Chapter 41 Don't Leave

That was the conclusion I reached the very first time I laid eyes on this doctor.

"Step aside!" I said. The doctor looked at me and then consciously cleared the path. He had also been to Grandpa Ke's house that afternoon and had witnessed the entire process of me retrieving the corpse, so he offered no resistance and immediately moved out of the way.

Stone's father had his eyes tightly shut, and his face was pitch black. The crucial thing was that he kept mumbling something under his breath.

I leaned my ear close to his lips. "You guys are fortunate; even in death you can be buried. I was thrown into the water, and I want to be reincarnated too!"

Only by getting very close did I catch these few sentences from his mouth!

After that came some more incoherent muttering that I couldn't make out.

Seeing me furrow my brow, Huang Ying walked over toward me.

At that exact moment, Stone's father suddenly snapped his eyes open.

Everyone in the room was startled. Since I was the closest to his father, I got the worst of the scare.

I was genuinely frightened this time; his gaze was truly terrifying. If I had to describe it, the only way would be to call them a dead man's eyes.

"Don't pull me away, I'm not going!" he cried out loudly as soon as he woke up. The moment he finished speaking, a loud shout came from outside.

"Quick, bring a flashlight!" Sensing something was wrong, I bolted outside immediately. It was very dark outside with extremely low visibility; only the shadows of distant trees could be seen.

"Just now while I was peeing, I saw someone over there, go take a look quickly!" I switched on the flashlight, but there was only a thatched hut over there and nothing else.

That thatched hut was the rural outhouse. People in the city were so particular, but here, as long as you didn't relieve yourself inside the house, everywhere else was fair game.

Connecting this to the symptoms Stone's father had displayed, I concluded that what he had seen earlier was no illusion—it had been a real person.

There are some people in this world who can see ghosts, and they are people with pure hearts. Because of this reason, the ones who usually can see ghosts are mostly children and the elderly.

There are many such cases where, even when no one is around to take care of young children, they will still laugh happily at times. Never think they are just giggling foolishly; it is because the world they see is different from ours.

"Let's go back inside!" I said. Judging by the situation, that dark figure should have already walked far away.

After we went back inside, Stone's father was lying on the bed snoring, sleeping quite peacefully this time.

It must have been that dark figure outside causing trouble; now that the shadow was gone, his condition had improved as well. Although Huang Ying and I hadn't really done anything, Stone and the local villagers still showered us with continuous thanks! I had originally expected a fierce battle today, never imagining it would just turn into a wasted trip.

Afterward, I dropped every kind of warding-off-evil substance I possessed around the perimeter of the house, and then chatted idly with them for a bit until Grandpa Ke and the others finally arrived.

They brought the news about the dead person on the road. It was clear that there was nothing left for Huang Ying and me to do here. I gave Huang Ying a look, and she quietly followed me as we retreated out the door.

A city's night can never compare to the countryside. In such a bustling metropolis, even if you pause for just a second, when you look back, you might no longer find the footprints you left on the asphalt just moments ago.

Only in a place like this do you have the chance to truly linger in people's hearts!

Huang Ying and I walked side by side along the mountain path in the countryside, the light from the flashlight disrupting the harmony of the night.

*Snap...*

I directly clicked off the flashlight. When we came earlier, the moon had been obscured by clouds, but now the clouds had scattered and the moon had reappeared.

Huang Ying and I walked along the narrow path bathed in the bright moonlight. She danced in the moonlight clad in all white; though I had always thought describing a woman as a fairy was terribly cliché, right now I could think of no other word to describe her.

Every time I parted from Huang Ying, I would find myself terribly unaccustomed to it, yet every time we had a world of our own, I wouldn't know what to say!

Sometimes, silence is the best form of communication; you say nothing, I utter no words, yet both of us can deeply sense the other's state of mind.

To be honest, when walking beside Huang Ying, my heart would still itch a little. No man could remain a gentleman in front of Huang Ying—except perhaps eunuchs.

From time to time, I would steal a glance at Huang Ying, occasionally meeting her gaze in mid-air.

Yet every time our eyes met, I refused to be the first to look away. Though I couldn't tease her in reality, I could at least do it with my eyes.

Just as I expected, Huang Ying only managed to hold out for a second or two under my gaze before suffering a crushing defeat.

If circumstances permitted right now, I would have been unable to resist stealing a couple of kisses from her lips. A few days ago, when I kissed her through her face mask, that feeling had been simply sublime!

