Chapter 17: Father and Son Meet

"Son... Son... Yuan... Meta..."

Closing his eyes and listening carefully, Li Yuan heard the voice in the heart of the water ghost, the voice was intermittent, but it contained a strong sense of longing.

This is the obsession of the water ghost, even if he can't die, even if his soul is scattered, he doesn't want to let go.

Blocking other voices, Li Yuan listened more attentively, and in a trance he heard more.

"Daddy... Daddy, meat! I eat meat! I want meat..."

"You kid! Be obedient and don't make trouble. ”

"Meat... Meat! Daddy, hungry! ”

"Tomorrow morning, I'll go to the riverside to catch some fish for Dayuan!"

"Boss! Da Yuan, don't mess with your father. ”

"Huh! It's good to eat more, don't say Dayuan. ”

"Boss, you can't be so used to him!"

......

Although he couldn't see the picture, Li Yuan heard the poverty and warmth of a family of three from his voice.

As his memory progressed, Li Yuan heard the sound of falling into the water, the sound of struggle, and in the end, only the muttering of his son remained.

Hearing this, Li Yuan roughly understood the obsession of the water ghost, and had some conjecture in his heart.

Opening his eyes and looking at the old Taoist priest who was standing still in place, Li Yuan shouted a few times.

Jump off the pillar and run in the direction of the street.

"Blackie! Blackie! Master! ”

Lin Yingying shouted urgently at Li Yuan, and seeing that Li Yuan did not stop, she looked at the old Taoist priest for help.

"Don't worry, wait for Xiao Hei to come back." The old Taoist priest guessed that Li Yuan should have discovered something, and said comfortably.

Running away from the wharf, Li Yuan used the wind control technique, climbed all the way up the stairs from Binjiang Street, and came to West Street.

Stopping in front of the wooden building of Pan Dayuan's house, Li Yuan knew that their mother and son were both asleep.

Walking to the door of the wooden building, Li Yuan stood up and slapped the wooden door with his paws.

"Meow meow!"

While slapping, Li Yuan screamed.

"Who is it?"

"Mother, be careful of the wind, I'll take a look."

The voices of Pan Dayuan and his mother came from inside the house, and then the sound of heavy footsteps gradually approached the wooden door.

Crunch!

The wooden door opened, and Pan Dayuan, dressed in a shabby gown, stood behind the door.

"Blackie?" Seeing that it was Li Yuan who knocked on the door, Pan Dayuan was very surprised.

"Da Yuan, who is here?"

The mother's voice sounded from behind him, and Pan Dayuan turned his head and shouted towards the inner room, "Mother, it's okay!" It's my friend! ”

Then, Pan Dayuan turned his head to look at Li Yuan again, with a look of surprise on his face.

His heart was on the other side of the dock, Li Yuan didn't rub it, hurriedly stepped forward, stood up, grabbed Pan Dayuan's shorts with his claws, pulled outward, and shouted a few times with his head to the right side of the street.

That direction is the direction from West Street down to Binjiang Street.

In the face of Li Yuan's strange behavior, Pan Dayuan was a little scared in his heart, but thinking of his daily life with Li Yuan before, and Li Yuan's adoption by the old Taoist priest, he was a little relieved.

"Blackie, what's the matter?" Pan Dayuan asked curiously.

Li Yuan regained his standing posture on all fours, retreated to the door, shouted at Pan Dayuan a few times, turned to the right again, stretched out his paws and pointed forward.

Pan Dayuan understood what Li Yuan wanted to express, and he shouted behind him: "Mother, I'll go out for a while and come back immediately." ”

"Da Yuan, it's so late, where are you going?" The mother's voice of dissatisfaction came from the inner room.

"Mother, you rest first, I'll be back later."

After speaking, seeing that Li Yuan was a little anxious, Pan Dayuan put on the coat he was wearing, walked out of the house, and closed the door.

Li Yuan led the way in front, Pan Dayuan followed behind, and one person and one cat rushed towards the dock.

At the wharf, he had been standing on the steps, looking at the street, looking at Lin Yingying, who was about to wear it, and saw Li Yuan's figure.

"Little Black, Little Black!" Lin Yingying jumped and screamed.

Following Li Yuan, running all the way fast, and when he came to the dock, Pan Dayuan gasped, supported his knees with both hands, and looked up at the old Taoist priest standing at the altar.

Compared with Pan Dayuan, Li Yuan was very calm, and he couldn't see a trace of exhaustion, he walked to Lin Yingying's side, shouted a few times at the old Taoist priest, and looked at Pan Dayuan again.

