Volume 1: Huangquan December Chapter 86: Deliberate
"It's important to live in the world and enjoy yourself" Shi Wuqi stretched his waist and said in a calm tone, "Hot springs, I just heard from the monsters who come and go to the weeping corpse house." It is said that girls like it, and it is good for the skin. β
Dai Luan came back to her senses: "Really? I want to soak I'm going to soak I'm going to soak - eh, but does it have any effect on Ah Qi? β
Shi Wuqi glanced at Miss Qi.
"No, don't see water, don't soak me!"
"Ahh
"It's really hard to boil hot water for a bath, and it's also very luxurious," Mu Wan was also a little moved, "It's still ready-made here." We are in the valley, and we are all sisters who have made an appointment to go to the mountain spring. When there are many people, they don't feel cold, but when they can only draw well water in winter, it is more biting, so they need to be mixed with some hot water. β
Ah Luan scratched his head: "When I was a child, I thought that everyone used hot water. Later, I went out with the mountains and seas, and I learned about the suffering of the world. β
The mountains and seas that soak in the cool water pool on the mountains all year round are silent.
Anyway, the five of them finally settled in this place, and it was getting dark. Although, Mu Wan is very entangled in the possibility that even if the potential and haunting possibility is solved, whether this shopkeeper who picks the door will pass away some possibilities.
That's it, I don't want to, it's important to take a bath. No one can refuse an invitation to a hot tub when they are tired β no one.
The previous shopkeeper also said that they have a special feature here, which is to put eggs in the pool when bathing. By the time you finish bathing, the eggs are almost cooked. It is said that the flavor is unique, beautiful and beautiful, and I don't know whether it's true or fake. Still, out of curiosity, they jumped for a try. Shanhai and Ah Luan were about to go to the back kitchen to see what ingredients were available, and promised them to bring some eggs by the way.
Naturally, the men's and women's pools are separate and are both open-air. Mu Wan took out two clean long bath towels from the cabinet in the room and took Miss Qi over first. The whole bath is very large, and it is only them, and Miss Qi does not touch the water, which is indeed very comfortable. Miss Qi helped hold the bath towel and stood by the stone platform. Mu Wan tried to stretch out her leg to touch the water, it was very hot, and she suddenly shrank back.
No wonder you can boil eggs.
She had never bathed in water at this temperature before, and the hot spring was no different from boiling water in comparison. But she mustered up the courage to carefully put her legs in the water, slowly adjusting to the temperature. And then let the whole person sink. When the water reached her neck, she felt that her whole skin was numb and crispy, not like she belonged to her.
She looked up at the sky, and there were no stars in the dark night sky. The moon was already very close to a full circle, and its brilliance overshadowed all the points of light. The backstage is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she can't help but have a hint of anticipation. This feels very strange, because as she grows older, she has lost that unique longing for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Laba Spring Festival. She misses that feeling so much, that feeling of anticipation, watching the festival get closer and closer. It tickled, and as time passed, each moment was closer to the goal than the last. Delicious food and fun are secondary during the holidays, and most of the time, Dad will come back.
Oh, she remembered, it was after her father was gone that she lost that expectation.
She's just grown up.
Mu Wan comforted herself again, it doesn't matter, she is much luckier than someone who has not had a father since she was born. Although she sometimes wondered whether it was better not to have it in the first place, or to experience a brief period of happiness and then be deprived of itβthe result of thinking was that either way, she would envy the other hypothesis. So, it all doesn't make sense.
What about the Jade Pavilion girl? She was perhaps more miserable, she was sent by her parents.
She wondered if it was the poor family that made them feel stressed about their daughter's existence. In this comparison, I am indeed lucky - if I have an older brother, many people don't care whether the next child is a boy or a girl. She didn't know what her parents thought, but they loved her, including her brother. Apart from...... She often felt that her brother was too cowardly. Even when his father was slandered and framed, he never stood up and said a word for the sake of his official position.
Maybe he wanted to keep his official position and send the money to his family...... Perhaps, it is human instinct to be greedy for life and afraid of death, and the person concerned cannot be complained of making this choice. But even if Muwan was angry, she was so angry that she never wrote a letter to her brother since her father's death. I don't know what my brother is thinking, and whenever he sends a letter to his family, he never says that everything is okay and that he must not worry.
My brother used to be as gentle as Young Master Zhang.
Mu Wan shook his head to himself, suddenly sank his face into the water, and then raised it. The hot water made her face feverish, but it also made her sober up a bit.
Why do you always think of Yuting and Young Master Zhang?
Anyway, who will forget the grace of saving lives. Obviously, it was just a one-day stay, but she still couldn't understand why she would save herself. Perhaps, they were afraid that these Jianghu people would reflexively destroy the attackers, right? She did think so, if Young Master Zhang got closer, would they immediately notice it and react excessively. In order to protect him, it is understandable that the Jade Pavilion girl did this.