"Huang Ying," I arched an eyebrow and said with a sly grin.

"Hmm!" Huang Ying looked at my expression and involuntarily took a step back. Every time I put on this expression, I would end up taking advantage of her in some way.

"It seems there's only one bed tonight, huh!" Grandpa Ke had mentioned earlier that their home only had two beds. They had originally planned to give both beds to us, but out of 'humanitarian' spirit, I had turned down one so they could rest themselves.

So if nothing unexpected happened today, I would once again be sharing a bed with Huang Ying!

"Oh!" Huang Ying uttered a single 'oh' and nothing more. I had expected her to say something tempting, but she just left it at that.

"Hehe!" I chuckled lewdly, suddenly thinking that if Huang Ying were to strike a few extremely seductive poses, she could conquer the entire world without lifting a finger. With just a single step forward, any man's combat effectiveness would drop directly to zero, while women would simply die of shame!

Actually, I was just imagining it. If she were really the type to do that, she wouldn't be Huang Ying anymore.

Lost in my wild daydreams all the way, it took us over half an hour to reach Grandpa Ke's house! But upon returning, I discovered... "Oh no, we don't have the key!"

When we left earlier, I had been too preoccupied with thoughts of our private world and completely forgot to ask Grandpa Ke for the key. I had originally wanted to return to the room early and sleep with Huang Ying, but now the only option left was to sit under the eaves and admire the moon with her!

"Let's just sit on the steps and wait for Grandpa Ke and the others to return," I touched the lock on the door and turned to say to Huang Ying.

Huang Ying nodded and followed closely behind me, sitting down on the steps.

"Are you tired?"

"Not tired!"

"Alright then, if you're tired, you can borrow my shoulder!" I said shamelessly. Last time in the car, she had fallen asleep leaning against my shoulder, and that feeling had been extraordinarily cozy!

Upon hearing this, Huang Ying turned her face toward me and stared for several seconds, as if hesitating over something, before finally resting her head decisively upon my shoulder.

"Wang Yu, actually, I used to think my whole life would be spent inside that little tomb, but now... thank you! Truly, thank you!" Huang Ying was terrible at expressing herself and rarely revealed her true feelings; in my memory, she had only done so once or twice.

"Hehe, no need to thank me, no need to thank me!" I waved my hand dismissively.

Then the two of us fell silent once more. People say that when two people stay together for a long time, they can naturally tell what the other wants to say from a single tiny expression or gesture!

I don't know how much time passed, but I actually drifted off to sleep drowsily. In front of the person you feel closest to, your guard is lowered to its absolute minimum. I had no defenses in front of Huang Ying, and Huang Ying had no defenses in front of me.

That was why she had fallen asleep on my shoulder back in the car. Dazed and groggy, my head lost its support; it tilted to one side, dragging me back from the threshold of dreamland to the doorstep of Grandpa Ke's house.

I looked at Huang Ying; she was asleep too, and a faint smile seemed to be lingering on her face. My posture was terribly cramped, but in order not to wake her, I kept my body completely still, maintaining that exact position!

It wasn't until my body had grown stiff that Grandpa Ke and the others finally returned.

Grandpa Ke was about to speak, but I made a 'shh' gesture at him, and he quietly unlocked the door. I turned around, scooped Huang Ying up in my arms, and walked into the house.

Grandpa Ke went in first to turn on the light, after which I carried Huang Ying into the bedroom where we would be sleeping. I carefully laid Huang Ying onto the bed, and as I set her down, I noticed her eyes were wide open.

"You're awake!" I said, looking down at her lying on the bed.

"Hmm!"

"You should rest first." As soon as I finished speaking, I prepared to retreat, because Huang Ying lying on the bed was even more alluring than when she was standing.

Every time I looked at her fragile, delicate appearance, my feral blood would inevitably begin to boil.

"Won't you stay?" Huang Ying spoke up.

"Huh?" My heart gave a jolt. She was actually asking me to stay! Could this be some kind of hint?

"O... okay then! I won't go!" After undergoing a 'fierce' mental struggle, I chose to stay. With such a wonderful opportunity, why wouldn't I stay?

Thus, I sat down on the edge of the bed. Seeing me sit down, Huang Ying closed her eyes once more!

Before long, she drifted off to sleep again, and I lay down directly beside her.