In front of me, everything was pitch black and I couldn't see anything. I heard the laughter of many people, both men and women. For some reason, when I heard others laughing, I also wanted to laugh along with them, even though I didn't know what I was laughing at.

  I woke up when Wang Cheng called me to have lunch, and I slept really well. Today is the last day of our seven-day tour of Mirror Lake. These seven days felt extremely long for me, with many things happening, and I almost lost my life, so these seven days feel like they lasted seven years.

  Fortunately, I finally got a good sleep today. I remember that when we returned last night, it was almost 4 o'clock in the morning. Fortunately, everyone in the hotel was asleep and no one found out about our late return of the three of us.

  After Zhang Yaxin returned to her own room, I also quietly carried Guan Ming back to my room, put him on my bed, and after holding on for so long, I was already at my limit. So I lay down beside Guan Ming, closed my eyes, and fell asleep.

  I'm awake now, I probably slept for about seven hours, it's already past 11 o'clock. Looking at Guan Ming beside me, he hasn't woken up yet. Because of being possessed too many times, this unlucky kid will definitely fall seriously ill after returning to Harbin. To be honest, I'm not much better either, now my whole body is internally injured, lifting up my shirt, I find that my body is covered in bruises. Even the slightest movement makes my whole body ache.

  Never mind all that, this is already the best outcome I can imagine, isn't it? In high spirits, I went to the restaurant with Wang Cheng and Xiao Kai for lunch.

  Today's lunch was really sumptuous, every meal here has fish, various ways of eating, including today's corn fish grain dish, no matter how I eat it, it tastes like pine nut corn, but with a hint of fish flavor.

  When I see food, it's like seeing a loved one. I'm starving and my mood is great. After truly relaxing, my appetite is especially good. As usual, my eating habits were criticized by the girls at the table behind me, whispering to each other.

  But I didn't get angry at all today, my buddies, I'm very happy now and won't bother with these old ladies. Didn't Confucius say that it's difficult to deal with petty people and women? I thought even Confucius wouldn't dare to raise you, so will there be any man who can afford to raise you in the future?

  While eating, I suddenly thought of Zhang Yaxin, so I turned my head to look at the table for freshmen. I saw that Zhang Yaxin was also eating, and I had to say that her performance last night was very strong, not something an ordinary girl could do.

  Her complexion was still quite poor, possibly due to the harm and fright caused by being possessed. She looked very haggard. Coincidentally, as I was staring at her, she turned around unintentionally, and our eyes met. Although my eyesight wasn't great, I clearly saw two red flushes reappear on her face.

  She nodded and smiled at me, I felt quite embarrassed, didn't know how to respond to her, so just hehehe stupidly smiled back, then turned my head back to continue eating.

  After a meal, I was so full that I was gasping for air and burping loudly while sitting on the stool. Then Liu Mingming walked over to us and said, "It's fine, let's go play at the nearby tourist attractions this afternoon, it won't be a wasted trip."

  One call, a hundred responses, we all applaud with both hands, especially me, I can finally relax, and I must have fun to my heart's content.

  I brought some food back to my room and left it for Guanming to eat after he woke up. In the afternoon, at around 1 o'clock, Liu Mingming took us all to several scenic spots at Jingpo Lake to have fun.

  The most famous of the eight major scenic spots in Mirror Lake is the "Eight Great Scenic Spots". Among the eight great scenic spots, the most famous one is the Hanging Waterfall, which resembles the world-famous "Niagara Falls", with a general width of over 40 meters and a drop of 12 meters. During the rainy season or flood period, the waterfall presents two or multiple layers of water falling, with a total width of over 200 meters, having a magnificent momentum like "a silver river falling from the sky". Next to the waterfall stands a small and exquisite eight-sided pavilion built on the rock, known as the "Waterfall Pavilion", with a stone staircase winding up. Every time it's sunny, when the light shines on the waterfall, colorful rainbows appear, and all visitors who come here can't help but marvel at its magnificent scenery.

  When we arrived at the Hanging Waterfall, it was already 2:30 in the afternoon. Since it's not the rainy season, there is no water in the waterfall now, only many lava blocks that have been eroded by the constant flow of water over the years, forming holes of varying sizes and depths, which are as smooth and round as if they were man-made. The dry waterfall area has a bright green pool, which looks very deep and gives people a sense of comfort.

  It's now afternoon, the hottest time of day. We walked for over an hour and everyone was sweating profusely. So we sat down on rocks by the side of the road to take a break. And that's when we discovered something quite interesting.

  Someone wants to jump off the waterfall. No mistake, it's from a dry waterfall, performing a high platform dive. It's a middle-aged man wearing a red swimsuit, and surprisingly there are even two reporters interviewing him next to him.

  We went up and listened to him for a while, it turned out that this guy comes here to jump every day, I really admire his courage. He stretched his muscles, preparing to jump.

