"Xiao Luo, before leaving, I want to tell you. I...... Like yours. ”

After Xue Yun finished saying this, he buried his head in Xiao Luo's shoulder, and the arm around his waist couldn't help but tremble.

It's just that......

There was a long silence, but I didn't see him react.

Her heart sank a little, and she became more and more worried, and slowly gritted her teeth and mustered up her courage, and looked up from his shoulder—

Meet his gaze.

He lowered his head and looked at the girl in his arms, his eyes widened slightly, and her figure was reflected in it, bright and happy.

Xue Yun was startled, and suddenly shrank back again.

The forehead rested on his shoulder, and the sound of his unsuppressed laughter rang in her ears.

In the somewhat cold moonlit courtyard, it is particularly clear.

"Hahahaha......"

Xue Yun pursed his lips, withdrew the hand around his waist a little, and skillfully twisted it on the soft flesh on his waist-

"Haha-hey, hey, it hurts, it hurts!"

Although she screamed for pain, Xiao Luo still stood in place and did not move, and even her arms were gently wrapped behind her back, without moving away at all.

Xiao Luo didn't move, but Xue Yu still let go of his hand, and after a pause, he wrapped around his waist again, buried his cheeks in the fabric of his shoulder, and snorted sullenly.

Xiao Luo smiled and bent his eyes, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

"Ahem...... Okay, I'll just stop laughing. He cleared his throat, but he couldn't close his mouth, his palm gently caressed her back, and he couldn't help but ask, "What are you......?" Did Li Yanran teach you?"

Xue Yun moved his mouth and did not make a sound.

It was indeed Yanran who taught her, since she had the heart, it was absolutely right to cover it with a poke and draw it into her bowl as soon as possible, so as not to be taken away by others.

Of course, Yanran is also, if you don't like it after you get to the bowl, you can pour it, and then go and pull something else.

Hmm, this ...... She didn't think it was necessary.

"Alas...... Sure enough, the close friends in the boudoir are different, and they can't do what they can!"

“...... How?"

"It's nothing, it's just ...... What kind of thank you should I prepare for her?"

"Thank you?"

"That's right!" Xiao Luo's face was almost glowing with a smile, and he tightened his arms around Xue Yuan: "If it weren't for her help, I don't know how long it would have been before I heard this, I'm really ...... It's been too long. ”

Xue Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and some inexplicable emotions surged up.

Come on, it's her, it's been tangled for so long...... Clear......

"Yu'er?"

"Huh?"

"I'm happy. ”

“...... Oh. ”

“...... You don't have anything else on your mind to ask?"

Xue Yuan raised his head slightly: "Ask what?"

Xiao Luo widened his eyes and raised his eyebrows: "Look, you liked me just now...... Hey, wait, wait, don't pinch, I'll tell you the truth......! It is...... You see, you're gone, but don't you even ask me?"

Xue Yun was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Do you still want to ask?"

"Huh?" Xiao Luo didn't react for a moment, and when she saw Xue Yuan's suddenly red cheeks, she couldn't help but almost laugh, her chest trembled slightly, and the palm behind her back was slightly hot: "Yo! girl is so confident!"

Xue Yuan's voice was a little low: "...... I thought I was wrong?"

"No Sakura" Xiao Luo tightened his arms, tightly wrapped the person in his arms, closed his eyes and sighed long: "We have a heart and a soul, there is no Sakura at all"

Xue Yun let him hug him tightly, was silent for a moment, and slowly eased up, as if he was ...... Isn't that right......

"What do you think......" Xue Yun leaned into his arms and opened his eyes: "It seems that I have suffered a little?"

"Haha!" Xiao Luo couldn't help laughing again, and before someone in her arms noticed it and became angry, she quickly took it away, cleared her throat and leaned into her ear, and her low voice had a faint magnetism, which made her ears itch a little: "Well, it makes sense, so ...... I'll have to make up for it. ”

Xue Yuan's face was flushed, and he blinked, although the roots of his ears were already red, he almost couldn't help but want to reach out and touch and scratch them a few times, but because he was looking forward to the next words in his heart, he pursed his lips and waited motionlessly.

"I hope to be able to do this life, hold the hand of the son, step on the scenery of Kyushu, the years are long, this body is not destroyed, this form is not destroyed, it will ...... This heart is unwavering. ”

Xue Yuan opened his eyes, but the scene in front of him began to blur a little.

