“Exorcism?” Gu Yi also crouched down with him. “Exorcism in front of the gravestone?”
“Where else would I go?” Bo Si looked at the monument and said, “Her resentment was too deep before. Exorcism was useless anyway. Now that Lin Ming is dead, I hope her soul can rest in peace. Besides, she still has an unborn fetus in her belly. If I don’t exorcise them, they will definitely become evil spirits with deep resentment.”
“Boss, you want to exorcise two souls at once?”
Gu Yi was a little nervous.
“Don’t worry, stand to the side.”
Bo Si closed his eyes.
Since Bo Si had said that, no matter how worried Gu Yi was, he could only listen to him and quietly step back.
He trusted Bo Si, even if that trust had no basis.
As Bo Si formed hand seals, he began chanting a spell. Gu Yi could not hear what it was, he only saw a faint glow coming from Bo Si’s slender fingers.
That glow quickly enveloped Bo Si’s entire body, forming a transparent barrier.
The light was golden, very beautiful.
The wind rose around them, and Gu Yi’s eyes were immediately blurred by it.
Within the glow, he saw some scenes. At first they were blurry, then they gradually became clear.
It was Bai Nuo sitting at the desk, writing neat and delicate characters in a diary with a fountain pen.
She wrote with great seriousness, her long hair cascading like a waterfall. As she wrote about her secret, a flush spread across her cheeks like rosy clouds, making her look especially beautiful in the lamplight.
A faint smile appeared at the corners of her mouth. The scene shifted, and Gu Yi saw the words Bai Nuo had written in the diary.
She wrote, I like Gu Yi, very much, very much.
That scene was very brief. The next second, Bai Nuo locked herself in the bathroom.
She was in terrible pain, in despair, her eyes as dead and lifeless as ashes.
She had been bullied by Lin Ming, and at that time she had thought of dying, but she did not.
Because she still had Gu Yi.
There was still someone in this world she liked, and she felt that she could get through it.
She could not let Gu Yi know what had happened to her, because she did not want Gu Yi to think she was dirty.
She still went to school as usual, smiling through gritted teeth every day, afraid that Gu Yi would notice even the slightest thing.
The nightmare happened that night.
Bai Nuo found out she was pregnant.
The events of that day surfaced in her mind again, and Bai Nuo was terrified. She had to take medicine to calm herself down.
What she had never expected was that her pregnancy would be discovered by her own mother.
After her divorce, her mother had raised her alone. It was hard to imagine that her usually outstanding and obedient daughter would do such a shameful thing. She could not accept it and nearly fainted. After that came endless, frenzied scolding.
She could not understand Bai Nuo’s pain, and even thought Gu Yi had bullied Bai Nuo. Bai Nuo tried desperately to explain, and in the end, she had no choice but to tell her mother that Lin Ming had hurt her in the small grove.
She thought that once her mother knew about this, at least she would stand on her side and seek justice for her. Who knew that everything would be beyond Bai Nuo’s expectations? Her mother repeatedly confirmed whether it was true, and after the confirmation, her mother was overjoyed. She had a boyfriend who worked at the Lin Company, and he had recently been worrying about a promotion. Now the Lin family’s young master had taken a fancy to her daughter, and she was even pregnant. No matter how she looked at it, this was a pie falling from the sky. Her mother immediately told that man the good news, and that man was also overjoyed. They all thought their fortunes were about to turn. Especially Bai Nuo’s mother, who could not wait to go to a temple to burn incense and thank heaven and earth. After painstakingly raising a daughter, now she had grown up outstanding and sensible, and had blossomed into a beautiful and graceful young woman. To be taken by the Lin family’s young master was truly an immense blessing!
Bai Nuo’s shallow-minded mother thought Bai Nuo was definitely going to become the Lin family’s young madam this time. They kept urging Bai Nuo to tell Lin Ming about it, not knowing that from the moment smiles appeared on their faces, Bai Nuo no longer had any attachment to this world.
Her mother’s dream became the last straw that crushed Bai Nuo. At that instant, Bai Nuo hated Lin Ming to death, and she also hated Lin Ming’s few friends to death. The fact that the teacher she trusted most stood by and did nothing stabbed a fierce blade into Bai Nuo’s heart. Her family’s greed and vanity even allowed their own daughter to be sold off. Bai Nuo no longer wanted to see the ugliness of this world, so that day, she put on her favorite red dress, stepped into those exquisite white high heels, and walked alone, sorrowfully, to the top of the teaching building.
The smile she left for Gu Yi in the end was mockery, and farewell.
It was unwillingness.
The image stopped.
Gu Yi opened his eyes and found that this time his eyes did not hurt.
But warm liquid still flowed from his left eye.
He wiped it away with his hand.
In the night, what stained his hand was not blood, but tears.
Looking at Bo Si again, his exorcism seemed to have reached its final stage. The light around him grew stronger and stronger, but his face became paler and paler.
Gu Yi could feel how much effort he was putting in, but he could not do anything for him, and could only silently cheer him on in his heart.
After patiently waiting for a while, the wind stopped.
Within the light surrounding Bo Si, a crystal-clear stone suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
The stone hovered in midair, shining brightly like a lamp.
Bo Si lifted his gaze and reached out toward the stone. The stone fell into his palm, and at that moment, the light vanished.
Bo Si withdrew his hand and let out a soft breath.
Gu Yi hurried forward. “Boss, did it work?”
“It counts as a success.”
Bo Si’s voice was very soft. Perhaps he had spent too much energy. Gu Yi saw that the weariness in his eyes had deepened even more. He looked at the stone in his palm and handed it to Gu Yi. “Take it, from now on, it’s yours.”
