Willing to Accompany by the Gentleman's Side

Chapter 1

"When the bell on the hilltop rings, the dead shall once again descend to earth."

This was the sentence I heard most often from small until big.

　　A pity, hundreds of years had passed and no one had ever come across it. With the passing of time, it had become a legend. 

　　The location of Yi Xun's hometown was at a small town located two to three hundred li from the city. Calling it a small town, it actually was just slightly bigger than a village. Behind the small town was a mountain with bamboo forests on both sides. Whenever the night time came, wolves howling could occasionally be heard.

　　Perhaps due to the remote location from the city, his hometown somewhat still maintained a bit of a mysterious air.

　　On the day of the Ghost Festival, according to the town's regulations, the entire small town's residents had to give offerings to the ancestors in the form of clothing. They would then follow the town mayor, who would lead them to the altar on the hilltop.

　　From the distance, an enormous rock could be seen sticking out on the hilltop. The rock's surface was not smooth, with bumps and holes on it and full of cracks. However, with a closer look, one would discover that the cracks formed a strange circle on the rock, very much resembling an ancient array method.

　　The mayor led the people of the small town to circle the rock and poured blood into the inner groove of the rock. The blood flowed visibly through the cracks towards the middle of the rock, where together it formed a circle, and a red beam of light shot straight up to the skies.

　　Gradually, the light beam became transparent, and only when it had totally disappeared did the people withdraw. Soon after, another group of people surrounded the rock again.

　　Ten beautiful young ladies clad in white danced slowly around the rock, in the middle of which unexpectedly appeared a flame.

　　Under the dark blue sky, the dancing girls looked like pure fairies, dancing between heaven and earth, humming a song that was unknown.

　　......................................

　　At nighttime, Yi Xun's whole body felt exhausted when he finally returned home, collapsing on his bed. The full moon of the 15th was hanging above the ceiling on top of his head.

         Around 4 or 5 in the morning, the mobile phone on the bedside started vibrating. He had just started recovering from his daze.

　　Yi Xun picked up the phone, taking a quick look at the screen, then reached out to press the answer button: "Mom, what's the matter?"

　　"Son, how's your body? Do you feel unwell anywhere?" The sound of Mother Yi's questions filled with concern came through the phone in succession.

　　It was somewhat noisy at the other end of the call, she should be in a public place.

　　"Not too bad, just feeling a bit tired." Yi Xun said weakly.

　　Done speaking, he couldn't avoid letting out a violent cough.

　　"cough, cough, cough!"

　　Mother Yi, listening from the other side, could not help feeling her heart tighten: "Son, why don't I talk to the mayor so you don't have to participate next year. Otherwise, year after year like this....."

　　"Cough, cough, cough..... Cannot." Yi Xun interrupted her.

　　His expression was dull, his tone when speaking was also flat, not oscillating in the least: "Mom, everyone must participate in this festival. If you speak to the town mayor, wouldn't it be against the rules?"

　　Mother Yi distressedly said: "But your body....."

　　"Mom, I'm fine. I am aware of the situation. You and dad just go and play happily, okay?"

　　"Ok". Mother Yi heard her son saying this much and could only drop the subject. She continued: "That's right, son, there is a sealed letter on your desk. If you have time, go and take a look."

　　A letter?

　　Yi Xun reluctantly got up, massaging his temples, and went to sit on the desk. He saw at once a light blue envelope on top of his desk.

　　"Son, you take a good rest. In a moment, you'll still need to go to the fireworks display. When you are done, the day would be concluded, I will then give you another call."

　　"OK."

　　Yi Xun placed the mobile phone on the table and picked up the envelope.

　　The envelope was very pretty. In addition, there still was a whiff of camellia fragrance.

　　Yi Xun opened the envelope, inside there was a short sentence:

"Ah Xun, I'm here waiting for you."