Chapter 11: The Laughter of That Night
He's dead?
The old man's voice was soft, but it was serious, and it contained a faint accusation. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The moment he heard the news, although Ran Hanchuan was shocked, there was an inexplicable pleasure in his heart, and this was something that the old man seemed to see from his eyes.
The old man sighed and said, "Did you do it?" ”
Ran Hanchuan shook his head, adjusted his fluctuating mood, and said, "No." ”
"You hate them so much?" In silence, the old man spoke abruptly.
Ran Hanchuan was stunned, didn't hide it, and said, "Yes." ”
"So, did you do it?"
"It's not."
The old man shook his head, suddenly turned around, a pair of old eyes flashed, and looked at Ran Hanchuan carefully. Ran Hanchuan was stared at by the old man like this, and he also felt uncomfortable, looking at the old man's appearance, at least he felt that the old man had no ill will towards him, and even there seemed to be an indescribable emotion in his eyes.
"What's your name?" The old man asked suddenly.
"Ran Hanchuan."
"Ran Hanchuan, Hanchuan." The old man muttered in his mouth, and the wrinkled corners of his mouth slowly lifted into a kind smile.
"Hanchuan, maybe you don't know, I took this name of yours."
The old man's words exploded in Ran Hanchuan's mind like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Ran Hanchuan looked at the strange and kind old man in front of him blankly, a big hand on his head, and Ran Hanchuan's heart trembled inexplicably at this time.
"Child, maybe you should call me Shizu." The old man smiled.
"Master?" What these two words contain may be the indissoluble bond between Ran Hanchuan and the old man in front of him, decades ago, before he was born in this world.
"Who are you?"
"I'm your father's master!" The old man stroked the big hand on Ran Hanchuan's head, and Ran Hanchuan felt that he was trembling slightly. Raising his head, he looked carefully at the old man in front of him for the first time, his ancestor, his father's master, Ran Hanchuan was excited, and there was a crystal teardrop in the corner of his eye. And the old man, behind Gu Lan's calm face and kind smile, the excited look could no longer be concealed. The old man's long-calm mind completely stirred up the long-lost waves on this day.
"Old man Hua Chengfeng, if you don't dislike it, you can call me, Grandpa Hua." The old man breathed deeply in the warm air of the setting sun, as if trying to calm his turbulent mind.
Grandfather? This strange and familiar word, Ran Hanchuan should be called "grandfather" for the old man, but the grandfather in front of him is his father's elder and his ancestor, and he may be a rare close person in this world. Grandfather? His heart was still hesitating, hesitating, looking at the excited expression of the old man in front of him, and feeling the trembling of excitement in his head.
The old man in front of him, the time he spent with him was only half a pillar of incense, in such a short time, he actually had an extra grandfather, a close grandfather? Holding back the tears in the corners of his eyes, Ran Hanchuan finally stopped hesitating, maybe this sound, he was no longer alone.
"Grandpa." Ran Hanchuan's voice also trembled, and the tears in the corners of his eyes finally slipped down his cheeks.
"Hey." The old man's equally trembling voice responded to this "grandpa", and the old but still strong arm hugged the tear-stained child in front of him in his arms, and the old man was still in tears after all.
In thirteen years, Ran Hanchuan has only one relative, Yun Xingtian, but his only relative was nowhere to be found three years ago. Although Deng Manquan also took care of him for three years, the kind of dependence on his relatives and the sense of intimacy was not strong. And now, in this strange place, with a gentle call from a strange old man, everything has become familiar and turned into that long-lost sense of intimacy.
The grandfather and grandson who met for the first time did not have any mustard, and greeted each other until the afterglow of the sunset slowly dissipated in the sky.
"If you want to know, then I'll tell you when you pass the trial first." Hua Chengfeng patted Ran Hanchuan's little shoulder and gave an encouraging look.
Shicai, Ran Hanchuan asked about his parents, Hua Chengfeng just shook his head and did not reveal any news to him, which made Ran Hanchuan's little face full of disappointment.
"Good!" Ran Hanchuan nodded vigorously.
"Hankawa."
"Huh?"
