"Why is it different?" Tan Xuan asked confusedly. He had not yet recovered from the nightmare just now, and he couldn't understand Xiao Di's panicked expression. It seemed scarier than his own nightmare.
"It seems to be broken." Xiao Di pointed at the sandalwood beads and said.
"Is it broken?" Tan Xuan immediately sat up, no longer looking half-dead.
Tan Xuan was even more shocked after seeing it. The sandalwood beads that were originally smooth and were even patinated by his plate now cracked. Not only did they crack suddenly, but they also cracked miserably. There were dense cracks all over the place.
Although the surface of the sandalwood beads does not scratch your hands, it seems like it will fall off at any time.
"What's happening here?"
Tan Xuan also looked confused, holding the sandalwood beads carefully, not daring to breathe, for fear of accidentally blowing it into a pile of wood slag.
"Why is it like this? When I was a kid, he even hit it with a rock without breaking a crack. Why is it suddenly like this now?"
There were questions in Tan Xuan's mind. Although it was not usually a good thing to wear on his body, but now it suddenly happened like this, he still felt a little distressed, especially after being remembered by others.
"Is it frozen? That fake Tang Miao jumped into the river wearing it two days ago." Xiao Di whispered an idea that he thought was impossible.
"Impossible." Tan Xuan shook his head, "Everyone is fine. How could it be frozen? And let alone freezing, I didn't burn it when I burned it."
Looking carefully, Tan Xuan found that although the sandalwood beads were densely cracked, they were not deep and there were no signs of breakage. He first gradually used his hands harder, and then knocked it against the head of the bed a few times.
The beads are still intact, not even a bit of scum has fallen off, they are as strong as ever, they just look awkward, but they are no longer so cold when you hold them, and now they are at normal indoor temperature when you hold them in your hands.
"What on earth is going on here?" Tan Xuan shook his head. This situation was not only sudden, but also unbelievable.
Xiao Di frowned and thought for a while, then said uncertainly: "Husband, this bead has the effect of calming the energy and concentrating the mind. When Tang Miao stole the bead, you became possessed. Now that the bead suddenly becomes like this, what will happen to you?"
Could it be that the palace master did something to you last night? Their purpose was to make you show off your demonic nature. Didn’t you just say that you were crazy in your dream and only wanted to kill people?"
"Maybe it's really like this." This sentence woke up the dreamer. Although he was not sure whether Xiao Di was right or not, Tan Xuan thought that it should be like this.
"Theoretically speaking, without the sandalwood beads to restrain the demonic nature in my heart, as long as they deliberately provoke me, I will easily fall into the trap. I am possessed by these in my dreams. After all, the effect of this bead cannot be brought to the dream."
Tan Xuan suddenly took Xiao Di's hand and said: "Xiao Di, please go home and live during this period. I'm afraid that if I become possessed again, I will really become disowned. It's too dangerous for you to be by my side."
"No, I won't go back. If I go back, wouldn't you be in more danger?" Xiao Di immediately rejected Tan Xuan's suggestion and firmly grabbed Tan Xuan with his backhand.
"Your master said that when you are possessed by a demon, the only one who can make you wake up is me. I cannot leave you."
"Only you can make me wake up..." Tan Xuan thought of the dream just now. Wasn't that the process of becoming a demon? He became a demon because he heard the news of Xiao Di's death, and it was precisely because he met Xiao Di later that he became a demon.
Gradually waking up, this also verified Xiao Di's words. Tan Xuan let out a sigh of relief. In his dream, he still remembered Xiao Di, but in reality, he was even less likely to forget.
"It should be like this, and the dream just now was very weird. There were many pictures in my mind that I shouldn't have, so I became obsessed with it in the dream. Fortunately, it was not reality."
Xiao Di held Tan Xuan in his arms and stroked Tan Xuan's sandalwood beads when he could hear his heartbeat.
"Dreams are all weird. Sometimes as long as you have that thought, the dream will be infinitely magnified. Sometimes I even dream that I can fly. Nothing in the dream is weird. You don't have to worry if this bead doesn't work.
Okay, you can just bring me this cigarette holder amulet, anyway, now I have these pair of earrings to protect me."
"No need." Tan Xuan held down Xiao Di's hand, "This bead means far more to me than it does. I have never relied on it to protect myself. I'm not afraid of becoming a demon. I'm just afraid that if I become a demon,
I don’t know anything anymore. Now it seems that at least I still know you. This is enough. What else should I be afraid of? It’s okay. Doesn’t this bead look more artistic now? It looks good to me.”
If it cracks, it will crack. Anyway, the thing is still there. Tan Xuan didn't show too much concern. Perhaps as he said, this bead is a memorial left to him by his parents. He didn't expect this thing to protect him before, but it will be more in the future.
Never had this thought.
He opened the curtains and looked outside. It was just dim outside the window. There were already lights on upstairs behind him, and some people had already started their day. Tan Xuan pressed his forehead against the window, and the coolness spread from his forehead to his whole body, making his body feel cold.
My heart completely calmed down.
"Dangdangdang..."
