Tang Ning suddenly realized that this was Su Anyun apologizing for his leaving just now. Although what happened just now did not cause any substantial harm to Tang Ning, Su Anyun seemed to care a lot.
Will never leave again.
Su Anyun said this more than once, but this time Tang Ning went to Quegean.
As long as my brother is around, I don't have to worry about anything.
The spoon of red velvet cake was brought to Tang Ning's lips, covering her mouth softly and smoothly. Tang Ning ate the cake and a sweet and soft "hmm" rolled out of her nose, responding to Su Anyun's words that he would leave again.
Tang Ning saw that pair of deep dark pupils revealed a satisfied look, as if Su Anyun was the one who ate the cake.
Similarly, Tang Ning also saw the same solemnity in his teammates' eyes, as if there was a monster standing next to Tang Ning.
What happened just now
Tang Ning took another look at the album on the ground. If he guessed correctly, Su Anyun's solution to those monsters should be related to this album
What kind of special prop is this picture album that can be used
As Tangning was looking at him inquiringly, Su Anyun leaned over and picked up the album. "Xiaoning, do you want this?"
"Can I have it?" Tangning hesitated.
Su Anyun placed the painting album in Tangning's hands. "Take it if you like it. It's okay to practice painting from time to time."
Tang Ning carefully held the album in his arms. He had a feeling that this was a powerful prop. The fact that he could obtain it so easily made Tang Ning feel like he was in a dream.
His eyes were wide open, like a hamster hugging a giant pine cone.
Su Anyun was so happy to see Tangning that he curled his eyes and asked, "Do you want to continue playing or go home?"
Has Lin Yun’s family’s problem been resolved
Tangning opened the album and turned to the last page. He pointed at the mummified baby in the Lin family and asked Su Anyun, "Will it come out again to hurt us?"
Su Anyun said calmly: "It has already become a painting, how can a painting hurt people?"
Su Anyun has indeed solved the monster in Lin Yun’s family!
Tang Ning looked at Lin Yun happily. Lin Yun, who was standing in the distance, was also looking at him. Although Lin Yun's face looked too good and there was blood on the corner of his mouth, the monster in Lin Yun's house had been dealt with by his brother. In the last few days, Lin Yun only needed to stay at home safely to survive this A-level copy.
Tang Ning was very relaxed about Lin Yun. Whether it was the threat from the world or the internal psychological factors, Tang Ning was very relaxed. After all, among all the players, Lin Yun's psychological state had always been the most stable.
Time flies by so fast, Tangning couldn't help but sigh.
He recalled the first time he met Lin Yun. At that time, Lin Yun was quiet and cold to him, looking like a master player. When faced with the ghost wall crisis, Tang Ning still felt that Lin Yun was a very reliable person, and he actually felt the same way later.
Although he had been complaining about Lin Yun being unreliable and a sow that could climb a tree, Lin Yun ran away at the beginning just to protect himself. When Tang Ning recognized him as a teammate, he bought a villa on the tree and helped Tang Ning a lot. If it weren't for Lin Yun, Tang Ning would have collapsed long ago and would not have survived this A-level copy. He had such a good brother and mother.
Tang Ning felt as if his vision was blurred by a little mist, so he shifted his sight and looked at Jiang Mianmian who was standing next to Lin Yun. Jiang Mianmian's black dress concealed most of her injuries. Although there were some scars on her exposed arms, these injuries were not serious for a player.
Tangning focused on Jiang Mianmian's eyes. It was a little difficult to read through the lens, but overall they were stable. There was no confusion or depression, but rather a firm and sharp look. It reminded Tangning of the calm eyes of Bai Wuliang who liked to show off.
In the past, Jiang Mianmian and Bai Wuliang were the best partners, because their strengths were maximized when they were together, but now that Bai Wuliang is gone, Jiang Mianmian got this pair of gold-rimmed glasses.
Although Tang Ning had not directly asked Jiang Mianmian about the purpose of the glasses, he could guess that the glasses were similar to the monocle that Bai Wuliang had worn. This meant that Jiang Mianmian's shortcomings had been made up, and she had become a powerful player who could stand on her own even without Bai Wuliang.
