Chapter 17

On the night of this day, the light in the Cang household did not turn off after midnight. As night turned darker, the more excited the people inside the house became. They were a group of people used to the darkness, so this was normal.

The extra soul ball found in Little Black’s body has been confirmed that it belonged to Xu Dian. The shocking news couldn’t have them even more excited, especially Chang Mu. No one could discern whether he was crying or laughing. It only took Pan Pan a few minutes to merge the missing soul ball, which had disappeared from history and now reappeared, back into the body of its original owner.

At this time, Chang Mu was quietly sitting in the room, gazing at the little baby on the bed with mixed and inexplicable emotions, waiting for his Little Ma to “return” to him.

In the living room, the ghost doctor had been sent here for a long time. He was rapidly repairing Little Black’s body, which made Cang Qiong and Kong Kong, who had never seen a ghost doctor, stunned.

The ghost doctor sprinkled a strange powder on the body, and the damaged internal organs automatically grew by themselves. He sewed up the wound as fast as a sewing machine. After applying the potion, the thread and scars disappeared together. The ghost doctor said it was an edging technology that was just recently invented. If Little Black was injured like this two years ago, he would have to change to a new body.

Hearing that, Little White felt a little relieved. He had thought the boss must be too stingy, reluctant to build a new body for Little Black. Now it seemed that Little Black would be healthy and sound, then there was no need for him to take out all his property to ask the boss to rebuild a body for Little Black. He was very lucky, very fortunate indeed.

But why did Little Black have Xu Dian’s soul ball in his body, why did Little Black know the burial place his elder brother had prepared for him, and so on. A series of doubts caused Little White to be as anxious as Chang Mu, who was waiting upstairs. He had a strong hunch that – his brother may come back soon!

At this time, Ox Head and Horse Face climbed up from the Underworld with smiles on their faces, one carrying a fruit basket, the other holding a bunch of dead white flowers. They said they were here to visit LIttle Black, but in fact, they were begged by the other officials from the Underworld to inquire about the latest gossip… According to the Department of Ghost Doctor, Lord Black almost lost his soul in order to save Lord White. However, everyone said that Lord Black habitually lost his soul as soon as he saw Lord White, so Lord Black shouldn’t be in a big problem this time.

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King Yama was extremely depressed. His prestige was wholly discredited.

Soft-hearted Pan Pan still helped him to divert from the subject and everyone’s attention. “Uh… Let’s talk about the mystery of Little Black! Uh… I remember that distant day. It seemed like in the afternoon, a monster with poor skills sneaked into my small cabin to steal things. I discovered him. As a result, Xu Dian started fighting with him. The monster was wearing black. His whole face was covered, except for his eyes. Now when I think about it, those eyes are a bit similar to Little Black’s eyes! Right??” He excitedly asked Ox Head and Horse Face about his speculation.

The two nodded without knowing anything, “Yes. Yes. That’s it. That’s right.”

In fact, they didn’t look like each other at all. It was obvious that Little Black was well-known for being stupid, but that monster was very clever! Pan Pan didn’t care about the fact but continued his story. “They fought all the way to the reincarnation hall. Because Xu Dian had an old injury, he couldn’t bear it anymore and was hit by a palm. His soul went out of his body. And I mistakenly shattered his soul. Almost at the same time, the monster fell into the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Later, I couldn’t find one of Xu Dian’s soul balls. No matter how hard I looked for it. I once suspected that it fell into the Six Paths of Reincarnation… Now it is very likely that the monster fell down with the soul ball. Then, it became Little Black…”

Everyone’s eyes finally shifted from King Yama  to Little Black – his soul was back to normal now. Would he become the thief again after waking up? And that thief… could it be Cang Sheng?

In the upstairs room, Chang Mu finally saw Xu Dian’s eyelids move and then slowly opened them. He saw his own figure reflected in the black and ignorant eyes. “Little Ma! Little Ma! Are you awake? Do you recognize me? Do you remember me?” Chang Mu had never been so excited for thousands of years; every hair on his body was trembling. He kept rubbing Xu Dian’s fat little hands. 

