Chapter 61: I knew you'd be willing

  The old woman helped her up, and Shu Xiao Ai touched her skin, finding it warm. Only then did she stand up straight, "Grandma, you're really a person."

  "Girl, of course I'm a human being, how did you end up here all alone at night?"

  "Grandma, can I come in and talk to you?"

  The old woman held her hand, "Come on, follow grandma inside."

  Just like a grandmother holding her own granddaughter affectionately.

  As she walked in, Shu Xiao Ai only discovered that the room was lit with candles. In this remote wilderness, there was indeed no electricity.

  She told the old woman everything, and upon hearing this, the old woman said, "It seems fate has brought us together. I knew early this morning that a young lady would be coming to my door, so I've been waiting for you, madam."

  Shu Xiao Ai found it somewhat hard to believe, "The girl grandma spoke of is me?"

  "Who are you?" The old lady smiled and turned around, bringing out dishes of food and porridge from inside, "You look weak, eat first."

  Her eyes gleamed with green light, and she immediately took over the wolf-like devouring of food, "Grandma, do you know? I've been exhausted, thirsty, and starving all day, and as the sky was about to darken, I had lost all hope."

  "It's okay, Grandma, I have food and drink here, eat slowly, they are all the grains and vegetables I grew with my own hands, green and environmentally friendly."

  Shu Xiao Ai nodded vigorously, after eating and drinking enough, she asked, "Grandma, how did you know I was coming?"

  "In the midst of obscurity, are you a yin-yang eye?"

  Shu Xiao Ai admitted for the first time in front of outsiders, "Yes."

  "I've waited so many years, and finally I get to see you." Coming from the mouth of a 70 or 80-year-old elderly woman, these words are somewhat astonishing.

  Shu Xiao Ai didn't say anything, just looked at her and said.

  "There are very few people in the world who possess the yin-yang eyes, and the chances of encountering them are extremely low. I started taking on apprentices when I was 50 years old, but until now, I haven't found anyone. Now that I've met you, it wasn't a waste for me to wait all these years."

  "Grandma, may I ask impolitely, you live alone here, so you must be a witch or something?"

  She smiled kindly and said, "It can also be said that you and I are so fated, would you like to become my apprentice?"

  "Grandma, will your apprentice also be forced to stay here and live alone?"

  "Of course not, freedom at will."

  "What's the benefit of that?"

  "There are many benefits, but this is difficult to learn, and those who lack patience and perseverance will not be able to master it."

  "What if I don't want to?"

  "If you don't want to, then you must leave this place now. Anyone is like that, except for my apprentice. Have you seen those two big lanterns at the door?" The old woman asked her seriously.

  "I've seen it."

  "That's a soul-luring lantern, at night when you go out this door, many lonely souls and wild ghosts are waiting for you..."

  "......Grandma, I'm willing to be your apprentice."

  The old woman smiled, "Good child, I knew you'd be willing."

  Mù Xù Yáo heard that the crew members and actors who went to Beishan had all returned yesterday afternoon, so he went to the crew in the afternoon, wanting to find an opportunity to have a private talk with Shū Xiǎo ài.

  But later on, it was discovered that Shu Xiao Ai wasn't there at all.

  The director saw him coming and hastily stepped forward, saying, "Third Master has arrived."

  "Director, isn't there a scene with that little maid today? Why didn't she come?"

  The director looked embarrassed, his facial expression very uncomfortable. "You're talking about Shu Xiaoyu, she has a role in the play, but she's not here."