Chapter 67 Act Seven Confused and Enchanted Fourteen
Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye.
As Jiang Yan gradually became able to walk around, the three young people mingled together again. They ate together, laughed together, played together, and sat on the roof together to watch the stars. However, Ning Yue clearly felt that there was something between them. There seemed to be an extra layer of separation that I had never felt before.
The girl was still not sure whether the food box in front of the hospital was sent by Qi Ziyin. After that day, she wanted to ask the other party several times, but she didn't know how to ask. After several hesitations, Time slipped away bit by bit unknowingly. As the black-eyed boy recovered from his injury, the three of them seemed to have made an agreement with each other and never mentioned the unhappy things that had happened before.
In recent days, Jiang Yan, who has moved back to Jia Yunzhai from the medical clinic to continue to recuperate, will practice swordsmanship in the backyard whenever he has free time. His swordsmanship is getting better and better, and he can break a bowl-shaped knife in a few days. The edges of wooden stakes and knives are also sharpened and then blunted, and then sharpened again.
That night, after Jiang Yan had eaten, he went into the backyard with his knife and practiced on the wooden stakes. Ning Yue was a little worried about his companion's health, so she followed behind and wanted to persuade him to rest more. But she didn't wait. As he stepped out, he saw a white shadow suddenly running to his feet, tilted his head, opened a pair of small black eyes, and chirped at himself.
"Xueling, it's you, where did you sneak away just now?"
Ning Yue knelt down with a smile, stretched out her hand and scratched the little white fox's head twice, "You refused to come out during the meal earlier, are you still hungry now? But you have to wait, I have to stop the little white fox first. I’ll practice my swordsmanship, and then I’ll get you something to eat.”
After saying that, the girl wanted to walk into the courtyard again. Unexpectedly, before she got up, she felt that the hem of her skirt was caught by something. When she lowered her head to look, she saw that it was Xue Ling who was dragging her with her mouth. Go back.
"Xue Ling, please stop making trouble. I'm a little worried that if I continue to practice like this, I will reopen the wounds on Little Stutter that haven't healed yet. Just be obedient and I'll be here soon."
As the girl spoke, she stretched out her hand to pull the hem of the skirt out of the little white fox's mouth. Unexpectedly, Xue Ling came around behind her and playfully nudged her master's ass with her little head, as if she was going her own way.
"Xue Ling! If you don't behave, you will be hungry tonight."
Ning Yue didn't quite understand why the always well-behaved little white fox suddenly became disobedient. She raised her head and looked at the black-eyed boy who was practicing his sword in the courtyard. She suddenly seemed to realize something and murmured to herself: :
"Are you trying to say that in fact, Little Stammer has his own sense of proportion, but if I tell him, it will be unnecessary?"
Before he finished speaking, Xueling chirped again, and like a domestic dog, he let go of his mouth obediently, walked back to the girl's body, raised his two front feet and put them on her knees.
The red-haired girl couldn't help but pursed her lips and laughed. She stretched out her hands to lift the little white fox into her arms. She walked slowly to the stone bench in the corner of the courtyard and sat down. Her two green-blue eyes were always looking at the dance in the distance. Companion of the Knife:
"Xueling, what on earth did Little Stutter remember? Ever since he cried in my arms last time, he seems to have become a different person, and his anger has become stronger. I'm worried that he will be like this If you bury all the past events deep in your heart and refuse to talk about it with anyone, sooner or later you will stifle yourself..."
The little white fox lay flat on its owner's legs, with its legs in the air, letting the other person tickle its downy belly, and purring happily. Ning Yue didn't care whether she could understand it or not, just wishful thinking. Talking to oneself:
"But speaking of it, I also hide a lot of little secrets myself. Little Stutterer has no father or mother. If he heard that I actually ran away from home because of a grudge against my father, would he be so shocked that his jaw dropped? On the ground?"
Xue Ling stretched out comfortably, then turned over and sat up. She looked back at Jiang Yan in the distance, then at the door of the courtyard, and chirped twice.
"I know, I know, and we can't forget Zi Yin - this guy always talks about a lot of big principles that I don't understand at all, about justice and morality. But even if he doesn't say it, he actually cares about me. of……"
Speaking of another companion, Ning Yue suddenly felt melancholy in her heart:
"Zi Yin, he and Xiao Stutter are two completely different types of people. This guy is a good person and always treats others with infinite kindness. I still remember that when we first met, he even spent a lot of money to help others. We got out of trouble. But after knowing each other for so long, Ziyin always behaves too politely in front of me. He always seems to be a little timid, cautiously avoiding everything, trying to welcome me and refusing..."
