Soul Ghost

Chapter 7

I forced a smile and thought, "If this is true, I'm afraid that this small talisman would not be able to resist it. But the little king has a sincere look on his face, and he also has good intentions." I smiled and put the talisman on my chest.

Little Wang was in good spirits. He didn't blame him and even silently put on the talisman. He seemed to sigh lightly and murmured, "I won't do such a silly thing again in the future. I didn't believe in superstition before, but now I know that there are some things that I really can't explain. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have drunk so much wine if I were beaten to death that day. I won't go to the river or the faraway village."

I didn't answer him. If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have. But there was no if in this world.

"I haven't had a good sleep for several days, but everything is fine tonight. I have this talisman. If it's just a dream, it's okay. If it's true, I believe it won't dare to come." Little Wang Ru was relieved and felt unspeakably relaxed.

###Chapter7,Zi Yue's Tenderness

Several days after Little Wang's death, we were immersed in grief. I blame myself. Why did Little Wang ride a motorcycle? Why didn't I recall earlier that the image in the dream might be Little Wang? Why, why did I just pick the 15th day of July to Clear Spring Village? Why, why...

The situation of the river was even worse. He seemed to have been strongly stimulated and lost his consciousness from time to time. He could not come back to his senses and was not as good as before. The money in the city had been in place two days ago, but we were not happy anymore. The development of the Clear Spring Village was in progress. It should have been under the charge of the river, but now it was up to me.

Chang Xi walked into my office, his expression was listless, his eyes were bloodshot, and his eye sockets were sunken. It could be seen that he was suffering the mental torture these days.

I said, "Changxi, sit down, what's wrong with you?"

The river began to cry. A man, like a little girl, burst into tears. He sobbed, "Nanping, you don't know, that day, the day when Little Wang died, I saw, that, that headless shadow, that pale hand... Nanping, I can't stand it. Such days..."

My heart ached. I did not know what we were going to encounter, but I chose not to think about it. It was not an exaggeration to say that I was trying to escape from this problem. I arranged my work so well that I was so busy that I forgot to eat and fell asleep as soon as I took a pillow. But every time we saw the seat where Little Wang used to be, we could not bear the grief in our hearts. A cheerful and flexible young man just walked away quietly.

At noon, everyone left. I still stayed in the office to make a draft. When I returned to the dormitory, I had to pass through Mr. Wang's dormitory. I never showed my sadness in front of outsiders, so no one knew the relationship between me and Mr. Wang. I and Mr. Wang were all children from the countryside. We had worked together for so long, but we already had a relationship that was better than that of brothers. Thinking of Mr. Wang's voice, I was depressed. How could I not feel sad when thinking of things and people?

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in!" I replied.

A sweet scent wafted in, and I didn't have to raise my head. I knew it was Zi Yue. I said strangely, "I didn't ask you to bring me food!"

Zi Yue gently bit her lips, and a row of teeth marks appeared on her lower lip. "Oh, I thought you had forgotten to call me. Why don't we do it this way? Consider it my treat."

I smiled and said, "That's not necessary. I haven't eaten yet. I want you to invite me to dinner, which is against my principle!"

Zi Yue also smiled. "Quick, eat while it's hot. These dishes don't taste good when they're cold!"

"With you so concerned about me, I don't even have to worry about losing weight!" I joked.

Zi Yue didn't say anything. Her face slowly turned red, and I teased her, "You're becoming more and more like a little girl. You're actually blushing all of a sudden. However, you're really gentle!"

Zi Yue glared at me and said in a low voice, "Nonsense!"

I laughed and kept silent. Since Little Wang's death, I either didn't say anything, didn't talk, or turned around to talk. I couldn't accept the fact that a living person stopped breathing in front of me, so I never mentioned Little Wang. I would rather believe in my heart that he just went out to travel and maybe he would appear in front of me one day. I lied to myself in my imagination.

Zi Yue lowered her head to eat and asked with a smile, "Is it delicious?"

I nodded slowly. No matter what I ate these days, I couldn't bear to make a lovely girl unhappy.

Zi Yue was indeed very happy. She lowered her voice and said softly, "This was done by me!!!"

My thoughts paused for a few more seconds. I am not a fool. How could I not know the meaning of such an obvious sentence? But now, after the incident of Little King, I don't know what will happen to me. But I know that no matter what I have gone through, the person who has the deepest pain is the one who cares about me. I have Purple Moon in my heart, and now, I know that she also has me in her heart. I know I am satisfied and I don't want to continue developing. I don't want Purple Moon to suffer because of my experience.

