When Xue Yuan struggled to wake up, he opened his eyes and did not move rashly, but first looked around the surrounding situation.

It was a somewhat shabby-looking but very clean cave, the stone walls were smooth, and the warmth from the fire burning not far away made her feel just right, and the fur mattress and thin blanket covered by her lying under her seemed a little out of place, and the spiritual power fluctuations above the barrier at the entrance of the cave felt very familiar to her.

"Finally woke up?" A slightly muffled familiar voice came from the entrance of the cave, and when Xue Yuan raised his eyes to look over, the person who was passing through the barrier arranged at the entrance of the cave without hindrance had already walked quickly to her side and half-knelt down, looking down at her, with a faint smile and worry in his eyes: "What do you think?"

Xue Yun blinked, only felt that the bottom of her eyes was faintly moist, opened her mouth, her throat did not feel dry or even cold, thinking that she had been fed water when she was still faint: "...... It's all good. ”

The young man who was half-kneeling beside her reached out and pulled the thin blanket that had slipped off her because he had just tried to sit up, and gave her a blank look when he heard this: "Do you think I look blind or stupid?"

It's been a long time since I've heard him say this, and after Xue Yun was slightly stunned, he came with a faint sense of nostalgic familiarity: "Xiao Luo...... Oops!"

Xiao Luo retracted the knuckle that knocked her forehead "hard" and came back, with a look of fierceness and seriousness on his face: "Do you think you are quite powerful? With Xue Bai's calculations, they will fake their death and get out, and they will no longer have to be restricted by the Xue family to come and go freely in the future?"

Xue Yun silently lowered his eyes, pursed his lips and did not make a sound.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Luo put down his hand and sighed, sat down beside her, did not look down at her, but his attention was all on her, and he gritted his teeth fiercely: "If I don't catch up...... Have you ever thought about what would happen?"

Xue Yun closed his eyes, his hands under the thin blanket slowly clenched, and his body couldn't help but tremble twice: "...... It's me...... Didn't think it through......"

"Didn't you think it through?" Xiao Luo raised his eyebrows and turned his head to stare at Xue Yuan: "Knowing that Xue Bai and they are going to be unfavorable to you, why don't you worry more about your own safety when you think about using their calculations? This time, all the haste and timing are not suitable at all, how much time do you have to plan these preparations? How many negligences may be in the haste, and every step may hurt yourself! You ...... What the hell are you anxious about?"

“...... I can't wait. Xue Yuan opened his eyes, his face was a little pale, but his eyes were very firm: "One day at night, there is one more day of risk of those traces being erased." I've been waiting for many years in vain...... Every day and night, it is extremely uneasy. ”

Xiao Luo was silent for a moment and sighed: "...... Xue Shibo hopes that you are safe and sound, not to mention, only when you are alive can you hope to find justice. ”

Xue Yuan's eyes were filled with mist, but she was quickly pressed down by herself: "...... I know that I will ...... later I will definitely take extra care to protect myself. ”

Xiao Luo didn't say anything more, turned his eyes to look at the things he had just brought in by the campfire, paused for a moment and reached over, and took a few fruits with water droplets: "There are no people to be found here, eat some fruits, and wait for you to have a barbecue to eat." As he spoke, he put it in Xue Yuan's hand, and at the same time fished one out of his own hand and took a bite as if venting.

Xue Yun turned his head to look at Xiao Luo, who was sitting next to him casually: "...... Isn't that the fruit for me?"

Xiao Luo gnawed on the fruit for a moment, and glanced down at Xue Yuan: "I picked them back one by one, and I won't let me eat one?"

“...... Thank you. "Thank you for coming to save me, thank you for not blaming me for concealment, thank you for taking care of me now. Thank you also for your companionship and support over the years.

Xiao Luo paused, turned his head to look at Xue Yuan, and after being silent for a long time, he chuckled mockingly: "...... I could always guess what you were going to do, but I didn't expect you to hide it from me so thoroughly. ”

Xue Yun bit his lip, and his eyelashes couldn't help but tremble.

"I know your concerns. Xiao Luo casually threw the fruit that he had eaten two mouthfuls into the fire on the side, looking at the beating firelight, the expression on his face flickered: "Xue Shibo's matter involves a lot, I'm afraid it's not simple behind it." You want to quietly leave alone to investigate, and if you have a gain, you will try your best to get justice for Xue Shibo, if you are unlucky...... It's only your life. So, what do you think...... In this way, you can feel at ease and be sure?"

Xue Yun lowered his eyes and did not speak, acquiescing to Xiao Luo's statement.

"Xue Yuan. Xiao Luo gently pressed one hand on her shoulder, obviously not using much force, but Xue Yun felt that the weight was firmly pressed on his heart: "Even if we don't care about the relationship we have known for so many years, not counting the words that the master told me to take good care of you before he died, just say that Xue Shibo is also a close elder who watched me grow up and taught me many things." Don't you let me do my part in his business?"

