I told Master Yunzheng about Liu Xiaojing.
"I didn't expect Liu Xiaojing to do such a thing."
The master didn't say anything else except this.
Liu Xiaojing has not come back yet. It is possible that she has not found a body to borrow. It is good that way. If she does not come back, everything will be solved and there will be no other problems.
I found something wrong with Bai Jie half a month later. Bai Jie's habits seemed to be the same as Liu Xiaojing's. I could feel it, although I tried my best to avoid that habit. I held Bai Jie's hand, and it felt slowly getting colder day by day. It was very cold, just like Liu Xiaojing's hand. I shuddered and realized that Bai Jie's soul might have been driven away, and Liu Xiaojing was borrowing Bai Jie's body. The thing I was most worried about had happened.
I felt something was wrong, and discovered that the blue soul pendant I was wearing was no longer blue, but black, which meant that the soul had left the pendant.
"You are not Bai Jie, you are Liu Xiaojing."
After I said that, I stared at Bai Jie.
"That's right, Bai Jie is not yours. You two are just in a bad relationship, and it will end sooner or later."
"Then you will kill Bai Jie."
"No, I only need three years. After three years, Bai Jie will be Bai Jie again. After I recover, I will release Bai Jie, and everything will be over."
"We were already husband and wife in our previous life. I don't want you to go against certain things and do something like this. You are from another world, and humans and ghosts have different paths, so I hope you don't do this and go back to your world."
"No, I don't like the cold corpses there. Besides, you killed me in the last life, so you owe me. I came to find you in this life."
I started sweating again. It was true. I saw this scene in the Cold Corpse City. I closed my eyes and broke Liu Xiaojing's neck with a knife. Blood was all over the floor. I don't know whether this was true or not. Anyway, I saw it, and maybe it was true.
"This is fate..."
"Please stop talking. Even if you kill me, I still love you. I won't let go of such an opportunity."
Bai Jie was crying. I didn't expect things to turn out like this. I never expected it. I didn't think Liu Xiaojing's behavior was good. I went home and my father poured the wine.
"I think you two should talk. You seem to have something on your mind."
I told my father about Bai Jie and Liu Xiaojing. He was dumbfounded. He simply didn't believe that such a thing could happen. My father was a cultural person and an atheist. But now his son told him this in person. How could he not believe it? He just couldn't believe that such a thing could happen.
"What about Bai Jie?"
"There is no other way. We can only wait until three years later. Three years later, Bai Jie will be Bai Jie again. But now, Bai Jie is still living along the same path."
My father sighed.
"It seems like this is a fate that you can't avoid. But I'm telling you, no matter what your past life connection with Liu Xiaojing is, you can't marry her."
I nodded, knowing that I would not marry Liu Xiaojing, no matter what happened. Even if I had killed her in the previous life, I would never marry her again. I would naturally have to pay back what I owed her in one life. But she was impatient and came to me to collect the debt in advance, and it felt like she was living a life worse than death.
When I meet Bai Jie at work, I won't talk to her, no matter what she does. Zheng Qing is happy, but I feel sick when I see him laughing. Their transaction is going on, but how far it can go has nothing to do with me.
When I was holding the body, it slipped out of my hands and Zhao Tie came over to help me carry the body in.
"Master, let me do it. You take a rest. I think you haven't rested enough."
I sat aside smoking and watching the fire in the stove burning red. This was the last fire in my life. I would leave this world completely. There would be no physical body in this world. I would go to another world. What kind of world I would go to was all arranged.
In the afternoon, Master Yunzheng asked me to go to his house. When I got there, Yunbai was also at home. Yunbai looked like a white cloud, which was soothing to look at, just as comfortable as the rolling and unrolling clouds.
The master's wife brought the dishes and sat down. I poured wine for the master and we drank. The master said that Liu Xiaojing's matter was over and you should get married and then rush.
I thought to myself, I don't know who to marry? Bai Jie? That's not Bai Jie at all, that's impossible.
The master glanced at Yunbai, and Yunbai's face turned red. I could see something was going on. It seemed that they had already told Yunbai about this.
"Master, I am just a cremator and refiner..."
"Don't worry about this, just do what you like."
My head was a little confused. I had drunk a little too much that day. Suddenly, the master came up with this trick. He asked me to go home and discuss it with my father.
I went home and told my father about this, and he was stunned for a long time.
"That's great. When you have time, take Yunbai home to have a look."
I don't know whether to agree or not. Yunbai is pretty and she wanted to date a man who was burned to death, even though her father was also burned to death. Maybe it was because her father was burned to death that she agreed to date me.
The next day, my master asked me to go to his house. After dinner in the evening, Bai and I went out shopping. By the river, I asked Yun Bai.
"Think carefully, I am a refiner."
"That's nothing. My father is the same. As long as they love each other, it's nothing."
I never expected that love would come so suddenly, which made me a little too excited. However, thinking about Bai Jie, my heart ached. If I waited for Bai Jie, I would never see her. Liu Xiaojing would not allow Bai Jie's soul to exist, and would even destroy Bai Jie's body after raising her own. Liu Xiaojing was a cold corpse in another world. She had seen too many corpses and too many dead people, and she seemed to not take life and death seriously. In order for Bai Jie not to die, I could only marry Yun Bai, and quickly, without letting Liu Xiaojing know.
