C6 A Terrifying Dream

I was so sleepy, I took the bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen and cleaned them before I walked into her bedroom.

Zhang Yao had already cleaned up all the clothes on the bed and folded the blanket for me. However, she still retained her intoxicating fragrance.

I quietly lay on her wide and soft Xi Mengsi bed.

I thought of being insulted by that woman who looked like Zhu Meiling at Ting Li's clothing store. Then, without any warning or preparation, he felt somewhat aggrieved when he had been slapped hard by her. He suddenly felt extremely depressed.

I rolled a few times on the bed before I could no longer lie down and fell asleep in a daze.

...

In my dream, I returned to my childhood and dreamt of the dagger that Zhang Yao gave me.

When my mother was bullied by the old bachelor Old Fifth Wang, I stabbed the dagger into his heart and Old Fifth Wang immediately fell into a pool of blood.

In order not to affect my future, my mother took the initiative to stand up for me, but was taken away by the police.

I dreamt that I returned to my hometown, Ishita Village, to the house that my mother lived in. Old Fifth Wang's soul turned into a malicious spirit, and he was looking for me for revenge everywhere.

His soul was waiting for me in the room, and he revealed a ferocious face. His eye sockets were deep, and his nostrils were bleeding. When he saw me, he opened his bloody mouth and pounced at me ferociously.

"Ah!"

I screamed and broke out of the door, running out.

"Little brat, I've been waiting for you here for so many years. You're finally back. Give me your life, give me your life..." The malicious spirit chased after me fiercely. I heard the miserable voice of Old Fifth Wang by my ear.

The village was somewhat desolate. The doors of every household were tightly shut. There was no one around. I ran forward without a care for my life. In the blink of an eye, I arrived at the arable road of our village.

Old Fifth Wang's malicious spirit transformed into an eagle and flew above my head. An eagle with a chicken in its mouth swooped down towards my head.

I instinctively retreated, and the eagle missed me. It once again transformed into the malicious spirit, Old Fifth Wang, and opened its bloody mouth, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as it pounced towards me.

This time, we were standing face to face. The distance between us was extremely close, and it was already too late for us to dodge. Thus, we closed our eyes and loudly shouted.

"Help, help..."

My desolate voice echoes in the mountain village in the desert.

...

"Xiangyang, what happened to you?" Suddenly, he heard an anxious voice.

I pushed hard and quickly sat up from the bed. The small mountain village in my dream disappeared and I immediately saw Zhang Yao's bright red face.

I looked around and rubbed my eyes with all my might. Only then did I realize that I was still sleeping in Zhang Yao's room and had a nightmare on her warm bed.

I saw myself naked and sweating all over as I sat on Zhang Yao's bed. I felt a little uncomfortable and hurriedly put on my shirt.

"Sister, you... When did you come back?" I asked shyly with a red face.

" I've been back for quite a while. "Zhang Yao saw that I was looking at her in shock and explained," When I came back, I saw that you were sleeping soundly. I was sitting in the living room watching TV when I heard your call for help. You didn't have a nightmare, did you? "

"Yes." I nodded.

"What did you dream about?" Zhang Yao asked with concern.

I said with a red face, "I dreamt that when I went back to my hometown to look for my mother, that deceased Old Fifth Wang turned into a malicious spirit and sought my life..."

"Superstition." Zhang Yao raised her eyebrows and lightly laughed, "What era is it? What kind of malicious spirit is there?"

I said with a red face, "Sister, I want to tell you a secret. All these years, this secret has been tormenting me. It often makes me unable to breathe."

"What secret?" Zhang Yao asked in surprise.

"When I was young, I used the dagger that you gave me to kill our village's light man, Old Fifth Wang. My mother was taken away by the Public Security Bureau in order to take the blame for me. He was sent to labor reform... " In one breath, I narrated to Zhang Yao how I accidentally killed Old Fifth Wang.

"Yes." After listening to my narration, Zhang Yao did not seem surprised at all. Instead, she nodded seriously and said, "I know about this matter..."

"What did you say? You know?" I asked in surprise, "When did you know?"

" That year, when your mother was kidnapped by the police. " Zhang Yao replied.

"How did you know?" I asked curiously.

"Because my mom left that dagger for me. I gave it to you, and you hid it on your body. When you met your mother who was bullied by that old bachelor Wang Wu, you killed him with a dagger... " Zhang Yao explained.

I questioned, "Since you all know, why didn't you tell me when I came to your house?"

"In order to not leave a shadow in your heart and affect your growth, my father abided by your mother's instructions and didn't allow me to tell you." Zhang Yao replied truthfully.

"Sigh." I sighed, "This matter is really hard on your father."

"Why?" Zhang Yao asked in confusion.

"Because I accidentally killed Fifth Wang, and my mother was sentenced for my crime, causing your father to not marry her, ruining their happiness." I said helplessly.

"Xiangyang, don't blame yourself too much." Zhang Yao saw my melancholic look and consoled, "Don't worry, my father did not blame you for that matter. On the contrary, you accidentally stabbed Yang Soong with a knife that day. After suddenly disappearing from Nanhua, I was unable to find your whereabouts. I feel rather regretful and guilty. I feel that I didn't take good care of you. I'm sorry that your mother entrusted him with this task, but unfortunately... He didn't even see your mother before he died and explained to her... This should be the biggest regret in his life!"

"Sigh." I sighed and said in a melancholy tone, "This matter can't be blamed on your father. I was scared to death at that time, so I escaped. After that, I was kidnapped by human traffickers and left Nanhua..."

"Ah? So you were kidnapped by a human trafficker?" Zhang Yao looked at me in shock and anxiously asked, "Tell me, how did he get kidnapped by human traffickers and how did he escape from their hands?"

"The matter is like this..." I saw Zhang Yao's sincere expression and told her about my experience of escaping danger after I stabbed Yang Soong back then.

Zhang Yao deeply sympathizes with me. She looked at me with a pair of eyes full of motherly love and asked, "You must have suffered a lot during these years, right?"

"No." I shook my head and hesitated for a moment before saying, "The kind-hearted person who took me in was very good to me and did not make me suffer too much..."

"It is said that good people have good karma." Zhang Yao was originally a kind woman and once she heard that others were very good to her, she said, It is said that good people have good karma. She said emotionally, "When you have a foothold in Nanhua and have money, bring the kind person who took you in to the city. Repay him for his care. "

"Yes, I will!" I nodded my head heavily.

Thinking back to all these years, my relationship with my master, Zhao Haonan, was like father and son, as well as his care for me, my heart felt warm.