Hua Chengfeng suddenly became serious and said, "Let me ask you again, does the death of those five teenagers have anything to do with you?" If you tell you the truth, if you really did it, I will protect you. ”
Ran Hanchuan thought about it, and finally shook his head and said, "It's really not me, Grandpa Hua, I was knocked out by the five of them at that time." Speaking of this, Ran Hanchuan's voice actually thinned, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed, and his face was a little red.
"Later, I came out of the valley in a daze, and then I met Xiaotian, who took care of me until I woke up."
"Xiaotian?"
"yes, it's the little girl with me."
"Hmm." Hua Chengfeng's brows furrowed again, I really don't know how many times I have frowned today, it seems that I haven't had a headache like today for more than ten years, right? Hua Chengfeng thought in his heart, shook his head helplessly, and said, "That's it, I believe you are, but the Xiaoqing you said, when you finish the trial, you still bring it to me to see." ”
"Okay" Ran Hanchuan in the previous conversation, has already roughly told Hua Chengfeng about his experience in the past ten years, although Hua Chengfeng believes that it is not Ran Hanchuan, but he still cares about the green wolf that was replaced by Xiaoqing.
"Well, it's not too early, let's go back, let's rest for a night, tomorrow's trial is not easy!" Hua Chengfeng admonished.
"Well, then grandpa, can you tell me the content of tomorrow's trial? How can you say that the relationship between the two of us is there! Ran Hanchuan suddenly smiled slyly.
Hua Chengfeng lightly tapped Ran Hanchuan's forehead with a finger, and said with a smile: "You little slippery head, don't be delusional, work hard yourself!" ”
Where Ran Hanchuan and Hua Chengfeng were, it was a remote corner far away from the gathering place of the teenagers. After Ran Hanchuan left, Xiao Tian seemed to inadvertently aim in the direction where the old and the young were walking. Mi Li on the side seemed to be quite idle, and when he saw Xiaotian's eyes drifting to the side, he would laugh and say, "Yo, Sister Xiaotian, are you looking forward to the stars and the moon?" ”
Xiao Tian at first hugged Mi Li, a simple little fat man, with a coquettish smile, and with the fat man's tireless appearance, now he is indifferent to this mockery without any new ideas. Even the arrogant young man not far away was annoyed: "You dead fat man is not annoying! ”
At the same time, a small figure "swished" and jumped to Xiao Tian's head, the small body was like a few months old puppy, the blue hair was soft and shiny, and one of its small paws raised at Mi Li, as if it was also dissatisfied with him. This small figure is none other than Xiaoqing, who is missing.
Mi Li pursed his lips, his head tilted to one side, and Xiao Tian vaguely heard two vague words "not annoying". In this situation, Xiao Tianzheng was speechless, and suddenly, Mi Li turned his head again, looked at her and said, "Let me tell you, I am plump and strong, and I am not fat at all!" And I'm alive and well! ”
Xiaotian: "......"
"Pounce" This is the sound of Xiao Qinghu's falling from Xiaotian's head.
The surrounding teenagers all glared at the fat man speechlessly, and everyone said in unison, this fat man is still dead.
"Ahh Brother Ogawa! Xiao Tian suddenly saw a figure, approaching everyone, the sky had not completely darkened, and after a closer look, it was Ran Hanchuan, so he beckoned.
"Yo, Little Brother Ran is back!" Mi Li followed Xiao Tian's gaze and waved his hand in the same way.
Ran Hanchuan heard the call of the two from afar, smiled on his lips, and walked towards the two.
"Why did you go?" Mi Li stared at it with wide eyes, and asked curiously to Ran Hanchuan, who had just sat down.
"Who is that old man? Do you know him? ”
"What did the old man tell you? Isn't it tomorrow's trial? ”
"Hey, talk! Why are you staring at me! ”
Ran Hanchuan glared at Mi Li, Mi Li stared at Ran Hanchuan, the two looked at each other, Mi Li was pure curiosity, and Ran Hanchuan was pure in his eyes to give the fat man in front of him a punch. Xiao Tian on the side laughed out loud when he saw this. The arrogant young man on the side muttered to himself: "I have never seen such a pig who can speak human words." ”
"Huh? What do you say? Mi Li glared at the boy fiercely.
"Fat man, be quiet for me!"
Suddenly, a coquettish cry came from among the young men. Ran Hanchuan followed the sound and saw that it was the girl in the snow-white robe, looking at Mi Li with a pair of beautiful eyes that were extremely impatient.
