Chapter 1030: Awkward Coexistence
"What are you going to do? You said you were here to help your ghost fulfill his last wish, right? ”
"You can tell me about it, maybe I can help you...... It's also my hometown, and I'm familiar with it. Mieko Oda wiped away her tears, choked up a few times, and asked.
"You want to help me? That's great, I just don't know where to go for news. Zhang Fan smiled and strode in front of Mieko Oda.
"Have you ever heard of the legend of Shirai?" Zhang Fan asked.
"Shirai?"
"This ......"
Hearing the name Shirai, Mieko Oda was stunned for a moment, and then her face changed suddenly, even her voice changed tone, and a trace of fear appeared in her eyes.
"Don't tell me, that ghost partner of yours is ...... Shirai" Mieko Oda's scalp was numb, and she continued to ask with a pale face.
"Yes, you're so smart, that ghost companion of mine is Shirai, and I'm here this time to help her fulfill her last wish." Zhang Fan said with a smile.
He didn't care about the fear on Mieko Oda's face, but he breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at Mieko Oda's expression, she should know something about Shirai.
"The legend about Shirai is very terrifying in our town, if anyone knows her name, they are almost certain to die, she is even more terrible than Sadako in film and television dramas."
"It is said that her legend began to circulate as early as 80 years ago, she seemed to be a college teacher during her lifetime, and later fell in love with a handsome man, this man is also a teacher, and she is a colleague."
"But the man's family is very poor, but Shirai's family is very rich, extremely rich in the town, and the love between the two of them is not recognized by Shirai's family, and in the end they were forcibly separated."
"But Shirai ...... did not give up, and on a dark and windy night, the two of them chose to elope. ”
"They ran away to the outside city."
"Because they don't have much money on them, they can only live under bridges."
"Later, Shirai's boyfriend cheated on another rich girl."
At the same time, Shirai has become a stumbling block in the eyes of his boyfriend.
"So ......"
Speaking of this, Mieko Oda paused in her voice and glanced at Zhang Fan.
"Your story is a bit bloody...... But it's okay, I've seen more bloody ones, you go on. Zhang Fan urged.
"Huh? Have you ever seen anything more bloody? Mieko Oda was visibly stunned and blinked with some curiosity.
"It's nothing, it's my cousin and his daughter-in-law, because he couldn't have children, he pretended to cheat and wanted to break up, I wanted to laugh, I didn't expect reality to be bloody to such a point, forget it, it's all in the past, I don't bother to mention it, I haven't been back to my hometown for more than a year." Zhang Fan recalled what happened at the beginning, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Oh oh, that's really bloody...... Mieko Oda nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "Then I'll continue." ”
"Later...... It was another night, and her boyfriend, pretending to take her out to play, then killed her halfway through. ”
"Before Bai Jing died, he didn't blink his eyes, his eyes were wide open, and finally her boyfriend couldn't stand the resentful gaze, so he brutally gouged out her eyes with a knife, but he was afraid that she would not die thoroughly, so he cut off her tongue by the way."
"After killing Shirai, this negative man wanted to dig a pit and bury the body, but at this time, it happened that an inspector passed by on the side of the road, which disrupted his plan and ran away in a panic, so he had to throw Shirai's body on the street, so as to escape."
"Not long after killing Shirai, this man got mixed up with the rich girl, and the two of them quickly moved away to live in another city without fear that Shirai would turn into a ghost and ask for his life."
"Eighty years ago, roadside surveillance was almost universal, and even if inspectors tried to probe, there was no trace."
"Because when Shirai died, he was so angry that he quickly turned into a terrifying demon...... At the beginning, in order to help her dispel her resentment, many mages came to the village, but ...... These mages are all dead......"
Mieko Oda seems to know some inside stories and explains for Zhang Fan.
"How do you know so much?" Zhang Fan scratched his head in surprise.
"Eighty years ago, my grandmother had a relationship with Shirai's parents, so we knew a lot of things."
"You want to help Shirai fulfill his last wish, I should have roughly guessed what he wanted to do."
"Her boyfriend's family, not long after Shirai's death, all died violently, I heard that the death was extremely miserable, two eyes, as if they were crushed by something, and their brains flowed all over the ground."
