I didn’t know what happened, butMimi was scared to tears: “Hum…hum…I can feel she is behind me, just behind me.Xiao Bai……Xiao Bai……stay away from me, I was so good to you with good drink and food, so please don’t hurt me.”
I looked behind her, and seemed to find the vague human eyes.
Those eyes were not so clear, but I could feel that they were a woman’s.
“Oh, my god…it really exists!” I also got scared.
Mimi was trembling in my arms: “Please don’t hurt me… Please…I always did good things and never bad, except for my own body.”
I hugged her tightly. To be honest, I got scared too, asI’dnever seen such anextraordinary thing before ever since I opened my shop.
I hugged her, shrunk my neckand looked at the window secretly.
Those eyes in the window became increasingly clear and real.
I didn’t know what to do,when suddenlycamea woman’s scream: “Ah”.
Mimi and I got scared upon hearing the sound.She cried bitter tears, and I also trembled with her in my arms.
But later, a dull sound came from the tattoo studio: chi.
Then there wasa fewminutes’ silence.
I lowered my head and shovedmy face inMimi’s shoulder, but I didn’t see anything in the house.
I knew it was the longest half aminute ofmy life.
I couldn’t feel anymovement in the house, so l looked up cautiouslyand saw some changes: the eyes in the window disappeared.Instead, therewas a human shadow.
I was quietly familiar with that shadow.It was exactly the red lotus YakshaI was planning to tattoo on Mimi’s chest.
The ribbon on its shoulder, the crown, and the magic pestle in its hand weren’t clearly visible on that shadow, but I could tell from the outline.
“Mimi,Mimi, just get up, our Yin and Yang Tattoo took effect.” I pointed at the window,while she was still crying.
Mimi looked overand stopped crying.She pointed at the shadow in the window andsaid, “That…that…that isthe red lotus Yaksha, isn’tit?”
I said,“Yes.There were a‘woman’s eyes’in the window just now, so the appearance of the red lotus Yakshaof theYin and Yang Tattoomust have kicked out Xiao Bai.”
It was my first time drawing thisYin and Yang Tattoo independently, so I felt veryhappy when it really took effect. I wanted to tell Mimi more about the red lotus Yaksha.
I said,“According to the legend, Yaksha was also a kind of devil, and transformedfrom the toenail of Pan Gu when he created the world. This devil liked eating ghosts, and before that, he would always shout“chi”, which was the first sound heard afterPan Gu woke up from the chaos. The red lotus Yaksha just used this sound to show his dignity.”
Mimi paid no attention tomy words, she just kept on watching the blurred shadow.Then she asked me: “Brother, I didn’t have that tattoo, so could it help me?”
She was afraid of doing ataboo, so she lowered her voice when saying “it”.
I just told her that the ghost got its master, and it would come to help herwhenever shegot into any trouble. “So now that you see how amazing it is, do you want to havethat tattoo inked?”
“Yes, yes, yes!” Mimi replied.She had great trust inmy Yin and Yang Tattoo now.
Now this was the deal.
I told her to sit down and said: “Now let me start.”
“Just do it.I foundthat it really works.” Mimi lay on the tattoo couch, bared to the waist.
I nodded, then used a wide Wu Sato coverthe mirror, saying: “Hopefully, theWu Sa won’t wander and the spirit willhave its master.”
Mimi asked me what I meant.
I told her, “It isa kind of taboo related toYin and Yang Tattoos.If theWu Safloats up and the mirror isexposed, it meansthat the ghost was wandering on your body and found that it was not suitable for it, so we have to stop the tattoo.”
“Oh, so it’s like that”.
“It’s okay, just be serious.Don’t make any noise and everything will be okay.Anyway, Yaksha is a kind of devil, and there aren’t so many taboos associated with it,” I just comforted her.
Mimi nodded, and said to me, “Just do it.”
I held her breast in one hand and the traditional silver tattooingneedle in the other, thenI dipped the needle in the dye and began to sketch the tattoo.