Chapter 7: The Same Person

When I arrived at my sister’s house, I didn’t see Ru Xue anywhere. Seeing my dumbfounded look, my sister smiled, brushed her hair back from her face, and nudged me with her chin, indicating that Ru Xue was busy in the kitchen. I laughed foolishly, scratching my head, not knowing what to say, and I was about to walk over to the kitchen.

But my sister pulled me back and, like a magician, took out a towel and dusted me all over, saying, “Look at you, all dusty and dirty, and smelling of alcohol.

While talking, Sister Liu asked me to stand up, then she got a cup of tea from somewhere and put it in my hand. She also put a sweet and fragrant thing in my mouth, and then said, “Homemade fresh flower cake, eat one, and then the smell of alcohol will go away. You smell like alcohol, but you don’t worry about smothering people like snow.”

The flower cakes were delicious, the aroma of the flowers and the sweetness of the cakes blended together, instantly suppressing the smell of alcohol in my mouth. After taking another sip of the homemade flower tea, I breathed out again, and the smell of alcohol in my mouth was really gone.

I smiled foolishly at Sister Liu again, always feeling as if I were in a snowstorm. I was just very happy, but at the same time my IQ was also a bit worrying.

“Go,” said Sister Liu, gently pushing me, then carrying my luggage and helping me put it upstairs. They say that time is ruthless, but I always feel that time has been very kind to Sister Liu. After all these years, she may have aged a little, but it’s definitely not obvious. But her charm is still the same as when I first met her, a fully blooming flower.

I don’t know what kind of man can win the heart of my sixth sister.

Thinking about this, I hurriedly walked, looking at the kitchen with the small courtyard, but as I got closer, my pace slowed down. After so many years, it’s still the same. When I see her, my heart still beats.

The last time I saw her was in the hospital. I always felt that I was injured, so I didn’t have to worry so much. Who else could I be weak to if not Ruoxue? But once I recovered, I became this kind of unworthy person again.

Ru Xue was busy in the kitchen. As soon as I walked in, I saw her at a glance. She was wearing a large white shirt, blue jeans, casual shoes, and her long hair was simply tied with a leather band. Some of it was loose, and a few strands of untied hair were hanging down in front of her forehead. Her side face was as calm as always, and as beautiful as always.

I leaned against the kitchen door and looked at Ru Xue. My mouth unconsciously turned up. I rarely see her wear ordinary clothes. Most of the time, she wears simple Miao clothes, but Ru Xue is Ru Xue. No matter how she dresses, she is always as beautiful as ever.

She is still cold, but she doesn’t make people feel aloof when she is busy in the kitchen. On the contrary, she is more down-to-earth. Most men would feel happy to see her like this, right? I was thinking, who would be so lucky to have such a woman busy in the kitchen for him?

No, I’m proud, I thought, and the smile on my lips could no longer be suppressed. I laughed openly. Not being able to stay together was no longer a worry. Such happiness was connected moment by moment, and the more there was, the more satisfied I was.

“Are you here?” Ruoxue was concentrating on cutting a potato and didn’t turn around. Her hands seemed to have magic powers, and the thin, long potato strips were neatly arranged under the knife.

“Mmm,” I naturally walked over and took the knife from Ru Xue’s hand, and naturally helped her cut the potatoes. However, the potatoes I cut were like potato sticks compared to Ru Xue’s.

Ru Xue tilted her head and gave me a helpless look, but in the end she said, “You’d better go out and stop messing things up. The ham and potato pancake needs to be cut into this shape, otherwise it won’t fry well.”

I didn’t want to leave, but I had to put down the knife, hold my hands again, lean against the door frame, and watch Ru Xue busy herself.

Less than ten minutes later, sixth sister came in, followed by a man. He was handsome, honest and strong, but also had a bit of a fierce air, and looked like a Hmong man.

“Oh, so affectionate? You can’t bear to leave even for a moment?” Sister Six joked, her eyes and eyebrows all smiling, but I could still see a hint of pain and helplessness. Sister Six knew the situation between me and Ru Xue very well.

But I don’t care. I’m happy when I’m happy, and I don’t want to think about unhappy things. Instead, I look like I don’t care.

