Chapter 2: The Umbrella of the Ancestral Hall

We slowly sank, and the water became darker and darker, and it always felt like the water was bottomless, but the river gave me a sense of familiarity. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoWhen I was about to faint, I saw a red ancient wedding dress floating out of the sarcophagus, and it floated in my sight, maybe Saori always felt dreamy, as if someone was wearing it. At this time, I didn't know if I was hallucinating, but I saw that someone was actually wearing that dress and waving to me.

At the last moment of consciousness, it felt like someone was dragging us into the water. I felt stuffy for a long time, and suddenly I smelled fresh air, and my brain suddenly felt comfortable. In a daze, I felt someone touch my chest again, coughed a few mouthfuls of water, and opened my eyes tiredly. My brain short-circuited all of a sudden, and I couldn't remember anything, and when I saw that Xiting was still in a coma, I immediately went over to give her artificial respiration.

"She's fine, she's just asleep tired. "I was relieved to hear that Xiting was okay, and I collapsed on the spot. But it doesn't feel right, why is there one more person.

"Who are you? Why are you here. I asked as I sat up vigilantly.

"Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong, I just happened to pass by and save you. ā€

"Then why did you just touch my breasts. ā€

"I'm just helping you get the water out of your stomach, but your breasts are really big. She said aggrievedly. But touching my chest is a bit of something, and I'm a little embarrassed to think about it.

I chatted with her for a while, and learned during the chat that it was the old man in the old people's home who picked her up under the begonia tree, so she named her Begonia, she is an orphan, she has lived in the old people's home since she was a child, and grew up eating hundreds of meals every day.

"I'm going to collect some firewood for you, even though it's summer, it's easy to get cold in the mountains. ā€

"No, where is this? ā€

"This is the back mountain of Shantu Mountain. ā€

Xiting, who had been lying next to him, coughed a few times and sat up slowly. A gust of wind blew through the cold and we shivered, and we snuggled together to make each other less cold. It didn't take long for us to hear the sound of rustling around us, and there wouldn't be any wild beasts or anything like that. I felt the voice getting closer and closer, and when I looked around, it appeared behind me in an instant. I felt something cold creeping up on my back, and my heart was about to stop beating.

"Creek... Kiosk... , something on my back. ā€

Xiting looked behind me, and she was so frightened that she immediately left my side. I was even more frightened by her like this, and goosebumps fell to the ground.

"Yes ... Yes... Before she could say the snake word in the back, I felt that the thing on my back had left me.

"What's there? I asked curiously.

"Wouldn't you just know when you turn around and take a look? "Listening to the voice, it was the woman who had just saved us, I turned my head unguarded, and a big snake was caught in her hand.

"Snake ~~~ ah~. "I rolled my eyes and fainted, I've been afraid of snakes since I can remember, and I don't know why, even a non-venomous snake can scare my legs weak, let alone such a big snake.

"The rain is sparse, the rain is sparse, you wake up. I slowly opened my eyes, and Xiting's soft face appeared in my field of vision.

"What about snakes. ā€

"Here it is. Looking for prestige to see Begonia roasting snakes, she was still grinning at me, and I sat down on the ground limply. This is really a magical woman, a person appeared in this forest, and somehow saved us, and now leisurely roasting snake meat there.

The night was dark, and the black hand could not see the five fingers, and in this darkness there might be something. We can only let the only fire not be extinguished, and the begonia has fallen asleep leaning against the tree after eating snake meat. Xiting and I are hungry and tired now, but we don't know anything about the geographical location here, and it is difficult to walk.

Xiting was already sleepy next to me, and now her upper eyelids were fighting with her lower eyelids, and I sat there pretending to be calm with my eyes wide open. Actually, I'm really sleepy and half-dead, what if we all fall asleep and the fire goes out. To be on the safe side, I held on.

Xiting suddenly fell asleep on my shoulder, and was awakened countless times in an instant. At this time, I noticed that there was fog around me, and I saw that the pattern came very quickly, and the surroundings were shrouded in fog for a moment. Even if someone were standing in front of me, I could only see a rough idea. There was a "cough" behind me, and I turned around only to see a dark shadow passing in front of me, and then my body suddenly went limp. Vigilantness made me struggle not to sleep, I saw the black shadow go to Xiting's side first, I wanted to protect Xiting, but my body didn't obey the call and couldn't move at all, and I vaguely heard a sentence: "It's not her." Then I saw a black hand reach out to me, and I didn't feel the breath of a person around me. As the black hand was about to reach me, a blurred silhouette appeared and cut the hand alive, and I fell unconscious.