"Chief Lin, what's going on?" Recovering a little strength, Pan Dayuan straightened up, walked down the steps, and asked the old Taoist priest in a loud voice.

The old Taoist priest looked at Pan Dayuan, looked at it, and then looked at the water ghost in the river who became excited, and completely understood Li Yuan's intentions.

Signaling Pan Dayuan to step forward, the old Taoist priest came to the position of the dock near the river.

Pointing his finger at Pan Dayuan's eyebrows, the old Taoist priest used a spell to temporarily open Pan Dayuan's eyes.

"This..." his body trembled, and Pan Dayuan, who had seen the ghost for the first time, was startled, and his body unconsciously approached the old Taoist.

"I'm here, don't be afraid!" The old Taoist priest cast a meditation mantra to Pan Dayuan, and said comfortingly.

Under the appeasement of the spell and the old Taoist, Pan Dayuan calmed down, looked at the water ghost who had most of his body floating in the river, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity rose in his heart.

At this moment, the water ghost had already recognized Pan Dayuan, his whole body flew out of the river, floating in the air, looking at his son, his mouth opening with difficulty.

"Meta... Child.. Child! An intermittent voice came from the water ghost's mouth, his eyes full of joy and excitement.

Hearing the voice of the water ghost, Pan Dayuan instinctively looked at the old Taoist priest and wanted to ask for proof.

The old Taoist priest nodded with a smile, Pan Dayuan looked at the water ghost again, and wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say, he didn't cry, and he wasn't excited, but he felt a little strange.

When his father died, Pan Dayuan was just 5 years old, and he didn't have a deep memory of his father, and more impressions came from his mother's mouth.

"Dayuan! Son! Seeing his son again, the water ghost's obsession was let go of a little, the black qi began to dissipate, and his sanity was further restored.

Slowly returning to the way it was before it was alive, the water ghost landed on the dock.

Looking at the son in front of him, the water ghost wanted to step forward to touch it, but his arm was just raised, and before he could reach out to his son, he thought that he was already a ghost, and he was worried that it would not be good for his son, so he immediately retracted it.

Just looking at Pan Dayuan quietly, looking at his son who has grown up, the water ghost is already satisfied.

"Dad..."Pan Dayuan looked at the somewhat strange man in front of him, and his childhood memories came to mind little by little.

Although the memory was blurred and his father's face was not clear, Pan Dayuan remembered it and remembered very few memories of his father.

"Daddy!" After screaming again, Pan Dayuan's eyes began to redden.

"Dayuan! For so many years, your mother and son have suffered. The water ghost looked at his son and wanted to cry, but he couldn't shed a single tear.

Tears began to flow uncontrollably, and Pan Dayuan stepped forward to hug his father.

Without waiting for the old Taoist priest to stop him, the water ghost himself took a few steps back and regained his senses, he understood that yin and yang were separated, and contact with him would only harm his son.

"Dad, I'll take you to see your mother. My mother thinks about you every day, and every month is by the river to burn you with incense and paper. Pan Dayuan wanted to step forward, but was stopped by the old Taoist.

Thinking back to when he was confused, he had come into contact with his wife, and the water ghost shook his head and refused: "I have seen your mother, your mother is weak, and she is not good to her when she sees me." ”

Hearing his father's words, Pan Dayuan was stunned, he understood the reason why his mother had nightmares every day and her body was weak.

"There is a difference between life and death, yin and yang, I called you here tonight, also to eliminate your father's obsession, send him to life, don't be greedy!" The old Taoist priest's voice sounded at the right time.

Walking to the middle of the father and son, after the old Taoist priest persuaded Pan Dayuan, he looked at the water ghost again.

"Your obsession has disappeared, go to life! Don't miss the time. ”

"Chief Lin, thank you for your great kindness, let us see father and son." Towards the old Taoist, the water ghost said gratefully.

With a flat smile, the old Taoist priest pointed to Li Yuan, who was standing at the steps.

"If you want to thank you, thank that black cat! It saw the obsession in your heart and called Pan Dayuan to let your father and son meet. The old Taoist priest did not take credit, explained.

"I will keep your kindness in my heart, and if there is an afterlife, I will definitely repay it!"

After speaking, the water ghost knelt down in the direction of Li Yuan and bowed gratefully.

Learning from his father, Pan Dayuan also knelt down and bowed to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan didn't avoid it, he was at ease!