Chapter 217

Li Zhuiyuan remembered last night A Li was wearing a set of white pajamas when she came over. Now she had changed into a red skirt, proving that the girl had specifically gone back to the east room to groom herself.

The fact that she dared to leave meant she was aware that he had already returned.

She knew even more what the young man needed after he woke up.

Many habits between the two of them in the past, though they started naturally, were always carefully nurtured and maintained, like flying birds in a misty forest, cherishing every mark left on a tree. This mark also included each other.

Li Zhuiyuan got out of bed and walked to the girl’s front, slowly lowering his head. He was searching.

The young man and the girl’s gazes met. Immediately, their foreheads lightly pressed together.

In the girl’s pupils, Li Zhuiyuan saw himself.

Sometimes, even he himself would get lost, not only unable to distinguish between dream and reality, but also feeling dazed about his own identity cognition. But all of these answers could be found in her eyes.

Only at this moment did Li Zhuiyuan confirm his success and remove the last bit of hesitation at the bottom of his heart.

The young man went to pick up a basin to wash up. He stopped by the wardrobe and looked at the mirror.

No other metaphor, he was really looking at the mirror.

Three shallow spots appeared on his forehead, so faint as to be almost undetectable. In the depths of his eye corners were black and red mixed blood vessels, invisible unless you looked carefully.

Then he retreated half a step backward, enduring that kind of backlash, and quickly examined his own facial features.

“Cough cough……”

The young man’s chest felt stuffy, and he coughed several times continuously.

These facial features indicated a serious illness.

Li Zhuiyuan spread open his right hand and tried to condense a simple array.

Although the array condensed successfully, his qi and blood were somewhat restless, proving that his mind was still in a turbulent state and not stable enough.

All of the above were characteristics of someone who had been possessed by a devil. He would need to spend several days regulating and recovering before they disappeared.

After all, no matter what, he was now in a state of using his heart demon identity to suppress his original body.

If Xuanmen people were possessed by a devil or encountered a heart demon backlash, the mildest outcome was madness and dementia; the severe one was a drastic change in temperament, turning into a demon lord who only knew how to kill.

The fact that he could do it so smoothly was already extremely difficult.

Unfortunately, no one would be bored enough to stand from the ‘heart demon’s’ perspective to summarize and write a book. This category was too niche. Otherwise, Li Zhuiyuan’s experience this time would be considered the most classic case of a heart demon devouring its master, deserving the title of ‘Heart Demon Model’.

Indeed, actively causing oneself to fall into a heart demon and giving the original body’s identity to ‘him’ was a kind of degradation.

But Li Zhuiyuan did not regret this. Instead, he felt he had gained a lot.

The previous state of being indistinguishable from each other, as one ‘original self,’ was simply too difficult to handle, with no way to start treating it.

Now, the situation had become more difficult, but there was also a method.

He only needed to follow the ‘heart demon’s’ routine, either finding a method or creating a technique to suppress ‘him’ always.

This idea was provided to him by the Esoteric high monk who had once made a move against him. He really should find time to thank him properly.

Li Zhuiyuan glanced at his own desk. Next, he would also write this time’s treatment method into his book.

Sometimes, fellow patients not being born in the same era was also a kind of sorrow. Li Zhuiyuan really wanted to exchange some cure experiences with Wei Zhengdao.

When he walked to the door, the young man suddenly stopped.

He thought of Wei Zhengdao’s self-sealing and suicide, and that the Wei Zhengdao he met in the dream ghost wave last night should not be his original body; it was highly likely a clone.

With Wei Zhengdao’s ability, making a clone was not a difficult matter, but what was his purpose in doing this?

A person who aspired to suicide, why would they still want to manufacture a clone?

Li Zhuiyuan suspected that Wei Zhengdao might have also chosen this treatment method. He was actively splitting himself.

Did he succeed last time using this method?

It would be very difficult.

Li Zhuiyuan recalled last night, ‘he’ had planned to take measures to suppress this ‘heart demon’ of himself.

The same treatment plan was not necessarily suitable for all patients, or even for different stages of one patient.

He had hope of success now because he was still young. Wei Zhengdao’s difficulty was in the fact that when he woke up and pursued treatment and suicide, he was already too strong.

The originally broken old water tank on the second floor balcony had been replaced by Qin Uncle with a new one. Li Zhuiyuan stood in the original position and began to wash up.

