bookcurios Chapter 117 What is Grandma's Grandma called?
Chapter 117 What is Grandma's Grandma called?
burnt out.
"It seems the dowry the director bought has already burned through,"
Master Du had come to terms with it; it wasn't a big deal, and the main thing was that there was still a chance to salvage the situation.
"Fortunately, there's still some time before the hour of Chou (1-3 AM), enough time for Director to go and buy another betrothal gift... Director, please make this trip again."
Tong knelt on the ground, holding the ashes left after the betrothal gifts had burned.
"Click—click—"
It crumbles at the slightest touch; it's extremely crispy.
"No...don't..."
"That's seventeen or nineteen coins... just like that... gone?"
"No...this isn't real..."
It's just a mere 17 Nine Square Coins...
Old Master Du twitched his lips in a humane way.
This girl, and she's supposed to be a director at our Dragon Tide Pavilion! After following our Dragon Tide Pavilion around the world for so long, how come she hasn't developed any vision at all?
"Director, please try to suppress your sadness. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid..."
Master Du kindly offered some advice.
Seeing Tong's condition, even Master Du was worried!
If I weren't incapable of saving people... I would have done it myself!
"No! I don't believe it! I don't believe it!!"
Upon hearing this, Tong looked up to the sky and roared, displaying a tragic sense of "my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens."
"Hey—! The one who sent the wedding invitation—! Don't think I don't know it's you causing trouble!!! You just want to get two betrothal gifts from me, right?!"
"Let me tell you—no way! I've already sent the betrothal gifts! Hurry up and send a bridal sedan chair to pick me up!!!"
Master Du couldn't stand Tong's insane behavior any longer!
I stepped forward, intending to slap Tong awake with my cat paw.
But as soon as it raised its paw, it inexplicably felt a familiar sensation...
Buhou—?!
Is that right? Those things from a few days ago...?
Weren't they kicked out by Boss Mirage?!
Master Du looked around, and sure enough, he didn't see anything unusual... That was the biggest anomaly!
No! The unknown force has returned! We must report this to Boss Mirage as soon as he returns!
But now... the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm is inherent in all living beings.
Old Master Du had no choice but to reluctantly lower the cat's paw, clear his throat heavily, and try to wake Tong with words...
"Director, please stop making unnecessary moves..."
Before he could finish speaking, a noisy and piercing sound came from the sky:
“yi——yiu——yi——yiu——.........”
"Crunch—squeak—crunch—squeak—..."
It sounded like a cheap wooden bed frame with loose screws wobbling, or like the noise of an old, heavy door opening and closing...
It gives the impression that it's about to break down at any moment.
The sound is getting closer.
Finally, with a creak, a bright red wedding carriage, imbued with dark red magical power, came to a steady stop in front of Tong.
You can still vaguely see the lanterns hanging at the four corners of the wedding sedan chair, which seem to have been squeezed and deformed by something...
The wood that made up the sedan chair was also crooked and twisted, as if it had been bearing something it shouldn't have had to bear.
Could it be that it just carried a 500-pound Tiger tank to the Dragon Realm?
"The sedan chair...it's really here...?"
Pupil visibly became happy.
She just wanted to give it a try, but it actually worked!
That damn Du Maomao, she actually tried to trick her into spending more money!
It has to be my method that works!
Tong stretched out her hands towards the sedan chair, palms outstretched, and gave Master Du a smug look:
What were you about to say?
See? See!
What is this? It's a sedan chair! I, the director, summoned it!
A sedan chair... a sedan chair... you have to call out for it to come, otherwise why would it be called a sedan chair?
Master Du simply nodded and turned back to Longchao Pavilion.
Now that the sedan chair has arrived, I suppose I can't be of any help with the unloading work...
I'd better disappear from the director's sight as soon as possible, lest she remember about reimbursing the dowry money...
After returning from the convenience store, Tong felt like she had forgotten something very important.
But to save her best friend Hikari—she didn't care about anything else!
After watching Master Du leave, Tong was all alone. With no one to joke with or tease her anymore, she naturally returned to her usual serious demeanor.
"This sedan chair... I don't even need to open my eyes to see it; the aura of dragon remains is already overwhelming..."
Tong walked to the sedan chair, stopping before the curtain leading into it, hesitant—from the moment she saw this sedan chair, she knew that the terror of the Netherworld's Haunted Mansion was probably beyond her ability to handle.
"If we go up there, most likely... no, definitely nothing good will happen..."
Tong had just tried to contact Changming Suo and Zhu for help.
But we can't get in touch with the longevity lock.
On his way there, Zhu was stopped in a park by a group of elderly men who wanted him to treat their illness... Yes, those were the same elderly men from the crowd who had witnessed Zhu's exorcism last time. It was getting difficult for him to escape...
"To be more precise, seeing it, seeing this bridal sedan chair, is truly unlucky..."
"How about I slip away...? Maybe Xiao Guang wasn't kidnapped by this bridal sedan chair after all?"
Similarly, this is a black box, a Schrödinger's kidnapping—if you don't get on the bridal sedan chair, you'll never know if Xiao Guang has been taken to the underworld...
