Chapter 6: Is It Really You?
After all this is done, the ritual is complete.
I sat alone on the bench in front of the coffin with the white lamp that the old woman had given me, and my eyes tried to close several times, but I forcefully propped them open.
It is said that this lamp is my husband's life lamp, and as long as I keep it on until dawn, it means that our marriage has been concluded, and my illness will be cured.
I kept guarding it with my hands, for fear that the night wind would blow it out somewhere.
Won't my illness get better?
But after the middle of the night, I found that my fears were completely unnecessary, and that the flame of the lamp had been burning so high that it had not even been tilted by the wind, let alone blown out.
But I still didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, I still used my hands to protect the lamp, and when my hands were sore, I changed to the other side, just killing time.
Although I kept mentally suggesting that I should not sleep, in the end I couldn't resist the drowsiness and fell asleep.
Half-asleep, half-awake, I heard someone calling me.
It was a gentle male voice, and he said in my ear over and over again, "Don't sleep. ”
I struggled to open my eyes and saw the man lying on top of me, his mouth to my ear, and the sound he had just made was coming from.
Now my drowsiness disappeared completely, and I got up from the bench and shouted, "Ghost, I see a ghost!" ”
He narrowed his eyes dangerously: "Ghost? If I hadn't worshipped with you, you'd be festering in a few days, and now you're calling me a ghost? You ungrateful woman. ”
The last sentence is a bit of a complaint.
I swallowed, so nervous that I couldn't even speak: "That...... So what should I call you? ”
I can't call you husband.
I didn't say this, but I didn't expect it, but he seemed to know what I was thinking, and the corners of his lips hooked: "Just call me husband the same as when you carried me down that day." ”
I was stunned.
Before he could react, the door was pushed open from the outside.
I subconsciously turned my head to look.
That's the man who trafficked me here.
I know him in ashes.
He said in a loud voice as he walked in: "How about it, old woman, are you still not satisfied, this time I went to find a group of beautiful female babies to satisfy you." Hey, you said that it was worth sending all these young girls down to accompany your son, who had been dead for several years, and you said that he would come back if you found him a daughter-in-law, and there was no movement for so long, so I want to say ......"
His words came to an abrupt end.
Because he found that there was no one in the house that he was looking for.
Moreover, there was still one standing, someone he never dreamed of meeting again.
His mouth was wide open, and it took a while for him to find his voice: "Yes...... It's you, it's really you, haven't you been dead for years? How can it be...... This, is what the old woman said true, find you a daughter-in-law and you will be able to come back? It's really mysterious......"
No one paid any attention to him.
He rubbed his eyes vigorously, trying to convince himself: "No, no, no, what I see must be an illusion, how can you come back to life, it is impossible for a dead person to come back to life......"
He was still chattering here, and here, the man who had come back from the dead had already walked behind him and patted him on the back: "I'm alive, Ah Gang, it's all thanks to the good daughter-in-law you found me." ”
The man named Ah Gang was in pain, staggered forward a few steps, and finally believed that what was happening in front of him was not his hallucination: "Ji Zixuan, it's really you!" ”
He looked at him with a smile.
Ah Gang was so frightened that he couldn't even speak: "I didn't expect that the underworld marriage can really bring the dead back to life, and that dead old woman didn't lie to me......"
When Ji Zixuan heard what he said, he frowned unhappily: "Pay attention to the words, who are you scolding the old woman?" ”
Ah Gang's body shook, and a smile immediately appeared on his face: "No, no, I didn't scold anyone, it's a good thing that you came back, it's a good thing, we all think you died too unjustly......"
Ji Zixuan smiled sadly: "But I don't think you think so." ”
Before he could do anything, Ah Gang sat on the ground, pointed at him with a pale face, and said, "You...... Don't come here, let me tell you, I've been bold since I was a child, and I won't be afraid of you. ”
Ji Zixuan really took a step forward: "Is it." ”
Ah Gang couldn't hold back now, and ran outside with a rolling belt, shouting loudly as he ran: "Help, the dead son of the poisonous old woman has cheated the corpse!" ”
My heart tightened, staring at Ji Zixuan's back.
His hands hanging at his sides clenched into fists, visibly angry.
I was so frightened that I didn't know if his anger would implicate me, so I had to crouch down and pick up the stack of papers that Ah Gang had left here before he ran out.
The paper was printed with color photos of young girls, and the names and some basic birth dates and other information were marked below, and I praised them while flipping them: "These girls are so beautiful, your mother really loves you, and in order to let you come back, she made a special trip to find these beautiful women to be your daughter-in-law......"
I flipped and flipped, but suddenly I couldn't speak.
Because I saw a picture of my roommate who brought me a poisoned drink and caused me to be sent here unconscious.
My mind was a mess all at once.
I thought she was supposed to be in the same group as the trafficker just now, but when I saw her photo and name appear, I was confused, could it be that she was also one of their targets? Then why did she come to harm me again?
When Ji Zixuan saw me like this, he thought I was jealous, so he snatched the stack of papers, and with a casual hand, the papers became waste slag.
I watched it all in amazement.
But he didn't care and said to me, "It's useless, I have you now, and I won't think about other women." ”
I opened my mouth, I couldn't speak, I couldn't tell him, I'd rather you go to another woman, right?
He's going to be angry.
While we were relatively silent, the door was pushed open from the outside again.
This time it's the old woman.
When she saw Ji Zixuan, she seemed to be very excited, and her eyes were full of tears: "My son, you are finally back, how many years have you been, I have been looking forward to this day." ”
Compared with her excitement, Ji Zixuan seemed a little indifferent: "It's been a long time." ”
With tears in her eyes, the old woman reached out to touch his face to confirm whether he really existed, but Ji Zixuan ruthlessly avoided her.
The old woman lowered her hand a little lost, but quickly recovered her emotions: "You are hungry, I will cook for you." ”