However, in Tang Ning's heart, Jiang Mianmian has always been a very good player. She taught Tang Ning to be brave enough to take risks in the card world.
This time, Jiang Mianmian managed to escape the blow of losing Bai Wuliang, which made Tang Ning's admiration for her rise to a higher level. He believed that Jiang Mianmian would get better and better and more powerful in the future. One day, she would definitely be able to pass the legendary S-level copy and leave this game.
Tang Ning looked at Zhou Kang again. This was a new friend he met in this copy. He had thought before that if the supernatural invasion in this copy was enough to make Xiao Mi appear, he could let Zhou Kang take Xiao Mi to his home to look for her.
Kai has been living too lonely.
Ever since he brought the 1-month-old kitten home from the pet store, he has kept it in his room. He is usually busy with work and rarely goes home to spend time with the kitten.
Tang Ning said that for a kitten, if it hasn't seen its owner for too long, it would think that its owner had died while hunting. Sometimes he was busy with work and only came home once every one or two months. When he saw him, the kitten would first look on warily, and then come over and lick him enthusiastically. Was it because of the joy of regaining what had been lost
"Zhou Kang, did you tell me that I could ask you for help if I needed it?" Tang Ning suddenly asked.
Before Zhou Kang could respond, Lin Yun said firmly: "You can also find me."
Jiang Mianmian added calmly: "And me."
Zhou Kang nodded to Tangning.
Tangning looked at his teammates who showed no hesitation and a big smile appeared on his face. "Yes, I do have something to ask of you."
Everyone was waiting for Tang Ning's request, including Su Anyun who was standing by the side.
"Take good care of Kai."
After saying this, Tang Ning did not look at his teammates' reactions. He turned his head to look at Su Anyun's handsome face. The sky behind Su Anyun had darkened, and a cloud-like shadow fell on his eye sockets. The desire-like thing in Su Anyun's eyes was also stained with a warm red, and slowly pressed down towards Tang Ning like a beautiful sunset.
Tang Ning wanted to escape, he just wanted to indulge in it.
"Brother, let's go home."
Su Anyun held Tang Ning's hand, and they walked away together. The warm colors like the sunset clouds above his head reminded Tang Ning of the blazing fire in the orphanage, and the green maze reminded him of the winding mountain road.
"Tang Ning!" Someone called him from behind.
"Tangning!!!" One voice after another, male and female, all familiar voices.
Tang Ning stopped and turned around. He saw the anxious and worried expressions of Lin Yun, Jiang Mianmian and Zhou Kang, but at the same time he also saw a more familiar face on this road.
Zeng Yishuang died in her mother's arms, Lu Yuhua was surrounded by children singing, Bai Yingxue was happily hugging her sister, and Bai Wuliang was smiling behind Jiang Mianmian...
Everyone's face was filled with a happy and relieved smile.
A similar smile slowly emerged on Tang Ning's face. He smiled and waved to everyone, then hugged Su Anyun's arm and turned back. He seemed to hear the voices of children from the orphanage echoing in his ears. The children sang carefreely, "With a smile on my face, I hum a country song and let my thoughts fly in the evening breeze."
"The loneliness and melancholy are all blown away by the evening breeze and forgotten on the country road."
Tang Ning swayed to the melody while holding Su Anyun's hand. He remembered that he had chosen this song for his music exam when he was a child. He had a good sense of music, so his mother sang this song with him.
But my mother’s singing was actually out of tune, her voice was hoarse, and she always sang the high notes too low.
As Tang Ning thought about this, the smile on his face became even brighter.
The world bathed in the sunset glow was warm and beautiful. People enveloped by the light seemed to be covered in a piece of beautiful gauze. Tang Ning's beautiful and delicate eyebrows and eyes looked even more charming in such an orange-red halo. He raised his head and looked at the balcony on the building where withered flowers and plants were grown.
As he raised his head, his slender and white neck was exposed in the air, and light like residual blood fell down. Tang Ning's mood was calm, like a sacrifice who was willing to be slaughtered.
He withdrew his gaze, took Su Anyun's hand and walked into the gloomy stairs.
The corridor was still chilly, but Su Anyun's hands were warm, warm enough for Tang Ning to face everything.
They walked to the door and Tang Ning took out the key to open the door. The lights were off in the house and it was dark and deserted.
