"My dear friend, that's all I have to say. You are the one who will consider the rest carefully." The old man patted Tang Ning's shoulder, sighed, and turned away.
The corridor was empty, the old sensor light dimmed, and the outside world returned to its cold darkness. Tang Ning stood in front of the door. He only needed to open the door to return to his warm and bright home.
But he didn't do that, he just stood in front of the door.
A feeling of depression and anger accumulated in Tang Ning's chest, making it hard for him to breathe. His limbs were weak, and only the strong emotion in his chest was surging on its own.
The pain like fire shattered all his plans.
He once decided to give up everything and stay in this world with his mother, but now he finds that he has never been the only one suffering.
Tang Ning slowly squatted down, curled up at the door, closed his eyes, and didn't want to say a word or move a finger.
The sound of a door opening behind him was heard, and the light poured down onto the floor, shining on Tang Ning. There was a commotion inside the door, and he heard Su Anyun say, "Xiao Ning, what's wrong with you?"
What's wrong with me
Tangning wanted to ask herself the same question.
His firm belief was shattered completely, and his backbone, his courage, and everything he had were also shattered into pieces.
I don't know what I'm going to do now.
The things I wanted most were beginning to slip away from me...
A slender and strong hand helped Tang Ning up. Tang Ning was like a drunk man, his neck was bent, his head was drooping, and even the hair that was curled up was wilted. He put most of his strength on Su Anyun, his nose pressed into the crook of Su Anyun's neck, and the deep and light fragrance of Su Anyun's body lingered around him.
"Are you feeling unwell?" The deep voice was full of concern.
As long as Tang Ning felt uncomfortable in any way, he would be so concerned. Tang Ning was always aware of this undisguised preference.
He also knew how indifferent Su Anyun was towards others.
He always knew.
Tang Ning suddenly bit Su Anyun's collarbone. He bit so hard that he almost made Su Anyun bleed.
Even Su Anyun took a deep breath in such an unexpected situation.
Tangning, who was like a biting puppy, had tears in his eyes. He made a small sound in his throat, a question that only he knew the meaning of.
Do you know that it will be painful for mom to stay? Do you know that
Tang Ning raised his eyes sickly and looked at Su Anyun. His eyes were covered with tears behind his hair, and there was a sickly red circle around his eyes.
His teeth were still biting Su Anyun's collarbone and refused to let go, and his nose was slightly flushed.
That handsome face was once again filled with a look of heartache. Su Anyun reached out his hand and caressed Tang Ning's furrowed brows and tearful eyes with pity.
Slightly itchy.
Tang Ning closed his eyes, his chest heaving violently, his teeth biting his lips hard, his whole body filled with a fragility that was about to break.
The next moment, he opened his eyes again and jumped over Su Anyun to see the scene inside the house.
Tangning saw her mother sitting in the brightly lit living room. The TV was playing a popular entertainment show. Her mother was eating sunflower seeds while watching the people on the show acting stupid. She didn't even laugh.
There is not much real emotion in this smile.
My mother has never liked watching variety shows related to the entertainment industry. She likes to watch blind date variety shows. When she turns the TV to the programs that young people watch, she actually has only one purpose.
The woman turned around and looked at Tangning who was standing at the door. She asked, "Do you want to watch it together?"
Tang Ning looked at his mother who was sitting on the sofa with a calm expression. He could not see any pain on her face, but the wrinkles and tanned skin on her face showed the pain that time had bestowed on her.
He looked at his mother, and the hand that was holding his heart tightened, shrinking little by little. Tang Ning had no strength left, and he nodded with a little lag, like a broken robot.
Mom moved to the side a little to make room for Tang Ning.
Tangning tried his best to keep his expression normal. He walked towards his mother step by step. His mother was staring at the TV. The bursts of laughter from the audience made Tangning feel a little dazed. He sat next to his mother, keeping a palm's distance from her.
He wanted to get closer to this being, but was afraid that he would cause her pain.
But she was in pain.
The mother watched the guests on the screen post their childhood photos and commented: "Ningning, your childhood photos are the best. I have saved them for you."
Su Anyun also found a seat and sat down at this time. He also looked at the TV. The childhood photos posted by the guests also included their parents. After seeing those old photos, he praised: "Auntie looked the best when she was young, like the Hong Kong stars of the past."
