Chapter 26: Son

Lu Qingjiu aimed his gun at Hu Shu's head, the distance between them was only two metres and even if Lu Qingjiu hadn't used his gun, he could have easily hit Hu Shu, not to mention the fact that Hu Shu had no desire to dodge.

"What were you expecting" Lu Qingjiu stared at Hu Shu, "You were expecting me to shoot."

In response to Lu Qingjiu's questioning, Hu Shu became impatient, spitting his cigarette out onto the floor with a gulp, "Don't interrupt my fun, if you don't want to play, I'll call the game off now."

Lu Qingjiu said, "What happens when it's over?"

Hu Shu grinned, his scarlet tongue licking his lips, "When it's over, it's time for the food, of course."

Lu Qingjiu said, "All right." Hu Shu saw Lu Qingjiu's action and his black eyes showed a kind of wild excitement. There was no wound, but rather a smoking bullet hole in his foot.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Hu Shu was not expecting this and became furious, "I told you to shoot at me, where the fuck did you shoot?"

Lu Qingjiu said, "Sorry, I've never fired a gun before and my hand suddenly slipped." No, he had deliberately shot at Hu Shu's feet, and the fierce god who had asked him to shoot was clearly up to no good, and although he didn't know exactly why he was doing it, Lu Qingjiu grasped the key element that he seemed to be seeking death.

Hu Shu looked viciously at Lu Qingjiu.

"One more time, then." Lu Qingjiu was a little uncomfortable with his stare and could only offer awkwardly.

"I don't have time to do it again with you... Come on, since you don't want to play, forget it." Hu Shu laughed coldly, "Go to hell," he said, then lunged towards Lu Qingjiu, at some point he had a shiny dagger in his hand, and he stabbed it towards Lu Qingjiu without hesitation.

Lu Qingjiu reacted quickly and turned and tried to crawl towards the minivan, but Hu Shu was already behind him and grabbed his arm, pulling him hard away from the minivan.

Lu Qingjiu's strength was not on the same level as Hu Shu's, and he was almost defeated in one blow, being pinned to the ground and choked to death by Hu Shu.

Hu Shu looked at Lu Qingjiu with malice in his eyes, and his hands kept pushing: "The game is over."

Lu Qingjiu's mouth opened wide in pain and he could not stop trying to free himself from Hu Shu's grasp. He threw the dagger away, and his mind, deprived of oxygen, should have been unable to think, but in this moment Lu Qingjiu's mind was clear, and he grabbed the dagger and stabbed Hu Shu in the arm with it.

Hu Shu cried out in pain, but instead of relaxing his grip, he became even more excited, cackling in Lu Qingjiu's ear, his voice was like a different person, low and evil: "You found out, choose, today either you die or I die."

Lu Qingjiu said with difficulty: "Dead liar, it was Hu Shu who died"

Hu Shu laughed at his words as he said, "So what?"

Lu Qingjiu slashed Hu Shu's arm again, trying to make Hu Shu release him from the pain, but it was clear that Hu Shu, whose body was controlled by the god of evil, was not affected by this small wound and did not let up in his grip.

Lu Qingjiu's eyes began to appear as black spots appeared in front of him and his consciousness faded.

At this critical moment, the minivan behind them made two banging sounds and turned around and crashed directly into Lu Qingjiu and Hu Shu.

Hu Shu didn't expect that the minivan was actually transformed into a spirit. He seemed to be shocked, but he quickly calmed down. He let go of his grip on Lu Qingjiu's neck and spat out two words coldly, "Interesting." Then, he stood up from the ground and opened his arms towards the minivan, "Come on, I want to see if you can run me over."

The minivan's lights flashed and there was a long "bah" followed by the characteristic buzz of the accelerator.

"No," Lu Qingjiu cried out.

Just as Lu Qingjiu thought the van was going to kill Hu Shu, an icy blue flower bloomed in front of him, and Hu Shu paled at the sight of it, but before he could react, he was wrapped in it.

"Fuck," Hu Shu screamed in horror and anger as he was wrapped in the flower, not knowing what it was.

Once the minivan had wrapped Hu Shu up, a trail of black smoke rose from the carriage, and when the smoke cleared, Bai Yuehu appeared inside.

He looked slightly different from his usual appearance, his face was extraordinarily white, yet his lips were frighteningly red, he left the carriage and walked up to Lu Qingjiu, extending his hand towards him, "Is everything alright"

"It's okay." Lu Qingjiu took his hand in his and noticed what appeared to be a smear of red next to Bai Yuehu's lips, "What's that on your mouth?"

