Taotie took a pot of wine and disappeared without a trace.
Jian Yunyi also drank a bottle of wine, and finally said that he was going to get Taotie back, and then... nothing more happened.
Xuan Ming:…
I'm a tavern owner who's easy to bully, right
You are sure that I will not walk out of that gate, right
good! I won't go out!
It's night, and the entire tree-lined alley is brightly lit.
The waiter in Huangquan Tavern has recently been replaced by a new one. This new waiter is named Ah Fu.
"Boss, Miss Qiao is still drinking."
Ah Fu walked to the back kitchen and looked at Xuan Ming, who was concentrating on cooking in the back kitchen, and reported in a low voice: "Boss, do you want to go see her?"
"It's okay, leave her alone."
Xuan Ming curled his lips, then put the fried side dishes directly on a plate and handed them to Ah Fu: "Go ahead and give her this plate of dishes."
"Oh well."
Ah Fu nodded and brought the plate of stir-fried vegetables directly to Qiao Xuejun's table: "Miss Qiao, have something to eat. Our boss personally cooked this for you."
"Um?"
Qiao Xuejun raised her eyes with drunken eyes and looked at Ah Fu: "Xuan Ming fried it? Why doesn't he come to drink with me? I won't eat if he doesn't come."
"There are many customers at this time, and the boss is busy greeting the customers."
Ah Fu replied quietly from the side.
"guest?"
Qiao Xuejun looked around. Sure enough, at this hour, the Huangquan Tavern was already full of people.
No, it's not people, it should be ghosts.
Many of these ghosts are wandering souls. The wandering souls have forgotten many past events, but they are not willing to reincarnate. They don't know what they are waiting for, but they still stubbornly continue to wait.
Among the guests in the tavern, in addition to the wandering souls, there are also some new ghosts who are greedy for the mortal world and are unwilling to leave it.
Seeing them all drinking the wine made by Xuan Ming with complicated and painful expressions, Qiao Xuejun suddenly stood up and walked into the kitchen with a smile.
"Xuan Ming, you help those new ghosts and wandering souls escape every day, help them forget everything and enter reincarnation, which is a great merit, but... what about you?"
Qiao Xuejun looked directly at Xuan Ming's face: "When will you be free?"
She heard Jiang Lixing tell Xuan Ming's story. Although she didn't know the specific past events, Qiao Xuejun knew that Xuan Ming was sealed here because of those past events. Now that the sealing time limit has come, he still refuses to leave. Is it right? Still can’t let go of the past
"I gave up a long time ago."
Xuan Ming smiled faintly at Qiao Xuejun: "It is precisely because of letting go that I will continue to stay here. This is the life I chose."
"I do not believe."
Hearing Xuan Ming's words, Qiao Xuejun shook his head with suspicion. Xuan Ming could only shrug: "How about you try using mind reading?"
"I don't."
Hearing Xuan Ming's words, Qiao Xuejun's face suddenly changed slightly: "Sometimes your heart can deceive you. People always change their hearts, right?"
After experiencing mundane love, Qiao Xuejun really understands that even if you can read minds, you can't control everything.
Hearing Qiao Xuejun's words and feeling the drunkenness all over her body, Xuan Ming pondered for a moment: "If you are willing to quit drinking, I will prove to you that I have really given up."
"You prove it first!"
Qiao Xuejun looked reluctant.
Seeing her appearance, Xuan Ming shook his head, then took off his apron and pulled Qiao Xuejun all the way to the entrance of Huangquan Tavern. Before Qiao Xuejun could react, Xuan Ming had already held her hand. , took one step out.
"Sometimes what you think is very difficult, what you think is impossible, is actually... just the first step away."
Xuan Ming turned to Qiao Xuejun, smiled and whispered, this was his first step.
Qiao Xuejun was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "I keep my word, I will quit drinking from today on!"
Letting go is liberation. It’s also the first step to start over.