bestfiction Chapter 412 Zhongyuan
Chapter 412 Zhongyuan
"Around the Ghost Festival, try not to go out at night, especially this year, which happens to be the Year of the Twin Snakes with an intercalary June. There will also be a total lunar eclipse the next day, with a blood moon in the sky. This buff is simply stacked up!" Yuan Sheng kept muttering to himself and locked both doors early.
"Sister, I'll put this full-length mirror behind the shoe cabinet first, and I'll put away the red clothes for you." Yuan Sheng was busy running around, and Yuan Bao followed behind Yuan Sheng like a little tail, watching him busying around.
Ren He looked at the scene with a sidelong glance, and the corner of his mouth could not help but rise, which pulled the wound. He hissed in pain and slapped away Yuan Lai's hand that was applying medicine to him.
"It seems your brother is even more excited about the upcoming Ghost Festival than you are."
Yuan Lai changed a new cotton swab, dipped it in the solution and disinfected Ren He's wound. "Let him do whatever he wants. It's not me who has to deal with him anyway."
"Do you believe in the folk taboos of these festivals?" Ren He asked curiously.
"I didn't believe it at first, but since I met you, I have to believe it," Yuan Lai replied.
After hearing this, Ren He nodded, then said in a serious tone, "Well, the boy is teachable."
Yuan Lai's mouth twitched slightly, and he signaled Ren He to take off his shirt.
Ren He immediately covered his chest and looked at Yuan Lai with a vigilant look, "What? Are you trying to take advantage of me?"
Yuan Lai was speechless for a moment. Without saying a word, he threw the cotton swab in his hand into the trash can.
Ren He reached out and grabbed Yuan Lai, who was about to get up and leave, and said pitifully: "I'm a wounded soldier, how could you leave me?"
Yuan Lai looked at Ren He angrily and said, "You didn't go to the hospital when you were injured, but insisted on sneaking into my house. I've already done my best by not kicking you out. Who beat you up like this? I have to ask him to be my disciple."
Ren He replied with a grin, "Who else could it be except Song Qiyuan? Only he would dare to hit me."
"Song Qiyuan? Why did he beat you for no reason? Did you betray him?" Yuan Lai asked in confusion.
Ren He quickly shook his head and explained, "It's not really betrayal. I just helped Su De kick down the door he was almost done repairing."
After hearing this, Yuan Lai was silent for a moment, then said, "Well, he really deserves a beating."
Ren He unbuttoned his shirt, revealing the wound under his collarbone. "If Song Qiyuan hadn't been watching Cheng Xuan so closely, I wouldn't have bothered you."
"It's good that you know it's troublesome. Don't come to me for this kind of thing next time. It's bad luck."
Ren He was speechless after being confronted. He could only raise his neck and blurt out one word, "Okay."
After Hong Bao left, the empty room was just right for Ren He to stay in. Yuan Lai's parents didn't mind it. Instead, they were relieved that Yuan Lai had so many good friends to bring home.
However, this so-called good friend took Yuan Lai to the program filming location - Xintang Village without hesitation early the next morning.
"Why are you so crazy?"
Ren He walked into the only three-story building in the village and went up the stairs. The doors of the three rooms on the second floor were all locked.
Ren He walked straight to the door of the room where Yuan Lai had lived before and pushed it open with force. The room was empty and there was a thin layer of dirt on the table.
"I've already told Song Qiyuan to let you return to the program crew and continue filming with them." Ren He said expressionlessly.
Yuan Lai's mind was as clear as a mirror. "So, Song Qiyuan beat you up?"
Kicking a door is not a serious matter that cannot be rectified. At worst, it can be repaired and solved with some time. It is not worth using force for such a small matter.
Song Qiyuan seemed to have been dissatisfied with her and wanted to sow discord between them and prevent her from coming back. Perhaps something Ren He said touched his bottom line, making him unable to tolerate it, so he beat Ren He black and blue.
But then again, this Ren He is really something. Why would he bother to provoke Song Qiyuan? If she can't come back, then she can't come back. She doesn't have to stay here.
"Actually, it's mainly because I feel uncomfortable giving my home to someone else. If you lived here, I could at least come back and visit you anytime," Ren He explained.
Yuan Lai, however, exposed the ambiguous meaning in his words and said, "Even without me, you can still come back anytime."
Ren He felt like he was holding back a mouthful of blood. "Okay, there's no point in lying to you. I'd better tell you the truth."
Yuan Lai thought, why not just say this earlier? Why go around in such a big circle?
She took out a pack of tissues from her pocket, wiped the two stools clean, and then said to Ren He, "Sit down and talk. Let's make it short."
Ren He obediently sat down next to Yuan Lai and suddenly asked, "Do you know what day it is today?"
Yuan Lai didn't hesitate: "It's the Ghost Festival! What's going on?"
"Do you want to watch the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons?"
