Although as the emperor of the Phoenix clan, although even the Heavenly Monarch had to give him three points, although his name resounded throughout the Six Realms, Ze Ran's past was not so wishy-washy. It can be said that the memories of his coming to the world were all gray before he met Nuwa Niangniang, and the pain of those experiences was deeper and more painful than the lingering dust.

The phoenix clan has been a fire phoenix since its birth, but it is the only one that is Zeran, an ice phoenix. Such a unique man, he was not loved and protected by the Phoenix clan at first, but all the clansmen regarded him as an outlier and a disaster. His people deceived him, his parents hated him, and his brothers and sisters regarded him as enemies.

When he was young, he never received a trace of warmth, and all he got every day was the white eyes of his clansmen, ridicule and bullying. It seems that no matter what he says, what he does is wrong, and if he is not careful, he will be beaten by the clansmen.

At that time, Zeran didn't know where the meaning of life was, where the hope of life was, no matter where he went, it seemed redundant. His heart has always been cold, no, has always been dead. He thought about it for a long time, but he sneaked out of the clan and found a secluded place to get to know him by dying. But I didn't want to be rescued by Nuwa Niangniang who happened to be passing by.

Nuwa Niangniang took Zeran away, treated his injuries, and passed on his mana. Nuwa Niangniang took care of Ze Ran like her own child, and Zeran also relied on Nuwa Niangniang like a child, guarded her side, and gradually became a powerful general by Nuwa Niangniang's side.

The battles with Zhuan and the Demon Realm made him famous, and his former clansmen and parents and brothers also looked at him differently. They asked him to go back and make him their emperor, but he coldly refused. Zeran ...... will always be Nuwa Niangniang's Zeran.

But in the end, Nuwa Niangniang still sacrificed herself with the Great God in exchange for the peace of the Six Realms, and he became alone again. The memories of his childhood and the departure of Nuwa Niangniang made his already cold and withdrawn nature deeper. The Heavenly Monarch named him the Phoenix Emperor, but none of those clansmen, those Divine Monarchs have ever treated him sincerely, saying flattering words on the surface, behind the scenes, how embarrassing those words are. It's not that he doesn't know, but he's just too lazy to care, those guys who are only greedy for life and afraid of death at a critical moment are not worth his trouble, that will only defile himself and the glory of Nuwa Niangniang.

As if he had a long, long dream, those scenes of the past were in his mind one by one, he frowned, wiped the fine sweat on his forehead, opened his eyes, and looked at the guy who was acting obscenely above him, secretly hiding something, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes.

"You're still peeking at my memories."

"Hmm...... I just took a cursory look at it, but I regret it now," she pulled her head down, her long hair falling on his blue coat, shaking slightly, "It's so boring, even Xiao Hei's memories are more interesting than yours." ”

"Blackie? Who is it? Zeran raised his eyebrows helplessly.

"The Tibetan mastiff that Bima raised."

"You're so bold...... The only one who dares to talk to me like this is you. ”

"By the way, I forgot to tell you, another three days passed while you were sleeping."

"......" Zeran raised his eyebrows nonchalantly, and suddenly frowned, and the look in his eyes changed.

"What's wrong?" Yingchen still looked at him with his head upside down, dangling and playing, "Could it be that I had an appointment with that fairy and missed the time." ”

"Almost," Ze Ran sat up and held his forehead helplessly, "Today is the annual peach banquet of the two worlds of immortals. ”

"That'...... Go ahead......"

"Forget it, I'm afraid it's over at this time." He stretched, continued to lie down comfortably, and closed his eyes gently.

"No, you still have to sleep! You're not here to sleep, you're going to teach me to read and to teach me spells. ”

"Teach you...... Don't want to...... Hear the shouting Master. ”

"You'll teach me if I call me?"

"Don't teach."

“……”

"Zeran, you guy is very bad."

"Well, it's not your delusion, you're not alone."

"Alas...... You guy. ”

Yingchen still maintained a head-down posture and hung staggeringly on the tree, suddenly his body lost his center of gravity and support, his body tilted, and fell down with a pop, and he dragged Zeran down by the way.

She lay on top of him, gladly looking at the hard ground below, fortunately she had Ze Ran under her pad, such a tall tree, she must have to fall into a meatloaf.

She smiled happily and looked up to meet a pair of clear eyes.

"Have you had enough of me?"

"Uh...... It was an accident. ”

"Since it's an accident, let's hurry up. You, very, heavy. ”

What the?! Dare to dislike his weight, Yingchen pinched his little waist, not fat, no meat...... This guy ...... Really......

