novelraw Chapter 451 tells the story of one's background.
Chapter 451 tells the story of one's background.
Chapter 451 tells the story of one's background.
In order to find the person who gave her the cabbage, she deliberately went out for a long time and then let the mirror image hide in a dark corner of the house.
But it was as if the man knew their plan in advance; he didn't come to deliver the cabbage even after several days of waiting.
To their surprise, the cabbage reappeared on the table as soon as they relaxed.
"What's going on? Does he know we're waiting for him?"
"I do not know."
Both of them were puzzled and stood around the cabbage.
If he didn't discover it, then it just so happens that he was busy and couldn't come during the few days I was staking out him.
What do you mean when they bring over cabbage shortly after they leave?
Was it just a coincidence that he was free?
"That's strange."
A sharp glint flashed in Mirror Shadow's eyes: "Only those two innkeepers know the inn we left together; it must be one of them."
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Miss Aruo? Are you inside? Let's chat?"
It's Black-faced Ah Ci who's here.
He hurriedly took out the umbrella charm and put the instant noodle box and water bucket that were placed against the wall into it.
"Master! Cabbage! The one who gave you the cabbage might also be Ah Tao!"
"Oh!"
In her haste, Bai Lingshan managed to put the half-cabbage inside as well.
"Please come in."
With a "Please come in," the dark-faced Ah Ci pushed open the door and entered. The dark blue oil-paper umbrella in Bai Lingshan's hand became the focus of everyone's attention.
Dark-faced Aci paused for a moment, her gaze lingering on the umbrella, before saying, "Miss Aruo really likes this umbrella. Every time I come, I see you carrying it."
"Um..." Bai Lingshan nodded shyly, her hand resting on the umbrella somewhat awkwardly.
"sit."
As she spoke, she placed the umbrella on the table, and then the two sat down facing each other.
Because this is an inn in the ghost realm, the food of the travelers from other races is very different from that of the owner. Therefore, they cannot drink tea and wine together when they are chatting. There is only her umbrella on her table.
Black-faced Aci skillfully propped her elbows on the table, looking at the half-face mask she wore that emitted a green glow: "You say you're human, don't humans need to eat?"
During the months she stayed there, she never ordered a single dish or drink at the inn. Looking at the empty and desolate room, it didn't seem like she had brought enough food.
Bai Lingshan felt awkward for a moment, and her gaze unconsciously shifted to the umbrella on the table.
Actually, just like he said, she could have stopped hiding those things after revealing her identity, but it was a habit she developed after hiding them many times, and it was also what she just realized made sense.
Bai Lingshan pointed gently at the umbrella and said awkwardly, "Actually, I put the food I brought in this umbrella."
Dark-faced A-Ci's eyes widened, her little hand wanting to touch it but afraid of being impolite, "So this umbrella is your storage umbrella."
"Ah."
"No wonder."
“By the way,” Dark-faced A-Ci suddenly said, he had come to see her this time with a major discovery, “Are you sure someone sent you cabbage?”
Bai Lingshan was taken aback when she heard this. The half-cabbage that had just been delivered was in this umbrella. Should she take it out and let him see it?
"Ah."
After thinking for a long time, she only replied with an "Mm".
"But I counted the cabbages I planted and there are no missing ones, so they must not be from our area."
“?” Dark-faced A-Ci touched her chin, looking very serious as she pondered.
"Besides me and A-Tao, the only other people in our inn are you and that guy in the regular room. By the way, is that guy someone you know? Did he send him here?"
She had never seen anyone else in the shop, only that the bell in front of the door would occasionally ring out. "I've never seen him before. What does he look like?"
A troubled expression appeared on A-Ci's dark face. "I'm not good at describing it, but I always look like I can't be seen in public, and I have no face."
"?" Based on such a description, she really had a hard time imagining what this person looked like.
Black-faced Aci suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Do you remember the group of deliverymen that Hei Xue saw? Just like them, they wrapped themselves up tightly."
Following those words, she seemed to be able to picture the person's appearance, "Wearing a cloak?"
Dark-faced A-Ci immediately nodded: "Yes!"
But what does it mean to have no face?
"That person didn't wear a mask, so you couldn't see their face. They were dressed in a black cloak and looked mysterious, like a dark shadow."
"..."
She got it.
At this moment, the dark-faced Ah Ci said again, "It's a man, with long hair, and he's not short, he seems to be taller than you."
"..." Bai Lingshan's mental image suddenly froze. "Long hair? What color?"
"what colour?"
Asking about hair color might have been something she said offhand, but in her memory, there were only a few men she knew who had long hair.
“It’s the same color as my face.” Dark-faced A-Ci replied with a hint of pride, “But she’s not that young, she has a lot of noticeable white hair.”
"..."
Okay, now she's sure it's someone she doesn't know. "Then I don't know them."
Yu Hongye's hair is dark red, while Su Xifa's hair is completely white.
The only person with long black hair and white hair is the spirit of the Willow Leaf Ghost Blade, but it's definitely not him.
Bai Lingshan was puzzled.
Why would a complete stranger send her cabbages for months on end?
"Are you sure you counted correctly?" She felt it was more likely that the numbers were on their end.
Dark-faced A-Ci said very seriously: "Absolutely!"
Ok……
Ok.
However, in the past few days I've been so focused on catching that person that I haven't properly apologized to him. "I'm sorry about that day, I made you two argue again."
Black-faced A-Ci sighed and raised her hand to her chin. "It's nothing. You didn't do it on purpose. Besides, we're used to arguing."
Bai Lingshan sighed, unable to express her grievances: "I really kept receiving cabbages, and I always thought they were from you."
"Haha." Dark-faced Aci suddenly laughed, "I was also in a hurry that day. I thought Atao had changed his mind. It turned out to be a misunderstanding."
After saying that, he changed from resting his chin on one hand to resting his chin on both hands.
At that moment, his eyes were fixed on a wall, a fleeting look of sorrow in them:
"To be honest, Tao doesn't like cabbage because of our past background."
"Origin?"
Black-faced Aci nodded vigorously, “We should have been human too, but we look different from you. You’ve seen how we usually combine. Father said we were freaks and evil spirits, and that keeping us would only bring bad luck to the family and the village. So that night, we froze to death in the open space behind the house.”
"..." Bai Lingshan was momentarily stunned by what she heard and didn't understand what was going on.
Aren't they living in a society governed by the rule of law? How could they just... kill people so arbitrarily?
Black-faced Aci continued, "Back then, I don't know why, but after we died, we couldn't enter the realm of the living or the dead. We could only cry every night at the place where we were buried. Winter passed and spring came, cicadas chirped and birds sang. Later, as they forgot about us, people planted vegetables on the land where we were buried."