Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 382 A Good Man

Chapter 382: Chapter 382 A Good Man

"This time it’s fine, just be more careful next time..."

"Yes, yes, sorry, officers..."

"If you’re not feeling well, don’t go riding. Look how tired you are. Luckily, the young boy was nice and didn’t make a big deal out of it."

The cops who responded were a pair, one old and one young.

Ke Peng’s excuse was that because the weather was too hot, he suffered a heatstroke and hallucinated, which led to the false alarm.

After apologizing and reflecting, the two officers didn’t really know what to do with him.

And since he was drenched as though he had been washed with water, it made his story more believable.

Then they took his and Shen Siyuan’s ID cards to register them, found no criminal records, and the matter was considered resolved.

Watching the police car drive away, Ke Peng let out a long sigh of relief. His previously tense emotions relaxed, and he felt a wave of soreness and weakness throughout his body, then plopped down onto the ground.

Just then, a floral dress appeared beside him.

Ke Peng looked up to see Gu Jingyi looking down at him with a gleaming smile. She reached to brush aside her hanging locks, just as radiant as he remembered.

He looked away only to see there was no shadow on the ground.

So, it wasn’t a dream; everything was real...

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Shen Siyuan didn’t wait on the side, instead, he continued on the road.

"Are we not waiting for sister?" Duoduo looked back at the two people behind her.

"Let’s not disturb them," said Shen Siyuan.

"That uncle is so weird, crying loudly, not manly at all," Dou Dou said.

"Idiot, it’s because he’s so sad. Has your dad never cried?" Xiao Yue knocked on her little head.

Hugging her head, Dou Dou giggled foolishly, "He cried really sadly, with snot and tears all over. When he cried, I cried too, wailing, it was so miserable..."

Duoduo: →_→

"Hehe, I met Potato, and Potato is a really nice person, I love you..."

"Really, thank you for the compliment."

"No problem, you deserve it."

And Xiao Yue and Duoduo both burst into laughter.

Xiao Yue barely spoke, and Duoduo was a quiet little girl, thank goodness for Dou Dou the little chatterbox keeping the journey from being too lonely.

She would chatter with one person for a while, then engage in conversation with another.

Either Duoduo would anger Duoduo into chasing after her to give her a beating, or Xiao Yue would threaten to spank her, and then she’d hide by Shen Siyuan, asking for help and mercy...

Their journey was filled with laughter and joyful voices, never lonely.

Although this little one was a bit mischievous, she was definitely a little bundle of joy, and Shen Siyuan suddenly found it hard to think of giving her back to her parents.

Without her, the joy would be much less.

Actually, if Shen Siyuan really wanted to keep Dou Dou around, Tao Guangsha and his wife would probably have no objections.

Hadn’t they noticed their behavior, Shen Siyuan wondered?

They were a healthy couple without any issues, and after several months, surely if they just put in some effort, how could there be no sign of any outcome?

"I am a little duck, swimming in the pond, wearing my little red hat, quack quack calling, quack quack calling, by the pond is the lush green grass, so green and lovely to see, little ducks love eating bugs, quack quack calling..."

The little one sang away heartily, her childish voice sounding rather pleasant.

Duoduo first listened with a tilted ear, and then began to hum along.

Duoduo had never learned such a song; when she was little, she sang songs like "Let’s row the oars," "Little Swallow," or "Snail and Yellow Bird."

Additionally, she knew how to sing a nursery rhyme called "Moonlight."

"Mr. Yue, round in front of the embroidery. Riding a white horse, crossing the deep pond, the pond is deep, water reaching up beyond my feet..."

The tune was very pleasant and interesting. Dou Dou wanted to learn it, but she just couldn’t master it, because it belonged to a Hakka folksong, sung in the Hakka dialect.

Of course, the "Moonlight" mentioned here is different from the "Moonlight" from the Vampire Taoist movie.

"Moonlight," also known as "Tianya Guke," is actually a cover of a Japanese song and is a completely different thing from this nursery rhyme.

