The scenery of Xianhe Peak is very beautiful. In addition to the peak being often used as a venue for various large-scale activities, there are also many mortals or monks who like to travel here on weekdays. Therefore, there are all kinds of restaurants, teahouses and inns here. , spawned many other industries.
Going down the scenic path, Jun Xiaomo and Rong Ruihan arrived in front of a beautifully decorated tavern.
"Just here, okay?" Jun Xiaomo turned to Rong Ruihan and said.
In fact, if it were further ahead, it would be a lively and bustling restaurant street, but Jun Xiaomo wanted to find a quieter place at this time.
This tavern is in a remote location with not many customers, and the layout is made up of small cubicles, so it looks very peaceful and elegant.
"Okay." Rong Ruihan responded briefly. If someone unfamiliar with him was present, they might think he was being cold.
In fact, it was not the case. He was just not used to talking nonsense, and the softness in his eyes melted away the coldness of his words.
Jun Xiaomo smiled. She had known Rong Ruihan for a long time, and she was increasingly able to understand what was not expressed in his words. Is this the tacit understanding cultivated between life and death
After finding a booth near the window, Jun Xiaomo and Rong Ruihan sat down face to face. With their heads tilted slightly, they could see the scenery on the Crane Peak and the path they came from.
The two of them didn't order wine, but just ordered a pot of tea and a few side dishes. Suddenly, the aroma of tea overflowed in the compartment.
In this peaceful atmosphere, the two long-separated friends seemed to be speechless for a short time, drinking the tea in their hands in silence.
In the end, it was Rong Ruihan who broke the silence first.
"Xiaomo, you have changed a lot." Rong Ruihan said calmly, his eyes falling on Jun Xiaomo.
"Really? It seems that many people have said this. Does Brother Rong also want to say that I have become more beautiful?" Jun Xiaomo raised the corners of his lips and replied with a soothing brow, as if he didn't realize that he was boasting at all.
"Ahem..." Rong Ruihan didn't expect Jun Xiaomo to reply like this, and almost choked.
He put down the tea, coughed twice, and said in a gentle tone: "I feel relieved to see that you are still willing to joke."
When he first saw Jun Xiaomo before, he was stabbed hard by the silence in Jun Xiaomo's eyes.
How similar is Jun Xiaomo now to Jun Xiaomo in his dream? They are all dressed in red, and they all carry a hint of lingering sadness.
Just like now, even though Jun Xiaomo was telling jokes, Rong Ruihan couldn't feel the happiness in her heart.
After Rong Ruihan left, he also exchanged letters with Jun Xiaomo several times, during which he learned about Ye Xiuwen's disappearance. Rong Ruihan specifically asked Mr. Chi. Mr. Chi said that if Ye Xiuwen really fell into the abyss of death, the hope of being alive would be slim.
Rong Ruihan didn't know how to comfort Jun Xiaomo, so he could only hide Mr. Chi's reply. He thought that as long as there was still a glimmer of hope, Jun Xiaomo would not completely fall into silence.
But he still underestimated Ye Xiuwen's position in Jun Xiaomo's heart. Obviously, Ye Xiuwen's disappearance was a huge blow to Jun Xiaomo, big enough to take away the happy and cunning little girl she once was.
The current Jun Xiaomo seemed to completely overlap with the woman in red in his dream, with a sad temperament always lingering around him.
This kind of Jun Xiaomo made him feel a little distressed, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Rong Ruihan found that he did not want Jun Xiaomo to become what he was in his dream at all. He would rather that Jun Xiaomo was as smart and cunning as he was when they first met, with a smart light always shining in his eyes.
Rong Ruihan suddenly wondered if Jun Xiaomo would be like this if something happened to him.
Maybe... not...
In Jun Xiaomo's heart, he and Ye Xiuwen were in different positions after all. Rong Ruihan smiled mockingly to himself.
