Chapter 72: Am I White Impermanence?
Qin Liu left the room in a furious and flustered state.
Liu Haoyu stood there blankly, looking at the lingering warmth on his hands, deeply moved.
“To be fair,” the Black Book spoke up, “going by her reaction, you and she definitely have a chance.”
“But you kid… you really don’t want to make a good impression, do you?!”
“You had such a great opportunity just now, if you’d gone for it, you might have won, you know?”
The Black Book knew very well.
Qin Liu had woken up before Liu Haoyu. When the little ghost saw Liu Haoyu holding her shoes, her expression stiffened for a moment, but she didn’t get angry.
Instead, she silently took her shoes back.
She was the type to endure silently, even if she was attacked in her sleep.
Liu Haoyu just shrugged and said,
“What I said just now was the truth.”
What Liu Haoyu was grateful for, of course, wasn’t Qin Liu’s shoes, but that Qin Liu had asked him to help her put them on in the dream.
This was Liu Haoyu’s first time experiencing something like this.
“Alright, alright, I know you’re a shrimp head,” the Black Book said helplessly.
In response, Liu Haoyu took off his clothes, revealing the numerous talismans underneath.
He wasn’t reckless when he slept.
He was prepared for it.
Everyone thought he was just a dull-witted fool, but he wasn’t.
If he were a truly stubborn ghost exorcist, he wouldn’t have survived this long.
Before going to sleep, Liu Haoyu had plastered himself with Soul Seeking Talismans.
Although these talismans couldn’t enter the dream, the aura of the Red Gate would inevitably linger on him when he was dreaming.
Thus, these talismans could absorb its aura, and through the talismans, find the other party’s trace.
Seeing the talismans in Liu Haoyu’s hand, the Black Book was greatly surprised.
It took out a blank piece of paper and wrote on it.
“To risk your life for valuable information, you’ve truly impressed me,”
“The Soul Seeking Talismans have absorbed the aura of the Red Gate. With this aura, finding the Red Gate shouldn’t be difficult for you.”
“And with your strength, it’s not impossible to deal with the seriously injured Red Gate in reality.”
“With Qin Liu’s help, you should be able to defeat this terrifying existence soon.”
The Black Book’s words, like a rousing cheer, made Liu Haoyu’s heart relax.
The Black Book was also happy for Liu Haoyu at this moment.
“It’s already evening, so it’s probably too late to go find the Red Gate.”
“Conserve your energy. Tomorrow at dusk will be your time to act.”
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“Shrimp head! Shrimp head! Such a shrimp head!”
Qin Liu, carrying her red embroidered shoes, walked to the grass outside the house.
She sat down and placed the embroidered shoes beside her.
Recalling Liu Haoyu’s affectionate gaze just now, Qin Liu had to admit that at that moment, she really thought Liu Haoyu was going to say something that would end their friendship.
But in the end, after looking at her for so long, he said, “Thanks for the hospitality.”
Can a person say such a thing?!
Qin Liu cried out in her heart, lamented, and even wanted to writhe on the ground.
Honestly, when she heard those four words, she really wanted to kick Liu Haoyu in the face.
But she was afraid it would do him good.
“Sigh…”
Qin Liu looked up at the stars in the sky.
This kind of sight was impossible to see in the city.
It was this sight that gradually calmed Qin Liu’s mood.
“Forget it, I should have gotten used to it long ago.”
The young girl sat on the ground and sighed, placing her hand on her chest.
Even through the small hill, she could still feel her faint heartbeat.
A faint blush still lingered on her face.
“To become human again…”
Qin Liu lay on the grass, recalling Wang Wenqi’s words.
If it were half a year ago, she probably would have been very happy, even jumping with joy.
But things were different now.
Qin Liu wasn’t stupid. Based on what she saw in her dreams and what she knew in reality.
She had likely realized her duty.
Especially when she saw herself leading a stream of souls across a dark river in her dream, she felt a peculiar sensation.
This feeling made her instinctively want to pick up a lantern.
By the time Qin Liu came to her senses, the dream had vanished.
“Leading wandering souls, holding a lantern that illuminates the darkness, and this white hair…”
Qinliu, with her eyes closed, murmured.
In a daze, it was as if she had guessed something, saying,
“Could it be that I am White Impermanence?!”
The young girl sat up from the grass.
She was not a ghost exorcist and did not understand supernatural events.
In her life, she was just an ordinary person.
Even after death, becoming like Qin Liu was still from the perspective of an ordinary person.
Ordinary people knew nothing about guides or the Gate of the Yellow Springs.
What she knew about the underworld…
Most of it came from Journey to the West.
That was all.
So, Qin Liu naturally thought she was White Impermanence.
“White Impermanence, White Impermanence… then what about Black Impermanence?”
Qin Liu scratched her head in confusion. In her dream, she seemed to be leading lone ghosts by herself.
She never encountered anyone else holding a lantern.
Is Black Impermanence… Liu Haoyu?
Qin Liu’s imagination was wild. If Liu Haoyu knew her flights of fancy, he wouldn’t know what to think.
It was precisely because of Qin Liu’s speculation about her own origins that she was currently conflicted.
She knew that once she turned back into a human, her relationship with Liu Haoyu would probably end there.
However, if she didn’t turn back into a human, many of her actions would depend on Hong Yu, and others wouldn’t be able to see her. Even if they did, they would faint.
On one hand, her relationship with Liu Haoyu; on the other, her body that could regain freedom…
It was truly difficult to choose.
“That’s not right?” Qin Liu suddenly thought of something. “Officer Wang just said that casually. Who knows if it’s true?”
“Then why am I agonizing over this?”
Qin Liu lay on the grass again, like a salted fish.
Time passed until the afternoon of the next day.
Liu Haoyu rode his motorcycle back to Jiangliu City.
Following the Soul Seeking Talismans, he arrived at the old city district.
Under the afterglow of the sunset, it looked exceptionally run-down.
Although it was a city district, it was deserted. There were no pedestrians on the street, and everything was very quiet.
“The Red Gate is here?”
A little ghost, who looked harmless, floated beside Liu Haoyu.
Even though Liu Haoyu had tricked her a few times, she was still not angry. Instead, her demeanor became even more casual when she spoke to Liu Haoyu.
“According to the Soul Seeking Talismans, it is indeed in this place…”
As he spoke, a girl with a dark expression walked past Liu Haoyu.
In Liu Haoyu’s sight, this girl’s complexion was terrifyingly dark, and her eyes had lost all hope of living on.
