"Wait, I forgot about Yan Yan," I suddenly remembered that Yan Yan was still lying on the sofa. I found it a bit odd not having that gloomy presence around.
I quickly rushed to the sofa to check on Yan Yan and found that he was covered with a thin quilt. I lifted the quilt, intending to wake him up, but the moment I did, I panicked.
Yan Yan's clothes and pants had been stripped off, and only a pair of boxer briefs were covering his private parts. I quickly covered him with the quilt again.
I pushed Yan Yan, but he didn't respond. I tried calling his name, but it was of no use. I squatted down and whispered in his ear, "Yan Yan, it's time to get up and have dinner."
Maybe his ears were his sensitive spots, because Yan Yan twitched and slowly opened his eyes. He turned his head to look at me, his eyes still cold and expressionless.
I was so startled that I took a step back and then stood still. Yan Yan grabbed the quilt and tried to get up. Suddenly, he stopped his movement, looked at me, and then at his naked body.
"Um," we stared at each other awkwardly. "Don't get me wrong. The blood on your clothes was just too conspicuous," I pointed at the direction of the bathroom. "I've already told someone to wash your clothes."
Yan Yan turned his head and stopped looking at me. He groped around. I quickly fetched the clothes I had prepared in advance and handed them to him. Yan Yan nodded and took the clothes. Then he looked at me.
"Well, um, you can change. Come and have dinner when you're done," I said, turning my back and walking towards the living room.
Everyone was sitting at the dinner table. Song Yiran was sitting next to Xu Yang. Xu Yang never left Song Yiran's side for a moment. He was guarding him tightly. Fatty was happily enjoying his meal on one side.
I have to say that the food cooked by Xu Yang's nanny was really delicious. The dishes looked very appetizing. There were crucian carp and tofu soup, braised pork ribs, and crayfish on the table.
Not long after, Yan Yan came. Uncle put down his chopsticks and stared intently at Yan Yan. "What happened to you? Why were you cursed with such a poisonous blood curse?"
Yan Yan looked at us. "We went into the tomb together. But after we went in, they disappeared. I found myself in a completely different place, a place I'd never been to before."
"I groped around and found the stream we'd seen before. But I noticed something was wrong. The water in the stream was surging, and there was something struggling to come out from below."
"I saw a skeleton grabbing the bank and climbing up by itself. I quickly ran to the stream. I found that this skeleton was still moving without any gu worms in it. It was struggling hard to climb up."
Needless to say, everyone could guess what happened next. Xu Yang put down his chopsticks and apologized to Yan Yan. "I'm sorry. I was too impatient today and had a bad attitude in the tomb. I hope you don't take it to heart."
Yan Yan shook his head. Uncle said, "It must be this skeleton's problem. Normally, once the gu worms die, the skeleton is just a skeleton. It seems that it has been enchanted."
"Uncle, wait a minute. He just said there was a tomb he'd never been to before," I frowned. "But when we went there last time, we came out smoothly without any problems."
Uncle sighed as he looked at us. "I told you that you've gotten yourselves into trouble. The Kun Tomb is the most evil one. You've only explored two tombs, which means you haven't even entered the main part of it."
We had walked for so long and encountered so many troubles, but we hadn't even entered the tomb?! Uncle saw the confusion in my eyes and continued, "The main coffin of the Kun Tomb is in the middle. There are four tombs around it, all connected to each other. There are two diagonal lines in the middle, and the main coffin is right at the center."
Uncle's words completely changed our understanding of the tomb. "Also, Uncle, I'd like to ask how Yan Yan woke up. He was unconscious before," Xu Yang said as he looked back and forth between Uncle and Yan Yan.
"I told you that he was cursed with a blood curse. I gave him some of my blood to drink," Uncle said, showing the wound on his finger to everyone. Only then did we notice that there was a deep cut on the pad of Uncle's finger.
The blood curse is very terrifying. The person under the curse has to be nourished with blood. Other kinds of blood won't work. It has to be human blood. And the person who cast the curse on Yan Yan was very powerful. Just one or two drops of blood couldn't wake him up.
Uncle picked up a crayfish and started peeling it. "The person who cast the curse is extremely sinister. They wanted to force Yan Yan to suck human blood. It's just crazy," he said as he stuffed the crayfish into his mouth and started chewing.
"Then, how, can we, break it?" Song Yiran's hoarse voice came out intermittently. Uncle looked at him. "This is not as simple as yours. You just had to drink the ashes of your ashes. The blood curse is extremely insidious. The person under the curse could be eroded at any time. To break it,"
Uncle continued eating. We young people were all looking at him expectantly, waiting for him to continue. "It depends on when this person is willing to wake up and let his new blood counteract the cursed blood," Uncle said as he ate. He seemed so tired that he had lost his senses.
Xu Yang had been taking care of Song Yiran while he ate. He barely ate anything himself. Fatty always made fun of him, saying that he was like taking care of a little wife and was always doting on him. Xu Yang actually enjoyed Fatty's teasing about their relationship.
Yan Yan ate mechanically, not tasting the food at all. I felt a bit sorry for him. "Are you okay?" I asked. Yan Yan put down his chopsticks and looked at Uncle, saying nothing.
Uncle felt Yan Yan's intense gaze on him. He looked up and met Yan Yan's eyes. "How did you know I was cursed with a blood curse?" Yan Yan said calmly.
"I didn't find any wounds on you, but the bloodstains on your clothes were clearly yours," Uncle said. "It shows that this is not an ordinary blood curse."
"To confirm my suspicion, I made a cut on my finger," Uncle looked at Yan Yan. "When the blood dripped into your mouth, you seemed to grab a lifesaver. Your breathing became steady."
Uncle was right. Yan Yan's breathing had been unstable before, and he had been unconscious. But now, he was sitting here having dinner with us.
It seemed that Yan Yan's injury was internal, and the situation was much more serious than we had expected. Once the blood curse flared up, it had to be suppressed with blood. If the curse was too strong, Yan Yan might lose his life.
During the meal, everyone was lost in their own thoughts. Since we came out of the tomb, everyone seemed to have something to say but had kept it to themselves.
Apart from that one question, Yan Yan didn't ask anything else. He didn't say a single word. He just ate calmly and watched the others communicate.
Xu Yang was immersed in the joy of Song Yiran's recovery. He was so happy that his Ranran was safe and sound. According to Fatty, as soon as Song Yiran woke up, Xu Yang had checked him up and down.
Xu Yang had long regarded Song Yiran as his life. He was willing to give up anything, but he hoped that this life would last forever. He really hoped that this bond would never break.
Although Song Yiran seemed very cold on the surface and always showed disgust towards Xu Yang, in fact, he cherished Xu Yang very much.