The child was not yet at his waist, and with his chubby face raised, he called out "Daddy" in a milky voice, one after another.
Shen Zhixian shouted in a trance, and even began to recall that he was afraid that he was not young and ignorant.
Fortunately, Yan Jin's "See you at the end of the year" quickly brought him back to his senses.
The little guy was still shouting, Shen Zhixian raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, squatted down a little sadly, and rubbed the little guy's fluffy head: "Okay, don't shout."
Except for Xiao Yanjin, he has never coaxed children - but even Xiao Yanjin was in his teens at that time, and he was considered a little adult. Except for being stubborn occasionally, he never bothered him about trivial matters.
The little guy's eyes were watery, as if covered with a layer of mist, his fleshy little hands grabbed Shen Zhixian's sleeves and looked at him eagerly.
Shen Zhixian was stuck for a while, and finally coaxed him dryly: "Daddy can't shout, I'm not your dad. It's dark, why do you come out to play by yourself? Do you know where your home is? I'll take you back."
None of these words was on the point of coaxing children.
Yan Jin listened to him silently, and suddenly felt that the master who filled him with all kinds of magic weapons and gadgets was really exhausted.
Sure enough, the little guy couldn't hear the answer he wanted, and he started crying with a wow, crying and calling daddy, crying and even hiccups.
Shen Zhixian was shielded by his tears and snot on his sleeve, he gasped, and began to feel a sudden pain in his head. He was at a loss for a moment, and froze there, he could only continue to dryly say "don't cry".
He wanted to ask Yan Jin to help, but Yan Jin stood silently beside him, without any intention to speak. Shen Zhixian was so devastated by crying that he finally couldn't take it anymore and hugged the little guy.
The little guy was startled, and subconsciously stretched out his little fat hand to wrap his arms around Shen Zhixian's neck.
Shen Zhixian hugged him with one hand and patted his back with the other hand, the little guy let out a loud burp, and let out his breath, his fluffy head came over and rubbed Shen Zhixian's temples affectionately .
Yan Jin's originally calm expression finally changed slightly. He stared at the little guy with his eyes tightly, and the little guy was shocked, and he hugged Shen Zhixian's neck even tighter: "Daddy."
Seeing that the little guy stopped crying, Shen Zhixian finally breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't bother to bother about his name, so he just whispered: "It's finally quiet..."
He saw that although the little guy was crying badly, his clothes were clean and tidy. He thought it was some naughty child who sneaked out while the adults were not paying attention, so he said to Yan Jin: "Go ahead and see who is lost. child."
After that, he took the first few steps with the little guy in his arms. He didn't hear Yan Jin's movement, so he looked back, but saw Yan Jin looking over thoughtfully: "Sui Jian is very skilled in holding the child."
Shen Zhixian just thought he was complimenting, and said, "Follow up," nonchalantly, turned around and continued to walk forward, saying as he walked, "What's so difficult about holding a child, it's easy to hold too much. I used to..."
Halfway through speaking, he suddenly got stuck and even stopped walking. When Yan Jin caught up with him in three or two steps, he saw his brows furrowed and a confused look on his face: "I've never held a child before... ?"
Most of the four or five-year-old children love to cry and play, and Shen Zhixian is most afraid of the crying of children. He often runs away when he sees children of this age.
But for some reason, he was born to be very fond of children, so he was always being chased so miserably that he couldn't even run, let alone hug them.
Shen Zhixian looked sideways at the little guy in his arms, the little guy smiled at him, and a small snot bubble came out of it.
The movement of him picking up the child just now seemed to be too smooth indeed.
Most of the children are fragile. Generally, people who have never held a child will hesitate before suddenly wanting to hold a child, but he almost didn't even think about it, he just picked it up, his hand seemed to have a memory, and he immediately knew that it was placed on it. It won't make the little guy feel bad there.
Presumably this is also... talent
This is not a big deal, Shen Zhixian only wondered for a moment and then forgot about it. He was about to talk to Yan Jin when a scream that was so nervous that it was almost broken came: "Qiuqiu!"
The woman, who was sweating profusely from running too fast, turned from the street and saw her lost son at a glance. She rushed over anxiously, shouting nervously, "Qiuqiu!"
The woman was probably running so fast that she lost one of her shoes, but she didn't notice it.
Hearing the familiar voice, the little guy called out "A-Niang" in a milky voice, let go of Shen Zhixian's neck, and greeted the woman vigorously.
Shen Zhixian hurried forward a few steps, hurriedly stuffed the little guy back into the woman's arms, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.
The woman also breathed a sigh of relief, and angrily poked the little guy's head, not willing to use any strength, the little guy just thought that A-Niang was playing with him, giggled, and pointed at Shen Zhixian with his chubby little hand: "Daddy, Daddy!"
Shen Zhixian turned slightly to the side, avoiding his finger, so as not to be rude and take advantage of the woman.
