Chapter 48 Ling Ruoxue

Almost instinctively, I tore off the picture hanging on me. The first thing that caught my eye was a round face, followed by a pair of big, round, intelligent eyes, and then a big, round bald head.

Hui Gen? I stared at the round egg in front of me, surprised and delighted. How could Hui Gen be here? Does that mean that Master Hui and my master are here?

Instinctively, I wanted to pinch Hui Gen’s face. This little brat was so cute when he was nine years old, and now, almost three years later, he’s still cute and round at 12 years old. It’s so adorable that I feel sorry for not pinching him.

Hui Gen’er was unhappy when he avoided my “demonic claws” and pounced on me, shouting, “Brother, you bully people. You pinch my forehead as soon as you see it.”

I don’t know why, but I feel good when I see this kid. I can’t help laughing. You don’t want me to pinch your face, do you? I rubbed his bald head hard. Hui Gen was unhappy, but he couldn’t avoid my big hand. For a moment, he was so angry that his round face became even rounder.

Just as Hui Gen and I were laughing, a voice with a hint of restraint called out “Third Brother” in my ear. I looked up and saw that not far in front of me, a woman who was so beautiful that she was beyond description had been standing there for some time.

“So beautiful!” I couldn’t help but sigh in my heart. Ruoyue, who I hadn’t seen for three years, was now 22 years old. It wasn’t until this age that she truly began to radiate her unique beauty.

It is said that the most beautiful time for a woman is the age of 28, but the Miao women are strange. When they were young girls, their wild and restrained beauty seemed to have not been fully burned out, always making people feel that there was a flaw, that the beauty lacked character.

But once they turn 20, it’s as if a pinch of salt is added to boiling oil, and their beauty suddenly boils over, so hot that it’s hard to open your eyes. You’re afraid that if you open your eyes, you’ll be dazzled by the beauty that fills your eyes.

This kind of beauty is the beauty with characteristics and soul, which is the unique beauty of the Miao women. It will accompany them from their prime to their charm, gradually reaching the pinnacle, just like Yue and like Liu Jie.

At this time, Ru Yue was at her most beautiful in terms of appearance and temperament, but it was just the sound of “Third Brother” that made me lose my eyesight.

I took the little girl, who was still twisting around me, into my arms and walked into the moonlight. Without any barriers, I said softly, “Ru Yue, you’ve grown up, that was a really restrained way to call me ‘third brother’ just now.”

Yes, when we first met, she welcomed me with a swarm of ants, and when we next met, she called me a kid and said I was a hooligan with a cigarette in my mouth. Now, she is all beauty, like a sword out of its sheath, finally revealing its brilliance, but she still calls me her third brother with restraint.

I guess it was my teasing that aroused the wild instincts of the Hmong girl. Ling Yueru’s restraint was gone in an instant. She took advantage of the fact that I was holding Hui Gen’er in my arms and grabbed my ear. Then she shouted, “Sanwa, you’re getting more and more rambunctious. You even dare to make fun of your own sister.”

Seeing me like this, Huigen laughed in my arms, “hehe,” and I don’t know what the silly boy was laughing about.

The three of them laughed and joked for a few minutes, but I was still a little uneasy. Where was Su Rou? Where was Qin Huai? Why hadn’t I seen them at all? If they were staying in the village, they must have been with Ru Yue and Hui Gen.

Thinking of this, I felt a little heavy-hearted. I hugged Huigen and said to Ruyue, “Ruyue, Su…”

But as soon as I had finished saying the word, Ruyue interrupted me, saying in a cheerful voice, “You little brat, you’re still being bewitched after going out, what a shame. Let’s go in and get rid of the bewitchment first, we can talk about it later.”

This is how it was in the deserted village. When she was happy, she would call me “third brother,” but when she was unhappy, she would call me “stupid boy.” But I always felt that this time, Ruoyue was being a little too deliberate. Could it be…?

I shook my head and thought it was unlikely. Why would they lie to me? They didn’t know what happened to me in Kunming, and communication technology wasn’t very developed at the time. Even now, it would be difficult to keep up a timely flow of information from Kunming to this village, which is almost completely surrounded by mountains.

Unless Ru Yue and the others had foreknowledge, it was impossible for them to deceive me in this matter. Thinking of this, my heart was a little relieved.

Holding Hui Gen, I walked with Ru Yue into the house that looked like a bamboo forest cottage. I never asked who would be the one to remove the gu from me, but now I think it should be Grandma Ling Qing. She is the gu woman of this village, and she is the one who uses the highest level of gu in this village. In addition, she is familiar with me, so it should be her.

I don’t know if I’ll see Master Hui after I meet Grandma Lingqing. If I do, can I ask her about my master?

Thinking about this, my heart suddenly became both hopeful and anxious. Ru Yue, of course, did not know how I felt, but she led me into the house with a cheerful smile, and we walked straight to the innermost room of this stilted house.

This room had a light-colored curtain hanging in front of it, and the wind was blowing it gently, but I couldn’t see clearly what was going on inside. I was so thirsty and my tongue was so dry, and I didn’t know why I was so nervous to the point of being unable to breathe.

Perhaps it was because I had been so depressed, confused, and helpless these days that I was so eager to get even the slightest news from my master that I was so nervous. Because of this nervousness, I unconsciously squeezed Hui Gen’er’s hands, causing her to look back at me innocently and say, “Brother, I can’t breathe.”

I looked at Huigen with a smile of apology, but Yue didn’t care about my thoughts. She lifted the curtain and said to me, “Stupid boy, what are you doing? Come in.”

I didn’t dare to look at the room behind the curtain, and I was even more afraid to see who was behind the curtain. I almost couldn’t breathe, and I subconsciously held Hui Gen’er and entered the room.

The room was very clean, almost spotless, and the furnishings were very simple. Apart from two cushions, there were two shelves made of bamboo, and on the shelves were some strange bottles and jars.

In addition, there was a row of small jars made of unknown plants on the wall, all with lids.

Apart from these, there was nothing else in the room, everything was clear at a glance.

As I looked around the room, my mood gradually sank, because there was only one person in the room, standing with her back to me by the window. It wasn’t Grandma Lingqing!

I let out a sigh of relief, disappointed but not as nervous as before. I almost looked at this back without restraint. Unlike other Miao women who always wear headbands or heavy silver ornaments, the owner of this back simply tied her long hair with a piece of cloth.

But I guess no one would dare to do so. Even if I don’t get close to her, or look at her face, just her back, I can feel the very indifferent temperament of this woman, a kind of coldness that repels people from a distance, or maybe it’s not coldness, just… I can’t put it into words.

She was wearing very simple Miao women’s clothing, with no decorations at all. Perhaps she sensed my unbridled gaze, and she finally turned around. In that second, our eyes met for a moment.

At that moment, I heard the sound of my own heartbeat.

How could there be such a Miao girl in the world? She was as light as the snow that has been accumulating on the top of a mountain for a thousand years, pure and clean, but unable to melt. In my mind, Miao girls are all hot and spicy, like a chili pepper, making people boil and get excited!

She looked at me with almost no emotion in her eyes, and then turned away. I, however, remembered her face, which was eight-tenths like that of the girl Ruoyue. It could be said that their facial features were almost exactly the same, the only difference being their facial shapes. She was too thin, not the kind of oval face that Ruoyue had, but rather a round face.

Perhaps only such a thin face can match her temperament like ice and snow, and she is perfect that way.

This thought suddenly popped into my head.

I tried hard to suppress my palpitations, which had become more pronounced. I knew who she was. She was Ling Ruxue.