Mi Li was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and saw the girl, then turned back like lightning, and then with a "whoosh", a chubby little face immediately turned red. That appearance caused the teenagers around Ran Hanchuan to laugh. In the laughter, Ran Hanchuan looked at the girl twice, intentionally or unintentionally.
Just as Ran Hanchuan was in a daze, a small figure quickly jumped on top of his head, and a cute little wolf head hung down from his forehead, staring at him with big eyes, and those small eyes blinked smartly.
"Xiaoqing!" Ran Hanchuan turned from stunned to surprised, hugged Xiaoqing with both hands, looked at it and said, "Where did you go?" ”
Xiaoqing blinked, as if thinking about something, and then, a little wolf's head swung like a rattle.
"Poof, this little wolf is so fun!" Xiao Tian said with a grin.
"Huh? Is this a little wolf? How do I look like a puppy? It's still the kind of milk drinking! Mi Li's eyes widened, and he looked very surprised.
"Ahh As soon as Mi Li's words fell, he felt a flower in front of him, followed by an incomparably sharp pain in his cheeks, a small claw mark left on Mi Li's face, and a scream like killing a pig suddenly sounded in the gathering place of the teenagers.
"Hahaha." Ran Hanchuan and Xiao Tian, and even the arrogant teenager on the side laughed.
"Laugh what a laugh! Ah, it hurts! You goddamn puppy! ”
"Hahaha!"
"Ahh
"Damn dog!"
"Shut up! Be quiet! ”
The night was accompanied by noise and laughter, silently infecting the whole sky, the starlight began to twinkle in the sky, under the soft moonlight, the teenagers laughed and talked with each other, today's fashionable and ignorant teenagers, maybe they don't understand the cruelty of competition, maybe at this moment they forgot the only five entry places, maybe in the end, each other's harmonious and beautiful partners, will never be in the same world, even if it is still the same starry sky.
"Let's get down to business, what did you do with that old man just now?" Beside a bonfire, Mi Li asked Ran Hanchuan on the side.
"Just ask the five teenagers who had an accident."
"That's it? So long? Did you really do it? ”
"Nonsense, how could it be that I did it."
"Yes, I think you can't beat five people alone."
Mi Li's words reached Ran Hanchuan's ears, and the shame and indignation that Ran Hanchuan had faded away were hooked up by this guy again.
"You, come here." Ran Hanchuan stood up, pulled Mi Li's arm, and pulled him up.
"Hey, what are you doing!"
"Let's go, let's go over and fight?"
"What?"
"Didn't you say I couldn't win five fights alone? Let's give it a try. ”
"No, no, I'm a peace-loving person, I hate violence the most, I hate fighting the most." Mi Li's face was full of fat and laughed together.
"Besides, I'm just alone, even if you want to try, you'll have to pull up four more!"
"Oh, really?" Ran Hanchuan looked at Mi Li with interest and said, "I looked at your size, and I thought it was five people!" ”
"What do you say? Bastard! Mi Li seemed to be enraged, and the arm that was grabbed by Ran Hanchuan struggled outward, and at the same time, he stretched out his other hand to grab Ran Hanchuan's wrist, and said with a grin: "Go, go, go, aren't you going to fight?" I'll show you just how powerful my strong body is! ”
"Hey! That dead fat man, if you don't speak, you'll die! Isn't it disgusting to walk with people? The girl's angry shouts seemed to grow stronger.
"Anyway, I'm dead horizontally and vertically, if I don't die, I won't die, let's go, Brother Ran, let's go practice!" Mi Li muttered.
"Zheng" The harsh sound caused by the friction of metal on the ground suddenly sounded at this moment, Ran Hanchuan and Mi Li looked at it, the young man in white, holding a bright silver short gun in his hand, was pointing here, the tip of the gun was cold and cold, even in the moonlight, it looked fierce.
Ran Hanchuan and Mi Li swallowed a mouthful of saliva one after another, Ran Hanchuan looked like I didn't know this person, flicked his sleeves, opened Mi Li's hand holding him, patted his robe, and sat down indifferently beside Xiao Tian.
The young men gathered here, fourteen pairs of eyes, looked at Mi Li in unison, and Mi Li seemed to stay where he was, not moving?
