Chapter 238 Ghost Wedding 保留原文的HTML格式要求下，直接進行文字部分的翻譯如下：Chapt
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The timing repeated a section, I am extremely sorry. This chapter tonight is three thousand six hundred words; it's compensation for everyone! Extremely sorry.
Currently, Xiao Yu’s physical strength has improved significantly, while the yin soul hasn’t fared well at all, remaining in an ethereal state. With his current level of physical strength, there’s no need to worry about the yin soul becoming too powerful in the short term, so he can now focus on strengthening its cultivation.
After Xiao Yu fell to the ground, he didn’t rush to stand up but instead sat cross-legged and began circulating the righteous energy technique to regulate his breath.
A moment later, as Xiao Yu felt a bit better, he slowly stood up. At this point, the young man’s eyes were still blank; Xiao Yu looked at him and shouted loudly: "Hey, wake up!"
As Xiao Yu shouted, an overwhelming righteous energy burst out from his mouth, accompanied by a howling sound, heading towards the standing young man.
This wave of righteous energy was like a fierce wind blowing toward the young man. After this gust of righteous wind blew past him, the surrounding yin energy and the green hue on his face vanished instantly.
The young man, after being hit by this gale-like force, shivered and regained consciousness. Upon waking up, he looked around confusedly and then asked again: "Doctor, how did I end up here I remember sleeping at home; why am I here"
Xiao Yu looked into the young man’s eyes, sensing that he didn’t seem to be lying as he試探地問道：“你的女朋友呢？”
"Doctor, you’re joking. As a lowly worker like me, who would take an interest in me" The man said with a helpless smile.
Xiao Yu thought about it and nodded, thinking that it was probably because he forcefully severed the connection between the young man and the female spirit, causing him to forget everything related to her!
"Haha just now you knocked on my door saying that after taking the medicine your body felt better and wanted more," Xiao Yu chuckled and said.
"Is that so I don’t remember." The man was puzzled as he spoke.
“Oh, do you have sleepwalking” Xiao Yu asked in an inquisitive tone.
"I-I don't know!" the man replied awkwardly. "But since I'm here now, doctor, please give me some more medicine! The one you gave me made my body feel warm and comfortable."
The young man looked embarrassed when he heard Xiao Yu’s suspicion about sleepwalking.
“Alright then, come in!”
Xiao Yu noticed that the man no longer questioned how he had gotten there, so he led him into his clinic.
"Put your hand here; I’ll take your pulse," Xiao Yu said as he sat behind the consultation table, addressing the young man who followed in.
The young man hurried to sit at the front of the consultation table and placed his hand on the acupuncture cushion.
Xi Yue's hand gently rested on his wrist, carefully taking his pulse. Xi Yue was mainly worried that forcibly cutting off the connection between him and the female ghost would result in unforeseeable aftereffects.
After a while, Xi Yue lightly released his grip on the young man’s wrist. Based on his pulse readings, this man's pulse was generally normal except for a mysterious gas blocking some of his brain meridians. However, this blockage had no impact whatsoever on any aspects of his physical health.
Xi Yue felt that this blockage was the reason why all memories of the female ghost had vanished from his mind.
"I'll write a prescription for you now. After taking it back, continue to take your medicine as usual."
Xi Yue withdrew his hand from the young man's wrist and began to write out the prescription with a pen on a piece of paper while speaking to him.
A short time later, after completing the prescription, Xi Yue went up to the counter to start preparing the medicine. Not long afterward, he had wrapped up five doses of medication for the young man and handed them over to him, saying, "This is 800 yuan in total! After finishing these medications within five days, come back for another check-up."
"Thank you, doctor!" The young man received the medicine from Xi Yue, repeatedly thanking him.
The young man quickly took out his wallet and paid Xi Yue 800 yuan. He then left the clinic with the medications in hand, still puzzled about how he had arrived there.
Xi Yue watched as the young man exited the door of the clinic, thinking to himself that it seemed this man had indeed forgotten all memories related to that female ghost. Could this be an aftermath caused by forcibly cutting off their connection
If so, it wouldn't be bad; after all, retaining those memories would not have been beneficial for his future life.
Just then, Xi Yue noticed a red paper packet lying quietly on the ground near where consultations usually took place.
Xi Yue got up and walked over to pick it up. The red packet was about half the size of an envelope, probably dropped by that young man when he paid for his medication earlier.
Xi Yue opened the paper packet after taking a look at it; there were no signs of glue or tape on it, only folded neatly into a small packet. As Xi Yue gently unfolded it, he found a red square piece of paper inside with nothing but some tiny writing on its back.
Xi Yue scrutinized the writing. These characters represented someone's birth date and time (known as "four pillars" in Chinese astrology), followed by another name written below in small characters: Zhou Shiyuqing’s four pillars, near which was a pen-written name “Yuan Shaohua”.
