Tang Zhi had put on his clothes again and was sitting side by side with Xiao Zhi on the rock beside the pond. The gray-white color of the rock made their fair skin look somewhat fragile and energetic.

The young boy and the girl, sitting side by side like this, with their white skin contrasting against each other, have a bit of a childhood sweetheart vibe.

The huge water puppet stood behind him like a pillar. His two big hands just beat Han Xu to death and he was unable to fight back. However, the uncle obviously designed this water puppet specially and every punch hit him.

It didn't feel like a real collision on Tang Zhi's body, but more like a softer push, although there were no injuries on his body.

Tang Zhi rubbed his stomach, which had just been beaten. He looked at the wet black hair and Xiao Zhi's green hair. It was the first time he was so close to a girl other than his sister and mother, but he didn't feel like it.

There was too much tension, and I was in an inexplicably good mood, "You have indeed found me."

Xiaozhi held her hands back on the stone surface, and her already slim and curved body was outlined as she leaned back. She bit a small bunch of hair in her mouth and said playfully: "Of course, otherwise you think

Am I kidding? I remember your smell."

Tang Zhi scratched his head and asked curiously: "I just fell into the water, can you smell it?"

Xiaozhi smiled angrily and said, "It's not your sweat, it's your breath. Everyone's breath is different."

"That's it." Tang Zhi smiled, "I didn't quite understand it, but now I understand."

"You were beaten so badly just now." Xiaozhi covered his mouth and laughed.

Tang Zhi was a little embarrassed, thinking that if we were already friends, shouldn't you help him if he was beaten badly?

"I will slowly become stronger. When I become stronger, I will protect you." Tang Zhi patted his chest and said righteously.

The young man still doesn't know that his current behavior is called flirting by the city people.

Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, then chuckled like a silver bell, and said happily: "Okay, I'll wait for you to cover me. Oh, by the way, I'm curious, who was that man just now?"

"Are you talking about uncle? He is my master, his name is Shu Yitian."

"Lost for a day? Does he like playing cards?" Xiaozhi asked curiously.

Tang Zhi thought for a while and realized that he had never seen his master play cards before. He shook his head and said, "Uncle probably doesn't like it, and the name Shu Yitian is too unlucky. If he plays cards with this name, other people will probably like to play with him."

Bar."

"Hahaha." Xiaozhi straightened up and laughed heartily, "Yes, it makes sense."

Tang Zhi also laughed, and then thought that it was rude to the uncle and insulted his majestic image, so he quickly shut up.

"I didn't tell anyone what happened that night. Don't worry, uncle, I didn't tell either." Tang Zhi thought for a while and said. In fact, it wasn't just the encounter with the demon rats that I didn't tell, but also the day next to it.

Several things happened during that time, and the things he concealed were far more than just this one.

Before coming to the Imperial City, he seemed to have no secrets. After coming to the Imperial City, secrets came to him one after another quietly. Some made him worry, some confused him, and some even made him afraid.

After witnessing with his own eyes the life difficulties caused by the demon rats and black Japanese people due to their power, he became even more eager to have more power soon, so that he could solve these secrets by himself and make life easier.

The simpler it is, the longer it lasts.

"Well, it's fine if you didn't say it. It means trust. You humans like this word, and we monsters also like it very much."

Xiaozhi stretched out a little finger, which looked like a cute little insect in the sunlight. Seeing that Tang Zhi didn't respond, he slowly shook it twice under Tang Zhi's puzzled eyes and said slowly: "

This is the meaning of hook, you keep the secret, I will keep your secret, and then we will be friends."

Tang Zhi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and stretched out his hand, like two naive children, and hooked up with her.

"Humans and demons are not allowed to be friends, so you can't let people know that you have demon friends, and I can't let other demons know that I have human friends, so you see, living is really not a thing.

It's such an easy thing, but even making friends is very tiring." Xiaozhi expressed his feelings about life like a grown-up.

Tang Zhi was more like an old man who had gone through many vicissitudes of life, and corrected him: "You can't think like this. Life is not tiring. As long as you can still live, you will be happier than many people who cannot survive."

Regarding the perception of life, having experienced separation from life and death, and facing death himself, Tang Zhi understands better than anyone else that being able to live a healthy life is actually a thing worth wishing for.

"There are many people in this world who are suffering and suffering, and their lives are more difficult than ours. You feel tired, but what about them?"

Little Zhi pointed his chin with his index finger, tilted his head and thought for a while, and felt that this seemed to be the case, and said: "Huh? It seems so. What you said makes sense. I can't tell. You are not older, but you can see the truth clearly.

thorough."

Tang Zhi scratched his head and said: "It's nothing thorough or not, just some very simple opinions that you can understand."

The two chatted for a while, and the topics started to get wild. They talked about their past interesting things and personal hobbies. The two people, who had only known each other for a short time, slowly got to know each other through this chat, such as Tang Paper.

She learned that she likes to play human shuttlecock and eat human bubble gum, and she also knows that Tang Zhi has a younger sister.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter. When I looked up, I found that the red sun had already reached the top. It was already noon. It was time to go back to eat. After eating, I was going to go to the city with Aunt Ji to find out about my uncle.

Thinking of his uncle, Tang Zhi felt even happier. He stood up and looked in the direction of Shuijingwan, "Xiao Zhi, I forgot to tell you my name. My name is Tang Zhi. I'm leaving first. I have to go back to eat, and then I have to go back."

Let’s go to the city and play together next time.”

