Suddenly, the fat man mentioned Red Shadow again. The figure that used to appear by my bed every night suddenly appeared in my head.
I was fifteen years old that year. I was still at the age where I didn't know anything. At first, I was just afraid of Red Shadow. Later on, I didn't need to be afraid anymore. I slowly got used to her presence and her quiet company.
At that time, I was in the middle of puberty. I had too many problems that I couldn't tell anyone. I could only talk to Red Shadow at night.
At that time, I was already very dependent on her, but I still couldn't tell what she meant to me.
Later, in the underground palace, after Red Shadow entered the giant door, she said to me, "Take care of yourself, my husband." That made me panic.
It was said that young people didn't know what it felt like to be sad. However, after Red Shadow left, when I woke up in the middle of the night and looked at the empty bed, I couldn't help but feel upset and disappointed.
Perhaps I already knew how I felt about Red Shadow. But God made a fool of me. We were separated by Yin and Yang, and I didn't know anything about her. What could I do even if I had some feelings for her?
I tried to forget her, but I couldn't.
I also tried to sort out our feelings, but the more I thought, the more confused I became.
I couldn't cut them off, and I couldn't sort them out.
Perhaps this was the sorrow of parting with a different taste in one's heart.
Until the last time, when I was cornered by the evil Professor Deng, I thought it was Red Shadow. Even at that moment, I still felt happy and panicked.
But in the end, my eyes told me that it wasn't Red Shadow.
Perhaps from that moment on, I felt that Red Shadow's figure had become much more distant and illusory. Every night, when I looked at the head of the bed, I couldn't remember what she looked like when she was sitting on the bed.
So, I didn't think about her anymore. When I couldn't sleep at night, I didn't look at the bed anymore.
I thought that I would be very sad if I did this, but the past few years have been peaceful.
Alright, Red Shadow. I felt that I had buried her in my memory.
Until today, when the fat man mentioned her again.
A person's heart was like a dam. When it was built, it could block all emotions. However, the higher it was, the easier it would collapse.
There were many things that the more you cared about, the more you shouldn't mention them.
Once you mentioned them, the seemingly tall dam would instantly collapse.
The fatty's words shattered the high platform I had built in my heart. The sweet and sorrowful memories flooded out.
The past was still vivid in my mind. I became quiet and immersed in my own thoughts. I didn't speak for a long time.
When the fat man saw that I didn't say anything, his face became even more solemn. After a moment of silence, he said, "Third Baby, if you really don't want to tell me, I won't force you. However, I still hope that you can tell me."
I pulled myself together and looked at the jovial fatty. He had suddenly become so serious. I panicked and wanted to tell him about the red shadow. However, I thought that I shouldn't tell anyone about it.
I didn't answer him directly. Instead, I asked him why he suddenly asked me that question.
The fatty's expression was a bit gloomy. He took a sip of the fruit juice in front of him and said in a low, muffled voice, "When I left, I burned down the ancestral home to complete my father's task. But in reality, I didn't find my father's body."
He sighed and said, "Nine generations of ancestors made nine coffins. Other than being busy with other people's funerals, my father spent the rest of his time preparing the last coffin for himself. But who knew that after he really left, he couldn't even find his body."
I furrowed my brows and asked the fat man, "The graveyard was only so big back then. Didn't you and Old He go back to look for him?"
"Why didn't we?"
The fat man shook his head. "When we burned down the ancestral home, I carried my father's coffin to the old house. I didn't burn it because I wanted to find my father's body in the future."
"Actually, on the second day after we left, Old He sent people to look for him, but they didn't find anything.
Then, at the beginning of this year, after I finished my apprenticeship with Master, I went back again, but I still didn't find anything. "
"That graveyard wasn't big, but my father must've fallen into the ground like us.
But there were only a few tunnels underground. I asked Old He to ask the others, but they all said that they didn't see my father's body.
Then, I suspected that he might have been eaten by the skeleton monster … But even if he was eaten, there should be some leftovers, right?
But no matter how much I dug, I couldn't find anything. "
The fat man rambled on, and I gradually understood what he meant. I asked him, "You think your father's body fell into the underground palace?"
Fatty nodded, "We had fallen into the underground tunnel outside, but I asked Old He, he said that the three people beside him had fallen directly into the underground palace after they had fallen in!
Logically speaking, that's impossible. The underground palace can only be entered through a hole with a formation. But Old He wouldn't lie to me on purpose. Now that my father's body can't be found, I think it's possible that he fell into the underground palace like Old He and the others. "
I nodded and asked him, "Then why didn't you dig deeper to find the tunnel? As long as we entered the tunnel, we would definitely find the underground palace."
"Why didn't I dig?"
The fat man smiled wryly. "When I went back before the New Year, I brought a truck full of underground detection equipment. I even brought a set of the equipment that the exploration team used, which could reach up to a hundred meters underground.
But guess what? Let alone the underground palace, we couldn't even find the tunnel. "
Fatty continued indignantly, "When we left, didn't the place collapse? It was like a small earthquake. It's possible that it buried the passageways and the underground palace, but it's impossible for a small earthquake to make everything below disappear. I used the equipment I used. As long as there are traces left below, I'll definitely be able to find it.
However, after a few days of hard work, the final conclusion was that there was absolutely nothing under the graveyard.
So, I thought about it and decided to start from somewhere else. "
In the underground palace, besides us who didn't know anything, there was only the skeleton, the female corpse, and the red shadow. The fat man was talking about starting from somewhere else. It was obvious that he was talking about the red shadow.
However, even I didn't know where the red shadow was. Where could the fat man go to find her?
I thought for a while and decided to be honest with the fat man. "You're right. The woman in the red dress is the female ghost I met when I was young. She often appeared around me.
However, after we left the underground palace, I've never seen her again, just like you. "
The fatty originally had some hope, but after hearing what I said, he immediately became discouraged. He reached out and scratched his head. After a long while, he let out a sigh and said disappointedly, "Alright then, it looks like there's no hope."
I couldn't bear to see him like this. "Even if we can't find his corpse, Uncle Lin will be buried in the underground palace. He'll be able to rest in peace.
Whether he's buried in your family's house or in the underground palace, I'm sure Uncle Lin won't mind. You shouldn't worry too much about it. "
After listening to me, the fat man looked even more distressed. It seemed he had something to say in his heart. He pulled his hair.
After a while, he said in a strange tone, "Third Baby, I want to find my father's corpse. Not only do I want to bury him, but I also want to confirm if he's … dead or not."
I gawked. At that time, all of us saw his father stab his own heart with a dagger. Do we still need to confirm it?
I looked at him worriedly. After keeping silent for a while, I said, "Fatty, are you thinking that because you're too sad?"