She grimaced, and was about to climb off him, when she saw a fire phoenix flying from the sky. The fire phoenix fell to the ground and turned into a young man in silver armor, he ran over panting, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, and his cheeks turned red in an instant.

"That...... That one...... Fenghuang didn't mean it," the young man turned around in embarrassment, and his voice stammered, "It's just that the elders of the clan found out that you were missing, and specially asked me to come and see you...... That one...... What am I...... I didn't see anything, and I wouldn't say it to anyone. ”

"Hey, hey, don't go, we're innocent, we didn't do anything...... Hey......" Seeing the young man fleeing for his life, Yingchen felt crazy in her heart, and she "slided" down from the tree weakly. Ze Ran, who was still closing his eyes as if nothing had happened, kept roaring.

About an hour passed, and Yingchen didn't mean to stop at all, but Zeran couldn't bear it. He coughed lightly twice and interrupted Yingchen's words, "I'm going to the human world in two days, if you keep your mouth shut and be obedient, I'll bring you good things when I come back." ”

"That word counts, once the word is spoken, the horse is difficult to chase. Then you...... Don't sleep. ”

"Why?" He tilted his head to look at her, a little doubt flashing in his eyes.

"I'm afraid you've overslept and forgotten the time."

“……”

Two days later, when Yingchen woke up from her sleep, she found that Ze Ran had indeed disappeared, she sat up, looked at the blue clothes covering her body, and smiled slightly. This guy ...... I don't know when I'll be back. Actually, it doesn't matter if there are any surprises, she just hopes that Ze Ran can talk and come back soon.

In the days when Ze Ran is not around, it is always a little lonely and boring without the people around him. She had practiced all the spells that Ze Ran had taught him and the words he had taught herself, but she still hadn't waited for him to come back.

She sat on the tree, looked at the stars in the sky, and counted them one by one. She had often done such boring things before, but this time she was a little more anxious, and she forgot where she had counted them, so she had to count them again.

"One, two, three, four, five...... One thousand two hundred, one thousand two hundred and one...... Three thousand...... Huh? Where's the count? Zeran, why didn't that damn guy come back yet. I must have found some kind of secluded place to sleep again, I really don't understand how a lazy guy like him became the emperor of the Fenghuang clan, and he was not overthrown by the vast number of toiling people. ”

"One, two, three, four...... Zeran, this time I counted to 10,000, if it reaches 10,000 and you haven't come back, I won't pay attention to you anymore. ”

She leaned against the trunk of the tree and counted them one by one, as if she was afraid of missing one, and finally counted ten thousand...... And the surroundings were still quiet and terrible.

The liar is indeed a big liar. I actually believed his words again, and was deceived twice by him with the same lie.

"Big liar."

"Ahem...... I said, is it really appropriate for you to speak ill of others behind your back? ”

Ze Ran's cold and somewhat ridiculous voice sounded behind Lingering Dust.

Hearing his voice, she turned away excitedly, but she almost fell off the tree in excitement. Ze Ran's body moved, and he caught her steadily, looking at such an intimate posture, the faces of both of them were red. Yingchen jumped out of his arms with some embarrassment, and stammered, "When did you come?" ”

"From the moment you said you were going to count the stars, from one to ten thousand. You're so bored that you count the stars to pass the time. ”

"Isn't it even more boring than me to listen to me count from one to ten thousand?"

"......" Zeran was choked by the lingering words, and he was speechless for a while.

"Here's it." Ze Ran smiled lightly, and two red and mouth-watering sugar gourds appeared in his hands.

"What is this? It's beautiful. Yingchen stared at them, his eyes shining with excitement and spirit, "What is this thing for?" ”

"It's called a sugar gourd, and it's edible." He put them in her hand and smiled, "Oh, eat it." ”

"Hmm...... It's so sweet, it's delicious. Zeran, you're so nice. She smiled happily while eating, and kissed Zeran on the cheek excitedly.

"You ......" Zeran looked at her, a faint flush on his face.

"It's swollen......" either she didn't notice anything wrong, or she didn't have any concept of these things in her head, and she didn't feel anything wrong at all. She ate the sugar gourd and said vaguely, looking at him with a pair of clear eyes, full of innocence.

"You've got the syrup in my face," he paused, staring at Lingering Dust with tenderness in his eyes that he hadn't even noticed. "If you like it, I'll buy it for you next time I go to the human world. Look at what you're eating, and your face is covered with sticky stuff.

He took the handkerchief from his sleeve and gently wiped the syrup from her face, a gentle smile on his lips. "Next time I go to the mortal world, I'll bring you something interesting."