Duoduo said that her brother taught it to her, naturally referring to Lin Libo, though he himself has probably forgotten it. Speaking of Lin Libo, Shen Siyuan remembered that Ruan Hongzhuang mentioned Lin Libo had something to discuss with him. He didn’t know what it was, but he figured it wasn’t important, so Shen Siyuan didn’t plan to take the initiative to contact him.

Just then, the ghost of Gu Jingyi flew over on the Yin Wind and landed in front of Shen Siyuan.

"Master, thank you," Gu Jingyi expressed her sincere gratitude to Shen Siyuan.

"Have you finished talking with him?" Shen Siyuan was somewhat surprised.

Gu Jingyi nodded and then took the initiative to explain, "He was just trapped in self-consumption. So many years have passed, he has children, has a loved one, there isn’t much left for us to talk about..."

Her tone carried a hint of melancholy, seemingly somewhat unwilling, yet at the same time, somewhat at peace.

"Well, since that is the case, you first return to the Soul Banner and wait for an opportunity, I will send you to reincarnate," Shen Siyuan said.

"Thank you," Gu Jingyi expressed her thanks to Shen Siyuan once again.

Such a fate was actually much better than her continual wandering in the Mortal World.

Shen Siyuan did not indulge in idle talk. With a thought, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner appeared in his palm. He formed a finger formula and directly absorbed her into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

With Gu Jingyi’s wish fulfilled, two threads of Merit descended from the sky, sinking into Shen Siyuan’s Sea of Consciousness.

Originally he had nine threads of Merit, but due to linking with the Primordial Magnetic and refining four Primordial Magnetic Swords, four threads were used up, leaving only five. Now, two more threads were added, bringing the total to seven.

At this moment, a shouting voice came from behind.

"Mr. Shen, Master..."

It was Ke Peng who rode up on his bicycle, gasping for breath.

Shen Siyuan turned his head, surprised to see him.

"Haven’t you gone back?"

He thought that after Gu Jingyi completed her wish, Ke Peng would have left, but to his surprise, Ke Peng had come back again.

"No, I plan to follow the original plan and make a trip to Huang Chunling Cemetery anyway, to bring things to a proper end... as a final farewell."

He looked the same as before, but at this moment, Ke Peng seemed quite different; the faint gloom in his brows seemed to have dissipated, making him appear much more cheerful.

Ke Peng got off the bicycle, pushing it as he walked side by side with Shen Siyuan.

However, he couldn’t help but curiously survey the surroundings, obviously still looking for the children’s traces.

"Are they... like Gu Jingyi?" Ke Peng asked curiously.

"Sort of," Shen Siyuan responded.

Shen Siyuan answered casually, and Ke Peng could tell; it was merely a casual question on his part.

So he didn’t continue asking and instead said to Shen Siyuan, "Master, may I ask a question?"

"Go ahead."

"Has Gu Jingyi really left?"

Shen Siyuan nodded, upon hearing this, Ke Peng seemed a little lost but also relieved.

"Then... she will be fine in her next life, won’t she?" he stammered.

It was clear that Gu Jingyi had told him that she would reincarnate after fulfilling her wish.

Shen Siyuan nodded again.

Upon hearing this, Ke Peng seemed quite pleased and then said, "Master, how much money do you need? I will pay you."

"Pay me?" Shen Siyuan was somewhat astonished and looked at Ke Peng.

"You have helped me so much; of course, I have to pay you. I might not have a lot, but name your price," Ke Peng said.

"I don’t charge money, and besides, I helped her, not you," Shen Siyuan said.

Hearing this, Ke Peng fell silent for a moment, then said, "Thank you."

The two of them continued walking in silence for a long stretch, when Ke Peng suddenly spoke up, "Master, do I really deserve to be forgiven?"

Shen Siyuan turned his head, looking at him in surprise.

Then Shen Siyuan learned from him about some matters that Gu Jingyi had not mentioned.