I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 28 Farewell, Never Farewell_1

Chapter 28: Chapter 28 Farewell, Never Farewell_1

"At that time, I was completely stunned, my forehead was bleeding from the impact, and all I remember is being helped up from the coffin by the villagers."

Hearing this, Wu Qiyao, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up, "Zhaor, is that the person in the coffin?"

"Yes," you nodded.

"Ah!" Lin Panxia exclaimed in surprise.

"As soon as I left the coffin, Zhaor woke up. But after she woke up, she seemed to have lost all her memories, only being especially close to me. The village elders said it was because Zhaor drank my blood."

Lin Panxia quickly asked, "So is Sister Zhaor human, or..."

"Of course, she’s human, just an abandoned baby with no parents since birth, adopted by the village chief. He found her by the mountain path, already breathless and cold to the touch. Somehow, on the way back, she came to. Zhaor has always been well-behaved, never crying or fussing, even though her mind has always been a bit detached. Everyone liked her and called her the mountain god’s daughter," you said with a smile, "Of course, I don’t care about that. To me, she’s now my closest kin, nothing more."

"Why did Sister Zhaor get into the coffin?" Lin Panxia asked again.

"Zhaor has always been frail since she was young, and with the remote mountain village lacking medical facilities, she has been in and out of sleep over the past decade, sometimes for a day, sometimes for over a month. That’s why she never went to school or was registered. That time, she slept for over three months, and everyone thought the mountain god had taken her back, so they prepared to bury her."

"So, it’s like you saved her?"

"It was fate, wasn’t it?" you said, looking at Lin Panxia with a smile that would warm any girl’s heart, "Some say that fate is me not arriving a step earlier, and her not being a bit later. We met at that exact moment, in that place, and she lived because of me, and I gained the most sincere affection because of her."

Watching Lin Panxia with teary eyes and Wu Qiyao looking at Zhaor with a meaningful gaze, you knew that in the matter of your past with Zhaor, you had given a satisfactory answer.

Clever as you are!

Just then, Xian Qianling happened to come back, and you noticed that this crazy woman didn’t seem too spirited, as if she had suffered some setback.

"Sister Qianling, what’s wrong, who bullied you?"

Lin Panxia had grown up with Xian Qianling and was very sensitive to her emotional changes.

Xian Qianling gave a bitter smile, "It’s nothing, just feeling a bit uncomfortable."

You stood up holding Zhaor and walked towards her room.

"Li Muyun, starting from tomorrow, you don’t have to live here anymore."

"Oh, really?"

Seeing your ecstatic expression, Lin Panxia walked up to you and stomped on your foot, pouting, "What, you don’t like being around me that much?"

"No, how could I dare, Xiaxia sister is so delicate and lovely, like ice and snow."

"Hmph," Lin Panxia glared at you fiercely.

"Ling sister, did you encounter something unpleasant at work?"

Wu Qiyao asked.

You carried Zhaor into the room and after closing the door, you said to Xian Qianling, "It must be a disagreement over handling Liang Ying’s issue, right? Or perhaps, Liang Ying has already been bailed out?"

"Liang Ying? Isn’t she the actress who’s always hyping herself with plastic surgery?" Wu Qiyao directly referred to Liang Ying as an actress, a term you also found quite fitting.

Xian Qianling looked at you and sighed, "It seems you’ve already guessed."

"Of course, that woman has connections with too many people, and the men who have shared a bed with her are all no good. Plus, Liang Ying must have something on them, so of course, they would protect her immediately," you said with a smile, "But you don’t have to be so down. I reckon the people behind Liang Ying will definitely get her out of the country, to cause trouble elsewhere. After all, she now has a criminal record and has become a thorn in your side."

You paused, then continued, "If you ask me, the truly formidable one is the person pulling her strings behind the scenes. That woman is just a puppet in his hands."

Xian Qianling looked at you and suddenly said, "Li Muyun, why don’t you go to the police academy? I’ll recommend you, and after you graduate, you can serve the people."

"Don’t, please don’t!" you quickly refused, "Are you kidding me? I want to live a few more years. Such noble deeds are better left to you."

After a moment of silence, Wu Qiyao asked Xian Qianling, "Ling sister, are you going to be transferred again?"

Xian Qianling sighed softly, "No, it’s just that I’ve been a bit troubled lately, and I keep encountering strange cases that I can’t be of much help with. Plus, my grandmother called and asked me to return to my old home in Gusu for a while."

"Ah, you’re leaving again? We three have only been together for a short while. Once you leave, Sister Xiaoyao will probably go back too, then what will I do?"

Lin Panxia was the first to object, shaking Xian Qianling’s hand back and forth, her chest heaving with the motion.

Xian Qianling was also somewhat helpless, "I can’t help it, my grandmother is urging me to come back, saying there’s a new situation at home and I have to stay there for a while."

"I don’t want to, I don’t want to, if Sister Qianling leaves, who will play with me?"

Lin Panxia clung to Xian Qianling, who responded with a big sister’s smile and immediately pointed the finger at you, "Isn’t school starting? Your literature and cultural heritage departments aren’t far apart, so you can hang out with him when you’re free."

"Me? No, no."

You quickly refused, jokingly. Lin Panxia might look silly and cute on the outside, but she’s crazier than anyone on the inside. If she really got her hooks into you, you’d be skinned alive.

Xian Qianling suddenly asked, "What about Zhaor?"

"She’s asleep, in her room," Wu Qiyao answered.

Her mention made you suddenly feel that something was off. Just as you were about to make a getaway, you heard Xian Qianling say, "I’ve changed my mind. Li Muyun, from now on, you and Zhaor will live here."

"I..."

"Don’t worry about the rent, it’s on the house, including utilities."

"It’s not that, you..."

"Oh, you must be worried about commuting. I’m not planning to drive there anyway, so you can have the Warrior. But if there’s any damage, you’ll have to pay for it yourself."

Saying this, Xian Qianling took out a set of keys from her pocket and threw them into your hands.

After you caught the keys, she added, "As compensation, from now on, you’ll be the protector of Xiaxia and Xiaoyao."