Chapter 52: Substitution

Was it this great shaman I didn’t know who stopped it? I was very confused and couldn’t help but ask Ling Ruyue in a low voice, “Why did he stop it?”

“I don’t know. The great shaman has the ability to divine. He doesn’t need to explain to us what he’s doing.” Ru Yue couldn’t tell me the details, so she whispered in my ear.

Just as I was whispering to Ruoyue, Ruoxue had already walked up to us with the great shaman.

“Ru Yue, the great shaman predicted that you and Chen Chengyi would run away together, so we waited here in advance, and it really turned out to be the case,” Ling Ru Xue said to Ling Ru Yue, her tone a little stern.

Ruyue stuck out her tongue and came over to shake Ling Ruxue’s arm and said, “Sister, it was wrong for us to hide the news in the first place. What if Su Rou and Qin Huai are in danger?”

“Grandpa Boqie said that this matter is full of variables, and the future is obscure and unclear, but Su Rou and Qin Huai are not in danger for the time being. Is it not allowed for the younger generation to get involved?” Ling Ruxue was not moved by Ru Yue’s coquetry, but only sternly warned Ru Yue. As for me, she completely ignored me.

“Let them go. The variables have already occurred. If we stop them now, we are going against the gods.” The great shaman, who had not spoken up until now, suddenly spoke up.

This sentence made everyone present freeze. Ling Ruxue said with some reluctance, “Grandpa Boqie, isn’t it very dangerous to let them go to that village? No, I can’t let Ruyue go.”

The great shaman named Boqie smiled and said, “If Yue doesn’t go, then you go.”

“Okay.” Ling Ruxue was very decisive.Taoist priest

Ruyue couldn’t convince the witch and Ruxue, and eventually returned to the village in tears. Originally, Ruyue and I were going together, but in the end it became Ruxue. It felt strange, and I wasn’t used to it either. Standing on the beautiful Yueyan Lake, I said to Ruxue, “You go back. I’ll go alone. By the way, take Hui Gen back with you.”

Without Ru Yue’s help, I don’t think I can take care of Hui Gen’er by myself. Even if Hui Gen’er is very powerful, he is just a child.

“Do you know how to get to the village?” Ru Xue’s tone was very calm.

“Uh, I don’t know. Otherwise, you can tell me how to get there.” Deep down, I didn’t want to go with Ru Xue. I had an instinctive aversion to being with her, because I wasn’t comfortable with her, and I couldn’t control my emotions.

“I’ll go with you,” Ru Xue replied simply, still very calm.

“Why do you have to go with me?” I was a little annoyed.

“Because the witch told me to go with you, so I’m going with you.”

“You do whatever the witch says, don’t you?” I had never met anyone so stubborn and inflexible.

“Yes, the divination of the great witch rarely goes wrong. In the chaotic and unclear future, he will always give us the correct hint.”

I was helpless, knowing that I could not twist this woman, and at the same time, I had a hundred mysteries in my heart, just like now I know that the great witch has the same ability as our Taoist fortune-telling, what is it that is not predicted in advance, why did he warn me not to tell Su Rou and Qin Huai about the matter before I went to the village, and why did he say that it was a choice of fate when I knew about it and impulsively wanted to go to save them?

Isn’t this very contradictory?

In Taoism, the divination method is that one is one and two is two. There is no way to change it once you know it, unless you pay a high price to change your fate or use evil magic to transfer it to others. What is the divination method of witchcraft? It feels like there are countless choices of fate.

I really want to have a discussion with Uncle Li and this great witch to see who is correct.

My mind was in a complete mess, and I was very uncertain. I said to Ling Ruxue, “Do you have anything you want to bring with you? I’ll wait for you.”

“No, let’s go,” Ling Ruxue said calmly.

I found that this woman is a very independent woman. She said she was leaving and didn’t even bring anything with her.

Well, whatever, she didn’t even bring a change of clothes. She’s amazing. Anyway, Miao women are all cat-like, so she might just conjure one up.

A few days later, we appeared on the border of Guizhou, or more precisely, the border of Xiangxi.

The original Yueyan Miao Village is on the border of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces. After we walked out of the dense forest, we went straight to Chongqing, passed through Chongqing without stopping, and then took a bus to this small town on the border of Xiangxi.

In the town, Ru Xue borrowed 500 yuan from me. When she came back, she had already changed into clothes worn by ordinary Han girls, and she had an extra bag on her back.

No wonder she was so lonely, she was planning to borrow money from me.

However, after two days of getting to know each other, I was no longer so uncomfortable when I was with Ru Xue. She was still quiet and didn’t show any emotional fluctuations, but she was the one who took care of me and Huigen for a day and a night of trekking through the dense forest.

She is very good, with magical hands that can turn anything into a delicious dish. Based on this friendship, I think it is only right to lend her money.

We stayed in town for a day. While Ru Xue was shopping, Hui Gen and I were bored and stayed in the hotel. We had just walked out of the dense forest, and we were tired and didn’t have the heart to go shopping, so we chose to stay here.

Because we were bored, I asked Hui Gen some questions that seemed boring to me.

“Huigen, what do you think of Ruoxue?”

“She’s very pretty,” he said, laughing, while watching TV.

“You think Ruoxue is pretty? Don’t you think she’s cold and fierce?”

“No, she’s actually very nice to me. Ruoyue and Tuantuan both said that Ruoxue doesn’t like to show off. I don’t know if she doesn’t like to show off (what).” Huigen was busy watching TV and was already impatient with my questions. She didn’t even turn her head when she answered me.

I was embarrassed to ask again, and suddenly remembered a scene when she saw me frown in pain, hesitated for a moment, and then cut her finger open… Could it be that she couldn’t bear to see me in pain, and then changed her method, preferring to use her own blood?

Is that what she is like? Kind to others, but not bothered to explain, cold on the outside but warm on the inside?

This thought made me feel an indescribable stirring in my heart, and I couldn’t wait to ask her about it. Suddenly, I felt that I was being silly, and why would I think about these things? In order to force myself not to think about it, I simply grabbed Hui Gen’er by the arm and pushed him onto the bed to tickle him. Hui Gen’er laughed and laughed, and while laughing, he cursed, “Bad brother, haha…haha…bully me…haha…”

While I was playing with Huigen, Ruoxue came back. She had changed into Han Chinese clothes and had a bag with her.

This border town is already relatively backward, and there is obviously nothing fashionable or beautiful to wear, but I have to say that a beautiful person looks good in anything. When she was wearing the Miao women’s clothing, Ru Xue looked very beautiful, with an indescribable charm.

When she was wearing ordinary clothes, she was still very beautiful, and it felt like she had changed her whole personality.

When she faced my gaze, she acted as if she hadn’t seen me, and just said, “Let’s go eat. After dinner, get some rest. The road to that village is not as easy to travel as the road to our village.”

At this point I came to my senses, scratching my head and feeling a little embarrassed. I was annoyed at myself for staring at others so recklessly, or maybe I was also a little annoyed at her for ignoring my gaze.

The meal was at a small restaurant in town, which had some local characteristics, but I found it bland. The taste of these dishes was still far inferior to the dishes that Ruoxue had made by hand. But who am I to her? What reason do I have to ask someone to cook for me?

I was a little annoyed by this thought, but it was just me thinking about things, and neither Ruoxue nor Huigen noticed anything.

That night, the three of us spent the night in a simple hotel in the town, and the next day, we set out on our journey to the village.