"It was a beautiful countryside. In summer, the wheat was golden and the oats were green. Hay was piled in piles on the green pasture. The duck eggs in the haystacks cracked open one by one, but the largest egg never moved. ...The duck's egg finally broke open, and the little duck grew up day by day, but the other little ducks always had to stay away from him."
"It was too black and ugly. It was different from other ducks. No matter where it went, people would point at it... Later, he left the peaceful and beautiful countryside and went to the jungle... One night, the ugly duckling Seeing a big white bird flying from the forest, the ugly duckling had never seen such a beautiful thing. It was shiny white, with a long and soft neck, elegant and noble, and spread its beautiful wings to fly to a warm country. ..."
"Stop it, stop it!" Xia Qianye glared at her and said, "Don't think that I'm easy to fool because I haven't been out much. Isn't this just the story of the ugly duckling? What kind of summary is it?"
"Haha! Now that you have heard this story, the next thing will be easier to understand." Shen Lang laughed and said: "In fact, everything is very simple, it is an ugly duckling meeting a white swan. The only thing is the same as in the fairy tale. Some different things, in the real world, are always more realistic and cruel. The ugly duckling is really just an ugly duckling, and should not be with the white swan, especially when the ugly duckling is injured, it is destined to be kicked out of that warm place The kingdom has been abandoned by others.”
Xia Qianye seemed to understand something and asked curiously: "So that ugly duckling wants to turn into an eagle and fly back to prove his strength and desperately wants to regain something he has lost?"
Shen Lang laughed at himself, thinking about a certain woman who looked like the goddess of the Nine Heavens, and thinking about his unwillingness, and said with relief: "No! There is no need for him to prove his strength to that white swan. What he lost is not worth it. Go and take it back again."
"Are you not willing to give in?" Xia Qianye asked again.
"Not willing to give in? Why not? In the process of growing up, you always have to lose something, but not everything lost needs to be taken back. It is like a golden cicada taking off a layer of shell, a giant python sheds a shell A layer of skin that fell off. Perhaps the transformation at a certain moment makes people feel very painful, so they are a little reluctant. But after this transformation is completed, who would want the layer of skin that fell off after experiencing a lot of pain? , or experience similar pain again?”
Shen Lang said these words calmly, no longer thinking about the things that had passed away, but suddenly hugged the person in front of him who was more worthy of cherishing: "What's more, I have already met a better person."
"Hey! What do you want to do?" Xia Qianye was shocked by Shen Lang's sudden move.
"Go to Guyang City and find the most luxurious restaurant to stay in, and then... love you very much." Shen Lang laughed.
"Fuck you! You were trying to bully me all the way." Xia Qianye let him hold her, with a blush on her face...
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There is a constant flow of cars and horses in Guyang City, and an endless stream of pedestrians. In the most luxurious central area of the city, there is a nineteen-story building called Songhe Tower. It is the highest-grade and most luxurious restaurant in the city.
"Ah!!" An extremely exaggerated shout came from Songhe Tower, surprising many guests in the building. Xia Qianye looked at Shen Lang with a red face...
Um...please don't get me wrong, this is not the sound Xia Qianye made when she was having sex with Shen Lang. In fact, Shen Lang's fellow was charged by Songhe Tower's sky-high prices before he even had time to open a luxurious room. He screamed out in fright.
"One night's stay costs half a million spirit stones! Are you mistaken? This is too expensive! A black shop, definitely a black shop! Don't think that just because I'm an outsider, I can rip off customers!" Shen Lang looked at it. The beautiful woman in purple clothes in front of her shouted angrily.
Five hundred thousand a night, what is the concept? He slept in bed for two nights without doing anything, and lost a high-grade spiritual weapon. Shen Lang originally thought that when he was in Qingyun Sect, he had blackmailed Zhao Tianba and his grandsons a lot, Qiankun There are a total of 14 million spiritual stones in the bag, which can be considered a small fortune.
But all his belongings are not enough to live in Songhe Tower for a month...
"Master, please don't be too excited." The girl in the hall, wearing a long purple dress named Linghua, was quite polite. She bowed to Shen Lang and said, "You don't know something. The one you just ordered is Song He." The most luxurious Imperial Palace in the building has many exclusive services for the emperor, which are specially designed for people of status like you. The price is always 500,000 spiritual stones per night."
While saying these words, Qi Linghua gave Xia Qianye a meaningful look and continued: "It can be seen that Mr. Shen is a man of great status and loves his wife very much. He must have been tired from the journey. You also hope that your wife can rest in a more comfortable environment, right?"
I have to say that this woman has an excellent service attitude and is very polite. Even if what Shen Lang said just now was quite rude, she didn't mind and still treated Shen Lang as a distinguished guest. This fact made Shen Lang quite satisfied. .
Of course, the most important thing is that the woman's last words spoke to Shen Lang's heart.
He has always been a casual person and has never had too many requirements for accommodation conditions. A few days ago, he lay on the rocks and slept every day at Xia's house. If he went by his previous habits and the stingy habits he had developed since he was a child, he would probably directly Just go away and find a place to deal with for one night. No matter what, you won't spend 500,000 to live in an imperial palace.
But this time, after all, he was going out with Xia Qianye. How could he be willing to let the eldest daughter of the Xia family suffer the injustice of sleeping in the open air with him? Besides, he was indeed a little tired from the journey, and he really needed to find a good place to rest.
"Alas! Are all big shots so extravagant?" Shen Lang sighed secretly in his heart: "Okay, then I will also be extravagant today! The key is to be extravagant for my wife, it is worth it."
However, just when Shen Lang was about to undergo a massive bloodletting, an unprecedented luxury, suddenly there was an extremely harsh sound.
"Haha, why come to Songhe Tower if you don't have money?"
A table of people sitting in the hall drinking, looking at Shen Lang's poor appearance, couldn't help but laugh and ridicule.
"Even if he comes to Songhe Tower, he actually dares to say that he wants to live in the most luxurious Imperial Palace in Songhe Tower. Can anyone live in that? Could it be that he thinks this is a shabby inn in a remote area?"
"Broken inn?" A rich young man in white clothes holding a folding fan said with a smile: "Because of the incident in the legend, in the past few days, I don't know how many righteous sects and even people from the three religions and nine streams have gone south, and most of them will pass by. Guyang City. Therefore, even the price of rooms in a shabby inn has increased tenfold. Looking at the poor look of that boy who has never seen the world, I am afraid that he cannot even afford to stay in a shabby inn."
"Well, Mr. Murong is right. Looking at that boy's startled look just now, you can tell that he is a poor man. However, the girl next to him is a top-notch girl. Why did you follow him blindly?" As he said, With these words, the monk in black took another sip of wine. His eyes, which were red from the alcohol, stared at Xia Qianye unblinkingly.
The attention of several other monks was also focused on Xia Qianye at this time.
"Yes! She is indeed a beauty in the world. Just look at those sexy and straight legs. I can play with her for a year. If she is in that rough place in Surabaya City, I will definitely get her."
"So what if this is not Surabaya City? There is no distinction between regions when picking up girls." The black-clothed monk ignored Shen Lang's presence, whistled and raised his fingers to provoke Xia Qianye: "Hey little girl! Your man can't afford to live in Songhe Tower. , why not come to our place, I will take you to stay, and I will keep it for you tonight."
Listening to these dirty words, Xia Qianye frowned slightly, feeling a little unhappy. Shen Lang sneered and walked directly towards the black-clothed monk.