Just as he finished washing and was wiping his face with a towel, he saw Li Sanjiang come out of the room, twisting his neck and shaking his legs.

Li Zhuiyuan still remembered well last night by the edge of the well in the dream, his great-grandpa, who should have already left the dream, suddenly returned and even actively helped him lead all the surrounding zombies away.

That group of zombies would, of course, not be his problem. Even if his great-grandpa did not appear again, he could easily solve them.

But his great-grandpa’s appearance was of great value. He let him know that even in an illusory and vague dream, there were still people who were willing to protect him at all costs, relying only on their subconscious.

“Great-grandpa, you didn’t sleep well last night?”

“Um, I slept and got a stiff neck.” Li Sanjiang was too embarrassed to say that he had another nightmare and fell off the bed. He casually asked, “Little Yuan Hou, how did you sleep?”

“I didn’t sleep very well either. I had a nightmare.”

“Then that’s good, that’s good… um?”

“Great-grandpa, I knew a professor in university who was good at health preservation. He taught me a conditioning recipe. I’ll boil it and we can drink it together for a few days. It can calm qi and soothe the mind.”

“Okay, let’s drink it.”

Li Sanjiang walked over, scooped water from the tank, and then carried the laundry powder bag over. He planned to wash his head to wake up his brain.

“Great-grandpa, the weather isn’t hot enough yet. Washing your head in the morning and getting blown by the wind is easy to catch a cold. Also, the shampoo is downstairs. Washing your head with laundry powder hurts your scalp.”

“Great-grandpa, I’m used to it… okay, then I’ll wash it at noon and use shampoo.”

Li Zhuiyuan carried his own basin back to his room. Li Sanjiang, who was brushing his teeth, looked repeatedly in the direction his great-grandson had left. He felt that something was different, yet he couldn’t say where it had changed.

“A Li, let’s play chess.”

A Li shook her head. She felt that the young man needed rest and couldn’t use his brain.

“Then let’s go downstairs.”

Holding A Li’s hand, they came to the first floor. Taking a light sniff, Li Zhuiyuan smelled the lingering dead yin energy.

Seeing that his great-grandpa was still not downstairs, Li Zhuiyuan took out a break evil talisman from his pocket and flicked it forward. After the talisman paper landed, it burned, and a group of green smoke suddenly surged up and then immediately dissipated, neutralizing the lingering energy.

As for the paper figures, tables, chairs, and benches here, they had all been restored to their original positions. He thought Xiao Yingying must have tidied up before leaving.

She could tidy up other things but couldn’t deal with her own lingering energy. After all, she couldn’t just disperse herself.

On the dam, Liu Yumei sat by the small table. Seeing the young man and her granddaughter come out, she waved her hand: “Come over and help Grandma brew some tea.”

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the table and stopped. A Li did not stop and went straight back into the house.

“Grandma, it’s almost time for breakfast. Still drinking tea?”

“I’ve drunk tea my whole life. It doesn’t affect anything.”

The young man’s actions in brewing tea were skilled and natural, a pleasure to watch.

Liu Yumei: “These are newly sent tea leaves. Taste them.”

“Okay.”

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the teacup and took a sip. It felt like drinking alcohol, with the tea fragrance going to his head, but with no uncomfortable aftereffects. Instead, it brewed and spread open.

He hadn’t rested well last night, but after drinking this mouthful of tea, he felt his mind relax and feel comfortable.

The young man closed his eyes, enjoying this aftertaste.

Liu Yumei watched him with interest.

In the past, this child often came to accompany her to drink tea. He had also drunk many good tea leaves. Each time, after taking a sip, he would give an accurate evaluation, as if following a fixed process.

But today, he was truly tasting it and truly enjoying it.

Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes and took another sip. The second sip was not as stunning as the first, just as the first sip of Jianlibao was always the best to drink.

A Li walked out of the house, holding a small medicine box. She spread open the boy’s right hand, unwrapped the old gauze, held his palm, blew on it, and then reapplied medicine and wrapped it up.

Liu Yumei originally glanced casually, but after seeing the deeply embedded wounds on the boy’s right hand, she subconsciously looked at her granddaughter’s nails.

Did the two children quarrel last night?

The old lady couldn’t help but feel a little heartache. Oh, her own granddaughter had pinched so hard.

What exactly happened last night, Liu Yumei didn’t know. Her granddaughter had come down before, but hadn’t come to her for help. Instead, she had asked her to help tidy up.