Forget it. Yuan Lai thought, it’s enough to just know about this kind of thing, but forget about seeing it with your own eyes. She was afraid her heart wouldn’t be able to bear it.
"Ah, actually, the Ghost Festival is about remembering and honoring our ancestors. It's better to ignore everything else. Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep at night."
"Someone wants to see you."
what?
What does that mean? Yuan Lai was confused.
"Do you remember the word spirit that disappeared in front of you in the hospital?" Ren He looked into Yuan Lai's eyes.
of course I remember.
I will never forget it in this lifetime.
"In fact, there isn't only one word spirit. As a rule of thumb, as long as the emotional intensity is high enough, the word spirit has a chance to be reborn from the text. That word spirit was also lucky. It died just as Mo Jingxin was going to the hospital. Although its spirit body was taken away, a trace of its spiritual will remained in Mo Jingxin."
"During the TV series' promotional period, many people have searched for the original novel. This year's Blood Moon coincides with the Ghost Festival, so it's the perfect time, place, and people. Because the last person it saw was you, all it needs is one tear from you and a drop of blood from ten people to be reborn, and there's a high chance it will remember you."
Yuan Lai suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
It's easy to ask for a tear from her, but it's not easy to ask for a drop of blood from ten people, right?
Did Ren He send Zi Ling back to the program crew just to help her?
There was a noisy sound outside, coming from far away and getting closer. It was the brothers who had finished work and were getting ready for dinner.
"Brother Li Hao, I'd like to request three bowls of rice!" Chen Shaoxi said in a high-pitched voice, causing others to laugh.
Yuan Lai was drawn to the window. Through it, she saw that many people had gathered in the square. Li Gengyun moved a stool and sat next to Jiang Dunhao. "I'm really looking forward to today's meal."
Several people walked quickly to the central kitchen and soon came out with three pots of food. Lu Zhuo shouted loudly: "Brothers, the sweet and sour pork ribs are here!"
Zhao Xiaotong came out carrying a dish, "Big Plate Chicken, Big Plate Chicken, this dish goes really well with it."
He Haonan also came out with a dish, "Braised fish! This looks delicious."
Zhao Yibo looked at it eagerly: "Three meat dishes, okay, okay."
Li Hao had already prepared rice for himself and waited obediently for the dishes to be served.
"Eat, eat." Jiang Dunhao was the first to pick up his chopsticks and picked up the ribs closest to him.
Zhuo Yuan ate with relish.
I don’t know if it’s because the newly hired chef’s cooking skills are so good, or because the brothers are not picky eaters, but in less than ten minutes, all the dishes on the table were gone, leaving only a few empty plates.
After dinner, the brothers sat together and enthusiastically discussed what to do after dinner. Someone suggested going to the south of the village to release river lanterns together, and this idea was unanimously agreed by everyone.
Li Gengyun stood up, walked to a corner, and fished out a small bamboo lantern from among a pile of river lanterns. He examined it, a feeling welling up in his heart: "This thing always feels like a cycle! The last time we released river lanterns was in Xihu Kingdom."
He Haonan took over the conversation with a smile: "There are no monsters this time, so we don't have to run for our lives like Xihu!" As he said that, he took out three lamps from the box next to him and handed one to Jiang Dunhao and Zhao Yibo respectively.
Li Hao was quick to pick out the largest one and said proudly, "Haha, this is the one a tough guy would choose!"
Zhao Xiaotong picked up a pen and drew something on his lamp, asking, "How long can this lamp last?"
When Lu Zhuo heard his question, he smiled and replied, "How can we know that?"
After saying that, he distributed the remaining lanterns to Wang Yiheng, Chen Shaoxi and Zhuo Yuan, one for each.
When Yuan Lai and Ren He arrived downstairs, the film crew had already moved with their brothers.
Ren He turned to look at Yuan Lai, "I'll help you with your luggage."
Yuan Lai nodded in agreement, and followed the staff alone.
The crowd passed through the village and arrived at the riverbed to the south. Yuan Lai was surprised to find that the riverbed had become much wider after renovation. Not only that, a new gravel road had been paved along the riverside.
"It seems that the brothers have done a lot of things in their spare time from planting flowers." Yuan Lai sighed in his heart.
Jiang Dunhao was standing by the river. He took out a lighter, lit the candle in the lamp, and carefully placed it in the water. The other brothers took turns placing their own lamps into the river.
Some staff members also released their own river lanterns in the river.
The river lanterns drift slowly on the water, and the candlelight sways in the breeze, carrying everyone's thoughts and blessings, drifting downstream along the water.
Jiang Qingtian was the first one to discover Yuan Lai among more than a hundred people.
She ran back and wanted to throw herself into Yuan Lai's arms.
Zhou Qingran and Jiang Yan, the young parents, finally kept an eye on their child. When Jiang Qingtian let go of her hand, they reacted quickly and grabbed Jiang Qingtian's clothes.
"Yuan Lai?!"