In response to Su Anyun's flattery, her mother placed the sunflower seeds on a plate and handed it to Tangning, "Would you like some?"
Tang Ning slowly reached out his hand, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, stuffed them into his mouth and chewed them vigorously. The seeds smelled fragrant. His mother asked him if he wanted more, and he ordered more. He heard loud laughter. It turned out that the host and guests on TV were laughing too hard. They were squatting on the ground and it seemed that they were about to laugh until tears came out.
Is it that funny
Tang Ning grabbed another handful of melon seeds and chewed them non-stop. The rich aroma filled his mouth. He finished all the melon seeds that his mother had spent so much time chewing in no time.
"Are you feeling dry after eating so much?" Su Anyun poured Tang Ning a cup of warm water and placed it on the tea in front of her.
Tangning stared blankly at the reflection in the water cup. They were all stretched out of shape while sitting on the sofa. The colorful lights on the TV were also vaguely reflected in the cup. The laughter of the people kept ringing in Tangning's ears, as if demons and ghosts were laughing at him.
"It's a bit boring sitting like this. There are three of us. Do you want to play a game of Doudi?" Su Anyun asked with a smile.
In addition to the fruit plate, there is also a deck of playing cards on the tea table. If there are guests at home, my mother will play a simple poker game with them.
Playing cards is one of the few hobbies of my mother. Another hobby is playing mahjong. She used to play it very hard, but once she lost a lot of money, she made up her mind not to play it anymore. Later, she really played mahjong, but only occasionally played poker at home.
"Okay." Mom rarely responded to Su Anyun, "Is it a punishment?"
punish
Even though Tang Ning was in a trance, when he heard that there would be a punishment for losing the card game, he was shocked and instantly came out of his chaotic state.
What kind of punishment? When playing cards, you usually compete for money, and if you lose, you lose a little money at most. But looking at the way my mother is now, it is definitely not just a competition of money.
"Auntie, do you think it should be like this?" Su Anyun looked very respectful to her elders.
"If you lose, just put a note up," said my mother.
After hearing her mother's words, Tangning relaxed a little.
I hope it's not what he imagined.
"Okay, I'll go find the note." Su Anyun stood up and walked away from the sofa. His mother asked again, "Doesn't Ningning have a note on her?"
Tang Ning stared blankly at his mother. His mother looked straight at him, as if she saw that there was indeed a note in his pocket. Seeing such a firm look in Tang Ning's eyes, he couldn't help but reach into his pocket to feel around. There was no note, only a talisman.
Wait, talismans
What does this mean?!
Does Mom want him to put talismans on her
Tangning stared at her mother in disbelief. This talisman was harmful to ghosts. Was she trying to find an opportunity to be saved by him by playing cards
No, he's not ready yet.
Tang Ning was flustered and almost tore the poor talisman into pieces with his hand that was holding the talisman.
Unlike Tangning's flustered expression, her mother remained calm, as if she was just asking Tangning to look for a simple note in her pocket.
Tang Ning didn't say anything, but her mother did.
Su Anyun, who was standing by, saw this scene. He silently turned around and went into the room to look for the note. No one spoke in the living room, only the cheerful laughter coming from the TV.
Tangning saw the colorful lights falling on her mother's face. Her mother's calm expression changed, but Tangning was about to lose her composure. When her mother asked, "What's wrong?", Tangning finally couldn't hold on any longer and said, "I, I don't want to be with you right now."
"I don't want you to stick to me right now either." Tang Ning, who was about to cry, was stunned by her mother's words.
Tangning saw his mother and said as if it was natural, "Brothers should be clear about their accounts. Even if you are my son, I will not give in to you when we play cards later."
Tang Ning blinked blankly, a tear hanging on his eyelashes.
"You little idiot, do you think you can beat me? You're posting notes on me, and I'm almost the same as you." Mom muttered, obviously thinking that Tang Ninggang's words were outrageous.
Tangning's mind was a little confused, so was he overthinking it just now? Did his mother mean that
Before Tang Ning could figure it out, Su Anyun had already found the white paper and tape. The three of them sat on the sofa together, "Who's in charge of shuffling the cards?" Su Anyun asked.