"Brother Xiaochuan, this can't be the legendary aerial killing, right? That sister killed Brother Mi with one shot from afar? Xiao Tian looked at this strange scene curiously.
"Uh" Ran Hanchuan frowned and said, "It seems, it's not right." ”
"Isn't that right?"
"He seems to..."Before Ran Hanchuan finished speaking, a snoring sound came from Mi Li, and for a moment, everyone, including Ran Hanchuan and Xiao Tian, was stunned. Even Xiaoqing on the side couldn't bear to look at this, and covered his eyes with a pair of small paws.
"Bang dang" This is the sound of the silver spear of the girl in white falling to the ground, which is extremely clear at this moment in the silent night.
"Xiaotian, in the Howling Wind Valley, in the whistling wind, the resistance is amazing, how did your little body get out?" As Mi Li fell into a strange sleep, the surroundings gradually quieted down, and only a few conversations buzzed in the night.
"Want to know?" Xiao Tian blinked and asked.
"Well, I'm curious."
Xiaotian thought for a while and said, "Forget it, I'll tell you!" ”
"Do you know why I came to participate in the introductory trial of Xuanyu Pavilion?" Xiao Tian asked Ran Hanchuan first. Ran Hanchuan shook his head, and Xiao Tian continued: "Do you know, in fact, my family is quite poor, and I am a child of a poor family. When Xiao Tian said this, his expression revealed a rare firmness.
"My dad is a craftsman, and he makes things that are exquisite! Then, every day, my mother would take out the things my father made and sell them. Although I don't earn as much money as I can eat and wear as well as the children of rich families, I feel that my life is very happy. ”
"Later, my family had a little sister, and when my mother was pregnant with a baby, the family was very happy, and our family did not dislike her for this extra mouth. However, my father and my mother, in order to support the family, have to do more and more tiring work, I know that my sister and I are their burden, they don't have to live so hard, but for me and my sister, my father and mother even worked hard to the point of sleepless day and night. ”
Speaking of this, Xiao Tian's eyes flashed with tears, but Ran Hanchuan could see the firmness in her eyes and the strength in those words.
"I hope my father and mother can relax and be less burdened, and my sister is not yet a year old, so it is of course my duty to be an older sister. Therefore, I want to take this opportunity to participate in the trials of the five major sects, as long as I can join the five major sects, I will no longer have to bother my father and mother to take care of me, and even in the future, I may be able to improve the environment at home with my own strength. ”
Ran Hanchuan's heart trembled, looking at the thin little girl in front of him, he could imagine her poor life, listening to her firm voice, Ran Hanchuan sincerely admired this little girl, and was deeply moved by it.
Xiao Tian smiled and said, "Don't you want to know how I walked through Howling Wind Valley?" I just relied on my own persistence and came over. ”
Xiao Tian's tone was very relaxed, as if she didn't want to use her experience to bring sentimentality to others, but her gentle words made Ran Hanchuan's heart tremble. With persistence, perseverance, and tenacious will, supporting this thin body and breaking through the fence of the wind, this kind of power is really powerful.
Ran Hanchuan sighed with emotion, but also once again had deep respect for the little girl in front of him.
"Okay, don't look at me like that, it's nothing, I'm going to blush when you look at me again." Xiao Tianjiao said angrily.
"Uh-huh, but, then, you snuck out of the house?"
Xiaotian blushed and said, "How can there be, people obviously left letters." ”
"Didn't you worry your parents!"
"Well, I know it's wrong, and I'll definitely apologize to them both afterwards, very seriously. But now that I'm here, what can I do? One step away, and I made it! ”
"Okay, okay, I wish you success, it's not too early, you go and rest, there will be a trial tomorrow!" Ran Hanchuan pouted.
"Mm-hmm" Xiao Tian nodded, looked at Mi Li who was standing and asleep on the side, and said, "Brother Xiaochuan, do you think we should help Brother Mi come down, isn't he tired from standing and sleeping?" ”
Ran Hanchuan glanced at Mi Li, who was snoring loudly, shook his head and said, "Let's leave him alone." ”
After that, there was a muffled sound of "pounce", and Mi Li fell to the ground with his back to the sky for no reason, and the snoring was still endless, leaving only Ran Hanchuan and the others who were stunned on the side.
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