“Come out and have some tea and chat with your brother-in-law. Can Ruoxue run away here?” Sister Liu pushed me, and I was surprised. Brother-in-law? Where did the brother-in-law come from? I was just wondering what kind of man could get into Sister Liu’s eyes, and I didn’t expect the real brother-in-law to be standing in front of me. It was that Hmong man.

I didn’t say much at the time, and quickly followed my sister out.

The evening meal was very rich, with fragrant ham and potato cakes, steaming hot chicken in a steamer, refreshingly tender fried bamboo shoots, and a copper pot of fish, a typical Yunnan dish, but made by Ru Xue, it was so appetizing just looking at it.

I picked up a ham and potato cake and, without thinking about the heat, I took a bite. It was so hot that I had to breathe out, but I couldn’t help but swallow it hard.

It’s not my fault. The salty flavor of the ham naturally blends into the potato cake. The frying is just right, with a crispy outer layer and a hot, soft potato filling. Together with the ham, it almost made me swallow my own tongue.

“You guys eat slowly,” said Sixth Sister, smiling, because it wasn’t just me who was eating like that, but also Sixth Brother-in-law, Han Yuan.

The people in the Yueyan Miao village all have Han names. Sister Six told me that her brother-in-law’s name is naturally a Han name. The first time I saw my brother-in-law, I thought he was a reliable person, and in fact he is.

He has been chasing after Sixth Sister for almost ten years, without sweet words or charm. The only thing he does is quietly take care of Sixth Sister and do things for her. Sixth Sister just said to me with a joking tone while drinking tea: “The only thing Han Yuan has ever said to me in his whole life is that my life is yours if you want it.”

That’s what my brother-in-law is like!

It turns out that the only thing a man needs to be able to win the heart of his wife’s sister is to be a real man, not necessarily handsome or rich or powerful.

The dinner was very enjoyable. Sister Liu couldn’t help but praise every dish she ate, and when she finally put down her chopsticks, she couldn’t help but say, “Why can’t I stop myself? I’ve eaten Ru Xue’s dishes before, but every time I eat them, I can’t help but praise them. How many lucky hands and careful thoughts are needed to make every dish so good?”

Ru Xue’s expression was light, and she didn’t say much. She just used the remaining steam to boil the vermicelli for me, and then handed the bowl to me. I laughed proudly on the side. She is not my wife, but I can give my life to her, just like my master did to Grandma Ling Qing. So, I am qualified to be proud of her like this.

I think she feels the same way.

Sister Liu and Brother Liu didn’t care about Ru Xue’s plainness. They were from the same village, and they had known her for so many years, so it would be strange if they didn’t understand her.

That night

Ru Xue and I chatted in the room. I told her in detail about the events of the previous days, about the little ghost, and about the battle. Naturally, I was also going to talk about the DVD, but after talking about the battle, I noticed that Ru Xue’s rare expression was a little sad.

I naturally held her hand and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

“Laohui and Hongzi’s souls have been sublimated, which is great. But if I were in that situation, I would probably prefer to let my soul go with the wind and exchange it for more days in the human world, even if it were just one day.” Ru Xue said.

“Why?” I asked, raising my eyebrows. This idea is quite peculiar.

“Because I can’t let go. One day, I can use it to tell someone who will be sad, not to be sad, and I can spend time with him again.” Ru Xue looked out the window and said softly, her expression still calm, but the heat in her words, when you think about it, makes your whole heart burn.

This is Ru Xue. After all these years, she has never changed. She is colder and calmer than anyone else, but her heart is so passionate.

It may be fate that she and I would fall in love, but in fact, we have the same trait in our bones. We are both sentimental and would say, “I won’t let go of that kind of person.”

I looked at Ru Xue and wanted to hold her hand, but I was no longer injured at the moment, and the atmosphere became a bit delicate at this moment.

But at this moment, my phone rang. I picked it up and it was Chengxin.

“I’m already in XX City, XX Province, in the northeast. Come over, something’s not right.” These were the first words my brother Chengxin said to me.

Something is wrong. I couldn’t think of what it was for a moment!