So, she could only guess based on past events. She remembered that night for some reason, the boy had angered her granddaughter, who ignored him for several days. It was only when the boy brought that dead yin over and went through the underworld to apologize that the two reconciled.

Could it be that he apologized last night too? But the two of them hadn’t had any conflict before. And looking at how carefully her granddaughter was wrapping his hand… forget it, even if they quarreled, they had made up now.

Liu Yumei was increasingly unable to understand the matters of these young people, and she was too lazy to interfere.

At this time, Liu Aunt began to bring out breakfast. Li Zhuiyuan got up to help.

When he walked into the kitchen to get the porridge, Liu Aunt’s voice suddenly came from behind: “Little Yuan, wait a moment, let me look at you.”

Saying this, Liu Aunt walked to the young man’s front, checked his forehead, pried open his eyelids, and finally placed her left hand on his forehead while her right hand took his pulse.

Soon, a puzzled expression appeared on Liu Aunt’s face, and she asked: “Little Yuan, what kind of strange technique have you been practicing recently?”

Liu Aunt’s words were very euphemistic.

Li Zhuiyuan knew she had seen it.

“Um, I’ve been pondering a secret method recently. I just had a new idea last night, so I tried it.”

“Any other discomfort?”

“No big obstacle. I’ll be fine after resting for a few days. Thank you, Liu Aunt, for your concern.”

Liu Aunt let go of his hand and watched the young man leave with the porridge bowl.

After eating breakfast, Li Zhuiyuan accompanied his great-grandpa for a stroll. Then Liu Aunt walked to Liu Yumei and softly said: “Old lady, I observed Little Yuan’s body…”

Liu Yumei: “When did you also learn to hesitate?”

Liu Aunt: “Little Yuan’s body shows signs of being possessed by a devil and having a heart demon backlash. Although very slight, they are extremely standard.”

Liu Yumei: “Are you sure you saw clearly?”

Specialized skills had expertise. Qin Li and Liu Ting’s abilities were all personally taught by the old lady, but she only taught the basics based on each person’s talent and specialty. The subsequent development still depended on the individual’s comprehension and ponderance. Anyway, there were many related secret books in the ancestral house.

Therefore, Liu Aunt’s level of medical and poison skills exceeded Liu Yumei’s.

Liu Aunt: “Saw… clearly.”

Liu Yumei: “Little Yuan, will be possessed by a devil, and even have a heart demon backlash?”

How genius this child was, they had personally witnessed it. How could a guy who could understand the core formulas of the Qin and Liu families more deeply and thoroughly than the Qin and Liu family members themselves make such a low-level mistake?

Possessed by a devil and heart demon backlash referred to a state of result. Normal people, when they detect something is wrong, will instinctively stop in time, let alone him.

Liu Aunt also felt her diagnostic conclusion was a bit absurd, but she still said again: “Perhaps my knowledge is shallow. Anyway, the result I saw is this.”

If that young man wasn’t Li Zhuiyuan, but someone else, Liu Aunt would have probably already forcibly made a move to subdue him.

There was no way, a guy with a heart demon backlash was too unstable and too dangerous. No one could predict what he would do next.

At this time, A Li walked out of the east house, hugging two spirit tablets made of different materials.

Liu Yumei raised her hand and called out: “A Li.”

A Li stopped and looked towards her grandma.

Liu Yumei: “Forget it, nothing. You go busy.”

A Li continued to hug the spirit tablets and went upstairs.

Liu Aunt: “Old lady…”

Liu Yumei lowered her head, took a sip of tea, and said indifferently: “It doesn’t matter.”

Liu Aunt: “My meaning is, should we do a more specific check? Little Yuan is after all…”

Liu Yumei shook her head: “No need. Little Yuan is still that Little Yuan. If he has changed, even if he deceives others, he cannot deceive A Li.”

Liu Aunt was startled for a moment, and immediately nodded: “Indeed.”

Liu Yumei: “Everyone has their own secrets. Little Yuan has more secrets in his body. I believe he can handle it well.”

Liu Aunt: “I understand. Then I will prepare some medicinal soup to soothe the mind for him.”

Liu Yumei: “Um.”

Liu Aunt: “There’s one more thing. Didn’t A Li say when she came back that day? She went to West Ditch Village to handle that household’s funeral matter.”

“Um, what about it?”

“I’m very strange. Why was Little Yuan so careful and restrained?”