Xiaozhi looked at Tang Zhi who had stood up. The boy's chin had already become a little curved like a mature man's, which made the girl's mind a little stirred. She nodded and said: "In the city? Okay, then remember to bring me bubble gum.

I'll show you how to play shuttlecock, hehe, I made that shuttlecock out of grandpa's hair, hahaha, I secretly picked it up when he was asleep, grandpa will be very angry when he finds out."

"Okay, it's settled." Tang Zhi clenched his fist happily.

After saying goodbye, Tang Zhi quickly walked away from the pond with joyful steps. Xiao Zhi looked at the young man's leaving figure, smiled contentedly, and quickly went in.

The water puppet, which soon became lonely, threw itself into the pond. The water rippled and it became part of the pond water again.

…

When Tang Zhi hurried back to Shuijingwan, Aunt Ji had closed the shop because she had gone to the city in the afternoon, and was cooking vegetables in full swing in the kitchen of the shop. Tang Zhi sat obediently in his seat and ate the dishes cooked by Aunt Ji. When he saw Tang Zhi,

When Zhi came back, he quickly called "brother".

"Have you washed your hands after eating?"

"I washed it! I'm so sensible!"

After washing his hands, Tang Zhi sat beside the little girl and couldn't help laughing, "Yes, you are the most sensible."

Tang Tang put down his chopsticks and said solemnly: "I have always been sensible. You are ten years older than me. In ten years, I will be as old as you, and you have to call me sister!"

"Hahaha." Aunt Ji, who was frying the last dish, looked up to the sky and laughed. She was so heroic that she didn't have the manners that the three words "Ji Meiren" above the door lintel should have. "Tang Tang, in a few decades, my name will be changed."

Your aunt!"

Tang Zhi couldn't help but laugh, "That's right, sister, let's eat quickly."

Tang Zhi picked up the bowl and ate it quickly. After finishing his lunch, he carried his backpack and went to the bus stop at the entrance of Shuijingwan to wait for the bus. Tang Tang insisted on seeing him off and followed him to the platform. Aunt Ji was still packing her things.

Didn't come out.

"Brother, you asked when uncle will come back. When you come back, tell me quickly. I miss uncle so much." Tang Tang held his hand and raised his little head and said.

"Well, I will. Don't worry, I'll tell you as soon as I get back." Tang Zhi rubbed her head with his other hand, "Are you scared to sleep at Grandpa Wu's house tonight?"

Tang Tang shook his head and said bravely: "I'm not afraid."

"That's fine." This girl never lied to herself. She said she wasn't afraid, which means she really wasn't afraid anymore. There weren't many things that could scare this girl.

The little girl's eyes were wandering aimlessly in the mountains in front of her, and she suddenly asked curiously: "Brother, tell me, uncle, why is he so good to us and willing to teach you magic? I heard Aunt Ji say that he has never taught you

Compared to other people, I don’t even like to sell the magic tools I make.”

Tang Zhi thought about it seriously. In fact, he had not thought about this problem. Aunt Ji and Uncle Wu Zui were so good to them, which can be explained as their relationship with their uncles. So what is the reason why the uncle was so good to them?

You should know that there is not much interaction between the uncle and the uncle.

Tang Zhi casually guessed: "Because there are so many good people in the world, uncle thinks we need help."

"oh."

There was no sign of the Rhinoceros on the endless empty road. Aunt Ji still hadn't come out after packing her things. An old woman with a backpack on her back appeared on the road at some point and came to them slowly.

side of the body.

The old man's walking posture is very strange. She takes one step every three steps, and every time she pauses, she will look like she is thinking, as if she is measuring the vicissitudes of the land with her steps, and she is never tired of it, even if the scorching sun hangs above her head.

, and I don’t feel hot at all.

As she passed by the two of them, the old woman who was immersed in her own world suddenly stopped and turned her head to look at the two brothers and sister curiously.

The old woman's hair was covered with white silk hair, which exuded a brilliance like silver under the scorching sun. Her eyes, which had been through many years of vicissitudes of life and had a direct gaze, were particularly compelling.

Such strange looks made the two brothers and sisters feel a little uncomfortable, but out of politeness, neither of them said anything.

"Young man, how about I tell your fortune for you?" the old woman suddenly said in a voice as hoarse as the noon wind in the desert.

Tang Zhi looked around curiously. Apart from the three of them, there was no one else here. Naturally, the old woman could only be talking about herself. She raised her finger and pointed at her chest, "Me?"

The old woman nodded, without any smile on her face. She was extremely serious, as if she was not seeing a young man, but something that needed to be treated with caution. Half of her teeth had fallen out, and her half-bald gums were looming as she spoke: "I am

Fortune teller, I plan to go back to my hometown now and pass by to see if your fortune is different. How about I tell you your fortune for free?"

Tang Zhi didn't understand why someone suddenly wanted to tell his fortune. Although he rarely speculated on others with malicious intentions, it didn't seem like a good thing to have such a service that he had to pay to enjoy being delivered to him.

"Don't worry, I only read palms. You don't have to tell me any information, so don't worry that I am a liar." Sensing Tang Zhi's concerns, the old man said slowly.

After Tang Zhi thought for two seconds, he saw an ornament in the shape of the Sun God Chi Gong hanging on the old man's old and wrinkled neck. Perhaps it was the ornament that touched him, so he nodded and stretched out his right hand, "

Then please help me take a look."

Although he had a hard life at a young age, he had never had his fortune told. Maybe he had, but his parents never told him the results. He was still curious about his fate.

Besides, this old lady doesn't look like a villain. Waiting here is just waiting anyway, so why not do the math and see.
To be continued...