Spider webs and dust covered the old furniture. The light and shadow under the sunset made Tang Ning see the picture as if it was frozen. Only the tiny dust particles were flowing in this place.
The house that was clean before leaving became old when returning. This was a strange thing for others, but Tang Ning and Su Anyun turned a blind eye to this strange sight.
"What do you want to eat tonight?" Su Anyun turned on the light, took out two pairs of slippers from the drawer, and said to Tang Ning in a relaxed manner.
"Brother, my hand is healed now. Let's cook together." Tang Ning put on his slippers and showed Su Anyun his scarred hand.
"Okay, what does our Chef Tang want to learn tonight?" Su Anyun said with a smile.
"I want to learn other ways to cook fish." "How about sweet and sour fish?" "Okay! My brother's sweet and sour fish is the best."
With the sound of their conversation, the originally deserted room became lively again. They tied aprons for each other and chatted while doing their work.
Tang Ning's phone was flooded with messages, all kinds of information, including how Lin Yun was doing, Jiang Mianmian saying she hadn't taken him to the Taoist priest yet, and Zhou Kang, what else he could do to help.
There was too much news, so Tang Ning turned off his phone and blocked out all the noise from the outside world. He and Su Anyun worked in the kitchen in perfect harmony. Their intimate figures were reflected on the frosted door.
When the tempting aroma of food wafted out from the kitchen, it was already evening.
"I know how it tastes, but I feel like the presentation of the dish is off!" Tang Ning brought out the fish he had cooked. Su Anyun had already cleaned the table. They arranged the dishes neatly, scooped a bowl of rice from the rice cooker, and then carefully set the table.
The food was steaming hot under the light. Su Anyun sat at the dining table and praised him for his talent in cooking.
"My brother taught me well. Even if I am dumb, I will be able to do well if he teaches me step by step." Tangning smiled and said to Su Anyun, "I will go call mom for dinner."
"Go ahead."
Tang Ning walked towards the closed bedroom.
Mom's bedroom door was covered in dust. Tang Ning knocked on the door gently a few times, and the dust was shaken off and floated in the air, emitting an old, rotten smell.
Tangning, however, acted as if she hadn't heard anything and shouted through the door to the people inside, "Mom, come out for dinner!"
There was no sound in the room.
"Mom, are you sleeping?" Tang Ning knocked a few more times, but still got no response. He pressed the doorknob and found it was locked.
This stumped Tang Ning, so he took out the key from his pocket and opened the door.
A cold breath poured out from the crack in the door, and it seemed like something was blowing towards Tang Ning's neck, causing him to shiver, but he opened the door without any hesitation.
When the door was fully opened, Tang Ning felt the temperature around him suddenly drop by several degrees. Besides being freezing cold, the room was also very dark. It was so dark that Tang Ning could not see anything clearly. He reached out to touch the light switch on the wall and pressed it, only to find that the light in the room seemed to be broken.
Tang Ning's face turned pale as he reached for his phone. He activated the flashlight mode and used it to illuminate this strange room.
As soon as he took the photo, he saw his mother's back sitting on the bed.
The woman was sitting upright on the bed, with her long black hair draped over her white nightgown.
"Mom, you're finally up." Tangning held up her phone and said, "Come down and have dinner. My brother and I made sweet and sour fish for dinner today."
The woman didn't respond, she didn't even move.
Tangning asked in confusion, "Mom?"
The woman with her back to him still did not move.
Tang Ning held up his phone and walked towards the woman on the bed. The whole room was gloomy and the closer he got, the colder he felt. Only Tang Ning's shadow was left on the wall, as if he had walked into a trap alone.
Tangning finally walked behind the woman and asked softly, "Mom?"
Still the woman did not move.
Tang Ning did not reach out to touch his mother's back because he was still wearing a ring on his hand.
My mother doesn't have the habit of sleepwalking, so now she knows what happened.
Was it because her face was still rotting that she dared to show it to him? Or was she too weak to even move
Tang Ning climbed onto the bed and looked towards his mother's front. Afraid that the bright light would hurt his mother's eyes, he turned off the flashlight and turned on his cell phone, using the dim screen light to illuminate his mother's face.
