we are just monsters

Chapter 13 An Old Immortal (Thanks to the leader of 'I am Mr. Dou' for adding more)
As soon as he got home from school in the afternoon, Gu Cheng heard the chickens flying around in the courtyard next door.

Xia Xiaoman stood on the wall to watch the excitement. Chen Hua, who had just got off work, met Zhao Hong who was waiting at home, and was taught a lesson. Zhao Hong stepped on her white shoes and went out to work.

Gu Cheng also stood on the steps and looked through the wall.

"Is this how monsters usually are?" Xia Xiaoman wanted to laugh.

"if not?"

"It's almost like a human being."

"Old Gu, who are you talking to?" Chen Hua was arranging his clothes sadly, when he heard Gu Cheng's voice next door.

"A ghost, let me introduce you."

Gu Cheng introduced to the air honestly: "This is Xia Xiaoman."

"Don't do this!" Chen Hua took a step back, with a wonderful expression on his face.

"This is Uncle Chen." Gu Cheng pointed at Chen Hua again.

"You're boring." Xia Xiaoman rolled his eyes and jumped off the wall, floating into the room.

Chen Hua also went back to the house, originally planning to set up a small hot pot in the yard, but Gu Cheng didn't do anything, so he always scared him.

He wondered if Gu Cheng made up an invisible man on purpose to frighten him after spending too much time in the past few days... Thinking about it this way, Old Gu is really picky.

Lost again.

Chen Hua is a little anxious again, the neighbor next door likes to play with ghosts recently, talking about what to do, online and so on.

The next day is Friday.

Gu Cheng went out and bought a lot of incense candles and some messy things for sacrifices. Xia Xiaoman was pleasantly surprised and thought they were bought for himself. So many, it shows that Gu Cheng is ready to get along with him for a long time.

As a result, early on Saturday morning, Gu Cheng went out with those things on his back. He packed two servings of duck at Jinji Roast Duck on the street, went to the Laolujia Meat Shop to buy a bag of donkey meat for fire, and then went to the fruit shop...

Finally, with a bunch of things in both hands, I headed towards Xishan Cemetery.

"Speaking of which, where is your grave?"

Gu Cheng asked Xia Xiaoman who was wandering around him curiously, "Is there any? Or was the body thrown into the wild and taken to wild dogs?"

"Has anyone ever praised you for being good at chatting?" Xia Xiaoman's chest felt tight.

Gu Cheng just glanced at her.

"All the ashes were thrown away," Xia Xiaoman said.

"Not bad."

"..."

"Who raised it? Don't you remember how you died?"

"I remember being praised."

"Oh."

The surrounding population is gradually thinning out, the vegetation is lush, and the roads are becoming narrower and narrower.

Because it is not the first and fifteenth day of the new year, nor is it a special day, walking on the road is a bit lonely.

On a shady hillside, a mausoleum appeared in front of me.

Xia Xiaoman looked around, Gu Cheng should have no relatives... He is an immortal old monster, could it be that he has parents from farther back?

"There are two here... they can be regarded as friends." Gu Cheng said.

"monster?"

"ghost."

Xia Xiaoman was a little disappointed by Gu Cheng's answer, "They will go out for a walk when they are bored, and when they meet lonely souls who are lost, they will also ask me for help. I have known each other for a long time."

"Aren't they reincarnated?"

"Yes."

When Gu Cheng arrived at the cemetery, he took off his backpack, took out a joss stick, put a stick of incense on the nearby grave, and placed some fruits on it.

Two wandering spirits floated out of the cemetery.

"Brother Gu, are you here?"

"Well, thinking about it, Xiaolu seems to be leaving soon, let's take a look at you." Gu Cheng said.

"Thank you Gu Ge!"

One of these two ghosts is a young guy, and the other is a woman in her thirties. Their appearance is no different from ordinary people. Gu Cheng sat on the ground and raised his head towards the young man, "Yang Rui, are you still reincarnated?"

"Brother Gu, tell Sister Lu that I'm done." The young man chuckled and went away.

Gu Cheng poked at Xia Xiaoman and looked around, saying, "Look, they are all just like you, staying in this world with shamelessness and refusing to leave."

The woman he called Xiaolu cast her eyes on Xia Xiaoman: "Is she new here?"

"Unlike you, she has a family." Gu Cheng waved his hand.

"That is not bad."

In the quiet cemetery, Gu Cheng seemed to be talking to the tombstone.

Seeing their familiar faces, Xia Xiaoman stayed by Gu Cheng's side without making a sound.

"How long do you have?" Gu Cheng asked the woman, her name was Zhang Lulu.

"There's still a month left. I don't know if I can last a month." Zhang Lulu smiled gently, very gently.

"You don't have much time to regret it." Gu Cheng said.

"It's been a long time."

"If it's gone, it's really gone."

"Relieved." Zhang Lulu was still smiling, Yang Rui opened his mouth to try to persuade her, but gave up.

In one month, it will completely dissipate, and there will be no chance of reincarnation.

"Why bother?" Gu Cheng said.

Zhang Lulu just laughed.

Xia Xiaoman gradually understood that these two wandering spirits were unwilling to leave or reincarnated, just like old people staying in old streets and alleys, quietly waiting for the day when they dissipated completely.

"If you regret it, please tell me, you know where I live."

Gu Cheng looked around, there were many tombstones standing in this cemetery, and only these two lonely souls stayed in the huge cemetery.

Yang Rui was brought here by him at the beginning. This young man died in a rented house, and he pointed out the way when he was in a daze, but he refused to reincarnate anyway.

"Actually, I still have a little nostalgia for this world, but I don't want to live it again. It's annoying to think about it, so let it be."

So be it.

Yang Rui has always been like this.

The body is just a pile of bones and flesh, the only thing that is unique is the soul.

And when the soul dissipates, there is really nothing left.

"You... When she leaves, you can stay here alone." Gu Cheng nodded Yang Rui with his hands.

"Very good." Yang Rui smiled.

Xia Xiaoman stared blankly at Yang Rui and Zhang Lulu in front of him. They didn't even want to reincarnate, and they were even more relieved when they talked about their lost souls.

Perhaps because Zhang Lulu was about to leave completely, Gu Cheng sat here for a long time, blowing the gentle wind in the open field, until the sun moved westward, then he patted his buttocks and stood up, taking a last look at Zhang Lulu.

"Another acquaintance is leaving." Gu Cheng sighed, he could tell that Zhang Lulu's figure was already very pale.

"Maybe the last day I'll think about it."

It's summer, but it's like winter to Zhang Lulu. She curls up next to the newly lit incense candle, which can make her feel warm in the cold.

"And then reincarnated as a fool."

Gu Cheng said something, turned around and returned.

"Why don't they want to reincarnate?" Xia Xiaoman asked on the way back.

"Is there a possibility that the beauty of life does not belong to everyone, and nostalgia for the world is the same."

"Then why don't you ignore them? You have to save me."

"You are different from them. They don't want to have a next life at all. You just didn't reincarnate because of your love for me and your bond for the time being."

"Don't talk nonsense! Who, who is attached to you?" Xia Xiaoman felt that this person was really narcissistic.

She looked back in the direction of the cemetery, and had doubts about Gu Cheng's identity again.

"Who exactly are you?"

"An old immortal."

(End of this chapter)