Mom looked at Tangning, "Ningning, go shuffle the cards."
Tang Ning picked up the playing cards. He didn't play cards often, so he was clumsy and slow in shuffling them. However, Su Anyun and his mother were urging him to shuffle them. They watched Tang Ning shuffle them over and over again. When he was done, his mother and Su Anyun unanimously gave Tang Ning the task of flipping the cards.
They were playing Land Fighting, and they needed to turn over a Land card, which was face up and sandwiched between all the cards. Whoever touched it last would make the Land move.
Tangning placed the cards on the tea.
Three hands of different sizes and skin colors reached out to the deck of playing cards. The first card Tang Ning grabbed was a King. He stared at the only card in his hand in a daze. His mother and brother were both very fast at picking up cards. In the blink of an eye, it was Tang Ning's turn again. Tang Ning reached out and grabbed the second card, which was a King.
Even though Tangning didn't play cards often, he knew his luck was too good. He held the two cards in his hand and looked at his brother and mother. Everyone's expressions changed. Someone revealed whether their cards were good or bad. Tangning didn't say anything. The three of them held the cards in silence. Tangning found that his luck was just average.
As he drew the cards again and again, the card belonging to the earth soon got closer and closer.
Who will catch the ground
Mom reached out and grabbed the card on the ground, and the ground card facing up was placed in front of Tang Ning.
How could it be me
Tang Ning was a little confused.
Whoever draws this card will face off against two other people.
Tang Ning believed that his card playing skills were inferior to others. If Su Anyun and his mother teamed up to play cards against him, he would definitely lose.
"This Ningning is the ground." said the mother.
"Not necessarily. The person who gets this card has the right to choose to give up the place and give the opportunity to others." Su Anyun said lightly.
"Why give up? If you have good cards now, you have the opportunity to play first, and the order of playing cards is crucial." Mom added: "If you have a bad hand, you must seize it. The last card belonging to you may change the situation. Anyway, the cards are bad, and it can't be any worse. Besides, maybe other people also get bad cards."
"Some people don't like to be drawn this card." Su Anyun said, "It's up to Xiao Ning to decide."
Tang Ning listened to Su Anyun's conversation with her mother in a daze. He then looked at the cards in his hand. Apart from the big king and small king he got at the beginning, the cards he got later were not very good. They were all small cards, including a K, an A, and a 2.
Now there are three cards belonging to the land facing up.
Before confirming the land, others have the right to turn over these three cards.
"Ningning, have you made up your mind?" asked my mother.
Tang Ning thought he should grab this card.
Because he was the only one doing it, he would not help his brother or mother to hurt the other. Even if he lost, he would be the only loser.
"I want it." Tang Ning turned over the last three cards. They were all small cards, but these three cards gave him a triple bomb and two straights in his hand.
Tang Ning stared blankly at the cards in his hand that had suddenly turned good. He then looked at Su Anyun and his mother.
"Think about how you are going to play the cards before you play them. Don't just play them casually." Mom looked experienced.
Su Anyun smiled and said, "It's just a family entertainment activity. If you lose, you lose. Xiao Ning doesn't need to feel pressured."
Indeed, it is just ordinary entertainment.
"456789." Tang Ning played a straight.
Su Anyun took a card from his hand and pressed it on Tang Ning's card. The card on it was "910jqk".
Mom has a card.
Tang Ning hesitated for a moment and sent out the third one. He really wanted to win, so he played as he pleased.
Su Anyun smiled and made an A.
Tang Ning was a little confused. He originally thought that he was quite impressive for having three classics.
After Su Anyun, it was her mother's turn to play a card. Perhaps because there was a bomb, her mother still played a card.
The only thing that could be bigger than an A was probably the King bomb in Tang Ning's hand. Tang Ning thought about it and threw the King bomb out. Su Anyun touched his nose and said helplessly, "I can't afford it."
Su Anyun then praised Tangning again, "Xiao Ning, you're lucky this time, two bombs."
Even though he had only temporarily suppressed Su Anyun during the game, Tang Ning still felt a little strange when he heard Su Anyun's flattery. He looked at his mother, who had not played a single card yet. Her brows were furrowed and her expression was solemn.
