Today.

Wei Lai stayed in the Dragon King Temple for a long time.

So much so that by the time he set out on his way home, it was completely dark.

Of course, he remembered Lu Yan'er's advice before leaving, and she asked him to go back earlier.

Wei Lai is very obedient, especially Lu Yan'er's words, he is the kind of person who will bring a ladder to try even if Lu Yan'er wants the stars in the sky. But today, Wei Lai didn't listen to Lu Yan'er.

He left the Wupan Dragon King Temple very late, and he deliberately walked very slowly on the way home.

It was raining lightly, and it had been raining for half a month, and it was like someone had poked a hole, only occasionally it came down or stopped, and more often it was a pouring rain that made it difficult to see ahead.

The old Wupan people will probably remember that the last time they experienced such a rain was six years ago. It was in such a rain six years ago that Wei Lai's most important thing was taken away. It seems to be fate that when such rain falls again, something new will be taken away.

Lu Yan'er said that Wei Lai always lived at the age of eleven or twelve, and he was always a child who didn't grow up. Lu Yan'er was right, Wei Lai really didn't want to grow up.

Because for him, growing up meant loss, and he had to compromise with that loss.

......

The road from the Dragon King Temple to Lu Fu is very long.

But no matter how long the road is, there will be a day when it will come to an end.

Wei Lai stopped his steps and looked up at the mansion in front of him. The house is still lit up, and laughter can be heard from time to time. The hustle and bustle of the house and the cold alleys outside the house are like two worlds.

Wei Lai frowned, even though he had deliberately slowed down, he still came back a little early.

Squeak.

At this time, the door of the mansion not far away was pushed open from outside, and a dense footstep and the sound of endless conversation came. Wei Lai, who was standing hesitant outside the gate of the mansion, was like a frightened elk at that moment, his body was agitated, and he almost hid in the darkness of the street corner without thinking about it, he cowered there for a long time, until he was sure that no one had discovered his existence, and then he cautiously poked his head out and looked in the direction of the gate of the mansion.

There, a dense crowd was coming out of the gates, with genuine or fake smiles on their faces and words of visceral or mere compliments. Wei Lai, who was hiding in the distance, couldn't hear what they were talking about, but he could clearly know what they were talking about.

It's no secret that most of today's Wupan City is talking about such a thing.

The Zhao family of Wupan City proposed to the Lu family.

Zhao Gongbai of the Zhao family and Lu Guanshan of the Lu family are both big names in Wupan City, and Zhao Tianyan and Lu Yaner are childhood sweethearts and golden boys and girls. This kind of marriage is a thing that no one can find fault with, and this proposal should naturally come naturally, at least Wei Lai can't think of a reason to refuse this matter......

Except for the thing that was in his arms at the moment.

He squatted on the corner of the street, watching the guests who came to congratulate leave one by one, until the father and daughter sent off the father and son, and this grand event that belonged to Wupan City but only left Wei Lai finally came to an end at this time.

But Wei Lai still didn't slow down.

Wei Lai is a very self-aware person, and he knows that this is the best choice for him and for Lu Yan'er.

So when Wei from a distance saw the reluctance in the girl's eyes as she bid farewell to the boy, he finally made up his mind and took out something like that from his bosom - a piece of stationery with handwriting on it.

It was a family affair between two like-minded scholars who had settled on a drunken late night, a affair between a beautiful and smart girl and a silly boy.

This morning, Lu Guanshan put the decision on this family affair in the hands of Wei Lai, and now Wei Lai has made his decision.

Wei Lai tore the letter paper one by one, slowly and meticulously, until there was no more complete handwriting on the confetti. He was holding the pile of shredded paper, a little sad, and there seemed to be tears rolling in his eyes, but he couldn't cry.

A gust of night wind blew by, and the confetti in his hand was lifted high, drifting in the night wind and drizzle, like a snow.

Lu Guanshan, who saw off the guests not far away, caught a glimpse of the "snowflakes" raised in the shadows from the corner of his eyes, he was slightly stunned, but soon he seemed to realize something, and his body stood still in place, his eyes were a little wandering.

"Dad, do you agree to Zhao Gongzi or not. The girl next to her obviously didn't have Lu Guanshan's eyesight, or she didn't have the heart to look at the side things at the moment. She took the man's arm, shook it for a while, and asked as if she were coquettish.

The man came back to his senses, turned his head to look at the unconcealable eagerness in his daughter's eyes, then smiled slightly, and after reaching out and touching his daughter's head, he said, "Tomorrow, I will go to Zhao's house." ”

The girl's cheeks suddenly flushed with joy and shame, and she said no more, but turned and ran back to the house.

In the Yan Kingdom, there was such a custom a long time ago, the man proposed to the woman, and the woman's elders would not respond that day, and if they agreed, they would personally come to the door the next day to thank them.

