Chapter 215
Chapter 215
The lively procession of gongs and drums came to an abrupt halt the instant Liu Ye shouted.
Then everyone watched as the group of Fiends opposite them turned in perfect military unison and bolted down the mountain as fast as their legs could carry them.
The crowd fell silent.
So did the Driver.
“Uncle Bai! Don’t go! It’s me, Liu Ye! Little Ye! Uncle Bai!”
Liu Ye hurried after them.
A short while later, the group of Fiends followed Liu Ye back, every face filled with utter despair.
“It’s fine, everyone. They’re relatives of mine.”
Liu Ye returned in high spirits.
Everyone else was dumbfounded. What the hell was going on? This man actually had Fiends for relatives?
The Driver was on the verge of collapse. He had hoped the powerful Fiends of the Fiendish World would destroy Liu Ye, but Liu Ye’s shout and their reaction had shattered all his hopes in an instant.
This brat had come from the inner layer of this very world! His family members were probably some of those powerful Fiends. Those bastards had used exactly the same trick he was trying now.
Better a fellow Daoist die than this poor Daoist. Unfortunately, of all the fellow Daoists in the world, he was the unlucky one!
“Let me introduce everyone. This is my neighbor, Uncle Bai. Back in the countryside, he handles funerals…”
Liu Ye abruptly stopped, then turned to Uncle Bai in confusion.
“Uncle Bai, I just remembered. Don’t you handle funeral work? Why are you taking wedding jobs too? I knew that tune sounded wrong.”
Uncle Bai gave him an aggrieved look.
Do you really not know why I handle funerals? You stripped every last piece of clothing off me! If I didn’t come out and earn some extra money, I’d have to wear those rotten leaves for the rest of my life!
Of course, he could not say that to Liu Ye. If the brat began feeling guilty, they would be the ones to suffer.
Uncle Bai rapidly signed, “When you’re away from home looking for work, you have to take whatever jobs you can get.”
The words struck a chord in Liu Ye’s heart. Wasn’t that the truth? Once a person left home, circumstances were no longer under their control.
“Right, Uncle Bai. Let me introduce you to someone.”
With that, Liu Ye walked into the crowd.
“Big Brother! Big Brother! Why are you hiding? Don’t be shy.”
Liu Ye forcibly dragged the Driver out. The Driver squeezed out a smile even uglier than crying.
“Hello, Uncle Bai… Boohoo…”
Liu Ye fell silent.
“Big Brother, why are you crying? Do you two know each other?”
“No… Boohoo…”
Liu Ye had no words.
Uncle Bai, on the other hand, gazed at the Driver with excitement. The way Liu Ye addressed him told Uncle Bai everything he needed to know. This was the latest unlucky bastard Liu Ye had ensnared!
This was wonderful!
Now that Liu Ye had a new victim, he would stop tormenting the rest of them.
Uncle Bai signed, “I need to speak with him about something.”
Without waiting for Liu Ye’s agreement, he pulled the Driver aside.
“Listen to me, kid. You must keep Little Ye in your world. If you let him come back, I’m telling you now: half the Fiends in the inner layer of the world will hunt you down!”
Uncle Bai had produced a whiteboard and was writing on it at remarkable speed.
The Driver burst into bitter tears. He had known it would be like this! Why had he followed Liu Ye in here in the first place?
Now he was truly doomed. He probably would not escape this menace for the rest of his life.
“Uncle Bai, what are you doing? Don’t bully my big brother. He takes very good care of me.”
“Don’t worry. From today onward, your big brother is my big brother…”
“Huh?”
Uncle Bai swiftly corrected his signs. “Your big brother is my little brother. If anyone dares bully him, they’ll answer to me…”
The Driver cried even harder. Of course Uncle Bai would defend him. They were terrified that if anything happened to the Driver, Liu Ye would go home!
Seeing how well the two of them were getting along made Liu Ye even happier.
After all, nothing was better than meeting someone from home while far away.
“All right, we still have work to do. The bride is getting married, and we can’t miss the auspicious hour, so we’ll be leaving now.”
Uncle Bai signed rapidly. He wanted nothing more than to get away from Liu Ye.
But Liu Ye refused to let him leave. He had finally encountered a relative from home. How could he allow Uncle Bai to depart so quickly?
“Come on, Uncle Bai, don’t be in such a hurry. We hardly ever get to see each other. We ought to spend some time together.”
“We can’t. They’re holding a wedding, and you have business of your own…”
Uncle Bai alternated between signing and writing, then glared viciously at Second Uncle and the others.
Second Uncle’s group was nearly paralyzed with fear. They could only nod instinctively.
Liu Ye was rather dejected. They had only just reunited, and already they had to part again. Who could bear that?
Just then, he suddenly noticed the Bride furtively trying to slip out of the sedan chair.
When he saw the Cicada-shaped Jade Pendant around her neck, he became excited all over again.
“Xiaoqian!”
The Bride stiffened, then slowly turned around.
It was indeed Xiaoqian, the Bride from the ghost marriage in Liuxi Village.
Uncle Bai covered his face in anguish. It was over. There was no escaping now.
Liu Ye walked over and said excitedly, “Xiaoqian, you’re getting married again? Why didn’t you tell me? Your big brother didn’t even know you were holding a wedding.”
Xiaoqian said nothing.
She was not truly getting married. She merely wanted to use the Red-and-White Double Calamity to increase her power. Who could have imagined she would be unlucky enough to run into Liu Ye again?
Liu Ye looked around, then frowned.
“Wait, you’re getting married, but where is the groom’s family? They’re showing you no respect at all! This may be your second marriage, but they still can’t bully you like this.”
Xiaoqian remained silent.
What did he mean, second marriage? Her first wedding had never even happened. He was the one who ruined it!
“I don’t need them. I’m just holding a simple wedding. There’s no need for all those formalities,” Xiaoqian said softly.
After absorbing all those memories back then, her power had improved substantially. She could speak now.
“That still won’t do! Little sister, listen to me. You’re far too honest and easy to bully. Leave this matter to your big brother! Honestly, do they think you have no family of your own to stand up for you?”
Xiaoqian had nothing to say.
Since when had he become part of her family?
She was about to speak when Liu Ye walked over to Second Uncle’s group.
“Here’s the situation. A young woman from my relatives’ family is getting married, and she’s short on people from the bride’s side. Would all of you come along and help make it lively?”
Second Uncle and the others blinked, then one of them cautiously said, “M-Master Liu, we… we don’t have a problem with that. But we’re carrying all these coffins. Wouldn’t it be inappropriate to take them to someone’s wedding?”
“Why would it be inappropriate? Didn’t the Romance of the Three Kingdoms say something about… what was his name, the man who carried a coffin into a duel?”
“Pang De!” Xiaoshuai supplied from the side.
“Panda? What does a panda have to do with this?” Liu Ye asked in confusion.
The Driver fell silent.
If you don’t know, could you stop trying to quote the classics? On second thought, though, the brat had made progress. At least he knew the English word “panda.”
“Anyway, if Panda dared carry a coffin into a duel, why can’t we carry coffins to a wedding? We have to show them that our little sister isn’t someone they can bully. If they dare disrespect her, we’ll put them in a coffin!”
Everyone fell silent.
Are you planning a wedding or starting a blood feud?