Bai Yuehu sniffed and wiped his thumb and licked his lips, "Nothing."

Lu Qingjiu: ""He seemed to smell a vague smell of blood, and with Bai Yuehu's insatiable expression, Lu Qingjiu guessed that he had probably just had a full meal.

At this point Hu Shu was still wrapped in the blue flower, and when Lu Qingjiu stepped in, he realised that the flower was part of the minivan's body, a blue fleshy flower.

"Let it out." Bai Yuehu licked the blood stains from his lips.

Only then did the van release Hu Shu, who fell to the ground as if he had lost consciousness, his eyes tightly closed and the wound on his hand from Lu Qingjiu's stabbing.

"Is he all right?" Lu Qingjiu asked, a little nervously.

"It's okay." Bai Yuehu said, "It's not going to die."

Lu Qingjiu said, "Where is the fierce god?"

Bai Yuehu replied, "I have eaten it, and it has some residual divine thoughts, so it may take some time to clean it up, but it will not become a big deal."

Lu Qingjiu was going to help Hu Shu up but was stopped by Bai Yuehu who said, "Don't help him, he only has a little superficial injury on his hand, he will wake up in a while, if you are not sure, call 120."

Lu Qingjiu nodded, "Good." He took out his mobile phone and called 120, and gave the location.

Lu Qingjiu said, "I didn't realise our minivan was so good."

Bai Yuehu's expression was slightly strange as he said, "Well is that impressive?"

Lu Qingjiu said, "If it wasn't for it I would probably be dead."

"It can't die." Bai Yuehu said blandly, "It is a god after all, it cannot kill with its own hands, and if it does, it will be tainted with blood and its godly power will be greatly reduced."

"By the way, what kind of god is it?" Lu Qingjiu just remembered the point.

"Have you ever heard of an extravagant corpse?" Bai Yuehu asks.

Lu Qingjiu was stunned, "It's actually an extravagant corpse". The Shanhaijing records not only elves and monsters, but also gods of all kinds. Shebiji was one of the gods. Legend has it that he was also a celestial god, only to be killed for various reasons, but his body died and his soul remained intact, so he continued to live on in the state of a corpse. This god has a human face and two green snakes hanging from his ears, but for some reason he seems to have a very low presence, at least until a careful reading of the Shanhaijing, Lu Qingjiu had never heard of this god.

"Well." Bai Yuehu said, "A fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken, referring to him, right?"

Lu Qingjiu smiles bitterly.

As time progressed, people's faith became thinner and thinner, not to mention a minor god such as Shepheard, who seems to have no other followers than written records, and Bai Yuehu has said that forgotten gods are even worse than elves.

"You ate him," Lu Qingjiu asked.

"God is indestructible." Bai Yuehu said, "What I ate was only a part of his faith, he will always find the carrier of his power again if he is patient enough and continues to build up his power." He smiled as he said this, "But you don't have to worry, it's not that easy to continue to find faith." Especially for a forgotten god.

Lu Qingjiu nods his head.

When the 120 arrived to take Hu Shu away, he was already awake and looked at Lu Qingjiu blankly, as if he did not understand what had happened.

Lu Qingjiu said to him, "Go to the hospital first, dress the wound on your hand there, and we'll talk about it at another time."

Hu Shu said, "Well I don't remember anything, by the way, who stabbed this wound"

Lu Qingjiu replied calmly, "Non-human."

Hu Shu: "Oh."

After taking Hu Shu to the ambulance, Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu drove the minivan towards home. In the van, Bai Yuehu tapped the steering wheel and gave a cold warning, "Don't wrap Lu Qingjiu in that."

The minivan barked its horn, and for some reason Lu Qingjiu could hear a hint of sadness in it.

Lu Qingjiu had basically guessed the body of the minivan, but was the purple flower a skill unique to it? Lu Qingjiu, who had heard Bai Yuehu's advice, had a strange feeling in his heart.

After the page refreshed, Lu Qingjiu clicked on the image search section and realised that one cannot be too curious. On the page, two slugs were intertwined and an ice-blue fleshy flower was blooming beneath them, and underneath the picture was the description: mating slugs so he understood exactly what the ice-blue flower was.