Seeing his actions, the woman bowed her knees slightly towards him gratefully, "Thank you for this young man. My child is naughty and caused you trouble."
Shen Zhixian said "it's okay", the woman thanked again and turned to leave.
As soon as he left, the little guy gave up again, his mouth flattened, and immediately began to cry again, even more miserable than before.
Even if the woman hugged him, patted him on the back and coaxed him, she cried so hard, as if she was about to cry.
The woman panicked and called him nervously: "Qiuqiu? Qiuqiu! Wake up, look at A-Niang! A-Niang is here!"
The man was clearly awake and was crying, but the woman kept calling him "wake up". When the little guy cried and looked over, Shen Zhixian found that his eyes had turned blank.
No, this can't be explained by "naughty" - Shen Zhixian frowned slightly, turned to look at Yan Jin, Yan Jin also had something wrong, and was about to step forward when a soft female voice suddenly came from behind: "Aunt, please Stay, this kid... I'm afraid he's lost his soul."
Shen Zhixian turned his head and saw a tall and slender woman coming behind her at an unknown time. She was dressed in blue, with a xun hanging around her waist, and she swayed gently with her steps.
Her facial features look gentle and delicate, but a centipede-like scar runs across her chin, destroying her beauty.
Probably the words "lost my soul" struck the woman's mind, she turned her head suddenly: "...lost her soul?" The woman became excited, "yes, Qiuqiu lost her soul..."
The blue-clothed woman nodded, raised her hand, her fingertips condensed a small white glow, and after a light drink of "calm", she tapped on the crying little guy's forehead.
Baimang didn't touch the little guy's eyebrows, the little guy hiccups, the cry gradually weakened, and he leaned against the woman's shoulder, sobbing softly, and he closed his eyes and fell asleep after a while.
The woman found hope, and she knelt down as soon as her knees softened: "I beg the gods to save my child!" She couldn't help but also had tears in her eyes, for fear of disturbing the little guy, so she suppressed her voice, "Qiuqiu is naughty, one who doesn't I like to sneak out when I'm careful..."
Her husband died early, and she was widowed with her child. She opened a small shop and took over some handwork to exchange money for money. When she was busy, it was easy to ignore the little guy.
The little guy is naughty and always sneaks out when the adults are not paying attention. Fortunately, the people in the town are simple by nature, and they are familiar with her. Sometimes when the little guy runs out, he will help send it back.
In the evening a few days ago, the little guy sneaked out again while his aunt was negotiating business with others.
This time it was a surprise.
When the woman hurried to find the little guy, the little guy was facing a wall with a dull expression. When he saw the woman, his mouth flattened and he burst into tears.
In fact, it only took him a quarter of an hour to leave this time. The end of the road was a dead end, and it was evening again. Basically, no one would come in here. The woman didn't know what happened to the little guy. Just realized it was wrong.
The little guy looks stupid.
In the past, the little guy was a clever ghost. Although naughty, he was also very smart, but now he is often dazed, his eyes are blank, he is easy to cry and is difficult to coax, and he has a bad problem - he likes to rush over to call Daddy when he sees people, It can't be changed no matter what.
The woman wiped away her tears: "The old people around said that Qiuqiu may have hit something and lost his soul..."
The blue-clothed woman slightly supported the woman, but did not let her kneel down. After pondering for a moment, she said, "I am Yin Xiu Duan Yuan from Qianyin Pavilion. If you trust me, maybe I can still help."
The woman had just seen her Baimang's power and her gentle demeanor, of course she believed her, and nodded hastily: "I beg the gods to save my child!"
The blue-clothed woman took out two talismans, and Shen Zhixian caught a glimpse of the cinnabar traces on them, and recognized them as the soul-fixing talisman and the soul-seeking talisman.
She skillfully and neatly folded the soul-fixing talisman into a triangle, letting the woman stuff it into the little guy's arms, and holding the soul-seeking talisman with two fingers, she said warmly, "Please take me to the road the child walked that day."
The two gradually walked away with the child, and Shen Zhixian's brows, which were slightly frowned in thought, finally loosened—ah! Xun! Looks damaged! Sound repair!
Duan Yuan!
He remembered!
Isn't this the Yin Xiu who is suspected to be the heroine of Yan Jin in the original book!
Shen Zhixian was shocked, and without thinking, he tugged at Yan Jin's sleeve: "That Yin Xiu..."
It was the first time for Yan Jin to come into contact with souls and other things. He was thinking about the situation of the little guy just now, when he was suddenly pulled by Shen Zhixian.
Shen Zhixian was enthusiastic: "That Yinxiu... have you seen it? What do you think?"
Yan Jin was stunned for a moment. After thinking about it carefully for a moment, he carefully said, "Children lose their souls easily when they are frightened, causing them to behave abnormally. That Yinxiu first settles his soul and then searches for his soul, so that the damage to the child can be minimized."
Shen Zhixian: "???"
