Chapter 4: Haunted House (9)

Li Yuanfang responded calmly to Mei Yingchun's gaze, "I am ready to die every day. I have killed so many people and will sooner or later be retribution. I just hope that I can die happily in the end, so I am very satisfied." Mei Yingchun was stunned for a while, then patted Li Yuanfang on the shoulder and smiled, "What's wrong with us? On the first day of the New Year, before dawn, we will kill all of us here. I blame me, and I blame me, and I actually found such an unlucky topic!" Di Jinghui also waved his hand and said, "That's right, I'm scared. It's too unlucky to not talk about these."

Mei Yingchun said, "Let's continue drinking." He reached out to pick up the wine, shook it, and frowned. He brought the wine glass and tried to pour it over, but it couldn't be poured out. Di Jinghui sighed, "It's really a disappointment. Before dawn, the wine was gone." Mei Yingchun smiled and shook her head: "It's better for us three to drink too much. Since that's the case, why don't we go to bed and rest for a while. When dawn comes, then go to the bank of the Yellow River to find my 'mofeng'. Brother Li can also go to the market to buy some firecrackers for the children."

"Okay. Good. My head is really dizzy." Di Jinghui supported himself from the table and walked out of the house. Mei Yingchun grabbed him and said, "Hey, Brother Di, where are you planning to go?" "Are you going to sleep?" Mei Yingchun smiled and held his arm: "Okay, okay, come with me. There is a bed in the west wing, let's sleep there for a while today." Seeing that Li Yuanfang was still sitting and not moving, he called out, "Brother Li, let's rest together. You were unwell at the beginning, but unexpectedly, you have been able to survive until now." Li Yuanfang nodded, stood up and followed Mei Yingchun, and went to the west wing together.

Di Jinghui fell asleep on the couch. Mei Yingchun looked at the bed and said hesitantly, "There are at most two people sleeping in this bed. I am too big, Brother Li, you should rest first." Li Yuanfang smiled and waved his hand, and sat on the chair next to him: "You sleep, I can rest even if I sit." Mei Yingchun looked at him and smiled: "You are really... can you really sleep while sitting?" Li Yuanfang nodded seriously: "Of course. I practiced since I was a child." Mei Yingchun asked curiously: "I practiced since I was a child? Why did I practice this?" "I was sick when I was a child and couldn't breathe when I lay down, so I could only practice sitting and sleeping."

Mei Yingchun suddenly realized, "Oh, so that's it. Then do you think it's better now?" Li Yuanfang said, "I'm fine, it's much better." He raised his hand and signaled Mei Yingchun: "This is also a trick I learned when I was a child. Pressing the Hegu acupoint on both hands can relieve it. It's really useful." Mei Yingchun felt relieved: "What Bin'er said is indeed true. Why do you wrongly accuse this child?" Li Yuanfang smiled and said nothing.

Mei Yingchun was also tired. Seeing Li Yuanfang like this, he stopped insisting. He lay down on the couch and fell asleep quickly. The candle was extinguished and the room was pitch black. Li Yuanfang slightly closed his eyes and leaned his back on the chair, only to realize that his clothes were soaked with sweat. The wine surged, and he raised his hand and pressed his forehead, feeling a bit scent. He was extremely tired, and he was drowsy, but he felt quite comfortable. If he had not left the adults, if he still stayed in Luoyang, at this moment, he should have been in the palace.

At the New Year's Eve banquet, it was an occasion he hated very much. He never avoided it, but he had no way to hide. This year, today, he finally left everything. It was indeed a relaxation he had never felt before, but it was accompanied by stronger longing and melancholy. During the past ten New Year's Days, he would first greet the adults whenever he passed by, using the method not to the superiors but to the elders. Li Yuanfang took a deep breath and tried his best to calm down his mind. It would be better not to think about anything, just pretend that nothing had ever experienced and possessed.

However, even if he didn't think about the mysterious house in Luoyang thousands of miles away, this strange father and daughter made him feel familiar. Some memories were aroused from the deepest part of his heart, and together with his childhood illness, they thought they would never do it again, they all came to him, which suddenly caught him off guard and almost lost his heart. Why was there two strangers in front of him, and the girl named Ajun made him feel so kind, carrying the breath of home that he never dared to hope for; and the old man surnamed Chen made him feel deeply hatred from the bottom of his heart. When he first met, he seemed to have hated him for a lifetime! Could it be... no, impossible, this is impossible...

Li Yuanfang suddenly opened his eyes, and dense cold sweat oozed out of his forehead. Then, he heard a low and light exhaled. He looked closely and realized that his hands firmly strangled the throat of the person in front of him. He smiled apologetically and let go of his hand. Di Jinghui rubbed his neck and whispered angrily: "Close your eyes can twist people's neck. You are really quick to kill people!"

Li Yuanfang also said softly: "Who told you to come over quietly?" Di Jinghui said to the bed: "Brother Mei is asleep, why? Do you want me to wake everyone up?" Li Yuanfang pressed her forehead again and frowned and said: "Didn't you sleep? Why did you get up again?" "I drank too much, and went to the toilet. It was really cold outside and it was still dark. I seemed to hit something, but I didn't see it clearly, so I hurried back to the house. Humph, and you choked you!"

Li Yuanfang asked, "What? Have you been out?" Di Jinghui replied angrily, "That's natural. I won't be able to play in this dark room without any trouble, right?" "Oh." Li Yuanfang nodded: "It seems that I fell asleep just now, and I don't even know you went out." Di Jinghui heard his voice a little strange, and asked, "What's wrong? Didn't you plan to sleep at first?" Li Yuanfang sighed softly and said, "It's not that I don't plan to sleep. But even if I fall asleep, I should know you when you go out. But I didn't notice anything just now..." Di Jinghui disagreed: "It's inexplicable, don't you know nothing after falling asleep? You can't even understand any strange words you said."
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