My enemies became my companions

Chapter 637 Father Exorcises Ghosts

Chapter 637 Dad Exorcises Ghosts (Part 2)

Taken aback by this question, Donggong Ruoshu shook her head vigorously.
"I can't dress up as a ghost."

Chen Yi was slightly taken aback and subconsciously began to think about how to teach this clumsy girl, but when he looked up again, she had suddenly disappeared.

Where have you been?
Chen Yi was about to go and looked around.

As the night deepened, she gently breathed into his ear.

"I am a ghost."

…………

As night deepened, the Prince's mansion was completely silent. Only a few maids and servants were on duty in the inner courtyard. Of course, some people were taking a nap in the side rooms, and they would wake up and get up to check if there was any movement.

Zhu E propped her face up and carefully examined Qin Yue's sleeping face.

To say that she was observing was an understatement; the night was so dark that one couldn't see anything, not even a glimmer of light. No matter how sharp one's eyes were, they could only make out some outlines. But even just the outlines were enough to sketch out a face in Zhu E's mind.

Qin Yue was sleeping soundly, breathing heavily through her nose.

Zhu E couldn't help but reach out and point, and she frowned slightly before relaxing and continuing to breathe, which made the princess smile involuntarily.

Qin Yue's mouth, eyes, and nose are very similar to Qing Luo's when she was a child. Her body also has the outline of Qing Luo's, but it is not as big. She is like a little Prince of Annam. However, her eyebrows are the only thing that resembles Chen Yi.

Perhaps that's why, even knowing that Qin Yue wasn't her child, she loved the child deeply, even more than her own mother.

Outside, there was a slight rustling sound. Zhu E's eyes narrowed instantly, and a coldness naturally appeared on her face.

She saw a figure outside move and make a gesture, which made her look up and raise her eyebrows curiously.

Why are you here at this hour, sir?

Zhu Wo gathered a coat around herself, then tiptoed out the door.

"Officer."

"Aunt Zhu..." Chen Yi said, glancing inside with a somewhat furtive look, before secretly transmitting his voice, "I came to see you, and also to see... her."

Zhu E chuckled. She hadn't expected Chen Yi to have such a guilty look on his face. The thought that he was Qin Yue's biological father made it even more ridiculous.

"I thought it was a wet nurse inside. Why are you sleeping with her?"

Children from wealthy families often did not sleep in the same room as their birth mothers, but slept with their wet nurses. The wet nurses took care of and served them on a daily basis, while the birth mothers would only spend two or three hours with them occasionally. Otherwise, aside from other miscellaneous matters, the fact that the child would wake up several times during the night could be exhausting.

If Chen Yi had known it was Zhu E beforehand, he wouldn't have needed to be so secretive; he could have just communicated with her in advance.

“Zhu E couldn’t bear to part with this child, so she often slept with her,” Zhu E paused, then added, “and occasionally the wet nurses would also take her to sleep.”

What should we do if she wants to breastfeed?

"The wet nurse is in the side room; just call her over."

Chen Yi nodded slightly, understanding this. He wouldn't need to be so careful when coming over at night in the future. Even if Qin Qingluo found out, she would turn a blind eye.

Zhu E glanced at Chen Yi, her eyes gleaming slightly. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly heard a few shouts from inside.

“Mother, mother, mother…”

"She's awake."

Even without Chen Yi saying it, Zhu E knew. She was slightly annoyed. Qin Yue was obedient, but she woke up at the worst possible time.

"What's wrong, Yue'er?"

"Mother, I...I can't find you..."

"Why can't I find my mother? She's right here."

A groggy sound came from the bedroom. Qin Yue was half-awake and muttering a lot of things, but it was impossible to tell what she was saying.

Zhu E gently pulled her into his arms, trying to soothe her back to sleep, but Qin Yue became more awake and broke free.

"Mother, Mother, Sister, Sister is looking for me, looking for Yue'er."

Qin Yue paused, her voice soft and childish, with a hint of grievance.

"My sister said that Yue'er is being naughty and that she's not good."

"elder sister?"

The unexpected words caught Zhu E off guard. She turned on the lamp, then glanced at Qin Yue, who looked completely bewildered.

"Are you dreaming?"

Qin Yue only half listened and continued to say to herself, "Sister, sister laughed at me, laughed at me a lot, laughed at me... for wetting the bed." As she spoke, her voice sounded a little aggrieved, and her eyes became a little sore.

"Laugh... You wet the bed, but Yue'er didn't. Mother saw it." Zhu E pulled back the covers to show her, and then personally touched her hand.

