Zhang Rui was already troubled by the infant spirit’s harassment, feeling mentally exhausted. After a morning of conversation, she had repeatedly suffered mental breakdowns along the way and had now fallen into a deep sleep in the upstairs compartment.
Lunch was sent to her by Lu Chu’s staff. After waking up to eat, she drifted off to sleep again, sleeping through the entire afternoon. Under Lu Chu’s arrangement, two black cats crawled beside her, suppressing the infant spirit that would have been awake due to the sensitivity, keeping it from causing a disturbance.
Meanwhile, Lu Chu was thinking about their reunion after leaving the “bureau.” It was rare for the group, now scattered, to have a chance to gather together, so they must dine together somewhere nice.
Thus, the discussion of where to eat became an ongoing debate among them.
Because earlier in the morning, Yuan Kejie and Luo Qi had mentioned wanting to eat roast duck, Lu Chu remembered. Before lunchtime, he announced that he would treat everyone to roast duck. Song Gui looked at Yuan Kejie and asked, “Was it her suggestion?”
Yuan Kejie glared at him. “What do you mean? Got a problem?”
Song Gui nodded. “Yes.”
Yuan Kejie retorted, “…”
“At a time like this, shouldn’t you say ‘sorry’?” Yuan Kejie shook her head. “As expected, men are all big fools.”
Luo Qi, in an unusual agreement with Yuan Kejie, added, “Yeah, big fools.”
Song Gui smirked. “Are you talking about Lu Xiaochu and Qi Li?”
“Damn!” Yuan Kejie stomped her foot, eyes widening. “Stop stirring up trouble! You flirt!”
Song Gui chuckled. “Tsk.”
And so, the debate over “who is the bigger fool” between the two intensified.
Until Luo Qi quietly interjected, “I want to eat roast duck.”
The argument abruptly ceased.
Song Gui shrugged. “Fine, let’s have roast duck.”
Lu Chu suggested, “Let’s go, there’s a good roast duck restaurant nearby.”
On the way to the roast duck restaurant, Yuan Kejie suddenly stopped and grinned mischievously at the others, “Oh wait, isn’t the boss running a medicinal cuisine restaurant? Why don’t we go there instead? High-end medicinal dishes, and we won’t even have to pay. Plus, we can experience what it’s like to be rich and not just pretending.”
Lu Chu nodded with a smile. “Tonight then.”
Just before they reached the roast duck restaurant, Lu Chu messaged 7.
After a moment, 7 arrived and sat next to Lu Chu.
Yuan Kejie exclaimed excitedly, “Boss, let’s go to your place tonight!”
“Sure, why not,” 7 agreed.
Yuan Kejie snapped her fingers. “Yes!”
During the roast duck meal, Lu Chu roughly recounted the events at the pet shop that morning to 7, mentioning their plan to pacify the infant spirit at Zhang Rui’s house tonight.
Listening attentively, 7 nodded, dipping a piece of duck meat into sauce and putting it into his mouth. Lu Chu followed suit.
Their actions were so natural, clearly intimate yet not overly affectionate. It took Yuan Kejie a while to react and wail, “Damn it, what did this single dog do wrong again?!”
It wasn’t her fault for being slow to react. Lu Chu had already eaten his fill by then, and it dawned on her that she had been left out in the cold. It was just that their closeness seemed so natural, so right, that their unusually intimate actions didn’t seem out of place. They seemed inseparable, with an aura that no one could intrude upon.
It was something many people sought their entire lives.
The afternoon wasn’t particularly busy, and Lu Chu left work promptly at half-past five.
7 had already come early in his car to pick them up.
Song Gui drove his flashy sports car, intentionally posing as flashy at the door of the restaurant. “Come on, let me see which lucky audience member gets to ride in my car.”
Yuan Kejie and Luo Qi couldn’t even be bothered to roll their eyes and headed straight for the back seat of 7’s car.
Qian Zhen didn’t hesitate and followed Yuan Kejie into the back seat. Yuan Kejie pushed him, “No! Brother, don’t! If you go to Song Gui, we can’t be so close, men and women shouldn’t be too close, and besides, Qi Qi is still just a child!”
Yuan Kejie exaggerated her expression, as if they were camping together outdoors, taking turns watching over each other, as if they had never been in the same room together.
Qian Zhen remained silent, sitting there motionless like a mountain.
Song Gui claimed he was injured, pitifully looking at Lu Chu. “Lu Xiaochu, come and comfort my broken heart.”
7 walked over, glanced at Song Gui, and took Lu Chu’s hand, silently buckling his seatbelt in the passenger seat of his car, then returned to the driver’s seat and started the car. “Let’s go.”
Song Gui rubbed his arms. “Forget it, can’t afford to provoke him.”
