As we spoke, Uncle Yu and I had already gone upstairs.
There were barely any residents left in this building.
Not a single light was on in the stairwell. It was pitch-black, and we could hardly make out the way ahead.
Uncle Yu led me up toward the seventh floor, one step at a time.
As we walked, he said:
"Xiao Jiang, take this and rub it over your eyes and forehead."
As he spoke, Uncle Yu took several leaves from his pocket and handed them to me.
The stairwell was too dark for me to see what kind of leaves they were.
They were just rather large and stiff.
Holding them in my hand, I was somewhat confused.
"Uncle Yu, what kind of leaves are these? Why do I need to rub them on my eyes and forehead?"
Uncle Yu explained in a low voice:
"These are pomelo leaves. They can cleanse your eyes."
Pomelo leaves? Cleanse my eyes?
I froze for a moment, then thought of an Uncle Nine movie I had watched before.
To see a ghost's true form, he had wiped pomelo leaves over his eyes, and then he could see what the ghost really looked like.
Did Uncle Yu mean he was going to open my Heavenly Eye?
With that thought, I hurriedly asked:
"Uncle Yu, are you opening my Heavenly Eye?
But my master said my inner fire has been low lately.
Even without opening my eyes, I can still see dirty things."
Uncle Yu grunted.
"Your master isn't wrong.
But your luck has been improving lately, and your yang energy has recovered quite a bit.
You might not be able to see dirty things as clearly as before.
So I'm cleansing your eyes with pomelo leaves, so you can see things more clearly.