I can see that this girl is extrovert, likes to cry, and has a strong self-esteem.
Helplessly, I smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, since you want to talk, then just say it. I really want to know about your grandfather Jiang Jiuzhen."
Sun Xiaoli had a bright smile on her face, looking young and energetic.
However, when she talked about his grandfather and his father, her expression became a little gloomy.
Sun Xiaoli's grandfather is Jiang Jiuzhen, and his father is Sun Yaowen. Sun Yaowen is the middle-aged man who rented me the apartment.
As for why the father and son have the surname Sun and Jiang respectively, there is a reason for this.
Jiang Jiuzhen is a Taoist priest who catches ghosts. There are many taboos in this business. At the same time, catching ghosts and eliminating monsters will also have a certain impact on his family.
Sun Yaowen's mother had long known that Jiang Jiuzhen was a ghost-catching Taoist priest. Because of love, they came together and supported each other. However, in order to avoid bringing disaster to her child, Jiang Jiuzhen changed Sun Yaowen's surname and let the child take his mother's surname.
This is why Sun Yaowen and Jiang Jiuzhen have different surnames.
Sun Xiaoli said that her grandfather Jiang Jiuzhen had a very good relationship with the family at the beginning, and his position in the family was unquestionable.
Until one day, Sun Xiaoli's father Sun Yaowen discovered Jiang Jiuzhen's weirdness and learned that Jiang Jiuzhen was dealing with ghosts, which made Sun Yaowen very frightened.
At that time, Sun Xiaoli was already a teenager.
Because of Jiang Jiuzhen's identity, Sun Yaowen tried to persuade Jiang Jiuzhen several times to give up the business of a ghost-catching Taoist priest, but Jiang Jiuzhen refused. Later, they even started fighting and Jiang Jiuzhen beat Sun Yaowen.
Because of this incident, a rift arose between the two of them, and the father and son had a huge quarrel.
The number of times the two people meet throughout the year is also very limited.
Later, for some unknown reason, Sun Yaowen's wife, Sun Xiaoli's mother, was haunted by a ghost. Sun Yaowen, who had no other options, found his father Jiang Jiuzhen.
Jiang Jiuzhen naturally had to do his best to save his daughter-in-law.
But things did not go as planned. When Jiang Jiuzhen was trying to kill the ghost, the ghost decided to fight to the death and killed Sun Yaowen's wife.
There was originally a rift between Sun Yaowen and Jiang Jiuzhen, father and son. Because of the death of Sun Yaowen's wife, he vented all his resentment and hatred on Jiang Jiuzhen.
After a while, the two men actually severed their father-son relationship.
Sun Xiaoli said that his grandfather Jiang Jiuzhen wanted to ease the relationship between him and Sun Yaowen, but Sun Yaowen did not accept it. After drinking, Sun Yaowen even revealed that Jiang Jiuzhen was a Taoist priest who caught ghosts.
This made Sun Xiaoli's grandfather Jiang Jiuzhen very upset.
The two people eventually stopped contacting each other.
After his wife died, Sun Yaowen quit his job and became an alcoholic, playing cards and drinking every day, and squandering all his family fortune.
At that time, Sun Xiaoli had just entered middle school, and her attempts to persuade her father were fruitless.
What’s even more terrifying is that his father Sun Yaowen would beat and scold Sun Xiaoli after getting drunk.
Sun Xiaoli was scared and disappointed, so he moved to his grandfather's house, which is the Xiyuan Apartment where I live now.
But Sun Yaowen refused, saying that Sun Xiaoli was his child, not Jiang Jiuzhen's granddaughter, and forcibly took Sun Xiaoli away again.
Jiang Jiuzhen wanted to stop him, but was yelled at by Sun Yaowen.
Jiang Jiuzhen, furious, beat Sun Yaowen again and said he was an unfilial son.
