Lu Xiaochan subconsciously wanted to grab Shu Wuxi, but Shu Wuxi spoke first: "Don't touch me."
Lu Xiaochan's hands could only freeze in mid-air, with nowhere to put them.
But being so close, he seemed to be able to hear Shu Wuxi's heartbeat, his breathing, and the strength of his arms.
This feeling is very strange, with a hint of expectation that should not be there.
Shu Wuxi turned sideways and carried him in.
Lu Xiaochan turned his face little by little and put his ear against Shu Wuxi's chest. The thick feeling made him want to press it harder, but at the same time he was worried that Shu Wuxi would scold him for getting too close.
Shu Wuxi put him down and let him sit on a tattered little cushion.
Without needing anyone to speak, Lu Shu lowered his head, picked up a lot of hay and dead branches, rolled them into a ball with his mouth, and then flicked his tail. A few sparks fell on the hay and immediately caught fire.
The flames flickered, illuminating the entire land temple.
This land temple has been abandoned for a long time. There are spider webs everywhere and thick dust. The land god who is leaning on a cane is also cracked, and the incense burner in front of him is empty.
Lu Xiaochan rubbed his hands, and Lu Shu turned around and surrounded him, almost covering him up.
"It's so quiet here! There's no life at all."
"You'll get used to it." Shu Wuxi didn't care.
Just get used to it. Who can get used to a place without life
"Is it like this where you live? Is there anyone with you?"
“It used to be there, but now it’s gone.”
For the first time, Lu Xiaochan felt that being blind was not a good thing, as he couldn't see Shu Wuxi's expression.
"So what do you do when you're alone?"
"Thinking of someone, waiting for someone."
"Then how long have you waited?" Lu Xiaochan was really curious. Who was the person that Shu Wuxi cared about so much
"One thousand three hundred and seventy-two years."
Just as the bursting sparks were about to burn Lu Xiaochan's hands as she was warming herself by the fire, Shu Wuxi raised his wrist, and the Suoxian Silk swung in an arc. The sparks touched the Suoxian Silk and were extinguished instantly.
Lu Xiaochan knew that he could not understand Shu Wuxi's thousand years of loneliness in just sixteen years, but he wanted to know everything about him.
"That's a long time... Will you wait so long that you forget who you are waiting for?"
For example, there was an old man in the town whose wife died of illness many years ago. He burned incense for his wife every day for more than 50 years, but in the end, the old man forgot everything, even his wife's name.
Nothing lasts forever in this world.
Even in this life, it is beyond human control.
"Will you forget to breathe?" Shu Wuxi asked.
For some reason, Lu Xiaochan could always feel that Shu Wuxi was looking at her.
It was a very intense yet restrained look.
"You think I'm dead! Only dead people forget how to breathe!"
Lu Xiaochan started laughing.
He knew that the person who had made Shu Wuxi wait for more than a thousand years was most likely someone who would never get to wait.
"Then it will be the same for me. I will wait for him and look for him until I die."
Lu Xiaochan suddenly stretched out her hand towards Shu Wuxi and said with a smile: "Then give me some money."
"Do you want to buy some wine again?" Shu Wuxi lowered his eyes and looked at the hand he extended.
"I'm going to buy a lantern! I'll use it to help you find someone!"
Lu Xiaochan shook the Locking Fairy Silk. He felt that Shu Wuxi must be smiling at this moment.
And that must be the most beautiful thing in the world.
At this time, there was a knock on the temple door.
"Excuse me, my friend inside. I am Jiang Wuchao from Zhiwu Villa. I came here at night and hope to spend the night with you."
Lu Xiaochan's eyes lit up and he stood up suddenly: "Hey! Is that Brother Jiang?"
Shu Wuxi's face darkened. He just pressed down the Suoxian Ling, and Lu Xiaochan was pulled down and lay on Lu Shu's body.
When Jiang Wuchao heard this, he immediately realized that the people in the dilapidated temple were Lu Xiaochan and Shu Wuxi!
But Shu Wuxi seemed difficult to get along with, so Jiang Wuchao could only bow his head and clasp his fists in greeting: "I am sorry for disturbing your peace, senior. I hope you will forgive me!"
Shu Wuxi's profile was vaguely sad in the firelight, and he seemed to have heard nothing.
Lu Xiaochan climbed up and tugged at Suo Xianling: "Brother Wuxi, just let Brother Jiang in! He's outside all alone, isn't it pitiful?"
"Do you care about Jiang Wuchao?" Shu Wuxi's voice was chillingly cold.
Lu Xiaochan scratched his ear: "What's going on?"
"Just answer me, do you care about him?"
For some reason, Lu Xiaochan felt as if an invisible force was shocking him, oppressing him to the point where he couldn't breathe.
Even the Lu Shu who were surrounding him were trembling.
"I... I just think that Brother Jiang is a good man! He saved me! If it weren't for him, I would have been ripped open by the vicious Madam Meng that day!"
"What I'm asking is, do you care about him?"
Lu Xiaochan swallowed her saliva and suddenly became worried that her answer would make Shu Wuxi unhappy. Would Jiang Wuchao's life be in jeopardy
Having been a beggar all your life, you have to be able to listen to other people's expressions even if you can't see them, and to flatter them even if you have to do what they like.