Xu Dian still hadn’t fully recovered his consciousness yet. He couldn’t react to Chang Mu’s fierce behavior. Chang Mu was so anxious by seeing Xu Dian’s bewildered expression! He bent down and gave a french kiss to this little mouth, and suddenly——Xu Dian woke up. His gaze turned sharp and clear. He pinched Chang Mu’s ear and cursed: “Dead Mu-er! What are you doing??!”

“Little Ma…you’re finally okay…you finally remember Mu-er…” Chang Mu neither shouted out nor released Xu Dian’s hand. Two lines of tears burst out from his eyes at once. Maybe at this moment, he was the only person who could understand how deeply touched his heart was. When the hope you have had gradually faded into despair over the years, but unexpectedly your reality turned into hope once again, instantaneously, one would experience overwhelming exhilaration. All his feelings were mixed, and he didn’t know what to say… No matter how small Xu Dian’s embrace became, he hugged him tightly, buried his head on his lover’s chest, and whispered vaguely: “Little Ma, do you know how long I have waited for you? Do you know how much suffering I have experienced? I have guarded you forever. I have almost become a fossil…”

‘What does he mean a fossil?’ Xu Dian didn’t understand. ‘And what happened to Mu-er?’ Xu Dian just saw him crying and laughing a few times. ‘Could it be his new trick?’ When he reached out to touch Mu-er’s hair, suddenly he found out his hand had become smaller. And then he started to touch his face. It seemed to be different too…

“Ah—! What’s going on?” He screamed, pushed Chang Mu away, and jumped out from the bed. Seeing the surroundings, it was a very unfamiliar environment with a lot of strange and ugly furniture! The view height was also wrong. A very clear mirror was in the room. He didn’t know the material of the mirror, but it wasn’t made of bronze. He saw his own appearance from the mirror…

“God…what happened to me?!” Xu Dian pinched his baby, plump face in front of the mirror. It was unbelievable.

Chang Mu wiped his eyes, stepped forward with a smile, and easily held the child version of Xu Dian in his arms to comfort him, “Little Ma, don’t worry. The nightmares are all over.”

“Why did I become a child?!” Xu Dian was apprehensive. “Why? Why?”

“Don’t panic. Calm down and listen to me! Do you remember the monster who came to Pan Pan’s room to steal?”

“Yes.” Xu Dian nodded in fear. That scene was very distinct for him, which seemed to have happened yesterday. ‘Have I fallen for the monster’s trick?’

“That’s great.” So Chang Mu started explaining the matter in the simplest words, then put on an aggrieved expression and asked: “Now do you understand my suffering?”

“Is what you said true? I have been reincarnated many times, and you have been accompanying me all this time?” It was unbelievable.

“Well, um!” Chang Mu nodded obediently.

“What you have mentioned sounds like a dream.”

“For you, it’s like a dream. When you wake up from the dream, Mu-er is still by your side. But for me, every day and every year is a sober and painful experience. After nearly a thousand years of waiting, can you understand how I feel?”

“You’re joking.”

“Do you think I’m joking?”

Xu Dian frankly nodded. Whatever Mu-er said was like a joke. He just woke up from the dream, everything seems to have not returned to normal.

“Forget it…as long as you’re back.” Chang Mu calmed down, lowered his head, raised Xu Dian’s chin and kissed it gently.

Xu Dian enjoyed the kiss and sensed that Mu-er’s kissing skills seemed to have improved a lot. How could it be? He didn’t realize that this was the result of Chang Mu’s training on him, this “fool,” over thousands of years.

After the kiss ended, Chang Mu sighed in dissatisfaction, “Hey… your mouth became so small now that I can’t even stick my tongue in.”

“It’s good that I let you kiss.” Xu Dian was a little mad.

“You’ve been a fool in your last few lives. There was still some benefit to it. Every time you take the initiative to let me kiss you, you won’t let go until your lips became red and swollen.” Chang Mu teased Little Dian Dian’s lips.

“You are a liar!” Xu Dian became angry, his face blushing.

“There’s more. You let me hug you naked every night! You were willing to do whatever pose I asked you to do. And you shamelessly kept saying, ‘I love elder brother Mu-er’, ahahahaha…”

Chang Mu hysterically laughed. Xu Dian felt tremendously ashamed. He used all his strength to twist the ears of this pervert! “Shut up—!”

