Chapter 10: The Soul Arrester
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Seeing the doubts on his face, the woman smiled and explained: "This is a tradition of the Xiao family, if the eldest son or eldest daughter in the family dies unfortunately, then the second child will inherit his (her) name. If the second child also dies, the third child will inherit the name of the first child! ”
It's the 21st century, who still has such a weird tradition? Chen Zhe couldn't believe it.
Besides, if the first one is a girl, the second is a boy, or vice versa, wouldn't it be inappropriate to use the name of the boss?
As if knowing what Chen Zhe was thinking, Xiao Shixuan shook his head and said, "This kind of thing you think won't happen!" There has always been only one gender among the descendants of the Xiao family, and there has never been an exception! It's not so much a miracle as it is the result of a contract with a soul arrester! ”
A strange name suddenly appeared, and Chen Zhe's face was obviously a little shocked, "Soul arrester? ”
"Well, the soul arrester is the red-eyed monster who injured you that day!"
"That monster is called the Soul Catcher? How do you know? Can you see it? Alina's special pair of glasses couldn't even see it. Chen Zhe's eyes widened as he looked at the woman he had woken up.
"Those tricks they organized, it's good to see the Kabbalah Gate! To see that the soul arrester is not qualified at all! Are you curious to know something about this? Xiao Shixuan smiled slyly, her face flushed, not at all like a person who had been in a coma for ten years before waking up.
"Yes, I do want to know!" Chen Zhe nodded and replied very dryly.
"It's a pity, it's a secret!" Xiao Shixuan replied playfully.
“……”
Chen Zhe looked at this woman depressedly, do you tease others like this? was about to turn around and leave, but his hand was held by Xiao Shixuan.
"Okay, I'm kidding, don't be angry." Xiao Shixuan took Chen Zhe's hand and said in a somewhat coquettish tone.
Feeling the temperature in the palm of his hand, Chen Zhe sighed with emotion, it turned out that the girl's hand was so smooth and tender...... However, it seems that they are meeting for the first time, and it is probably not good to hold his hand so abruptly.
So, Chen Zhe held her hand tightly, and then couldn't help but squeeze it hard.
"How does it feel, how does it compare to other girls?" Xiao Shixuan tilted her head and asked with a serious face.
Chen Zhe didn't expect her to ask such a question, and replied casually: "How do I know, it's the first time I've been held by a girl......"
After speaking, Chen Zhe found that something was wrong, and let go of Xiao Shixuan's hand with a red face.
It's over, I'm going to be treated as a stuffy-**** wolf!
Xiao Shixuan liked to see Chen Zhe's embarrassed blushing face, until she saw that Chen Zhe wanted to commit suicide in shame, but she took his hand again and said slowly: "It's okay, it's also the first time I've pulled the boy's hand, so we'll be even." ”
“……”
I don't know why, hearing Xiao Shixuan say this, Chen Zhe had an urge to hold her in his arms and kiss her deeply. It's the first time we've met, but it's like we've known each other for a long time.
"No one knows where the soul captors, the monsters hidden behind the light gate, where they come from, how many they are, why they can use this strange light gate, and why they are trying to capture souls. According to what I know, this creature is responsible for capturing souls into a strange otherworld, and I don't know what will happen next, but there is absolutely no such thing as soul reincarnation, and what heaven and hell are the jokes of us humans. ”
Resisting the urge to kiss Xiao Shixuan's red lips, Chen Zhe asked, "Can you tell me about signing a contract with the Soul Arrester?" ”
Xiao Shixuan did not answer Chen Zhe directly, but asked, "Do you believe that there is a so-called god in this world?" ”
Chen Zhe thought for a while and shook his head, but nodded again, "I didn't believe it before, but combined with the strange phenomena I've seen so far, I think there should be a creature like a god!" Otherwise, there is no way to explain these phenomena. ”
"There has never been such a creature as a god in this world, and the so-called gods are essentially human beings. From ancient times to the present, few people in the human race have been able to see the Light Gate, and very few people in this part have been able to see the soul arresters in the Light Gate. Exactly how he contracted with the Soul Arrester, no one knows.
The contract stipulates that these people can receive what other humans see as immortality and supreme rights, but as a condition, they must act for the soul captors.
At the same time, the contractor must also promise that if any of their descendants can see the Light Gate, then the soul of that person must be sacrificed to the captor.
After the contract was concluded, almost every three or four generations of the descendants of this group of people appeared who could see the existence of the door, and all of them were the eldest children.
When chosen as a sacrifice by the Arrestee, a fragment of the Light Gate is left in their heart, which does not disappear until the soul is taken by the Arrestee. Of course, the captors will not take the sacrificial soul for nothing, they will give a small reward to the second person in the family to use this name, and gain the envy of ordinary people for wealth and status.
As you can see, I am the chosen sacrifice, and I can't escape the fate of death, so my parents let my sister Xiao Shisi take my name......"
Chen Zhe was dumbfounded, this story is too tortuous, it's like listening to the Classic of Mountains and Seas. "This explanation is incredible!"
According to Xiao Shixuan, her ancestors are gods, and she is a descendant of gods. How does this give him the feeling of watching a Korean drama, oh, it seems that there is a TV series with a stick, and the descendants of some baboon starring the breeder.
