Song Qing fell into a numb and dazed state, completely unaware of what had happened. When she regained consciousness, she shivered from the cold emanating from the copper statue of the Jade Girl in her hand.
Song Qing immediately withdrew her hand, panicked and at a loss.
How could this happen…? Why did she touch the copper statue…?
It should be fine, right?
Although touching the Golden Boy would result in having a son, and touching the Jade Girl would result in having a daughter, she and Chu Huai were not really a couple, and they didn’t engage in any sexual activity, so how could she possibly be pregnant?
So it must be fine. Song Qing comforted herself, and her mood calmed down.
With her back turned to the statue, she was unaware that Little Guanyin Goddess and the Jade Girl were smiling mysteriously at her.
When Chu Huai found Song Qing, she was standing in a corner, staring blankly at her right hand.
Chu Huai: “Where did you go?”
Song Qing hesitated, unsure whether to tell Chu Huai about touching the copper statue of the Jade Girl, but ultimately felt it was inconsequential and just shook her head, changing the topic: “Did you find anything?”
“We need to hurry back immediately,” Chu Huai frowned.
The reincarnation of the Jade Girl was irreversible, but the Golden Boy had not yet absorbed the souls of the 999 male infants, and there was still a chance to stop him.
Moreover, he distinctly remembered that the player Zhou Yuan had an NPC pregnant wife, and based on the months, she was not far from giving birth.
He didn’t know if the woman was pregnant with the 999th pair of male twins, but the possibility was very high.
Chu Huai is not very worried. Zhou Yuan has received modern formal education and does not believe in the Little Guanyin goddess, so he will not act according to her will. He is in a hurry to return home because he vaguely feels that things are not that simple.
If Zhou Yuan’s wife is not pregnant, then he must hurry to find the last baby that is about to be killed by his father, and at the same time, he must be vigilant about women in the village who have just become pregnant.
Chu Huai is deep in thought as he walks out, but someone taps him lightly on the shoulder from behind.
Chu Huai turns around and sees Sun Jiamu’s face.
Chu Huai’s gaze falls on the cloth in Sun Jiamu’s hand.
Sun Jiamu: “In the instance, I am a villager in the Little Guanyin Temple specifically responsible for wiping the bronze statue and cleaning the ground.”
Chu Huai nods lightly.
Sun Jiamu breaks from his usual attitude and takes the initiative to say: “Do you want to exchange information?”
Although Sun Jiamu is arrogant, he is a smart person and knows that the cost of exploring the instance on his own is too high, so he has been waiting in the temple for Chu Huai to arrive.
“I have been talking to many villagers for the past day and learned some useful information.”
“Such as?”
“For example, how the bronze statue of Little Guanyin goddess came to be. Over thirty years ago, the villagers suddenly stopped having children. After three years, a woman who desperately prayed for a child had a dream of a female goddess.”
“Her?” Chu Huai points to the bronze statue behind him.
“Yes, the goddess in her dream clearly said her name was Little Guanyin goddess, and she knew about the hardships of this village. She came to save and redeem them. She had two requests, one was to have a bronze statue made in her image and enshrined in the temple. The other, as you probably know, is the ‘kill one, save one’.”
Chu Huai nodded, furrowing his brows: “Has no one questioned this? Even if we don’t talk about immortals, according to common beliefs, immortals are generally benevolent, so why would they ask them to kill people, especially newborn babies?”
Sun Jiamu said: “Little Guanyin Bodhisattva said it’s their karmic retribution. They committed sins and must receive punishment from heaven. She couldn’t bear to see them suffer, so she secretly descended to the mortal realm to help them. Although she can help them conceive again, her immortal power is limited, and what she’s doing is against the will of heaven, it’s a sin. Therefore, only by sacrificing the soul of a newborn baby to the heavens can the sins be offset.”
“There are many explanations, and people just go along with what others say. But in general, if it benefits humanity, no matter how unreasonable it is, people will automatically rationalize it, and if they can’t rationalize it, they’ll just ignore it,” Sun Jiamu sneered.
Chu Huai suddenly realized something: “Committed sins? Did they commit sins back then?”
Sun Jiamu was taken aback and realized he had overlooked this point.
“Do the villagers all agree with this?” Chu Huai asked.
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Sun Jiamu nodded.
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While hugging the cat, Chu Huai suddenly thought of the placenta and asked Sun Jiamu if he knew about it. Sun Jiamu shook his head, indicating that he didn’t know.
Chu Huai smiled, feeling a bit absent-minded, and murmured: “Could it be that you ate it?”
The cat shook its head.
Chu Huai smiled, lost in thought. Does the placenta also have its own role? That evil thing wanted its followers to feed newborn babies with placenta stew, it must have had malicious intentions. Did the little black cat sense something when it did that?