“Not just this time. Last time at Peach Forest under that one turn over nap, I’m afraid it wasn’t either.”

“Several lives only… anyway they deserve it. I feel there’s no need to be so troublesome and cautious.”

“A Ting, you haven’t walked the river.”

“Yes.”

“Don’t think that the saying ‘don’t do evil, no matter how small’ is said for the protection of the weak.

Like playing Go, every stone laid must be ‘finely carved’. Placing it casually, you don’t know when it will become your own flaw.

Moreover, isn’t being restrained and cautious just a manifestation of having greater schemes?”

Liu Aunt: “It seems that not having walked the river, some things just cannot be felt profoundly. Ultimately, it’s a kind of regret.”

Liu Yumei: “No one is stopping you again. If you light a lamp and go now, it’s not too late.”

Liu Aunt: “How can that be? If I walked the river, who would cook for you?”

Liu Yumei lightly patted her own mouth:

“It’s the sin of this mouth of mine, delaying my Liu family from having one less Dragon King.”

…

Li Sanjiang strolled a bit far this morning. Mainly, after his body was active, not only did the discomfort from last night’s sleep disappear, but his whole person actually became more and more energetic.

Li Zhuiyuan knew this was because he had taken back that dream, and fortune was starting to compensate and restore his great-grandpa’s body.

Once people got truly old, their bodies gradually began to turn from science to metaphysics.

A healthy body might suddenly go bad, while one entangled with a hundred diseases might always hold on.

Li Sanjiang, who was walking smoothly, realized he had walked really far, even out of the village. He just bought a bottle of soda at a small store in the next village and handed it to Little Yuan. He himself then asked someone for a bowl of water to drink.

Everyone in the next village recognized his face. The boss was polite, not only not taking the soda money but also specifically brewing him a bowl of brown sugar water.

Li Sanjiang just finished the bowl and sat on the stone stool at the door of the small store, with Little Yuan sitting beside him.

Grandfather and grandson just sat there drinking and watching the people and vehicles constantly coming and going on the village road.

After finishing, Li Sanjiang handed Li Zhuiyuan a bill: “Go, buy a pack of cigarettes for Great-grandpa.”

Li Zhuiyuan took the bowl from his great-grandpa’s hand and returned it to the small store counter along with his own empty soda bottle. After buying the cigarettes, he grabbed the change in his hand, shook it towards his great-grandpa, and then very naturally put it into his own pocket.

“Hahaha!”

For some reason, a stock of sincere happiness surged in Li Sanjiang’s heart.

He bent down and said: “Come, Little Yuan Hou, Great-grandpa will carry you back.”

Li Zhuiyuan got on Li Sanjiang’s back.

Although the old man was getting old, his back was still as hard and straight as a pine, unlike Mountain Grandpa, who had already started to shrink.

Li Sanjiang walked and hummed a segment of storytelling, a segment of Water Margin from the radio.

Every time Li Sanjiang got stuck, Li Zhuiyuan on his back would timely prompt him and help him continue.

Just walking like this, they saw home.

On the village road ahead, a familiar figure was also walking towards them.

“Grandpa Li, Brother Little Yuan!”

Lin Shuyou was carrying a backpack and two hands full of local specialties. After seeing them, he started to run.

After running for a few steps, the bag broke and things scattered on the ground. For a while, he didn’t notice because he was too excited. He ran quite a distance before feeling his hands getting lighter and lighter. Only then did he make an ‘ah’ sound and run back to squat down and pick things up.

Li Sanjiang: “Zhuangzhuang can get into university, Great-grandpa understands. I remember that year Zhuangzhuang did study very hard. It’s just this You Hou who is also a university student, Great-grandpa still can’t understand until now.

However, You Hou is indeed a good person, proper and steady.

If his hometown wasn’t in Fujian, which is too far, Great-grandpa would have even wanted to arrange a marriage for him. Zhuangzhuang’s side is already talked about.

Right, what kind of girl does You Hou like?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Likes the Zhou Yunyun type.”

In the previous wave, A You was apprehended multiple times by Zhao Yi. Although each time the words were only half-spoken before A You immediately softened, Li Zhuiyuan, with his good hearing, heard it all and naturally guessed it.

“Then Great-grandpa I saw wrongly. This You Hou is not that proper and steady after all.

Li Zhuiyuan got off his great-grandpa’s back. The two of them went together to help Lin Shuyou pick up things and then went home.