My master told me that once you get married, that kind of relationship will be resolved, and there is no need for Liu Xiaojing to chase you anymore. She came to me in this life because, firstly, I am an extremely yin person, and secondly, it is because of what Liu Xiaojing needs. After all, you owe her. But what this is, only Liu Xiaojing herself knows.
When I went home and told my father about this, he hesitated for a long time and said.
"Xiao Zuo, do you understand your master's true intention? Would he marry his daughter to you so easily? Is he doing this to get you out of this matter? Then this father is really great."
My father’s words woke me up.
Once a teacher, always a father, but after all, he is not my biological father. My master's behavior really makes me think too much.
At this time, Bai Jie has become Liu Xiaojing, what should I do
I sat in the room, holding the diary locked by Hao Fei. I should be able to guess the secret set by Hao Fei, but I don't want to open it. I am afraid of seeing something disappointing. I don't know why, but now I feel particularly worried about gains and losses. Maybe it's because I lost Bai Jie. Bai Jie became Liu Xiaojing, which is as painful as a phoenix turning into a chicken.
I don't know what to do. At this moment, I can only make my own decision. That would be absolutely unfair to Bai Jie. But if I don't choose Yun Bai, then I have to choose Liu Xiaojing. If I don't choose Liu Xiaojing, then Bai Jie's soul will never be able to return to her own body. Liu Xiaojing will resort to such means, which is very scary.
The next day at work, Zhao Tie came to ask for leave because his mother was sick. I worked alone in the hospital and dared not be distracted. Here, distraction is like sending yourself into a refining furnace. Any small mistake will cause big trouble.
Master Yunzheng is here.
"I came with you because you looked upset. I know you and Bai Jie have deep feelings for each other, but this is not the time to be emotional."
"Master, I just want to ask you, what is your ultimate purpose in marrying Yun Bai to me?"
"Kill two birds with one stone. Yun Bai has always liked you because of Bai Jie. I scolded her several times, but she still likes you. There is also such an opportunity. I think you are a good person, so I told you about it. The matter is very simple and not as complicated as you think."
Master Yunzheng is a straightforward person, and I believe him. If that's the case, then I don't have to think about it anymore and I feel relieved.
"But I'm worried about Yun Bai. Liu Xiaojing is not an easy person to deal with."
"Don't worry about this. I won't let her hurt my daughter. You just have to slowly forget about Bai Jie. I know it's hard for you to forget for a while, but you must forget it."
I know that Bai Jie holds a very important place in my heart. It won't happen in an instant. I can only do it slowly. Bai Jie, I'm really sorry. This is the only way I can do to save you.
I know in my heart that even if Liu Xiaojing and I are together, I will not be able to forget Bai Jie. Then, after Liu Xiaojing succeeds in borrowing Bai Jie's body, she will completely destroy Bai Jie. She will not let Bai Jie stay in this world anymore.
Everything was so terrible. Zheng Qing came in triumphantly and gave me a cigarette, but I ignored him. All this was related to Zheng Qing. Zheng Qing should not have provoked Liu Xiaojing in the first place, then nothing would have happened.
Zheng Qing is gone, said the master.
"Zheng Qing is someone I can't figure out. I don't know what he's been doing, but just remember one thing: stay away from him. He's a bit evil."
I had long noticed Zheng Qing's weirdness. He was extremely scary and unfathomable. Even the master said so. It seemed that Zheng Qing was the most evil person in the crematorium. The director was unwilling to say a word to him.
Zheng Qing wanders around outside my house at night and doesn't come in. I'm worried that if he comes in, he'll say something unpleasant. There are some things my father doesn't know, and I don't want to make my father worry about me. He already regrets sending me to the crematorium, and I don't want him to regret it more, because he won't be happy if he does.
I went out and Zheng Qing walked in front of me all the way to the bank of Hun River. He sat down and I stood.
"Master Zheng, I think you have something to ask me?"
"Yes, about you and Liu Xiaojing, remember, don't have any other ideas. Any ideas will harm Bai Jie. You can't struggle. I only need two more bone balls, and I have found these two. I can get them in two days. So, Liu Xiaojing is a real flesh body, and you can be together. Although, it will take three years to become a person like us, but it's only three years, and Bai Jie won't die by then."
"This is my business. I know you don't want Liu Xiaojing to die. You just want to get the thousand-year-old finger bones. I don't know how many you need or what you need them for, but I know that if Liu Xiaojing can't be real, she won't give you the thousand-year-old finger bones. So you don't want her to have any problems. So why should I do that? I don't like Liu Xiaojing. I love Bai Jie. She hurt the person I love. Why should I love her?"
"Liu Xiaojing loves you. She just wants you to be with her. Or, she will find a way to make you fall in love with her and not love others. It's that simple."
"Master Zheng, I don't want to talk to you too much. I'm going back."
I left the river, went home, and lay on my bed, thinking about what Zheng Qing had said. (To be continued)