Chapter 65: A Tangled Web

“If I weren’t a Taoist priest, my dream would be to become a race car driver…”

“…I just hope you remember that no matter how many reasons you have, and how much sympathy you have for the memories, you are still responsible for this operation, and even the lives of the people in our team…”

Tears blurred my vision again and again, and the words that Lao Hui had said to me echoed in my ears. He was clearly behind me, but I seemed to see him in front of me, with messy hair, stubble, unchanging underpants, and slippers… He was laughing, he was walking aimlessly, and when he was driving, he would grab a handful between his legs…

I wanted to turn around and rush in to live and die with him!

But I had a child in my arms who had suffered a lot, and I had the heavy evidence on my chest. He told me that if I didn’t take it out with me, he wouldn’t forgive me!

The scene in front of me kept changing. The end of the tunnel was in sight, the heavy iron gate was in sight, and I was climbing the stairs again. I climbed the stairs and there was no danger chasing me, no… When I took the last step of the stairs, I suddenly burst into tears. I was reluctant, and my heart was filled with explosive anger, I looked back, but saw nothing but darkness. The basement was in a whirlwind, the candles had all gone out, and I could only hear the howls of various wild animals, and feel the coldness spreading like a tide… Lao Hui, where are you?

I have no hope, no hope at all. Lao Hui, you can still stand by my side and drink with me!

“Uncle, uncle… I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you…” A childish voice full of violence and cruelty suddenly echoed throughout the basement!

Even I, who was so sad, couldn’t help but shudder at this moment. The little devil was back! It was back. Would Lao Hui still have a chance?

“Laohui!” “Laohui!” I shouted at the top of my lungs, then ran out of the house without looking back, holding the child in my arms…

Was I too weak? Or was I just too sad? No matter how hard I ran, I felt like I wasn’t going fast enough. No matter how hard I tried, I felt like I didn’t have the strength…

This is clearly a rural area near the city, with a good concrete road. Why can’t I run fast?

At that time, there was no one else around me. If there had been, they would have seen me running with a child in my arms, stumbling, looking sad, and looking like a madman.

I couldn’t stop because soon after I ran out of the house, I felt something chasing me. At the moment it caught up with me, I couldn’t help but shed tears, even though my eyes had already dried up.

I knew exactly what was chasing me, it was the little ghost! If it had caught up with me, Lao Hui, Lao Hui would have been dead already.

At that moment, I suddenly understood why my master had lamented, and why he had said that a person’s life or death was not important, but that the important thing was the sublimation of the soul!

I ran while staring at the sky. Lao Hui, you have already gone to heaven at this moment, haven’t you? Have you been relieved from your pain?

The stimulating drug was slowly wearing off, and the feeling of exhaustion surrounded me like a tide. I was holding the child, and I was unconsciously talking to myself: “Little doll, if you have to die, let it be your uncle who dies first, okay? Little doll, don’t hate anything, really. Little doll, I know you’ve suffered, but you must absolutely remember that, remember that for your life, another uncle has already died, and now your uncle will also die. So, don’t hate, really don’t hate! That uncle used his life to tell you that your life is cherished by someone…”

I couldn’t run fast. At this time, a cold feeling had already surrounded my whole body. I felt a cold little hand grasping my pant leg…

I didn’t look back. I still desperately struggled to run forward. In the distance, I could see the lights of the city. Even though it was late at night, was that heaven?

With a loud ‘thud’, I fell to the ground. I was afraid that the child in my arms, who had suffered so much and was seriously injured, would be hurt again. I twisted my body and fell on my back, letting him fall into my arms!

I took the watch out of the vest pocket on my chest and held it tightly in my hand. If I died, the little ghost couldn’t take away this crucial evidence, and if they found my body and saw me holding the watch tightly, they should understand something, right?

I knew it too well. I didn’t trip over myself. There was something that had wrapped itself around my leg. It was the little ghost, wasn’t it?

Looking at the stars in the sky, I smiled and realized that at this point in time, I was really not afraid of death. My hand unconsciously touched the child’s body and I gently patted the child twice. Child, I hope you can persevere and live. Just wait a little longer, someone will come, right?

I felt the cold spreading up my leg. It was a strange feeling, like a child lying on my lap and crawling up my body.

It’s great. Dying at the hands of a famous little demon doesn’t tarnish the reputation of my old Li family, does it? I fought those monsters and a perverted wizard like that, and it was just the two of us. Master, Grandmaster, I didn’t disgrace you, did I?

Most importantly, before I die, I can take a look at the true body of the little ghost, which is also quite shocking, right?

Chen Chengyi, you’re really a loner! I smiled at myself, put the child next to me, and let the cold feeling spread over my body. Looking up at the sky, many faces flashed through my mind. In this moment, let me remember them well!

But just then, a dark figure rushed out of the cornfield next to me. I was annoyed. What a vicious thing is a ghost? Who is this, rushing to his death?

I turned my head and saw that the figure was so familiar. Wasn’t it the woman with the problem in her head? Did she deserve to be unlucky? She even wandered here!

I wanted to shout at her to go away, but I was too weak to make a sound, let alone shout. I could only watch helplessly as she came at me with a confused, yet inexplicable look in her eyes, waving her hands unconsciously and shouting inexplicably, laughing foolishly: “Ah, ah, there you are, there you are!”

Who is there? I couldn’t understand what the woman was saying, but then something strange happened. The cold feeling that had been rising in my chest suddenly disappeared like a tide. Then I saw the woman suddenly kneeling down, suddenly panicking, suddenly yelling and screaming, yelling something that I couldn’t understand.

What the hell is going on? I was even more confused, but I found that my body, which had been completely immobile because of the entanglement, was able to move. I moved my fingers and tried to stand up with difficulty. I also wanted to remind the woman to leave quickly, for I was afraid that she would die because of me!

But then she suddenly let out a loud cry and ran back to the cornfield in a panic, and behind her, a whirlwind was blowing…

Could this woman be a master? I squinted my eyes, not having time to think much, and heard the sound of a noisy car coming from afar, as well as human voices. The cold that had surrounded me had suddenly completely dissipated, and the summer night had returned to its scorching heat!

Did the demon let me go? This is not realistic. Demons don’t know fear or retreat. They can kill as many people as they want. Unless they are completely destroyed, why would they suddenly retreat? Could it be that someone is “summoning” or “ordering” it to retreat?

There is nothing that can stop the little ghost! But Lu Fan is clearly dead!

My mind was in a complete mess. The strange woman, the strange little ghost, but for a short while, sadness completely overwhelmed me. Old Hui! I lost a brother I had just met, and he used his life to fulfill my life!

Laohui… my tears flowed unconsciously, and a bright car light suddenly shone in my face!

“Squeak,” the sound of an emergency brake, then footsteps, but I closed my eyes as if I had been exhausted for a thousand years.

“Little one, you can’t sleep. Your soul is so weak. If you sleep, you may never wake up again.” A familiar voice entered my ears!

It was him!