"I'm here to see him. I'm his student Shangguan Rui."
"Student." Instantly, the aunt breathed a sigh of relief, "You wait here for a while, I will ask Professor Liao."
I nodded and waited downstairs obediently.
After a while, the aunt opened the door for me: "Come in, Professor Liao is waiting for you upstairs."
"Okay, thank you, auntie."
I carried big and small bags into the house, and my aunt enthusiastically helped me carry them in and put them aside.
"Where's the master's wife?"
"Madam has gone to burn incense. Please change into a pair of shoes and go upstairs."
I responded, changed my shoes, and tiptoed upstairs.
But when I walked to the door, I smelled a strong stench, and the socket of my left eye was slightly swollen, but I didn't feel any pain.
I knocked on the door and heard the familiar voice of the teacher, so I dared to go in.
"Xiao Rui, why are you here?"
"Come and see you."
It has only been a few years, but the teacher's whole person has become more and more vicissitudes. His snow-white hair is all over the surrounding skin, and his face is tired. His figure, which was originally a little fat, is now as thin as skin and bones.
"It's not easy for you to come all the way."
"Aren't I worried about you? How is your health? Let me check for you."
I reached out to help the teacher feel his pulse, but he looked helpless and could only follow me.
The pulse is very stable, and there seems to be nothing wrong except that the body is a little weak, but there is something wrong with the teacher's current condition.
"Well, you said nothing happened. Who is your teacher? I don't think there is a problem. Tonight, you stay here and play chess with me for a while. Master and apprentice have not spoken to each other for a long time."
"no problem."
I chatted with the teacher in the room for a while, and after a while, the teacher’s wife came back.
My family didn't have much money at the time, and college was expensive, especially studying medicine. Thanks to my teachers and my wife who often helped me, if it weren't for them, I wouldn't be where I am today.
When my teacher's wife saw me, she also had a look of surprise on her face: "Xiao Rui, I haven't seen you in these years, you look much more handsome!"
"We haven't seen each other in these years. Master, you are becoming more and more charming. I have brought you a lot of specialties, as well as ginseng to replenish your Qi. Just don't think these are worthless things."
"How could it be possible? Nowadays, you can't even buy specialties if you have money!"
The teacher's wife was very enthusiastic. The three of us chatted in the room for a long time. When it was time to finish the meal, the teacher was in a good mood and even ate an extra bowl of rice.
I was sleeping in my room at night, and in a daze, I heard a rustling sound.
Although my sleep quality is good, after being woken up and unable to sleep for a period of time, my temper will become very irritable.
I got up unhappily and opened the door, and I saw five little people wearing different colors walking on the ground carrying a coffin.
They were obviously disturbed by my voice. The five villains stopped and looked at me with their pale faces.
At that moment, I felt my blood had solidified.
My intuition tells me that if they know that I can see them, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat today.
So, I yawned as if nothing had happened, walked towards the toilet, closed the door and peeed.
There was a burst of release, and just when I was about to leave, I found the five little people surrounding my feet, mouthing like murmurs: "You can see us, you can see us."
I acted as if I didn't hear anything, washed my hands and walked out of the toilet, and went back to my room to sleep.
After returning to the room, these five villains did not come in with me again, which made me relieved.
Why would a villain appear in this perfectly good house? It doesn't look like an ordinary ghost, but it can actually talk to me.
I plan to ask during the day tomorrow.
Early in the morning, the aunt had already prepared a table of breakfast. The teacher's face looked even more haggard than yesterday.
"Teacher, otherwise you should go to the hospital to have a complete physical examination."
"Those who should have been checked have already been checked. I'm older and have underlying diseases." The teacher waved his hand, looking indifferent.
When the mistress was serving the porridge for us, she couldn't help but murmured: "You still have a basic illness. I think it's a weak illness. From that day on, something wasn't right with you."
The sound was very small, but I could still hear it clearly.
The teacher coughed and glanced at the teacher's wife in a warning manner. The teacher's wife immediately shut up and stopped talking.
I can tell that these two elders are hiding something from me.
Before I could speak, a crisp voice sounded at the door: "Mom, Dad, I'm back."
Looking back, I saw a tall girl walking into the house carrying a backpack.
"Hey, Mianmian is back."
Mianmian put down her schoolbag and kept scanning me with appraising eyes. Finally, she showed a surprised smile: "Brother Rui! It's really you!"
"Mianmian, I haven't seen you for a few years. She has changed a lot. She has turned into a beautiful woman."
Mianmian is the daughter of a teacher and a master's wife. She is a daughter of old age, and she loves this daughter very much. Mianmian also inherited her father's mantle and became a traditional Chinese medicine doctor.
Because we were similar in age, I had a good relationship with Mianmian when I was studying medicine with my teacher. She was still young at that time and she always liked to follow me and ask ridiculous questions.
"Did you save someone at the traffic light yesterday? I was the doctor accompanying the car. At that time, I thought you looked familiar, and I didn't recognize him for a while."
"Brother has become more handsome."
Mianmian looked me up and down and nodded in agreement: "Indeed, time has made you more and more manly."
"You can talk."
Mianmian's arrival made the air more lively. The wife looked at us and shook her head helplessly: "Okay, let's eat first. Breakfast will be cold soon."
After eating, Mianmian suddenly touched me with her elbow: "Brother Rui, do you have time? I have some homework that I don't understand very well. Please teach me."
"If you don't understand anything, you can ask dad. It's rare for your brother Rui to come over."
Mianmian pouted in dissatisfaction: "You, it's easy to talk at any time, but this homework is too strict. I don't want to quarrel with you. Brother Rui is much gentler."
I also tried to smooth things over: "Teacher, your health is not good, and teaching children can easily get angry. It's such a hard job, so it's better for me to do it."
"Okay, okay, I can't defeat you two young people."
After eating, I helped hold my backpack and followed Mianmian to her room. As soon as we walked in, she immediately locked the door.
"What's wrong? Do you have any secrets you want to share with me?"