Zi Yue said softly, "I know about your situation!"

"What's the matter?"

"I've already heard Brother Changhe say it!" [The ghost story of the QQ group, 36PAD, I can't swallow the food in my mouth anymore. I raised my head and looked at Zi Yue in a daze. Zi Yue slightly lowered her head. "That day, he got drunk. He told me, Yuanwang Village, Little Wang's death..."

I smiled and said, "Did you hear his drunken words? Haha, nothing. It's just that Xiaowang's speed is too fast and the brake is not working. Don't think too much about it. We are from different eras now. You still believe that trick?"

Zi Yue raised her head and looked at me with a bitter expression, "I know what kind of person Big Brother Changhe is. You've been acting abnormally these days. I, I can tell..." As she said this, tears rolled down her cheeks.

I stood up and smiled to comfort her. "What's the matter? Look at you. Why are you crying?"

Zi Yue threw herself into my arms and said in a low, uneasy voice, "But, I'm worried about you..."

I hugged her lightly, and she looked up in my arms. Her long eyelashes were wet, and her eyes were worried and uneasy. She looked pitiful with tears. I wiped away tears for her pitifully, and the blood rushed in her chest. I couldn't help but lower my head and kissed her slightly opened mouth.

I buried myself in a pile of documents and even stopped looking around the restaurants for food. Every single time, I would be sent away by the town's cafeteria. I began to hide from Zi Yue, and I really didn't want to hurt her. It was just that I worked in an orderly manner and wanted to bury myself in a pile of documents. There weren't that many documents that could disturb my thoughts.

"I may have fallen in love with Zi Yue. If it weren't for love, I wouldn't have thought of the future, and I wouldn't have thought about what harm I would have suffered if I encountered Zi Yue. So, I would rather bear the hardships of love, and never see her again."

I often went down to the village, and the most went to Huanan village of the long river. I drank with the long river and didn't say a word.

Soft clouds looked at us, and there was a hint of worry in their eyes. However, she never asked about it. This was a smart and meticulous woman. At least, because of her intelligence, we were less troubled. Right now, all the words that we were talking about, even the ones that we were concerned about, would still make us inexplicably agitated.

One could understand the pain in Sanling River's heart. He and Sanyun loved each other deeply. Every day, he would bear the pressure in his heart and force a smile on Sanling River's face. He was just like me, Zi Yue, and did not want to let the person I loved worry about. When Sanyun was not around, the river would repeat itself smoothly, "That headless shadow, that pale hand... Nanping, if I did not see it, I would believe that Little Wang just died of an accident. Nanping... it finally took action. You say, we did not provoke it. Why did it kill us? Nanping..."

I also had my doubts. Although it sounded like a troubled old woman when I talked in the river, I was not impatient. I thought about it. But this kind of supernatural things could not be judged by common sense. How could I speculate and figure out why it should be done?

The Changhe was drunk again. His alcohol tolerance was not low, but he had borne too much in his heart, so it was easy to get drunk when he drank.

Soft Cloud helped him to sleep. I wanted to leave but was stopped by Soft Cloud.

I am leaving because I don't know what to say when I face the soft cloud alone. Why is the river so decadent? Why is it so drunk and unwilling to wake up?

But now, I know that Soft Cloud's patience has also reached the limit. If a wife who loved her husband deeply could not share the pain in her heart for her husband after getting along with him for such a long time. This was also a kind of cruelty and also a kind of torture. But should I tell her?

Soft Cloud sat down in front of her. Her pair of limpid eyes clearly showed a trace of worry, but thanks to her, she didn't even ask me.

She calmly looked at him and said softly, "Hey, Village Head, the river is not in a good mood right now. I'll have to ask you to bear more responsibilities at work."

I sighed lightly. Although my situation was a little better, it was not much better than the long river. I said, "Sister-in-law, you are a stranger. Not to mention that nothing went wrong with the long river, even if anything happened, we would solve it together."

She released a light breath and said, "You men always have to shoulder everything on your own. You think that this is true love. Why don't you say it? At least, you can have one more person to make the decision!"

I was stunned and forced a smile. "It's all right, sister-in-law. It's really all right!"

The soft clouds walked to the window and looked at the sky outside. "The river didn't tell me, but it still tried its best to hide in front of me. In fact, I already knew!"

"Sister-in-law?"

Soft clouds turned around to look at me. From her crystal clear eyes, I believed that she did already know. Zi Yue could hear roughly from the wine-drinking along the river that the person who spent all day with the river cared about him. How could she not know? I said weakly, "It's okay, really, it will be over soon."