After a moment of silence, she sniffed and buried herself deeper into his arms: "...... Thyrs shall not be reversed. ”

"No, it won't. ”

“...... Well. ”

......

Xue Yun left Lingling City alone at dusk on the second day, disguised his appearance and figure, changed into clothes of a completely different style from the past, and went all the way south.

Only Zhou Yan, followed Li Yanran and Li Yanning, the two sisters, to the teahouse in front of the gate of Lingling City, and saw each other off from afar.

Until he stepped out of the stone gate of Lingling City, Xue Yuan didn't look back.

No matter how meticulous the previous plan was, no matter how firm she was to Li Yanran and Xiao Luo, at this moment, walking alone on the road, facing everything unknown in front of her, she took a step, and endless panic and loneliness rose in her heart.

She didn't dare to look back, for fear that once she turned back, she would no longer have the courage to take a step.

Originally......

Xue Yuan, who once fantasized about not implicating anyone and going to find out the truth alone, was just a shadow in her delusions.

She is like this, afraid of being alone, afraid of helplessness, afraid that she is the only one left on the road.

However, the road is chosen by oneself, and it must be completed.

If she doesn't want to be knocked down by reality, she must have the strength to stand in the rapids.

It's not just the ability to cultivate, but also the heart.

......

Xue Yun traveled away, Li Yanran clenched the red practice whip in his hand, and after seeing Xue Yuan leave, he took Li Yanning back to the Li family garden in the city. Zhou Yan thought for a moment, and did not go back to his residence, but followed the two sisters over.

Back in the other garden, Li Yanran said hello to Li Yanning and Zhou Yan, and plunged into the martial arts arena in the other garden.

Zhou Yan looked at Li Yanning, who was contrary to the previous situation and did not follow Li Yanran, and was a little puzzled:

"Yanning, you...... Don't you go along?"

Li Yanning shook her head, her eyes still staring at the direction in which Li Yanran left: "Right now, Sister will think about staying by herself for a while." ”

"Huh?"

"It's still not strong enough to be so powerless. Li Yanning sighed faintly: "I often listen to Sister A. Sometimes yourself, sometimes others, sometimes big things, sometimes just trivialities. So she kept pushing herself forward, not stopping, never stopping. Others always envy her good fortune, and she enters the country so quickly, but who knows......"

Zhou Yan looked at Li Yanning, and then looked at the direction of the martial arts arena, until there was a faint crisp sound of a long whip waving in that direction, as if the air was stained with some scorching temperature, she still didn't think of anything.

"If it weren't for me...... She could have been a little more indulgent. ”

Zhou Yan pursed his lips, I don't know if the next words can be regarded as suggestions, or comfort to Li Yanning, who is a little sad in front of her:

"Actually...... You don't have to worry about that. I think it's right, Su Run will also return to the Qiaozhou Demon Temple in a few days, maybe it can also bring good news? Even if it ...... Even if it doesn't work out in the end, it's a big deal, let's take you, secretly leave Cangzhou, live in seclusion in another place, and avoid the shameless Yuan Che this time?"

Li Yanning listened to Zhou Yan's words and turned her head to look at her, but her expression was not happy.

She hooked the corners of her mouth and shook her head lightly:

"If it really didn't turn around...... I can't run away from marriage. ”

Zhou Yan was puzzled: "Why?"

"I am the daughter of the Li family, and I am the younger sister of Sister A. ”

“...... So?"

"I can escape alone, but ...... What about the others?"

Zhou Yan was stunned, his expression a little blank.

"This time, it's not as simple as a Yuan Che asking to marry, and it's not as simple as me marrying alone or not marrying. If the Li family can stop it and bear it, then naturally everyone will be happy, but if it is unsatisfactory and I escape, what can I do? I don't know what will happen to the Li family, I don't know if anyone in the family will be implicated because of this, and I don't know if ...... "her sister can continue to be the pillar of the pillar, who is valued and treated preferentially."

"Yes...... But if it is true, the Li family bowed their heads and agreed, and promised that person Yuan Che to succumb to the persecution of the Feng family behind him, you ...... Are you really willing to marry someone like that?"

Li Yanning lowered her head slightly: "Unwilling...... Naturally, he was not reconciled. But what I yearn for, what I desire, should not be exchanged at the expense of others. ”

"Lime ......"

