Late at night, Yu Shu was lying on the bed, tossing and turning. She couldn't fall asleep, so she got up and gently turned on the oil lamp. She took a few pieces of paper with "sleep talk" written on it from Jing Chen before dinner in the evening and sat in front of the window thinking.
It was a good sign that Jing Chen could dream about the past. Although he still couldn't remember anything, there were some clues to find. The bad thing was that some of the things he dreamed were not good news for Yu Shu.
Speaking of which, it had to be traced back to half a year ago when she and Jing Chen had met in Yiyang. He had given her a stone called Yellow Frost, which she had accidentally lost. Before this, she had only felt that it was a pity, but now it seemed that the small yellow stone was actually not an ordinary item. If it had fallen into the hands of someone else, it would have instead become a bad thing.
That Yellowfrost Stone was also known as the Adversity Blocking Stone. It was the treasure of Jing Chen's sect. It was mainly used to block disasters for people close to him, so that they wouldn't be harmed by the Ketu Star. As for what other uses it had, Yu Shu didn't know. She didn't tell Jing Chen that the stone was used to "block" him. She only mentioned that he gave it to her, but she lost it.
At this time, it was too late to complain that Jing Chen casually gave such an important thing to her. She was the one who lost the "Adversity Blocking Stone", so she had to take the main responsibility. But it had been so long, to find it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. It was just a small stone, who knew where it was lost?
She took out the booklet that was pressed on the corner of the table and flipped through it. It was densely packed, and it was all about the big and small disasters that she had predicted for the people around her these days. Counting the days, the time of Jing Chen's Ketu Star's attack should be coming soon. In the next few days, there would be trouble one after another. She carefully guarded against it, but she didn't know what kind of disaster was hidden in front of her.
"Sigh, if only there was a way to predict where the Adversity Blocking Stone is now."
Yu Shu sighed anxiously. She suddenly had this crazy idea and couldn't stop herself from thinking about it. She didn't feel sleepy at all. Thereupon he counted the copper coins, took a pen and paper, and tossed out the numbers of the adversity blocking stone that were related to her. He wrote them down one by one, buried them on the table, and began to write. He was trying to find a clue.
Unknowingly, night had fallen outside the window. The sky was half dark and half bright. It was the time when people were sleepy and did not wake up. Jing Chen, who lived in the west room, woke up and planned to practice his swordsmanship for an hour before dawn. However, he saw a light under the big room's window, and a figure was reflected on the thin paper of the window. He was very surprised.
Why aren't you asleep at this time of the day?
Yu Shu was racking her brains over a bunch of numbers. She even pulled out a few tufts of her hair, so she didn't hear the gentle knock on the window above her head. It wasn't until Jing Chen's question entered the room through the window that she suddenly came to her senses. She looked up and saw that it was almost dawn.
"Little Fish?"
Yu Shu stood up and opened the window. After sitting for half the night, her waist couldn't stand it anymore and creaked. She quietly moaned and opened the window. She saw Jing Chen, who was wearing a white shirt, standing outside the window. He looked at her with a slightly worried expression: "Why aren't you sleeping at this time?"
Yu Shu rubbed her waist and said: "I couldn't sleep, so I got up."
Jing Chen lowered his head. His line of sight looked past the window and fell on the messy table. He wondered: "What are you doing?"
Yu Shu yawned: "I want to see if there is a way to calculate where the adversity blocking stone is."
Listening to her explanation. Jing Chen was puzzled and asked: "Didn't you say that it was lost a long time ago? It's been so long, how can we find it?"
"It's not easy to find it, but it can be calculated."
As soon as this was mentioned, Yu Shu became energetic. She didn't even ask why Jing Chen got up at this time. She was afraid that she would wake up Yu Xiaoxiu who was sleeping in the room, so she quickly gathered up the drafts that were scattered everywhere on the table. She grabbed the coat on the back of the chair and whispered to Jing Chen: "Wait for me, I'll talk to you outside."
Jing Chen looked at the window in front of him closed from the inside. After a while, he heard the sound of the door of the big room. He turned his head and saw Yu Shu coming out with clothes on her back. She closed the door and waved at him. Jing Chen understood and walked forward.
Yu Shu pushed open the room where Xia Mingming slept, lit the lamp, and sat down with Jing Chen at the four-corner tea table. She put the lamp in her hand and held the stack of papers. She pointed to the top and explained to Jing Chen: "Look, these are the days before and after you gave me the Yellowfrost Stone. These are the days when I lost it. This stone is not a person, so it can't be found. Of course, it is troublesome to find it, but it won't run away by itself without legs. Let's not talk about where it was thrown, it was thrown away from me. You know I use copper coins to ask about myself, right? I asked many times last night. First, I asked where it was. Out of ten, eight of them are guideposts. This means that I can ask about it from my body. I also divined whether it can find it or not. The probability is fifty-fifty, which is interesting. If I can't find it, it's close to forty-sixty, but … "
When Yu Shu talked about her expertise in probability and estimation, her two eyes glowed green with excitement. She didn't care if Jing Chen understood what she was talking about. She told him everything she thought of that night. Actually, she wanted to organize her thoughts and answer her own questions. She didn't even give Jing Chen a chance to interrupt.