"Later...... Even Shirai's ghost has disappeared, and some people say that she has taken revenge and chose to be reincarnated......"
"So this time Shirai came back, maybe not for revenge, but most likely to visit relatives......"
If she said that she was visiting relatives, it means that she was not reincarnated back then, but still wandering in the world......
"It's just that her family ...... Eighty years have passed, and they should all be dead...... Now the only living family member is only an old man. ”
"This old man is Shirai's own brother."
Mieko Oda said seriously.
"So where is this old man now? Take me there! Zhang Fan also knew that Bai Jing must have come back to see his family.
In other words, as long as she is allowed to see her brother, then her last wish will be successfully fulfilled.
"It's in the last old house at the back, but this old man usually goes to bed early, and as long as it's dark in the afternoon, he will go to bed."
Mieko Oda pointed to a quaint and dilapidated old mansion in the distance, which had been weathered by the vicissitudes of time.
"Then you mean that if you want to see that old man, can you do it tomorrow?"
"Yes, in theory." Mieko Oda nodded.
"This ...... Do I have to come over tomorrow morning? It's also too much trouble. Zhang Fan's brows furrowed.
If you don't rush back to the hotel tonight, the next morning, maybe Liu Keke will find that she hasn't returned overnight.
But it's a bit too troublesome to rush back tonight and come over tomorrow, and besides, he's worried that his survivors' blood can't be filled up normally.
If you can't get back to the full, you won't be able to summon Hachi.
"You let me think about it......" Zhang Fan touched his chin and fell into deep thought.
He's thinking about what to do.
"Are you worried that you won't have a place to rest at night? You can rest assured, you can go to my house, my house has a place. ”
"I can tell you very seriously, that old man got up very early in the morning and got up at five o'clock every day to exercise, so he lived to be more than ninety years old, and his body was still healthy and healthy, without any diseases."
Mieko Oda said with a smile.
"You said that uncle will get up at five o'clock in the morning? That's great, thank you for telling me, then I'm not worried. Hearing this, Zhang Fan's brows furrowed and he thanked Mieko Oda.
If you can get back before 6 o'clock the next day, it won't matter.
Zhang Fan asked Liu Keke during the day today if there were any arrangements for tomorrow, and Liu Keke told him that no, they were a few women, and they planned to go out shopping the next day.
"Do you still have a place in your house? Forget it, I'd better find a nearby hotel to live in, it's a little inconvenient to go to your house. Zhang Fan wanted to go to Mieko Oda's house for one night, but after thinking about it, it was really inconvenient, so he scratched his head in embarrassment and chose to give up.
Lonely men and widows, it's really not suitable.
And there are also Mieko Oda's grandparents there, so it's definitely not suitable.
"Don't worry, I have a place at home, don't go find a hotel to live in, there are no hotels in the countryside around here, even if you want to find a hotel, you have to go to the city." Mieko Oda smiled and persuaded Zhang Fan to let him stay.
Moreover, she really wanted Zhang Fan to stay.
......
Pushing open the glass door of the ramen restaurant, Mieko Oda walked in with Zhang Fan.
Because it was already 12 o'clock in the morning, at this time, there was basically no one dining in the store.
Her grandparents were busy cleaning up the store.
Restaurants that open restaurants generally close very late.
"Grandpa, grandma, I brought a friend to meet you, and he will stay at our house for the night." Mieko Oda smiled and introduced Zhang Fan to her grandparents.
Mieko Oda's grandfather was a bald old man with a white towel tied to his head, an old face, and a hunched back.
And her grandmother was the old woman with an apron before.
After the two old men saw Zhang Fan, their old eyes showed a hint of surprise, but soon they laughed out loud: "Keiko has finally grown up and is finally willing to find a boyfriend." ”
Zhang Fan: "??? ”
Forget it, this situation has long been expected, it doesn't matter.
Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, anyway, after this night, he went back.
Zhang Fan didn't open his mouth to explain, but just stepped forward to help pick up the chairs and stools together, and started to start.
"This junior is very polite, Keiko, you have a very good eye."
The old woman stepped forward with a kind smile, tilted her head, and kept looking at Zhang Fan, and at the same time a touch of satisfaction appeared on her face.
It seems that she feels recognized by Zhang Fan.
