Misery: There is a pawn shop here

Chapter 165 Repaying Kindness and Seeking Revenge: The Only Way

"Are you the owner of Youjian Pawnshop, who can grant all human desires?"

Inside a pawnshop, the yellow-clad swordsman with a broadsword on his back settled the woman behind him and looked at Li Xuanxiao behind the table.

Li Xuanxiao was certainly familiar with the person who came.

He kills but doesn't set fires; he builds bridges but doesn't pave roads; he repays kindness and seeks revenge with equal fervor!
His name is on the Blood List, and no one else in the world can compare to him. I alone will not kill him. The person who has come is none other than "Bu," the seventh person on the Blood List.

Each person on the Blood List has a distinct personality, but the newcomer is the most unique. A few words once made a beauty smile, a sword left behind the fragrance of chivalry. A debt of gratitude, a love affair, begins a chivalrous legend about gratitude and revenge.

"I've heard about your affairs, Bu Erzuo," Li Xuanxiao said, looking at him. "Let's get straight to the point. You want to save Ye Chouyu, is that right?"

“Exactly!” Fuji stepped forward, the hilt of his broadsword striking the stone slab with a clear sound. “I know the rules of the pawnshop; there must be something to pawn. Just tell me, shopkeeper, what do you want?”

“Two paths,” Li Xuanxiao said, taking a teacup from which the tea rippled. “First, I will grant you the method to find the medicine, pointing out the extraordinary people and talents in the four realms. You can go and travel there yourself. Although it will take time and effort, you will not have to pay too much of a price. Second, I will use my great supernatural powers to reverse life and death and bring Ye Chouyu back to life immediately. However, the price you will have to pay will be far greater than the former.”

Before he could finish speaking, Fuji thumped his chest and declared loudly, "I choose option two!"

He paused, his gaze burning brightly, "Shopkeeper, just tell me, do you want my heart, liver, spleen, and stomach, or my head? As long as it can bring me back to life, I won't hesitate for a second!"

The response was prompt and without the slightest hesitation, which was exactly the kind of person Li Xuanxiao remembered as someone who acted without hesitation.

Li Xuanxiao put down his teacup, his fingertips tracing the dark patterns on the table: "A life for a life is nothing more than an equal exchange for a pawnshop, nothing special. What I want is your soul, along with the Whirlpool Sword in your hand, to be pawned together."

"Soul?" Fuji was taken aback, blinked, looked at Ye Chouyu beside him, and then smiled, "Alright, alright, this price is appropriate, but I have one condition."

"Hmm?" Li Xuanxiao looked at Bu Erzuo, sighed inwardly, and then said, "According to the method I provided, you can also revive Ye Chouyu, and the cost will be far lower than this. Are you still insisting?"

"Hahaha." Fuji laughed loudly upon hearing this. "Shopkeeper, this is an opportunity you've given me, and of course I can see it clearly. That's why I chose the second one."

"I have carried the burden of Ye Chouyu's kindness for half my life. Now that I have the opportunity to settle the score, why leave any loose ends for myself? I only need you to promise me one thing."

"I will keep your whereabouts a secret from Ye Chouyu," Li Xuanxiao said calmly.

Fuji was taken aback, then burst into laughter: "What a pity, what a pity, I can never repay this favor."

"The value of a pure soul is enough."

"Great idea, let's go then." Fuji took off the Whirlwind Sword from his back and patted the broad blade. "Good buddy, we're really destined to be together in the end."

No wonder it's the perfect way to repay kindness and seek revenge...

Li Xuanxiao inwardly praised, and with a wave of his hand, the contract manifested and floated down in front of Bu Erzuo. Bu Erzuo picked up a brush and wrote three large characters, just like his temperament, which were unrestrained and elegant.

"The contract is complete." As soon as Li Xuanxiao finished speaking, the contract was finalized, and a star map suddenly appeared above the pawnshop. Billions of points of light converged into a stream, and a dazzling golden light descended from the sky, entering Ye Chouyu's heart. In an instant, her pale cheeks flushed red, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly took a breath!
"That's wonderful, wonderful, you've finally..." Seeing Ye Chouyu's chest rise and fall slightly, even Bu Erzuo's eyes welled up with tears. Ten years of searching, ten years of toil, and now it was finally complete. Even knowing he was about to return to nothingness, he felt no regret, only a profound sense of relief. Repaying kindness and seeking revenge—the greatest debt of gratitude in his life—had finally come to an end. This part of his life should now be returned to its rightful owner.

"Send her back to your courtyard." Li Xuanxiao waved his sleeve and escorted the two out of Youjian Pawnshop. "This is your last time."

As the sound faded, Fuji came to his senses, still holding the seemingly asleep Night Rain in his arms. The small courtyard in front of him was covered in dust, a place he could never forget in this lifetime.

“Weeping Rain Residence…”

Muttering to himself, he pushed open the mottled wooden door. The courtyard was overgrown with weeds and covered with cobwebs. Only the wisteria trellis under the eaves still had the red silk that Ye Chouyu had tied by hand that year.

"Fortunately, there is still time." Fuji looked at the small courtyard in front of him, then glanced at the person in his arms. He carefully cleaned a room and put Ye Chouyu down before rolling up his sleeves and picking up a bamboo broom from the corner of the wall.

As the sun moved from east to west, Bu Er toiled away, sweating profusely, cutting down the overgrown weeds, repairing broken window frames, and polishing the blue bricks of the main room until they shone. Occasionally, he would stop what he was doing, look towards the bedroom, and a smile would appear on his lips.

As the sun sets, the slanting rays of sunlight filter through the window paper, weaving a golden veil on Ye Chouyu's face. At the doorway, Bu Er leans against the door, watching the beauty on the bed, a slight smile playing on his lips, his figure bathed in sunlight.

"what……"

With a soft moan, Ye Chouyu slowly awoke from the bed. She abruptly opened her eyes, sat up, looked towards the door, and uttered a name: "Fuji-zai..."

However, there was no sign of anyone in front of him. He hurriedly got out of bed and stood up. This was the most familiar place in his life, but why could he no longer find that familiar person?

He was clearly looking at me from the doorway just a moment ago. Was it all just a dream?
"I will do it again..."

"I will do it again..."

Calls went unanswered. They went inside and found the food on the table still steaming, and a blank sheet of paper with only eight characters written on it.

Live life well, and we'll meet slowly...

As Ye Chouyu traced the eight characters with her fingertips, tears suddenly streamed down her face. She rushed out of the courtyard, only to find dusk settling in and the long street deserted, with only the wind rustling through the wisteria trellis, sounding like someone's lingering sigh.

……

Inside the pawnshop, Jueqingshu, who had remained silent behind Li Xuanxiao, spoke up: "With your abilities, you didn't need to do this. Is this some kind of twisted sense of humor?"

Li Xuanxiao toyed with a soul light bead in his hand, within which the figure of the yellow-clad swordsman could be faintly seen laughing: "In this world, what is there to do with mere words of kindness? He chose this path, and thus accepted the cause and effect. Giving him a choice is already giving him a chance."

"Does Bu Er really think that Ye Chouyu can live a happy life by doing this?"

"The future is unpredictable, and who can be 100% certain about what will happen next?" Li Xuanxiao said slowly. "In the future, who can say that they will never meet again?"

(End of this chapter)