He was asking how Yan Jin looked at this Yinxiu's face and how arrogant he was. Who asked about this child's soul!
Shen Zhixian looked at Yan Jin's expression of no other thoughts, and knew that he really didn't notice anything else, he sighed, and swept over this little episode with hatred: "Forget it, let's go, go and look for it. food."
The soulless little guy was brought by Yinxiu to deal with it. Shen Zhixian was hungry, so he didn't bother to join in the fun, and dragged Yan Jin to sit down in a restaurant that was not yet closed.
There was a faint fragrance lingering in the restaurant. Shen Zhixian smelled the unique fragrance of lotus seeds, and he was drooling for a while, and asked, "What kind of lotus seeds are there to eat? It smells very good."
"It's the lotus seed soup and lotus seed cake made by Big Brother Chang." The 16- or 17-year-old boy walked out of the room, stood in front of the two tables, and skillfully ordered a few dishes: "We are closing soon, and these are left over. Food, can you two?"
Yan Jin usually doesn't speak, and Shen Zhixian has no problem listening to it, nodding his head, and saying, "I also have a lot of lotus seed soup and lotus seed cake."
"Okay!" The boy responded, turned back to the back kitchen, and brought out the food in a short while.
This time, there was a tall and strong man following behind him, looking around twenty-five or six, with some flour on his hands.
The young man smiled at them: "This is our cook, Big Brother Chang." He set the meal, and leaned closer to the man, "Brother Chang wants to ask them Alian again?"
The man smiled awkwardly, then greeted the two of them, and said embarrassedly, "The lotus seed cake is still steaming, and it will be delivered later."
After a pause, the man asked hesitantly, "I take the liberty to ask, where are the two guests... from?"
Shen Zhixian raised his eyebrows, did not elaborate, only said: "come from the north, go down south."
The man's eyes lit up, he seemed a little excited, and there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes: "Then, when the two of you walked all the way, did you meet a young man named Alian? So tall, so thin..."
He made a gesture, Shen Zhixian shook his head, "Never."
The man's eyes dimmed again, he smiled a little with difficulty, bowed slightly to the two of them to thank them, and then turned back to the kitchen.
The young man came out with him, but did not go in with him at this time. He stood there, watching the man leave in disappointment again, bit his lip, and went in after a while.
Shen Zhixian inadvertently caught a glimpse of his back and noticed a bit of loneliness and sadness.
But that's all people's business. The hungry Shen Zhixian didn't bother to pay attention to so much. He was about to drop the chopsticks when footsteps and a gentle "shop" came from the door.
—It was Nayuki's voice.
Shen Zhixian looked back, and sure enough, it was Yin Xiu, who had just gone to help the child search for the soul.
It was already completely dark outside, the candles in the room were dim, and Shen Zhixian and Yan Jin were sitting in the corner again. She probably didn't see it, so she picked a seat at random.
Then the gentle temperament was restrained, the skirt was lifted, and he sat down on the stool with a slash, stretched his waist proudly, and shouted again: "Is there anyone?"
Without the dignified and delicate face of the woman and child just now, this shout was quite refreshing and neat.
The young man replied, "Come here," and walked out in a hurry. When he saw Yinxiu, he was a little embarrassed: "Guest, we don't have any food, I'm afraid we won't be able to serve you."
Yin Xiu let out an "ah" in disappointment and asked, "It's gone at all?"
The teenager nodded apologetically, they were about to close, and the rest of the food was served to the two guests just now, and now there is nothing else but a basket of lotus seed cakes.
From the corner of Shen Zhixian's eyes, he caught a glimpse of Yan Jin who was also looking at Yinxiu in silence. When his heart moved, he put down his chopsticks, raised his hand and knocked on the table, making a little movement, and called again, "Miss Duan."
Yinxiu was suddenly called by her name and was taken aback. Only then did she realize that there were still two people sitting in the corner, and almost instantly she straightened her back and sat dignifiedly, and put down her hand on the table at will. , placed gracefully on his knees together, with a gentle smile on his face, before he turned his head away.
—Ah, the two ordinary people I just met.
She breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, relaxed her dignified posture again, and replied, "You are..."
Thinking about Yan Jin, Shen Zhixian wanted to find out what was going on with her, and he sent out an invitation with a smile: "Miss Duan, our food hasn't started yet, if you don't mind, you can ask this little brother to add a pair of dishes..."
It stands to reason that even a female immortal cultivator with a cultivation base will hesitate to some extent when meeting an invitation from a stranger.
But this Yinxiu didn't know if it was because he was too hungry or because he was a talented artist, or if the aura of Yan Jin's protagonist began to glow again, which attracted her. In short, she only paused for a moment when she heard the words, and then stood up cheerfully with a bright smile: "If that's the case, then I'll bother you."
The author has something to say: When the apprentice has grown up, he has to take care of the apprentice-in-law quietly.
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