So what is the purpose of the placenta?
Upon returning home, Chu Huai immediately took a few people to the home of the newcomer named Zhou Yuan.
As soon as they entered, the crowd saw Zhou Yuan anxiously pacing at the door.
Zhou Yuan was a middle-aged man with thick hair and a shrewd look in his eyes.
When he saw the people, he showed excitement and came over, lowering his voice: “My ‘wife’ is about to give birth, and the doctor is inside delivering the baby.”
“Doctor?” Chu Huai was puzzled, thinking that in this village, the level of development of productivity would only have midwives or the like delivering babies.
Zhou Yuan said: “The doctor is also a newcomer.”
Chu Huai was slightly stunned. In that case, all the taskers have found their targets.
Sun Jiamu couldn’t wait any longer and asked: “Is your ‘wife’ expecting a boy or a girl?”
Zhou Yuan paused for a moment and said: “A boy, why?”
The expressions of the crowd changed slightly.
Zhou Yuan noticed their reactions and asked: “Is there a problem?”
Song Qing said: “We will stay here and make sure there are no problems. As long as Brother Zhou doesn’t kill the newborn baby, Golden Boy won’t be able to reincarnate.”
Song Qing explained to Zhou Yuan with some effort.
Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: “You can rest assured on this point. How could I do such a despicable thing like killing a baby?”
Chu Huai thought for a moment and said: “Actually, I think this method is quite foolish. Even if we find the 999th person and prevent his soul from being swallowed by Jin Tong, what does it matter? The 999th person is not fixed. Just because Zhou Yuan didn’t kill the child, it doesn’t mean that there won’t be other pregnant women who will kill their babies and become the 999th person.”
“So for us, the really important thing is the ‘seven days’ deadline. If Jin Tong doesn’t reincarnate in the remaining six days, it will be beneficial for us.”
The crowd nodded.
Chu Huai didn’t say everything, but he had hidden worries in his heart. Will there really be no unexpected situations with this 999th person?
Song Qing was about to speak, but suddenly felt a wave of nausea and retched.
She thought it was due to not being accustomed to the local food and dismissed it as acid reflux, not paying much attention to it.
Being at the back of the group, nobody noticed this.
As they waited for the birth of the child, Zhou Yuan, seeing Chu Huai lost in thought and Sun Jiamu-faced with an expression of someone owed him money, struck up a conversation with Song Qing out of boredom.
“Miss, your neck…” Zhou Yuan showed pity and sighed.
Song Qing briefly explained to him, and Zhou Yuan exclaimed: “You’re also a twin? What a coincidence!”
Chu Huai and Sun Jiamu both turned their heads in surprise. Sun Jiamu even had a hint of anxiety in his expression.
Chu Huai’s gaze wandered to Sun Jiamu’s face, scrutinizing him.
Chu Huai frowned: “You are also twins?”
Zhou Yuan said: “Yes, I have an elder brother. I do business, while he studies academics.”
A hint of disdain flashed in Zhou Yuan’s eyes.
Chu Huai looked at Sun Jiamu, whose expression twisted for a moment before he pretended to remain calm and said: “Yes, I have a younger brother.”
Chu Huai hesitated for a second. Could it be that being a twin is a special condition to enter this twin-exclusive instance?
But they are both twins, so what about himself? Since he was born, he had no memory of another sibling’s existence…
However, after his parents moved away, they did have another son. Could it be that this also meets the condition?
Or is there something he doesn’t know…
Chu Huai furrowed his brow and suddenly remembered something, his expression becoming subtle.
Since they have identities in this instance, does that mean… they were also twins before? And their nominal parents, following the will of Little Guanyin, killed the other sibling and left them behind.
Chu Huai’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Chu Huai absentmindedly asked Sun Jiamu: “Do you know the specific year when that incident happened?”
Sun Jiamu was taken aback for a moment and said: “The villagers stopped giving birth to twins 38 years ago, and the occurrence of twin pregnancies started 35 years ago.”
Chu Huai’s heart tightened as he asked the oldest-looking Zhou Yuan: “How old are you?”
Zhou Yuan smirked awkwardly: “I look old, but I’m only thirty-five.”
Sun Jiamu said: “Twenty-nine.”
Song Qing said: “Twenty-one.”
Chu Huai felt a jolt in his heart. Even the oldest among them, Zhou Yuan, was still within the “twin” age range.
“What about the doctor?” Chu Huai asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, a young man with delicate features and a somewhat feminine appearance walked out from inside the house.
Zhou Yuan said: “Xiao Liu, how old are you this year?”
Liu Han rushed over, aware of the presence of the others. “I’ve been studying medicine for seven or eight years, so despite looking young, I’m almost thirty.”