If she thought about it this way, her conscience would not be so painful.
But...... More conspiracy theories, if she firmly believes that the "benefactor" can save them, along with her own sacrifice, is she already prepared......?
Mu Wan suddenly stretched out his hand from the water and slammed his face.
What are you thinking? It's too much.
After spending a long time with these people, she has changed a lot. Shanhai taught her to be kind to others and to live with kindness; Wu Qi taught her to always be suspicious and not to overestimate human nature; Ah Luan too, even Ah Luan taught her to see more openly and live more openly.
Each of them is different, but everyone lives a wonderful life.
Feeling so bad about myself, in every sense of the word.
Shi Wuqi opened the door, and heat surged on his face. The pool is spacious enough to be filled with a curling hot mist above it. He was about to untie his shirt when he suddenly noticed a figure not far away. He didn't expect it, because he hadn't carefully surveyed whether there was a human breath nearby. He didn't go into the pool, but watched from the sidelines.
It's weird.
The man had no breath of the living.
Kappa?
Shi Wuqi immediately shook off the absurd idea in his mind. Kappa are only seen by cool streams and are not known to haunt hot springs. Moreover, the figure seemed to have long hair, no shiny "plate" on its head, and no skin exposed to it was the turquoise of a kappa. From the outline, you can basically tell whether it is a human shape or an adult.
Is it really haunted? Shi Wuqi began to care. But now the mountains and seas are not there, if you jump directly into the water to touch that person, it is really a bit of a death. He carefully observed it again, although it was not a living thing, Shi Wuqi still felt that the smell of a woman was faintly revealed from this person.
Female ghosts? In the men's bath?
"This aunt ...... Friend? β
Shi Wuqi tentatively shouted by the hot spring. Of course, the man ignored him.
A gust of wind blew, and the heat thinned out a little. Through the shallow white smoke, he carefully examined the back of the "woman". Her hair was long, dark, and wet. She was just immersed in the water, motionless, not even a ripple on the water.
Is this thing corporeal? If it's just a phantom, eighty percent of it is a ghost; If it is a real body, it may be a ghost borrowing a human body, or it may be a monster, it's hard to say. People often confuse ghosts and demons in general terms, but in detail, ghosts are changed by people, and there is no lack of demons who are willing to cultivate as human beings - just as people are willing to practice to become immortals. However, for the so-called "aliens" that they don't understand, human beings have always been so simple, rude and casual.
In short, he had to determine what it was. If Qi is here, it will be much easier to do, and only one trip to the water will have little impact on her. But Qi and Mu Wan are together. Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that they were the only ones in the entire store anyway, and it didn't matter if he took Qi into the men's bath.
Oh, the mountains and seas are so-called, forget it.
At this moment, the figure suddenly moved. He immediately focused his attention and watched him carefully. Its head bowed slightly forward, its hair parted slightly, scattered on both sides. The part immersed in the water floats faintly like seaweed.
No, it's supposed to be leaning back. Between the black and damp hair, the contours of the facial features are clearly exposed. Shi Wuqi felt a chill - he thought he was just observing by himself, but he never thought that he would look at this ghost thing for a long time.
Suddenly, it burst out of the water, and a huge wave of water formed a column of rushing water, causing Shi Wuqi to take two steps back. The guy was fast, and in an instant he rushed towards him, and he immediately turned around and got out of the way. The monster rushed out of the door with a long wave of water, leaving many water stains on the ground. He didn't see what it was, so he hurriedly chased it out to check. It turned a corner in the long corridor of the room, and Wu Qi happened to see a shadow appear around the corner, as if fleeing to the other side.
The ground was slippery, but he didn't hesitate to chase after it.
At this time, Shanhai and Ah Luan each took a few eggs and held them in their hands, chatting all the way. When they approached the vicinity of the bath, they heard only a cacophony of sounds, like anxious footsteps, just a little messy. In addition, the sound of rushing water does not come from nowhere. Before the two could figure out what was happening, they saw someone being thrown out by the door on the right side of the end. Then an umbrella was stuck straight into his left waist, piercing through the fabric and nailing to the wooden floor.
"You take a bath with an umbrella?!"
"The devil knows what's going to happen."
Mu Wan put a white bath towel on his armpit and walked out, grabbed the handle of the umbrella, and pulled the umbrella out. As she said this, she also emphasized the last two words, glaring at him condescendingly, indicating the person who was equal to him.
"This dress is very expensive," Shi Wuqi stretched open the hole in the hem of the clothes, "Can you afford it?" Isn't it that you can stop being sentimental, who looks at you? If it weren't for ......"
At this time, both of them noticed something, turned their heads, and looked at the two masters and apprentices with dull eyes.
Shi Wuqi swallowed dryly.
"I can explain."
"You'd better be able to."