Chu Feng sat at the table, twisting the ink strip in his right hand, grinding slowly and evenly in the inkstone.

He had been repeating this action for a long time, but he didn't realize that he was repeating it, his mind was just constantly imagining how he should say and do it, so that everything would be less awkward, less rusty, and more natural.

Even if he had been preparing for it for quite some time, but such a thing ...... It was indeed not something he could deal with smoothly, and he even felt that such a thing seemed more sad than fighting with his life, because such a thing was too abrasive - especially for a man like him, who was already clumsy.

The fingers of Chu Feng's right hand suddenly felt a little cold, he couldn't help but be stunned, lowered his head and looked at his fingers, only to find that the ink strips in his hand had been ground to the end, and the ink in the inkstone was dry and sticky as if it were solid.

He was stunned, and then laughed at his gaffe.

He sighed softly, took out a handkerchief, slowly wiped his fingers, and then put it away again.

He stood up, he knew that he couldn't wait any longer, that there was no point in his meditation like this.

Whatever happens, just do it first.

Chu Feng took a deep breath, then opened the door.

There was a woman standing in the doorway.

A woman in a turquoise dress, a simple ebony hairpin passed through the gap between the hairs, and the long cyan hair that was as crystal as jade was curled up at the back of her head casually and gracefully, and under the slender eyebrows was a pair of calm and slightly stunned eyes.

The moment the four eyes met, everything in the world returned to nothingness, and Chu Feng only felt that countless thunderbolts exploded in his mind one after another.

At that moment, everything was completely dimmed and lost its luster, and only this person in front of him was left in the world, the only person.

The corners of her pale red lips lifted slightly, and her slender eyebrows also raised slightly, before she asked softly, "Are you back?"

Chu Feng was stunned, then laughed with relief, nodded, and said, "Well, I'm back." ”

"Are you still leaving?" she asked.

Chu Feng nodded and said, "I still have to go." ”

She smiled too, and after a while, she said, "Do you want to come back after leaving?"

Chu Feng thought for a while and nodded solemnly: "You're coming back, where are you going...... Will be back. ”

She couldn't help but chuckle, leaned slightly sideways, walked into the room from Chu Feng's side, looked at the inkstone on the table that was filled with sticky ink, couldn't help but turn her head, looked at Chu Feng, and said with a bit of teasing: "Have you been grinding for a long time?"

Chu Feng turned around and closed the door with his hand, nodding a little embarrassedly.

She sat down casually next to the desk, picked up the teapot on the case, turned over the teacups in the saucer, slowly filled two cups, and then looked at Chu Feng, who was a little cramped, and said with a smile: "What are you doing so cramped, am I more terrifying than the Great Ming Zun in the underworld and the Great Emperor of the Burial of the Earth?"

Chu Feng could only cough a few times before sitting down opposite her, took the teacup from her hand, held the teacup in his hand, lowered his head and took a sip slowly, before he raised his head and looked at Liwan's beautiful eyes and asked, "How have you been doing all these years?"

Li Wan looked at him with a smile, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and he said for a long time: "I thought you would wait for me to speak." ”

Chu Feng laughed a few times, scratched his head, and said more and more embarrassed: "How can I be, I'm just ......"

Liwan held his cheeks with one hand, and played with a strand of green silk from his sideburns between his slender fingers with the other, and asked with a little urgency: "Just what?"

Chu Feng was silent for a moment before he replied very seriously, "I'm a little scared." ”

Liwan was slightly stunned, and the hand around Qingsi trembled so much that she couldn't help but "hiss" softly, and only asked after a while, "What are you afraid of?"

Chu Feng pursed his lips slightly, clenched the teacup in his hand and said, "I'm afraid...... A lot of things change. ”

Liwan was stunned, and then said with a smile: "Yes, after all, after so many years, for mortals, it is almost the length of a lifetime, and many things will change, whether it is a person, a thing, or a feeling." ”

Chu Feng nodded and said, "I've lived a little long in the world over there, so long that I have clearly returned to this world, and I want to pretend that I have only been away from here for sixty years, but I still can't change the feeling of alienation that is almost cut off from the whole world." Everything still seems so familiar to me, and everything seems so strange anymore. ”

Liwan lowered his head, looked at his own reflection in the teacup, and said, "So you want to say that you have actually changed?"

Chu Feng was silent, didn't answer for a long time, just looked at Liwan calmly.