Actually, if Song Gui had just driven a red sports car, not to mention others, Yuan Kejie would be very excited to rush up and sit down, experiencing the baptism of a rich man. But what was terrifying was Song Gui himself dressed too flashy. If he changed his hairstyle, he could go directly to endorse haircuts. Yuan Kejie said that her face couldn’t bear it any longer.
So, in the end, Lu and Song Gui, and the two black cats, boarded Lu Song Gui’s car.
Several people arrived at Zhang Rui’s home together. On the way, Lu Chu received a call from Zhang Rui, who had already woken up.
So Song Gui went to pick her up again.
Zhang Rui’s face was still not very good, and after she arrived, the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly lowered. Fortunately, Lu Chu and the others were not ordinary people. Even facing an oppressive atmosphere like an avalanche, they could still remain calm. Therefore, even with Zhang Rui’s low-pressure presence, they could still maintain their own atmosphere.
During dinner, Lu Chu took the opportunity to pick up food for Zhang Rui. “Relax, everything will be fine.”
Zhang Rui nodded but still seemed absent-minded and unable to enjoy her meal.
The dinner passed in laughter and conversation among them. After dinner, they drove directly to Zhang Rui’s house.
The housing prices in their city were very high, and this neighborhood was in an excellent location, so the price would not be low. Yet Zhang Rui, after running away from home with Wang Deyuan, bought a 200-square-meter house here, indicating she had quite a bit of money in her bank account when she left home.
Opening the door, the traces of careful decoration in the house were visible, but now, those delicate picture frames, vases, and furniture were all scattered about haphazardly. The table was filled with instant noodle boxes and unwashed dishes, with a thick layer of dust on the tabletop.
There was hardly any place to step on the ground, with clothes and trash mixed together and piled up.
Inside the room, there was a smell of dust mixed with food.
Song Gui pinched his nose and said to Zhang Rui, “Do you live in a pigsty?”
Zhang Rui awkwardly picked up the clothes piled on the ground, grimaced but couldn’t smile, “Sorry, it’s a bit messy.”
Lu Chu glanced at the living room, “Tidy up a bit, or we won’t be able to work later.”
Yuan Kejie rolled up her sleeves, “Let’s do it.”
After more than half an hour, with the joint efforts of everyone, the room was completely renewed. The windows had been opened long before cleaning began, and by now, the smell inside the house had mostly dissipated.
Lu Chu held Baihua in his arms, stroking its fur, while Momo lay on Lu Chu’s back.
The moonlight tonight was good, suitable for the presence of spirits.
Lu Chu closed the window but opened the curtains to let the moonlight in from outside. Everything else from the living room had been moved to the bedroom and guest rooms, leaving only a set of sofas and a small round table.
Lu Chu and Zhang Rui sat facing each other around the small round table, with others standing or sitting, surrounding Lu Chu and Zhang Rui.
Lu Chu asked Zhang Rui, “What time of night are you usually most troubled by the infant spirits?”
Zhang Rui recalled and replied, “Late at night.”
Lu Chu nodded, “Okay, I see.”
Zhang Rui was a bit scared, “Do we need to wait until late at night?”
Lu Chu shook his head, “No need, we can start soon.”
Lu Chu walked around the house twice, then stood on the side near the balcony in the living room, looked up at the moonlight, a suitable place for gathering Yin spirits.
He stood under the moonlight for a while, then returned to his original position and said, “Let’s begin.”
Zhang Rui clenched her fists nervously.
Lu Chu looked into Zhang Rui’s eyes and said softly, “Now, look at me and feel ‘them’ as you would during the day.”
Although afraid, Zhang Rui still did as instructed.
This time, the process of connection went smoothly. Almost immediately, Lu Chu sensed the presence of the four children. Like during the day, the child at the front had clear eyes, while the three identical ones behind had ghostly appearances, eyes round without sclera, all grinning at Lu Chu.
Baihua and Momo jumped onto the tabletop. Momo licked its paws and let out a mournful cry, causing the little ghosts to sense a threat and try to escape.
Lu Chu glanced at Baihua, and taking advantage of this moment along with Momo’s cry, Baihua also meowed softly.
The infant spirits began to struggle. Zhang Rui lay down on the bed, holding her abdomen, while Lu Chu lowered his voice, “Come out.”
The little ghosts trembled. The first child was about to step out of the illusion but was stopped by the other three.
Lu Chu lowered his voice again. His voice had always been warm and gentle. Even when lowered, it still carried an inexplicable tenderness. He said, “Come out. I won’t harm you.”
Infant spirits, being children who had not yet formed their own moral judgments, could still perceive the intentions of good and evil in others, and indeed did not feel threatened by Lu Chu.
With the empathetic connection and the presence of the two black cats, the four little ghosts finally floated out of Zhang Rui’s abdomen and sat in a circle on the small round table.
At the same time, a chilling atmosphere filled the room.