“Waaaa! It hurts~~~~!”

“What’s happening upstairs?”

“Butchering a pig?!”

As soon as Ox Head and Horse Face finished asking, they saw a young man covering his ears and rushing downstairs, angrily chased by a small child who was in little yellow duck pajamas and holding up a feather duster as tall as himself. 

“All back to normal.” Pan Pan smiled, feeling relieved.

King Yama nodded, quite satisfied. But they forgot Ox Head and Horse Face.

“Lord Chang?!” Ox Head’s ghostly scream caused Chang Mu – who dared to come down – to stop on the stairs. Xu Dian quickly skidded to a stop. But unfortunately, he wasn’t able to do so in time, so he slammed against Chang Mu’s body.

Brother Horse Face asked in bewilderment, “Isn’t Mr. Chang already dead? Why is he still…” So alive and vigorous. And the baby with a feather duster behind him, didn’t he look like Lord Xu?

“Yes, it’s me.” Since he ran into them, he stopped hiding anyway. Chang Mu simply cleaned up his hair, picked up Xu Dian and announced solemnly, “My love has come back, so I have resurrected. This lover just lives for love.” After speaking, he held Xu Dian’s tiny hand and lightly kissed it, such a moving scene.

“Oh!” Everyone cheered and applauded for him. Such noise woke Little Black up. He hummed twice and opened his eyes. Little White immediately crouched down nervously and got close to him, but didn’t know what to call him. Little Black? Elder brother? “Little…Little Black..elder brother…”

Instead of ‘Little Black,’ ‘Elder brother’…, this name was really a bit…cough…

“Little White, you are not hurt, are you?” Little Black didn’t seem to have changed in the slightest. He was so concerned about Little White’s safety as soon as he woke up.

“No, no.” Little White hurriedly asked after answering, “Do you remember anything?”

“What?”

“What else! Me, me…” Little White was furious, stomping his feet several times.

“What?” Little Black was still at a loss, looking a bit stupid.

“How could this be?” Little White stood up and shook Pan Pan, “Why? Why is Little Black still so stupid?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know…” Pan Pan wanted to shake his head from side to side. But sadly, he could only move his head back and forth as Little White shook him.

Cang Qiong had already taken out a mop and wanted to clean the blood-stained floor. Seeing there wasn’t any visible change from Little Black, he quietly walked away under everyone’s neglect but came back immediately.

Little White sat on the ground and began to cry. Little Black spontaneously comforted him. Cang Qiong stepped forward and said to him, “Please step back. Your blood is splattered everywhere. I have to clean them off as soon as possible, otherwise, people would think there was a murder at my house.”

“Oh.” Little Black supported Little White and moved a few steps away. 

At this time, Little Black glanced at Cang Qiong a few times, and his gaze was sensed by Cang Qiong. He calmly bent down and took out a string of rosary beads under the sofa, handing it to Little Black, “You dropped something.”

“Oh, thank you.” Little Black took the rosary beads and naturally put it on his hand.

As soon as he put it on, his facial expression changed. He stiffly turned his head to look at Cang Qiong who was smiling mischievously at him.

“There’s no use hiding it, oh great ancestor, grandfather.” Cang Qiong smiled maliciously.

As soon as everyone heard it, they immediately stared at Little Black.

“I…I…” Little Black was speechless, bowed his head in shame, and grasped Little White’s hand tightly.

When Little White saw the object that Cang Qiong handed to him, he immediately understood! Those rosary beads belonged to his elder brother, Cang Sheng. He always carried it in his hand! It was usually black, but once it was worn on the wrist by any member of the Cang family, it would turn red. The rosary beads had turned red, and Little Black wore it so easily, which meant, hehe… Qiong Qiong was really cunning!

“That string of rosary beads is an heirloom of our Cang family. According to the family tree records, Ancestor Grandpa forgot to take his personal belongings with him when he left home, so it has been passed down to me to this day. Lord Little Black, or Ancestor Grandpa, you better hurry up and admit it.”

So it was like that… Everyone finally understood. King Yama saw that dead Little Black was still standing there and refused to admit it. He gloomily ordered Ox Head and Horse Face: “Bring me the torture stone.”