Fortunately, Jing Chen wasn't a person who liked to get to the bottom of things. If he understood her words, then he understood. If he didn't, then he would skip over it.
"… So, this Adversity Blocking Stone was lost by me. It's not that I can't find it, it's just like that. Do you understand what I mean?" When Yu Shu was finally satisfied, she gave Jing Chen a chance to speak.
Actually, Jing Chen didn't really care whether the Adversity Blocking Stone could be found or not. After all, he couldn't remember anything. He could only rely on the words in his dream. He couldn't understand its importance. But seeing Yu Shu's excited expression, he didn't say anything. Instead, he cooperated and asked, "You mean, you already have a way?"
This question hit the nail on the head. Yu Shu scratched her ear. She felt that she was too excited just now. She said embarrassedly, "Uh, I haven't thought of a concrete method yet. But don't worry, I have a general direction. Give me a few more days to carefully ponder over it."
At the end of the day, these were only hypotheses that she built up out of thin air. Without verification, it couldn't be accurate.
"En, take your time to think about it." Jing Chen paused and looked at her eyes under the light. He guessed that she must have stayed up all night. He frowned inwardly but could not say any harsh words to reprimand her. He could only soften his tone and say, "There's no need to rush. Aren't you tired during the day?"
"It's okay. My body is fine. I'll tell you." Before she finished her sentence, she yawned and squeezed out two tears from her eyes.
Seeing her like this, Jing Chen didn't know what to say. He pulled her arm and skillfully pulled her up from the chair. He didn't hurt her. He pressed her shoulders and gently pushed her out. "Go back to your room and sleep."
"Eh, I still haven't confiscated the notes I wrote."
"I'll help you collect them. Go to sleep."
"Remember to ask Xiaoxiu to wake me up tomorrow morning. I plan to take you to the Taoist temple in the south of the city today. Don't be late."
"En." For the first time, Jing Chen gave a perfunctory response to Yu Shu. He pushed her back to the door and watched her enter the room. He stood outside the door for a while. When he heard the sound of her pouring water and drinking tea, and then taking off her shoes and going to bed, he turned around and went back to Xia Mingming's room to tidy up the scattered papers.
***
When Yu Shu woke up, it was already late in the morning. She tucked her hair and climbed out of bed. Yu Xiaoxiu had already gone to school early. She felt a little depressed that no one had woken her up and that she had slept for nothing. She washed her face in the room, and as soon as she went out, she saw Jing Chen sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard. She couldn't help but tease, "You've found a proper job to do."
In this small courtyard, Jing Chen swept at least three times a day. She even suspected that when he was a Taoist in Mount Longhu, he swept the floor in front of the mountain gate.
Jing Chen had already heard Yu Shu's footsteps. He stopped practicing the sword steps with the broom in the courtyard in advance. It looked like he was sweeping the floor. He didn't hear the teasing in her words. He looked at her recovered complexion and said, "Did you sleep well?"
"En." Yu Shu crossed her fingers over her head, stretched herself, and stepped over the threshold. As soon as she walked into the courtyard, a few drops of something fell on her head. She raised her hand to wipe it and looked at it. Her eyelids twitched.
"Ga, ga!"
A crow flew over the roof. Yu Shu cursed in a low voice, "Smelly bird". She shook off the bird droppings on her hand and was about to go to the kitchen to get some water to wash up. Who would have thought that when she just took two steps, there was another "Ga" sound on her head. Blue veins suddenly popped out on her forehead.
Crow, bird droppings, such a good day, but such a bad omen!
Jing Chen stood there and didn't have time to move. He saw the crow, who was squatting on the eaves and watching him sweep the floor, suddenly flew up, circled the courtyard twice, and defecated on Yu Shu's head. Yu Shu, who was refreshed just a moment ago, was on fire the next moment. She came forward and grabbed the broom in his hand. She fiercely chased the crow flying in the air and shouted unclearly, "I let you pee and defecate wherever you want, I let you pee and defecate wherever you want."
"Ga, ga! Ga, ga! "
Kim Bao, who was lying under the window and basking in the sun, was innocently implicated. He was lucky that he didn't get swept away by the broom. "Ji Ji", he jumped off the window sill and sneaked to Jing Chen's feet. He hugged his tail and hid behind his feet. He peeked his head out to see that the troublesome black bird couldn't fly after being hit by Yu Shu. Its feathers were all messed up, and it was cawing.
"That's enough, Xiaoyu." Jing Chen came back to his senses and went forward to stop her. If she hit it a few more times, the crow would have to walk in the future.
Yu Shu felt much better after venting her anger. She conveniently stuffed the broom into Jing Chen's arms and said, "Sweep the floor again. I'll go and dry my hair. We'll go out later."
"It's already so late, do you still want to go out?" Jing Chen looked at the sun that was rising in the sky.
Yu Shu said, "We'll go. Xiaoxiu won't be back at noon. The two of us will eat outside. We'll rent a car to go back and forth. We'll be back before dark."
They had to go there sooner or later. They wouldn't be so scared by a bird that they didn't even dare to go out.
"Ga, ga!"
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