The late spring evening wind blew over and blew onto her water-soaked clothes. Wu Hui shivered with the cold. His body was shaking, but his eyes couldn't care less about the cold. She stared blankly at the person in front of her. He is very young, looks like an adult, but also has the childishness of a student. But that's just appearance. He was so calm that he had no emotion at all, and therefore no expression.
"I...I know you." Wu Hui was still trembling a little as she spoke, maybe because it was too cold. "It's nearby. Have you seen me in the hospital before? I can't remember clearly..."
"Um."
The boy simply responded. His voice was soft. But it is the timbre that is soft, not the intonation. His tone matched his expression. Of course, he showed no expression.
It's hard to believe that he pulled himself out of the river. He didn't seem to have that much strength, or he had simply cracked the blindfold. Wu Hui stared into his eyes. This may be a bit rude, but she really cares about the curved golden lines in the other person's eyes. The pair of gold lines are not very uniform, nor are they closed. The tiny opening is so slim that it almost disappears.
It was this kind of circle that made her easily think of that special identity. Whether it was Kanna-kun or Jiyue-kun, all the Zai Wuchang she had seen had eyes like this.
"You are...well, thank you."
Only then did she remember to say thank you. Then, she sneezed loudly. Even in May, it’s not surprising to catch a cold while wearing wet clothes in the middle of the night. At this moment, there was a rustling sound from the bushes nearby.
"Meow meow--"
A ginger cat poked its head out. It stretched its head first, and then tried to pull its body out of the gap. It's not that it's fat, but that its hair is too long and gets caught on the branches and leaves of shrubs. It ran to Wu Hui's feet and yelled loudly a few more times. At first, Wu Hui failed to recognize him because of the darkness. But when she heard the screams, she understood.
"Long Dong?"
The cat finally stopped meowing. It rubbed Wu Hui's feet, but immediately bounced away. With water on its body, it tried hard to lick its fur. Wu Hui knelt down and carefully helped it pull a few leaves hanging on its body. But before helping to pick it off, Dongdong stood up, walked away for a distance with small steps, and called her back.
"You follow it." The strange Impermanence Ghost said, "Feiyunxuan is nearby. If you follow it, they will open the door for you. Change into clean clothes and let them arrange for someone to send you away, or you can come back tomorrow go back."
"Okay, okay. Then you..."
"I'll deal with it over there." He stretched out his hand and pointed to the river behind him, "But we will meet again."
Without waiting for her answer, the young man walked back to the river. Dong Dong shouted from the front of the road, urging her to leave quickly. She caught up with the cat and started running quickly after it. The wind blew against my face, as if it was peeling off the skin as well. It's even colder behind me. She felt an invisible darkness swaying silently. Water, wind, and shadows were surging in places she couldn't see, with a monstrous force.
She was too cold and stopped temporarily. Even after walking a certain distance, she still felt a hair-raising undercurrent behind her, rolling, dancing, tearing and gathering. But it was all silent, all eerily quiet.
Wu Hui turned around suddenly, only to find that the river was still calm. No one was around.
The cat meowed again in front. She turned around and followed quickly.
Dong Dong led her to a deserted alley. She was a little scared, but she also had a feeling that nothing would happen if she followed such a spiritual cat. Finally reaching a small door, Leng Dong sat at the door and shouted a few times at the top of his lungs.
Wu Hui looked up at the height of the wall. Generally speaking, this is not a difficult task - feral cats can easily jump on it. Is it because it's an old cat? Just as he was thinking about it, when no one responded, Dong Dong jumped up and grabbed the iron ring on the door. The metal that was hooked out a certain distance hit the wooden board with a dull sound.
Wu Hui hurried over and knocked on the door for it. After a while, someone came. The person who opened the door heard the cat meowing, opened the door, and was startled when he saw Wu Hui. But after taking a closer look, I saw that she was wet and cold, and she was still a little bit different from a real water ghost, so I came back to my senses.
"Do you need help?" said the plainly dressed doorman. "I have to go and tell the person in charge."
"Okay. Thank you very much..."
Wu Hui wanted to wait at the door, but Dong Dong stretched out his claws to hook her trousers and tried to drag her into the yard. The person who opened the door had never seen anything like this before, so he quickly went back to call for help. Wu Hui looked up at the stars and the layout inside and outside the courtyard. In the same place, whether it is dark or dawn, people see completely different scenes. It took her a while to figure out that this seemed to be Feiyunxuan-but it was a small gate in the backyard.
The person who opened the door didn't come, but instead it was a girl and a man. The girl ran over in a few steps. She looked around Wu Hui twice and said in surprise:
"Is it really you? I heard Dong Dong scream and took a look from a distance upstairs. I thought this person looked familiar. Could it be you? When I came down and took a look, it was really true. What are you doing? ...are you so embarrassed?"
"Stop talking here, I'm afraid you'll freeze out." The man sighed, "It's better to change into dry clothes."
