After Waking Up, I Inherited a Bookstore 39

Chapter 39: Forming the Contract

Just then, the hidden door opened, and Liu Chuxia came out, supporting Li Hanyan. “Sigh… I told you I could do it. Why did you have to push yourself so hard? Don’t you know you’re injured?”

“Sister, what’s wrong with Sister Hanyan?” Xiao Xu quickly came over to help, and Ke Yan hurriedly handed a wet towel to Liu Chuxia.

“She was just being stubborn. She saw that I could draw two Contract of Fate Talismans, so she insisted on drawing two more, saying we should have some spares. And indeed, she did draw them. Including the first one she drew, that’s a total of three. And then she ended up like this. I told her I could draw them, but she just had to be stubborn,” Liu Chuxia said, helping Li Hanyan sit down and wiping her sweat.

“To be able to draw three while injured, and without fainting, I can only say she’s truly strong,” Jiang Jiajia said, watching the show with a smile.

“Alright, come over and check on her for me. See if she’s okay.”

Jiang Jiajia walked over with a smile and briefly checked the situation. “It’s nothing serious. She just used up too much spiritual power. She’ll be fine after a nap.”

Only then did Liu Chuxia breathe a sigh of relief.

“Oh, right. Three clients suddenly came in just now. I’m afraid it’s going to be a bit busy for a while,” Jiang Jiajia said, her smile fading a little as she looked at her.

“Three? It seems we’ll have to split up again. But before that, let Ke Yan form a contract with me first.”

Jiang Jiajia nodded without saying anything and pulled Xiao Nian to sit on the sofa to the right of the front counter.

Ke Yan stood up nervously. “What do I need to do?”

“There’s nothing you need to do. Come in with me first. Xiao Xu, after you’ve settled Hanyan, come in and watch over me,” Liu Chuxia called out to Xiao Xu.

“OK, right away.”

Liu Chuxia led Ke Yan into the hidden door, took out a Contract of Fate Talisman from her bag, and then took out a small knife and made a light cut on her hand. It was a good thing the knife was sharp enough, otherwise Liu Chuxia wouldn’t have dared to cut herself.

She dripped the blood onto the talisman paper, then had Ke Yan pull out a few strands of hair for her. She wrapped these things in the Contract of Fate Talisman, held it tightly between two fingers, and then looked at Ke Yan.

“Ke Yan, think it through. Once the contract is formed, it cannot be broken. You’ll have to be with me for the rest of your life,” Liu Chuxia said to her seriously.

“Mhm, I’ve thought it through. Xuer has also agreed. There’s nothing wrong with being with you,” Ke Yan said with equal seriousness.

Liu Chuxia nodded and said nothing more. When Xiao Xu came in, Liu Chuxia then made a hand seal, held the talisman paper, and began to chant the incantation.

As the talisman paper burned rapidly, Liu Chuxia’s voice also came out, “The contract is established, the mark is formed, the soul shall not depart, forever to follow, the contract is formed!”

The moment the talisman paper finished burning and the incantation was completed, two beams of light, one green and one yellow, appeared in the air. The yellow beam of light shot towards Liu Chuxia’s glabella, and the green beam of light also flew towards Ke Yan’s glabella.

Instantly, Ke Yan could feel several invisible shackles on her body, and the end of the shackles was Liu Chuxia. This feeling was not pleasant. It was equivalent to handing one’s life over to someone else, to be at their mercy. Even couples who were deeply in love couldn’t possibly feel nothing, let alone her and Liu Chuxia, who had not known each other for long.

As for Liu Chuxia, she could clearly feel that with just a thought, Ke Yan could be crushed like an ant. Liu Chuxia didn’t like this feeling. It always felt like this power was not her own.

“Phew~ Ke Yan, how do you feel?” Liu Chuxia looked with some worry at the completely changed Ke Yan.

Her green pupils had turned brown, her skin was not as pale as before, more of a cool white, and her hair was not as dry as before, but rather a bit soft. In short, she looked more like a person.

