"That, I'm sorry..." I said hesitantly, "We have been investigating as much as possible, but we have not found it. After all, it is a monster that comes and goes without a trace..."
As soon as I finished speaking, disappointment appeared in the eyes of the couple.
"Son, I didn't say that, did you really look for it seriously?" The old man raised his voice slightly, with anger in his voice, "Do you know how precious a week is? Yingcai's body is getting worse and worse. Too bad, now that the high fever doesn't subside, what are you vomiting, if you don't find that evildoer quickly, Yingcai will be killed!"
"Don't talk about it, old man. It's not the fault of other people's children." The old woman looked at the old man reproachfully, and then at me, "It's just that we really don't have that much time. With this situation, we're afraid we'll have another Looking for an expert—"
"Wait, Auntie!" I said eagerly, "Give me another day, can you? I still want to try harder anyway."
"But..." the old lady showed a clearly embarrassed expression.
"Really, just one more day!" I said firmly, pleading firmly, "Give me another day, if I still can't find a solution after a day, you can ask Gao It doesn't matter people!"
Maybe the two couples were moved by my attitude, they looked at each other, finally nodded and agreed.
I breathed a sigh of relief, chatted with the couple again, and sent them off politely.
At this moment, I turned around and found that Moxue was hiding not far behind me, watching me secretly.
What is this little girl doing, I don't know why, I opened my mouth and just wanted to call her name, but she suddenly ran away like a rabbit as if she was frightened by something.
"Moxue?"
When I ran after her to see, Moxue had already run away.
I haven't seen this clingy little guy for a long time since. Asked Shi Yitong, he also shook his head, not knowing where she had gone.
But the two couples left us with only one day, and Shi Yitong and I didn't have time to take care of Moxue, so we had to hurry up and look for possible clues about the Jinhua cat demon.
However, the sky does not follow people's wishes, and the two of us have been busy until nightfall, and we still have nothing.
"It seems that it is impossible for the two of us to complete this kind of commission." I sat on the ground slumped, talking despondently.
Shi Yitong was not far behind. The two of us almost ran all over Yancheng in one day, but we didn't even find a single hair of Jinhua cat.
"Well, although I don't like that exorcist surnamed Wen." Shi Yitong said while panting, "But I agree with what he said."
"ah?"
"You, you are here to make trouble for yourself!" Shi Yitong looked at me resentfully.
Now I agree with Shi Yitong's words, but now, riding a tiger is hard to get off, and I'm afraid I will have to bite the bullet and apologize to the two couples tomorrow.
But rather than frustration, I was filled with guilt and self-blame. Indeed, I am too conceited, always thinking that I have great ability to take on such an important commission, but I can't bear the responsibility.
How is the son of the old couple now? Is your body really getting worse day by day? Could it be that, like the old couple said, he would be slowly killed by the cat demon
Just when my mind was full of random thoughts, a voice suddenly came from behind.
"Hey, take good care of me!"
Ever since she sent me a card that time, Moxue has always liked to call me that. I turned around, and sure enough, Moxue was standing behind me.
But she looked a little weird, not as lively and cheerful as usual, but with her head down, her hands hanging on her sides, as if she was being bullied by someone.
I was taken aback. I really thought something happened to her, so I hurried over, "Moxue? What's wrong with you?"
I put my hand over to see if she was sick and had a fever, but unexpectedly, she slapped her away abruptly.
"Well, actually, today I know the way to break the Jinhua cat's curse!" When she looked up, she suddenly returned to her original lively and cheerful smile, which made me almost think that the expression just now was my illusion.
"The method of cursing?" Shi Yitong pricked up his ears, and looked at Moxue in surprise, "It's true."
"Really, of course it's true." Moxue smiled, and jumped up to us, "Why did I lie to you, it's the last day."
"How?" I asked.
"Well—keep it secret." Moxue said mischievously.
"Hey, my eldest lady." Shi Yitong said with a headache, "It's time to burn your brows, why are you so tricky?"
"I'm not being tricky, my method won't work if I say it now." Moxue pouted and said, mocking us by the way, "Anyway, you have nothing to do, it's only the last day. Treat you as a dead horse and treat it as a living horse, that's better than biting the bullet and apologizing to others, right?"
"Okay, okay." This Moxue's temperament is simply too nonsense, but there seems to be a grain of truth in the nonsense, I reluctantly agreed, "What do you want to do?"
"It's nothing, when you go to find that old couple tomorrow, just take me with you." Moxue crossed her arms.
"That's it?" Shi Yitong asked suspiciously.
"What's the matter, don't you believe me?" Mo Xue said angrily.
"Believe it." Shi Yitong hurriedly agreed, muttering, "What a little ancestor."
I also showed a smile, but was stopped by Moxue.
"Gu Yu!"
When I turned around, Moxue smiled sweetly.
"See you tomorrow," she said, "and, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
At that time, I just listened to such a sentence in a trance. Neither contemplating its content nor pondering its implications. There are many things in the world, and only when you lose them will you know how to cherish them more. In other words, only losing can make those things more precious and shine brightly in the depths of memory.
The next day, without thinking about anything, we took Moxue to find the old couple. On the way, Shi Yitong couldn't help being curious and asked Moxue.
"I said, can you talk about your method now? It's already the second day."
"Well—it's not impossible." Moxue folded her arms and said, "Actually, the method is very simple. As long as the person cursed by the Jinhua cat eats the meat of the cat demon, he can be cured. Men have to eat female cats, and women To eat tomcats, if you make a mistake, you will die."
"It's that simple?" Shi Yitong asked in disbelief.