Gu Yi took the stone. The moment it touched his skin, it was icy to the bone, but also even clearer and more translucent. “Boss, what is this?”
“Bai Nuo’s heart.”
“Bai Nuo’s… heart?”
“Yes.” Bo Si sighed and said, “I exorcised the child in her belly. That child had done no wrong, I hope it can be born into a good family in its next life. But Bai Nuo was different. She killed too many people. This heart is the condensation of her obsession. Although I exorcised her soul, I couldn’t resolve her sins and obsession by myself. You were the person she liked most in life, so you will do this for her. As long as you still remember her, think of her, hope she is well, hope she is happy, and keep offering this stone to her, maybe one day Bai Nuo will break free from her obsession and be able to be reborn again.”
Gu Yi gazed deeply at the stone in his hand.
At this moment, the stone was precious beyond measure to him, surpassing everything else.
“Just now, I saw some scenes…”
“I saw them too.” Bo Si said indifferently, “This should also be what she wanted us to see. I didn’t expect that she had experienced so much before she killed herself. She really liked you, and she was also a good girl. It’s a pity that she became a fierce ghost and nearly fell into utter ruin.”
At those words, Gu Yi’s heart hurt again. “I didn’t notice her pain in time. If I had known earlier…”
“Don’t be foolish. You were the person she liked. How could she possibly tell you about something like that? There’s no point in blaming yourself.” Bo Si looked at the gravestone before him and said lightly, “If you really want to do something for her, then properly offer that stone.”
“I never thought Bai Nuo would like me, and I didn’t dare to think about it.”
“Why wouldn’t you dare to think about it?” Bo Si smiled and said, “Because she was a goddess? Because you were a freak? But you have to know, not everyone in this world judges people by their appearance. Some people wear human skin, but if you peel it off and look inside, who knows what’s hiding there. Isn’t Lin Ming the best example? Humans and devils are sometimes only one step apart, just one thought apart. You’re lucky to be liked by a girl like that. If she had not been ruined by those beasts worse than animals, the ending between you and her absolutely should not have been like this.”
Gu Yi put the stone condensed from Bai Nuo’s obsession into his bag. A trace of sorrow flashed in his eyes, and he said in a low voice, “Bai Nuo’s mother knew long ago that the person who made Bai Nuo pregnant was Lin Ming, yet she came to my house to make a scene, saying that everything was my fault. Why, why did she treat Bai Nuo like that? As her mother, she did not understand Bai Nuo’s pain at all, and even pushed her toward a dead end…”
“This is why I can’t hand this stone to Bai Nuo’s mother. Maybe that woman needs to deceive herself in order to keep living. You were just used as a pretext for her to vent, a scapegoat. So what if she knew it was Lin Ming who made Bai Nuo pregnant? They worked under the Lin family. They did not dare go against the Lin family, just like your teacher, who clearly saw Bai Nuo being hurt, yet still chose to turn and leave. People really are interesting sometimes. I’ve seen so many ghosts. Ghosts are so simple, just a single obsession. But people are too complicated. No matter how long it takes, you can never see through them. I can’t see through them, so you should stop overthinking it too.”
As he spoke, Bo Si stood up from the ground. “Let’s go, kid, we’re going home.”
Bo Si’s body suddenly went weak.
Gu Yi was startled and quickly went forward to support him.
He said anxiously, “Boss, what’s wrong?”
Bo Si waved a hand and said weakly, “I’m fine, I just exorcised two souls at once, so I’m a bit tired.”
“Sorry, Boss…”
Bo Si laughed in exasperation. “What are you apologizing for? How can you blame yourself for everything? I’m really impressed with you. I’m not exorcising ghosts just for you, I also gain merit by exorcising ghosts myself. Stop saying sorry for this and sorry for that all the time. Say it again and I’ll dock your pay!”
“…Then I won’t say it anymore. Boss, let’s hurry home. You need to lie down and rest.”
Gu Yi was truly worried about Bo Si’s body.
Although he knew Bo Si was very strong, recently he really had been through a lot. First he was struck by Bai Nuo’s ghostly energy, and now he had exorcised two souls at the same time. Looking at his pale face, Gu Yi could guess that he must already be exhausted to the extreme.
He supported Bo Si as they walked through the graveyard.
This journey was somewhat long.
Bo Si’s body leaned against him.
Gu Yi used all his strength to support him. Just like that, the two of them walked out of the iron gate.
Outside, the wind rose again.
Leaves drifted down, passing through the sights of Bo Si and Gu Yi and falling into the soil.
The wind brushed past their ears. In an instant, they heard a faint voice, as if a sigh, sounding beside their ears and then scattered by the wind.
Gu Yi could tell that it was Bai Nuo’s voice.
She said, thank you…
Everything was like an illusion.
Gu Yi looked up at the night sky, tears wanting to fall but unable to.
In his heart, he answered her, Bai Nuo, goodbye.
Goodbye, the first friend in my life.
Thank you for ever having liked someone like me.
Thank you…
After returning to the villa, as soon as they entered, Bo Si shoved Gu Yi aside and ran to lie down on the sofa.
He kept saying that he was badly drained and needed to eat to replenish his energy. Gu Yi felt this was a reasonable request, so he agreed. “Boss, I can cook. Whatever you want to eat, I can make it for you.”
Bo Si glared at him. “Nonsense, of course you’re the one cooking. I’ll only cook for you once. From now on, all the housework in the house will be yours. I’m hungry, go check the fridge and see what’s inside, just make something. If it’s too hard to eat, I’ll dock your pay.”
“…”
Gu Yi was a little helpless.
What had been a perfectly natural thing, how had it become so wrong when Bo Si said it like that?