Chapter 43: Putting a Curse on Her

Seeing Ling Ruyue walk out like this, my heart and Su Rou’s heart both rose. This little girl is really direct, and she’s got a lot of guts.

“Sanwa, do you think she’ll use her spider? That could kill someone!” Su Rou was a little nervous.

I was also unsure. That little girl is very tricky. I pulled a piece of grass and said, “If we see her use a flower to fly, we will stop her, even if we have to risk not going on.”

Su Rou looked at me with a look of contempt and said, “What do you mean by not going on? Are you not afraid of spiders?”

I really wanted to beat this brat, but I couldn’t do it now, so I could only say to him, “Don’t make trouble. Let’s see what Ling Ruyue is going to do?”

Upon hearing this, Su Rou stopped talking. We both stared at Ling Ruyue, but saw her calmly and composedly walk towards the soldiers guarding the gate, and then we didn’t know what she was saying.

The soldiers seemed to like her, at least they looked friendly. After a while, Ling Ruyue said goodbye to them and then came back to me and Su Rou.

When she came back, I grabbed her and asked, “Did you put a curse on someone?”

Su Rou also asked, “Is it going to kill someone?”

Ling Ruyue looked at us with contempt: “You two are still boys. Hey, you’re asking me, a little girl, to do it. How dare you?”

I coughed and felt a little embarrassed. How could there be such a big difference between a master and an apprentice?

Su Rou said, “You’re still a little girl? After a few hours of contact with you, I feel that you’re as smart as an old fox.”

Ling Ruyue looked at Su Rou with a smile, and with a flick of her hand, Hua Feifei appeared.

Su Rou was scared and begged for mercy: “Ru Yue, I’ve never seen a girl as obedient as you.”

I was too lazy to look at the look on Su Rou’s face, and I just stared at Ling Ruyue’s hand. It felt so fast that I felt my eyes go dizzy, and then she took out the flower. Could it be that all the people who cast the curse have a pair of “fast hands”?

Lazy to put away the flower flying, Ling Ruyue said: “I didn’t put the curse on them just now. I just asked them when they were going to eat. Let’s go.”

Su Rou looked at Ling Ruyue blankly and said, “Where are we going?”

I was stunned too. This little girl gave up after just a few words?

“Go wait on the main road over there. These uncles’ meals are all delivered by the folks in the neighborhood. I’ll think of something.” The little girl spoke crisply in Beijing dialect, but the idea…

Well, the idea was so vicious that Su Rou and I were sweating profusely. This kind of scheming is beyond me and Su Rou. We would never have thought of this.

We carefully got up from the grass and the three of us ran all the way to the main road. After all, there was only one road to the once-popular gathering place, and the food delivery people could only take this road.

“You go first. The solution you came up with won’t hurt anyone, right?” I felt that at this moment, I had to take responsibility and not let this little girl do whatever she wanted. If she was going to hurt someone, then we might as well not go to the Hungry Ghost Tomb.

“Does diarrhea count?” Ling Ruyue asked innocently.

Su Rou laughed beside her and said, “No, that’s not true. I still want to poop. If I do, I might lose ten or twenty pounds.”

“Really?” Ling Ruyue flipped her hand and there was a little more gray powder on it. She said to Su Rou, “If you eat this, you can have diarrhea for three days. Brother Fatty, do you want to eat it?”

Su Rou felt that this girl was a demon from the Journey to the West, and that she was quick to act. He quickly shook his head and said, “Forget it. When I need it one day, I’ll eat ten or eight pounds of this stuff. Hehe, hehe…”

Su Rou began to smile foolishly like a signboard, but Ling Ruyue whispered to herself, “This powder is made from a mixture of insects and a plant. If you eat too much, it can kill you. Brother Fatty is so powerful, I’ll save you ten or eight catties.”

Upon hearing this, Su Rou immediately covered his mouth.

In short, Ling Ruyue just wanted to make people have diarrhea, which was still within my tolerance. Everything about the Hungry Ghost Tomb was like magic, and I no longer objected.

The three of us sat down on a lawn on the main road. I was dozing off anyway, and Su Rou and Ling Ruyue were making a racket next to me. When I was half asleep, Su Rou pushed me and said, “Here it comes.”

