115 Report Your Name (2/2)

”Names are created by parents. You can’t just change it.”

”Ha.” Ye Qingxuan squeezed her cheeks, ”Try to make up something better.”

”I’m sorry! Cousin, I’m sorry! I just wanted to help…” Seeing Baixi suddenly become obedient, with her hands clasped together and lashes batting, Ye Qingxuan could not be angry anymore. He sighed and reached out, ”Hand it over.”

”What? Hand what over?” Bai Xi looked at him confusedly, ”What are you talking about?”

”Really?” Ye Qingxuan scoffed. He reached into her pocket and pulled out a palm-sized leather notebook. Shaking it before her, he said, ”You have guts. You couldn’t forget your old job even with an arrow to the head. Didn’t you promise to stop stealing?”

”This is called fighting fire with fire! It’s his fault!” Guilty, Bai Xi looked away. She whistled, her face full of innocence. ”I just reached over…and it came out.”

Ye Qingxuan shook his head, unable to do anything with her. He opened the book and studied the numbers. Thinking of something, his eyes became serious and he read through carefully.

Old Phil returned soundlessly. The giant golden dog sniffed at the blood. He wandered around the cemetery as if it was a store, stepping over the corpses gracefully. His eyes lit up. He lowered its head and picked something up in its mouth. Trotting over, he put the thing at Bai Xi’s feet. He had gracefully and selflessly given this thing to his top student, Bai Xi.

Gaping, Bai Xi bent down and picked up the bloody mirror. Flipping it over, she saw the carving of Medusa, and her eyes brightened. It was the Mirror of Medusa!

Seeing that Ye Qingxuan was focused on the notebook, she put a finger to her lips, shushing Old Phil. And then she sneakily put the mirror into her pocket.

She was just going to take a little thing. Her cousin would not mind…hopefully.

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Ye Qingxuan flipped through the notebook quickly. He had a general impression of the content and stuffed it into his pocket. If the content was what he thought it was, he would have to think and plan carefully.

Just as he pulled Bai Xi’s hand, getting ready to leave, he heard a moan from the unconscious man in the ditch nearby. The man seemed to have fallen into a nightmare, writhing painfully.

Ye Qingxuan remembered him. His name was Hudson, and he had wanted to leave this dark world, but had been captured by the Pyramid King. It was surprising that he was still alive, but he was still close to dying.

Thinking for a bit, Ye Qingxuan halted. He pressed his cane against Hudson’s chest and the music of flowing water sounded—Rune Flow. Using Jiu Xiao Huan Pei, Ye Qingxuan stimulated the blood in Hudson’s heart, pulling him back from the nightmare.

With the nightmare gone, Hudson woke with a cry. Opening his eyes, he looked at the ruins. When he saw Ye Qingxuan’s shadow, he seemed to understand something, ”Am I…dead?”

”You’re still alive,” Ye Qingxuan said lightly.

”Did you save me?”

”You survived because of your own luck. I just gave you hand. Since you’re still conscious, go find a doctor before you really die.”

Hudson fell silent. He forced a bitter smile onto his bloody face, ”Maybe it’s better for people like me to die. Even if I live, where can I go?” He sighed hopelessly, ”I ran far away to start a new life, but I was still dragged back. On the way here, I realized that the day I jumped into the swamp, I would never be clean again. I’ve sinned so many times. I have to pay for them some day.”

”Then live on and use the rest of your days to repent for what you’ve done.”

”Will I be saved if I repent?” Hudson asked, his voice full of hope.

”No,” The youth shook his head. Studying the bloody cane, his voice was hoarse and cold, ”You will live on full of guilt. You will live in this darkness until death. But you can at least try to be a good person.” With that, Ye Qingxuan turned to leave.

Stunned, Hudson fell silent. Watching the shadow leave, he wanted to cry. He felt as if he had just been saved. ”That’s wonderful…” He knelt down onto the bloody dirt, seeing the shadow off, ”Sir, thank you.”

The shadow in the distance halted, turning around. He finally looked away after a long moment, ”And thank you too,” he murmured. This was the most beautiful sentence Ye Qingxuan had heard over the past few days.

”What happened?” Bai Xi asked quietly. ”Why are you suddenly so happy?”

”There was a question I’ve been asking myself these days, but now I realize that the answer had always been in my heart.” Ye Qingxuan smiled in the darkness, satisfied and freed, ”It’s not meaningless to be a good person.”