Qin Yue shook her head and said, "I peed, I peed, and then... I dried it. My sister laughed at me, kept laughing at me... I'm so big now, and I still... I still wet the bed..."

Zhu Wo suppressed a laugh. For a two-year-old child, it's still a bit difficult to understand what a dream is; he was clearly treating his dream as reality.

Qin Yue felt extremely wronged and a little unwilling. She clenched her little hands and muttered, "Yue'er, Yue'er will not...wet the bed anymore, so that my sister won't laugh..."

"Mmm, Yue'er is so good, both good and capable."

"Mother, Mother, Yue'er, Yue'er... Sister is so, so beautiful, more beautiful than ten, ten, a hundred Yue'ers." Children's emotions come and go quickly. Qin Yue felt wronged for a while, then asked in a sweet voice, "Sister, who, who is she?"

"Then, sister?" Zhu E was considering how to answer, how to tell Qin Yue that it was just a dream, while Qin Yue looked at her expectantly with wide eyes.

Suddenly, a deep voice was heard:
"ghost."

Qin Yue was stunned for a moment, and when she turned her head, she realized that the person had come to the door at some point. Startled, she shrank into Zhu E's arms.

Facing Qin Yue's wary gaze, Chen Yi slowly entered, his face unusually somber.

Zhu E was slightly taken aback, but then she understood something from the corner of Chen Yi's eye.

Qin Yue's small eyes remained wary as she repeated, with a mixture of curiosity and doubt, "A ghost?"

“That’s right, it’s… a ghost.” Chen Yi’s expression was solemn, half of his face was shrouded in shadow.

Sensing the man's serious demeanor and deep voice, Qin Yue became a little flustered and asked again, "Ghost... what is that?"

Chen Yi pondered for a moment, and after a long while said, "You're a child, and Dad doesn't know how to explain this to you."

“Yue’er is a child, you, you should speak like a child…” She still refused to acknowledge him.

"Well... in a child's words, it's a ghost... a very scary thing, a very frightening thing. Think about it, wasn't it very dark just now? Weren't you scared by how dark it was? Hey, she appeared in a very dark place."

Qin Yue silently hugged Zhu E tighter, her eyes trembling slightly, and asked softly, "Then...do ghosts...do people eat people?"

“Eat! They specialize in eating people.” Chen Yi said decisively, “And they especially like to eat children. And if you want to fight back, you can’t even touch them. Only ghosts can touch you and eat you up piece by piece.”

She forced herself to be strong and said, "No, I don't believe you. You're talking badly about me." She turned to Zhu E and asked, "Your Majesty, is there really... really a ghost?"

Zhu E nodded reluctantly, seemingly startled as well.

Qin Yue shivered. Even though Zhu E tried her best to hold her tightly, she was terrified. She glanced into the shadows and quickly looked away, afraid that the older sister inside would jump out again.

Chen Yi sighed and said slowly, "Also, kids are stupid; they wouldn't even know if a ghost ate them."

"I...I don't want to...I don't want to be eaten by ghosts..." Tears welled up in her eyes as she hugged Zhu E tightly.

"Honey, do you... have any ideas?" Zhu E asked softly at the right moment.

Qin Yue quickly looked at Chen Yi.

"There is a way, but ghosts are terrifying. They eat people and children indiscriminately, and no one can do anything about it."

Chen Yi's expression turned extremely troubled, as if he were revealing a shocking secret.
"But Dad is different. Dad is a Taoist priest and he can exorcise ghosts."

Qin Yue's eyes widened.

"Yue'er, do you want Daddy to come and drive away the ghost?"

Qin Yue didn't want to agree, so she turned her face away timidly and asked, "Mother, can you exorcise ghosts?"

Zhu E blinked and shook her head helplessly.

Clinging to her last glimmer of hope, Qin Yue asked, "Then... what about Father?"

"Your father...wouldn't either."

"Only him... would he do it?"

"Only he knows how."

Qin Yue froze for a moment, her little face scrunched up, and she said in a tearful voice, "Yue'er, Yue'er doesn't believe it. He, he thinks I'm a little kid and he's lying to me."

“Dad isn’t lying to you this time. Ask your mom if you don’t believe me.” “…Mom?”

Zhu E sighed and said, "He really didn't lie to you."

Qin Yue's face was filled with bitterness, tears welled up in her eyes and dripped onto the bedding. She was so afraid that a ghost would come and eat her that she dared not cry loudly for a moment.

After an unknown amount of time, Qin Yue, having mustered her strength, turned her face and asked in a trembling voice:

"Can you really exorcise ghosts?"