While he was talking, he looked at his precious watch.

I didn’t bother to pay any attention to him, and I sat up in an instant, only to see that Ling Ruyue had already gone to meet them.

What the hell is going on? Is it the same as when she took my picture? She didn’t go to take pictures of the two women who delivered the food, did she?

But Ling Ruyue didn’t do anything the whole time. I only saw her lift the pot of food a little bit, take a look at the food inside, and her hands didn’t move at all. The two aunts were smiling and talking to her, and she was also nodding her head in response.

Su Rou suddenly said to me, “Sanwa, this little girl is scary.”

“Why?” I actually felt the same way, but I wanted to hear what Su Rou had to say.

“Nonsense, she looks just like the people in the picture, but she uses all kinds of tricks. Who can defend against them? You say she’s learning the art of bewitching, but I think she’s a genius at it. You think someone who looks scary is someone you don’t want to get close to, but others are already on their guard.” Su Rou was quite emotional.

I also agree with him, so when I went to Miaojiang later, I was always on guard against people who looked good. In fact, I didn’t understand that a real master of the art of bewitching didn’t necessarily have to get close to you.

While we were talking, Ling Ruyue had already returned. Su Rou and I immediately went up to greet her. Su Rou asked anxiously, “Did you put the curse on him?”

“Yes.” Ling Ruyue looked relaxed, as if it was natural to put a curse on someone.

“When did you do it?” Su Rou looked confused. He hadn’t actually seen Ling Ruyue make any moves.

I didn’t see it either, but I was concerned about another question. I asked, “How long will the curse you cast make someone poop?”

Ling Ruyue lazily picked her fingernails and said, “Just half an hour. I know what I’m doing. Otherwise, Grandma will scold me.”

I thought to myself, “She’s so lazy, and she’s still afraid of being scolded by her grandmother?”

As for the question of Su Rou, after Ling Ruyue finished picking her nails, she said, “This is a secret, I can’t tell you.”

“Tell me, I can’t learn it anyway, and I don’t have those weird and strange things. You can tell me.” Su Rou’s curiosity is no less than mine.

“No, I’m going to the Hungry Ghost Tomb. I only have half an hour. If you don’t come with me, it’s fine.” The little girl finished speaking and turned around and left. Su Rou and I looked at each other and felt stifled.

A ‘manly man’ is actually inferior to a little girl, but that’s just how we felt. We kept up with her.

We walked to the grass where we had been lying down before, and we lay down again. Just then, we saw the soldiers chatting and laughing, carrying the rice and vegetable pots down.

After the two women had delivered the rice, they left, but the crispy meat kept asking Ling Ruyue, “Tell me, how did you cast the spell?”

Ling Ruyue ignored him and said, “Stop it. I have to see if I’ve got the right amount. I’m not very good at this.”

I heard this and felt crazy again. I suddenly grabbed Ling Ruyue’s pigtail and said, “You wouldn’t have put in a quantity that would kill someone, would you?”

Ling Ruyue glared at me, pulled back her pigtail, and said, “I don’t need you to accompany me to the tomb later. I’ll let the flowers fly out and bite you now. Dare to pull my pigtail! Don’t worry, it will only be less, not more.”

I was more relieved, and then I focused on watching the soldiers talk and eat.

They finished eating quickly, and soon after, they moved the rice and vegetable pots to the side.

Ling Ruyue was muttering something in a low voice. Su Rou walked over and listened. She was counting.

“Why are you counting?” Su Rou asked.

“I’m just counting to see if they’ll have an attack at the time I scheduled. If they do, it means my skills have improved again.” Ling Ruyue said with a smile.

Craftsmanship? I snorted in my heart.

Su Rou was very interested and started counting with Ling Ruyue. When the countdown reached 5, I saw a soldier running in a hurry, and the other soldiers’ faces also started to look strange.

Ling Ruyue clapped her hands happily and said, “Good, this is the most appropriate time I’ve ever had for my portion, and the onset time is correct.”

It was terrifying. I suddenly felt cold sweat all over my head.