The tired crowd finally dispersed, and after freshening up, those who should go back to the room to read books went back to the room to read, those who should continue to cultivate continued to cultivate, and those who should continue to work were not idle and went into the study on the third floor, leaving only Xiao Ni and Gu Yaopan looking at each other and smiling.

Xiao Ni, who had taken a bath, sat on the edge of the bed with her hair half wet, Gu Yaopan took out the towel in the cabinet and wiped her hair for a while.

"After tonight, you will be eighteen years old, have you ever thought about whether to continue to go to graduate school or come out to work after college?" Gu Yaopan asked casually.

Just this summer, Xiao Ni was successfully admitted to her B University and became a freshman in the Chinese Language Department. Although her parents are not there, with her ability, she can afford to do whatever Xiaoni wants, even if she goes abroad.

"Sister, what about you, do you want to continue your studies or work?" Xiao Ni's voice was muffled in the towel, and the hesitant appearance made the corners of Gu Yaopan's mouth couldn't help but smile.

"I don't care! You know I'm different from you, and you still have a normal life to live. Gu Yaopan rubbed the top of Xiaoni's head and rubbed her in protest.

"Actually, I don't care! as long as my parents can come back to me, I can do anything. Xiao Ni's voice was small, as if she was afraid of being heard by Gu Yaopan, and seemed to want her to hear it.

"Why did you say this suddenly?" Gu Yaopan took away the towel in his hand and looked at Xiao Ni's little face.

"Sister......" Xiaoni's expression was stunned, as if she remembered something with a vague impression, and recalled it vigorously, but in the end she didn't know how to express it: "I don't know why, I have a very strong feeling recently, I feel that my parents don't seem to be dead." ”

Xiao Ni's hand dragged Gu Yaopan's arm tightly, so strong that it pinched her arm a little red, but she didn't realize it, she just stared at Gu Yaopan with a pair of eyes with infinite hope, hoping to hear an affirmative answer from her mouth.

"I don't know. Gu Yaopan looked at Xiao Ni's eyes seriously, but the words that came out of her mouth were very calm.

"I don't know! Their bodies have never been found, and their souls are missing, if they are still alive, it is not impossible, but after all this time, why haven't they returned?"

Xiao Ni's eyes were filled with tears, and she knew that she was asking for it, but this little hope was like a sprouted grass in her heart, and it couldn't be extinguished.

"Don't think about it, go to bed early!" Gu Yaopan patted Xiao Ni's shoulder, placed her on the bed, looked into her eyes and promised: "If they don't die, then I will definitely find them, no matter how long it takes." ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Ni, who had been reassured, seemed to be finally relieved, and she was tired from playing, she finally lay on the bed and covered the quilt, and when she saw the back of Gu Yaopan leaving, she whispered to her, "Good night!"

And just as Gu Yaopan turned off the light and left, Xiao Ni's mouth gently spit out a sentence: "I hope I can dream of my parents tonight!"

A muffled thunder rolled through the distant sky, as if someone had heard Xiao Ni's hope, and an ethereal voice chuckled low at the place where the muffled thunder sounded: "Hehe!

Gu Yaopan, who was standing in front of the window, looked at the electric light flashing in the sky, frowned slightly, and his eyes fell on the starry firelight in the city.

There was gradually the sound of rain outside the window, and the starry firelight gradually disappeared, Gu Yaopan closed the window and walked back to the bedside, and after a while it was the time when Xiao Ni was born, at that time, the yin qi was the heaviest, and fortunately, Gu Zhai's formation was strong enough.

Otherwise, it would be too unpleasant for Xiao Ni to spend every birthday in such a gloomy situation.

It was still the time of school, the familiar fragrance wafted in the ancient house, the door of the store was open, and the bottles and cans that had been placed for a long time were wiped clean and neatly placed on the Bogu shelf.

Looking at the father sitting in the shop, Xiao Ni felt a little trance through a thick white fog, she seemed to have not gone upstairs directly from the shop for a long time, I really missed that time! Dad would always pull her to tell her the ancients, telling the story of the old man in the jade pot spring bottle and the fat boy in the inkstone.

"Daddy!"

Xiao Ni smiled happily and called out to the man sitting in the shop, and the bottles and cans also showed their shadows one by one, standing behind him, laughing and watching her run to her.

"Oops! Xiao Ni is back!"

The fat boy who had become a small round ball jumped out and blocked Xiao Ni who was just about to enter the door, looking at her with a smile, playing with her, just not letting her enter the door.

Xiao Ni was a little anxious, but the little fat man in the inkstone was very familiar with her, and she didn't want to lose her temper with him, so she had to smile apologetically at her father, thinking in her heart, Dad is so good, he will definitely not be angry.

Before Xiaoni finished arguing with the little fat man, her familiar voice came from the second floor, and her mother seemed to be calling her to eat: "Xiaoni! ”

"Oh!

Xiao Ni was shocked, yes! and my sister!

Li Shu, dressed in red, floated down from the portrait and said with a smile: "I'll call it!"

Saying that, without waiting for Xiao Ni to react, the figure in red turned around and drifted away, but what made Xiao Ni a little puzzled was that the direction she was going was outside the door, didn't my sister rest on the third floor?

Thinking of this, Xiao Ni looked at her father uneasily, and vaguely felt that the father she saw this time seemed to be a little different from before, and the eyes that had been smiling made her unable to see clearly.

The little fat man was still messing with her, but her father's appearance made Xiao Ni a little scared, she hadn't seen her father for a long time, and she didn't want to make him angry, thinking of this, Xiao Ni subconsciously pushed the little fat man, but she didn't expect that under her push, a touch of sadness suddenly flashed on the little fat man's face, and pushed her out at once, so strong that she didn't pay attention to it, and took three steps back.

"Bang!" Like a balloon bursting, the faint phantom of the little fat man suddenly exploded, and a burst of spirit dissipated like light smoke.

Gu's father, who had been smiling faintly and watching Xiao Ni laugh, slowly put down his hand, and said a sentence that made Xiao Ni creepy without saying a word: "I don't know whether to live or die." ”

"Xiaoni, I asked you to call my sister back for dinner, why don't you go?"

There was a scream from her mother on the second floor, and there was inexplicable anger and a hint of fear in the shout, which made Xiao Ni, who was pushed out of the door by the little fat man, at a loss, what should she do?

Where is she going to find her sister?

It seemed to be disturbed by the sound from the second floor, Gu's father's face was a little sneering, and his gaze at Xiao Ni suddenly became cold, and he said word by word: "Wife, we only have one daughter, and she has no sister!"

The cold words smashed into Xiao Ni's ears like ice ballast, nailed into her heart.