"You are Song Qingyun." The woman in red had a pleasant voice, though tinged with a coldness that suggested she was not to be trifled with.
This dispelled my thought of trying to see her true face. If I angered her, wouldn't I be asking for trouble?
I coughed lightly, frowned, and replied, "I am Song Qingyun? Who are you? Do we know each other?"
At the same time, my mind raced, trying to recall if I had ever seen her before. I searched my memory multiple times but couldn't place her. Since childhood, I hadn't known many women, apart from those in my village.
The woman in red tilted her chin slightly, revealing her smooth lips, and a smirk played on her lips as she said, "What do you think?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she swung her right hand, which held the umbrella, forward. The umbrella then spun in the air with a 'whoosh' sound, like a top, heading straight for my neck.
If that hit me, it would be disastrous!
When Huang San fled, I had already discreetly formed the Tian Qiao Seal, ready to empower myself at any moment. I hadn't expected this small action to actually save me.
This woman truly harbored killing intent towards me.
"Tian Qiao Seal."
I felt my body lighten, and with a slip of my feet, I dodged behind the bus stop sign. The umbrella brushed past the sign, leaving a scratch about the thickness of a thumb.
My heart tightened, and I cursed inwardly, wondering where this strange woman had come from. She held a paper umbrella, yet her attacks were faster than a blade!
Just then, another 'whoosh' of spinning sound came from behind me. The raindrops, the size of soybeans, stung as they hit my body.
"Damn it! Again?"
I bent down immediately, ignoring whether the ground was wet or not, and rolled out from under the bus shelter.
*Screech—*
A piercing sound of metal scraping against metal came from behind me. Glancing sideways, I saw the red paper umbrella, like a cleaver slicing through tofu, sawing the iron bus stop sign in half. It swayed for a moment before crashing to the ground.
The red paper umbrella, as if it had eyes, spun back into the woman in red's hand, once again obscuring her face. Her smooth chin tilted upwards, and a light laugh followed.
"Lazy donkey roll, you're really bringing honor to your master."
My face darkened at her words. They say not to hit someone's face, nor to expose their shortcomings when scolding them, but she did both, hitting my face and exposing my shortcomings. She was utterly detestable. Although my lungs were about to explode with anger, I could do nothing against her.
She had clearly held back during the umbrella attack. Otherwise, she wouldn't have given me any chance to react. If the bus stop sign had broken, it would have been my head that was severed.
I wiped the mud and water from my face and said with some anger, "We have no enmity, why are you attacking me? Have I offended you?"
As far as I remembered, I had never seen her before. I possessed the ability to never forget anything once seen, especially someone as distinctive as her. Yet, after searching my memory for a long time, I couldn't recall anyone like her.
"No enmity? Heh... you truly have a forgetful nature. We haven't seen each other for days, and you've already forgotten me? Indeed, no man is good..."
I don't know which nerve she struck, but she ended up scolding me seven or eight times because of my single sentence. It infuriated me to the point of losing all composure. I kept telling myself that I couldn't defeat her, so I should just endure it.
Her last sentence almost made me break my composure. She sounded like a neglected wife, and her words were ambiguous! If my master heard this, wouldn't he break my legs?
I suppressed my anger, gritting my teeth, and said, "I don't know where I offended you. If you're here to cause trouble, you can state your name, and we can find time to settle this separately." Su Dan Novel Network
"Heh... if apologies were useful, what would the police be for? Since you want to know who I am, I'll let you die with clarity. Take a good look at who I am!" The woman in red let out a cold laugh, then slowly placed the umbrella behind her back.
A delicate, fair, oval face appeared before me. Her eyebrows were like willow leaves hanging on her cheekbones, and her eyes were half-open, with red eyeliner drawn all the way to her temples... Her cherry-like mouth was small, painted with a lipstick as vibrant as fresh blood.
It was like a painting of a Jiangnan beauty strolling in the rain.
Normally, I would have immediately taken out my phone to snap a few photos and post them on Weibo or Moments to show off. But the moment I saw her true face, a chill ran down my spine.
My heart felt as if she had grabbed it with her hand, almost stopping its beat. Because she shouldn't have, and couldn't have, appeared before me, yet here she was. And judging by her appearance, she had already taken that step.
After several seconds, I felt my heart thudding again. A bitter smile touched my lips, and I looked at her, asking, "Miss Sui, what exactly do you want? Since you've been resurrected, you should enjoy the prosperity of this world. Is coming to trouble me not looking down on me too much?"
Yes, the person before me was none other than Sui Wan'er, the first business I handled, and the first divination I performed in Moribund Village.
Initially, I had broken her chance of resurrection. Later, when she was captured by the nameless elder in the old house west of the village, I thought that was the end of it. But I never expected her to not only succeed in resurrecting but also to be able to walk in the sunlight. This showed how terrifying her power was. No wonder Huang San fled as soon as he saw her. If I had known it was her earlier, I probably would have run even faster than Huang San.
"Mr. Song, I am deeply grateful for your care! I will likely never forget it in this lifetime. How can I repay your kindness of recognizing my potential?" Sui Wan'er spun the paper umbrella in her hand, and raindrops slid from the ribs, hitting the ground with a 'bang' sound.
Looking at the soybean-sized pits in the accumulated water, I could see the depth of her hatred for me. It was understandable; if my chance of resurrection had been ruined by someone else, how could I easily let go of such a grudge?
Escape was no longer an option, and there was no hope of calling for help. Even if Huang San was fast, he couldn't possibly summon Bai Ling'er in a few breaths. Besides, it was still uncertain whether Bai Ling'er was her match.
"Then what do you want? To kill me here? If you truly wanted to kill me, you would have finished me off with that last strike. Why talk so much? Just state your conditions!"
Sui Wan'er didn't beat around the bush and directly said, "Help me find someone?"
"Find someone?" I was stunned for a moment, then flatly refused, "You know I'm a Yin Gua diviner. Finding corpses and locating acupoints is my forte. Asking me to find a person is forcing me to do something I'm not good at."
"I know you are a Yin Gua master, skilled at finding the dead, and the person I want to find is also dead. As long as you help me find him, I can consider whether to let go of our grievances."