Chapter 4: Bonds
In the dark blue night sky, the bright starlight accompanied by the hazy moon, and the stupid crazy laughter and intermittent singing came out of Mo Nianning's room, bringing a touch of excitement to the quiet night, but that excitement contained a faint sadness that could not be erased.
Li Tang's room is very simple, even a little too simple, less angry.
After he came back from the corridor, Du Sheng's words were swirling in his head, and he sat under the lamp, rubbing a small talisman in his hand.
"Why are you crying?"
This was the first thing Mo Nianning said to him, and it was at the door of the soul pawnshop.
Twenty years ago, his parents were killed by traitors, and the entire Tang family was burned in flames. In the firelight, his brother ruthlessly left him behind and fled alone, if it weren't for Su Xuan, the shopkeeper of the soul pawnshop, who came to the rescue, he might have been turned into ashes with those unjust souls twenty years ago.
"Manly man, what are you crying about, shame and shame!"
Little Li Tang wiped away his tears and snot, jumped up stubbornly, and sniffled: "Who ...... Who said I cried?! It's the wind blowing! The wind blows! ”
"Poof...... Hahahahaha......ha
"What are you laughing at? Don't laugh! ”
Finally holding back her smile, she looked at him, her eyes rolled a few times, and leaned over: "My name is Mo Nianning, you call me A Ning." Mo Nianning's voice was soft and glutinous, and the smile on his face was warm, "What's your name?" ”
"I ......" he looked at Mo Nianning's eager gaze, a little hesitant, and only pursed his lips for a long time, and looked away, "Father and mother call me Ning'er, quiet and far-reaching Ning." ”
Xiao A-Ning was stunned, and there was another string of laughter: "Why did you come up with a girl's name?" ”
Li Tang didn't speak, and sat down against the door a little angrily, hanging his head, and his eyes slowly turned red again. remembered the fire that night, remembered the tragic death of his relatives, and remembered that no one would call him "Ning'er" again...... I don't know because I am afraid or because I am sad, and my little shoulders tremble.
The laughter stopped suddenly, Xiao A-Ning was also a little overwhelmed, since she could remember, she had been staying in this place, and there were only two people here, one was the shopkeeper Sister Su Xuan, and the other was Brother Sheng, they were all gentle and powerful, and they gave her nothing to rely on, even if there were no parents, they would not feel sad because of this.
"Well, this is for you, I'm sorry."
is still young, she doesn't know how to be considerate, she only knows that Sister Su Xuan brought back a child, she just hopes that the child can be the same as her, stay here, get warmth, forget those sorrows and pains, and be her first friend.
Li Tang raised his head and saw a small amulet.
"This is given to me by Sister Su Xuan, keep safe, with it, unlucky things will never come to you again, very spiritual."
Li Tang looked at her smile in a daze, and then looked at the talisman in her palm, in a trance, I don't know why, there was a sudden burst of fire in my heart, he didn't need warmth, let alone anyone's pity, what he wanted couldn't come back at all.
A handful of hands slapped away: "You go away!" Don't worry about it! ”
The small amulet was thrown far along the arc and fell into the grass in the yard, Xiao A-Ning screamed in surprise, and threw herself into the grass, the thorny bushes cut her arms and ankles, but she still couldn't find the little figure.
Xiao A Ning was so angry that she cried, her mouth was flat, her eyes were red, and she stared at Li Tang who was helpless and wanted to come over to find her, without saying a word, she pushed him away and fled in crying.
Li Tang, who was sitting on the ground, also felt inexplicably aggrieved, and he didn't mean it. Wouldn't it be nice to ignore him in the first place and leave him alone?!
Snorting, wiping tears, looking for the lost talisman in the haystack, until the next day, Du Sheng found Li Tang sleeping in the yard, with tears on his face, but he was holding the small talisman tightly in his hand.
I haven't been able to find a suitable opportunity to return it to her, but ...... She may have forgotten a long time ago, Tang Yuanning back then, today's Litang, all she knows is the indifferent Litang now.
It's just that, even so, he deserves it.
The lights were turned off, but the air still reverberated with a faint singing voice...... It wasn't until late at night that I fell asleep dimly.
The next day, when Mo Nianning took the crazy woman downstairs, the other three people were all sitting around with solemn expressions, and their eyes were even more serious when they looked at her, and they stopped talking.
"What's wrong?"
Bai Chen was just about to stand up and speak, but was grabbed by Li Tang: "It's nothing, don't show up for the time being." ”
Mo Nianning looked at Du Sheng, he didn't say anything, not even look at her, just the smile on his face disappeared. And Bai Chen rarely echoed Li Tang's words, and praised them again and again.
It seems that something really happened.
She didn't speak, and Li Tang only took her as a tacit consent.
"Hehehe......" The crazy woman suddenly jumped out from behind Mo Nianning, biting her fingers, looking for clocks everywhere, and suddenly screamed, "Ah! It's so late! It's getting late! With that, he snatched the door and ran the way she had come yesterday.
"Huh!" Mo Nianning lost her mind, didn't catch her, and just about to catch up, she was grabbed by someone's hand, "What are you doing?" Let go! ”
Such a cold look, like a knife, will only appear when it is aimed at Li Tang.
"Go back!" Li Tang also had a black face and shouted angrily.
Bai Chen never understood what had happened between them, why Ah Ning hated Li Tang so much, and it was not an exaggeration to even describe it as hate. Although he didn't like Li Tang either, he wouldn't be so disgusted.
Du Sheng stopped Bai Chen and didn't let him come forward. Between those two people, whether it is misunderstanding or resentment, it should always be resolved, and blindly avoiding it will only accumulate deeper and deeper, which is counterproductive.
"You let go! My business has nothing to do with you! Considering the conversation just now, she just wanted to stop it, but she didn't want to chase it out, but Li Tang's obstruction aroused her resistance.
Mo Nianning pushed him away and ran out, just like when he was a child.
Li Tang took a step back, turned his head and caught a glimpse of the glass bottle in the room with a faint white soft light, gritted his teeth hatefully, and his eyebrows were anxious: "Brother Sheng, how many days is this?" ”
"The last day."
Li Tang scolded secretly and immediately chased out.
Why today? If he could get the news a day earlier, even if it was half a day, he would definitely clear all the troubles.
Do you remember the beggar who signed the agreement with Mo Nianning?
Now he is the richest man in Night City, Li Qiusheng's illegitimate son who has just been found. The content of the agreement should not have been leaked, but that kid only remembered one sentence before he fell unconscious - Mo Nianning wanted to snatch his soul.
How could he, who had just gotten everything, allow himself to go back to hell again?
Li Tang has long said that people's desires are always a bottomless pit that cannot be filled.
That "beggar" had a slight impression of Mo Nianning's face, and if he wanted to continue to enjoy such wealth, he must get rid of Mo Nianning. Li Qiusheng found a painter to paint the Mo Nianning he described, and searched everywhere.
But they didn't get the news until today, once Mo Nianning showed up, he would be discovered by Li Qiusheng's eyeliner, even if they had great ability, they couldn't resist the thousands of people under Li Qiusheng's hands.
The people of the soul pawnshop are not ordinary people, neither human nor ghost, they are sandwiched between the gap between yin and yang, they take people's souls, fulfill people's wishes, they are messengers, and they are also executioners, the only thing that cannot is to abuse their power, take people's lives for no reason, and those who violate them are confined for one month.
But today, on the last day, in order to save his son's life, Li Qiusheng will do whatever it takes to eradicate Mo Nianning by all means! It's all his fault, if he hadn't let that crazy woman come back yesterday, this wouldn't be the case now.
"Mo Nianning!"