Glancing at Chen Zhe deeply, Xiao Shixuan said solemnly: "Chen Zhe, if you hadn't rescued me, maybe my soul would have been captured by the arresters...... And, more importantly, you removed the pieces of the light door, otherwise even if I woke up, they would have been stared at again, thank you so much. ”
Chen Zhe waved his hand, a little embarrassed, this feeling of being regarded as a hero by a beautiful woman is really good.
Pulling the sideburns hanging down on his chest, Xiao Shixuan said with some hesitation: "Chen Zhe, can I ask you to help again?" ”
The beauties had something to ask for, and Chen Zhe agreed without thinking.
"Destroy that piece of shard, or it will bring death to those who possess it!"
"Well, where is that fragment?"
"Isn't it in your hands, but you threw it away?"
"No, doesn't your sister know? I remember showing it to them at the time! ”
"But there is no fragment in her hand, I have asked for this a long time ago."
Xiao Shixuan's words made Chen Zhe stunned, and suddenly he remembered one thing, when he was leaving that day, he saw Alina observing the thing.
"Where's Alina?" Chen Zhe's face changed, and he hurriedly asked Xiao Shixuan.
"Are you talking about the blonde foreign woman? She hurried home the day I woke up! Xiao Shixuan raised her eyebrows, "You mean that the fragment is in her hands!?" ”
Chen Zhe nodded and recounted what happened that day.
Xiao Shixuan sighed faintly and said, "No wonder she said goodbye in a hurry at that time, it turned out to be like this." I guess she'd taken it back for research......"
"What then?"
"I don't know, I can only wish her good luck......"
Before Xiao Shixuan finished speaking, a voice interrupted her, "Sister, it's so cold, why did you come to the garden?" And Chen Zhe, shouldn't you be in the hall downstairs? ”
“……”
The two looked at the entrance of the garden and saw Xiao Shixuan, no, Xiao Shisi to be precise. She was looking at them in surprise in a deep V evening gown.
It turned out that Xiao Shisi was not parrying the guests who came to toast and invite dance, so she had to find an excuse to leave temporarily, and just when she went to the garden on the second floor to breathe, she saw her sister and Chen Zhe in the garden.
"I just couldn't sleep, so I asked Aunt Liu to take me to the garden to relax, and I met Chen Zhe here just now."
"Yes, I also came here to relax, and I happened to meet your sister." Chen Zhe immediately added.
Xiao Shisi looked at the two of them suspiciously, "Really?" ”
"Hmm!" The two nodded almost at the same time.
These two people have such a tacit understanding, if it weren't for knowing that they were meeting for the first time, Xiao Shisi would definitely suspect that there must be an unspeakable secret between these two people!
Xiao Shisi didn't continue to ask more, and immediately changed the topic and said, "Sister, Mom and Dad have already arrived and are entertaining guests in the hall, do you want to go down?" ”
"Oh, is it? I know. Xiao Shixuan responded calmly, as if she was talking about outsiders.
"But ......" Xiao Shisi still said something, but Xiao Shixuan immediately interrupted and said, "I'm a little tired, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”
Seeing Xiao Shixuan say this, Xiao Shisi didn't continue to insist, sighed, walked to her side and said, "Then I'll send you back to the room." ”
"No, it's your birthday, you can go down and entertain the guests." Xiao Shixuan smiled slightly, turned her head and asked Chen Zhe next to her, and said, "Chen Zhe, can you send me back to the room?" ”
looked back and forth at the sister's face, and finally stopped at Xiao Shixuan's body, as if asking her again, why did you use me as a shield?
Xiao Shixuan winked at him playfully, as if to say, you have nothing to do anyway, so you should help me again.
Chen Zhe nodded a little speechlessly, and then under Xiao Shisi's somewhat puzzled eyes, he pushed Xiao Shixuan in a wheelchair and walked outside.
In the aisle, hearing the classic tango "Por-una-Cabeza" echoing in his ears, Chen Zhe tilted his head and glanced at the young man and woman who were dancing in the hall downstairs.
After just one glance, he pursed his mouth, and then said in a snarky tone: "Eh, I didn't expect that the courtship dance of the primitive tribes in Africa would also use this tango dance, which opened my eyes." ”
Chen Zhe's words made Xiao Shixuan laugh, tilted his head and glanced down, then chuckled, "It's true that others don't dance very well, but it's not as bad as you say." ”
"Is it so bad, you can see the expressions of those audience downstairs, look at the onlookers one by one with wandering eyes, numb expressions, gather the crowd and don't make trouble, just wait for time to pass."
“……”
After pushing Xiao Shixuan back to her room, when Chen Zhe hesitated how to say goodbye, he heard Xiao Shixuan say lightly: "Do you know why I don't want to see them?" ”
Of course, Chen Zhe knew who they were in her mouth, and immediately stopped and responded: "If you want to say, I will be a good listener." ”
Xiao Shixuan took a deep breath and said in an extremely flat tone, "Do you know why I fell down the stairs? ”
"Isn't it to save your sister?"
"No, they summoned the arresters to come over! I was pushed down by that strange hand! ”