Sun Yaowen was not polite either. He called the police and said that Jiang Jiuzhen was spreading feudal ideas and engaging in superstition and deceiving people. He said that he had killed his mother, caused the death of his wife, and beat his son... In short, Sun Yaowen was convinced that Jiang Jiuzhen was not a good person.
This happened in the 1990s and even alarmed the Public Security Bureau.
Because Jiang Jiuzhen was a Taoist priest and had beaten someone, the police detained him for a period of time.
During that period, the person who suffered the most was not Jiang Jiuzhen or Sun Yaowen, but the young
Sun Xiaoli.
Sun Xiaoli was in great pain because of the relationship between her father Sun Yaowen and grandfather Jiang Jiuzhen. She cried every day and lay in bed crying.
It was not until Sun Xiaoli went to college that she was able to break away from this family.
Jiang Jiuzhen also paid for Sun Xiaoli's college tuition. Jiang Jiuzhen once told Sun Xiaoli about his relationship with Sun Yaowen, and burst into tears. He also wanted to save his daughter-in-law, but he failed, and he blamed himself.
But Jiang Jiuzhen's self-blame was useless, and he did not get any forgiveness from Sun Yaowen at all.
In this way, the relationship between the two people has remained tense.
The owner of this Xiyuan Apartment is Jiang Jiuzhen's ex-wife, who is also Sun Xiaoli's grandmother. Because the owner is not Jiang Jiuzhen, Sun Yaowen tried to take the house away, but because Jiang Jiuzhen is his father, he failed.
But I didn’t expect that Sun Yaowen rented the apartment to me while Jiang Jiuzhen was away.
This led to the incident where Sun Xiaoli accidentally entered the apartment, was seen naked by me, and then she hit and scratched me.
After saying these things, Sun Xiaoli's eyes became moist again.
She cried and said, "I also want my grandfather and my father to have a better relationship, and I also want them to live in harmony. But they don't listen to me at all. When I tried to persuade my father on the phone before, he always scolded me, saying that I was a traitor and that he didn't want a daughter like me."
"It's like this every time. I feel very uncomfortable. And my father is no longer the father who loved me. He has become selfish and turned into a crazy person who likes drinking, gambling and losing his temper. Later, the relationship between my father and me became very tense."
"I also wanted to have a happy family, but the reality was... Later, little by little, I began to hate my father, Sun Yaowen."
When the name Sun Yaowen was mentioned, Sun Xiaoli's face was filled with expressions of loss and disgust.
I didn't expect that a girl who looks so sunny, youthful and energetic would have such a family.
After listening to her words, I even felt sympathy for Jiang Jiuzhen and even Sun Yaowen.
If we talk about wrong, maybe both sides are wrong. But sometimes who can tell right from wrong so clearly
I sighed and comforted Sun Xiaoli, "Girl, your family is really in trouble. But no matter what, your grandfather is your grandfather, your father is your father, they are all adults, and they know what they are doing. The only thing you have to do now is to be yourself and live your life well."
"You are still young, you can't let these things bother you all the time. You should be strong, smile more every day, and think about things in a positive way. Little by little you will find that, in fact, life is very beautiful."
At this point, I introduced myself to Sun Xiaoli: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, I am also a ghost-catching Taoist priest."
Sun Xiaoli looked up at me, nodded and said, "I know. I knew it when you took out the talisman. I lived with my grandfather for a period of time before, so I have seen talismans before."
"Um!"
I smiled and nodded, then said, "Although you know that I'm a ghost-catching Taoist priest, there may be some things you don't know."
"I don't know? What do you mean?"
Sun Xiaoli blinked her big eyes, sobbed through her nose, and asked me in confusion.
I smiled and said, "In fact, the fact that I can become a ghost-catching Taoist priest is also related to your grandfather. In fact, I can even be considered half of your grandfather's apprentice."
Afterwards, I told Sun Xiaoli everything about how I came to Xiyuan Apartment, how I found the Yin-Yang Soul-Ferrying Notes, and how I became a ghost-catching Taoist priest.