But what is so good about Shu Wuxi
"In this world, I only cared about one person, the old beggar. Later, the old beggar choked to death while eating peanuts, and I was left alone. After so many years, you finally found me, bought me food, and took me to get my eyes treated. No one has ever been as good to me as you have - so I care about you the most."
Lu Xiaochan spoke with great emotion, rubbing the ground with his toes. He was very nervous!
"lie."
Shu Wuxi's voice was indifferent. Lu Xiaochan hated his character of not showing his emotions on the surface the most.
"I'm not lying!"
"When you are truly sincere, you don't have this expression."
Oh my god, I don’t even know what I look like when I’m sincere, how can you know
Lu Xiaochan quickly grabbed Suoxian Ling and shook her: "Brother Wuxi! Brother Wuxi! Brother Jiang is really a good man! If anything happens to him, I will feel guilty!"
Shu Wuxi just retracted his wrist, and Lu Xiaochan was dragged by Suoxian Ling and fell in front of Shu Wuxi.
“Who do you care about most?”
"You!" Lu Xiaochan said firmly.
Shu Wuxi then raised his head and said, "Come in."
Jiang Wuchao outside the door finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But he didn't come in alone, he was carrying another person on his back.
Lu Xiaochan tilted her head, listening to Jiang Wuchao's footsteps, and couldn't help asking, "Brother Jiang, who are you carrying?"
"It's An Heng."
Lu Xiaochan was stunned. Wasn't An Heng the disciple of the Meng family, the one who caught him from the statue of the Immortal Lord
How is he related to An Heng
Jiang Wuchao put the person down from his back and bowed respectfully in the direction of Shu Wuxi again, but Shu Wuxi still ignored him.
Just as Lu Xiaochan was about to smile at Jiang Wuchao, the Immortal Locking Silk on his wrist tightened and he almost cried out in pain.
"Lu Xiaochan, I didn't expect to see you here again. It's really enviable to be able to travel with a senior and get some advice from him."
Jiang Wuchao's words were just a polite remark, but he also wanted to test the relationship between Lu Xiaochan and Shu Wuxi.
Lu Xiaochan shook her hand and said, "Now, you are staying in the same land temple with this senior. It's a rare fate. You can also ask him to give you more advice!"
Jiang Wuchao smiled. He could see that it was already a "fate" that Shu Wuxi blasted him out without even raising a finger, let alone giving him any advice.
"Brother Jiang, An Heng is dead, right? You are such a good person, you even collected his body for him?"
"He's just one breath away, but he won't survive tonight. Do you still remember Madam Meng who attacked you in the Immortal Monarch Temple that day?"
"Remember! Remember!"
If his nose was not mistaken, the carriage he and Shu Wuxi passed by belonged to Madam Meng. Since there was a smell of blood coming from it, could it be that the tyrannical and jealous Madam Meng had died
"She's gone. It was just yesterday when I first came to this small village. At that time, the village was filled with smoke from cooking fires, and the villagers were busy talking and laughing about their livelihoods. Her carriage stopped at a house in the center of the village, and I saw her servants borrowing the villagers' kitchen to cook for her."
"What? Yesterday?"
This is impossible! When Lu Xiaochan passed by this village, the smell he smelled was definitely not one of decay and ruin overnight!
And where have all the people in the village gone
"I don't get along with her, so to avoid her, I stayed at a house at the east end of the village."
"Then what?"
"After midnight, I noticed that the village had suddenly become quiet, without even a hint of life. So I got up and was shocked to find that the house I was staying in was in tatters and there were insects and ants crawling around! I rushed out to check the village, and the whole village had completely changed!"
"what happened?"
Everything was just like the ghost story the old beggar told Lu Xiaochan!
"I was worried about Madam Meng, and I found her carriage. But the two maids in her carriage were dead, and the others were nowhere to be found. I heard a fight nearby, and it seemed to be from the disciples of the Meng family. But when I followed the sound, I only saw An Heng lying on the ground with serious injuries. The others were nowhere to be found."
Jiang Wuchao sighed and passed a bit of his true energy to An Heng.
An Heng's lips opened and closed, but no one knew what he was saying.
"An Heng? An Heng?" Jiang Wuchao lowered his head.
Lu Xiaochan carefully identified it and said, "Did he speak?"
"He said it! He was too weak and his words were unclear. It seemed like he was begging for mercy!"
The author has something to say: Shu Wuxi: Who do you care about the most
Lu Xiaochan: You! You! You! Then let me ask you a question!
Shu Wuxi: Say.
Lu Xiaochan: Li Chejun and I fell into the water at the same time, who would you save first
Shu Wuxi: You.
Lu Xiaochan: That’s pretty good!
Shu Wuxi: Because you can't swim. Li Che can do everything.
Lu Xiaochan: ... There’s a reason why you’ve been single for thousands of years.
Fat Gua: Attention, babies, leave a comment with ten words to get a red envelope! Some babies have missed out on Fat Gua’s red envelopes before.
The update on Sunday will be a little later because I want to take some time off. It will be updated at 8:30 pm on Sunday, and it should be longer than today's!
Thank you for reading this chapter. You must really love me.