The dim light fell on the long black hair, shining from the ends of the hair all the way up to the top of the head, and it was all pitch black.
Tang Ning used her cell phone to push aside her mother's hair. She did not see her face behind her hair, only the back of her head stained with blood.
Seeing this scene, Tang Ning suddenly realized that the body in front of him was also the back.
Tangning's hand holding the phone froze in mid-air. He sat on the bed with his mother as if the pause button had been pressed. The light shone from bottom to top on Tangning's pale face. Tangning's scalp was about to explode. He sat on the bed for a while, quietly digesting what he had just seen.
He did not run away, nor did he hide like an ostrich. Even though he was still very afraid of ghosts after what he had experienced, Tang Ning still held the phone firmly with his slightly trembling hands, and leaned his head to look at another angle of his mother's head, trying to find her face.
As he watched, the hairy head slowly turned, the sound of stiff bones creaking, and a pale woman's face turned towards him.
They were very close to each other, and both of their faces were equally bloodless, except that one was the paleness of a dead person, and the other was that of a living person.
"Mom." Tangning tried his best to keep his voice steady as he said softly, "It's time to eat."
The woman stared at him with cold eyes, that ghostly look that was terrifying.
Tang Ning's Adam's apple rolled.
There was a knock on the door from behind Tangning. Tangning turned around and saw Su Anyun standing in front of the door. He reached out and knocked on the door twice, then said to Tangning and her mother on the bed, "Come and eat. The food will be better when it gets cold."
After Su Anyun's words, the woman who had been motionless slowly walked down from the bed. She stepped on the ground barefoot, corpse spots crawling on her skin. Tang Ning said quickly, "Mom, you forgot to wear slippers."
The woman still had her back to Tang Ning, but Tang Ning had a hunch that there seemed to be a pair of eyes looking at him coldly behind his hair. This feeling made Tang Ning break out in a cold sweat on his back. A strong sense of fear blocked his throat from his head, causing his throat to tighten.
"The slippers are here." Su Anyun bent down and took out a pair of slippers from under the bed.
The bluish-white foot slowly stretched into the shoe.
Su Anyun walked in front, her mother walked in the middle, and Tang Ning walked at the back. They walked out of the cold bedroom together and came to the bright dining table.
Su Anyun put a beautiful flower in the empty vase. The food on the table was still steaming. Su Anyun pulled out a chair for Tang Ning and her mother. He reached out to the vase and introduced it, "Tang Ning and I are going to his friend's house today. This is a bouquet of flowers I asked his friend to take away. Do you like it, Auntie?"
Mom sat at the table indifferently and did not respond to Su Anyun's words. Su Anyun continued to smile and said to the woman, "I took some great photos of Tangning today. Auntie, would you like to see some?"
Mom continued talking, and the atmosphere at the table seemed frozen.
Tangning picked up her chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish for her mother, "Mom, try it and see if it suits your taste."
Mom didn't look at Tangning, nor did she pick up her chopsticks to eat the fish. She sat there with a gloomy face, making everyone feel awkward and indifferent.
Since Mom is a ghost, eating human food shouldn't have any effect on her. Tangning thought of this and said to Su Anyun, "Brother, should we give Mom some supplements?"
As soon as she said this, Su Anyun and her mother looked over. Both of them had the same weird look in their eyes. Tang Ning knew that she had said something wrong.
"... Is that okay?" Tangning asked softly, fearing that she might say something wrong.
"Of course, Auntie should take some supplements." Su Anyun stood up and walked into the kitchen. Tang Ning did not follow her because his attention was focused on his mother sitting at the dining table.
Mom was facing sideways towards Tang Ning. Her face didn't turn around, but her eyes turned to stare at Tang Ning.
"Mom." Tangning knew what to say immediately. He suddenly remembered what Su Anyun had just said and said quickly, "The photos that Brother Jin took of me are really nice."
Tangning took out his phone. Su Anyun sent a copy of the photos to his phone. Tangning picked out a few that he thought looked good and put them in front of his mother, "Mom, look."
With the phone screen blocking his view, that cold gaze finally lingered on Tangning's face for a long time.
The background of the photo Tang Ning chose was a beautiful sea of flowers. He was standing in front of the colorful flowers with a butterfly perched on his head.