Sun Xiaoli may not know much about her grandfather's affairs. When I talked about these things, a bright light appeared in her eyes.
I also told Sun Xiaoli about some of my experiences catching ghosts, which made her laugh so hard that she fell backwards.
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Just like that, Sun Xiaoli and I sat on the sofa, chatting with each other for several hours.
By the end of the conversation, my eyelids started to droop.
"No, no! I just came back from Miaojiang and my body hasn't recovered yet. I'm too tired. If you want to hear it, I'll tell you when I have the chance."
Sun Xiaoli nodded and said seriously, "It's settled then. Pinky promise!"
Pinky promise
Seeing Sun Xiaoli simply stretched out her finger and was about to pinky promise with me, I couldn't refuse.
Then I reached out my hand and hooked my fingers with hers.
"In fact, ghost-catching Taoist priests are not as scary as people imagine. We are doing a serious job to eliminate harm for the people and convert ghosts."
Sun Xiaoli looked at me with admiration, which made me feel proud.
"Okay, that's it. Miss Xiaoli, you go to sleep too. There's another side bedroom over there that's empty. You can sleep there."
Having said that, I stood up.
Unexpectedly, Sun Xiaoli blushed and said to me, "Brother Yang, please don't call me Miss Xiaoli anymore. It sounds weird. It was okay in the old society, but now it's the 21st century. You can just call me 'Xiaoli'."
I readily agreed: "Okay, then I'll call you Xiao Li."
After that, I packed my things and went into the bathroom.
There was still a lot of heat in the bathroom, and I even smelled a fragrance.
The smell was very similar to the smell on Sun Xiaoli's body.
Thinking about the beautiful scene I saw after I opened the door earlier, I feel a surge of emotion in my heart.
I had this feeling when Susu and I were together.
Shaking my head, I curbed my wild thoughts, then I took off my clothes and turned on the water heater.
Soon, warm water flowed from the shower head and fell on my body. It felt very comfortable.
There was a mirror on the wall of the bathroom. After I wiped off the moisture on it and looked at the mirror, I found that I hadn't shaved for a long time, and my beard had grown a lot and was very dense.
You know what, I look quite handsome with a beard.
It’s not good to praise yourself like this, but there’s nothing I can do about it. I’m a narcissist after all.
Humming Jay Chou's songs and taking a hot bath, I suddenly felt that this kind of life was very comfortable.
But the embarrassing thing is that maybe I haven't taken a shower for a long time, so there is a lot of dust on my body. When I rub it with my hands, the dust clumps together and becomes mud.
I used shampoo, shower gel, and everything else I needed, and finally cleaned myself.
I stood under the shower, the water splashed on my skin, I looked down and saw that I had abdominal muscles without knowing when.
This is not easy. It seems that this is the result of my traveling around and catching ghosts and monsters during this period of time.
This makes me feel very beautiful.
Just when I was taking a shower, there was a knock on the door.
I didn't think much about it and shouted, "Xiao Li, there's someone knocking on the door, can you help me check it?"
Sun Xiaoli walked to the door in her slippers, making a "clacking" sound.
"Creaky!" I heard the sound of the door opening.
The sound of water splashing covered up the voices, and one could only vaguely hear Sun Xiaoli communicating with the person outside the door.
A few minutes later, the apartment door closed.
"Xiao Li, who's knocking on the door?"
I asked casually.
Sun Xiaoli replied, "Brother Yang, it was a weird guy knocking on the door, looking for my grandfather. I told him my grandfather wasn't home, but he still insisted on looking for him. I had no choice but to close the door and ignore him."
After hearing this, I was immediately stunned.
I felt a chill at the back of my head, as if a thunderbolt had struck me.
A little flustered, I quickly reached for the watch I had placed on top of my clothes.
I looked at the time and it was already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.
(to be continued)
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