Below that exquisitely beautiful face was actually a tattered vase!
"Vase Girl?"
Lu Fei's eyes were full of shock.
He never expected that this Snail Maiden would be a Vase Girl!
The others gradually came to their senses from the other person's beauty and noticed the oddity of her body.
The vase was oval, and at first glance, it looked like a huge conch shell.
Huzi hurriedly asked, "Boss, what is a vase maiden?"
"A vase maiden is what's known in folklore as a vase girl," Lu Fei explained in a deep voice.
Such girls, when they were just a few years old, would have their limbs broken and be placed inside a vase, with only their heads exposed.
Just like flowers in a vase, they were for people to admire.
Usually, these girls were extremely beautiful.
Otherwise, what value would there be in admiring them?
Most vase maidens were fake, used by old-time circus troupes to attract attention as a form of deception, with only a very small number being real.
In feudal society, men were esteemed while women were considered inferior.
Women were regarded as men's private property, thus giving rise to this cruel product that treats women as playthings.
And now, right before their eyes.
The one in the fish tank was clearly a real vase girl.
A vase girl cannot eat and can only maintain her life through medication; her lifespan is very short, and she spends her entire life in pain, usually dying at a young age during the prime of her life.
"No wonder she said other men treated her as a plaything!"
After explaining, Lu Fei could not help but sigh.
When everyone looked at that face as beautiful as a fairy's again, they all felt a sense of unease.
"So pitiful! What's the difference between this and the human pig?" Jing Jian was indignant.
"Animals! How can maiming a perfectly good girl be considered something to appreciate?" Hu Zi clenched his fists.
Master Mo remained silent, his brows furrowed into a knot, with a look of distress in his eyes.
"Yes, I am a vase girl."
The vase girl in the fish tank gave a desolate smile.
"Since I was six years old, I have been kept in a vase by my master."
"At first, my master liked to see me laugh and hear me talk. But later, he got tired of me and threw me into the river."
"I don't know how many years I slept in the river, but Big Fool Brother found me and brought me home."
"He is a good person, treating me as a human, not as a toy."
Tears welled up in the vase girl's eyes, making her look exquisitely sorrowful.
"I didn't expect to bring him trouble; maybe I shouldn't exist in this world... Big Fool Brother, throw me back into the river; perhaps that is where I belong."
Crystal tears slid down her fair skin, even her weeping was beautiful.
But the more beautiful, the more cruel it seemed.
"No!"
Da Sha held the fish tank and shook his head desperately.
"I promised to be good to you, I won't let them hurt you! Don't leave!"
"Silly brother, you are too silly..."
Bottle Girl leaned her head on Da Sha's shoulder.
The two of them wept, necks entwined, reluctant to part.
This scene made Lu Fei and the others feel like they were Fahai, separating Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen.
"Are we being a bit too much?" Hu Zi scratched his head.
"This is just the method used by evil spirits to confuse people; everyone must not be deceived by it!" Master Mo gritted his teeth and forced himself to look stern.
"No matter how pitiful she was when she was alive, she is an evil spirit now!"
"Big Fool, the yin and yang are separated. Keeping it at home will eventually harm your life! Do you know what you're doing every night?"
"I don't care! I'm willing!" Big Fool protectively held onto the Vase Girl, "If you dare to harm my sister Narcissus, you'll have to step over my dead body first!"
"Don't blame Big Fool!" the Vase Girl pleaded anxiously, "I can't leave the vase, and I wanted to repay him, so I possessed his body to do laundry and cook for him. If this is harmful to him, you can chop off my head right now, and I won't have any regrets!"
Is doing laundry and cooking considered harming someone?
Master Mo was at a loss for words and didn't know how to counter that.
"Master Mo, maybe we are too prejudiced. Not every evil spirit is harmful," Jing Jian said sympathetically.
"That's true! She can't even move in the vase; how could she harm anyone?" Hu Zi chimed in, "Boss, what do you think?"
"Indeed, the Vase Girl cannot leave the vase, or she will die immediately. How can she be harmful?" Lu Fei pondered, looking at the Vase Girl and asked, "Doing laundry and cooking is fine, but what are you feeding Big Fool?"
Yes, that's true.
This is the key point!
Everyone's gaze fell on the Vase Woman in unison.
"It's just ordinary food. If you don't believe me, go and check the kitchen." The Vase Woman explained in a soft, slightly aggrieved tone.
Huzi could not wait and rushed into the kitchen first, opening all the cabinets and the refrigerator to check them one by one.
There were quite a few pieces of meat stored in the freezer of the refrigerator.
"So, there are stocks after all!"
It was probably from a bulk purchase by Big Fool at some point, it seemed everyone had overthought it.
"You see? Sister Narcissus would never harm anyone! She is the best person to me in this world. Uncle Mo, if you really care about me, don't separate us!"
Big Fool's eyes seemed to show a clarity that had never been seen before.
"How many people outside mock me and look down on me? Do you think I really don't understand? You all treat me like a fool, but only Sister Narcissus treats me like a man."
"Please! I won't live much longer. I just want to be with Big Fool for the limited time I have left! This vase is my prison, confining me for life after life, and I have no power to hurt anyone!" The Vase Woman pleaded, her tears flowing.
The voice was mournful, like pear blossoms in the rain.
Heart-wrenchingly pitiful.
Master Mo was speechless, looking at them with a complicated expression. The peachwood sword in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and he could not lift it at all.
Jingjian and Huzi were both deeply moved by her, and both wanted to speak up for them.
"Master Mo, DaSha is an adult! This is his own choice. As long as they do not harm others, perhaps we do not understand, but we can choose to respect it," Lu Fei said, trying to persuade him.
"I hope you won't regret this!"
Master Mo sighed heavily and left, waving his sleeve.
"Thank you!"
The bottle girl was both surprised and delighted, nodding at Lu Fei with tears of gratitude in her eyes.
"Big Brother DaSha, why don't you thank them quickly!"
"Thank you!" Da Sha squeezed out a smile at them.
"You're welcome, this is your own choice! I hope you keep your promise and don't harm others!" Lu Fei glanced at them twice, then called Hu Zhi and Jing Jian to leave.
Hu Zhi was deeply moved.
"I never thought there would be true love between humans and demons in this world. It's good we didn't play the role of Fahai, or we would have committed a great sin... Hey, by the way! Jing Jian, what's the deal with that beautiful snake?"
"I don't know! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!"
Jing Jian ran away with a guilty look on his face.
"What are you running for, could it be that you also have feelings for a demon..." Hu Zhi chased after him with a hearty laugh.
"You two, keep your voices down, be careful not to disturb others' rest."
Lu Fei shook his head with a headache.
After they left the alley, he pulled the two aside and whispered to them.
"There's something wrong with this bottle girl."
This sentence stunned Jingjian and Huzi.
"Boss, don't scare us! Bottle girls can't harm people, right?"
Lu Fei narrowed his eyes: "Did you forget what it eats?"