"Brother Rong, what are you thinking about?" Jun Xiaomo noticed that Rong Ruihan had been looking at him, and heard Rong Ruihan's self-deprecating chuckle.
"It's nothing." Rong Ruihan picked up the tea and concealed the corners of his pursed lips.
Jun Xiaomo held up half of his cheeks leisurely, half-squinted his eyes, and smiled calmly: "Why don't you let me take a guess?"
Rong Ruihan looked at Jun Xiaomo, with a slight fluctuation in his eyes.
Jun Xiaomo did not wait for Rong Ruihan's reply, suppressed a smile, lowered his eyes, stroked the edge of the cup and said: "Brother Rong, you are actually worried about me, worried that I have been immersed in the pain of my senior brother's disappearance. "
With a slight sigh, Jun Xiaomo stopped his fingertips.
"I admit, I was hit hard by Senior Brother Ye's fall from the cliff." Jun Xiaomo raised his head and his dark eyes fell into Rong Ruihan's. "He disappeared to protect me. This made me While enduring the pain of losing a loved one, I couldn't help but blame myself. I thought more than once that if I had not willfully left the sect to find my senior brother, none of this would have happened. However... "
Jun Xiaomo smiled bitterly, "However, all this can't be undone. No amount of pain and self-blame can change the current facts. It only takes one time to be willful. I can't bear it anymore because of my willfulness." And lose more relatives or friends.”
Seeing Jun Xiaomo like this, Rong Ruihan suddenly understood that there was no need to worry about Ye Xiuwen's position in Jun Xiaomo's mind.
Because, in Jun Xiaomo's heart, whether they are lovers, relatives or friends, they are all placed in an equally important position. No matter who was the person who fell down in the first place, as long as they are the people Jun Xiaomo cares about, they will always be there for her. A deep scar was left on his heart.
A wound that will never heal.
Rong Ruihan once heard a young couple arguing. The woman asked the man: Your mother and I fell into the water at the same time. Who would you save first
If it is Jun Xiaomo, no matter which one she is, there is no way to give up, so she will not consider the issue of priority at all, and will only do her best to save the two people she cares about.
"I understand." Rong Ruihan couldn't help but stretched out his hand across the table and rubbed Jun Xiaomo's hair, "Xiaomo has grown up."
"Pfft—it sounds like I'm very young." Jun Xiaomo couldn't help laughing.
Including her age in her previous life, she is not young at all. When she was first reborn, her mentality was a bit "rejuvenated", but now she has just returned to the caution and calmness of her previous life.
"In my eyes, you are still very young." Rong Ruihan said seriously.
Yes, seventeen years old is still a very small presence in the long life of a cultivator, so he does not want Jun Xiaomo to bear too much burden.
He will do his best to protect the things that Jun Xiaomo wants to protect, so that Jun Xiaomo will not experience the pain of loss again.
Rong Ruihan never thought about getting Jun Xiaomo to respond to him through these things. After all, no one can predict such things as feelings, and he can't force them. He just wants to follow his own heart.
"If you have anything to do in the future, you can tell me. Don't keep it in your heart. You are still young and are not suitable to carry too heavy a burden." Rong Ruihan said to Jun Xiaomo.
He could see that there were always a lot of things weighing on Jun Xiaomo's heart, which was still too heavy for a seventeen-year-old girl.
"Brother Rong, I understand, thank you." Jun Xiaomo smiled, with a slight emotion in his eyes.
"Sir, this is the snack you ordered." The waiter came in and put down the small plates on the tray one by one, "Please use it slowly."
"Okay, thank you." Jun Xiaomo replied politely.
After the waiter walked out, Rong Ruihan picked up some side dishes, put them in Jun Xiaomo's bowl, and said, "The cold dishes here are pretty good, you can give it a try."
"It seems that Brother Rong, you have been here before?" Jun Xiaomo was a little surprised.
"I've been to Crane Peak five times, and I always come to this tavern because it's relatively quiet here."