After the infant spirits settled on the table, Lu Chu looked at the others. “Did you see them?”
Song Gui and the others shook their heads.
Lu Chu looked at 7.
7 nodded, “I can see a vague black shadow.”
Lu Chu said, “I can see them very clearly, vividly.”
“It seems that only the two of you have some differences, and the degree of spiritual connection is also different, probably because Lu Xiaochu is involved.” Song Gui said.
Lu Chu nodded, “Yes, it should be because of this, but we don’t need to deliberately pay attention to it, nor will it have much impact on daily life.”
After that, he looked at the two black cats. “Is there a way to let everyone see the infant spirits?”
Quiet and Baihua, upon hearing this, crouched down and began to meow softly.
Their voices were not loud but unusually peculiar, seeming to have a regularity that was even more than ordinary cat cries.
After a moment, the appearance of the infant spirits gradually appeared before everyone.
Yuan Kejie exclaimed, “Wow! Sitting in a row eating fruit?”
As for Zhang Rui, she had just felt that her uncomfortable abdomen had been relieved. She closed her eyes and rested for a while. When she opened her eyes, the two cats had just finished meowing. So when she opened her eyes, she saw four infant spirits sitting in a circle on the small round table, all turning their heads and staring at her with round eyes. The infant spirit closest to her, because of its back to her, even turned its neck 180 degrees, with its mouth almost reaching its ears, staring at her ominously.
“Ah——”
Zhang Rui screamed, almost fainting. Song Gui walked up, held her head steady to prevent her from fainting or moving around, and said in her ear, “What’s there to be afraid of? These are your children. It’s because you didn’t want them that they turned out like this.”
Perhaps the word “children” touched Zhang Rui’s heartstrings. After a brief daze, she suddenly covered her face with both hands and cried loudly, repeatedly saying, “I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I was wrong… Mom was wrong…”
The four children saw her suddenly crying and tilted their heads, looking at her puzzledly. The infant spirit closest to her, because of its back to her, even turned its neck 180 degrees, with its mouth almost reaching its ears, staring at her ominously.
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I was wrong… Mom was wrong…”
The four children saw her suddenly crying and tilted their heads, looking at her puzzledly. The infant spirit closest to her, because of its back to her, even turned its neck 180 degrees, with its mouth almost reaching its ears, staring at her ominously.
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I was wrong… Mom was wrong…”
7 smoothed out Lu Chu’s frown, “I restrained them.”
Lu Chu nodded, “Mm, good.”
Baihua and Momo had somehow jumped onto Wang Deyuan’s shoulders. They cautiously scratched his face with their claws, frightening Wang Deyuan into complete immobility.
At this moment, Wang Deyuan still couldn’t see the four infant spirits sitting in a circle on the table. He only felt that after sitting down, the eerie feeling in his bones intensified, making his head feel heavy and his hands and feet ice-cold.
Zhang Rui was already emotionally unstable. Upon seeing Wang Deyuan, an overwhelming sense of resentment surged within her. She pounced on Wang Deyuan, grabbing his neck and shouting repeatedly, “Give me back my children, give them back to me!”
The four infant spirits seemed to find it amusing. Seeing no objection from 7, Lu Chu, and the others, they screeched sharply and giggled as they grabbed Wang Deyuan’s neck.
Instantly, Wang Deyuan felt as if he were drowning in icy water. His breathing became difficult, his face turned red, and his ears rang incessantly with what sounded like children’s laughter.
After a moment, Lu Chu spoke up, “That’s enough. He shouldn’t suffer any harm right now.”
Zhang Rui had now become extremely trusting of Lu Chu and the others. Upon hearing this, despite still harboring much bitterness, grievance, and indignation, she obediently let go and returned to her seat.
Song Gui also sat down and looked at Wang Deyuan. “Wang Deyuan? You haven’t given me a straight answer yet.”
“Uh… cough… cough…” Wang Deyuan weakly responded, still not fully recovered from the suffocating sensation earlier.
Song Gui chuckled, “Perfect timing. Meet your children.”
Wang Deyuan was bewildered, “Chil… children? What children?”
Song Gui and Lu Chu exchanged glances and nodded.
Lu Chu held Radish and patted Momo’s head. Momo then ran up to Wang Deyuan, its eyes strangely contracted as it meowed.
After a dizzy spell, when Wang Deyuan refocused on the room, everything had changed.
The once spacious room now exuded a dense black aura. Four pale-skinned, strangely-eyed infants sat on the round table in front of him, crouching and staring at him.
Wang Deyuan’s face showed horror. Due to the recent suffocating experience and his current panic, his screams were stuck in his throat, unable to be voiced. He could only groan as he fell off the sofa and was pulled up by Qian Zhen, who grabbed him by the neck.
