Chapter 150: Aunt Qiao, Can You See Ghosts at Night?

An Ba has facial paralysis, never smiles, but he's fine with An Wu; with others he just doesn't bother much.

An Liu loves to eat, his figure growing rounder by the day, but he's still fairly nimble, so he could be described as a nimble fatty.

An Qi has a violent temper, lashing out at the slightest disagreement.

An Jiu can eat a lot and loves to cry, though Shi Yun is a bit better.

An Shi is the youngest among them and also the most innocent; if his martial arts weren't decent, he'd probably have been kidnapped and sold countless times.

Shi Lin watched for a while, suddenly feeling that there was no one usable, how did he end up training such a bunch of oddball Dark Guards?

He actually didn't go and ask his own mother for people.

If he wanted.

From now on, don't expect peace.

After thinking it over.

Shi Lin chose An Liu and An Shi.

They aren't here now; they're all in the Imperial Capital.

Shi Lin then sent a message back asking them to come to his place.

Qiao Sheng didn't know about this; after two days when the shop wasn't so busy, she brought Xiao Shitou and the others back to live at the Mountain God Temple.

Shi Yun was still seeing such a dilapidated house for the first time; he stood at the doorway for a long time without moving.

"Do you really want to cry? Go ahead, I also wanted to cry when I first came here."

Shi Jin said beside Shi Yun.

Qiao Sheng also thought Shi Yun would cry, but unexpectedly he said that.

"Aunt Qiao, can you see ghosts at night?"

Qiao Sheng: "..."

What on earth is this kid thinking?

She was wondering how to reply to Shi Yun.

Shi Yun looked at Qiao Sheng and then continued speaking.

"Grandma, you lied to me, saying my parents went to a faraway place and would return when I grew up, but I know you're lying—they didn't go far away at all; they're dead."

"Don't people become ghosts when they die? Are my parents also ghosts now? Will they come looking for me at night?"

"They never came to look for me before—maybe because there were too many lanterns at home and where we used to live, scaring them? Now we're in this pitch-black place, maybe they'd dare to come find me?"

After a few days together, Qiao Sheng still hadn't heard Shi Yun talk about his family, nor heard him speak so much.

Idiot!

If there really were ghosts, those who were killed unjustly would go straight to take revenge on their killers.

What need is there for the authorities?

Shi Jin thought to himself, then spoke: "What nonsense are you talking about, your parents…"

"Shi Jin!"

Qiao Sheng stopped him.

She stepped forward, rubbed Shi Yun's head, and said: "Your parents didn't become ghosts; they turned into stars, always watching you from heaven. After death, people can't contact the living, so they couldn't come see you, but they surely have been thinking of you…"

"Shi Yun, my mother wouldn't lie; what she said must be true."

Xiao Shitou said from the side.

Shi Yun sniffed and nodded his head.

Dinner's already been eaten; now it's just cleaning and washing up.

Qiao Sheng assigned the cleaning chores to Xiao Shitou and the others, then went outside to fetch water from the river.

Now the sky is dark but not completely black yet.

Qiao Sheng had carried the water not far when Zhang Qiao's voice came from one side: "Lianhua, you're back?"

"Yeah, we're back."

Qiao Sheng put down the water, went to meet her, then helped Zhang Qiao set down the firewood on her back.

Zhang Qiao hadn't said anything yet.

Qiao Sheng spoke again: "We've been in town these past few days; today I realized we hadn't been back for a while, so I brought Xiao Shitou and the others back."

"Lianhua, I…"

Zhang Qiao wanted to speak but stopped.

Qiao Sheng looked at Zhang Qiao like that and asked: "What's wrong? Did something happen? We're so close—just say whatever you have."

(End of chapter)