Chapter 37

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Chapter 37: The Book of Life and Death

Cancan was a perfect example of forgetting pain once the wound healed. Despite being bound tightly before and feeling extremely uncomfortable, as soon as she was released, she completely forgot about the past unhappiness. Holding Hua Qing with one hand and Yu Xiu with the other, she continued to mutter, "Since the Three Lives Stone made a mistake, let’s go find Snowflake Glass first. Maybe by finding Snowflake Glass, we will find Xian Yue." Cancan thought carefully and felt quite clever, saying proudly, "I am indeed clever."

Hua Qing looked down at Cancan, noticing her mischievous smile, and then saw her glancing up suddenly. She whispered, "Let’s sneak a peek at the Book of Life and Death, okay?"

Yu Xiu was surprised by a stumble, but Hua Qing was used to Cancan sometimes doing things wrong. He stared at Cancan and said seriously, "No."

Cancan looked puzzled, "Why not?"

Yu Xiu felt shocked. She wanted to do something bad but was rejected and still asked why. This was unusual.

Hua Qing was used to Cancan’s mistakes. He asked seriously, "Do you understand?"

Cancan’s face fell, but then she said, "Don’t we have each other? Let’s sneak a peek at where the old turtle will be reborn and then tell the little turtle, okay?"

"No!"

Look, some people are not friendly like this. Cancan looked at Hua Qing and when she saw he wasn’t joking, she pouted and coaxed, "Don’t be childish. We’re not doing anything bad. The little turtle will be very happy this way. Helping it is a good thing."

Hua Qing smoothed Cancan’s messy hair and said coldly, "Have you forgotten? The old turtle said we help the little turtle by not getting too close. And what difference does it make to know or not know? Maybe not knowing will make it happier. Cancan, sometimes knowing too much isn’t a good thing."

Hua Qing rarely reasoned with Cancan like this, or spoke so much. Cancan seemed to understand a bit. She tilted her head, pondered for a bit, and then asked, "So, are you saying… let the old turtle think it’s the little turtle’s grandson, even if it’s not, because it will be happier that way?"

Hua Qing smiled meaningfully and nodded, saying, "You finally understand."

Cancan disagreed and argued, "But, that’s not true at all. I, you… Oh, I don’t know what I’m trying to say."

Cancan stomped her foot, feeling unsure of what to say. She tugged at her hair, messing up the neat hairdo Hua Qing had just fixed for her. Hua Qing looked at her tangled hair helplessly and whispered, "Do you believe me?"

Cancan looked up and saw Hua Qing’s dark, bright eyes. She couldn’t help but nod, smirked, and bit her lip, "I believe you."

Hua Qing smiled and said, "Then don’t go looking for the Book of Life and Death." He paused suddenly when he mentioned it, but quickly resumed.

Though Cancan didn’t fully understand the reasoning, she decided to obey. She puffed her cheeks out, "Even though I don’t know what you’re talking about, I’ll trust you this time. Trusting you can’t be a bad thing. But, if you use that old rope to tie people up again, I won’t be happy with you."

Hua Qing lowered his eyelids slightly and calmly said, "Won’t be happy?" There was a hint of sarcasm in his tone, which was rare for him as he usually spoke plainly.

Cancan said earnestly, "I will bite people!"

Hua Qing chuckled, "Biting people? That does scare me a bit."

Cancan quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, you know how amazing I am, right? Let me tell you, I am not that kind of… Wait, your tone is wrong!" She looked Hua Qing up and down, even though he still had that cool and distant look, Cancan just knew that something was off. In his words, there was a hint of mockery. She grabbed Hua Qing’s sleeve and looked at him challengingly, saying, "Hmm."

Yu Xiu hesitated and asked, "What does she mean?"

Hua Qing paused and said, "She’s asking if you are afraid."

Yu Xiu remained silent.

Hua Qing lowered his head to look at her, their eyes met. Hua Qing gently touched Cancan’s face. Cancan’s heart raced, she blinked her big eyes, but before she could react, she was pushed away and fell to the ground with a thud.

Rubbing her bottom, Cancan looked at Hua Qing angrily. She didn’t use much force, but he treated her unfriendly. Could someone be so cruel to animals?

Ignoring all that, Cancan sat on the ground and cried, "You heartless guy, you are the worst fairy, how could you hit someone? Sobbing, I haven’t done anything to you, and you bully me like this. I will seek justice, I will report you, I won’t talk to you anymore. I won’t believe you. When I meet bad people, I won’t help you at all. I…"

Brother White Impermanence passed by, "Don’t flick your snot on the flowers and plants…"

Cancan was stunned for a moment, then burst into louder cries, "Sobbing, even a neat freak brat bullies me, I don’t want to live, I don’t want to live. Sobbing…"

Hua Qing reached out to make a move, and Cancan immediately stood up, wiped his nose, and said, "Let’s go. It’s not friendly to start a fight."

