Chapter 82: Reunion

I have never been so sad. If someone I care about sacrifices for me, I may not be able to live. It hurts so much because of the emotional bond.

I don’t think that such behavior can constitute my current emotions, such as sadness, regret, guilt… After all, it is an important person, and I would also sacrifice for him (her), which is only natural.

I just can’t accept it now that a stranger sacrificed himself for me, even if it was for the reason he said, to repay a favor.

The matter is already irreparable, but my path must continue, no matter how painful it is, I must bite the bullet and continue, just as in life, time will not stop for you because you have lost something, you still have to face the sun the next morning, as soon as you open your eyes, it is still your own life, suicide is always the most sinful act.

Thinking this way, I wiped away the tears on my face. My hands were very dirty because there was a lot of mud mixed in with the tears. I guess I must have looked pretty messy with my face covered in mud.

On the other side of the river, there were still a number of gray-eyed people who were still yelling at me, each one of them showing their fangs and claws in a greedy manner, as if they wanted to eat me right away, but they just didn’t dare to cross the river.

I don’t know if it was because of the existence of Ji Qing, who had just been eaten in the water, that made them hesitate, but thinking about it like this, my heart ached again, and my breathing also stopped for a moment. I couldn’t help but get up from the ground and couldn’t help but want to carefully approach the riverbank to see if Ji Qing still had hope.

I was actually afraid of seeing a large patch of blood, Ji Qing’s mangled body being torn apart… But the river was quiet, and apart from the gray-eyed people on the opposite side, there was no movement at all.

My eyebrows furrowed slightly, and I couldn’t help but lean closer to the riverbank, but I didn’t expect it. Suddenly, a head suddenly appeared on the surface of the river, rushing towards me…

In that short time, I could only see that it was not the monster I had just seen, but a huge water snake. Because it was so huge, I suddenly felt that the anaconda I had seen on TV was a joke…

I didn’t know that such a vicious creature would be hiding beneath the calm surface of the river, and that it would suddenly attack a person against all reason. I subconsciously took two steps back… I wasn’t scared, after all, if it was just a water snake, even if it was a little bigger, I still had a way to deal with it.

But at the same time, a series of laughter suddenly came from the dense forest, like the innocent and naive tone of a young girl, but the timbre itself was a bit old-fashioned.

“Hahaha… that’s so funny, are you a big cat?” Even the meaning of the words was so full of childlike innocence.

I always felt that this voice was somewhat familiar, but with this tone and this innocent feeling, I really couldn’t remember where I had talked to someone like this. What’s more frustrating is that now an inexplicable big snake is attacking me, and I simply don’t have time to turn around. Even after the voice appeared, the big snake’s movements suddenly stopped for a moment.

“I remember, I remember… it’s going to be sealed, entering the river as a dragon, going to the sea as a dragon. Entering the river as a dragon, going to the sea as a dragon… is that right? Is that right?” The female voice over there said playfully, as if she thought it was particularly fun, and even happily clapped her hands.

Entering the river as a dragon, going to the sea as a dragon…! I was stunned for a moment. Although the situation was not good at the moment, my thoughts were uncontrollable. Once upon a time, the snake spirit that had been lurking in front of the Hungry Ghost Tomb, the figure of the master sealing it… During the two seconds I was in a daze, the big snake inexplicably slipped into the water again.

I was a little surprised and couldn’t help but glance at the big snake. I even saw a hint of fear in its eyes, a very human fear of not wanting to get into trouble.

What is this? I had already lost my curiosity about the snake. Compared to that, I was more curious about who that woman was. As soon as I turned my head, the first thing I saw was a bug that looked like a giant bee, but it was colorful and somewhat hideous yet beautiful.

The bug was flying in the air, and through the light spots in the dense forest, it always surrounded a figure.

The figure was still jumping and dancing with joy… as cute as a little girl under ten years old, but her whole body didn’t look so good. Her hair was messy, and I didn’t know how long it had been since she washed it. It was tangled in dirty strands, and her clothes were tattered and hanging on her body, no longer showing their original color. It wasn’t even decent clothing, but it wasn’t much better than this.

Her whole face was dark and dirty. She laughed at me for being a big cat, but she was actually worse than a big cat… because when she laughed, her teeth were dazzling white, contrasting with her dark face.

I stood dumbfounded on the riverbank. I swore I had just experienced a heartbreak. I didn’t want to cry at all, but the tears started to fall one by one, then in a torrent, and finally couldn’t help but overflow from my eyes like a river bursting its banks.

I was choking, I could hardly breathe, I could not say a complete sentence, I just knew I had to get close to her… so I slowly walked over step by step.

My whole body felt as if it had been drained of all its strength. I could hardly walk fast, and I stumbled and even fell to the ground, rolling and crawling.

“Why are you crying? Can’t you walk properly? Are you hurt?” She crouched down and looked at me strangely and sympathetically.

At that moment, I was almost crawling over, and I was kneeling in front of her, less than half a meter away from her. I couldn’t say anything, and I just let myself choke… She looked at me with even more strange eyes, and the colorful ‘bee’ was resting on her shoulder, looking at me so warily, revealing a dangerous aura.

But what is important about being on guard against danger? At this moment, I could no longer suppress my emotions. I knelt down and quickly took another step towards her, then I couldn’t help but suddenly hugged her leg. All the words I wanted to say were reduced to one sentence: “Grandma, Lingqing Grandma, who turned you into this? Who!

I couldn’t express my hatred, my sadness, or my longing. I just wanted to hold this person in front of me tightly. She wasn’t an illusion. She was finally real in front of me. Yes, she was Ling Qing’s grandmother, the Ling Qing’s grandmother who had disappeared for so many years and whom we had searched for in vain with my master.

“Ah…” Grandma Lingqing seemed to be greatly frightened by my actions and began to struggle with her eyes in a daze.

The bee that had been guarding her began to buzz and rushed towards me.

If I didn’t let go, I would definitely be attacked, but I didn’t want to let go at all. I never dreamed of such an unexpected reunion. I was afraid that if I let go, Lingqing Grandma would disappear.

“Xiao Hua, don’t bite him, don’t bite him…” Unexpectedly, just as the bug was about to pounce on me, Grandma Lingqing stopped the bug.

This turn of events made me both surprised and happy. Could it be that Grandma Lingqing was just joking with me? Had she recognized me?

“Grandma Lingqing, do you know who I am? I’m Chengyi! Do you know how much Ruoxue and Ruoyue miss you? Grandma…” I couldn’t wait to tell her, but as I spoke, I realized something was wrong. Grandma Lingqing’s eyes were confused and curious the whole time, and she tilted her head to look at me.

She kept saying, “Chengyi? Who are Ru Xue and Ru Yue? Ah… why do I feel so uncomfortable when I mention these names? But they sound so familiar. Do you know who they are?”

A sense of powerlessness suddenly exploded in my heart. Even more powerful than the powerlessness was the feeling of heartache and pain. My tears were once again rolling in my eyes. Grandma Ling Qing… How could I see you again in such a state? How could you… You were such a clean person, so wise and calm, so tough, and had your own strong opinions.

What made you become like this?

I took a deep breath several times, and I tried hard to keep my hands from shaking. I looked at her seriously and said, “Grandma, I am Chengyi, Chen Chengyi. You must not have forgotten my master, Jiang Lichun, right? You must have forgotten Jiang Lichun, right?”