"I've thought about it, Sister Zhou Yan, I've thought about it. Li Yanning's voice was light and shallow, as if it would be dispersed by the oncoming wind: "If this marriage contract is really completed, if I run away from the marriage...... The most influential thing may be that the Li family will change someone to replace me, but even so, it will still be pinched by people who have already calculated everything. Nothing else, the one that might be mine...... How innocent is she? When the time comes, will she resent me and hate me, and blame me for all the calamities and tragedies I have inflicted on her?"

"This ......"

"I might ...... I have always been protected too well by my sister, and I feel that my heart is actually very fragile...... I don't dare, I'm afraid I can't afford such resentment. ”

"But it's not your fault. Zhou Yan's voice was a little anxious, and he didn't know whether he was persuading Li Yanning or convincing himself: "It's not you who is evil, forgiving, stealing, and forcing people to submit, so it's not you who should be hated or resent......ed! Just ......"

"When the real culprit is too powerful and can't be blamed, isn't it human nature to resent the person you hate to get the blame?" Li Yanning slightly hooked the corners of her mouth, looking very calm: "Besides...... Transferring what happened to you to others is not something that can be done with a clear conscience. ”

Zhou Yan's hands couldn't help but start to tremble a little: "...... I listen...... You've been in the Li family, you've had a ...... life."

"In the early years, it wasn't good. Li Yanning nodded and admitted: "But ...... It's not all bad, either. For example, Sister A...... Such as...... At that time, the five aunts who were willing to leave me a sip of hot tea, such as the brother who occasionally remembered to give me two pastries, such as ...... No matter what, there are still people who have shown kindness to Li Yanning at that time. I remember. ”

“...... Do you remember ......"

"Sister Hope...... Wish I could be different from her, wish I could...... Under her protection, with a heart of kindness and gratitude, you can discover and remember those beautiful things in any situation. ”

Therefore, Li Yanning strives to make herself such a person.

She can not hate or blame the bullying of the past, she can not care about the slow treatment of the past, she can let her eyes only look at those things that shine.

She can become a clean and pure person for the sake of Sister A's wishes.

Even if it was just a disguise at the beginning, it was a disguise to make this best and most important relative to him happy, but after many years, after pretending for a long time, he got used to it.

Li Yanran was pulled by her aunt Li Jinglan in the mud, but she couldn't go back anyway. On the one hand, I can't forget the pain of the past, and on the other hand, I envy the simple beauty under the light.

Therefore, she likes her aunt's daughter Xue Yun so much, and she likes her clean and soft heart.

Li Yanran will always remember her aunt Li Jinglan's help and teaching, even if she can't become that kind of person according to her aunt's wishes, she silently began to follow Li Jinglan's example, after she found out about Li Yanning's existence.

"So......" Li Yanning slowly lowered her head, looked at the bricks under her feet, and the emotions in her tone were no longer clear: "Thank you, Sister Zhou Yan, but I ...... Can't escape. ”

Zhou Yan opened his mouth, his face turned pale and clenched his hands hanging by his side, his heart beat extremely hard, and even hurt a little.

......

Su Run waited in the courtyard of the house, and it was not until the middle of the moon that he saw Zhou Yan come back.

Su Run stood in the shadows under the corridor, and saw the figure of Zhou Yan stepping into the door and walking slowly, he was relieved and planned to go back silently, but after seeing her face in the moonlight, he stopped, frowned, and walked out of the shadows.

It was clear that she was already walking under the bright moonlight, only a dozen steps away from Zhou Yan, and there were only two of them in the empty courtyard, but the girl who had always seen his figure for the first time and then rushed over with a smile on her face, as if she hadn't noticed anything, her eyes moved towards the inner courtyard step by step.

Su Run frowned tightly, strode over, and reached out to gently grab her arm:

"Zhou Yan. ”

Zhou Yan turned his head to look over, and his somewhat chaotic eyes settled down for a while: "...... Su Run?"

“...... What's wrong?"

"I'm ......" Zhou Yan paused, not knowing where to start.

"Zhou Yan?"

Zhou Yan tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Su Run...... I...... Am I ...... Very willful?"

“...... No. ”

"Su Run. ”

"Hmm. ”

"You're going back to Qiaozhou in a few days, aren't you?"

"Well, you're with me?"

Zhou Yan lowered his eyes: "I...... I think...... Go home and see ......."

Su Run was silent for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I'll accompany you." ”

Zhou Yan raised his head and looked at Su Run's worried gaze, and the smile on his face finally brought a little real temperature.