  To be honest, I'm really worried about him. He's so old and high up, how can he just jump like that? I'm afraid he'll directly fall to the other side of the city.

  Just as we were wondering, the old man took a dive and drew an arc in the air that was quite beautiful. When he jumped into the deep pool below, the splash of water was still small.

  We all involuntarily shouted "good" and this can be considered a feat.

  We stayed here for almost an hour and then started walking in the direction of the hotel. The rest was everyone's free time.

  Back at the hotel, Guan Ming finally woke up. After I entered the room, I found him gobbling down the food I had left for him. He lifted his pale face and asked me: "Fei Ge, why did I sleep in your room again?"

  I looked at him with this unlucky face and said to her: "Do you still remember what happened when you got drunk last night?"

  He scratched his head and asked me: "Did I drink last night? How did I forget?"

  Nonsense, I'm fooling you, I thought to myself, but my mouth said: "Last night we came back from the empty building after one o'clock. After coming back, we had a midnight snack. You drank too much and slept here."

  Fortunately, he has completely forgotten about last night's events, which I'm very satisfied with. Since we normally drink together often anyway, he didn't think much of it and just said: "I think I've caught a cold, my head is killing me."

  I looked at him and believed it, not feeling a bit funny, obviously deceiving a man is much simpler than deceiving a woman. I also thought of Zhang Yaxin, I promised her to tell her the truth today. But I'm afraid that after saying it out loud, her worldview will change from now on, after all, what I want to say are some things that sound impossible.

  Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. If she wants to listen, I'll tell her; if she doesn't come looking for me, I won't go out of my way to find her either.

  I suddenly wanted to see the sunset at Mirror Lake again, I don't know why. Maybe it's because I've been drawing talismans every day until the sun sets. The sunset here is really beautiful, the entire lake surface is reflected in a warm color that makes people feel comfortable. Compared to the sunrise here, the sunset gives people a very quiet and peaceful feeling.

  It's a bit embarrassing to say, but I've been busy drawing symbols for the past few days and haven't had a chance to paint a good picture. So I packed up my painting bag and toolbox, ready to record this beauty before leaving.

  I arrived at my favorite spot, a place with great feng shui. It was just after 5 pm, the exact time I had been hoping for. I set up my easel and placed my painting board on it, gazing out at the calm lake surface. As I thought about all that had happened over the past few days, I felt a surge of emotions welling up inside me once again.

  These past few days, I've been scared, thrilled, desperate and even thought of giving up, but fortunately all that is now behind me. I'm still alive, and I feel like I've matured a bit more. But as for what specific aspects I've matured in, I couldn't say clearly.

  I took advantage of this moment's idea, adjusted the ochre, and started applying it to the water powder.

  I actually really like painting, because I think sometimes painting can express my emotions, and before I know it, time has passed until the sun is about to set. I finally successfully captured the most beautiful moment of the lake in my heart on my paper.

  Just as I was about to pack up and head back to the hotel, Zhang Yaxin's voice came from behind me.

  "Chui Ge, you're here."

  I forced a smile and said to her, "Well, I always feel like I owe you one if I don't draw something."

  She walked up beside me and said in surprise, "You're actually drawing really well! Why didn't you draw before?"

  I sat on the beach, lit a cigarette and motioned for her to sit down too. Looking out at the lake, I said to her: "The story I want to tell is very long, do you want to hear it?"

  She nodded.

  I don't know why, but I originally thought it would be enough to simply explain things to her, yet the more I talked, the longer it got. Except for leaving out the part about Ninth Uncle and the "Three Pure Ones' Incantation", I ended up telling her everything. Even I didn't understand why I wanted to tell her all this at the time; it wasn't until today that I roughly figured it out. Maybe back then, I just felt really lonely and helpless, so I wanted to find someone to confide in.

  And my story indeed sounds like a mere tale, utterly unbelievable and inconceivable. Yet Zhang Yaxin listened to it with utmost seriousness, and when she heard that I was dumped by Dong Shanshan for seeking justice for the yellow-clothed female ghost, her eyes even became moist - was she sympathizing with me?

  When I mentioned my fight after she was possessed by the Five Elements, she looked at my still swollen cheek and said apologetically: "Sorry. Thank you, Brother Cui, thank you for saving me."

  I told her: "You don't have to thank me. Because no matter who I meet that's possessed, even if I don't know them, I won't just stand by and do nothing."

  The sunset hasn't completely fallen, but the lake shore has started to get windy. Today's Zhang Yaxin didn't tie up her hair, and the wind is blowing through her long locks. I caught a whiff of lavender shampoo scent, it seems she has a special fondness for this smell.

  She gazed at me with a smile, and the afterglow of sunset shone on her face, so I felt that her smile was also warm like that.

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