55 Humanity's goodness and evil are first forged in childhood

  Ming Yan gazed thoughtfully at the miscellaneous items on the tea table, then turned to me and said: "You rest for a while first, this isn't urgent. When you're feeling better, we'll find some time to investigate this place. I think these things are probably hints about certain addresses."

  I'm so frustrated, this is really a big deal for Conan's IQ to handle, my -200 IQ can't take it. I handed things over to them and went back to bed.

  The quality of sleep without any ghost disturbance is really good. I slept all the way until noon the next day, and when I got up, the sun was already overhead.

  I was originally dazed and got up shouting that I would be late, but Ming Yan stopped me and said that Uncle had already asked for leave on my behalf. It wasn't until then that I vaguely remembered the events of yesterday.

  After a good sleep, I felt much better. As I ate the breakfast prepared by my uncle, I asked Ming Yan, "Since you're already on leave, do you have any leads? How are you going to investigate?"

  "Doesn't it hurt? Don't force yourself." Ming Yan had put everything in order and into the paper bag, his hands stopped moving, he turned his head to look towards the direction of the anti-theft door, worriedly saying: "It seems like you won't be able to rest well today, someone has come knocking on the door."

  He looked at him in confusion, listened for a moment, ate the last bite of food, got up and sent the dishes to the kitchen. When he came out again, there was a knock on the door outside, and it was knocking urgently.

  I must say I'm impressed by Ming Yan's hearing. Peering through the cat eye, looking at the person outside, this master who never fails to appear at the Three Treasures Hall for no reason, what is he doing here at my place today?

  "Can't you be more gentle? This door can't withstand your banging!" He opened the door with a dark face, originally not intending to let him in, and his mother had come to bother me again yesterday, now looking at him annoying others.

  Who would have thought that as soon as I opened the door, he pulled it open and grabbed my shoulders with a look of anxiety, wiping his sweaty face and asking: "Xiao Yue, didn't my mom come looking for you yesterday? What did you guys talk about?"

  I was taken aback at first, then raised an eyebrow in annoyance and faced him coldly: "Are you here to interrogate me? And you think I'm easy to bully, don't you?"

  Yuan Rui didn't even mention it, but he actually dared to bring up his mother's humiliation towards me in front of me. Am I really just a soft persimmon that can be pinched at will in their eyes?

  With a cold face, she didn't want to be bothered by him again, and was about to close the door after shaking off his hand. But unexpectedly, Yuan Rui's arm suddenly stretched in, and that inch of strength happened to be pinched on his arm.

  At that moment, I clearly heard him stifling a painful hum, and the cold sweat on his forehead immediately seeped out, showing how much pain he was in.

  I really didn't expect it to end up like this, I thought he was just coming to make a scene, but unexpectedly he actually came. Feeling a bit guilty, I let him in and got the first aid kit because the force from earlier had already scraped his arm, and the skin around it had turned purple and blue.

  Ming Yan saw all of this and slowly spoke up as I was cleaning Yuan Rui's wounds, "This time it doesn't seem like a false alarm, something really did happen, let's investigate clearly."

  I turned my head and withdrew my gaze, cleaned up the wound, handed him a tissue, and apologized: "I thought you were like your mom, looking for trouble with me, sorry."

  Yuan Rui endured the pain, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It seems that my mother really came, otherwise you wouldn't be so nervous when you saw me. When did she leave after that, do you still remember?"

  His topic was all about his mother, I felt something wrong, recalling carefully, at that time because of headache, supporting myself back to the office when it was almost ten o'clock.

  "Remember, we didn't have a very pleasant conversation, so she stayed for less than half an hour, that is to say before 10 o'clock. What happened?"

  "My mom left the house yesterday and we lost contact!" Yuan Rui clenched his fists tightly, helplessly hanging his head down. "The night before last, my mom had a dream about my sister, saying she wanted to fulfill one of her wishes, then early in the morning she told me she was going to the funeral home to find you. But by evening she still hadn't come back, and the people my dad sent out couldn't find her either. I called you on the phone but no one answered, so I had no choice but to come here and ask what happened. Looks like your conversation wasn't very pleasant either."

  I had a headache yesterday and went silent, who knew about this? However, I still glanced at my phone, smiled wryly, and there were dozens of calls, the phone was blown up!

  "Lost? Why didn't you report to the police and look for me? You wouldn't think I did something to your mom, would you?" My impression of that woman was very poor, so my tone wasn't very good either.

  Ming Yan just glanced at Yuan Rui faintly, smiled awkwardly on my behalf and said: "I think Mr. Yuan didn't mean it that way, Xiao Yue was still upset from yesterday's argument, don't mind him."

  Ming Yan's words made Yuan Rui feel a bit ashamed, but at the same time, it was as if he had grasped a lifesaving straw. He stood up excitedly and asked, "Mr. Ming Yan, has my sister returned here? I really have no other choice but to disturb you!"

