I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 561: Will You Marry Me_1

Chapter 561: Chapter 561: Will You Marry Me_1

This is a story of a thirty-year-old female ghost who fell in love with a man in his forties—a tale marked by an age difference of over a decade and the separation of the living and the dead.

Hong Xiu was the name Xu Sha had chosen for herself. She felt that the name "Xu Sha" was too ordinary; "Hong Xiu" suited her ghostly temperament—though, her appearance remained as plain as before.

Originally, Xishan had taken Hong Xiu to bid her parents a final farewell, intending afterward to take her to see the Ghost, to be reborn.

However, Hong Xiu stubbornly refused; she didn’t want to drink the Grandma Meng Soup, hoping to keep her memories intact and to fully enjoy herself before deciding when to seek reincarnation.

The attitudes of these two were always in a rather peculiar state. Xishan’s stance wasn’t clear at first, until New Year’s Eve, when the man and the ghost shared a reunion dinner. That day, Xishan got drunk and revealed many stories from his past to Hong Xiu. It was through these painful recollections that the emotionally overwhelmed Hong Xiu took the initiative to embrace Xishan, and they, a human and a ghost, transcended physical form and mingled souls...

That night, the souls of Xishan and Hong Xiu intertwined passionately, each yielding their first time to the other...

As a result, Xishan, already of frail constitution, suffered a yin-yang imbalance and fell grievously ill, dragging on for a while before finally being admitted to the hospital.

In the industry, Xishan was an esteemed figure everyone looked up to, but in his private world, this man old enough to be a father, even a grandfather, was as meek as a kitten or puppy, requiring care and affection.

However, Xishan, who always acted without seeking fame or fortune and maintained a low profile, hadn’t yet experienced a serious romance. Hong Xiu was his first love, and because of this, he was even more awkward and bashful.

Hong Xiu’s entrance made Xishan’s head hang even lower.

In fact, Hong Xiu had been taking care of him all this time, but since that night, they hadn’t mentioned it, keeping silent and becoming even more estranged than strangers.

"Lao Du, not to criticize you, but can’t you be more forthright? You are nearly in the coffin, and you can’t even utter a word or two? Do you want to live with regrets forever?"

Xishan sighed deeply, "Even if I said something, what difference would it make?"

"If you don’t say anything, this regret will follow you into the next life, and the life after that!"

"I..." Xishan suddenly looked up, but upon seeing Hong Xiu, he looked down again.

Hong Xiu, a girl of strong character, knew she had to seize this opportunity before it was too late and she’d be filled with everlasting regret.

She abruptly leaned forward in front of Xishan, gazing up at him with determination, and spoke word by word, "Du Xishan, you jerk, I gave you my first time, and you can’t even muster a fart!"

"Hong Xiu, I..."

"’I, I, I, I, I!’ What about you!? You say it! Do you love me or not?" Hong Xiu glared fiercely with her ghostly eyes, her expression turning somewhat ghastly, "Say it! Do you love me?"

"I... love."

"Do you want to marry me?"

"I want to marry you, but, but I..."

At that moment, the door to the hospital room opened, and a middle-aged male doctor accompanied by a nurse walked in, smiling at Xishan, "Professor Du, how are you feeling now?"

Of course, the doctor and nurse could not see Hong Xiu. Xishan glanced at the doctor and sighed, "How else can I feel, I’m almost dead."

"Hm?" The doctor paused, "What are you talking about? Your jaundice hepatitis has healed, and this afternoon we’re planning to transfer you to the branch hospital. The environment and food are better there, suitable for you to recover."

"I... I’m not sick, oh no! I don’t have liver cancer!?" Xishan nearly jumped out of bed.

The doctor looked at Xishan, puzzled, "Who told you that you had liver cancer?"

"Then..."

Xishan abruptly turned to look at you, hesitant to speak, wanting to curse but refraining.

No need to think; this must have been something you and Hong Xiu cooked up together.

After giving a few more instructions, the doctor and the nurse turned and left.

Once they were gone, you said to Hong Xiu with a chuckle, "I’m telling you, Hong Xiu, it looks like I’ll have to start calling you ’master’ in the future."

"Hehe, I like that title, say it again."

"Master."

"Ahhh—" Hong Xiu’s voice dragged on the last syllable for quite a while.

Du Xishan rolled his eyes and simply lay down on the bed, covering his head with the blanket.

"But seriously, you two can’t go on like this. Let’s not even mention that Lao Du is physically weak and can’t withstand the Yin energy from your body; even if he were strong, it would cause problems after a while."

Hong Xiu nodded and looked at you, "You must have a way, right?"

When Hong Xiu asked this, you caught Du Xishan’s ears peeking out from the blanket, the sneak was eavesdropping.

"Previously, a member of our supernatural detective society was in a similar situation to yours, and their Ghost Power was much stronger than yours."

"How did you solve it? How are they doing now?" As soon as she heard there was a similar case, Hong Xiu’s tone of voice became hurried.

"Their situation was a bit different from yours. My partner had a crush who also attended Jiang University, and her soul was extracted from her body. After a series of twists and turns, I took a risk and fused their souls together and sealed them into a body."

"It worked, right?"

You nodded, "It did work, but the success rate was indeed very low, very risky; it was a desperate move."

"As long as there’s a chance of success, that’s good enough!" Hong Xiu seemed very excited, and quickly said, "Tell me, how exactly can I become human?"

Turning to look at Du Xishan, whose head was now half exposed, "Lao Du, as a man, if you keep hiding, I, your student, will lose respect for you."

Du Xishan scratched his head before sitting up and asking you, "My stance is the same as Hong Xiu’s, whatever it takes to revive her, I agree to any conditions."

You rolled your eyes in exasperation, "I’m your student; what can I force you to do?"

You paused for a moment, then added, "As I just mentioned, this is quite risky. Although my strength has increased since then, my confidence is still not that high. If it doesn’t succeed, Hong Xiu’s soul will disappear forever, gone without a trace."

"There must be some way, right?"

"There is a way, it’s just that the conditions are a bit harsh."

"What conditions?" Hearing there was a way to revive Hong Xiu, Du Xishan’s attitude changed immediately.

You held up three fingers to Du Xishan: "First, we must find a girl whose horoscope matches Hong Xiu’s; second, she cannot have been dead for more than seven days; third, we need to find a place where Yin and Yang intersect. Only then will I have an eighty percent chance of reviving Hong Xiu."

"That complicated, huh? I thought you could just wave your hands a few times and bring me back to life," Hong Xiu said, her enthusiasm dampened by the stringent conditions.

However, Du Xishan then slapped your shoulder in a very manly manner, his pupils shining with a hint of sharpness, "No matter how difficult, we must revive Hong Xiu!"

To be honest, at that moment, Du Xishan was quite manly, of course, not counting the sentence he added afterward—"Otherwise, I’ll dock your grades, and you won’t pass your graduation thesis!"

And your response was a slowly raised middle finger...

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