“Grandpa Li, this is the wine I prepared for you, and our local cigarettes. You can smoke them and see if they suit your taste. I’ll ask my grandpa to send more.”

“Too much.” Li Sanjiang divided some things, “Zhuangzhuang is not at home now. You divide some things for Zhuangzhuang and send them to his girlfriend’s home.”

“Oh, okay.”

Lin Shuyou took out two big, long black cured meats and ran towards Runsheng: “Runsheng, look what I brought you.”

Runsheng took the cured meat, smelled it in front of his nose, and immediately smiled: “Your local specialty?”

Lin Shuyou’s expression was a bit awkward. Whose local specialty cured meat was smoked with incense ash?

It was because he had a lot of fresh incense ash in the temple that he specifically asked the temple people to ‘dip’ cured meat for him.

Runsheng took a bite, chewed, swallowed. Eating this thing, there was no need to light incense.

Lin Shuyou also carried a bag of cosmetics to Yin Meng: “Meng Meng, for you.”

Yin Meng said in surprise: “So many brands?”

Lin Shuyou: “Um, our waterways are well-developed.”

A You brought Binbin the most gifts, all things to tonify the kidney and strengthen yang. Inside that jar, there was even a protected animal’s reproductive organ soaking.

“A You, come with me.”

“Coming, Brother Little Yuan.”

Under Li Zhuiyuan’s gaze, Runsheng and Yin Meng also followed.

Next to the kitchen was a small room. The walls on both sides were hung full of god images by Great-grandpa. The one in the middle was still Confucius, who Great-grandpa mistook for Laozi.

Last time at home, Li Zhuiyuan specifically cleared out an area and asked A Li to help make name plaques for all the people in his team.

In the front were the names, and in the back were each person’s birthdate and time.

In the middle was a exquisite small incense burner, which Runsheng had dived down and retrieved after solving the dead yin at the work site. It was originally a good tool for seeking fragrance position, but now Li Zhuiyuan had a better compass, so he just put it here as an altar furnace.

The place was both small and cramped, but water doesn’t have to be deep to have a dragon to be spiritual.

However, as soon as Li Zhuiyuan came in, he found that the incense inserted in the incense burner had already burned to the end.

It should have been inserted by Great-grandpa, because he had the habit of entering here to worship once every morning.

What was more interesting was that between the name plaques of the five of them, there was also a rough board, with ‘Li Sanjiang’ written on it in brush.

Li Zhuiyuan remembered Great-grandpa once asking him what was the use of the plaques with names written on them. Li Zhuiyuan said they were used to pray for blessings. To put them in a temple required giving incense money, which was not only expensive but also required time to renew.

Great-grandpa should have felt it was very reasonable, so he just wrote his own name and put it in, and in the morning, he would light an incense for himself and Little Yuan Hou and the rest of the mules to pray for blessings.

Lin Shuyou: “Why is Grandpa Li’s name also inside?”

Runsheng: “Afraid of losing out?”

Lin Shuyou: “How could it be? Taking advantage, taking a big advantage.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Just put Great-grandpa’s name here. After all, he is the Nan Tong Fishing Corpse Li.”

In the young man’s view, his own great-grandpa was more suitable for the title of Nan Tong Fishing Corpse Li than himself. If they were to rank the inheritance sequence, Great-grandpa should indeed be before him.

Li Zhuiyuan: “Temple register and god book.”

“Here, here.” Lin Shuyou quickly took out the temple register and the god book he had personally written.

Li Zhuiyuan took the things and stacked them on top. Then he held incense in his left hand, yellow paper in his right hand, his eyes slightly condensed, and his aura serious.

Lin Shuyou then began to divine. The next moment, his vertical pupil opened.

Li Zhuiyuan: “White Crane Child!”

Lin Shuyou: “Here~”

“Today, you will move into this altar. Do you have any objection?”

“Exorcise demons and protect the Dao, my duty is here. No objection!”

Li Zhuiyuan inserted the incense, burned the yellow paper, and sprinkled the ashes on the temple register and god book.

Next, White Crane Child took out his own god image.

This place was too small. The kind of god image like the one in the General’s Temple definitely couldn’t be moved in. Besides, Lin Shuyou couldn’t bring it on the plane either.

Therefore, the god image could only be a token now.

But this token was… a bit too token.

White Crane Child looked at the wooden man his Ji Tong had prepared for him.

