03 Eighteen Festivals(1/2)
I hesitated for a moment and hugged her gently, "Anyu, don't be like this... Am I back now? I know you want to help me, and I don't blame you..."
"I saw your blood sacrifice... I saw you stabbing yourself into the heart with a knife..." An Yu said sadly, "Brother Wu Zheng, I was wrong... I will never be willful again..."
My eye circles were also red, and I smiled, "Okay, brother Wu Zheng is back, everything is fine. Let's go home and talk, okay?"
She sobbed and nodded, "Yeah."
Seeing her crying, my heart seemed to be pricked again.
This time, it hurt more than the blood sacrifice knife...
Why……
I led her into the house, closed the door, turned to her and asked, "How many days have you not eaten?"
She held back her tears, looked at me aggrievedly, and shook her head.
I frowned and said, "You haven't eaten in the past few days?"
She lowered her head and nodded silently.
"Hey, you said you..." I felt a pain in my heart, "What's the big deal? Why don't you eat?"
"I'm not hungry..." She wiped her tears, "I can't eat either..."
I was speechless, so I pulled her to the living room and asked her to sit down, "Wait, I'll cook some noodles for you."
After saying that, I turned around and walked into the kitchen.
Anyu followed to the kitchen and stood at the door, like a child who made a mistake.
"Are you still afraid that I'll run away?" I said helplessly, "Go to the living room and wait. I'll bring it to you when it's cooked."
She lowered her head in shame, turned and walked away.
I couldn't bear it for a while, so I shook my head helplessly, rolled up my sleeves, and continued cooking noodles.
After the noodles were cooked, I brought them to the living room and put them on the coffee table.
She stood up quickly.
"Sit down and eat some noodles," I said. "I nested two eggs for you. You haven't eaten for a few days. Eat something easy to digest first. We will go out to eat later."
She nodded with tears in her eyes, sat down, picked up her chopsticks, lowered her head and started eating.
I looked at her silently and smiled calmly.
After eating, she got up and prepared to wash the dishes.
I stood up and took it, "I'll go."
She glanced at me, said nothing, and silently followed me to the kitchen to watch me wash the dishes.
"Chen Fang has found three suitable cafes in the old town," I said while washing dishes, "Let's go take a look tomorrow and pick the one you like."
I looked at her and said, "Also, that matter has passed. Don't think about it again."
Tears shone in her eyes and she nodded silently.
I finished washing the dishes, put them away, washed my hands again, turned around and smiled at her, "Let's go to the living room."
"Yeah", she nodded.
Back in the living room, I made two cups of tea, sat down next to her, and handed her a cup, "I know you love coffee. I'll buy it tomorrow. Let's drink some tea today."
"Thank you, brother Wu Zheng." She took it, held the cup, and took a deep breath.
I was stunned and said, "Hey, this is boiling water, aren't you afraid of it getting hot?"
"I absorbed its heat," she said lightly, "My heart is cold, it feels better this way..."
"You can absorb heat?" I don't really believe it.
She looked at me and stretched out her hand, "Please touch my hand."
I held her hand, and instantly, a strong heat surged into my hand. It made me jump and let go quickly.
"Is this the heat you just sucked in?" I asked.
She nodded, "Yeah."
"Is this the Eighteenth Festival of the An family?"
"Um."
I smiled knowingly and nodded, "It's indeed different from what we have at home."
She hesitated for a moment, "Brother Wu Zheng, I..."
"I said, let's not talk about the past." I looked at her, "If you really treat me as your brother, then stop saying sorry."
She looked at me gratefully and nodded, "Yeah!"
I smiled, "That's right, come on, let's talk about the coffee shop."
A smile appeared on her face, "Yeah, okay."
"You said before that you needed to find a carving master. Has Chen Fang found one?" I asked her.
"Sister Chen Fang contacted me, but I have to go see if it's suitable," she said.
"What exactly do you want to carve?" I asked.
"There are six statues of the protector with secret talismans in total," she said. "Because there are secret talismans on them, and the carving of the protector must use special techniques, there are very high requirements for the carving master."
"Do you have any time requirements?"
"That's not the case," she said. "Anyway, I will definitely have to renovate the cafe, so I will definitely have time."
I nodded, "Okay, tomorrow let's go see the store first, and then go meet the engraver she mentioned."
She smiled, "Yeah!"
We drank tea and talked about the details of the cafe. Gradually, An Yu's mood became less depressed.
Before I knew it, it was getting dark.
I felt a little tired and couldn't help but yawn.
Anyu looked at me and frowned, "Brother Wu Zheng, are you injured internally?"
"Internal injuries?" I was stunned, "No."
"You can't feel it yourself?" She wondered.
“The big formation was set up that day and it took a lot of energy, so I’m a little tired,” I said. “However, my meridians are smooth and I don’t feel any internal injuries.”
"You have a backlash internal injury," she said, coming over and gently pressing my left chest with her hand, "Here..."
I subconsciously looked down and said, "Here?"
She stared at my chest with a red light in her eyes.
There was a sharp pain in my left chest, and I couldn't help but frown and let out a muffled groan.
She gently opened her delicate hands, and saw a black-red evil energy in her palms.
I gasped laboriously and asked her in confusion, "What's going on?"
She gently grabbed it, and the black air immediately dispersed. When she opened her hand again, it turned into a faint golden light. She gently pressed my chest, and a warm current poured into my body.
A layer of sweat broke out.
The stinging pain in my chest disappeared instantly.
The red light in her eyes disappeared, and then she asked me, "How is it? Does it still hurt?"
I took a deep breath, wiped the sweat from my forehead, shook my head, "It doesn't hurt anymore."
"That's good," she said, "your talisman is very powerful, but you can't use it directly on yourself, so you use sister Ke'er's five thunder energy to transform it before using it. This is indeed possible, but there is a problem.
…”
"What's the problem?" I asked.
"I don't know much about the battle method, but when it comes to transformation, our An family's secret technique still has a lot to say," she said, "There's nothing wrong with your method, but your cultivation is much higher than Sister Ke'er.
.So, even if your talisman is transformed by her Five Thunder Qi, there will still be some residual backlash. It may not be harmful if you use it normally. But if it is used with high intensity and the internal energy consumption is huge, then
The backlash is obvious.”
"Then why can't I feel it?" I wondered.
"Because the essence of this talisman is the golden light in your body," she said, "so these weak backlashes will be covered up by the golden light. Unless it is very serious, it will be difficult to detect."
"I understand..." I nodded, "It seems we can't use it like this in the future..."
"Actually, it's not impossible," she said calmly, "When you use it again in the future, try not to consume too much. If you really can't avoid it, then wait until you come back and I will help you suck out these evil spirits, so that you can
never mind."
"Isn't that too much trouble for you?"
"Trouble me?", she was puzzled, "Brother Wu Zheng, do we need to be so polite?"
To be continued...