Looking for you in reincarnation

Chapter 36 Cousin

This is so weird. The villagers of Stone Village were trapped in the village and burned in the fire. How come so many villagers appeared outside the village?

Looking at the Stone Village again, it has now been burned down to ruins, with darkness everywhere. After the heavy rain, the air is still filled with a faint smell of burning, making people feel depressed and dull.

A village just disappeared from the world.

Passersby and caravans were in a hurry, not daring to look too much, for fear of getting into trouble. They all wanted to get away from this ominous place as soon as possible, so they walked very fast.

Si He sat in the simple carriage and looked down at the talisman on her waist. The talisman had stopped moving, and the ink on her wrist had also retracted obediently, staying still.

Seeing this, she breathed a sigh of relief that the "thing" did not follow.

She returned the dagger to Ning Ji. Since they had already left here, it would be better to give him this sharp weapon.

He didn't say anything, took it and put it away silently.

The carriage sped all the way and soon returned to the city of Lunt. It was noon now. After the heavy rain, the city began to become lively again.

Looking at the bustling streets, the dark clouds in Si He's heart dissipated, but her body was still wet, so she had to go back to the inn to take a shower and change clothes.

The two of them went back to their rooms. When Si He tidied herself and came out to look for Ning Ji, she found that his door was locked. He had gone out again.

Helplessly, she could only go out to find something to eat. She didn't walk far and just ordered a bowl of noodles at the noodle shop opposite.

While eating noodles, she recalled thoughtfully what happened today. There were so many strange things.

She felt that the stone village was very strange. Combined with what she had seen today and her keen intuition, she felt that something was wrong. However, because she was an outsider and did not understand exorcism, she did not notice what was wrong.

In addition, Ning Ji was also very curious. She was very curious about what he did when she was on the hillside?

Didn't he go to Stone Village to understand the situation there and help exorcise the evil spirits? But after the rain stopped, he brought her back first.

Moreover, when he was in the cave, his attitude towards that "thing" was a bit strange. Logically speaking, he was a disciple of the immortal sect and should not have such an indifferent attitude towards exorcism.

Perhaps there is something inside that she doesn't know?

She thought about it for a while, and finally withdrew her thoughts. Forget it, just as she had thought before, everyone has their own secrets, and there is no need to delve into other people's privacy.

As long as he has no ill will towards me, why should I care what he does?

After eating the noodles, she noticed that many people around her were looking at her intently. She lowered her eyes, stood up to pay the bill and left. As she walked, she put her headscarf back on to cover her face.

When she was going downstairs, she accidentally bumped into someone because she lowered her head. She was about to apologize to that person, but when she looked up, she saw the man looking at her in surprise, "Cousin He?"

Si He frowned slightly, recalling the past in her mind, and then she saw him say again: "I am my cousin Quan, don't you remember?"

Looking at his surprised expression, she finally found out from the original owner's memory that this man was indeed her cousin, a distant relative who had been to the Si Mansion and they had met once.

What a hassle! I actually met relatives here!

She nodded and called her, "Cousin Quan."

"Cousin He, why are you here? I thought you were dead... I'm so glad you're okay."

He looked a little excited and even reached out to grab her arm.

What do you mean you thought she was dead?

Didn't the Si family come looking for her? Did they tell everyone she was dead?

Si He politely broke free from his hand, took a step back, and asked, "Cousin Quan, why do you say that?"

Sun Qiquan then calmed down a bit and looked at her with some doubt, "Cousin, don't you know?"

Si He looked at him quietly without saying a word.

"Cousin He, let's talk over here." He raised his hand and invited her to a private room not far away. After all, it was inconvenient to talk while standing at the stairs.

Si He followed him to the private room. After they sat down, he poured her tea enthusiastically, his eyes full of admiration.

She ignored his affection and didn't want to drink tea, so she asked directly: "Why did cousin Quan say that just now?"

"Si Mansion..." There was sympathy in his eyes, as if he couldn't bear to continue. He looked at her for a long time and didn't say anything else.

Si He was a little impatient, but because she wanted to know the news about her, she endured it and didn't leave, "Cousin Quan, please feel free to tell me."

"Ten days ago, several border cities fell, and Fuqing City was also captured by the enemy army from the border country. Although the city was not massacred, the people in the city were all enslaved. I heard that many people committed suicide because they could not bear the humiliation. I thought you..."

Hearing this, Si He was very surprised. She didn't expect that Fuqing City would be lost!

Ten days ago, she was still in the heart of Tianshan Mountain. After coming out, she stayed in Ning Ji's house and rarely went out. Even if she went out, she would just buy something and come back. Naturally, she didn't know the news.

"Cousin He, why are you in Lunt City?"

Lunte City is more than 300 miles away from Fuqing City, which is quite a long distance, so he felt a little strange.

"I came here to visit relatives some time ago, so I don't know about Fu Qingcheng."

It seemed that he didn't know about her past, so she made up an excuse to get away with it.

"So that's how it is. It's a blessing that we escaped a disaster." Sun Qiquan was about to comfort her, but he saw that her expression was still indifferent, as if she was indifferent to the disaster in Si Mansion. He couldn't help but feel even more strange. He always felt that she was different from before.

"I wonder which relative you're visiting, cousin He? I don't think I've heard you have any relatives in Lunt City before."

He knew very well that the Si family had no relatives here, and Si He's biological mother's family had long since passed away. What relatives did she have?

"A distant relative." She still made up an excuse to deal with him. Her thoughts had drifted away. Fuqing City had fallen and the Si Mansion was gone. So, would she be free from now on?

This war was not a good thing for many people, but for her, it was a pleasant surprise. She no longer had to worry about being caught.

Of course, with her current abilities, even if she was caught, she could easily escape.

"What are your plans for the future, cousin He?"

Hearing his question again, she withdrew her thoughts, looked at him, and said, "Thank you, cousin Quan, for telling me. I will stay with my relatives from now on."

"If you don't mind, cousin He, you can live in my house, or we can arrange for you to live in another courtyard. We have several houses in Lunt City." He looked at her expectantly.

However, she had no intention of living under someone else's roof. She was doing well the way she was now. She was learning some self-defense skills from Ning Ji, learning how to find medicine to make money, and she was free and unconstrained. It was better to rely on herself than on others.

"I'm living well now, so I don't need to worry about you, cousin Quan."