When I woke up, the sun was high, I got up tiredly, the fire had been extinguished, and Xiting was still unconscious. I stumbled to Xiting to wake her up, she opened her eyes, her mind was blank at first, and then she remembered who I was, and when I helped her up, I found that her body was so hot.

"Yushu, are you okay. "Before I could speak, Xiting was concerned about me first, this girlfriend really didn't make friends in vain.

"Xiting, what should you do if you have a fever. "I'm fine, Begonia. "It wasn't until she talked about Begonia that I realized that she was gone, and I only found a stall of blood.

"Xiting, the begonia is gone, only traces of blood have been found, she won't be taken away by the beast. ā€

"Maybe it's hers, let's follow the bloodstain to find her. "Xiting, but your body. ā€

"I'm fine, no matter how begonias are, they are also our saviors, if you live to see people die, you have to see corpses. ā€

"But... ā€

"Don't. Saying that, Xiting got up and walked along the bloodstains, I couldn't be proud, she could only help her to look for begonias along the bloodstains.

It was dusk, and we followed the bloodstains and did not find the begonias but went to the entrance of the village. I saw that Xiting was dying, so I hurriedly helped her home. In the shadows, a man smiled in relief, and then fainted.

The sky was dark, and a strange crescent moon rose. The fever had subsided, and I was worried that she would lie down next to her and fall asleep together. I closed my eyes for I don't know how long, and when I opened them again, a golden light came in from the window.

"Oh no, the ancestral hall is on fire. I didn't know who was shouting outside, so I got up and stood on the balcony and looked in the direction of the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall in the middle of the mountain was on fire, and some villagers had already gone to where to start fighting the fire, and I wanted to go up without hesitation, but it alarmed the Xiting.

"Where are you going, is the ancestral hall on fire? I could only nod silently, hearing this bad news, Xiting wanted me to take her up the mountain. I had to help her up the hill with me.

As soon as she arrived at the ancestral hall, her grandmother had been rescued, and Xiting's grandmother hugged her and cried to death. Xiting ran away in tears, and I also followed Xiting to my grandmother's side. I also cried red eyes when I saw this scene, and the surroundings were also silent in a sadness, although I had just met Xiting's grandmother, but she was really an amiable old man.

"Wake up, wake up. Xiting's grandmother shouted, and the people around her gathered around.

"Umbrella ... Umbrella... "My grandmother's hand was stretched out in the direction of the ancestral hall, and I already knew what she meant before anyone else could reflect it. I picked up the bucket next to me and poured water on myself, and before everyone could react, I rushed to the ancestral hall. As I broke down the door, I heard shouts behind me.

"The rain is sparse... "It's Xiting, I looked back at her and smiled slightly, telling her not to worry, I can do it. She understood what I meant, and stopped the others from going in and dying. I covered my mouth and tried to get the umbrella out as fast as I could, but as soon as I got around the shadow wall, I was hit by a pillar on my right shoulder, and my right shoulder was burned and hurt, but fortunately the pillar rolled to the side, otherwise I might have died here.

I was smashed to the ground, my hands were cut by fragments, and a trace of blood flowed out, and I got up to get the umbrella for the offering, regardless of the pain. With my left hand covering my mouth, I could only use my injured right hand to reach it. The moment I touched it again, the umbrella took on a new look, and I didn't notice that I was about to run outside when I picked up the umbrella. As soon as I turned my head and looked directly at the shadow wall, a different pattern from what I had seen at the beginning appeared, and it was peeling off little by little.

A woman in a red wedding dress was smiling at me, holding an umbrella in her hand, but the part of the umbrella had fallen off. A wave of heat blows, and I can feel her hair being slightly lifted by the wind, and the edge of her skirt fluttering in the wind.

A pillar fell beside me, and when I came back to myself, the picture was about to fall out. I heard Xiting screaming hysterically outside, and I ran out without hesitation. Seeing that I had come out safely, the stones in everyone's hearts fell to the ground, and I went to my grandmother's side and handed her the umbrella.

"Grandmother, umbrella, umbrella. I said hurriedly. She looked at the new appearance of the umbrella, and felt very comforted, and she held Xiting's grandmother's hand as if she was explaining her last words.

"Take good care of this child, yes... Be... She... "My grandmother died before she finished speaking, and my grandmother seemed to understand something, but I really didn't understand.

———————————————————————————————— (Recently, the graduation exam will be interrupted for a few days, so I hope you understand.) )