Lu Guanshan couldn't empathize with the joy in Lu Yan'er's heart at the moment, just like Lu Yan'er couldn't understand the guilt in Lu Guanshan's heart at this moment. The man looked at the direction where the confetti floated out, sighed deeply, and the whole person seemed to be dozens of years old at that time, and turned around and slowly walked into the door of the mansion with slightly heavy steps.

Wei saw the confetti in his hand disperse in the night wind.

He reached out and wiped away the tears or rain from his face, then took a deep breath and struggled to suppress the discoloration on his face. After making sure that he had covered up enough to catch the traces, he turned around and took a step, about to walk in the direction of Lu Fu.

But before his steps could fall, a hand suddenly reached out from the dark corner and patted him on the shoulder.

Wei Lai was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looked back, and saw an old man standing with a yellow dog standing at his feet in the dark, showing his yellow front teeth to him, and said, "Accompany the old man." ”

......

Drizzle, long street.

An old man and a young man, two people and a dog walk side by side.

Wei Lai didn't refuse the old man's invitation, but it wasn't because he really wanted to communicate with the old man, but he was more willing to walk with the old man than to return to the Lu Mansion, that's all.

The two of them walked for half an hour, and the two sides were still silent.

Finally, the old man couldn't bear it anymore and took the lead in interrupting the not beautiful silence.

He sighed and said, "Sometimes, I really don't understand what is going on in the minds of you readers?"

When Wei Lai heard this, his face lost the stupid look he usually had, but looked at the old man with a foolish look, and then said, "I'm not a scholar. ”

The muscles on the old man's face twitched slightly, but he still tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart that rose because he was despised by Wei Lai, and said with a smile: "I mean your temperament is very similar to your father." ”

Wei Lai asked in surprise, "Do you know my father?"

The old man's eyes flashed with a hint of triumph, but he said in a sighing tone: "Go back a few decades, and the reputation of Yanting Shuangbi is much greater than you imagined. ”

After saying this, the old man secretly rejoiced in his heart, he knew very well the child's mind, Wei Lai at this time must have been full of curiosity, and estimated that he would pester him to ask about his father in the next moment. And then...

"Oh. Wei Lai's salty response shattered the old man's plan that he thought was perfect.

The old man who ......was speechless for a while let the conversation between the two end without a problem.

The yellow dog with the wine gourd on his back looked up at the old man and the young curiously, his eyes mixed with some doubts.

After dozens of breaths of silence, the old man gritted his teeth, suppressed the anger in his heart, and then patiently broke the silence again: "Boy, you don't have to fight with the old man anymore, the old man thinks that after you are an old man, he doesn't care about you generally, if you want, you can go back and worship me as a teacher now." ”

The old man only thought that taking the initiative to invite him again had already given Wei Lai enough face, but what he never expected was that Wei Lai, who heard this, looked at the old man again with the strange look of looking at a fool, and said, "Didn't I say it, I won't go to Tiangang Mountain with you." ”

The mud bodhisattva also has three points of fire, not to mention the old man.

According to his temperament, after being rejected by Wei Lai this morning, he would have brushed his sleeves and left, if it weren't for the person's face, how could he come to look for him again? The rare kindness of being regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs The old man could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and pointed to Wei Lai's face and scolded: "Stinky boy, don't know what to do, you go out to find someone to inquire, what kind of place is Tiangang Mountain, and what kind of character is I, Cao Tongyun!" Don't say that you are the sick man who is half-closed and weak in the six mansions, and you are a peerless genius on the dragon and tiger list of the Great Yan Dynasty, and it is by no means easy to enter my Tiangang Mountain! If you don't take the big opportunity in front of you today, don't regret it in time, don't say that the old man hasn't reminded you!"

The old man's scolding smashed his head and face, but Wei Lai, who was standing in place, did not feel half frustrated or annoyed because of the old man's scolding. On the contrary, a smile gradually appeared on his face, and he looked at the old man like an elder looking at his own vexatious child.

It wasn't until the old man's scolding gradually stopped that Wei Lai put away his previous appearance of deliberately annoying the old man. said sincerely: "Grandpa is Daddy's old friend and a friend of the master, of course Ah Lai knows that Grandpa is for Ah Lai's good." But Ah Lai really can't go to Tiangang Mountain with you. ”

Cao Tongyun also smelled the unusual smell in Wei Lai's words at this time, he was slightly stunned, and couldn't help asking, "Do you know what that kid from Lu Guanshan is going to do?"

Wei Lai nodded: "Of course I know." ”

Cao Tongyun's face became more and more strange, and he asked again with a calm brow: "Then why are you still staying in this Wupan City, don't you know what happened to your father and mother back then?"

Wei Lai's face was calm, in stark contrast to the raging anger in the eyes of the old man in front of him: "It is precisely because I am clear that I want to stay." ”

"What are you doing while staying?"

The corners of Wei Lai's mouth rose, grinning at the old man, and then two light but heavy words came out of his mouth.

"Revenge. ”