Lu Qingjiu silently put down the phone, a bit wanting to cover his face, no wonder Bai Yuehu told him not to touch Hu Shu just now, he thought it was because Bai Yuehu was afraid Hu Shu would be hurt twice, but now he thought it was probably because he didn't want him to touch the subtle slime on Hu Shu's body.

Lu Qingjiu put his phone down and put his hands back on the steering wheel.

Lu Qingjiu was a little tired after the day's work, especially as the wound he had been pinched with by Hu Shu was now swollen and the bruises on his neck stood out.

Yin Xun came to Lu Qingjiu's house and was shocked to see the marks on his neck: "Qingjiu, what happened to your neck?"

Lu Qingjiu said vaguely, "There's been an accident."

"What accident could have left such a wound?" Yin Xun's eyes traveled over Lu Qingjiu's body and then fell on Bai Yuehu behind him, "He didn't hit you, did he?"

Bai Yuehu looked at Yin Xun, who shrank back from his stare: "I'm just kidding, but if he does hit you, you must say so."

Lu Qingjiu said, "Say it and then what?"

Yin Xun said, "It makes you feel better to talk about it. Come, come, I've made some porridge since you haven't come back.

Lu Qingjiu: ""You're a real wimp.

But no one wanted to eat the porridge that Yin Xun had made, so Lu Qingjiu went back to making noodles. When Yin Xun had finished eating, he went home, while Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu sat in the courtyard.

Bai Yuehu sat back in his beloved chair and Lu Qingjiu helped him rock it.

Lu Qingjiu picked it up and saw that it was Hu Shu, who had been treated in hospital and had recovered from his wounds.

"Hey Lu Qingjiu, are you alright?" Hu Shu's tone was a little nervous.

"I'm... I'm fine." Lu Qingjiu said, "And you, how are you?"

"I'm fine." Hu Shu replied.

Lu Qingjiu said, "You told me earlier that you found a dead body next to the police station, is that true?"

"There's no such thing as a corpse." Hu Shu, bewildered, "What makes you say that?"

Lu Qingjiu was relieved to hear this, because the murderous god had said on the phone that there was a dead body next to the police station, and at the time Lu Qingjiu had thought it was Hu Shu's. Now it seemed that since Bai Yuehu had said nothing about it, and Hu Shu had also said he didn't know about it, then it must have been a lie, and the new victim hadn't appeared.

After being possessed by an extravagant corpse, the extravagant corpse would manipulate the possessed person to attack others, and once the counterattack killed the possessed person, then the extravagant corpse's purpose seemed to be achieved and the attacker seemed to be implicated

Fortunately, Lu Qingjiu noticed the difference at the time and did not kill Hu Shu.

Otherwise, even if Bai Yuehu had arrived in time, Lu Qingjiu would not have been able to forgive himself.

"That should be the end of the case." Lu Qingjiu explained to him, "The murderous god seems to have been dealt with."

"Ah," Hu Shu froze, "really."

"Really." Lu Qingjiu glanced at Bai Yuehu as he said this.

His vixen was in a good mood this evening, with an insatiable look in the corners of her eyes, so that when she looked at it, it actually carried a bit of a seductive flavour.

Although he was a male vixen, he was still very good looking, Lu Qingjiu thought in his heart, but of course he didn't dare to say this out loud, he just smiled and told Hu Shu not to worry about it.

Hu Shu was confused, but when Lu Qingjiu didn't answer in detail, he had no choice but to sigh, with a tinge of fear in his voice: "It would be great if it really ended like this." Although he didn't understand what had happened, he had been called out by his boss and then lost consciousness, and by the time he regained consciousness he was in a hospital ward.

But although the memory was vague, he had a vague feeling that he had seen something so horrific that he had deliberately forgotten that memory. That was why he did not ask Lu Qingjiu what had happened, as human desire for survival and curiosity prevailed at this moment.

It's not good to know too much, especially about the other world.

Lu Qingjiu was relieved that Hu Shu was not chasing after the truth, but he did not know how to explain to Hu Shu, and he could not let Bai Yue

The fox reveals itself, I think.

Moreover, since Shebiji had already been eaten by Bai Yuehu, the matter had come to an end.

Lu Qingjiu thought, and he didn't bother to delve into it.

After this incident, Lu Qingjiu nursed his wound for several days before the bruise on his neck gradually disappeared, although during this time Bai Yuehu gave Lu Qingjiu an ointment which he was told would heal in a few moments after applying it to the wound. Lu Qingjiu took it but didn't use it because he couldn't explain to Yin Xun how the bruise on his neck had healed in a flash and that it didn't have any particular effect, except that it looked a little subtle when it was almost healed.

