Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?-Chapter 1020 - 1016: Liar

"Does your mom treat you well?"

"Of course, she loves me." Xu Xiangyang said loudly, as if afraid Xiao Yue would say his mom didn’t treat him well.

"Then why doesn’t she want you?" Xiao Yue asked.

"She didn’t abandon me, it’s just... it’s just that my little sister is too young and can’t be without mom..."

"She was so sad when she left, she even held me and said she loved me very much, but my dad said my surname is Xu and wouldn’t let her take me, he even hit her, my dad is really bad..."

"Does your dad treat you badly?" Xiao Yue asked, taking the opportunity.

"He..." Xu Xiangyang hesitated a little, but finally answered honestly, "Not well."

"Does he hit you?" Xiao Yue asked with a hint of concern.

Xu Xiangyang nodded and said, "He often hits me, scolds me, and even scolds Grandma. Grandma has been so angry that she couldn’t get out of bed several times..."

Xiao Yue heard this and seemed thoughtful.

"If you find your mom, would you want to live with her?" Xiao Yue asked.

She originally thought Xu Xiangyang would nod, but unexpectedly he shook his head, leaving Xiao Yue astonished.

"Why?" Xiao Yue asked curiously.

"Dad says mom had another little brother and now she only likes the little brother, not me anymore."

Xu Xiangyang wiped his nose with his sleeve, his face full of a silly smile.

But for some reason, seeing his smile like that made Xiao Yue feel a twinge of sadness in her heart.

"Maybe your dad is lying to you." Xiao Yue said.

"Hey~ is that so?"

Xu Xiangyang excitedly picked up a can from the trash, seeming completely unconcerned with the matter.

"I’ll help you find your mom and ask her." Xiao Yue said.

Xu Xiangyang stuffed the can into a burlap sack and tossed it over his shoulder.

"You’re lying to me, aren’t you?" Xu Xiangyang looked at Xiao Yue.

"What?"

"Your mom and dad aren’t dead, you’re not like me." Xu Xiangyang said.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because... because you’re cleaner than me, and your clothes look nice." Xu Xiangyang said.

Xiao Yue shook her head and said, "I’m not lying to you, they really died, but someone adopted me."

Xiao Yue thought of Shen Siyuan, thinking that being adopted wasn’t much different.

"Then you’re really lucky. Your new parents must treat you very well, right?" Xu Xiangyang said enviously.

Xiao Yue didn’t continue the topic, instead asking, "Have you had breakfast?"

"No, I don’t eat breakfast, I’m not hungry in the morning." Xu Xiangyang said.

"Here you go."

Xiao Yue took out a hundred-yuan bill and handed it to him.

"For me?" Xu Xiangyang was pleasantly surprised.

"Yes, to buy breakfast with."

"But I don’t eat breakfast."

"Then buy lunch or dinner." Xiao Yue said.

"Thank you, you’re really a great person."

Xu Xiangyang happily accepted it, without any intention of being modest because he really needed the money.

"Next time I come, where can I find you?" Xiao Yue asked after seeing him accept the money.

"I live over there." Xu Xiangyang pointed to a nearby low house, "The one with lots of scrap piled outside, that’s my home."

"Okay, then I’ll go first, I’ll help you find your mom soon." Xiao Yue said.

"Okay, bye-bye." Xu Xiangyang waved at Xiao Yue without any reluctance.

Xiao Yue glanced at him, then turned to leave, but this time, Xu Xiangyang didn’t leave immediately, he watched Xiao Yue’s back until it disappeared, sighed deeply, and then resumed collecting scrap.

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Elsewhere, Dou Dou and Duoduo were following a middle-aged man, slowly walking towards the city.

The middle-aged man couldn’t master the Yin Wind and was afraid the bus would be too crowded and the Three Fires would burn his soul, so he didn’t even dare to approach the bus.

Dou Dou and Duoduo had to accompany him, drifting step by step on the ground.

Fortunately, all three were soul bodies, without the weight of flesh, they could pass through streets and alleys without hindrance, and their pace wasn’t really slow.

So Xiao Yue quickly caught up with them, but she didn’t dare to get too close, just followed from a distance.

Though the two kids were lively, they were unusually patient at this moment, following Xu Youliang all morning until they finally reached a residential area entrance.

The buildings in this neighborhood were brand new and impressive, completely different from the house where Xu Xiangyang lived.

"Does Xu Xiangyang’s mother live in here?"

Dou Dou hung onto the railings at the neighborhood entrance, curiously peering inside, her small mouth forming an ’O’.

They had become familiar during the journey.

Dou Dou and Duoduo had learned that the middle-aged man’s name was Xu Youliang, and his son’s name was Xu Xiangyang.

Xu Youliang had also asked about the kids in a roundabout way, but whenever he got to the critical point, Dou Dou and Duoduo clammed up as if under a spell, refusing to say another word.

Xu Youliang assumed the kids were just being cautious, unaware that Shen Siyuan had given strict instructions. To these Fan Souls, Shen Siyuan’s word was law, a prohibition that could not be disobeyed, even if they wanted to speak, they couldn’t make a sound.

"Should we go in now?"

Dou Dou curled up her short legs, hanging on the boom gate at the vehicle entrance, swinging like a swing.

"Of course, but can you really make it so Xu Xiangyang’s mom can see you and hear you speak?" Xu Youliang confirmed again.

"Of course, I never lie." Dou Dou let go of the boom, a bit annoyed. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"I don’t lie either." Duoduo said.

"Can you make it so Xu Xiangyang’s mom can see me and hear me too?" Xu Youliang asked hopefully.

Duoduo squinted at him, "We’ve said many times, that’s not possible. Only Brother can do it, why do you keep asking?"

"Haha, I’m just a bit unwilling and wanted to confirm." Xu Youliang laughed it off.

"If you want, we can take you to see Potato." Dou Dou offered.

"Forget it, going back and forth takes too much time. Let’s hurry inside." Xu Youliang said.

After he said that, he started walking towards the neighborhood inside.

Duoduo and Dou Dou quickly followed behind.

Dou Dou quietly tugged at Duoduo’s clothes, whispering, "Something feels off."

Duoduo nodded, becoming a bit cautious.

Whispering, she said, "I don’t think he’s a good person."

Dou Dou stretched out her neck, her eyes wide, and carefully looked at Xu Youliang in front of them.

"But he looks like a person, he hasn’t turned into something weird," Dou Dou said innocently.

For Dou Dou and Duoduo, the simplest way to judge a ghost’s nature was to see if they maintained human form or had turned into something strange.

In their view, bad people had heavy karma which stimulated their desires, manifesting externally, making it difficult to maintain human form.

Though Xu Youliang might be older and not handsome, he was indeed still a man, which is why Dou Dou and Duoduo trusted him.