Chapter 322: 322 Mute and Promise

Any questions... How could there be no questions?

Although that wasn't the real Third Bureau Chief, just an obsession left behind by the Third Bureau Chief because he couldn't become the strongest blacksmith, he did look no different from a living person. And the Bureau Chief not only took him to dig graves, but even wanted to steal the old man's coffin lid; it was truly awkward no matter how he thought about it.

But... compared to this moral flaw, it was obviously more important to heal Senior Auntie Ai Ma first, so he could only apologize to the old man Bureau Chief first.

After apologizing to the Third Bureau Chief in his heart with slight guilt, Hearing Li Ang carried his coffin lid out of the cemetery and ran toward a dilapidated lakeside cabin... Before the Bureau Chief took him to dig graves, he had temporarily placed Senior Auntie Ai Ma here.

"Watch the cemetery for me! Call me if there's any movement!"

After instructing the little crocodile lying at the door, Hearing Li Ang carried the Third Bureau Chief's coffin into the house, just about to follow the Bureau Chief's method to help Senior Auntie Ai Ma repair her damaged body, but suddenly discovered that the cabin was empty. Senior Auntie Ai Ma, who was originally placed on an old wooden bed, had disappeared.?!!!

Where is she? Didn't that crocodile keep watching the door? Why is she gone?

Startled by Senior Auntie Ai Ma's sudden disappearance, Hearing Li Ang hurriedly threw down the Third Bureau Chief's coffin lid and ran out of the door, wanting to ask the Crocodile God who was responsible for guarding the door what was going on, but he saw a familiar back by the lake not far from the cabin.

"Hearing Li Ang?"

Seeming to notice the movement here, the tall beauty sitting by the lake turned slightly, her light chestnut long hair hanging down her shoulders, revealing her slender, white neck and a gentle, smiling, soft face.

Even though the background behind her was not blue sky and clear sea, but the pitch-black Lake of the Dead and the gray sky without any vitality, Senior Auntie Ai Ma's mature and gentle smile still made Hearing Li Ang's heart suddenly calm down.

"You're awake..."

After saying a completely useless sentence, Hearing Li Ang put down the little crocodile that was struggling and shaking its head and tail, and walked toward Senior Auntie Ai Ma, who was sitting on a round stone by the lake.

"Senior Auntie Ai Ma."

After coming to the white round stone where Senior Auntie Ai Ma was sitting, Hearing Li Ang urged with some anxiety:

"The Bureau Chief found an anomalous object that can repair your physical injuries. You just need to sit in it for a while and you'll be fine. I carried it back just now, you hurry..."

"Look at those birds on the lake."

Interrupting Hearing Li Ang's words, Senior Auntie Ai Ma, who was sitting by the lake, turned her head back, quietly watching the Death-Reporting Crows circling above the black lake, and said calmly:

"Hearing Li Ang, do you know what they represent?"

"..."

Are you... feeling touched by the scene after seeing the Death-Reporting Crows and wanting to talk to me?

Er... I don't mind listening to you pour out your heart, and I'm even very willing to be a quiet listener, but isn't the timing a bit wrong?

The Bureau Chief is still trying her best to hold back the Third Bureau Chief, waiting for us to return the coffin lid after using it. If we suddenly start chatting here, isn't it a bit inappropriate?

"It seems the Bureau Chief should have told you."

After looking at Hearing Li Ang, whose face was full of "wanting to say something but stopping," Senior Auntie Ai Ma smiled again, and then said softly with a lonely expression:

"These Death-Reporting Crows are not mine, but those of my clansmen who died six years ago. After that day, while inheriting their lives, I also inherited these Death-Reporting Crows that belonged to them."

"Although I haven't been to such a deep position, I have actually come to the Dead Realm many times secretly and have seen them many times. And after coming here many times, I can even vaguely identify who these Death-Reporting Crows belong to."

"..."

"The one that keeps flying at the very top and refuses to land, seemingly trying to stay away from me, should be the Death-Reporting Crow belonging to my grandfather... This kind of bird inherits some fragments of the living's consciousness, and it is just like my grandfather, refusing to turn its head to look at me until the end."

"The one landing on the shore should be my mother's Death-Reporting Crow. It often watches me silently like this, but it only watches me. Once I walk over, it will immediately fly far away, refusing to have any contact with me."

"The only one that will approach me should be my younger sister's Death-Reporting Crow. She was a few years younger than your sister and had always been a naughty child, always liking to pester me before..."

"..."

Although reason told Hearing Li Ang that he should immediately interrupt Senior Auntie Ai Ma's narration and let her lie in the Third Bureau Chief's coffin to repair her body.

But listening to Senior Auntie Ai Ma telling the origin of those Death-Reporting Crows one by one and recalling the relatives they represented, the words that had already reached his mouth seemed to be blocked by something, and no matter what, he couldn't spit them out, until a low "gurgle" sound from the little crocodile came from behind him.

Can't drag it out anymore!

Looking back toward the cemetery, seeing the signal the red-haired Bureau Chief had agreed upon with him earlier, Hearing Li Ang stood up under Auntie Ai Ma's surprised gaze, returned to the half-collapsed lakeside cabin, and carried out the Third Bureau Chief's coffin lid.

"Senior Auntie Ai Ma, I actually don't mind listening to you say these things, but this thing is something I stole... er... something I borrowed from the Third Lord together with the Bureau Chief, and I didn't tell him when I borrowed it."

"So we can't use this thing all the time. We can only use it for a short while. After we finish using it, we have to hurry and return it to him... quietly. Why don't you lie in first, and we can talk after I cover the lid?"

"..."

If you cover the lid, I won't be able to see anything, so what is there to talk about?

After looking at Hearing Li Ang with slight reproach, knowing that he was embarrassed to interrupt her, Auntie Ai Ma shook her head and gave a soft "hmm," then got up from the round stone by the lake and lay into the empty coffin.

"Hearing Li Ang, don't cover it, okay?"

Gently pressing Hearing Li Ang's hand and stopping him from covering the coffin lid, Auntie Ai Ma gazed out at the flock of crows circling in the sky with a dazed look, her voice soft and gentle as she negotiated:

"When we were on the outskirts of the Dead Realm, these Death-Reporting Crows would fly especially high, sometimes even only seeing a small black dot. This is the first time they have been so close, and I want to see them a little more."

"But if we don't cover it, it will affect the repair effect, right? And after we return the thing, we can come back again..."

"It doesn't matter. As long as most of the problems can be solved, I can slowly nurse the remaining small part back to health myself."

"Alright then..."

Seeing the slight plea in Senior Auntie Ai Ma's clear eyes, Hearing Li Ang, who originally wanted to persuade her a few more times, felt his heart soften. He didn't insist anymore, but lifted one side of the coffin, found an angle where she could see the lake and the flock of crows, and leaned it against his chest.

"..."

"Thank you." ===== CHAPTER 323 =====