"It's true."

"Then help me drive away, drive away the ghost, drive it away."

Chen Yi neither refused nor affirmed, but said, "So rude? You won't even call me 'Dad'?"

"...You, you chased away the ghost, and I, I'll call..."

Qin Yue rolled her teary eyes.

Children never understand that the same trick can't be used twice.

But the adults know.

………………

Qin Yue was carried to Chen Yi's courtyard. She didn't dare to get off Zhu E the whole way, and she kept her eyes closed, not daring to look anywhere.

Chen Yi returned from the side room, pretending to hold the yellow paper and draw a talisman with a cinnabar pen.

Then Zhu E put Qin Yue down. Qin Yue looked trembling and dared not stand on her own. She just kept looking ahead and dared not move around.

Chen Yi, dressed in a Taoist robe, held the talisman in his hand, exuding an air of otherworldly elegance. His eyes were slightly closed, and his brows were delicate. Although she was still young and couldn't understand his dignified posture, it gave her a little more confidence.

"Can...can it really drive away...ghosts?" she asked softly.

"Yes." Chen Yi affirmed first, then calculated with his fingers, and then slowly said, "However, there are a few requirements."

"What...requirements?"

"It's something you have to do; if you don't do it, you won't be able to drive away the ghost."

"Oh, Yue'er, Yue'er can make... so many things."

"Yes, Yue'er is very capable, but Yue'er is still a child and not capable enough. She still needs Daddy's help. If she does these things well, Yue'er can exorcise ghosts by herself without Daddy's help."

Qin Yue nodded, her eyes filled with intense curiosity.

"First, you need to hold this talisman and turn it twice to the left and once to the right, then stay still."

"Turn left...two circles...turn right once...stay still." Qin Yue tried hard to remember.

Then, swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"saliva?"

"It's the saliva in your mouth, you know what saliva is?"

"Yes, Yue'er knows, swallow it, ah—" Qin Yue opened her mouth wide for Chen Yi to see.

Chen Yi nodded.

Qin Yue stared at him, her eyes filled with nervous anticipation.

"In the end..."

The man smiled.
"Call daddy."

"Huh?" Qin Yue immediately got angry upon hearing this. "You, you must be lying to Yue'er, lying!"

She puffed out her cheeks, clearly not believing it.

"Lying to you? This time, Daddy isn't lying to you. Ghosts are so scary and frightening, how could I dare to lie to Yue'er?" Chen Yi sighed. "If Yue'er gets eaten, wouldn't Daddy cry his eyes out?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yue panicked slightly, but still refused to show her fear, saying, "You...you should drive the ghost away first..."

"Then you must shout, otherwise you won't be able to get rid of them."

"must."

So Chen Yi held the talisman in his hand, stepped out in the Seven Stars Step, and chanted, "Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, bodhisattvas and immortals, please show your power..."

After performing a ritual, he handed the talisman to Qin Yue.

Qin Yue grabbed the talisman, then, following her earlier instructions, turned it twice to the left and once to the right, finally swallowing hard.

Her throat cleared instantly, but when she got to the word "Dad," she stopped again.

Qin Yue merely moved her lips slightly, uttering two meaningless sounds as if she had shouted.

Subsequently,

It felt like mist brushing against my cheeks.

Suddenly, I felt a sense of...refreshment and openness.

Qin Yue's eyes widened slightly, and she realized she wasn't as scared as before.

The ghost... has disappeared?

Then... Dad doesn't need to be called...

He was lying to Yue'er again!

Qin Yue was furious for a moment, but then she became happy again. Although the child didn't know how to write the words "to take advantage of someone else," she knew that she was the one who benefited this time.

Turning my head, I was met with the expectant face of that bad guy.

"You've been fooled! Yue'er didn't call out!" Qin Yue snorted and triumphantly exposed her. "You still want to lie to Yue'er, but you can't. You've been lied to by Yue'er again."

Chen Yi immediately showed a look of great shock, while Qin Yue was even happier and almost jumped up, but after a moment, his expression became serious.

He remained silent for a long time, then sighed heavily, "If you keep doing this... the ghost will come again."

"You're lying to Yue'er again. Yue'er doesn't believe you."

…………

That's what she said, but Qin Yue was still a little scared.

I didn't dare to close my eyes and sleep for a very long time.

After being exhausted for a long time and unable to move, my eyes finally closed intermittently.

I'm so sleepy.

She fell asleep immediately, her eyes completely closed.

It's been so long...

There are no ghosts at all...

"Did you wet the bed again?"

"..."