Tangning played another straight, "78910jq". He now had two cards left in his hand. According to the rules of the game, Tangning reported, "Two cards left."
He felt that he had a high chance of losing because his two remaining cards were very small, a 4 and a 10.
"Is it a pair?" Su Anyun guessed. As he guessed, he took out a 2.
Tang Ning's eyes widened slightly. He thought he was pretty good at playing cards. As Tang Ning stared at him in astonishment, Su Anyun smiled and said, "I only have two cards left. Anyone want any?"
He was asking knowingly. Tangning had played out the King Bomb. Someone in the room had a card bigger than a 2. Under the watchful eyes of Tangning and her mother, Su Anyun played out a pair of kings. He spread out his hands and said, "Look, I win this round."
Tang Ning said, even though he was the loser, he was very calm and thought he would win.
Su Anyun took out the white strip that Tang Ning wanted to stick on her forehead. In a good mood, he chose a spot between Tang Ning's eyebrows and stuck it on her.
After Su Anyun finished pasting cards, it was Mom's turn. Mom and Su Anyun were teammates, and she had the chance to play cards throughout the entire game. Now that Su Anyun had carried her away, Mom, who had won without any effort, was not happy. She tore off a blank card and pressed it under Tang Ning's chin, saying in annoyance, "Stupid! Such good cards! Why did you play the royal bomb so early? In the end, I only had 4 and 10 in my hand."
With two pieces of paper on his face, Tang Ning looked at his mother in confusion and pity. His mother, on the other hand, looked disappointed in him and kept telling him how to beat him.
They played again. Tang Ning tried to grab the ground, and Su Anyun also tried to grab the ground. Tang Ning lost miserably every time she grabbed the ground. The only time Su Anyun grabbed the ground, her mother seemed very happy. She said to Tang Ning, "I will help you win this time."
But she still lost the fight.
Tang Ning is a stupid teammate who always fails to cooperate well, while Su Anyun not only grabs the cards well every time, but also has a clear mind.
After playing for a while, Tang Ning had the most white stripes on her face, and her mother also had two on her face. Only Su Anyun had a clean face, and she looked at Tang Ning and her mother calmly.
Every time my mother would say, "Next time, next time, the two of us will definitely win."
Tang Ning was obsessed with winning. He didn't care about winning or losing when playing cards. He remained calm every time he lost. However, his mother seemed to be really angry and was extremely unconvinced. The look in her eyes when she looked at Su Anyun was obviously cold.
Tang Ning actually didn't quite understand his mother's obsession with winning. In his eyes, this was just an ordinary poker game. Su Anyun also didn't seem to care about winning or losing, after all, he was always winning.
Each round of playing cards was not long. It seemed like a long time had passed, but after round after round, it was already 12 o'clock in the middle of the night in the blink of an eye. Tang Ning was a little sleepy. He yawned with white spots on his face, and the white spots on his face trembled slightly as Tang Ning moved.
Su Anyun noticed Tangning's sleepy look. He put down the cards in his hand and said to his mother, "Auntie, why don't we stop playing today? It's so late now, Xiaoning should go to bed."
When the mother heard this, she looked at Tang Ning's sleepy face and put down the cards in her hand.
Tangning saw that the game had finally stopped, so he tried to tear the paper off his face. It was difficult to tear the paper off since it was stuck, especially since Tangning's skin was very delicate. Every time he tore it off, he would frown unconsciously. His mother looked at the red marks on Tangning's face after he tore off the paper. She moved her lips and said, "Hey, why don't you go to bed quickly? You've finally adjusted your resting state, don't mess it up again today."
Mom stood up and prepared to leave. Tangning didn't bother to tear the paper strips one by one. He grabbed the paper strips with both hands and tore them off at random. His voice trembled slightly because of the pain: "Mom..."
The woman stopped and looked back at Tang Ning.
Su Anyun, who was sitting next to him, also looked at Tang Ning.
Under the gazes of both men, Tangning whispered, "Mom, I want to talk to you."
"It's already this late. Go to bed first and talk about it tomorrow." Mom rejected Tang Ning.
"But... But I don't want to put it off until tomorrow." The light flickered in Tangning's moist eyes. He stared at his mother without blinking, his eyes filled with pleading.