“Yes!”

“Don’t! Don’t! I admit it! I admit! I’m Cang Sheng! I’m Little White’s elder brother! I’m the ancestor of the Cang family!” He eventually admitted it after being cornered. After saying all that, he distressingly lowered his head and lightly asked: “Is this alright?”

“This…this…I wanted go to the Underworld to save Ling Ling (Little White)…then…then…” Little Black was covered in sweat, unable to continue. Yes, he was afraid that after admitting that he was Cang Sheng, he would be held accountable for all the grave crimes he committed back then. He had secretly planned to admit them to Ling Ling. But unexpectedly, ‘Cang Qiong, that little kid….Don’t know where Cang Qiong inherited this cunning personality.’

As soon as he heard that his elder brother went to the Underworld not to steal things, Little White suddenly gained confidence. “Elder brother, don’t be afraid of him! You have me here!” He had regained his vigor at this time. After wiping away his tears and taking a sniff, he pulled Little Black behind him and stopped Chang Mu. “What if it was my brother who did it? Presently, the prosecution period for criminal offenses is only twenty years. That matter has been over a thousand years old, it cannot be prosecuted after such a long time!”

“It’s our boss King Yama’s business whether the Underworld would prosecute him or not. I will never forgive the suffering I have experienced for thousands of years!”

“You have to defeat me first before that happens!”

Sparks flew when their gazes met! Ox Head commented on the side: “Did you see it? Friendship is just a piece of shit in front of romantic love. How polite and friendly Lord Chang and Lord White were in those past days, but they became enemies in a blink of an eye.”

Pan Pan hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him: “Forget it, Mu-er. Little White has been looking for his elder brother for thousands of years. They reunited today too. All of you have suffered a lot, so please understand each other.”

“No!” Chang Mu shouted, in Xu Dian’s eyes, he was still a hairy child.

Seeing Xu Dian standing on the stairs shaking his head and sighing, Little Black walked up apologetically and said, “I’m sorry, it’s my fault. At that time, one of your soul balls hit my nose. I wanted to protect it, but stepped on the banana skin and slipped down. I didn’t expect that one slip would turn into a thousand years of suffering…”

“Banana skin? How come there was a banana skin in the Reincarnation Hall?” King Yama got angry, “Who cleaned the palace that day?”

“Banana skin…” Ox Head and Horse Face remembered something, and suddenly shouted at the same time: “Ah! It’s the banana skin thrown by Lord Chang!”

“Oh? Is that so?” Little White’s eyes turned into an unforgivable look. It turned out that Senior Mu-er was throwing banana skins around, which caused his elder brother to slip and fall into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and caused him to frantically search for his elder brother all this time. In the end, his elder brother has always been by his side.

“No! No! You are wrongfully accusing me!” Chang Mu shouted and scolded Ox Head and Horse Face. Xu Dian gave a sharp look and said lightly, “I remember that day. You obviously brought a bunch of bananas with you.”

“The bananas were distributed to everyone. Do you have proof that the banana skin Cang Sheng had stepped on back then was thrown by me?”

Ox Head calmly explained: “None of us dared to eat it in front of Master Shi. After we got the bananas, we hid them in our pockets. You were the only one who chewed the bananas while listening to Master Shi’s instructions. If you didn’t throw the bananas, then who else?”

“You also said you hoped that Boss King Yama would step on your banana skin and smash himself to the ground like a dog plunging into the mud.” Horse Faced added another sentence. Now that Chang Mu had no official status, Ox Head and Horse Face weren’t afraid of him, but Lord White was still in power! Therefore, they provided testimony for Lord White as needed.

“I didn’t throw it away…” Chang Mu mumbled aggrievedly.

King Yama was so infuriated that his face turned blue, and he ordered, “Ox Head and Horse Face, bring me the torture stone.”

“Yes!” Ox Head and Horse Face replied in a vigorous tone.

Again?! “Okay, okay… It seems like that banana skin was thrown by me…” Chang Mu’s arrogance gradually faded. He was originally a victim, but now he has become a sinner.

“Come here!” Xu Dian stood on the high stairs. He felt more comfortable when he reprimanded Mu-er in this way.