Liwan raised his head, also looked at Chu Feng calmly, and without waiting for Chu Feng to speak, he began to speak slowly: "During the years of your absence, it was a pain and torture for me at the beginning. I don't know if you'll be able to come back, when you'll be back, if I'll be too old to look good when you come back - I'd rather be a pile of dry bones than that. ”

Over time, the pain has lessened. Liwan said, looking at Chu Feng, "Gradually, there will be no more pain." ”

Chu Feng was slightly stunned, with some confusion in his eyes, looking at Lihuan, waiting for Lihuan's next step.

Liwan paused again before continuing: "Because I decided not to wait for you, waiting for a person who has no return date is too painful for anyone, and no one can withstand that kind of torture." ”

Chu Feng pursed his lips and nodded, his expression a little unnatural.

"But that feeling is still there. Liwan said suddenly.

Chu Feng was stunned and looked at Liwan.

Liwan smiled before he said, "For a monk, sixty years is one-seventh or eighth of a life, and when converted into the lifespan of a mortal, it is only eight or nine years. Although I don't have that long-term affection, a relationship that hasn't changed for eight or nine years is not a big deal...... After all, our relationship isn't that fragile yet, is it?"

Chu Feng pursed his lips.

Liwan looked at Chu Feng and continued, "So...... There is no need to be afraid of anything. When you are tired, come here, rest in peace, leave when you have something to do, and do your thing with confidence. I will not forcibly keep you, nor will I forcibly pester you, because ...... I want this to be your home and make you feel comfortable, not uneasy. ”

Chu Feng let out a long breath and said, "I'm sorry." ”

Li Wanyi raised his eyebrows and said, "Why do you say sorry?"

Chu Feng thought about it for a while, and then said very seriously: "For the sake of your self-righteous departure back then, for your hard work over the years......"

The corners of Liwan's eyes tilted slightly, looked at Chu Feng, and didn't let Chu Feng continue: "When are you going to leave?"

Chu Feng was silent for a moment before he said, "Tomorrow." ”

Liwan nodded and said, "Although so many years have passed, it really can't be delayed." ”

Chu Feng was silent for a moment before he said again, "I'm sorry." ”

Chu Feng glanced at him, and said with some annoyance: "I finally had the patience to talk to you, don't you understand?"

Chu Feng was stunned, then smiled and said, "Thank you." ”

Li Wan glared at Chu Feng before he sighed and said, "Although I still have a lot to say to you, but when the matter is over, if that girl is still alive...... It must still be waiting for you. Sixty years of waiting is also a kind of torture for that girl, she doesn't even know why you haven't appeared for the past sixty years, if it were someone else, maybe you would have despaired. ”

Chu Feng was silent for a moment before nodding.

"Go downtown, when I came out, my mother was already preparing a family feast. Liwan said and stood up.

Chu Feng also stood up, stood beside Liwan, held Liwan's hand in his hand, and said softly, "Thank you." ”

There was a smile on the corners of her eyes, and then she said, "Don't say thank you, let's find a way to snatch me away from the water first, otherwise...... You only have a surname. ”

Chu Feng couldn't help but smile, then took a step forward, gently hugged Liwan into his arms, and then hugged him tightly.

Li Wan was stunned for a moment, slightly uncomfortable, but he still slowly reached out and hugged Chu Feng, clenched Chu Feng's clothes tightly with both hands, and then buried his head in Chu Feng's arms, tears could not hold back anymore, and flowed silently.

"I was so scared before, I was afraid that you would never come back. Liwan suppressed her emotions and said, "I've been thinking, if you can't come back, what should I do." ”

Chu Feng didn't speak, just hugged Liwan tightly.

"But then I saw it, figured it out, and decided that life was no longer centered on waiting for you, so it was much easier. Liwan continued.

Chu Feng breathed in the fragrance of his hair, and did not speak, but hugged each other tighter, hoping that through this hug, he could make up for all the debts he owed to her in the past sixty years—even though he knew that the debt was simply immeasurable.

"But you, weren't you scared just now, why are you still ...... now" Liwan said, wiping the tears on his face on Chu Feng's clothes.

Chu Feng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I ...... me too I don't know, I just feel ...... That's it. ”

Liwan pushed Chu Feng away, glanced at Chu Feng slightly, and said a little suspiciously: "Did you learn a few tricks from a girl?"

Chu Feng wanted to explain, but Liwan had already said with a smile: "Let's go, don't let my mother wait for a long time, Sister Aya, Xu'er and they will all come." ”

Saying that, Liwan didn't give Chu Feng a chance to speak at all, so he dragged Chu Feng out of the inn and walked towards Lishui City.

Chu Feng looked at the bright moon in the sky, and suddenly remembered that it was Shangyuan today.

Home, pretty good feeling.