Chapter 77: Thinking

Release Date: 2024-07-12 18:43:40
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Facing Master Liu’s question, I of course had an answer. I shook my head and said, “You won’t. You’re afraid of harming your daughter’s good fortune, making her suffer for many lifetimes. She won’t have any descendants to pay off her debts for her either. You’re thinking a lot, Master Liu! You really love your daughter.”

“Don’t mention love or not. As a father, what’s there to argue about when it comes to giving? So, I won’t change my fate against the heavens. Those two years will be enough. I may seem to be going against the heavens, but in fact, for my daughter, I’m trying to follow the way of heaven as much as possible. I can’t borrow longevity, and my daughter has only two years to live. If I borrow longevity for years, I’ll only have two years to live. We’ll have a good two years as a father and daughter.” After saying this, Master Liu’s face showed a hint of a smile, very satisfied.

But my heart sank. He said he had two years to live, and yet he was still so content. He had already accepted life and death, and was just talking about other people’s affairs, only seeking two years of happy days. This life, I thought of many people’s stories, including my own… I really wanted to say “fuck it!” But I couldn’t. Similarly, a fish is not a human, so how can a human understand the joy of a fish? What seems like a pitiful thing to me might be a thing that is even happier than living for twenty years or two hundred years in Master Liu’s eyes!

Unfortunately, after two years, there will be one less descendant of the Kunlun lineage! What kind of great power does Kunlun possess? He opened the door to the lineage, but could he have predicted the vicissitudes of life? Is the lineage disappearing bit by bit? Or maybe it hasn’t disappeared, but has become a spark, buried deep in the ashes. When a gust of wind blows and a log is added, the fire of the lineage will burn again, right? I firmly believe that as long as China does not perish, Taoism will not die!

In this way, Master Liu and I were both silent for a while, each with our own thoughts. It was Master Liu who broke the silence first. He removed his cunning for the first time and said to me with a sincere solemnity, “I don’t want to owe anyone, and I don’t want to owe my daughter! So, I prepared such a good yin instrument. You understand that in just two years, this yin instrument has the effect of nourishing the soul, and I take care of it often! And whether it is her (Guan Laidi) or her family, I will give them a generous reward. Although the cause and effect of this is complicated, at least I don’t owe anyone! Moreover, I know a little about fortune-telling. There are no completely identical fortunes in this world, only similar ones that can be roughly divided into one category. Guan Laidi and my daughter have the same hard fortune, but my daughter will have two years of happiness, which is also the end of suffering and the beginning of happiness. Her fortune is even better, and she can also endure the end of suffering and the beginning of happiness, and even have a more fortunate fortune in the later period. I chose her, which is also a way to reduce karma. Otherwise, if I give her the reward, I won’t be able to bear it, and it will shorten her life span.”

This was the first time Master Liu had spoken so much, but I could feel his sincerity. He really had considered every aspect. This kind of magic might go against the will of heaven, after all, I had already guessed that he was letting his daughter live by borrowing someone else’s body, but if it wasn’t his daughter who was suffering so much, he probably wouldn’t have considered using this kind of magic, right? The body is a treasure given to humans by heaven, a private possession, and one of the laws of heaven is like a foreign iron law that clearly stipulates that private property is sacred and inviolable. Master Liu took advantage of the law and wanted to possess someone else’s property for two years, of course, he had to bear a lot.

The crime may be less serious if both parties agree, so he said repeatedly that he would not force anyone.

But I suspect that what he didn’t tell me was the price. Perhaps he and his daughter could still live for another five years, but because of this, they both only have two years left. I have no way of guessing what Master Liu’s daughter thinks, but she must be willing! Think about it: a body that hurts at the slightest movement, a body that smells of decay, a body that can only move around a dim room, a body that can only see the world through a TV hanging on the wall… Perhaps Master Liu was wrong to keep his daughter on this earth, but his love cannot be desecrated. How many people in this world can do that? Two people living together, with your life on my shoulders? This reminded me of Ru Xue, of the cave, and of how she had borne my life with her body again and again. I was a little stunned for a moment.

