Book IV, Chapter 45: Out of Danger
The big ghost endured the pain in his palms, crawled to the little ghost, and shouted in fear: "Little ghost, you hold on, the fairy will come to save you soon... You're going to be okay. We said that we would follow the fairy together..."Tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and the big ghost choked up: "You have to persevere.. Hang on... I won't bully you anymore. Whatever you say is what you say, I will listen to you all, okay?..."
The transparent figure of the human form moved slightly, as if answering him.
The big ghost immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, as long as you hold on, after this time, if you become big and I will be small, whatever you say, my big ghost has nothing to say..." ”
Shu Yan put down the body of the little ghost, and her face was also full of solemnity, and said: "Big ghost, get out of the way, if the little ghost is burned by this method, if you don't want to merge his spirit quickly, I'm afraid it will really dissipate." The big ghost hurriedly crawled away. The spiritual power in her hand gathered, tightly holding up the body of the human figure floating towards the little ghost.
What's going on? Why can't this spirit go down? She used her mana again, only to see the transparent humanoid floating in the air of her body, but she didn't want to return to its place. Shu Yan's face turned pale, and dense sweat broke out from her forehead.
The big ghost on the side exclaimed: "Fairy, what's wrong with you? Why can't the little ghost return to his place?"
Shu Yan shook her head slightly, the spiritual power of her right hand increased, closed her eyes, and said to the human form with her mind: "Little ghost, can you still hear me? If you can, please listen to my call and follow me into the body, okay?"
The white mangju wrapped in the human form moved faintly. Then, with a whoosh, it flew towards the little ghost's body. At that moment, her expression relaxed, "Okay." He smiled for the first time in a long time.
"Really? fairy. The imp is really fine. The big ghost seemed to forget the pain in his hand, jumped up, laughed, and then shed tears, tears of happiness.
"Yes. The imp is finally out of trouble. However, he is still frail and needs some time to recuperate before he can fully recover. Shu Yan nodded and smiled. The smile is still so faint, but even the pair of eyes that seem to be cut are smiling, which the big ghost has never seen before. So beautiful, so clear, so moving... He was stunned, stunned.
"Big ghost, big ghost, what's wrong with you?" Shu Yan's inquiry made him come back to his senses suddenly, his face turned red, he lowered his head, and stammered, "Fairy." I didn't, it's fine. ”
Shu Yan felt even more strange, and wondered: "Then why did you see the little ghost out of danger, but you were stunned and cried? Are you so happy?"
Fortunately, the fairy didn't notice his peeping. I thought he was overjoyed and unresponsive. The big ghost palpitated, secretly exhaled, raised his head, and explained indiscriminately according to Shu Yan's misunderstanding: "Yes, yes." I was happy to see that the imp was finally out of danger. Suddenly, I remembered a lot of memories of when I was a human with the little ghost..."
"At that time, because the village of Linjia where we lived was too barren and impoverished, most of the middle-aged men went out to seek life, and only some old and weak women remained. Although I have been fighting with the little ghost since childhood, we also hope that our family can live a rich life..."
The big ghost talked and talked, as if he had really returned to that era, and his eyes flashed with deep hope and joy. Shu Yan looked at his completely intoxicated gaze, did not speak, and let him continue.
"We, along with three other peers in Murakami, have since embarked on this seemingly prosperous dream chasing journey. It can be seen that those three wolf-hearted things have done murder and plundering in order to get rich. Although I haven't read much, I still know that I can't do this harmful killing and plundering..."
The big ghost began to fill the pit with righteous indignation, and his eyes darkened again as he spoke, and he smiled bitterly: "Speaking of which, what qualifications do I have to laugh at them? I'm not the same, for the sake of wealth, I thought that there was really a treasure on the Wuxi Mountain, but I ended up losing my life in vain..."
"What happened later?" asked Shu Yan lightly. Pulled him back from his grief.
"Later. The big ghost took a deep breath and said, "They're dead..."
Shu Yan's expression was moved. The big ghost continued: "They deserve it! An operation fell in love with a rich man, but he took advantage of the night to kill 18 people in a row, and was finally forced into a desperate situation by the government and arrested and brought to justice. ”
"I heard that on the day of the guillotine, they regretted it and cried very miserably... If the little ghost and I weren't money obsessed at that time, and couldn't wait to take a boat to the Wuxi Mountain to hunt for treasures, maybe we could meet and give them a ride... Perhaps, the little ghost and I will wake up and understand, and no longer rush to Wuxi Mountain... I won't kill the little ghost with me..."
"No.. Big ghost, this is not your fault. The little ghost opened his eyes at some point, and faintly blamed himself: "It's all my fault, blame me for hearsay, so that you lost your life innocently." ”
"No, little ghost, it's my fault. It's all me, if I didn't have to go out of the boat at that time, didn't listen to your advice, and then inquired carefully, how could you die with me in the ancient forest... I'm the one who hurt you. I'm still scolding you with this, I'm really not a thing..."
“... No, how can you be blamed for this... If I hadn't been bent on seeking wealth and going with you, how would I have died..."
Shu Yan looked at this scene, wanted to laugh, and said in a hurry: "Don't talk about it." Big ghost, you better take the little ghost back to the stone house first, he must not be tired now, he needs to recuperate. It seems that after this incident, they showed their true feelings to each other, they should be able to get along for a while, there will be no more quarrels, and she can go on the road alone with peace of mind.
"Yes, fairy. "The big ghost obeys the order to help the little ghost. The little ghost suddenly realized that something was wrong, and his pale face crossed urgently, and said, "Fairy, what about you?"
"Me, I'm going out for a while. You guys go back first!" Shu Yan's face did not change, and after speaking calmly, she turned around and left.
"Fairy, don't lie to the little ghost, you want to go on the road alone and leave us behind. ”
Shu Yanlian paused slightly. When the big ghost listened, his hand shook, and he almost couldn't help the little ghost, and said sadly: "Fairy, is what the little ghost said true? Do you really want to leave us behind and go on the road alone?"
This little ghost should be so careful that he noticed it so quickly. Shu Yan couldn't help but turn around, looked at them, and said quietly: "Yes, big ghost and little ghost, I want to go on the road alone." Because the matter of finding Xiaoying is imminent, I can't delay it for a moment. But," she said, smiling slightly before them for the first time, "I'm not doing this to leave you behind. So the big ghost, you have to take care of the little ghost, let him recover quickly, and rush to the demon domain to help me together, you know?"
"Yes, yes! The big ghost smiled happily for a moment, and turned his head to look at the weak little ghost beside him, his face was also full of smiles, deeper than ever before, straight to the bottom of his heart.
"Big ghost, I vaguely remember that when I was unconscious, I seemed to hear it, and I heard you say let me be big, you be small, is there such a thing?"
“... Adversity... "The big ghost's gentle voice.
"You, you can't lie, bully me into being sick and weak, just don't admit it!" the imp panted and roared intermittently.
“... I, I didn't say I didn't admit it..."
"Well, that's good. ”
"Little ghost, I said, you have the strength, it's better to heal your injuries quickly... So that we can meet the fairy sooner..."
"Yes. I'm going to get better soon... Big ghost, help me back to the stone house, I want to recuperate and heal my luck. ”
"Good..."
Their voices faded away. Shu Yan suddenly suppressed her smile. Xiaoying, don't be afraid, my sister will come to save you soon. She looked to the west and hurried away.