Facing Tangning's gentle gaze, her mother's icy expression softened for a moment. She seemed to be hesitating, and finally looked at Su Anyun who was sitting next to Tangning, "Anyun, you should go back to sleep first."
Su Anyun stood up and touched the red marks on Tang Ning's face with some pity, "Go to bed early."
After Su Anyun left, Tang Ning and her mother were the only ones left in the living room.
They sat facing each other quietly. At this moment, there was horrible blood and corpse spots on the mother's face. Except that her complexion was a little bad and looked too pale, she looked like a normal mother.
Tang Ning watched this scene greedily, as if he wanted to trace his mother's outline with his eyes and imprint her appearance in his mind. In fact, while playing cards, he had been secretly watching his mother, watching the normal mother he loved.
"Why are you just looking at me? If you have something to say, say it quickly." This is what the mother said, but her gaze, even stronger and hotter than Tangning's, fell on Tangning's face.
"Mom," Tangning didn't hesitate any longer. She got straight to the point and asked, "Are you still in pain?"
"Yes." Mom touched her waist and then touched her shoulders and neck. "Aren't these all old problems? My waist, back, hands, and legs are all sore." As she spoke, the mother rubbed her neck.
"That's not what I meant. I meant..." Tangning said, but was interrupted by the emotions she revealed in her words. "I meant you..."
"But it's okay." Mom said nonchalantly, "It won't hurt once you get used to it." She looked so calm and composed when she said this, as if nothing could break her will.
But how could it not hurt? Tangning still remembered her mother's tears when she collapsed after being injured. At that time, Tangning thought that the pain of such an injury would cause her mother to collapse. But now thinking back, was it because the pain her mother endured every day was close to her limit of endurance, so any more pain would be the last straw that broke the camel's back
Tangning looked at her strong-willed mother. Her expression was flawless, without a single flaw. However, Tangning couldn't help but want to hug her.
He reached out his hand to take off his ring. The next moment, Tangning heard her mother's voice suddenly rise in volume: "Ningning!"
Taking off the ring would most likely cause my mother to lose her mind.
Tangning slowly removed her hand from the ring and clenched her hand tightly again.
"Mom." Tangning lowered his head. He didn't dare to look his mother in the eye. He was afraid that if he saw that familiar face, he would not be able to say those words.
"Mom, didn't you tell me that you were going on a trip today?" Tangning's voice was shaking. Her left hand gripped her right hand tighter and tighter, until the veins on the back of her hand popped out. "I think it's a good idea for mom to go out and take a walk to relax. That way, her body won't hurt anymore."
Every word he spoke was like something stabbing into his heart, leaving his entire heart riddled with holes.
"Mom, let's go tomorrow..."
Tang Ning lowered his head so he couldn't see his mother's expression. He waited for her response but he didn't dare to raise his head or continue talking. He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would change his attitude and selfishly beg his mother not to leave.
Intellectually, he knew that his mother was suffering every minute and every second that she stayed in this world, but emotionally he was still unwilling to let her go. If he really had a choice, he hoped that he could bear the pain for his mother.
"You have to go. You have to go." Tang Ning's heart sank after hearing her mother's words. Little by little, she sank into an invisible abyss. With every breath, Tang Ning felt pain from her trachea to her chest.
"But not now. You're going to be 18 soon. How can I miss such an important birthday?" Mom's voice softened for once. "When the time comes, we'll hold a big birthday party. You can invite all your friends. How can I know the friends around you? I have to take a good look at them and see if they can be your lifelong friends. Then I can leave with peace of mind."
It was Tangning who was clearly ready to let go, and it was Tangning who first said that he wanted his mother to go. However, when his mother mentioned the word "go" again and again, he still couldn't bear it.
"Okay, it's getting late. We can talk about it tomorrow." Mom stood up and said to Tang Ningrou, "Good night."
With her mother's departure, Tang Ning was the only one left in the living room.
He turned off the TV with Huan Laughter, and it seemed that a huge monster that was ready to devour him was released from the TV.
He was truly devoured by the monster. There was nothing left of his heart, it was empty.
Tang Ning didn't know how long he sat there quietly. He finally stood up slowly, walked slowly into his room, returned to his bedroom, and fell on the bed.
how so
This was the only question left in Tang Ning's mind.
