"What?!"

Fatty got excited and blurted out an English sentence.

I repeated, "I rejected her!"

"**!" Fatty fell flat on his face.

I said I rejected Zhang Yuxin, why are you getting so worked up?

Fatty climbed back up, pointing at me, "You...you...you...are truly wasting a treasure!"

I shook my head and kept walking forward.

Fatty caught up from behind, looking incredulous, and asked why I rejected Zhang Yuxin.

I casually replied, "Maybe it didn't feel right!"

Fatty said, "Feelings can be cultivated! Besides, how can you not feel anything for such a beautiful woman? Are you made of wood or something?"

On the way home, Fatty kept nagging in my ear from start to finish, saying that Zhang Yuxin was so beautiful, known as the ice queen in school, and the dream girl of many boys. Now that the dream girl was pursuing me, I actually rejected her. My actions were despicable and simply infuriating!

When we reached the entrance of the village, Fatty suddenly stopped and stood with his hands behind his back, lightly tapping the ground with his toes, looking shy and swaying his body back and forth.

I asked Fatty what he was doing and why he wasn't moving.

Fatty glanced at me bashfully, "Honestly, do you...do you...like me?"

I trembled in my heart, damn it, does Fatty think that's the reason I rejected Zhang Yuxin?

I nodded, saying that I indeed liked him.

Fatty asked hesitantly, "What do you like about me?"

I took a deep breath, opened my mouth wide, and shouted, "I like it when you stay far away from me!"

Watching me leave, Fatty looked sad, "You're truly heartless and ungrateful!"

When I got home, I saw Dad running in and out, searching for something.

I asked Dad what he was looking for, and he said the chopping knife was missing.

Mom said Dad was getting old and his memory was getting worse. Lately, he kept misplacing things.

Dad frowned, pointing at a pile of firewood in the yard, "That's impossible. I always put the chopping knife under the stack of firewood. It's been a habit for so many years. How could it be missing?"

I didn't pay much attention and told Dad to keep looking. Then I went into the bedroom to put away my backpack.

As soon as I stepped into the bedroom, I noticed a glimmer on the bed.

Looking closely, hey, how strange, the family's chopping knife was actually placed on my bed.

The evening sun shone through the window, reflecting on the blade, creating the glimmer.

I quickly took the chopping knife and went outside. Upon hearing that the chopping knife appeared on my bed, Dad and Mom were both surprised. They both said that they had never been inside my room when I was away studying. How could the chopping knife end up on my bed? This was quite puzzling!

After discussing for a while, we couldn't come up with a reason. The meal was ready, and the whole family went to eat, forgetting about this matter.

In the middle of the night, I woke up needing to pee. So I put on my clothes and got up, ready to go to the bathroom, but I felt a chill under my feet.

I looked down and found that the slippers that were originally by the bed had disappeared.

I touched my head, puzzled. I clearly remembered that when I went to bed after taking a shower last night, my slippers were by the bed. How did they disappear for no reason when I woke up?

I suddenly thought of the incident with the chopping knife yesterday and felt that something was off. Why were things mysteriously disappearing from my house? Could there be something sinister at play?

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I quickly rummaged through the cupboard and took out the bottle of bull's eye tears, dripping a couple of drops into my eyes.

At this moment, I heard the barking of the little yellow dog at the entrance of the yard, barking frantically and restlessly, jerking the chain, making a clattering sound, as if going mad.

Barking so loudly late at night, could someone be intruding in the house?

I turned my head to look outside the window, and by the moonlight, I saw behind the barking little yellow dog, a pale-faced skinny man.

That man extended his bony hands, grabbing the tail of the little yellow dog, a mocking smile on his mouth.

I was shocked and grabbed the exorcism talisman under my pillow, rushing out.

Based on my experience, that pale-faced man was most likely a wandering ghost.

Some ghosts during their lifetime liked causing trouble, so after they died, when passing by certain households, they liked sneaking into the house and causing some mischief.

If my speculation was correct, the constant disappearance of things in the house was likely due to this wandering ghost playing tricks.

"Let go!"

I rushed out into the yard. The wandering ghost glanced back at me, then disappeared.

As soon as the wandering ghost ran away, the little yellow dog stopped barking.

I widened my eyes, scanning the yard back and forth, but I didn't see the shadow of the wandering ghost.

I thought for a moment, took the exorcism talisman, and walked to the entrance of the yard, ready to stick it on the door so that those wandering ghosts wouldn't dare to come in and cause trouble.

Just as I was about to stick the exorcism talisman, I suddenly heard a loud clattering sound from above my head. A large brick, accompanied by two pieces of tile, fell suddenly from above me, as if lightning fast.

My heart skipped a beat, damn it, that wandering ghost was ambushing me!

It happened suddenly, and I wasn't prepared at all. It was too late to dodge.

Just as it was about to hit me and cause a bloody mess, a strong gust of wind rose up, blowing the brick and tiles into the air above my head, where they circled with the wind but didn't fall down.

A familiar voice came from the entrance, "How dare a mere wandering ghost come here to cause trouble, get lost!"

Hearing this familiar voice, my eyes instantly welled up with tears. My lips trembled with excitement, and I blurted out, "Qingqing! Qingqing!"

I was incredibly familiar with Qingqing's voice, so there was absolutely no mistaking it.

I rushed up and pushed open the door, only to see Qingqing standing at the entrance, wearing a long dark green water lily dress.

The night breeze blew, and her dress gently swayed. She stood in front of me, smiling brightly, "Yang Cheng, I'm back!"

Calculating the time, Qingqing had been gone for quite a while.

The person I longed for day and night suddenly appeared in front of me at this moment, making it hard for me to believe.

I slapped my face hard to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

I looked Qingqing up and down, and after so long, Qingqing had become more mature, more feminine, more enchanting. She had shed her childishness and become even more breathtakingly beautiful.

"What's wrong? Don't recognize me?" Liu Qingqing asked me with a smile.

I was so excited that tears were about to fall. My throat was choked as if something was blocking it, and I couldn't say a word.

I could only express my longing for her with a tight embrace.

Qingqing, finally you've returned!