"Brother Rong, it seems that you and this tavern are quite connected." Jun Xiaomo smiled, "In addition, this must be the sixth time."
"Yes, so I didn't expect you to choose this tavern."
A small episode made the atmosphere between the two no longer so heavy. After talking about some lighter topics, Jun Xiaomo suddenly remembered that Rong Ruihan came with the people from Heng Yue Sect.
"By the way, Brother Rong, are you familiar with Dai Yue from Heng Yue Sect?" Jun Xiaomo asked hesitantly.
If Rong Ruihan and Dai Yue have a good relationship, then the bet between her and Dai Yue will be troublesome. Rong Ruihan will definitely be caught in the middle and be in a dilemma.
Rong Ruihan was stunned for a moment and said calmly: "I'm not very familiar with her, I just saved her life."
"Saved her life?" Jun Xiaomo didn't expect this answer. After all, Rong Ruihan didn't seem to be a sympathetic person.
Rong Ruihan glanced at Jun Xiaomo, his expression deep and unpredictable.
"She was wearing red clothes. I recognized the wrong person and thought she was you." Rong Ruihan said in a deep voice, leaving Jun Xiaomo speechless for a moment.
Rong Ruihan didn't expect any reaction from Jun Xiaomo. He briefly told how he rescued Dai Yue and went to Heng Yue Sect.
"What meaning do the three words Hengyuezong have to you, Brother Rong?"
Jun Xiaomo was not Dai Yue who was dazzled by beauty. She would not have failed to grasp the key point in Rong Ruihan's words - Rong Ruihan decided to follow Dai after hearing the three words "Heng Yue Sect" Happy to go back.
Rong Ruihan's eyes darkened. After a moment of silence, he slowly said: "The death of the mother-in-law is probably related to the Hengyue Sect."
Jun Xiaomo was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes, and sighed: "No wonder..."
"The reason why I followed Dai Yue back to Hengyuezong is to find out some things. If the death of the mother-in-law has nothing to do with the Hengyuezong, then I will leave peacefully, but if the death of the mother-in-law has anything to do with them..." Rong Ruihan's eyes turned cold, "I will never let them go!"
"Is there any danger?" Jun Xiaomo frowned, feeling that it was inappropriate for Rong Ruihan to go to Heng Yue Sect alone.
Rong Ruihan's expression softened and he said, "Don't worry, Master has given me some life-saving magic weapons."
The "master" in Rong Ruihan's mouth naturally refers to Mr. Chi.
"Brother Rong, if they recognize your identity as a demon cultivator, the consequences will be disastrous." Jun Xiaomo said with his eyebrows raised.
Rong Ruihan smiled softly, stretched out his hand, rubbed Jun Xiaomo's hair, and said, "Don't worry, haven't you recognized him yet?"
"But… "
"And it's coming soon." Rong Ruihan interrupted Jun Xiaomo's words.
"What's so fast?" Jun Xiaomo was a little confused.
"I will know the truth soon." Rong Ruihan said with a cold expression, and then smiled calmly at Jun Xiaomo, "Maybe Xiaomo will take you in to take me in."
"Huh?!" Jun Xiaomo's eyes widened in surprise.
Only then did Rong Ruihan feel that Jun Xiaomo looked a bit like a seventeen-year-old girl. He slightly raised the corners of his lips and said: "When I find the truth and leave Heng Yue Sect, won't I have nowhere to go? So I can only take you in, Xiao Mo. With our friendship, Xiao Mo You don’t want to, right?”
Jun Xiaomo: "..."
Well, she really hadn't thought about this, but why didn't Brother Rong just go back to the Chi family
Behind the tree not far from the tavern, a girl in red clothes looked at Rong Ruihan and Jun Xiaomo with blazing eyes, gritted her teeth and said word by word:
"Jun, Xiao, Mo! Why do you have to fight with me every time! Brother Rong is mine!!!"
"This time, I will definitely let you die on the fighting stage!"