He thought he should be strong now and accept it all. How terrible it all was. In this copy, he finally saw his mother whom he missed day and night and enjoyed the care of his long-lost mother. He stole the light of this day, and he didn't care even if it was short. How many people can have a reunion of even one minute
So is he regretting it? It's great to get the Light Sutra of this day. After the birthday party and his mother's death, he can even return to the real world with his teammates. Isn't this a good condition? Compared with others, isn't he extra lucky? In this A-level copy, he is simply the luckiest one. His family is full of people who love him. Here he only gets love and care, no harm...
etc.
Tang Ning was suddenly stunned.
Yes, he only received love in this family, and no harm.
Even though his mother was a fierce ghost, she had never really hurt him. Although he was wearing the ring, which allowed his mother to maintain some sanity, if the danger to his home was his mother, this A-level copy would still be too easy for him.
After all, apart from the torment he had endured, there had not been any real harm done to him so far. His mother had even begun to remind Tangning to let go.
If the real danger was Su Anyun, Su Anyun had been helping him all along. Even though he was now facing Su Anyun whose malice was completely unleashed, the other party's malice was just to keep him and be with him.
But such malice was not a threat to Tang Ning, because in the card world, unless he died in this copy or was seriously contaminated, he might stay in this copy forever and never get out.
Su Anyun just stuck with him and did not cause him any irreparable harm. When the birthday party was about to start, Tang Ning would automatically leave this copy.
Thinking about it this way, it is really too strange. In such a tragic A-level copy, everyone's home is in danger, everyone is escaping death, only his home is out of place. There is a mother who loves him and a brother who loves him in his home. If you only look at his home, it is even easier than the novice copy.
Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. Tangning didn't believe that the card game would be so kind to him. He must have missed some crucial information...
Did he miss it?!
My mother is a ghost, my brother is a being with special abilities, he should be a human, my mother and brother are opposites, what else, what else? Why did my mother suddenly say she wanted to play cards today, why did she say she wanted to post a note? Why was she so unhappy when she lost
Tang Ning racked his brains to think, there must be something he missed. Yes, that tonic!
Tang Ning remembered that he had gone out to find the old Taoist priest to ask about the tonic, which was something Tang Ning had never understood.
Why did his brother always take supplements? What were those supplements? What were their specific effects? When Tang Ning was about to ask the old Taoist priest, what he said shocked Tang Ning so much that he forgot everything else and returned home in a daze.
Now that the old Taoist priest is gone, he doesn’t know how to contact him... No, he has the old Taoist priest’s contact information!
Tang Ning quickly took out his cell phone. As soon as he turned it on, a lot of messages popped up. They were all messages sent to him by his teammates. However, Tang Ning didn't have time to click on those messages. He hurriedly found the Taoist priest's contact information and requested to add him as a friend.
It was already midnight, and Tang Ning had thought that he would not get a reply from the other party. However, what surprised him was that the old Taoist priest clicked "yes" as soon as Tang Ning sent his application.
"Master, I have something to ask you!" Tang Ning sent a message hurriedly.
The old man replied to him: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"You were a guest at my house today, and you saw the bowl of tonic in front of my mother. It was red soup with blood clots in it. You should know what it is, right? Could you tell me?" Tangning typed quickly.
"This is ghost blood. It is lacquer-colored, bitter, and cold in nature. If handled skillfully, it can be a great tonic."
Ghost blood
"But there is a trick to this. If the ghost does not offer it willingly, it will be extremely poisonous and anyone who takes it will surely die."
Tang Ning stared at the message sent by the old Taoist priest and felt something strange.
Want ghosts to donate blood willingly? Ghosts are usually cruel and violent, so it sounds absurd for a ghost to donate blood. At first, he thought that Su Anyun or his mother might have coerced or bribed other ghosts to take blood, but now Tangning was a little unsure.
Tangning asked, "Will taking ghost blood harm the ghost?"
"The top three medicines are spirit, qi and essence. Everyone has essence. Essence combines with spirit, spirit combines with qi, and qi combines with body... In essence, humans and ghosts are actually the same. Blood is made of essence and qi. If a person loses essence and qi, the qi will run out and the person will die. But at least the person still has qi. We just need to slowly restore it."
