Ning Meng really didn’t expect the current development.
She compared him with Shi Qi for a long time, imagining what Shi Qi would look like when he grew up, only to find out in the end that they were actually the same person…..
Shi Qi saw her slightly horrified look and suddenly felt a lot better. He blinked at her, asking, “What’s the matter?”
His voice sounded pleasant to the ear, pulling Ning Meng back to her senses.
She stood up straight, coughed lightly and magnified her voice, “It’s nothing. I just thought that fellow classmate looks really handsome….”
In reality, she was already calling out to the system, “What’s going on? He’s such a rich brat, why did he come to a public school?”
She remembered that he had clearly attended a private school in primary and there were even all kinds of classes offered there including calligraphy and such.
Then, he would return home to draw talismans.
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The system had already confirmed that he was the grown up Shi Qi but Ning Meng couldn’t help but sigh with sorrow. The change within 10 years was too significant.
She had only gone for a few short days and Shi Qi had turned from a child who wasn’t even as tall as her to a tall youth who was a full head taller than her.
Moreover, he even previously called her Grandma cutely, now, she wouldn’t be able to hear this address anymore.
She suddenly felt her heart sour a bit.
Looking very entranced, Shi Qi suddenly tilted his face to look at her and after a long while, he asked, “Why do you keep looking at me?”
“Call me..” The remaining word got stuck in her throat as Ning Meng reacted, nearly stuttering, “Just to familiarize myself…Just to familiarize myself…”
If she nearly uttered the word ‘grandma’ out, that would spell the end for her.
The brat was not the least bit cute anymore.
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
When the class bell rang, the sounds of people flipping their books open rang out.
Shi Qi took a deep breath, retracting the gaze he had fixed on the girl.
On the table was a spread-out mock paper, the written neat solving process was crossed out conspicuously with black lines.
He frowned, closing the mock paper. The hand that gripped the pen faintly exposed blue veins and every time he cast a gaze at the person beside him, his breath would stop.
He nearly uttered the word that had remained unspoken on her behalf.
Was it call me “grandma”?
Shi Qi hadn’t seen such a particular scene for such a long time. She had possessed another body after its death and had the same youthful figure where her facial features were slightly more visible..
Along with her actions, the figure also moved at the same time.
It looked just as familiar, appearing in his dreams every night for the last 10 years, never once disconnecting.
Shi Qi let out a breath, propping his face on his hand. He stared quietly at his deskmate out of the corner of his eye, never shifting his gaze away even for a moment.
He couldn’t help but think of everything that had happened the year he was 7 years old.
…………
After coming out of the cave with his uncle, he saw Li Hui standing outside.
The corpse was laid out in front of Li Hui and even though it had been a full 49 days since its disappearance, adding on to the sweltering hot weather, the corpse showed no signs of putrefying. Livor mortis did not even occur.
This kind of strange phenomenon made one unable to help but feel a chill.
Several people had already gathered in the surroundings and they were all villagers who came to help her. Seeing the appearance of the corpse, they all couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath.
In the beginning, before they had even found the corpse, they were certain that someone had stolen it for the purpose of arranging a ghost marriage. Never did they expect that the corpse would be laying in the mountains all along.
Even up until now, no one else had noticed this. If it weren’t for the arrival of an expert, perhaps none of them would’ve realized even when it started rotting in the future.
“Girl Hui. What are you going to do now?”
Li Hui looked down at the corpse and said with a quivering voice, “Can I please trouble the uncles to help me bring it back. After this, I will give my thanks to everybody.”
Since they were all from the same village, it wasn’t as embarrassing to ask as asking outsiders.
Shi Qi looked at them. At that time, the end of the red thread was penetrating the corpse’s heart and perhaps because it was underneath the sunlight, he was able to see the red thread clearly.
However, in the next moment, once the surrounding villages came in contact with the corpse, the perfectly preserved corpse suddenly underwent a change.
Spots instantly appeared on the originally pristine skin and the color had also turned strange, becoming horrifying to look at in the next moment.
Shi Shanjin said, “This is its true appearance. Just take it back like this.”
That person still probably hadn’t done anything to it and was probably waiting for the yin hour tonight where the effects would be more potent.
As soon as he said this, everyone felt relieved.
Li Hui and the others used a corpse bag to wrap it up and placed it on a bullock cart, withstanding the jolting caused by the uneven road. Otherwise, if they carried the corpse all the way back, it would have been very uncomfortable for them.
Whilst they returned home, Shi Shanjin led Shi Qi back to the car.
The driver had been waiting for them there. “Young Master.”
Shi Shanjin nodded, “Let’s return.”
Shi Qi’s vigilant senses had finally been put down and he couldn’t help but think of what was to happen when he returned. From what he could recall the last time, he didn’t have any desire to pay heed to the stray ghost.
In the duration of the entire car journey, he still kept thinking.
That stray ghost possessing grandma’s body was seemingly living pretty happily. Besides that, she was good to him, Li Chun and Li Xia. The only thing he would nitpick was that she liked calling him Great Grandson a little too much.
This point made Shi Qi furrow his brows.
Upon his return, he would definitely have to set up some basic rules with her. Otherwise, he would threaten to expose her to his uncle…Naturally, he wasn’t really going to do something like this.