The topic in the girl's mouth was turning around, but she could never leave the two young men:
"As for Little Stammer - although he always looks gloomy on the surface, he doesn't talk much, and sometimes he's just like a stupid big buffalo. But when I'm with him, I don't care at all. You don’t have to worry about saying the wrong thing, and you don’t have to worry that he will be angry and stop paying attention to me..."
Ning Yue was talking to herself like this, gradually falling into memories. She smiled slightly at one moment, and then frowned at the other. She didn't even notice that the black-eyed boy wielding the sword had returned to the room.
"The two of them... are my only friends on this land. I want to live like this without any worries. Some people will be good to me, and I will be good to them. I don't want to be hurt because of myself. To hurt any of them..."
Ning Yue raised her neck and looked at the starry sky above her head. The sky was high and the clouds were clear, the moon was bright and the wind was clear. The two bright moons in the night, one clear and one turbid, gradually transformed into two companions, one black and one white. Slowly rotating in the huge sky. However, it is difficult for the girl to find a place of her own in it:
"Oh, so sometimes I'm really in a dilemma. People, why do you have to make a choice..."
The red-haired girl couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"Instead of being in such a difficult situation, you might as well come with me! After all, this land is not your real home, and the people here are not your relatives in the first place, so why bother and feel sad about them!"
A woman's voice suddenly sounded from behind, startling Ning Yue who was lost in thought, and almost fell off the stone bench. The voice sounded old, but the girl felt that it was familiar, so she quickly turned around, Suddenly, he saw a cloaked figure entering the courtyard at some unknown moment and standing under the eaves not far behind him.
However, after just one glance at the other person, the girl immediately jumped up and ran towards the other person, with joy beyond words:
"Grandma Cen! How on earth did you find her!?"
The old woman who was called Granny Cen looked like she was afraid of being discovered. She hurriedly reached out and took Ning Yue and walked quickly towards the door of the courtyard. She didn't hear the sound of Yan Huohuo sharpening his knife in the room. He stood under a pear tree in full bloom.
The old woman pushed aside her large cloak, revealing her head of gray hair:
"Miss Yue'er, I'm afraid you haven't thought about it in the past three years, but I've been watching you secretly, right?"
"What do you mean, mother-in-law? Could it be that you used the water-hiding spell to rescue me from the abyss, and then used the spell to transform me into a land person and send me to the shore?"
The red-haired girl's eyes immediately widened, she held the other person's arm and asked in surprise. From the time she could remember, her grandmother had been taking care of her and her mother's daily life at home, and they were very close to each other until a few years ago. The other party left without saying goodbye years ago, and we have just lost contact with each other.
"That's exactly what I did. I showed off in front of the young lady." The old woman bowed and gave her a knowing smile.
"Then I heard the rumor that Granny Cen joined those who rebelled against the party. Is it true?"
"It's a long story. I'll talk to you in detail some other time. But right now, as I said before, I want to persuade you to leave here with me." The old woman opposite had a clear goal. Get to the point.
Ning Yue immediately shook her head: "I won't leave, I'm fine here now."
Grandma Cen's expression suddenly became solemn:
"Miss, you have been away from home for many years. Now Cangliu City is already in danger. If no measures are taken, it may soon become a dead city under the sea of Chanying! Are you planning to ignore this?"
"Mother-in-law, please don't lie to me. Everything was obviously fine when I left. It's only been three years now, and besides, there is still a high priest like my father sitting in charge..."
"Miss, although Cangliu City is peaceful on the surface, it is actually riddled with holes. You should know that all the mysterious gems left by our ancestors have been exhausted. If we don't find another way to find a foothold, the millions of people in the city will not be able to survive. Years later, he will be trapped alive at the bottom of Chanying!"
The corners of Ning Yue's eyes twitched slightly unnoticeably: "How could the mysterious roses be consumed so quickly? I once heard my father say that the mysterious roses in the city can still be used for at least several years!"