Looking at the red paper packet made from this square piece of paper, Xi Yue wore an expression of confusion. He wondered to himself what it could be for
"Doctor—doctor—I seem to have dropped something—" A voice suddenly called out as the young man re-entered.
“What” The sound of the young man’s voice startled Xi Yue out of his reverie. He looked at him in confusion and asked.
"Doctor, this is what I threw away!"
The young man, feeling embarrassed, scratched his head and pointed to the red paper in Xiao Yu's hand.
"Can you tell me where you got this from"
Upon hearing the man’s words, Xiao Yu thought for a moment before asking. He had an inkling about what this piece of red paper might be but since he had never seen one like it before, he wasn’t sure.
In Zhong Kui's memory, there was no record of any existence of a "marriage thread" between two ghosts.
"You mean this thing I found it. I’ve been buying lottery tickets since I was young but never won anything. All I've done is lose things, not find them!"
The young man sat down on the chair in front of Xiao Yu’s consultation desk when he heard his question.
"About a month ago! That month I didn’t have any expenses and only had ten yuan left in my pocket. At night, I went online at an internet cafe, and when I came back from there, I saw this red paper bundle on the road. When I picked it up and opened it, there was five hundred yuan inside! This was the first time I ever found money or anything like that, so I started carrying this red envelope around as my lucky charm."
"Who’s Yuan Shaohua then"
Xiao Yu pointed to the name written in ballpoint pen under those words on the paper.
"Haha, that! That's my name. I wrote it down out of boredom at work!"
The young man chuckled softly when he saw Xiao Yu pointing to his own casually scribbled name.
“Oh,” Xiao Yu answered thoughtfully before handing the paper back to the man.
"Thank you, doctor! Thank you!"
The young man quickly took the red paper from Xiao Yu and thanked him repeatedly.
The man then folded up that piece of red paper, put it in his wallet, told Xiao Yu goodbye, and left on his electric scooter heading towards home.
Standing by the window, Xiao Yu watched as the young man rode off into the distance. He sighed; he now knew exactly what was going on.
A ghost marriage—where two spirits had already been married, hence the formation of a marital thread between them.
Xiao Yu then recalled reading about this custom in a book on folk customs before, which explained that if an unmarried girl died, her family would arrange for her to have a ghost marriage so she wouldn't become a homeless wandering soul after death.
There are places where people believe that if a girl has not been married and does not have a husband's family, she will have no home in the afterlife because there is a serious preference for sons over daughters.
In their minds, a daughter is not part of the family and cannot be buried in her ancestral tomb. However, they are afraid that the girl might suffer if left alone in the underworld, so they find her a husband to ensure she has a home there and won't be bullied.
There are several ways to conduct ghost marriages. The first is when both parties have already died and were never married; their families will hold a simple ceremony and bury them together.
The second way is for girls who die without finding an appropriate boy, so they would put a red envelope with the girl's birth date and zodiac signs inside along with money. If an unmarried man picks it up and writes his name on it, he accepts the marriage proposal.
Even if the man agrees to this ghost marriage by accepting the dowry, it only means that after entering the underworld, she will go directly to her husband's home rather than wandering around until her husband joins her in death.
The case described was obviously of the second type. According to records, people usually put a few cents or dollars in these envelopes, but not much since multiple envelopes would be thrown.
This young man encountered an envelope from someone wealthy that contained five hundred yuan.
However, this situation is slightly different from the usual second type of case.
Zhong Kui's memory also contains information about ghost marriages, but not in this manner as practices vary by location.
No matter the method used, the end result remains the same.
However, Zhong Kui has never encountered a situation where a human and a ghost form a relationship with an invisible bond like this one.
Xiao Yu speculated that after this female spirit died, for some reason she did not enter the underworld. At this time, her family would use such means to find her a husband.
The man unwittingly signed his name on the red paper of the girl's envelope, thereby accepting this marriage. Because he agreed and because she was unable to enter the netherworld, their invisible bond formed as a result.
Through the window, Xiao Yu watched the man riding away on an electric scooter until he could no longer be seen. He sighed in his heart, thinking that perhaps this is the best solution for him!
Xiao Yu turned off the clinic's lights and went to the rest room. Since it was still some time before dawn, Xiao Yu lay down intending to get a good sleep to recover from today’s energy expenditure.
Xiao Yu slept deeply until he heard chattering in the outer room that woke him up.
Checking his watch upon waking, he saw it was already nearly eight o'clock; no wonder it felt so hot outside. After washing up, Xiao Yu opened the door to the rest room.
Mother and Yun Xi were sitting at Xiao Yu's consultation desk chatting away, laughing from time to time. Liu Erxi was pulling open drawers with medicinal herbs one by one, sniffing them repeatedly before putting down the herbs and flipping through a book on the table.
"Mom, Miss Yun Xi, what are you doing here" asked Xiao Yu as he approached them.n wasn't impossible."Young Zhai, let me introduce you. This young man is the doctor who saved me!" Seeing that both of them had finished their awkward greeting, the elderly man pointed at Xiao Yu and...