Summer memoir (YiZhan FF)

Eighteen

Zhan remembered being dragged into the darkness, his head was hit with something hard and then he lose his consciousness.

And when he woke up, his hands are tied while laying down in a bed made of stone and has rose petals as red as blood scattered all over it. He was inside a dimly lit room, like a witch's room in fact, only candles are what gives the room a bit of light. His head feels like hammered a thousand times because of how much it hurts, although he doesn't get to see what happened to his head, he knew his head was wounded and has dried blood all over it.

Zhan tried to sit up but his head throb which made him groan and wince in pain.

"I see you're awake? "

Zhan looked around him, searching where the voice came from.

"Who are you?!" He shouted, alarmed because he did not see anyone in the room with him.

He heard a laugh and then suddenly, black smoke started to form, then a woman emerge from the darkest part or the room.

She's wearing a black and red robe with a gold flower pin on her head, she's so pale and her lips were red as blood. She looks more than a decade older than him but she's still a beauty.

"What's your name young man?" She asked. Zhan looked at him sharply and raised his brow.

"Why? If i told you my name you might curse me so..no"

The woman laugh flirtatiously and even tap Zhan's arm as if he said something so funny.

Zhan blow his arm that the woman tapped as if it has become infected since his hands were tied up and can't brush it off.

"Don't worry, we won't hurt you. I just need a few information that only you might know. " The woman said then sat down on a chair also made of stone.

Zhan scoffed "you won't hurt me? Nice try, my head is already throbbing because someone hit my head. Is that how you treat your visitor? Wow. " Zhan said sarcastically.

The woman frowned "my bad, it seems like i didn't train and discipline my men enough. " Then she snapped her fingers and a man dressed in black attire– like a ninja's,  appeared.

"Is this the one who hit you? " She asked.

It was now Zhan's turn to frown "how would i know? It was dark. "

The woman nodded "very well " then she grabbed the man's neck until he turned into ashes and the wind blew him away.

Zhan was surprised but he chose not to react. All he has to think about was himself and what kind of situation he was in.

He seems to be in danger but he doesn't feel the danger at all, Zhan shrugged mentally.

Oh well, maybe because I'm the Yiling Patriarch, he thought.

"What do you need from me? and where am i?  " He asked after a couple of seconds.

"As i said, i need some few details that only you know. And i apologize, i haven't told you where we are yet. Let me introduce to you, the Valley of spirits. "

"Valley of spirits? " Zhan asked confused. It's the first time he heard this place. He cannot even find it in Wei Ying's memory.

"Yes, this is where spirits with no homes, spirits who has so much regret that they're tied down on this world and cannot ascend, this is where everyone stay, waiting for another chance to live. This is where you were before a soul sacrificed himself in your stead. "

"Wait. What do you mean? I've been here? "

The woman nodded.

" On the contrary of those alive people and their knowledge about what they call ferocious ghosts, we are only spirits who longed to be alive again. We tend to be agressive when it comes to our will to be alive, but back then.. when you were here, you brought peace within this place. "

"Can you just please get to the point? I know my husband is already worried sick and he'll turn heaven and hell upside down just to find me. " Zhan said, he was curious yet he wants to get out of this place as soon as possible. He knows that Lan Zhan that's still living inside Yibo would literally do what he just said.

"Wait, did you just said husband?! " The woman exclaimed completely shocked that she even took a few steps backward with wide eyes.

"Duh? "

"Oh no this is trouble. " The woman said, not talking to him but to herself.

"What do you mean trouble? "

The woman looked at him nervously " I'm sorry, but i think you have to part with your husband now. "

Zhan frowned and before he could even ask her what she meant, the wooden door burst open and revealed a younger woman, a few years younger than him.

"Mother! He's here! " The woman exclaimed excitedly.

Who's this bitch? Zhan thought as he scanned the young woman, she dressed like the woman she just called mother but she looks rather rude and spoiled, she looks nothing like her mother who has a sophisticated beauty.

"Who's she? " He asked.

The young woman turned to him shocked "oh my! Ying Ying you already forget about me?! "

Ying Ying?! What the–

"Look, miss. How dare you call me Ying Ying. It sounds so gross. I'm not a kid. " Zhan said. He tried to loose the ties on his wrist and he was successful after a few seconds of trying.

He stood up and stumbled a bit but he managed to stand straight.

"Just let me go back to my husband would you? I don't know what kind of information you would like to know from me but my business here is done, I'm alive and kicking. I don't have to stay in this world full of spirits. "

The young woman had tears in her eyes " y-you! Liar! You said you would make me your wife and we'll rule this world together! " then she cried loudly and slumped to the floor kicking like a kid.

Zhan frowned and scratched his forehead.

The woman, looked at him apologetically. And called some servants to take her daughter away. The young woman screamed angrily at Zhan before the door was closed.

"Let me tell you what happened before." the woman said to him.

"You better have to "

"When you arrived in this place you were a mess. We, the leaders of this Valley decided to take care of you. We took you in until you were able to socialize with other spirits. My daughter became fond of you even though she hates you at first. We arranged a marriage between you two but then before your marriage takes place, you were called to the world of the living and lived among them. It took us years to find you but i think we're too late. "

"That marriage.. did i agreed on it? " He asked.

"We actually never heard a word from you about the marriage so we took it as a yes. You always do whatever we told you to and you even managed to win the heart of these spirits and made most of them ascend with ease. "

"What's the information you wanted to ask me? "

The woman shook her head " i think it's no use, you already forgot everything about this place. "

"As much as i want to help, but i have to go back. "

"I understand.. but the portal could only be made every three days. You have to wait two more days before we could open the portal to the world of the living. "

Zhan was shocked and sat on the stone bed, dumfounded. He's not worried for himself but for these spirits who'll taste the wrath of Hanguang Jun once he knew where he was.

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AN: Okay, this is it for now. I'm really busy huhu. Please forgive me, I'll try to find more time to write my story. I hope you enjoy reading this chapter hehe~ thanks a lot!