Chu Huai said: “Forgive me for asking, but are your siblings… still alive?”
Zhou Yuan shook his head, Song Qing shook his head, and Liu Han’s face turned pale for a moment before he also shook his head.
Everyone looked at Sun Jiamu.
Sun Jiamu lowered his eyelids and said: “My younger brother drowned accidentally when he was six or seven years old.”
Everyone’s faces turned pale, they looked at each other, and then all turned to Chu Huai.
Song Qing said: “Chu Ge, do you have any siblings who are no longer alive?”
Chu Huai shrugged: “I don’t have twin siblings, I only have a younger brother who is about ten years younger than me, and he’s alive and well.”
After staying in the psychiatric hospital for a while, Chu Huai’s behavior was obedient and he gained the trust of the guards. He managed to sneak out and secretly went to the city where his parents lived to observe their lives.
His father happened to be picking up his younger brother from school, and his mother had prepared dinner at home, waiting for them.
At that time, Chu Huai didn’t say anything, he just watched for a while and then went back.
Chu Huai lowered his eyelids, and the little guy rubbed against his ankle and started to spin around.
Liu Han remembered something and said: “Brother Zhou, your ‘wife’ gave birth to a pair of boys…”
Before he could finish his sentence, suddenly cries of a newborn baby came from inside the house. The cry started out loud and sharp, but gradually became quieter and hoarser.
Chu Huai sensed something was wrong and immediately rushed in, only to see Zhou Yuan’s supposed wife with her hand choking the delicate neck of the baby.
Everyone rushed forward to snatch the baby from the woman’s hand, but she refused to let go. “I am following the orders of the Bodhisattva! Don’t stop me! If I don’t do this, there will be divine punishment!”
Her face showed a fearful expression.
“Isn’t one enough?!”
“Leave him behind, everyone will be cursed! The extra one is ominous, I don’t want to die! So he must die!”
Chu Huai underestimated human nature.
After a lot of effort, everyone finally managed to snatch the baby from the woman’s hand, but she was still unwilling and wanted to kill the other baby, her emotions extremely agitated.
Liu Han had no choice but to inject her with a sedative.
Liu Han checked and said: “The baby is fine, luckily Chu Huai reacted quickly.”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
In the evening, after reaching a consensus, everyone stayed at Zhou Yuan’s house.
During dinner, everyone looked at the table full of fresh green vegetables and fell silent for a moment.
When the only plate of meat came, it was only enough for each person to have one or two pieces due to the large number of people.
Chu Huai picked up the meat first, held the small black cat that was lying on the floor in his lap, and tore a small strip along the grain of the meat in his hand to feed it.
The little guy hesitated and didn’t move its mouth.
Everyone looked at him, speechless.
Chu Huai smiled and said: “Don’t misunderstand, you all eat, I won’t eat, I’ll use my portion to feed it.”
“Chu-ge is so good to even a cat?” Song Qing teased: “Your future girlfriend will be very lucky.”
Chu Huai lowered his head to look at the cat, thinking of someone, casually saying: “Being my girlfriend… probably wouldn’t be so fortunate.”
The little guy suddenly nuzzled affectionately against him, and started eating, but mostly used its tongue to lick Chu Huai’s fair and slender hand, tickling him.
Although Zhou Yuan’s family was not wealthy, they had several vacant rooms, and the furniture was simple but usable.
Chu Huai had a bit of OCD and disliked the smell of blood he had gotten on his body during the day. After finishing dinner, he went to fetch some well water to prepare for cleaning himself simply.
He had taken off half of his clothes when he turned his head and found the little guy squatting on the windowsill, looking at him with a tilted head like a well-behaved child, with a pair of gray-blue eyes round and bright.
Chu Huai walked over, sounding helpless and doting: “You’re watching me even when I’m taking a bath?”
Feeling bored, he turned the little guy over and looked at it for a while, then laughed: “So you’re a male cat.”
The little guy seemed uncomfortable being stared at, struggling hard but also afraid of scratching Chu Huai. It retracted its sharp claws and looked like a shy little wife who wanted to refuse but also welcomed it.
Chu Huai chuckled: “Are you shy too?”
Chu Huai mischievously groped underneath.
The little guy instantly fluffed up its fur, let out a meow, and ran away with its legs.
After taking a shower and coming out, he happened to meet Zhou Yuan, who smiled and said: “That cat was still watching behind the door when you were taking a bath.”
Chu Huai: “…”
When it was late at night and everything was quiet, Chu Huai told all the other mission members that he was going to sleep, but secretly got up and sneaked into the room where the two newborn babies were being cared for.
I’m really interested, is Chu Huai loves children?
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Someone is eating tofu XD