Everyone, "…"

White Impermanence’s little ghost took out a delicate notebook with a flowery scent, "On a certain year, month, and day, someone attempted suicide but failed."

Cancan glanced at it and asked, "What day did you write about?"

Brother White Impermanence blushed and exclaimed, "Pervert!" Then he turned and ran away.

Cancan looked around innocently and didn’t see Big Wolf. She asked Hua Qing, "What does he mean? Brother Wolf isn’t here. Why did he call him a pervert? Besides, Brother Wolf’s name is Wolf Big Green, not Pervert."

Hua Qing looked up at the sky in silence for a while before saying helplessly, "You’re too silly, and he thinks too much."

Cancan whispered to Hua Qing, "Let me tell you, I think Brother White Impermanence must have been a snake in his past life." She nodded seriously and said, "They say ‘crazy as a snake,’ it must be what he meant."

Hua Qing was at a loss for words, his mouth twitched, and he said, "Can you please be quiet?"

Cancan did a gesture closing her mouth, standing sadly to the side.

Brother White Impermanence floated back and said, "Can you speak more quietly when talking bad things about others?"

Cancan widened her eyes in surprise, wanting to say something, but she glanced at Hua Qing and stayed silent.

Yu Xiu asked, "What does she mean?"

"She wants to say that White Impermanence and you have a strong connection, as you both said the same thing," Hua Qing suddenly felt puzzled. Why did he become the spokesperson for this foolish person? Aren’t foxes supposed to be clever? Why is this one so foolish?

Hua Qing guessed Cancan’s thoughts again, making Cancan excited as she opened her eyes wide. Hua Qing sighed and said, "You should speak up or not." He added, "Wait here for me."

Before Cancan could reply, Hua Qing disappeared immediately. Confused, Cancan looked at Yu Xiu and asked, "Where did he go?"

Yu Xiu shook her head, looked around, then sat down at the edge of the bridge in silence. Cancan glanced at the deep abyss near the bridge and waved, saying, "Yu Xiu, come over here quickly, it’s dangerous over there."

Seeing concern on Cancan’s face, Yu Xiu bit her lip and suddenly asked, "Why did you come up to help me just now?"

Cancan was puzzled by Yu Xiu’s strange words. She asked, "Even if you were Xian Yue, you wouldn’t be a bad person. You rescued me back then! Come here."

Seeing Cancan’s sincerity, Yu Xiu paused and said, "You are very innocent."

Cancan, seeing Yu Xiu refusing to come back, decided to sit on the ground, hugging her knees. She said sweetly, "I can tell who’s good and who’s bad, I’m super smart."

Yu Xiu smiled bitterly and asked, "How did you end up with Hua Qing?" After asking this, she felt silly and shook her head, saying, "What’s the point of saying all this." She bit her lip, her expression becoming fierce, "I must kill Mo Yuan."

Cancan nodded, "He’s a bad person."

White Impermanence, who is a neat freak, didn’t like seeing the two sitting on the ground like that, and silently drifted away… But before leaving, he said, "Mo Yuan is not a bad person."

Cancan suddenly turned around to see that White Impermanence was gone. She felt even more confused and asked, "What does he mean? Is he trying to confuse you?"

Yu Xiu, "…"

Cancan suddenly felt she was wrong to say that and then said seriously, "Don’t mind him, he’s a bit strange. You don’t know, he’s so dramatic. Earlier, he even threw up, not taking care of himself, yet here he is trying to teach us. I’ve never seen a sillier ghost."

Cancan kept murmuring, Yu Xiu, "…"

And at this moment, Hua Qing had arrived at the most important place in the underworld, where the most important thing of the King of Hell is stored – the Book of Life and Death.

Hua Qing slowly approached the mirror, he opened his hands, the floating mirror box was opened, Hua Qing took the Book of Life and Death into his hands. The pale blue Book of Life and Death looked rather old. Hua Qing hesitated whether to open it, just pondered for a moment, and then he opened the Book of Life and Death.

The Book of Life and Death was blank, not a word on it. Hua Qing slowly wrote three words on it: Hu Cancan.

The Book of Life and Death kept flashing, Hua Qing watched it like this, and his face changed suddenly.

The Book of Life and Death’s snowy white paper was blank.