This was carved by Lin Shuyou himself. The handmade work was rough, and the paint was also very uneven. After all, Lin Shuyou only made it perfect for himself, he was not a carver or painter.

White Crane Child finally still put the wooden man up, but his vertical pupil was a bit distorted.

Those who knew, knew this was his ‘god image’. Those who didn’t know, would think it was those inferior wooden dolls used by evil sorcerers to curse people.

At this time, the Child suddenly heard the young man beside him say: “Simple conditions, wronged you.”

The Child’s distorted vertical pupil instantly straightened!

His first reaction was that the young man was angry and was sarcasm him.

Although it was a temple with simple conditions, He would definitely not go before, because a small General’s Temple meant the quality of the Ji Tong was low, there was less work, less merit, and the power He could exert was also small.

But here was an exception. The simpler it was, the more simple it was, and the more warmth the Child felt, because this was like founding a business. This was entering the bureau and occupying a position. There was a feeling that he was already one of his own.

He really just purely disliked the ‘god image’ that his Ji Tong carved for him. It was too ugly. Or not carve any human shape, just put a name plaque for him and write his name would also be fine.

White Crane Child turned towards the young man, preparing to apologize and explain. He didn’t want to lose face and be kicked out on the first day of work because his superior misunderstood him.

For a job hopper, the most terrible thing was to be announced in the old unit but ultimately not jump out.

Who knew, before the Child could even open his mouth, the young man spoke again:

“I’ll let A Li re-carve a good-looking one for you.”

The Child’s unease was still in his mouth, and it was instantly replaced by a strong, sincere fear.

He was a yin god, and his perception was originally extremely sensitive. Plus, He had also been severely handled by the young man before. Therefore, He now had a very clear feeling, the young man… seemed a bit different.

Li Zhuiyuan: “Okay, offer incense.”

Runsheng and Yin Meng each held incense. After bowing towards the incense burner, they inserted the incense.

When leaving, Li Zhuiyuan, who was walking in front, said: “A You, work a bit harder and carve two wooden men for the two generals who increase damage.”

At this time, the vertical pupil in A You’s eyes had not yet dissipated, meaning his body was still White Crane Child.

White Crane Child, who was walking at the back, heard these words and laughed crookedly without any image.

After He left, Lin Shuyou couldn’t help but cover his mouth. This was to prevent his skin from splitting from laughing.

Li Sanjiang: “Runsheng Hou, You Hou, follow me to the next town to deliver goods!”

Qin Uncle and Xiong Shan were busy in the fields. Anyway, the new mules were back, so they weren’t called.

Runsheng went to load the goods onto the cart, and Lin Shuyou, licking his mouth, also naturally integrated into the group.

Whoever came to Grandpa Li’s home had to work, but no one complained about working for Grandpa.

Li Zhuiyuan went up to the second floor, pushed open the door, and saw A Li sitting there holding tools, dismantling the ancestor spirit tablet.

The ancestor spirit tablets now were made of different materials and specifications. When using them, they had to be classified by material first.

“A Li, you worked hard. Help me carve a White Crane Child.”

A Li nodded.

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the painting desk, picked up a brush, and began to paint White Crane Child’s image.

Without paying attention to emotions, just purely depicting, soon, White Crane Child’s image was vividly on the paper.

A Li carefully looked it over once, then sat down, picked up a new ancestor spirit tablet, and began to carve.

Li Zhuiyuan felt, using this material, wouldn’t it be a bit too good?

But seeing A Li had already started carving, he didn’t stop her.

Forget it, as Great-grandpa said, to get the mules to work well, good feed was indispensable.

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the desk and sat down, first opening the blank book.

When he lightly touched the painting with his fingertip, the white bones in the painting retreated with a frightened expression, but then actually flowed out joy.

could feel that the original young man was back.

Everything, just afraid of contrast.

originally thought falling into this young man’s hands was like entering hell. Who knew, below this hell were actually eighteen more layers!

These three days, he couldn’t waste his mind. He had to nourish himself well. Li Zhuiyuan said:

“These three days, I won’t touch you. You nourish yourself well. Three days later, I want to make up for the lacking amount in one go.”

The white bones in the painting heard these words, not only not showing despair, but instead having a kind of floating feeling: Really good, he is actually willing to discuss with me.

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan heard the carving knife frequency change behind him.

Li Zhuiyuan opened his mouth: “I will be angry.”

The carving knife frequency returned to normal.