"Sigh... never mind, I guess I'll just go up there. It's not like me to back down now."
"If he can come back, I, the director, will definitely make a killing off Xiao Guang! He's always causing me trouble!"
Just as Tong finally made up her mind, some foxes were already losing their composure.
Just as Tong lifted the curtain of the bridal sedan chair, before she could even step inside, she was sucked into the sedan chair by a sudden burst of magical power!
"My golden-eyed lord~ what are you still hesitating for? I can't wait any longer!"
A charming greeting rang out from inside the bridal sedan chair, and Tong was firmly pressed into the seat by the power contained in that voice.
The next second, the curtain of the bridal sedan chair was blown down, sealing the entire sedan chair without leaving a single gap.
A creaking sound rang out, cutting off all other sounds and sounds in the surrounding area...
Clearly, the way the bridal sedan chair was used to entertain Tong was much more serious and elaborate than when it was used to entertain Xiao Guang.
"So...suppressive..."
After the sedan chair was sucked into her, it did not show any intention to harm Tong in the next step. Tong gritted her teeth and stopped resisting.
But as time went on, the enclosed interior of the bridal sedan chair became increasingly cramped and lacked air circulation, causing Tong to gradually feel breathless...
It's like sitting in a stone coffin buried deep in the earth.
This feeling was very uncomfortable, and Tong really wanted to try to resist right now and then desperately rush out.
"Should I rush out...? Putting aside whether I can even do it, if I rush out now and can't find where Xiaoguang was kidnapped, I'll be in big trouble..."
She couldn't even feel the sedan chair moving, her perception of the passage of time became blurred, her mind gradually solidified, and she couldn't even be sure if she was still in reality.
Or perhaps, one's body has already fallen into a coma, but one's will is still active?
"This is so agonizing... How... is it still not over...?"
"For Xiaoguang's sake... I'll endure it a little longer..."
Even with her eyes half-opened, all she could see was the character "囍" (double happiness) on the sedan chair curtain; no one answered her question.
.....................
"Oh no! We're going to get caught again!"
While Tong was suffering terribly in the bridal sedan chair, the ghost mother who was controlling the escape of the Yellow Springs Ghost House was also being tormented to the point of collapse by Xiao Ran's relentless pursuit...
"Who exactly are these two? They don't look like they belong to the Zhenlong Division! Why are they so persistent in pursuing this old woman?!"
As a seasoned veteran, Ghost Mother never forgot to investigate the outside world while constantly growing stronger, and naturally became aware of the existence of the Dragon Suppression Division.
Inside the bridal chamber in the heart of the Dragon Realm, Zhu Sha was in a completely different state from the Ghost Mother. She was leisurely humming a light and cheerful tune, knowing that she would soon no longer be alone.
Because she's getting married~ Finally, she'll have someone to spend her life with~
Ordinary humans won't do, but surely the golden-eyed gentleman I'm bringing today will be able to come before me and lift my red veil?
So happy, so happy~
As for the Netherworld Abode, the dragon realm that transformed her from a little fox into a fox spirit, it's currently being hunted by unknown beings...
She didn't know, and she didn't care.
...........
"Chance!"
Xiao Ran approached the fleeing dragon domain once again—she could clearly sense that the one controlling the dragon domain was exhausted!
You can't escape!
Xiao Ran opened his arms towards the Yellow Springs Netherworld Dragon Domain, which was not far from him. Many large hands covered with strange eyes appeared around Xiao Ran, and some of them were even burning with flames. They all rushed towards the Yellow Springs Netherworld!
"Clang clang clang clang clang—"
A familiar red sedan chair suddenly appeared, crashing through everything in its path like a streak of light...
Although this did not shake those powerful spell hands even slightly.
But the sedan chair stumbled and fell, spinning 360 degrees and 3.5 times... before escaping into the Dragon Realm of the Netherworld.
Tong, inside the sedan chair, was abruptly awakened by a dizzying spin; the intense feeling of weightlessness repeatedly rubbed against her anxious heart...
"Ugh—Waaaaaah—Aaaaaaahh ...
What did this shabby sedan chair bump into?
Did something elbow you?
Could it have crashed?!
No—no—!
"laugh----"
A long, screeching sound rang out, and the sedan chair landed successfully.
Tong also landed successfully.
Immediately afterwards, the sedan chair collapsed to the ground with a loud crash.
Pupil is almost falling apart...
..........
When Min Moyou saw the familiar red sedan chair from the story, she thought to herself:
"Is that Hitomi?"
what is this?
World lines converging?
Or was this plot point originally meant to happen at this point in time?
It doesn't matter. What matters is that just as Xiao Ran was about to seize the Dragon Domain of the Netherworld, another unexpected event occurred!
A curtain of azure water unfolded before Xiaoran and Minmoyou, perfectly positioned between them and the Yellow Springs Abode, blocking all the giant hand of cursed power that Xiaoran had condensed!
"Ugh! Who is it again?!"
The Netherworld Mansion in front of them seized the opportunity, but it escaped again, leaving Xiao Ran standing there, so angry that she jumped up and down!