In the dream.
The girl kneeling in front of the grave slowly turned her head.
The mont she turned her head.
Chen Xiao clearly felt a change in his senses.
He felt that it wasn’t a girl, but a woman.
She should be sowhat older.
But for so reason, Chen Xiao couldn’t clearly see her face.
Yet he always felt he had seen her sowhere before.
Even in such a dim environnt, Chen Xiao felt a sense of quiet years about her.
When Chen Xiao tried hard to see her face clearly.
He suddenly woke up from the dream.
After opening his eyes, there was a clear confusion in Chen Xiao’s eyes.
He didn’t know why he had such a dream in broad daylight.
But he could feel that the forest, that mound, was just like Zhang Xian’s description of the first site where the victim Qiu Tingfang was killed!
If it was, Chen Xiao thought it made sense for it to appear in his dream.
After all, to dream of what you think of is a common thing in life.
Just, in the dream, why did he feel that the woman kneeling in front of the grave, he had seen her before?
And that kind of temperant, that kind of feeling, there was soone in Chen Xiao’s heart whom it matched.
But the person, Chen Xiao actually had not seen either, because when he first t her, she was already a corpse.
All the information about her and the feelings toward her were all relayed by her family, her admirers.
The temperant of the woman in the dream was very similar to that of a woman nad Si Ying.
Chen Xiao sat by the bed, deeply reminiscing about the dream he just had.
But the next second, Chen Xiao looked up at the door.
Luo Dali walked in and asked, "Brother Chen? What’s going on, why do you seem strange?"
Chen Xiao let out a breath: "Had a dream, are you looking for ?"
Luo Dali nodded: "Not long after you fell asleep, my dad called , saying that the master he hired found a good day for and Xiaoxiu, our engagent is on the 15th of August!"
"Mid-Autumn Day, huh!"
"Yes, can you make it back that day?"
Chen Xiao calculated the days: "Just eight or nine days away, should be okay."
"That’s good, even though it’s just an engagent, it’s only because of you that Xiaoxiu and I could et. Otherwise, I might never have gone to Qingxi in my life."
Chen Xiao smiled: "Everything is ant to be, plan well with Xiaoxiu, she doesn’t have many relatives, you’re in Dongzhou, you must take good care of her. She’s marrying far from ho, don’t let her be wronged."
"Brother, don’t worry, just for your saying it’s ant to be, I’ll be a good partner."
Chen Xiao agreed: "Okay, I won’t linger here, you take care."
"Driving? Want to give you a lift?"
"No need, the car’s in your downstairs garage."
Chen Xiao said, waving his hand, and left Four Blessings Appliances straight away.
Then went to find Xiaoji and the Knife Man, reminding them to be ready, possibly leaving Dongzhou for Hai City at any ti.
Xiaoji and the Knife Man, having been idle for too long, imdiately perked up at the ntion of new work.
After notifying them, Chen Xiao went back ho.
He had initially intended to take Liu Dayou, but thinking Liu Dayou had things to deal with at ho, he dispelled the idea.
In the evening, when Lin Xi got off work, the in-laws and Chen Xiao’s parents were still out with Luo Sifu, so Chen Xiao didn’t need to prepare too much food.
A simple two dishes and soup, was just right for the two of them.
But now, Lin Xi was increasingly clingy.
After work, even seeing Chen Xiao cooking, she still hugged his waist tightly.
When the al was ready, Lin Xi finally let go and said: "Slls so good, I’m going to wash my hands and get ready for dinner!"
"Go ahead."
Lin Xi happily went to wash her hands, while Chen Xiao brought the food to the table.
But when Chen Xiao lifted the cover off the soup, Lin Xi poked at the ingredients and said:
"Honey, why didn’t you make sothing nutritious?"
Chen Xiao imdiately stopped picking up the food, frowned: "What do you an?"
Lin Xi quickly explained: "Honey, I didn’t an that, I an even if you don’t need it, I need it. Alright, I was wrong, can we talk after dinner?"
Chen Xiao was just teasing Lin Xi, laughing and saying: "Let’s eat."
"Okay, let’s do sothing fun after dinner!"
Chen Xiao nodded satisfactorily.
Soon, the couple finished their sweet dinner.
Originally, Chen Xiao was supposed to wash the dishes, but Lin Xi took over.
Chen Xiao could only sit on the sofa watching TV.
After a while, Chen Xiao felt like giving Xie Wensheng a call again.
But before he could dial Xie Wensheng, Guo Zhengchang called first.
Seeing the caller ID, Chen Xiao knew that Guo Zhengchang must have learnt sothing from those wood carving masters.
"Hello, Elder Guo."
"Chen Xiao, do you still have that Ten Demon Sons on you?" Guo Zhengchang’s tone was anxious.
Chen Xiao was taken aback, thinking he hadn’t ruined the Ten Demon Sons badly, right?
"No, Elder Guo, why?" Chen Xiao inquired, unexpectedly hearing Guo Zhengchang’s tone relax a bit:
"It’s good that you don’t have it anymore. Ever since your call, I’ve been asking around. What I found out was astonishing. That thing, it’s actually a cursed object!"
Chen Xiao’s heart skipped a beat.
He destroyed the "Ten Demon Sons" not because he wholly believed Liu Dayou’s divination, but because he didn’t want to gamble on sothing uncertain.
But now Guo Zhengchang said this too, which made Chen Xiao suspect that the "Ten Demon Sons" was indeed extraordinary!
"Elder Guo, does anyone recognize that item?"
"Yes, I now know an old master who was well-known nationwide decades ago. He said that item originated from decades ago. And every owner of it t an unexplained disaster, dying an unnatural death!"
"It’s a cursed wooden sculpture!"
Chen Xiao frowned: "If it’s cursed, does that an the old master is aware of the sculpture’s origin?"
"Yes, the piece was crafted over sixty years ago by the wood carving master, Mr. Shen Dongming. He created it because of his own experiences. When he was young, Mr. Shen Dongming fell in love with a girl. But due to the turbulent tis, he had to leave ho to make a living for himself, entrusting his aging parents to the girl."
"Two years later, when Mr. Shen returned with honor, his parents had passed away, and the girl had married soone else and had children. The house and lands left by his parents were all sold by the girl. So Mr. Shen bore a grudge and created the sculpture, sending it over on the child’s first birthday."
"It is said on that child’s first birthday, Mr. Shen hanged himself, and even by the ti his coffin was sealed, he was still unable to rest in peace. At that ti, due to his achievents, the value of his works rose after his death. The girl’s husband kept it in their possession."
"Eventually, they t a foreign businessman and sold the ’Ten Demon Sons’ at a high price. But on the night the sculpture was sold, the girl and her husband mysteriously died in bed, and the wealthy businessman who bought the sculpture also died mysteriously!"
"Since then, the ’Ten Demon Sons’ beca a cursed sculpture. In the decades that followed, it changed many hands, but every owner t a tragic end!"
At the end, Guo Zhengchang couldn’t help but say in a deep voice:
"Lou Xiaodong, his heart is unforgivable!"
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