Xue Yun opened her mouth, and the tears that had been suppressed before welled up again, wetting her eyelashes: "...... I don't want to...... Affect you. Now, she can only afford her own life and death future.

“...... The master passed away, Xue Shibo also passed away unexpectedly, in this huge world, the only thing I care about the most is you. If there's something going on in a place that you didn't know about when I didn't know, I'm ...... I will never forgive myself again in this life. His palm pressed on her shoulder, gently but not refusing: "Xue Yuan, I will never let you leave alone." ”

The temperature of the palm on her shoulder, together with the words that hit her heart, was like a bright sun, dispelling the fear of going alone in the face of danger and treachery, erasing the fear of almost losing her life in the plan, and shattering the ice that she had slowly built up in her heart after she decided to go alone.

The long-suppressed tears finally slipped from the corners of her eyes, and she turned sideways, curled herself up, leaned on his arm, and whimpered in a low voice.

Xiao Luo saw that she finally burst into tears and cried, her brows loosened a little, and she reached over her other hand and gently patted her back, but she didn't say anything intimately.

After a long while, Xue Yun sniffed, and a somewhat choked voice came from his arm: "Xiao Luo, come with me...... You might ......"

"Well, I know. ”

“...... That may be the enemy of the Xue family, or even the entire four major families. ”

"I know. ”

"I don't know how much danger is still in front of the truth I want to investigate. ”

"I know. ”

"Perhaps, we will never find out the truth in our lifetime......"

"I know. ”

"I ......"

"Xue Yuan. Xiao Luo took out a plain white handkerchief, lowered her head and gently wiped the tears that kept sliding down her eyes, and smiled slightly on her face, which was the gentle arc she was most familiar with: "You are already saying 'we', you can't run away alone from me anymore." ”

Xue Yun looked at him stunned, finally closed his eyes, and nodded slightly.

It seems that after this nod, the uneasiness and fear in her heart and the fear of the future have suddenly faded.

In the end, she is still selfish.

Xiao Luo hooked the corners of his mouth with satisfaction and touched the top of Xue Yuan's hair: "This is good, little Xue Yuan." ”

Since he was a child, he liked to press the top of her head and call her "Little Xue Yuan", at that time, he was still the eldest lady who grew up pampered under the protection of Xue Shibo, Xue Yuan was very unconvinced, Xiao Luo, who only estimated the attitude of the guy who was a few years older than her, would desperately open his hand and cross his waist to choke with him, and when he grew up, he would not admit defeat and compete with him in spell swordsmanship, trying to change his name for her by relying on his "strength". But now, at this moment, Xue Yun felt the gentle caress on the top of his hair and the familiar but long-lost "Little Xue Yuan", but he couldn't help biting his lip and letting the tears flood.

Xiao Luo silently stayed by the side, letting her wantonly vent the emotions that had been pressed in her heart over the years, without the slightest impatience.

For a moment, in the humble cave, there was only the dry wood burning in the fire, and the crackling sound.

After a while, Xue Yuan, who had been crying for a while, finally calmed down a lot of sobbing, and Xiao Luo stuffed the handkerchief that had wiped her tears for her and asked her to wipe it before raising her head, and it was at this time that Xue Yuan recognized the handkerchief.

At that time, her father Xue Yu was still there, and Xiao Ding, the master who picked up Xiao Luo and adopted him, was also still there, and she secretly ran away with Xiao Luo to a nearby town to play when her father secretly took her to find Uncle Xiao again, unlike Xiao Luo, she was detained in the family for most of the time since she was a child, and she saw everything fresh, and bought a bunch of things in a mess, until she was arrested by her father and Uncle Xiao who came to arrest people. After being punished, she was taken home by her father, and most of the things she bought were generously given to Xiao Luo by her, and they were left there. This handkerchief was bought by her at that time, and she casually stuffed it on Xiao Luo's body.

Xiao Luo was stunned when she saw her holding the handkerchief, thought for a while and asked, "First stop, where are we going?"

Xue Yun came back to his senses, wiped his face twice with a handkerchief, took a deep breath and calmed down: "Chen Zhou." ”

"Chen Zhou, no wonder you have to go to great lengths to escape from the Xue family...... The road is far away, even if you take the shuttle, it will take half a month, if you are still restrained by the Xue family, you will never be able to leave so far easily. Xiao Luo raised his eyebrows: "Before, you hid everything from me and refused to tell me, but now...... Can you tell me about it?"

Xue Yuan needs to go to many places, leaving the land of Mianzhou, where the Xue family is located, and spending a lot of time and effort to find out the truth, with her current identity and situation in the Xue family, she can't easily avoid everyone's eyes and ears to do these things, once it is discovered that not only she is in danger, but those truths and traces are more likely to be concealed and covered up and can no longer be known. She had to find a way to make the illusion that she had been killed, not to let the Xue family find her traces again, and to relax their vigilance.

“...... The content on Daddy's Codex has begun to become a little strange since his trip to Chenzhou. I speculate that there ...... Xu was the beginning of this matter. ”