A crisp knock on the door broke the silence in the house.
"Who is it?"
Tan Xuan asked knowingly.
"It's me, are you up? Please come out, I want to say a few words to you." Tang Miao's quiet voice came from outside the door, as if he was afraid of disturbing the people in the house, but everyone who should have been disturbed had already been disturbed.
Already.
"Wait a moment."
Tan Xuan picked up the clothes from the ground and put them on casually, then covered Xiao Di with the quilt before opening the bedroom door.
"What's wrong? What's the matter?" Tan Xuan stood outside the door and asked, looking at Tang Miao, who was still wearing the bathrobe. Although there was no light in the living room, he could still see that Tang Miao's expression was a little unnatural, and her face looked a bit unnatural.
My eyes are a little red, my eyes are a little swollen, and the smell of alcohol is still lingering on my body. I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t sobered up or I haven’t slept well.
Tang Miao said with an embarrassed expression: "Well...I'm sorry last night. You worked so hard to save me, but I still beat and scolded you. I'm really embarrassed. Thank you for saving me again, thank you."
With that said, Xiao Di bowed deeply towards Tan Xuan.
Tan Xuan looked at Tang Miao in surprise and found that she was still the same. There was nothing unusual about her. There were still traces of the cinnabar ink on her face and the uncovered areas in front of her body last night. He frowned and said, "You just knocked on the door so early in the morning.
Do you want to tell me this? You don’t need to thank me. Just like Aunt Hua said, I saved you because this matter has something to do with me. If you are fine, go back and sleep for a while. It’s still early now.
You don’t have a plane to leave at this time.”
Tang Miao looked at Tan Xuan and smiled bitterly, and asked: "Why, you don't want to see me so much and you are so anxious to drive me away?"
"No." Tan Xuan denied flatly. Even if he really didn't want to see the other party, he was too embarrassed to say it directly. "I'm afraid you won't get used to living here anymore. Since it's okay, why don't you go home and cultivate yourself instead of me?"
It’s a comfortable place to live in this wretched place.”
Tang Miao pouted, with a proud smile on her face, "That's alright, I'm not in a hurry to leave. I'd better stay at your house for a few days. I'll go back when I'm completely recovered, so as not to worry about my family.
It will be even worse once word gets out that you have not treated me well."
"Uh..." Tan Xuan didn't expect that he would be met with rudeness after he was just a little polite. He wanted to give himself a slap in the face, but the words had already been spoken. The man was spitting out his words, so he could only
The hard-core scalp said: "Well, okay, but I was a bit injured last night. If you live here, you can only take care of yourself."
"Are you seriously injured? Do you need me to take you to the hospital?" Tang Miao asked with great concern.
"It's okay, no need." Tan Xuan was startled by Tang Miao's sudden concern and hurriedly stepped back. In his memory, Tang Miao seemed to have never cared about anyone else when he came here. Thinking about what he did last night, what he was doing at the scene now
Tan Xuan suspected that Tang Miao was looking for an opportunity to retaliate.
Tan Xuan waved his hand towards Tang Miao, yawned and said, "If it's okay, you can go back and sleep for a while. It's not yet dawn, so I have to go back and catch up on my sleep. I haven't had a good rest in the past few days."
"Tan Xuan, wait a minute." When Tan Xuan turned around to go back to the bedroom, Tang Miao stopped him again.
"Is there anything else?" Tan Xuan asked impatiently.
"Can I do this now?
In exchange?" Tang Miao asked in a low voice, pointing to the bathrobe on her body, with a shy look on her face.
"Okay, you can wear whatever you like now, and the things I painted on you can be washed away. You are well now. Take a good rest for two days. Once the soul in your body has completely stabilized, you will be completely fine."
"Really?" Tang Miao looked happy, then blushed, and said to Tan Xuan very embarrassedly: "Um, does Xiao Di have any extra bath towels? I plan to use them after washing, mine is too dirty.
.”
Tan Xuan went to the bathroom and walked around, then took a bath towel and handed it to Tang Miao, "Xiao Di doesn't have any more. If you don't mind, you can use mine. If you don't want to use it, just use the sheets."
"
"You were just wrapped in sheets." Tang Miao grabbed the bath towel and ran back to the bedroom with her head down, and then there was the sound of "swishing" water.
"I was just being polite, why did you just take it away?" Tan Xuan shook his head, returned to his bedroom, and continued to sleep with Xiao Di on the same pillow. He was too tired these two days and had to take a good rest.
"Bang!"
There was a sudden loud noise in the room, startling Tan Xuan and Xiao Di, who had just fallen asleep, to sit up.
"What's the sound? Did it explode somewhere?" Xiao Di asked with a panicked look on his face.
"No, something unclean has come to the house." Tan Xuan jumped out of bed, put on his pajamas and left the bedroom. He saw a vague figure lying at the door.
"Which blind guy dared to break into my house?" Tan Xuan asked angrily, and the anger on his body enveloped the black figure in a form visible to the naked eye.
"Tan Xuan, save me!" The figure struggled to raise his head and said with a weak breath.