"This is not the only thing that the Dharma Hall has concealed. Even if I tell you, it is hard to tell the truth from the lie. Not to mention you, miss. I am afraid that except Feng Weishu and Sui Ya, there is no third person in the city who knows about the matter. The truth. But after all, the high priest personally took the lives of countless tribesmen back then, so why would he care today..."
"Mother-in-law, you don't need to remind me that all the rumors about my father in the city are true..." Listening to what the other party said, the smile on the girl's face gradually solidified, "So, you and those who rebelled against the party-could it be that you want to Will you use my identity as the daughter of the chief priest to go to Cangliu City to make the truth known to the public?"
"Miss, I know that it is not easy to convince you to become an enemy of your father. But it is about the fate of the entire clan, so I have no choice but to take this extraordinary measure. Not to mention your mother..."
Granny Cen looked like he was hesitating to speak, which made Ning Yue's heart suddenly thump, and she clasped her hands together nervously: "Mother, is she-is she okay?"
After hesitating for a moment, the old woman sighed softly, her tone full of regret: "Miss, since you escaped from Gan Yuan, the high priest has never returned home. Mrs. Coral misses her so much that she cries day and night. , now she is completely blind!"
"Mother, she - is blind? Impossible!"
Suddenly hearing such bad news, the red-haired girl's head suddenly buzzed, and she became dizzy as if she had been slapped hard. When she first landed in mainland China three years ago, she also did some painful things. She made a choice, but she didn't expect that the always strong mother could not bear the blow of her daughter's disappearance in the end.
Finally, the two people under the tree stopped talking. Ning Yue bit her lower lip hard, holding back the tears in her eyes.
"Miss, I have served your family for many years, and I really don't want to see the high priest insist on going his own way and push himself into a dead end. You'd better go with me. Even if you don't do anything for the time being, we can at least think of a solution together. Please persuade him to change his mind!"
Grandma Cen took two steps forward, held her slightly trembling shoulders, and continued to whisper in her ear to persuade her. But the girl just shook her head and refused to agree to anything: "No, I am now I can’t leave with you yet.”
"Why are you so stubborn, Miss? Since you are still relying on the transformation spell of the old body to maintain the appearance of a person on the ground, you should know that it is not a long-term solution to continue like this. Could it be that Miss still can't let go of those two people in her heart? juvenile?"
The other party said, turning his gaze back to the illuminated Jiayunzhai courtyard, "Silly boy, our clan's lifespan is much longer than that of those people on land. Even if the young lady insists on staying here, she will be with those two boys. There can be no results. Sooner or later, you will have to face a choice. You cannot escape or hide."
"Is a person's fate really determined somewhere?"
Faced with such speculation, the girl was noncommittal. The words in her mouth seemed to be asking herself, but also seemed to be asking her grandmother.
"Miss, as the saying goes, destiny is inevitable. Some people are destined to shoulder the responsibility of leaders when they are born, such as you, miss. And some people are born to take care of others, such as this old man. No matter how you resist, After taking countless detours, we will eventually find that we are still on the path that we always wanted to escape, but that was already arranged by fate——"
Before Granny Cen finished speaking, Ning Yue suddenly raised her head, and the tears she had been holding back instantly overflowed from her eyes, like a dam that had burst and could no longer be stopped:
"But I don't want to! I don't want to go against my will because of the so-called fate. Since I can't escape, why can't I make the decision by myself when I still have a choice? Even if I stumble and be covered with scars, even if I have to pay an irreparable price !”
"Don't cry, don't cry - I have no intention of forcing myself on you!"
Seeing the painful look on the other person's face, the old woman clearly realized that the red-haired girl would never agree to go with her tonight, so she stopped trying to persuade her and gently wiped her face. tears:
"However, things are unpredictable. This pill is the Lu Hui Pill that we have imitated privately. Although it will shorten your life span, it can still save your life in critical moments. Please keep it, Miss, in case something happens on the mainland. Something unexpected happened to you. I and my subordinates have now opened a dyeing shop in Fanloufang in the south of the city. If you change your mind, you can go find me there. But please remind yourself, Miss, to leave Cangliu City’s time is running out.”
As Grandma Cen spoke, she took out a small crystal vial from her arms. A round elixir the size of a small fingernail in the bottle was particularly conspicuous. She put the vial into Ning Yue's hand and said nothing more. After saying one more word, he turned around and escaped into the dark night, as if he had never appeared before. Only the pear blossoms on the tree floated down after a gust of evening wind blew, and fell all over the girl.
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