Chapter 8: Shout to guide the soul (Part 2)

Hei Wa! Hei Wa! After walking and shouting for about ten minutes, my throat began to dry, but I still havent seen Hei Was soul.

Did his soul scatter? that thought came to my mind and I looked at the red lantern in my hand.

At the entrance of the tomb mountain the red lanterns flame is very weak, but now it is getting brighter, even if the night wind keeps blowing, it was only slightly swaying.

Hei Wa! Hei Wa! Its me, Xiao Xi! Ill help you to get back home, so come out now. When I look at the light of the candle, my heart felt relieved a little.

Grandma said the morethe light becomes bright, the more Hei Was soul is getting closer to me.

And now that it became like this, I think Hei Was soul is around this area. So, I shouted more loudly.

In this dark tomb mountain, only my shouts constantly echoed.

Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi.

I still shout even if my throats felt dry and I look dumb. And finally, Hei Was voice came from the woods and his voice sounds the same in my dream so I panic.

Hei Wa, is it you? When I shout loudly my fear lessens a little.

Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi. Hei Wa cried, his voice sounds close to me, so I quickly run toward it. And finally, in the tall grass, I saw Hei Was half exposed head.

Although he has dark eyes now I can still recognize that it was really him. I rush towards him because I want to hug him, but my hands pass through his body.

I suddenly remembered that right now he is only a soul.

Dont be scared, Ill take you home. I looked at Hei Wa and said some comforting words.

I know Hei Wa is still scared because his transparent body is still shaking. Hei Wa slowly stood up, I want to help him but I cant pull his hand. Then, I constantly tell him to follow close behind me.

Along the way, Hei Wa keeps repeating my name. I put the red lantern near him because Im afraid that he wouldnt keep up with me. But honestly, what I fear most is the sudden appearance of the serpent spirit. I dont know how will I bring Hei Wa back home if that happen.

But fortunately, our way down was surprisingly got smooth. Theres no ghost or evil spirit who pops out suddenly. I saw grandmother was still standing near the entrance. She looks back behind me and felt relieved when she saw Hei Wa.

Grandma still lets me carry the red lantern along the way, while she was walking with Hei Wa and keeps repeating Hei Was horoscope. This will prevent Hei Was soul to get possess. After that, grandma sent me back home.

She said she doesnt want me to watch the ritual and she is more reluctant for me to stay in Hei Was room. I plead repeatedly but its still useless, so I can only go back inside the house.

At home, it was already three oclock in the morning when grandmother came back, she looks exhausted, so I ran and hold her arms. Grandma collapse and almost fell down. I tried hard to help her lie on the floor and began to call grandpa.

Grandfather curse came out from the roomwhen he saw grandmother he only said that she deserved it.

Grandpa has always been against for grandma to deal with spirits or ghost because hes afraid for us to get in a big trouble.

Yesterday, I met Secretary Ji Kang and he said not to make any more superstition activity in the village. After all, youve been doing these already in the past few years but you didnt earn anything, instead, you cause me a bunch of trouble.Grandpa continues cursing and didnt help grandmother. So, I tried helping grandmother to get back in her room.

Grandpa, who really dont plan to help grandma immediately walked in front of the room and stopped me.

Grandpa, what are you doing ah? I was already having trouble to keep my body steady, so when I saw grandfather blocked the door I got even more anxious.

Dont bring her in my room. Its frustrating to see her like this, bring her to the backyard room. Grandpa frown, he pushed grandmother in the direction of the backyard.

Grandpa, please let grandma stay inside the house. The room in the backyard is not cleaned, there is dust everywhere and also the door and windows are broken.

Grandpa is determined, he said that if I wanted her to stay inside the house then I should bring grandma in my room. He also told me not to let grandma get close to him because he gets more frustrated.

He kept saying that he is frustrated to see her right now. In fact, he refers to grandmothers constant coughing. I know this because I also felt guilty for grandma. Naturally, I dont want to listen to grandfather anymore, he simply doesnt care and just return to his room to sleep.

Grandma, lets go to my room. I reached out my hands to help grandmother, but grandmother waved her hand. She said that she will stay in the backyard room and just give her a glass of water. After that, she drank the water and fell asleep.

I keep looking at grandmother and listen to her heavy breathing. I know that grandma was really tired these days.

Grandma slept for three days, but she still wakes up from time to time to see me. In these past few days, her whole body was sweating and coughs even more than before. The village doctor hasseen her and only said that she has a cold.

Grandmother occasionally wakes up and force me to go to school. I was very worried because I know grandfather will not take care of her so I really want to stay, but she keeps insisting and said that Hei Was mother will come and take care of her. And so I went to school.

Hei Wa has been going in school. His cheeks look rosy now, unlike before when he was lying in his bed, he looks like a dead person.

But, I notice that he keeps his head down during the class. He seems scared, so I tried asking him a few times in a low voice. He tried opening his mouth, but when he look at Teacher Chen he became silent again.