Chapter 50: Determination

I didn’t know this woman. Could she be a crazy woman? This was the first thought in my mind. With doubts, I gently pushed her away, and Lao Hui whispered beside me, “It’s so late. How could there be a woman wandering around here?”

The woman naturally did not answer Lao Hui, but looked around with her strange and confused expression, turned around and was about to leave.

I took a look at her and saw that she was dirty all over, just like her face. But underneath this appearance of dirt, what still couldn’t be concealed was her youthful appearance and the fashionable style that only young people have.

I couldn’t tell how old she was, though, because her face was so dirty and her hair was a mess.

I don’t know why, but I felt sorry for her. Some people are really bad. Even if a woman is crazy, she might do something bad to her. It was the middle of the night, and although I was on a mission and didn’t want to get into trouble, I couldn’t just ignore her.

I chased after her in a few steps and called out, “Hey, where is your home?”

The woman suddenly turned her head and looked at me. She looked at me with a bit of fear and trepidation in her eyes. She asked me in a trembling voice, “What do you want?”

Do I look like a bad guy? And she didn’t seem confused when she answered. Before I could say anything, Lao Hui had already walked up to me and said, “Miss, we saw you wandering around alone and wanted to remind you to go home. It’s not safe to be out at night, and if you live nearby, we can take you home.”

“That’s what I mean,” I said, although this would inevitably delay my task with Lao Hui, but the bug was gone, and I didn’t care if it delayed me a little longer. After all, it was human conscience and goodwill, which might be misunderstood by society occasionally, because people nowadays were not used to others’ inexplicable enthusiasm and kindness, but this kind of thing should not disappear in this world. It was a key to the heart.

The woman listened to me and Lao Hui say this, looked at us gratefully, but shook her head strangely and walked away. She said as she walked away, “My home is far away. Don’t worry, no one will hurt me. Anyone who hurts me will be unlucky, and the same goes for anyone who gets close to me.”

What does that mean? Lao Hui and I looked at each other. Could it be that she was still crazy?

Laohui took a step forward, wanting to insist that the woman not wander around at night, but this time the woman suddenly raised her voice in a shrill tone, shouting, “Don’t come near me, don’t!”

Lao Hui was so scared that he didn’t dare to move. After all, we came to this place to carry out our mission, and her yelling and screaming would be bad for me and Lao Hui.

The woman walked very quickly, and Lao Hui and I didn’t dare to go forward. In the blink of an eye, she disappeared into a field of corn, and the dense cornfield was a natural green screen, where she could no longer be seen.

Laohui shrugged helplessly at me, and I shook my head and said, “Forget it. Everyone has their own fate. This woman is really strange.”

“I guess she was under some kind of stress. Her accent didn’t sound like she was from here. I guess she was displaced here. Maybe there are some kindhearted old ladies or women in this village who can take care of her.” Lao Hui said.

There is nothing we can do. Other people’s lives are always other people’s lives. We can give them kindness, but we can’t change the fundamentals. The fundamental change lies in our own hearts.

The appearance of this woman was like a small episode, coming and going quickly. As soon as she left, my mind was immersed and focused again, and the fear that came from the bottom of my heart came again. The interruption from the woman just now distracted me for a moment.

I clenched my thumb with my four fingers, which was like making a fist. After feeling a little tense all over my body, I relaxed a little, then continued to do so, and then relaxed again…

Grasping my thumb with my four fingers, I clenched my fist, then relaxed, then clenched again, then relaxed again…

My heart was influenced by the tiger, and I felt fear in this place. I used the method of holding my hands to eliminate the impact of this fear on me.

I and Lao Hui walked on this road like this. Lao Hui didn’t feel anything, but I quietly sat down and held my hands together, trying to act as calm as possible. There were seven or eight households here. When we reached the third household, which was the most luxurious and grand, and also the largest household, the Shatu, who had always been sleeping in my soul to nourish my spirit, suddenly roared. This anger from my soul suddenly stunned me.

Then, a fear that I could not quite identify with myself, but was extremely clear, arose in the depths of my heart. This extreme fear was something that had never happened to me before, not even when I first encountered the ghost Li Fengxian in the deserted grave! I almost let out a cry.

Fortunately, I was able to use the only clear moment I had to realize that I couldn’t do that, and I could only bite my tongue hard to stop myself from doing it.

I was connected to the soul of Shatu, and I knew that the roar was not because Shatu was angry, but because of extreme fear and anxiety. It was like a person who was pushed to the limit of fear and would instead become furious.

Although I didn’t make a sound, I couldn’t help but take two steps back in fear. Lao Hui grabbed me and whispered, “Chengyi, what’s wrong with you?”

I looked at the luxurious little house with a large courtyard in front of me, and turned to Lao Hui and said in a low voice, “This is the place!”

Laohui wanted to say something, but I covered his mouth and pulled him along, quickly walking out of the country road and onto the path, directly into the ‘green silk tent’!

“Chengyi, it’s over there. Let’s find a way to get in. What are you doing?” Lao Hui couldn’t understand what my actions meant.

“Laohui, don’t ask, give me a few minutes, I have to calm down! And we can’t enter from the front yard, we have to find a way to get in from the back of the house. But now you really have to let me calm down.” I said quickly, and after I finished, I sat on the ground as if I were about to faint, knocking over a few corn stalks, and then panting heavily.

Fear is a very tiring thing. It is not the body that is tired, but the mind. I was in this state. I had just dragged Lao Hui back here with great effort, otherwise I would have lost control of my emotions. So as soon as I relaxed, I became like this.

Or, some people may not understand my inexplicable fear, and I have no way to explain it. The fear that comes from the depths of the soul is terrifying. In a way, Silly Tiger is me, because it is a part of my soul.

When Lao Hui saw me, he definitely wasn’t joking. He looked at me worriedly, but I waved him off and then took out a cigarette, which I lit and sucked on heavily.

The light blue smoke entered my chest cavity, and the numbness brought on by the tobacco made me feel better.

Laohui saw that I was not feeling well, and I was concentrating on smoking, but I didn’t want to say much. I was very tactful and didn’t ask too much. Instead, I took out a very advanced-looking device from my bag and said, “I’ll go and check it out first. For a house, this thing is enough.”

Laohui took out a handheld thermal detector, which is used to detect life. It is almost the standard equipment for secret agents, and it is equivalent to a “x-ray eye.” The funny thing is that this is where science and metaphysics oppose and unite. Metaphysics also has some methods that can detect living things in a house, such as a method of sensing the aura.

However, if the metaphysics method encounters a high-level person in the house, it is very easy to be discovered. Relatively speaking, relying on scientific methods at this time is actually safer.

“Laohui, that house is very dangerous,” I suddenly said to Laohui.

Laohui didn’t doubt my words, but said directly, “This thing in our department is not a common product, it is the most advanced, and can be detected from a certain distance. Although the accuracy rate is not 100%, I will be careful.”

I thought about it for a moment and nodded to him. I didn’t mean to avoid danger, but when I got close to that house, I couldn’t suppress my fear, which made me unable to accomplish anything. So, I have more important things to do now!

I must overcome this fear!