"Grandma, what are you talking about, we're just friends, not what you think." Mieko Oda blushed and stomped her foot hard.
"Okay, grandma doesn't say it, if you don't say it, it's just that." The old woman laughed, staggered, and walked into the back kitchen.
......
Half an hour passed.
Zhang Fan was led by Mieko Oda to the place where he lived.
She doesn't live in the same house as the ramen restaurant, but a bamboo and wood loft house that stands some distance away from the forest.
This attic house is the home where Mieko Oda and her grandparents live.
As for the ramen restaurant, it's nothing more than where they work.
"You can sleep in the same room with me at night, in fact, my house is not big, and the other room is where my grandparents live." Mieko Oda led Zhang Fan to her room.
Her room is very quiet, and the walls are covered with pink cartoon stickers, which are posters for the anime [Sakura].
It seems that Mieko Oda still has a pink girl's heart in normal times and likes to watch some comics.
"In the same room with you, this ..... That's a bit out of place, isn't it? ”
Zhang Fan stood in front of the door of the room, stopped, and did not dare to step forward.
It's too embarrassing for a lonely man and a widow to be in the same room, and if there is any oolong, it will really jump into the Yellow River and it won't be able to wash it away.
"I don't shy away from it, but you still dislike it." Mieko Oda chuckled, and finally under her push, Zhang Fan had to walk into it with a bitter face.
"Why don't you have a bed at home?" Zhang Fan looked around and did not find the so-called bed.
"Most of us here make tatami mats directly on the ground, and if you want to sleep in a bed, you have to go to a big city or a hotel."
Mieko Oda explained.
While explaining, the smile on her face became even brighter, as if it was the first time she had seen such an interesting person as Zhang Fan.
"Okay then." Zhang Fan had no choice but to respond.
A few minutes later, Mieko Oda helped Zhang Fan lay out his tatami mats, and then got into her bed.
The tatami mats of the two of them were not far apart, and the distance between them was only half a meter.
But Zhang Fan tossed and turned, couldn't sleep, only felt uncomfortable, very awkward.
It's so uncomfortable to sleep in a room with a woman of the opposite sex.
If it is said that it is to sleep with Bai Chenxi, Jiang Xiaohua, and Ma Ling'er, he can still accept it, after all, he is used to it, but sleeping in the same room with Mieko Oda is really uncomfortable to death.
Not only that, in addition to being awkward, the air in this room is also filled with a faint fragrance of bamboo, which makes people smell very comfortable, as if even the soul and body and mind have been relaxed.
"Don't worry, you can help me warn you, I'm afraid that Mieko Oda will take advantage of me at night while I'm sleeping."
Zhang Fan shouted loudly in his heart.
"Are you still afraid that she will take advantage of you? If you're afraid, why do you have to sleep with her in a room? I think you're enjoying it, right? Sai Yao scoffed.
"Whatever you think, I'm really sleepy, I didn't sleep much last night."
Zhang Fan shouted, he could no longer suppress the tiredness in his heart, and soon his eyelids fought, and he fell asleep deeply.
The night passed without saying a word, until around five o'clock the next morning, Zhang Fan was woken up by a piercing alarm clock.
The first thing he did when he woke up, Zhang Fan quickly touched himself, and when he saw that his clothes were still intact on his body, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, after falling asleep last night, Mieko Oda didn't do anything wrong to him.
No, it should be said that before she could do anything wrong, maybe Mieko Oda would be killed by the terrible curse of the Wishing Lake.
Speaking of the curse of the Wishing Lake, Zhang Fan suddenly had an idea, maybe he could sacrifice a devil's egg to let the Wishing Lake help him solve the curse of the Wishing Lake.
In this way, he can make love with Bai Chenxi and them normally in the future, and he doesn't have to worry about the curse of the Wishing Lake exploding.
At that time, it is estimated that the day will come to end his childhood.
In short, don't be in a hurry now, try to lift the curse of the Wishing Lake, or wait until you return to Huaxia to think about it.
Zhang Fan looked around, but he didn't see Mieko Oda, and he didn't know where she went.
Just when Zhang Fan was surprised, Mieko Oda's voice suddenly came from outside the room: "Come out, that old man is going out." ”