Last night, although ‘he’ was unable to say the word ‘blood’, A Li had already clearly seen his meaning. For this blank book to be effective, it needed her blood.

She was carving now, so she could just injure a finger and let the blood flow out.

Li Zhuiyuan took the blank book and then wrote his treatment plan for this time into the ‘case’.

After doing these things, the young man got up and walked to the girl’s side. He first helped her clean the tools and table, and sweep the material scraps on the ground. Immediately, he sat down beside the girl, handed her tools, and did some auxiliary work on the edge materials.

Li Zhuiyuan still remembered the first time he made the Yellow River shovel as a tool according to the records in , the girl accompanied him and was busy for two days.

At that time, the girl didn’t actually do much manual work. The steps and tools still needed him to demonstrate and explain once.

Now, just looking at the girl’s hand holding the carving knife flying up and down, it was simply skilled beyond words.

Wherever she could help him, she always forced herself to do her best.

In this world, things more precious than mountains of gold and silver were those that were exhausted.

White Crane Child was well carved. Although it was not yet colored, it was already lifelike and could be considered an extremely exquisite piece of art.

Most importantly, A Li still expressed White Crane Child’s unruly charm.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his head and looked at his earlier painting scroll. He found that he hadn’t deliberately highlighted the Child’s qi. This was A Li’s own artistic processing.

Li Zhuiyuan began to help mix colors, and A Li began to color.

After it was thoroughly completed, White Crane Child looked like it had come alive.

The girl placed the Child on the table and looked towards the young man.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up a wet cloth and helped her wipe her hands.

The girl’s pupils lowered, and the faint happiness that was originally on her face converged. Just as Li Zhuiyuan had known what she wanted to do when he returned to her and sat at the desk earlier, she now also knew what the young man wanted to say to her.

She originally thought the young man would forget, who knew the young man actually truly remembered until now, waiting for her to finish the matter at hand.

“A Li, I am now a heart demon, so what you need to do is help me consolidate this heart demon. You are my window. Through you, I can see the difference between myself and ‘him’.”

Once, he pulled himself out of the darkness. Now, it was his turn to pull him out of the swamp.

The girl stretched out her hand, one hand hugging the young man’s head, the other hand patting his back.

A Li had money, a lot of money.

…

Li Zhuiyuan had just placed White Crane Child on the offering table and walked out of the small room when he heard Zhang Auntie from the small store singing:

“Little Yuan Hou~ find your phone~”

Li Zhuiyuan went to answer the phone.

The receiver was always placed by his side, not hung up.

Knowing this boldness, Li Zhuiyuan knew it was Xue Liangliang calling.

“Hello, Brother Liangliang.”

“Little Yuan, you’re at home, right? I want to ask for your help…”

“I sent it over, in the river.”

“You went personally?”

“Um.”

“How can you be so embarrassed? Just let Binbin go. You personally went to send it… she still needs to give you kowtow etiquette, in case it affects the fetal qi.”

“Brother Binbin won’t be in Nan Tong now.”

“Oh, like this, hehe. That, there’s one more thing. I don’t know if you’re free. The school organized an exchange meeting in Beijing. There are student quotas. Do you all want to go? Just as a public trip reward for excellent students.”

“Are we… considered excellent students?”

Excellent to the point of not even going to school.

Tan Wenbin was the class monitor. He wasn’t even comfortable applying for a scholarship for himself, even though his exam results after a last-minute review were also top-notch, with his usual points overflowing in every subject.

“According to the judgment standard, you, Tan Wenbin, and Lin Shuyou are all considered, because you have all already entered the internship stage early.”

“Forget it, let’s not occupy this quota.”

“This time you can bring family, one person each, which means Runsheng and Yin Meng can also go together. I’ll arrange it.”

“Brother Liangliang?”

Li Zhuiyuan felt something was wrong. Xue Liangliang disliked taking advantage of public resources the most. In this aspect, he was always very strict with himself.

“Sigh, I’ll tell you the truth. This activity in the school this time, I’m the sponsor.”

“Oh, no wonder.”

“Then you, reconsider. If you’re free, just come and play for a trip?

I have a private motive. I have already selected a batch of students for Luo Worker and they are in the assessment and screening stage. I hope you or Binbin can spare some time to lecture on work experience about the kind of things encountered in engineering, um, just that… you understand.

Besides, weren’t you raised in Beijing? Don’t you want to go home and see?”

“Don’t want to.”