The woman looked at the photos on Tangning's phone expressionlessly. Tangning carefully scrolled down one photo. There was no change on his mother's face. Tangning felt that he had almost scrolled to the bottom of the photo. He put away his phone and suddenly thought of something. He whispered, "Mom, should we take a photo together?"
Without the phone in the way, the woman's cold gaze once again moved from the photo to Tangning's face. It was as cold as a knife, but Tangning still maintained a smile on her face, "We haven't taken a photo together in a long time, Mom."
His tone was soft, as if he was acting coquettishly.
"If you say so, I'll take that as your consent." Tangning turned on the camera and switched to selfie mode. He held the phone in front of him and his mother.
The screen showed Tangning with a bright smile and a bloody and weird face. The cloudy eyes on the face stared straight at Tangning. The black eyeballs in the eye sockets were turned to the extreme, and the white of the eyes was covered with bloodshot in front of the camera.
When the face suddenly appeared, Tangning's smile froze for a second, but the next second he continued to look at the camera happily as if he hadn't seen anything, "Come on, Mom, let's look at the camera!"
The cold gaze that had lingered on Tang Ning's face for a long time suddenly moved away, and both pairs of eyes stared directly at the phone screen.
"3, 2, 1—" Tangning still tried to smile, even though his voice was trembling as he spoke. It was unclear whether it was because of fear or because he wanted to cry. "Cheese!"
The photo captures this scene forever.
"Eggplant?" Su Anyun came out of the kitchen and said with a smile, "I thought you wanted to eat eggplant."
Tangning smelled blood. He saw Su Anyun placing a bowl of blood-filled red soup in front of his mother. His mother was still strangely cold. Su Anyun announced, "Come on, let's eat, or the food will get cold."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Tang Ning, who was about to start eating, was stunned for a moment.
Who is coming
Tang Ning turned around and the knocking on the door stopped. Neither Tang Ning nor Su Anyun went to open the door, but her mother, who had remained silent, stood up and slowly walked towards the door that was still vibrating.
When his mother went to open the door, Tang Ning became a little anxious, so he stood up and walked to his mother's side, so that if the player opposite his mother showed any intention of attacking, he could stop him.
Do you know whether the person coming is Lin Yun, Jiang Mianmian, or Zhou Kang
The old wooden door creaked as it opened. A voice that Tangning had expected rang out with a laugh, "You're here early, what a good opportunity! As soon as I opened the door I could smell the delicious food. Let me see what delicious food you guys have made!"
Mom turned sideways, and a figure wearing a turban and shorts appeared in front of Tang Ning. The Taoist priest who had once given Tang Ning a spell was now standing at the door of Tang Ning's house. He took a deep breath, then took out Tang Ning's guest slippers and put them on.
What? How could it be him
Tangning frowned and stared at him, her voice a little stiff, "What are you doing here?"
"Hey, boss, I'm here to have a free meal." The Taoist said happily.
"Okay, I..." Before Tangning could finish her refusal, the other party said, "Your friends owe me a meal of fish. They asked me to come to your place."
As he spoke, he ignored Tang Ning's attempts to stop him and walked over to the dining table.
Su Anyun, who was sitting on the chair, did not stand up or greet him. His cold expression showed that he did not welcome the Taoist priest's arrival. But this person also looked at Su Anyun. He glanced at the food on the table and praised the sweet and sour fish: "This fish is not cooked well. It makes me salivate."
"Huh?" The head's eyes fell on the red soup filled with blood clots, "Who ate this?"
"Me." Mom said.
Her mother, who had not spoken a word for a while, actually responded to the Taoist priest's words. Tangning looked at her mother in surprise and reconciliation.
The Taoist priest, who had been smiling all the time, raised his head when he heard this. He looked at my mother for a while, shook his head and sighed, "Alas, why are you doing this?"
What is this
Tang Li was somewhat bewildered to find that his mother and the Taoist priest had actually started chatting. The Taoist priest said with some pain: "You are doing no good to yourself at all."
The mother replied coldly: "I do."
"If you want, you can do the same!" The Taoist's voice became higher and higher.
"What does it have to do with you?" Mom stared at the Taoist priest with grim eyes.