After a few hours of travel had passed, they had finally reached the city district.
The signal had finally gotten better so Shi Shanjin flipped his phone open but the expression on his face instantly changed.
Shi Qi saw this all clearly at the side and asked curiously, ‘’Uncle, what’s wrong?”
Shi Shanjin pinched his brows before stiffly saying, “It’s nothing.”
The message on his phone was from a few hours ago, sent by his mother…If someone had managed to enter the residence, did this mean that someone had trespassed the Shi Family?
He couldn’t help but think of what had happened today and felt that something was wrong, as though something had turned awry somewhere, “Drive a little quicker.”
The driver acceded and quickened the speed.
After giving his instructions, he quickly dialled the cottage number but no one answered the phone. He then called the main residence but the result was the same. His heart sunk down, feeling certain that something must’ve happened.
Shi Shanjin then dialed a new number, “Quickly go to the cottage, right now!”
This was the first time Shi Qi heard him use such a grave tone and for some reason, he also started feeling uneasy.
After a few minutes, his phone rang and Shi Shanjin immediately answered it, “How’s the situation?”
The person on the other end seemed to have been quivering as he described what he had seen “Young Master, Old Madame she….she has already stopped breathing.”
Shi Shanjin shut his eyes and didn’t speak for a long time.
“Young Master, there’s a bloody gash on the Old Madame’s neck. I suspect that someone had taken action against her but there weren’t any traces of anyone breaking in.”
“I understand. Don’t touch anything on site.” Shi Shanjin heaved a heavy breath, unable to believe the fact he had just heard, “Don’t let anyone go over.”
Although his mother was always fond of sarcastically asking what would happen if she passed away, now that it really happened, he was a bit unable to accept it.
Shi Qi who was at the side, couldn’t hear the contents of his call, so he only felt the sudden change in his uncle’s behavior odd, “Uncle?”
Shi Shanjin put his phone away and turned to look at him, “Shi Qi, you…”
The next words couldn’t come out of his mouth.
Shi Qi saw that he didn’t want to speak and so, he no longer tried to ask, only feeling that the unease in his heart had grown a lot, feeling that something must have happened in the cottage.
The travel which should have initially taken them an hour, was cut down to half an hour.
The reserved main residence gradually appeared before them.
Shi Qi sat up straight, he had to look serious.
On the road, Shi Shanjin wasn’t as lax as he was in the beginning. He also couldn’t stop looking at him either, however, uncle evidently hadn’t noticed him.
After getting out of the car, Shi Shanjin immediately headed straight towards the cottage with very quick steps. Shi Qi could only follow him behind him, running, not knowing what had happened.
Very quickly, the cottage appeared before the two.
Shi Family members stood at the cottage doorways carrying no expressions and standing on opposite sides. Seeing Shi Shanjin, they successively nodded their heads in acknowledgement.
Shi Shanjin couldn’t care less about them and strode inside with big steps.
Once the door was opened, the sight of Li Xia lying on the courtyard floor stunned the two people.
Shi Shanjin rushed over to take a look and saw that Li Xia still had some breath, however, her entire person was completely unconscious and it was determined that she would be unable to wake up within a short period of time.
The black clothed people at the side spoke, “Young Master, Li Xia has been like this all this time. We couldn’t wake her up and the Old Madame inside…”
Shi Qi’s eyes grew wide.
Before he could even ponder what had happened, he ran into the living room, passing by the table where melon seed kernels and a computer on pause,displaying the TV series the stray ghost like watching, could be found.
He kept passing through a black-clothed person each meter he crossed until he got to the stairs.
Shi Qi pursed his lips and ran upstairs, following them as they entered the last room, the scene before his eyes rendering him unable to react.
After being stunned for a few seconds, Shi Qi stepped inside.
Having not thought that two people would block him immediately at the doorway, they told him with a low voice, “Young Master Qi, forgive us, but you’re not allowed to go in.”
However, he could already see the scene from inside the doorway.
Smelling a familiar scent, the weasel ran out from under the bed and produced squeaking noises, the fur on its body was bald in some areas and fine in some areas and there was also a trace of bloodstain.
The two people wanted to block it but how could they be a match against its petite body. With just one twist, it was able to sneak out and rub against Shi Qi’s body.
Soon after, the weasel bit his leg pants and dragged him towards the room.
Shi Qi’s gaze was fixed on the bed, his hands already wearing the gloves before he got out of the car. He bent down and carried the miserable weasel, rubbing its head and calling out softly, “Little Yellow….”
The weasel responded back, waving its tail.
Then, it jumped off of him and limped towards the elderly’s body, hiding by her side and raising its head, calling out to him.
Seeing that he wasn’t coming in, the weasel frantically went in circles before going over to pull him by his pants, dragging him inside without stop.
Shi Qi parted his mouth but not a sound came out.
He had been in the car, thinking of making an agreement with the person lying on the ground, the pool of blood surrounding her had already turned dark.
And the stray ghost that wanted him to call her grandma all day and called him great grandson…
Was nowhere to be found.
****
The three laws:
Don’t call me Great Grandson
Otherwise, I won’t call you Grandma
Also….
——”Shi Qi’s secretly hidden little diary”
Thank you for the translation!! It was amazing, I love this series so much. I can’t wait for future updates!! Fighting! 加油💪