“Then…”

“The exchange meeting matter, I’ll reconsider. I’ll give you a reply later.”

“Okay, notify me anytime after you’ve considered it.”

Li Zhuiyuan hung up the phone. He bought another pack of cigarettes for Great-grandpa at Zhang Auntie’s place as a singing fee.

Tan Wenbin went to No Heart Island to find Qiu Zhuang. The traffic there was not very convenient. He should have just arrived and had not yet come to report.

Going to Beijing was not impossible. He originally planned to spare some time to go find that Esoteric high monk to have a proper chat.

What Li Zhuiyuan was thinking now was, would going to Beijing also count as a wave?

But if it came like this, wouldn’t it conflict with Qiu Zhuang?

No matter what, it was impossible for two waves to happen at the same time.

So, which one was real, and which one was fake?

Or rather, there was a front and a back?

When he returned home, he found that Great-grandpa, Runsheng, and Lin Shuyou had already delivered the goods and returned.

What surprised Li Zhuiyuan was that Great-grandpa actually still held a lottery ticket in his hand.

It was just that it was too close to the end of the previous wave, not yet the time for the next wave to come normally. Otherwise, Li Zhuiyuan would even suspect that the river water was using the same method twice, and so directly.

Lin Shuyou excitedly shouted to Li Zhuiyuan: “Brother Little Yuan, Grandpa Li won the prize again!”

Li Sanjiang, on the way to deliver goods, passed by the lottery drawing place again. It was still the same team as last time.

The host held a microphone and stood on the stage, encouraging everyone’s enthusiasm. He saw Li Sanjiang and them from afar and enthusiastically invited Li Sanjiang up, loudly shouting:

“Friends, this is the old gentleman who won our first prize, the Yunnan five-person luxury tour, last time!”

The host’s original intention was to use solid facts to warm up the scene, and then take out a prize ticket box and invite Li Sanjiang to draw again for free.

Hard to refuse hospitality, Li Sanjiang drew again.

The result was that after scratching it open, the host was also dumbfounded. Another first prize, a Beijing luxury single tour.

This was good. The scene was successfully warmed up. You organizers didn’t even know how to change the setting. The crowd below collectively shouted: “Black curtain! Black curtain!”

Li Zhuiyuan took the lottery ticket from his great-grandpa’s hand. If this time Great-grandpa had won a five-person luxury tour like last time, that could almost imply that it was a wave coming. But this time it was only a luxury single tour, indicating that this was Great-grandpa’s own good luck.

Another point was that the clue from the river water would not be continuously pushed in one direction twice. So Xue Liangliang’s invitation should be an accident, or it could be understood as, it belonged to his, Li Zhuiyuan’s, own karma outside the river walk.

Therefore, the trip to Beijing could be temporarily excluded first. The possibility of the Qiu Zhuang line was constantly increasing. He just had to wait for Tan Wenbin to send back the preliminary investigation results.

Liu Aunt: “Dinner’s ready!”

Lin Shuyou seemed to think of something and took out two wooden dolls he had carved in his free time on the way to deliver goods from his pocket and put them in the small room.

It wasn’t that he didn’t carve attentively, but even if he was more attentive, this was the only level of carving he had.

“Wow!”

After seeing the lifelike image of White Crane Child, Lin Shuyou also couldn’t help but sigh at Miss A Li’s exquisite craftsmanship.

However, he didn’t have time to appreciate it and immediately ran out to eat dinner.

After he closed the door and left, the White Crane Child image began to tremble slightly.

Yin gods could descend onto their own god images. Which specific one depended purely on Their hearts. This was also a big reason why many temples pursued molding golden bodies, to increase attractiveness.

The White Crane Child god image trembled more and more severely. He was excited!

Not only excited about this carved image, but also surprised at the quality of the material used.

Where was this simple, where was this simple? Which General’s Temple could have this capital to mold an image for himself using this material?

The Child was overjoyed, excitedly on the offering table in the empty small room, ‘slap slap’ shaking from south to north.

Midway, He saw those two ugly increase damage generals, and deliberately knocked them both over, then ‘slap slap’ from west to east again.

Outside on the dam, everyone was eating dinner.

Lin Shuyou said to Li Sanjiang: “Grandpa Li, this time you can go to Beijing and play properly in the Forbidden City.”

Li Sanjiang reached out and scratched his head, which he had washed with shampoo today, and said with a wrinkled face:

“I’m tired of playing in the Forbidden City…”

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