"How does it have anything to do with me? It's reasonable for you to reincarnate as soon as possible. Do you think what you're doing now is good for him?!" the Taoist shouted.
"Do you think I want to?" My mother's words made the Taoist priest a little stunned.
Mom raised her eyes and looked at Tangning and Su Anyun, "You can talk to them about those important principles."
Tang Ning thought she was just watching, but she didn't expect to be suddenly involved. She looked at the Taoist priest in confusion. The Taoist priest first looked at Tang Ning, then looked at Su Anyun. He sighed heavily, "I want to understand, what good will this do you?"
Su Anyun sat quietly. Hearing what the Taoist said, he said coldly, "After you finish your meal, please leave."
"I really have nothing to do but eat radishes and do nothing." After the Taoist priest made a self-deprecating remark, he actually walked towards the kitchen and started to serve the rice.
Tang Ning, who was watching the conversation, looked at it all in a daze. He felt self-satisfied but not complete, and only had a vague understanding.
Su Anyun and the Taoist priest must have known each other before. Su Anyun had led Tang Ning to the vegetable market before, where Tang Ning met the Taoist priest.
What Tang Ning didn't expect was that her mother seemed to know the Taoist priest as well. Judging from the way the Taoist priest talked to her mother, it seemed that he was trying to persuade her mother to reincarnate as soon as possible for the first time.
And when mom just said "Do you think I want to?", did she already have the urge to leave, but was stopped by Tangning and Su Anyun
Thinking of this, Tang Ning's mouth suddenly emptied. He subconsciously looked at his mother. At this time, his mother had already picked up the chopsticks and started eating. She did not touch the bowl of red soup, but picked up the fish that Tang Ning had cooked.
The Taoist priest on this side also served the food. He chose a seat near my mother and sat down. He and my mother went to pick up the sweet and sour fish. The seats they chose were not good. My mother saw it and looked at the Taoist priest with some satisfaction. The Taoist priest smiled and said, "This fish is given to you, but you don't have the pleasure to eat it. Why don't you let me have a taste?"
As he spoke, the Taoist priest took the tender fish meat and forgot to dip it in the sauce. He ate it happily with white rice. After chewing it slowly, the Taoist priest gave a thumbs up and praised loudly: "Good!"
Tang Ning, who cooked the fish, did not react to the Taoist's praise. He was just thinking about what the Taoist had just said, "You don't have the good fortune to eat." What did that mean? Could it be that...
Does Mom taste the fish
How could that be possible? Tang Ning still remembers the first time he cooked fish for his mother, she ate it very seriously and praised him for making it delicious.
Tang Ning looked at his mother in a daze. His mother, who had been staring at him straight before, no longer made that scary gesture. She returned to the image of the mother that Tang Ning was familiar with, and quietly lowered her head to eat the fish. Perhaps she wanted to pretend again, she did not even spit out the fish bone, and swallowed it directly with the fish bones and meat.
"Xiao Ning?" Su Anyun picked up some food for Tangning and asked with concern, "Let's eat first."
Tangning then picked up his bowl and chopsticks. As he ate, he kept thinking about what the Taoist priest had said. The Taoist priest said that Mom didn't have the good fortune to eat, but Mom didn't object. The Taoist priest also said that doing this would not be good for Su Anyun, but Su Anyun didn't object either. What exactly were they talking about? Was it just to make Mom reincarnate? What was that blood clot
Too much doubt came to Tangning's mind. Tangning was so absorbed in his thoughts that a fish bone got stuck in his throat. Tangning covered his throat and started coughing. His face turned red and his eyes were filled with tears of reason. At this moment, everyone on the table looked at Tangning. Tangning saw Su Anyun's worried look, the Taoist priest's casual expression, and his mother's... although cold, but concerned look.
Tang Ning rolled his throat and swallowed the fish bone, his eyes still staring blankly at his mother. His mother quickly retracted her gaze as if she realized something, and seemed to not care what Tang Ning said at all. She just lowered her head to pick up some food and eat.
"Xiao Ning wants to eat the fish tail, which side has more bones." As soon as Su Anyun finished speaking, the Taoist priest immediately took out chopsticks to cut off the fish tail and put it in his bowl: "Hehe, I have thick skin and flesh, I'm not afraid of being stuck by fish bones."
