I couldn't laugh or cry, "It's not that exaggerated, is it? You just met for the first time today."
"What? Gu Yu, are you still a man?" Shi Yitong actually complained, "There is such a cute girl beside me, but he didn't respond at all!"
— Even if there is a reaction, it will not be as good as you. I cursed in my heart.
"The cat she raised is also so cute. I heard that girls who know how to raise animals are very caring!"
I immediately retorted: "You say Su Xiaoyun is cute, I have no objection, but that little beast is so cute."
"Hahahaha, it seems that you were really tortured by her cat!"
In this way, Shi Yitong and I walked into the village talking and laughing all the way. Shi Yitong pushed open the gate of the yard first and shouted "I'm back". But today is different from the last time. It took a long time for someone to respond. Then I saw Shi Yitong's grandma coming out of the back room with an anxious look on her face.
Shi Yitong was taken aback for a moment, and hurried up to ask, "Grandma, what's the matter?"
The old woman looked at Shi Yitong, then at me, sighed, her face was full of worry, "Tong'er, your grandpa fell ill."
Shi Yitong's expression changed immediately, and he rushed into the room without even putting down his schoolbag. After I realized it, I quickly followed him.
Sure enough, Shi Yitong's grandfather was lying in the bedroom, his face was pale and he was as angry as a hair. Shi Yitong reached out and touched his grandfather's forehead, then immediately withdrew his hand and murmured, "It's burning so badly..."
There was also a basin of cold water and a towel in the room, which must have been taken by Grandma Shi Yitong to take care of Grandpa.
Looking at the old man lying on the bed, although he had a fever, his face did not have the rosy glow that a fever patient should have. Instead, his complexion was pale and his face was black.
I couldn't help but interjected, "If you're sick like this, you should go see a doctor right away!"
Shi Yitong's grandma shook her head, "I asked the doctor to come over and have a look. He only said it was a cold and prescribed a bunch of antipyretics. It didn't help if I fed it to the old man. Oh, besides, the old man's situation is really bad." It's not like an ordinary disease..."
I went to see Shi Yitong again, his face was darkened, his expression was depressed, his eyebrows were drooping, and he looked like he was about to cry.
"My grandfather seldom goes to the hospital. He has been in good health for so many years." Shi Yitong said in a low voice, reaching out to hold his grandfather's hand, and there was a crying tone in his voice, "Why did you suddenly look like this? gone?"
At this moment, the old man lying on the bed suddenly coughed a few times and woke up. He opened his eyes with difficulty, babbling in his throat as if he wanted to say something.
Shi Yitong quickly leaned over and put his ear on it, "Grandpa, I'm here, what do you want to say?"
I saw the old man struggling to open his lips, and uttered a few words with difficulty, "The name is Jinyi... Tian, Tian Ming's definition..."
"What?" It seemed that I was not the only one who didn't understand, and Shi Yitong also looked puzzled. But the old man didn't have the energy to say anything, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
That night, I helped Shi Yitong and the others take care of the sick old man, and I was so busy that I almost forgot to eat. But from the beginning to the end, the old man's condition has not been relieved, which makes us all feel a little frustrated.
"Gu Yu, I'm starting to believe what you say."
After dinner, Shi Yitong and I stood in a daze in front of the big willow tree in the yard, when he suddenly said this. I froze for a moment and didn't react for a while.
"What words?"
"Didn't you tell me that morning? You said you heard the sound of the coffin and saw something in the coffin." I don't know if it was my illusion, but Shi Yitong gritted his teeth when he spoke, "I believe you now, It must be something in the coffin, there must be something wrong with that coffin! It must be the ghost in the coffin that possessed Grandpa’s body, making him like this! It must be the matter of that coffin, whether it is nanmu or what, I'm going to smash it right now!"
"Hey! Don't!" I hurriedly stopped him, "Isn't that coffin very expensive? Besides, didn't you say that every coffin is the painstaking effort of your grandfather, so you can just smash it if you say so?"
Shi Yitong looked at me angrily, "But there is no other way now! Do you have any other good ways?"
"I really do." Without hesitating for too long, I decided to tell Shi Yitong all about the old house and the exorcist. I will describe in detail this afternoon from meeting Su Xiaoyun to how to help her find a cat, and in the process of finding a cat, I found a mysterious old house.
When Mr. Wen was mentioned, Shi Yitong showed some doubts in his eyes, but he didn't interrupt me aloud.
"... So, that's how things are." After I finished the story, I spread my hands, "I know, I was surprised that such an incredible thing happened to me. I was hesitant to tell you, But after all, it's already like this now...something is better than nothing."
"The old house on the mountain behind the school... I said why you asked this on the way back. I didn't expect it to be like this." Shi Yitong said suspiciously, "Can the people in that place be trusted? Isn't it really a bluff?"
I shook my head, "Probably not."
"Why do you say that?"
When I heard Shi Yitong ask this question, I hesitated for a moment. To be honest, I don't seem to have any evidence to believe Mr. Wen, but judging from the man's words and demeanor, it's hard for me to imagine that someone would use this method to bluff.
Although Mr. Wen is mysterious and unpredictable, he does give me an indescribable sense of security.
Seeing that I didn't answer, Shi Yitong scratched his head and didn't ask any more questions. "However, you're right... It's better to have a way than to have no way. Let's try the way you said tomorrow."
The next day, Shi Yitong and I both asked for leave from the school and stayed here, planning to expel the evil spirits in the coffin according to the method given by Mr. Wen. A day later, Grandpa Shi Yitong's condition still didn't improve. After Shi Yitong changed his grandpa's wet towel for the last time, he invited me to come to the yard with him.
"It's not too late, come on! Carry out the coffin first!"
The nanmu coffin that made a strange noise was heavy, and Shi Yitong and I could barely lift it up a little, and we basically dragged it away in the end.
"Why is this coffin so heavy?" Finally, according to what Mr. Wen said, I dragged the coffin to a place where it can be exposed to sunlight. I wiped my sweat and complained.
Shi Yitong was also panting, but growing up in the countryside, he seemed to be able to endure more hardships than me. After a while, he adjusted his breathing, pointed to the nanmu coffin and said, "Didn't you see it? This coffin is not ordinary Coffin, this is a coffin."