I was even more worried about Gu Yuan. If all this was Hu Qingluan's plot, wouldn't Gu Yuan be in great danger?
I quickly called Wei Fan. He was rehearsing a dance in the training room, and Han Mengyao was with him.
After hanging up the phone, I rushed to the training room. Han Mengyao was on the stage rehearsing with Wei Fan.
Watching Han Mengyao dancing gracefully with a big smile on the stage, my gaze gradually fell on her neck.
Her snow - white swan - like neck and beautiful collarbone were perfect. There was no sign of a crimson spider lily. It was clearly a trap.
I couldn't bear it any longer. I shouted from below the stage, "Han Mengyao, could you come down for a moment? I have something to ask you."
Hearing my voice, everyone on the stage stopped rehearsing and looked at me.
Han Mengyao looked innocent, not knowing what was going on.
"I'm rehearsing. We can talk after the rehearsal."
"This is a matter of life and death. I need you to come down right now." My tone was still polite.
She glanced at me and said, "I don't have time to deal with you."
"Fine. Then I'll ask you in front of everyone. Where's the tattoo on your collarbone?" I asked without any politeness.
Hearing the word "tattoo", the pose she had just assumed froze for a moment.
"Lan Chiyu, don't go too far. She's rehearsing. Can't you talk after the rehearsal? Besides, Mengyao is a good girl. How could she get a tattoo casually?" One of the classmates stood up for Han Mengyao.
"Really? Then let me show you." I took out my phone and showed her the photo taken by Yan Lin.
"Yesterday you tricked my roommate into getting a tattoo with you and made her sign a blood contract with the demon king. What on earth do you and your spirit guide want?"
Han Mengyao looked innocent, as if she didn't know what I was talking about.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand. That tattoo was just a sticker. It wasn't a real tattoo. Besides, you said your friend got a tattoo with me. Does she still have the tattoo now?"
I was rendered speechless by her words. The demon king was dead, the contract had disappeared, and the tattoo must have disappeared too.
"You knew this would be the result. You're still pretending."
"What am I pretending? I'm so innocent. In front of so many people, you come up and question me without asking for the reason. You're bullying me. You're deliberately targeting me. Wuwuwu."
She even played the victim and cried aggrievedly in front of everyone.
"Lan Chiyu, you should leave right now."
"Yeah, stop causing trouble. Han Mengyao is a good girl. She doesn't have time to mess around with you."
Seeing Han Mengyao crying aggrievedly, the other classmates started to blame me and even tried to push me out.
"You..."
Wei Fan patted me on the shoulder and stopped me from speaking.
"I believe Lan Lan. What she said is true."
Just now, Han Mengyao was crying like a flower in the rain. Hearing Wei Fan's words, she immediately stopped crying.
The classmates all looked at him, waiting to hear what he had to say.
"Yesterday when I passed by No. 18 Huangcheng Temple, I saw you and Yan Lin inside, chatting and laughing. You were introducing a tattoo of a crimson spider lily to her."
"Ah?" The classmates all looked at Han Mengyao in surprise.
She still looked aggrieved and said, "So what? I just accompanied her to get a tattoo. Is that not allowed?"
"Then why didn't you admit it just now? You know that Yan Lin almost lost her life because of this tattoo. And my friend is still in life - and - death situation because of this."
The angrier I got, the more I said. I went up on the stage and directly asked, "I'm asking you. Where on earth is Hu Qingluan? Where did she take Gu Yuan?"
Han Mengyao still looked aggrieved. Seeing so many people looking at her, she pushed through the crowd and ran out crying.
Seeing her run away, I chased after her immediately and finally caught up with her in a secluded place where few students usually walked.
Seeing that there was no one around, Han Mengyao suddenly stopped. The look of grievance on her face just now had completely disappeared. Instead, there was a mocking smile on her face. She was like a completely different person.
"Lan Chiyu, you really like to snatch things from others. Do you know that the Third Master has a marriage contract with our spirit guide? You still deliberately act as a home - wrecker. And just now, you clearly knew that I like Wei Fan, but he still spoke up for you in front of me. You're just the greenest tea of all."
"It doesn't matter what you think. I just want to know Gu Yuan's safety now."
"You want to know?"
I didn't say a word, which meant I defaulted.
The next second, she suddenly walked up to me and slapped me across the face.
The slap made my eyes go black and my head spin.
"A disgusting snake demon. She deserves to die. If you want to know, wait until your next life."