Chapter 22: A String of Words Appearing on the Mirror

In an instant, I felt a bone-chilling cold, and goosebumps popped up all over my body.

Jiang Lixin was holding my arm and asked curiously, "Chen Feng, what's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly so nervous?"

I forced a smile and said, "It's nothing."

I couldn't just tell her this. I suspected she was the female corpse and had brought me to the hotel to kill me.

"Don't be so tense. It's not the first time for the two of us. What are you so nervous about? Just act like you did the day before yesterday. You're still very good."

Jiang Lixin thought I was nervous because we were going to have sex in the room later and comforted me.

Hearing this, the middle-aged couple in the elevator couldn't help but secretly sized us up, both wearing expressions of wanting to catch some juicy gossip.

Encountering an awkward social situation actually made my fear fade a bit.

I quickly decided that once we got into the room, I'd pretend to go downstairs to buy something to get rid of Jiang Lixin's entanglement, and then rush back to Dashan Temple to seek protection from an enlightened monk.

The elevator reached the eighth floor. Jiang Lixin held my arm and we went into Room 808 together.

"You've been running around all day. You must be tired. Go take a shower first," I urged.

"No, I want to talk to you first," Jiang Lixin said, holding my arm tightly and refusing to let go.

"Oops, I've finished my cigarettes. I'll go downstairs to buy a pack. Wait for me," I said. I just wanted to leave Jiang Lixin as soon as possible, fearing that she'd control me the next second.

"What kind of cigarettes do you like? Forget it. I'll just order you a pack of Soft China," Jiang Lixin said and then picked up the phone to call the front desk.

Oh no! I was too hasty!

I didn't know that the service in a five-star hotel was so thorough. What excuse could I come up with to run away later?

While I was in a daze, there was a knock on the door. The waiter had delivered the Soft China.

Well, there was no chance to escape for the moment. I could only accompany Jiang Lixin temporarily and then find another chance to run away.

"Chen Feng, do you not like me at all?" Jiang Lixin suddenly said.

"No! You're so wonderful. How could I not like you?" I quickly explained.

Whether Jiang Lixin was the female corpse or not, I definitely couldn't anger her now. I'd just try to appease her for the time being.

"Then when you're with me, you're always absent-minded and don't want to talk to me. Are you still thinking about other girls?"

"No, really not. It's just that so many things have happened in the past two days, and my mind is in a mess."

Hearing me say this, Jiang Lixin hugged me in her arms with a look of pity and stroked my hair. "Don't worry. Everything will be okay."

I was so afraid that her fingernails would suddenly grow long and pierce into my head the next moment. I could only force a smile and say, "Yeah, it'll be okay."

"Actually, I had a strange dream these two days. Let me tell you about it," Jiang Lixin said.

"Okay."

Let her talk then. Otherwise, she'd always be staring at me.

"The dream I had is actually related to you. Don't laugh at me when I tell you..." Jiang Lixin looked a bit shy.

"No, definitely not." I was just being perfunctory now. I might even die. Who has the mood to be all lovey-dovey with her? 

"After our video chat that day, I had a long dream at night. I dreamed that we got married, and it was like a time - travel to ancient times. There was a matchmaker arranging the ceremony and a fortune - teller checking our marriage compatibility, just like in a TV drama."

"What did you say? Tell me in detail." When I heard the words 'checking marriage compatibility', I suddenly snapped back to reality.

I knew that checking marriage compatibility required birth dates and times. Nowadays, as long as it was related to birth dates and times, I would be extremely vigilant.

Jiang Lixin was still a bit shy, but at my urging, she told me about her dream in detail.

Jiang Lixin's dream was not as strange and terrifying as mine. Her dream was more like a sweet romance drama.

In the dream, she was a young lady from a wealthy ancient family, and I was a young scholar who had passed the imperial examination.

The plot started from the matchmaker introducing us for a blind date and went all the way to the wedding ceremony.

However, what I cared more about was that according to Jiang Lixin, she had once taken our two birth dates and times to a fortune - teller on the street.

"In that part of the dream, there was always a voice in my ear urging me to take the birth dates and times to check our marriage compatibility. It said that our families were making an alliance, and the marriage might not be happy."

"So I went to see a fortune - teller and wrote down your birth date and time. When I woke up, I was still very surprised that I could clearly remember your birth date and time in the dream." After Jiang Lixin finished speaking, she still looked a bit shy.

Suddenly, an idea popped into my mind: Maybe the reason why the female corpse got my birth date and time was because of Jiang Lixin's strange dream.

Jiang Lixin and I went to Dashan Temple to pay respects today, and there was no abnormality at all. The possibility of evil spirits was very small.

My suspicion of her mainly focused on two points: First, the female corpse got my cousin's birth date and time, and I had just given my cousin's birth date and time to Jiang Lixin.

Second, the banquet hall on the second floor of this hotel was exactly the same as the one in my dream.

Now it seemed that the female corpse probably got my cousin's birth date and time by manipulating dreams. When Jiang Lixin gave my cousin's birth date and time to the fortune - teller in the dream, she was actually handing it over to the female corpse.

Then there was only the mystery of the banquet hall in this hotel left.

I patiently listened to Jiang Lixin finish telling her romantic dream, and then I said, "So, have you ever thought about what kind of wedding we should have and where it should be held?"

"Yuck, you flirt! Who wants to marry you? You used to give me the cold shoulder." Jiang Lixin said angrily.

"That wasn't my intention. You're so wonderful. How could I not be willing? Really never fantasized about it? I've heard that girls always look forward to their own weddings."

I deliberately said this to lead the conversation to the banquet hall on the second floor of this hotel.

"You're so annoying. Yes, I've thought about it. Are you satisfied now?" Jiang Lixin pouted.

"Then tell me. This way, I'll have a goal to strive for. When we get married, I can arrange it the same way."

"By the way, what do you think of the banquet hall on the second floor here? When the elevator opened just now, I took a look. It's very grand. I think it would be great to hold our wedding here."

After going around in circles, I finally led the conversation to the second - floor banquet hall.

"No way. My two older female cousins both got married here. I don't want to be the same as them."