He went to see his mother like a child. This time, his mother did not fight with the Taoist priest for anything. She lowered her head and just ate white rice.
Tang Ning went to see his mother. He recalled the process of going to his mother's room to call her for dinner. His mother was sitting and moving, and the way her head looked was very strange. When he took a photo with his mother, his mother looked scary as well. But in fact, she only looked scary on the surface. Apart from this, his mother did not cause him any harm.
Even when scaring people, he didn't use overly extreme means.
So was mom trying to scare him on purpose just now
The woman finished her meal with her head down and went back to her room. Tang Ning also finished her meal absentmindedly. The Taoist priest was the only one who ate the meal most seriously. When Su Anyun got up to clean up the dishes, the Taoist priest touched his stomach and got up reluctantly. He walked out consciously without asking Su Anyun to say anything. After Su Anyun entered the kitchen, the Taoist priest standing at the door waved to Tang Ning, indicating that Tang Ning should follow him out.
If it was before, Tang Ning would have definitely followed him out, because he always felt that the Taoist priest came here to kill his mother. However, after his mother talked with the Taoist priest today, Tang Ning realized that the relationship between the Taoist priest and his mother was not as harmonious as he had imagined. In addition, the Taoist priest seemed to know a lot about his family, so Tang Ning wanted to find out.
Tang Ning and the Taoist priest walked out of the room together. The Taoist priest looked like an ordinary person who had eaten too much. He walked slowly and said slowly, "My little friend, it's so easy to miss you."
"Why do you miss me?" Tangning asked.
"Of course I want to try the fish you cooked." The Taoist priest added leisurely under Tang Ning's trusting gaze, "And by the way, I'll tell you some of your favorite stupid principles."
"Just like eating fish, the most delicious fish is always this one. You have to be obsessed with it for a while, otherwise you will get choked to death by a fishbone. What should you do?" The Taoist stopped and looked at Tang Ning with his pale eyes. These eyes were not as cloudy as those of ordinary people. They were as bright as those of someone who has studied opera.
"Letting your mother leave will be good for both of you." The Taoist priest said solemnly, "Humans and ghosts have different paths. You have to stay with ghosts for a long time..."
Tangning thought that this was indeed some nonsense. Compared to her silence at the vegetable market last time, Tangning could firmly refuse this time and said, "I will leave her. Whether she is a human or a ghost, I will live forever."
This was the decision Tang Ning made after careful consideration.
He has always been a hesitant and cowardly person. He has never made a firm choice and has no power to do what he wants to do.
"My real home is where she is."
Tangning slowly raised her eyes, and for the first time, her eyes became truly firm.
The Taoist stared at Tangning for a long while before he sighed, "They are indeed mother and son. You and she look exactly like each other."
Tangning didn't say anything.
The Taoist priest whispered, "Even if your mother is suffering great pain every minute and every second she stays in this world, will you keep her?"
Tang Ningke's beautiful eyes slowly widened as she stared at the Taoist priest in disbelief, "What do you mean?"
"The person who should have left is staying where he should be. He is tolerated by the Tao and is suffering the torment of purgatory all the time," the Taoist said slowly. His eyes, which had seen too much suffering in this world, showed a trace of forbearance when he saw Tangning's expression. "Do you still want to keep her?"
Tangning's expression was blank.
His mind went blank.
In this blank state of confusion, he suddenly thought of a long time ago when his mother sat by his bed with a fairy tale book in her hands, reading him the story of The Little Mermaid.
The mother who loved watching anti-Japanese war movies only liked watching sad dramas, and also liked this kind of classic fairy tale. When she read that the little mermaid used her singing voice to exchange for the power to walk in order to reach the prince, and from then on every step was like walking on the edge of a knife, she said to the ignorant Tang Ning: "You must learn from this kind of person, okay? How can there be such a stupid person, who lives such a hard life every day, and others don't know what she has lost."
It felt like something was squeezing his insides tightly, and the pain was so severe that Tang Ning could hardly breathe. He covered his chest, and his blank expression was replaced by endless pain.
It was the first time he felt so distressed over a fairy tale.
A fairy tale about mother.