Chapter Eighty-Six: The End of the Story II
Since then, I know that Ah Fu and I will never go back to the way we were.
I was hurt, he didn't even say a word of concern, and I was extremely disheartened. I thought it was all the woman, the umbrella.
I took advantage of his lack of attention and stole the umbrella again. Since I can't find the woman, then I want to ruin the love affair between them, ruin his thoughts. But I never imagined that the source of all this would come from this umbrella, and there was a soul living in the umbrella.
I found out that I had misunderstood Ah Fu and regretted it. When I learned that the unjust spirit was going to hurt him, I fell with grief and an umbrella and jumped into the river.
"Is it worth it?"
"I won't let you hurt my husband!"
"Is he worth it?"
"Of course! I've been with him for so many years, it's me who misunderstood him, so let's atone for my sins! β
"Shall we make a bet?"
"Bet on what?"
"Bet on his fate after you die! If he doesn't marry for the sake of you, I'll let him go, but if he changes his mind, then I don't want his life, I want you! β
"But...... I'm dead! β
I watched as the river grew darker and darker, and closed my eyes. When I opened it again, I found myself on a fishing boat, and it was the fisherman who saved me, three months after I committed suicide by jumping into the river!
When I woke up, I was very weak. After recuperating for a while, I secretly returned to my home, but the house was empty, there was nothing, and Ah Fu was gone.
I asked around, and the neighbors told me that Ah Fu heard that after I jumped into the river, he led people to fish in the river for a day and a night, but no body was found, and everyone thought I was dead. It didn't take long for Ah Fu to move out of here, but he didn't tell anyone about his whereabouts.
Later, I found that my body was unusually cold, and I would smell when exposed to sunlight. I was scared, and I became more and more anxious to find Ah Fu - three years, and it took me three years to gradually adapt to my life of no one and no ghost. Finally, the emperor lived up to his wishes and asked me to find Ah Fu, but he was already someone else's husband, and what made me even more chilling was that they had a two-and-a-half-year-old child.
"You've lost!"
"I lost!"
"I took his life!"
"Take mine, too!"
"No, I want you to live, stay alive, you don't deserve to die!"
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"In this way, year after year, my soul has been trapped in a cold body, unable to be freed, and has become an immortal monster......" Yulan finished speaking, holding up the red wine bottle and pouring the last sip of wine directly into her mouth.
"Your husband's family, is it Ouyang?" Xue Chen asked.
"How do you know?" Yulan looked at him with a suspicious expression.
"It's really Ouyang! That...... And what about his children? I asked anxiously.
"Kid?" A hint of confusion appeared on Yulan's face, "I don't remember!" β
Don't remember? That "umbrella" took away Ouyang Fu's life and let Yulan live to "suffer", will other people related to Ouyang let it go?
"Do you still have the umbrella?" Xue Chen asked again.
"In!" Yulan stood up, staggered a little, and I hurriedly got up and went over to helpβoh, what ice!
Yulan looked at me and snorted, "Is it cold?" I also feel cold, I want to ...... Soak up the sun! She said as she walked towards the bedroom.
I looked at Xue Chen, he nodded, and I followed Yulan into the bedroom. The area of the bedroom is not large, and the home furnishings inside are some years old, and the heavy curtains are drawn, which feels a little stuffy. Yulan squatted down and pulled out a leather case from under the bed. The box opened and contained a rectangular wooden box, which I thought was the oil-paper umbrella in the box.
Yulan picked up the wooden box, handed it to me, and asked calmly, "Can you give me an ending?" β
I hesitated a little, Yulan held the box and pushed it towards me, I took it in my hand, and some images flashed in my mind, but I couldn't capture it.
"Why do you think I can give you the ending?"
Yulan's eyes were a little withdrawn, she turned her face, walked out sideways, and said lightly: "Maybe, because you are very similar!" β
I was slightly stunned - very similar? With whom?
I walked out of the bedroom with the wooden box in my hand and rested it on the dining table. Xue Chen walked over, stood beside me, and reached out to open the boxβa very ordinary oil-paper umbrella, with a white background, a few lotus flowers and a gorgeous red dragonfly.
Where have I seen it? This dragonfly, such a familiar picture! I suddenly felt a little flustered.
"What's wrong?" Xue Chen noticed my strangeness and looked at me worriedly.
I said sneeringly, "No...... It's okay! β
"Click" Xue Chen closed the wooden box again, turned to look at Yu Lan and asked, "Do you want to be free?" β
"That's right! I've tried a lot of things, and even if my body is destroyed, I can't do without it...... I'm tired and resigned to my fate, this is retribution! Yulan's tone was still very flat, but there was a sense of despair.
"Didn't he tell you how this umbrella came from?"
"He said, he doesn't know!"
"Have you heard of Wang Guizhong, Li Sheng, and He Sanzhong, these three people?"
Yulan was slightly stunned, and gently rubbed her temples with her left hand, and the slightly drunk expression on her face became more and more obvious. Xue Chen stepped forward and pulled a chair for her, she sat down slowly, and muttered: "You said three names, I only have a little impression of Wang Guizhong...... I can't remember exactly what year it was, but I came across a woman with a child, standing by the river. I looked at her, remembered who I was back then, and called her. β
"That woman, is her name Tian Xiu?" Xue Chen asked.
I looked at him in surprise when I heard this--Tian Xiu knows Yulan?
Yulan also looked up at Xue Chen, and said with a surprised face, "Yes, I remember that her name is this." She's a miserable person, but she's at least better than me......"
"What do you mean by that?" I asked, confused.
Yulan smiled bitterly and said, "She was also implicated, but she at least stayed by his side!" β
I glanced at the bag on the couch, which contained a copper bell, the one that had trapped Tian Xiu's ghost for many years. Yulan, has she seen it before, or does she know the origin of the copper bell?
I hurriedly walked over and took out the copper bell, and Yulan showed a shocked expression, which confirmed my guess even more.
"You've seen it, haven't you?" I asked urgently.
Yulan shook her head and said, "What is this?" She suddenly snatched the copper bell, held it in her hand, and became emotional, "It can save me, right?" It can save me, right? β
"Ding~Ding~Jingling~"
I crouched on the ground with my head in my hands, my head as if it had exploded, and a sharp pain hit me. Suddenly, I felt a strong yin qi rushing into the room, and at the same time I heard Xue Chen shouting, "Not good! β