"The difference between ghosts and humans is that they lack this energy."
When Tangning saw the Taoist's message, he couldn't help but hold his breath, "What do you mean?"
"Ghosts have room to make amends."
Tang Ning's pupils shrank slightly.
How come ghost blood, which is so harmful to ghosts, appears in his house every day
Tang Ning frowned and stared at the words intently. A thought popped up in his mind that he didn't want to believe.
"Does the ghost blood Taoist priest in my family know where it came from?"
"My friend, you should have guessed it."
Tangning stared blankly at the message sent by the other party: "This is the blood donated by your mother."
His conjecture was thus confirmed.
How could this happen?!
The reason why my mother was so miserable and weak was because of my brother.
What on earth is going on? !
A huge fog enveloped the home in Tangning's mind. Tangning felt as if his world was spinning. He typed in confusion, "Why has my brother been drinking my mother's ghost blood?"
There was silence on the other side. "I can't say."
Tang Ning asked again, but the old Taoist still refused to say anything.
"Master, can you tell me if there is any way to relieve my mother's pain!" Tang Ning didn't want her mother to endure this alone anymore. Her mother said she would wait until the birthday party was over before leaving, which meant she would have to endure three more days of pain. Thinking of her mother who was in pain all the time, Tang Ning felt great torment.
"Yes, there is, but that guy is too insidious."
"Really?!" Tang Ning thought that this Taoist priest was really capable. He nervously waited for the old Taoist priest's reply. However, what the other party said next was, even if it meant that Tang Ning had to pick the stars in the sky, Tang Ning wanted to give it a try.
After waiting for a long time, I finally got a reply from the old Taoist priest.
The other party didn't want to tell Tangning.
Tangning didn't accept it, so he sent another message. There was still no reply from the other party, so Tangning covered his mouth with his hands and took deep breaths to calm himself down.
After a while, Tang Ning sent a message to the old Taoist priest again. This time, he did not beg him, but instead sent a bunch of Baidu information, which contained a lot of bloody and ignorant information.
Tangning: "Are these the ones?"
Tangning: "If you don't say anything, I'll take that as your consent and I'll try them one by one."
When Tang Ning typed these words, he was aware of the madness in his eyes.
He seemed to be controlled by a terrible monster, which would make him hurt everyone around him, including himself.
"… Well, have you ever heard of borrowing a life?"
After Tang Ning saw that the old Taoist priest finally responded, his tense state returned to normal.
"Borrow a life? Do you mean to lend my life to my mother?" Tangning asked.
"Do you know how to hit a living stake?" asked the old Taoist priest.
"I know!" Tang Ning thought about the knowledge points he would encounter in the copy of the River God, and he quickly repeated them.
"Yes, some people will pretend to be poor and ask to borrow clothes from others. If you give them clothes, they will nail the clothes to a stake, and the person who borrowed the clothes will soon get sick and die. In addition, some people will put some red envelopes on the side of the bridge, and if the person who picked up the red envelopes uses the money inside, he will also get seriously ill."
"Lending a life is similar to this principle, but it is more strict. Not just anyone can be lent a life. Some people are born with precious destiny, so ordinary people cannot lend their lives to them casually. Some people have strong destiny, so ordinary people cannot afford their lives. And your mother's destiny is not an ordinary destiny."
The old Taoist priest talked about a lot of things, but Tangning became excited when he saw the strict conditions at the end. He sent a message, "Master, is my fate very precious?"
"yes."
Tangning said without hesitation, "Then please teach me how to lend my life to my mother!"
The other side replied to him.
Tang Ning was a little anxious, "Master, if I volunteer to lend you my life, it wouldn't be such a bad thing. Tell me, I'm willing to do it!"
He used the words he had just used to threaten the Taoist priest: "If it doesn't work, I will try one by one, and I will give the money to my mother."
Tang Ning stopped typing when he reached this point.
At this moment, a lot of scattered information emerged from the darkness and turned into lines. These lines seemed to have no connection in all directions, but they intersected at one point.
The image of Su Anyun handing him money again and again flashed through Tang Ning's mind.
Tang Ning held the phone blankly, looking at the message sent by the Taoist priest.
"Alas, my friend, you have borrowed your own life from others, so how can you lend it to your mother?"