  "No, something unpleasant happened yesterday and she hasn't come back!" Ming Yan's voice was flat, without any emotional fluctuations.

  He couldn't see the flames of hell, his eyes could only follow the sound and look over, unable to see the flames again, he looked at me with a defeated expression, sat down on the sofa, holding his head in distress, and said "I'm sorry". This should be an apology from that arrogant woman to me! I hope I can tell him the truth.

  Considering his sincere attitude, I simply told him what happened yesterday. I just cut off the last part because I didn't want to make it sound like I was tattling, after all, this is a grudge of the dead.

  Yuan Rui's face looked terrible, worried and ashamed. After all, that was his mother, and he knew best what kind of person she was. After learning the truth, he stood up and thanked us before leaving without even drinking a sip of water.

  I can see that he wants to ask for our help but is hesitant to do so after knowing what happened, and it's not good for him to let us lend a hand now.

  "Wait a minute, Mr. Yuan, I want to ask you something." Just as Yuan Rui was about to reach the door, Ming Yan called out to him, and he turned his head back in surprise, while I glanced sideways at this Ghost Immortal beside me.

  "Last time Xiaoyue said that your car accident was likely due to an insider, I want to ask if there is a person with the surname Yao among the people you are familiar with. My friend received news that this person is very close to you. Half a year ago when your building had problems, it seemed like he was also involved. I'm saying these things in the hope that you have time to investigate this person's background, perhaps...you understand." Mingyan said all this in one breath, but instead of being explicit, he was hinting at something.

  Yuan Rui's dark eyes suddenly lit up, and he thanked him gratefully before leaving without lingering.

  I stared blankly at the tightly closed door, silent for a long time, with no expression on my face, just standing there in the middle of the room.

  Ming Yan didn't move, but stood beside me, looking at me with a sideways glance. My peripheral vision could see his unbearable apology and hesitation, unsure of how to start advising me.

  "Are you blaming me? Providing clues to Yuan Rui? I know your anger hasn't dissipated, but that woman's life shouldn't have been taken, so..." He carefully explained.

  I shook my head and turned around to go clean up the kitchen, not wanting to deal with this, but the annoyance in my heart was inexplicably written all over my face, and I couldn't even muster a forced smile.

  Through the things that have happened, I've discovered that I'm actually quite evil, especially when I heard that woman had gone missing and there was no news of her. The feeling of schadenfreude in my heart far exceeded surprise, not a single comforting thought for Yuan Rui. Even I myself find it strange and terrifying.

  Can I really be worthy of being a ferryman with such evil intentions? Yuan Xue and her mother were just arrogant, but they didn't do anything bad, but me...

  The more I think about it, the more afraid I become, always feeling that I'm not worthy of standing alongside Ming Yan at this moment.

  Ming Yan hastily blocked me and said, "Tell me about your thoughts, okay? You're being so silent, it's making me uneasy."

  "My...". The arrogant air I had before, was all extinguished at this moment, because in front of the kind and gentle flames, I felt so ugly, a bit ashamed.

  "Don't you think I'm also very evil? I'm so selfish, just hearing that Mrs. Yuan has gone missing, I actually can't help but want to say that she had it coming."

  "Yes, she had it coming! It's because she disrespected you like that, not knowing how to respect others, that heaven gave her punishment, making her suffer for a few days to reflect on herself." Ming Yan smiled and pulled up my hand, saying it as if it was only natural. As if he also understood the turmoil in my heart, he lifted up my face and looked at me straight in the eye, "Don't be like that, it's not your fault, it's human nature. You're upright, so you can't stand seeing people like that being arrogant, naturally you would hate them. Naturally you would secretly rejoice when you hear that something bad happened to that person."

  "But what's the difference between me and them?" I was very perplexed, especially when I had that thought just now, the spiritual key on my wrist suddenly became scorching hot, as if reminding me that I shouldn't have such thoughts.

  Ming Yan placed his hand on my Tian Ling hole, and his clear eyes carried a smile of understanding and forgiveness. It looked so comfortable that it made me, who was troubled in mind, forget all worries, and the fear also disappeared.

  After I calmed down, Ming Yan happily smiled and gently brushed away the stray hairs behind my ear. "I don't know what that scoundrel Chang Yu said to you that shouldn't be said, making you suddenly bear so many burdens that shouldn't be yours. But please listen to me seriously, don't let those words affect you yourself. Little Yue should have her own appearance, if she becomes hesitant and indecisive then it's not the you I know."

  Am I unreasonable, arbitrary, greedy and petty?

  I suddenly burst out laughing, covering my face and shaking as I turned away, unable to stop. Because in my heart there was a strange thought, thinking back to the times we spent together, it was always me scolding him, this guy is a masochist.

  Ming Yan gazed at me with an eerie gaze, and although I didn't understand why, I smiled again. Seeing that I had regained my spirits, he also curled up the corners of his mouth in relief.

  "Come on, let's go find out the truth and settle this matter once and for all. I'll be completely free then." I pulled his hand, no longer hesitating.