Wang Deyuan wanted to ask who these people were and how they could perform such eerie tricks, but before he could speak, Song Gui said, “These are your children.”
Wang Deyuan opened his mouth, “Are you… are you kidding me…”
Zhang Rui laughed maliciously, “They really are your children. We aborted four of them. They suffered and were unwilling to accept it, so they turned into ghosts to find us. I’m not living well, and you won’t be any better than me…”
Upon hearing this, Wang Deyuan was shocked and even more terrified. He tried to turn his head and escape, but he was blocked by several people and had nowhere to run.
Song Gui smiled, turned to Lu Chu, and asked, “Can we let these children go into his stomach? Some people need to personally experience the pain of childbirth and miscarriage to understand the respect for life.”
Lu Chu looked at the infant spirits. “I’ve always wondered why infant spirits, whether the person seeking the abortion is the father or mother, even in cases of accidental miscarriage, always attach themselves to the mother’s body. If this is passive, what if we actively let them go into the father’s body?”
After speaking, Lu Chu looked at the infant spirits. “But it depends on whether they are willing.”
Yuan Kejie interjected, “I think they’re very willing.”
The spirits that tormented the objects of their resentment were also a way to dissipate grievances.
The three smaller infant spirits were indeed eager, their eyes bright and their mouths upturned in excitement. The one with clear eyes innocently looked at Wang Deyuan, tilting its head, lost in thought.
Guided by the black cats, the infant spirits entered Wang Deyuan’s abdomen.
Wang Deyuan struggled, but in the end, he could only watch in horror as they entered his body. The moment the infant spirits entered his abdomen, his stomach swelled like a balloon, as if he were pregnant for ten months. The pain of tearing his body apart came over him. Wang Deyuan’s face wrinkled in pain, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and he writhed, unable to turn over because even a slight touch to his stomach caused unbearable pain.
The infant spirits seemed to find it amusing. During the process, Wang Deyuan also experienced the pain of being miscarried. After just a few minutes, Wang Deyuan felt like he had died once.
Ten minutes later, Lu Chu said, “Come out.”
With 7’s assistance, the infant spirits obediently left Wang Deyuan’s body. When they left, the pain of childbirth and miscarriage swept over Wang Deyuan’s mind like a nightmare.
Afterwards, Wang Deyuan collapsed on the ground.
The four infant spirits squatted in a row on the small table again.
Lu Chu took out a copper coin he had found in an antique market, and had each of them pass through the coin in turn to leave their aura. Quiet carried the copper coin and handed it to Zhang Rui.
Lu Chu said, “Wang Deyuan will now be confused. When he wakes up, he will think today was a dream. But every late night, the pain of pregnancy, childbirth, and miscarriage will haunt him relentlessly.”
“As for you,” Lu Chu looked at Zhang Rui, “set up a shrine for them, offer incense morning and evening, and pray devoutly. After forty-eight to ninety-one days, they will dissipate their grievances and reincarnate.”
“But…” Zhang Rui hesitated, “will they come back to me?”
Lu Chu glanced at her and said, “Not necessarily.”
Or rather, definitely not.
Infant spirits would remember the excruciating pain of being minced in their mother’s womb. The purest and most unsullied would also be the most adept at seeking advantage and avoiding harm.
They would never forget the fragmented pain when they were in Zhang Rui’s abdomen, nor did they feel a bit of affection here, so what else could they come back to.
After that, Wang Deyuan and Zhang Rui divorced.
Song Gui used Wang Deyuan’s transfer of property to have him completely ruined. In the end, he lived in an old house, impoverished, experiencing the pain of childbirth and miscarriage every night, gradually losing weight.
Zhang Rui devoutly performed rites for her four children.
7 lightly rubbed his head, “Mm.”
Under the influence of alcohol, Lu Chu’s cheeks and ears were slightly flushed. In a dazed state, he suddenly felt deeply moved: “But someone as fortunate as me will never appear again.”
Among the countless scenarios, perhaps there are still individuals like Lu Chu, who have departed from their original trajectories and even vaguely recognize their own identities. However, there will never be another 7, crossing through a wilderness filled with slaughter and wreckage, abandoning everything to clear the thorns and thistles, fighting bloodily.
Then, crossing mountains and rivers, carrying all-over scars and warm fresh blood, warmth filled the eyes of the wolf as he embraced him.
“I love you.”
Lu Chu nuzzled against 7’s chest, “I love you too.”
Author’s note: With this extra chapter, the story is complete!
Celebration!
In the future stories, Lu Chu and 7 will grow old together. As for the others, perhaps Yuan Kejie will meet a perfect boyfriend, Song Gui will be pressured to marry and have his mind explode, Qian Zhen will open a chain of martial arts schools, and Luo Qi ultimately won’t go to Shaolin. There may be many other possibilities, but it will certainly be a good life for them.
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