Wu Hui recognized that these two were Yu and Zheng from Feiyunxuan. The last time they met, Zheng left a very distant impression on Wu Hui, not like a talkative person. But judging from his current attitude, he might also be a warm-hearted and good person.
Wu Hui followed them indoors and suddenly felt much warmer. There were many people in the building, and they were all disciples living in the courtyard. They come and go, often carrying musical instruments in their hands. Someone holding a pipa saw Zheng coming and rushed to greet him.
"Senior Brother Zheng, could you please take the time to give me some pointers on the piece you performed this morning? I'm always unsure of the staccato changes."
"Okay. You can go up and wait for me for a while, and call Senior Brother Jiao down by the way. If there are any spare women's clothes, please ask him to find two pieces. Just match...Senior Sister Shang's size."
"Okay, okay. Thank you, senior brother."
Miss Yu asked someone to bring a big towel, wrapped it in her hair, and rubbed it involuntarily. The force couldn't be measured accurately, and it caused her face to hurt. Wu Hui was a little suspicious. This was their way of bathing cats.
"Okay, okay, I'll just come...thank you."
Wuhui took the towel.
"Junior Sister Yu, please take her to the bathroom first. Have you just arranged for someone to boil the water? I'll go and do it first. If you need anything later, just let me know."
Yu repeatedly agreed, and Wu Huidu put on the big towel and followed her to the bathroom in the backyard. She wasn't so cold anymore. The people here are surprisingly kind. She had some small opinions before, but now she feels that she was very rude at that time.
The bathroom used here is still a very traditional one, a building with small cubicles that can accommodate many people at the same time. Because it has not been renovated, the facilities are still relatively backward. Electricity can only be connected to light bulbs, and hot water can only be brought after it has been boiled. For convenience, it can only be built up to the first floor. The water in the compartment could only be taken by the gourd, but Yu found a large wooden basin for her. There are probably only a few people in the theater who can use this relatively convenient thing.
Taking a hot bath really relaxes the muscles and relaxes the body and mind. Wu Hui no longer felt any chill, and even felt a little sleepy. She reminded herself that no matter what, she was causing trouble to others, but she couldn't really relax enough to fall asleep.
But soon, this tiredness disappeared. Because she heard someone exchanging something outside the quiet bathroom.
"Since they have no intention of participating in these things, they shouldn't have too much to do with it. In the end, they are just outsiders."
"Are you too heartless? After all, she needs help when she comes here like that."
Wu Hui recognized that it was Jiao Heyu's voice. Her impression of Hakuo was that of the kind man next to Suzuki-kun. At this moment, his attitude became much more straightforward. So the good attitude last time was just being polite. It seems that he actually doesn't like to be associated with irrelevant things. It's normal... This can explain the seeming indifference he revealed last time.
"I'm not against you helping her. I'm just reminding you not to mistake each other's identities. It's rare for you to like someone and be willing to make more friends, so I won't interfere with you. I have only one principle, and that is don't give Feiyunxuan Timma
bother. Don’t forget, this is also Yu Hengqing’s original intention. "
"Of course I know? What does it matter? What if one day she really makes a choice, wouldn't we have fewer opponents?"
"Sigh... It's up to you. You have to be careful, what they said at the time may not be the truth. Maybe they want to sneak in and find out some information. Don't worry about others, you should keep your tone tighter. Pay special attention, don't Let her talk to other disciples. Senior Sister Shang and Zheng are giving tutoring lessons to the disciples and will not have contact with them for a while."
"I know, I know - Brother Zheng probably won't tell Sister Shang. If he doesn't mention it, you shouldn't say it either. Anyway, we'll send her away tomorrow, so there won't be any surprises."
"In this position, I have the responsibility to care about these things... If possible, send her away early today. It's not that I'm heartless. Shang's objection is secondary. If senior sister sees it..."
"Hasn't Sister Gong been practicing with Sister Yunfei these days? She won't know."
"Yeah?"
"……oops!"
"Senior Sister Gong...how did you—"
Hearing this movement, I'm afraid a third person is coming. Wu Hui didn't dare to move, and didn't even have the guts to touch the water, for fear that too much movement would remind them of something. But the newly appeared woman called "Gong" seems to have realized this already. Her voice was very soft and could only be heard by the two people around her. After that, their voices were all lowered so low that Wu Hui couldn't hear them clearly.
For her, whether to leave today or tomorrow is not a big problem. Their doubts were completely unnecessary, Wu Hui didn't want to bring up the past at all. It makes no difference to her whether she is still treated politely after taking a shower or whether she is kicked out immediately. She was very grateful to be able to provide a temporary place of rest.
"elder sister?"
Yu walked to the bathroom. She responded quickly.
"Hey, here you are."
"I brought you a change of clothes. Your clothes are still baking on the fire, I'm afraid it will take a while. After you wash them, just change into this clean one. Well... after you come out, Let’s talk about how you came here with Dongdong, okay?”
"...Yeah, okay."
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