Seeing me in a daze, Master Liu coughed twice to bring me back to reality. He said to me, “Chengyi, I’ve said what I needed to say. Even if you don’t care about the clues to Kunlun, please help me. Will you help me?”

“If Guan Laidi herself is willing, I don’t mind helping you! But Master Liu, I beg you, you must tell Guan Laidi herself very clearly what this matter is about. Maybe the secret in the middle is not easy to say, but you must at least tell her that she will fall into a deep sleep for two years! I hope that she will agree to this matter under very clear circumstances.” I said to Master Liu seriously.

“Don’t worry. If she agrees without understanding, I will be guilty of a crime under the law of heaven. Chen Chengyi, please believe that I am a good person. Ask your master, and he will tell you that, regardless of appearances, I am a good person.” Master Liu said to me very seriously.

“I know.” I replied very seriously, without any hint of pretense.

After a conversation with Master Liu, I said goodbye. I told Master Liu that I would bring Guan Laidi over later, and let him talk to her himself. I reminded him that he should talk to Guan Laidi first, because I thought that Guan Langzi was a bit greedy, and I was afraid that he would force his daughter to do things against her will. You see, Master Liu has saved a lot over the years, and the amount he offered would surely make the Guan family go crazy. Master Liu understood what I meant, and he nodded in agreement.

It was just noon when I returned to the hotel. I arranged for the Guan family to go to the restaurant for a fairly sumptuous meal. As expected, Guan Langzi, who was a heavy drinker, was still drunk under my deliberate control. He was sitting on a chair in the restaurant with a toothpick in his mouth, one hand holding a cigarette and the other rubbing his feet. He burped and said to me, “If my wife Lai Di gets a good price, I won’t treat you badly, I, Guan Langzi, am a man who is clear about what is right and wrong!”

As he spoke, his chest pounded loudly, and he didn’t seem to worry about Guan Laidi at all. Guan Laidi was kind and smiling next to him. She was a bit slow in her reactions, and she was just happy that she could do something for her family. She didn’t think about what would happen to her, or she thought that what her parents could bring her was all good things.

Only the woman next to him asked weakly, “Brother Chen, will there be anything bad about my daughter Lai Di?”

I was about to answer, but the man suddenly looked at the cow’s eye, slapped the table, and made the people around him look sideways. He was still proud, shouting, “You old woman, what do you know? When the men are talking, you should go away and don’t delay my big business. Besides, what is there to worry about with a girl? Damn it!”

I suppressed my anger and smiled at the woman, saying, “Laidi will be fine. I’ve checked it out, and Master Liu will tell you in detail when the time comes.”

The woman nodded with relief, and I turned to Guan Lingzi and said, “What is a good price? Remember, whether it’s a man or a woman, she is your child, not something you sell. This time I won’t smoke you. I have a face in public.”

Guan Langzi smiled sheepishly, but he didn’t argue with me. I guess it was because I had beaten him up last time, and he knew I wouldn’t be polite. Second, I’m still his god of wealth, aren’t I?

During the process, Guan Laidi kept smiling innocently. She was a pretty girl with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes. What would she look like two years later? I made up my mind that I would take care of Guan Laidi two years later. After all, this was also my karma. But who could predict what would happen two years later?

So, with a feeling of disgust for Guan Langzi, I took the family to Master Liu’s home. As soon as we entered Master Liu’s home, Guan Langzi commented, “This doesn’t look like a rich family.”

I said coldly, “His money is more than you can imagine!”

As agreed, I took Guan Laidi upstairs first. I didn’t want to disturb the conversation between Master Liu and Guan Laidi, so I was about to leave when I heard Guan Laidi say foolishly, “Are you the gentleman? I heard that you want me to do something, so can you do something for me? Let my mother have a brother, so my father won’t have to drink all day long.”

When I heard this, a wave of bitterness rose in my heart. This silly girl is truly innocent. I guess only very innocent people can see Master Liu’s appearance and be so carefree and not afraid, saying what they want to say.

I turned and went downstairs, greeted the woman, pinched the cheeks of a few children, but ignored Guan Liangzi. I had a strong urge to drink, so I decided to buy some beer and find a place to drink it once, get drunk, and think about someone I really wanted to think about.

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