LWSL Chapter 11

This… this box was…

Wu Ruo was almost unable to hold back the excitement in his heart, wanting to scream loudly with joy.

He remembered that when his mum had given him his longevity plaque, it had been stored in this exact box.

Hei Xuanyi saw that his reaction was strange, and reached out with his finger to touch the surface of the box, but couldn’t sense any irregularities.

Wu Ruo came back to his senses, cleared his throat and said: “This is my first time receiving a gift from my maternal grandfather.”

If the longevity plaque was really stored inside, it wasn’t that he couldn’t show it to Hei Xuanyi. After all, in the future, there would be many things that he would need help with. If it wasn’t something that really needed to be kept a secret, it was still better to be more truthful in front of Hei Xuanyi. He believed that this way, he could get more help from Hei Xuanyi.

Hei Xuanyi used his fingertip to hook onto the surface of the box, lifting it slightly, which revealed a small crack, and confirmed that there was nothing dangerous in the box before saying: “Open it.”

“Okay.” Wu Ruo couldn’t wait to open the box.

As expected, inside was a white jade longevity plaque about one chi long and three cun wide¹1 chi is equal to 0.333 meters or 1.094 feet, 1 cun is equal to 0.1 chi, 3.333 centimeters or 1.312 inches. The plaque is about 33 by 10cm, or 13 by 4 inches..

He was really beloved by the heavens to be presented with the longevity plaque right before him just when he was anxiously thinking about how to find it.

Hei Xuanyi was not interested in the longevity plaque, but seeing that Wu Ruo’s face was full of joy, his heart skipped a bit. The chubby face that was rounded, and fair and clear, the eyes that turned into curved lines when he smiled; these features were straightforward and good-natured, invoking a certain sense of joy. They made him want to reach forward and pinch his cheeks.

Wu Ruo excitedly traced the name on the jade plaque.

In his previous life, he’d wasted seven or eight years in vain. In this lifetime, no matter what, he wouldn’t make the same mistakes again.

But, how come the longevity plaque was with his maternal grandfather? Could it be that his maternal grandfather was the one who sealed away his spiritual energy? But why would his maternal grandfather do something like that?

Wu Ruo couldn’t think of an answer, and could only look for an opportunity to discreetly ask his mother.

He covered the box and said to Hei Xuanyi: “I’ll go back to my rooms to rest first.”

Hei Xuanyi nodded his head just barely.

With the corpse servants’ support, Wu Ruo rushed towards his quarters impatiently. He couldn’t wait to immediately break apart the longevity plaque so that he could gain his spiritual energy.

Nothing could be done about the fact that the low-grade corpse servants were slow. He was so impatient that he couldn’t help but rush them: “Can’t all of you move faster?”

The corpse servants increased their speed by a little.

Unexpectedly, he was too impatient, as he was crossing through a small door in the hallways towards his quarters, he didn’t pay attention that the doorjamb was smaller than his backside. At once, Wu Ruo was stuck in the doorjamb.

Low-grade corpse servants had no critical thinking skills and only knew how to forcefully drag Wu Ruo towards his quarters.

Wu Ruo was pained: “Stop pulling! I’m stuck, stuck, do you understand?”

He was really too overjoyed and completely forgot that in his previous life when he’d just married into Hei Manor, he’d often get stuck in the doors of the manor because of his butt. But he couldn’t be blamed, in his previous life, he’d slimmed down for so many years. Now that he was newly reincarnated, there were definitely many things that he couldn’t get used to.

The corpse servants obediently stopped.

Wu Ruo furrowed his brows: “Go and call Hei Xin, Hei Gan, or Hei Xuanyi to come over.”

The corpse servants nodded, turning towards the main hall.

Wu Ruo watched the corpse servants who were no faster than tortoises and rolled his eyes.

At this moment, Hei Xuanyi who was also returning to his room to rest entered the residential quarters.

Hei Gan, who was following behind, spotted the corpse servants meant to accompany Wu Ruo back to his room turning back again, asked: “Why did you come back?”

Wu Ruo heard Hei Gan’s voice, hurried to call out: “Hei Gan! Come quick and give me a hand, I’m stuck in the doorjamb.”

Hei Gan turned in the direction of his voice, the corners of his eyes wrinkled up at the sight of Wu Ruo wedged in the middle of the hallway’s small door like a piece of meat in a fried meat bing²饼 (bing): a kind of Chinese pastry, in this case, it looks like this..

Hei Xuanyi: “…”

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  1 chi is equal to 0.333 meters or 1.094 feet, 1 cun is equal to 0.1 chi, 3.333 centimeters or 1.312 inches. The plaque is about 33 by 10cm, or 13 by 4 inches.
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  饼 (bing): a kind of Chinese pastry, in this case, it looks like this.