Chang Mu walked over slowly with his head down, knowing that Xu Dian would grab his ear when he went upstairs.

Chang Mu pretended to cry, “Little Ma, take it easy! After all, I’ve suffered from loneliness for thousands of years. It’s ok that others don’t understand me. Why don’t you pamper me at all?”

“Loneliness?” Xu Dian wasn’t shy now, “Didn’t you say that I used to kiss you every night and give you hugs? When have you been lonely?”

“Uuuuuu…”

This was the fate of the lecher.

After Xu Dian, Chang Mu and the others left, Little Black could finally relax. Fortunately, he was unsuccessful in stealing at that time, so he could explain himself as someone who went to the Underworld to save his people. ‘That’s great!’… He turned his head and looked directly at Little White. His current mood was different from when he was completely Little Black. It looked complicated, excited, and a little shy. Little White happily stared at Little Black. The smile on his face at the moment could be described as “simple and unpretentious.” For those who usually saw his smirk, seductive smile, sarcastic smile, and mischievous smile, the smile of Little White today was a rare sight to see.

LIttle Black began to blush and said hesitantly: “I am that blind cat, and also the dead mouse… but I’m not your biological… biological…” Little White was still angry. Little Black wanted to say that “I am not your biological elder brother, so please don’t treat me with respect and admiration like your elder brother. I just wanted to be your lover who can be your equal.” However, he was too shy to speak out.

Little White pursed his lips and smiled. Seeing Little Black couldn’t finish his sentence, he told him: “I know you are not my biological brother.”

“You know?” ‘Great!’

“Yes!” Little White nodded in expectation.

Cang Qiong joked beside him: “That mom and son can be together, what’s the matter between elder brother and younger brother?”

‘That’s right!’ Little Black scratched his hair and bashfully asked, “Do you like Little Black more, or elder brother more?”

“This question no longer exists, why should I answer it?”

He was right. It didn’t make sense to think about the problem that didn’t exist. Little Black finally hugged Little White affectionately and muttered, “My Little White. My Ling Ling.”

Little White also tightly hugged Little Black and said, “My Little Black, my elder brother.”

On this sweet night, Little Black and Little White merged their two single beds. They reminisced about the past in the same blanket. Little White suddenly thought of that Jade Huang piece, so he hurriedly found it and showed it to Little Black, “Elder brother, do you think it is ‘Ji Yao’?”

Little Black studied it for a while and said, “No, it’s the ‘Meng Yu’ that I left in the Underworld.”

“It turns out that you left it in the Underworld…” Little White was stunned. It turned out that things in the world were arranged so cleverly.

“Speaking of which… I actually went to the Underworld to steal things…”

“What?!” Little White nearly jumped.

“I wanted to steal the ‘Ji Yao’. The result of the fortune-telling showed me that it was in the Underworld!”

“Is your fortune-telling accurate?”

“Of course! It said that I will be happily living with you in the end, and it really came true…” Little Black’s face slightly flushed with a hint of embarrassment.

Little White was greatly pleased. He leaned over and kissed him. “Then is ‘Ji Yao’ still in the Underworld?”

“Whatever! I’m already satisfied now!” Even if he still wanted to steal it, he must hide it in his heart to not be found out by Little White!

In fact, “Ji Yao” was really still in the Underworld.

In another room, Chang Mu pretended to sleep like a dead pig. Because only when he was “fast asleep” would Xu Dian touch and kiss him, uttering all the sweet words. 

“Mu-er, I didn’t expect that you really could wait for me and love me for so long. I am delighted to have you by my side. I know I am awkward, but I will definitely change. I love you, and I will always love you. “

‘Listen to him, such lovey-dovey words have been said!’ Chang Mu was well-behaved. However, he knew his Little Ma’s personality would not effortlessly change. ‘But even like this was not bad, very different, and he has his own style!’

Ox Head and Horse Face were talking in turns about today’s gossip. Whether big or little ghosts, they all squeezed together and sat around them to listen to the story! Wonderful! It was amazing! They looked forward to seeing Black and White Impermanence appearing together and fighting with each other tomorrow – although that was unlikely to happen.