“I don’t feel much, just a little unaccustomed. But I feel that my strength has improved a lot. If I could only run away when that group of female Spirit Masters was chasing me before, now I feel I can take them all down,” Ke Yan said excitedly.

“Oh? It seems forming a contract is not completely useless for ghosts,” Liu Chuxia said with some happiness.

Then she saw a red mark on her right arm. It wasn’t very long, just a little longer than her thumb. A cage was drawn on it, and inside the cage was a small figure that looked a bit like Ke Yan. A few chains extended from the outside to bind the limbs of the small figure inside.

Liu Chuxia frowned at this mark. It felt very uncomfortable. She suppressed the uneasy feeling in her heart and left the talisman-drawing room.

“Yanbao~ Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere? Is it hard to bear?” After watching that magical scene, Xiao Xu only now reacted and came to check on Ke Yan. Because just now, there was an invisible pressure that made her a little breathless.

“It’s fine. To be with you forever, I can accept anything,” Ke said with a smile, patting her head reassuringly.

When Liu Chuxia came out, she saw that Li Hanyan had actually sat up and was unwrapping the medical bandage on her hand.

“What’s this?” Liu Chuxia held her hand, not letting her continue.

“I sweated too much just now. I’m afraid it’s not good for the wound to be covered,” Li Hanyan said weakly, her face still a little pale.

“Let me help you.”

“No need, I… I can do it myself,” Li Hanyan said, a little unnaturally.

“What’s there to be shy about at a time like this? Are you really afraid I’ll eat you up?” Liu Chuxia was a little annoyed by this person.

Then, regardless of whether the person was willing or not, she picked her up and walked to the elevator. She wasn’t as strong as Li Hanyan, so she had to walk faster.

She placed Li Hanyan on the bed, turned on the water in the bathroom. Liu Chuxia thought that the wound couldn’t touch water, so she moved a small stool in and then helped Li Hanyan sit down.

“Take off your clothes,” Liu Chuxia said, rolling up her sleeves.

“This… I…” Li Hanyan hugged herself, her face beet red.

“Hurry up. Do you want me to help you take them off?”

Li Hanyan had no choice but to take off her clothes reluctantly. She felt like a little bride being forced.

Liu Chuxia carefully unwrapped the bandage for her, then wet a towel with warm water and gently wiped her body, trying to avoid the wounds.

Looking at the red, bloody marks, Liu Chuxia had no other thoughts. She was filled with heartache. With red-rimmed eyes, she wiped her entire body.

As for Li Hanyan, she was like a little bride from beginning to end, not daring to look at Liu Chuxia, her arms wrapped around her like a little white rabbit, her head lowered, her emotions unclear.

“Alright, you can clean the rest yourself. Be careful,” Liu Chuxia said, packing up her things and going out.

Li Hanyan took a while to recover before getting up to clean herself. By the time she came out, Liu Chuxia had already prepared new medicine and bandages.

“Come quickly, I’ll apply the medicine for you.”

Li Hanyan took a deep breath. How could she have forgotten about applying the medicine? She walked over slowly, her ears red.

“Sit tight. Pull the bath towel down a little.” Liu Chuxia had already turned off the air conditioning. The current temperature was not very cold, but she was still afraid that Li Hanyan would catch a cold just like that. Her wounds hadn’t healed, and now a cold. It would be even more uncomfortable if she coughed and her whole body ached. The thought of it made Liu Chuxia’s heart ache.

“A Xia, that…”

“Hmm? What’s wrong?”

“I’ll do the front myself later,” Li Hanyan said, the corners of her eyes slightly red as she looked at her, the pleading in her eyes all too clear.

Liu Chuxia nodded. She thought that this person was so shy, if she helped her apply medicine all over her body, she might just cry.

After helping her apply the ointment all over her back, Liu Chuxia went in to take a shower.

Li Hanyan listened to the sound of water in the bathroom. She felt that her whole body temperature was abnormal. Looking at her pink skin, she finished applying the medicine herself, then thought of quickly bandaging it up so as not to trouble Liu Chuxia any further.