"The first person to flirt with him was Xiao Hua, a piglet who has been a bit of a nuisance ever since he revealed that he could speak human, except when Yin Xun was present.

"You talk too much, this room is full of men, where can I get a girlfriend" Lu Qingjiu said.

"My sister, my sister is so beautiful." Xiao Hua picks up Xiao Hei, who is sitting in the back, happily munching on a corn cob.

Lu Qingjiu :""

Xiao Hua said, "She's really pretty, isn't she, Xiao Hei?"

Xiao Hei looked up blankly and let out a pig's cry, "Hmph."

Xiao Hua was furious when he heard the pig's cry, "I told you not to play with the little white pig next door, but you didn't listen.

Xiao Hei cried out at the scolding: "Oooooooooooooooooooo, you're so mean, brother."

Lu Qingjiu was in tears and laughed at the situation, so he ignored the two Xiao Hei pigs and went on with his business.

In the previous case, the outcome was soon known and Lu Qingjiu was watching the news when he saw the local news broadcast.

It says that the murderer chose to commit suicide after the killing to escape the crime. Naturally there is no mention of the unnatural elements.

Hu Shu was soon discharged from the hospital and reported back to Lu Qingjiu, but with some hesitation, saying that the people above him seemed to have taken notice of the case.

"The people up there," Lu Qingjiu asks.

"Well just dealing with some special cases." Hu Shu said, "I'm not giving up any information about you for now, I just don't know if they'll find out about you,"

Lu Qingjiu thought about it and thanked Hu Shu.

Hu Shu said, "You are too kind, if it wasn't for you I would probably be dead."

Lu Qingjiu wanted to laugh at his words, after all, he was forced to kill Hu Shu, but he didn't know why he had chosen him, probably because of Bai Yuehu.

There was a long period of calm after this had passed and the weather was getting hotter.

When the watermelon Bai Yuehu had planted in the field was ripe, Lu Qingjiu went to carry the biggest one back and wanted to chill it in the well water, but thinking of the lady ghost in the well water, he finally chose the fridge.

Watermelon and hotpot are a perfect match, so Lu Qingjiu went to the town to buy a lot of ingredients for the hotpot and made a big pot of bone broth, thinking we would all have a good meal tonight.

Unlike other dishes, you can add more to the hotpot when you run out, which Bai Yuehu usually likes.

Lu Qingjiu boiled the bottom of the pot and then set up an induction stove on the table and the three of them ate around the hot pot. It was a hot day, but the room was air-conditioned, so it wasn't very difficult.

Yin Xun was sweating profusely, and his favourite dish was Lu Qingjiu's special marinated beef, which is brined before it goes into the pot and then passed through the hot and spicy pot base, which not only tastes good but also has an extra spicy flavour.

"It's so delicious." Yin Xun's eyes were tearing up.

Bai Yuehu sat next to Lu Qingjiu, who was not afraid of the heat and never stopped using his chopsticks. The most amazing thing was that despite the heat, there was not a drop of sweat on his face or forehead, except for his lips, which became slightly rosy.

Lu Qingjiu's favourite part of the hotpot is the potatoes, which are cooked al dente, spicy and soft, and very tasty.

The three of them ate all night and finally brought out the frozen watermelon and cut it up for sharing, and I have to say that there hadn't been any leftovers since Bai Yuehu came to the house and almost everything could be eaten in one sitting.

Lu Qingjiu was still feeling very full, so he got up and walked around the courtyard, but as he did so, he heard a faint chirping sound near the courtyard.

Lu Qingjiu followed the sound and pushed open the door to the courtyard and walked a short distance down a nearby path to see something writhing in the grass.

Lu Qingjiu bent down and fiddled with the grass, but when he got a good look at what was in the grass, he paused for a few moments only to see a small white fox lying deep in the grass, just the size of a palm, with a layer of white fluffy fur all over its body and beautiful blue eyes. But Lu Qingjiu's head had just gone over and the little fox, cowering in the grass, was startled by the sight of the stranger and tried to flee in the other direction with a few urgent screams.

When Lu Qingjiu saw this, an unbelievable thought came to his mind and he shouted in horror: "Bai Yuehu, come and see if your son has come to the door", where else would the fox cub come from?

The author has something to say: Lu Qingjiu: Is this your son?

Bai Yuehu Observed for a moment: too small, not enough meat.

Lu Qingjiu.