It occurred to me that there was someone who might be able to help me.

"Chen Zhi, I still want to eat an ice cream from that store today, otherwise you should go home first, it's so hot today, I'm afraid there will be rain."

Chen Zhi thought for a while and said, "Okay, then you should go and go back quickly, don't get caught in the rain." ”

"I know." I smiled and ran as fast as I could for the "wind-dwelling street". Since that day, Chen Zhi and I have frequented the streets where Feng lived. One likes the quiet environment here, and the other is that I know one of the few people of my kind. As time went on, I grew closer to the master-servant, and Kaoru would sometimes sit directly next to me, playing with the lavender in her hand.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the store, I saw Xia Xiaoya, who was wearing a long white dress, standing at the turtle and slowly delivering a stack of letters. The door of the store has been hung with a "rest" sign, and the store is empty, there are no clerks, only Kaoru is playing with a lot of lavender.

"It's unfortunate that our store closed early today, so if you want to eat mint ice cream, let's come back tomorrow." Xia Xiaoya said while tidying up the letters.

After a moment's hesitation, I said, "I'm here today because I actually have other things to do, about lonely spirits. ”

Xia Xiaoya subconsciously glanced at Xiao Xun in the store, her eyes were full of puzzlement, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Did Kaoru tell you about her wishes or something?"

She smiled and said, "Of course not, the lone spirit doesn't talk to his master about his wishes, and for most solitary spirits, the master's wishes are theirs. Moreover, according to my observation, An Yin is definitely not the kind of lonely soul who will talk to you about life and ideals. He should have said no more than ten words to me by now. Xia Xiaoya crossed her fingers and thought about it seriously.

"So, do you know Kaoru's past life?"

"Of course I know," Xia Xiaoya's movements stopped suddenly, her eyes filled with distress and sadness, "Xiao Xun was a poor child in her previous life, I was her mother in that life, but I failed to protect her, but hurt her deeply, I used her to get the rights and status I wanted, but I also lost her forever - my most precious daughter." ”

I was silent. Dark clouds were coming down layer by layer, covering the entire sky in an airtight area.

"In my last life, I was in the court and was the emperor's concubine. When I fell out of favor, I deliberately let Kaoru get smallpox, won the mercy of the saint, and gained thousands of riches, but Kaoru didn't survive and died in that cold jewel. I am not a worthy mother, and I deserve to live in regret forever. Everything is fair. She straightened her curly hair and smiled sarcastically.

"At least you've got a chance to make it up to her, and Kaoru has forgiven you for being your lonely spirit," I sighed, and then asked, "How did you know that?" Did Kaoru tell you that herself? ”

"Of course not, Kaoru never told me that. I learned a few things about her during the time I had stumbled into her. And," she said after a pause, "she didn't forgive me, but she never blamed me." ”

I saw a trace of tears flashing in Xia Xiaoya's eyes, but she immediately returned to a painless smile: "What are you asking for?" ”

"I want to know about An Yin's past. So how can you go back in time? ”

"The ability to travel through time and space can only be achieved by a spiritually powerful spirit tamer, and for ordinary soul tamers, you need to use some tools or ask for help from other spirit tamers. According to your current spiritual power and the resources you have at your disposal, going back to the past is simply a fantasy. She said.

My heart was plummeting, my mind buzzing but I didn't know anything, it was like walking into a labyrinth full of dead spots, and it was a dead end in either direction.

"Lonely spirits and spirit tamers are usually tied to past lives, and perhaps you can learn about An Yin's past life by retrieving your memories of your past life." Before leaving, Xia Xiaoya said meaningfully, I don't know if it was my delusion or some other reason, I felt that Xia Xiaoya's eyes seemed to be suddenly blind when she said this, without any spirit and content. I had a bad premonition that retrieving memories from my past life would have disastrous consequences. But I'm not afraid of it anyway, and that's the only way to go.

My past life? I suddenly remembered those paintings of Qi Yan, those paintings of things that have spiritual power to travel through time and space. I didn't want to wait until tomorrow and decided to go to that studio tonight and look at the paintings again, maybe there would be some clues.

It's 8 p.m., and the third year of high school is still studying on his own, but the top floor is empty. Just in case, I still used my spiritual power to hide myself. The door of the studio opened as soon as he pushed it, it must be that Qi Yan forgot to lock the door. I don't have the lights on, and I don't need the lights, so the darkness is more conducive to my movements. I easily found the paintings in the corner, and they were still in the same place where I first saw them. It's still the same pavilion, but the woman in the pavilion is clearer, she wears a mint green gauze skirt, fluttering in the wind; The jade bracelet on my wrist was shaking, and I could almost hear the sound; The woman's long hair was draped behind her, without any hair ornaments, but she was so beautiful that her heart trembled; Her face, her face was appearing little by little, as if it was constantly focusing, but it couldn't always be seen. My heart was beating violently, and an irrepressible ecstasy welled up in my heart. That emotion was all around me, but it didn't belong to me, like another person's emotion in my body. I couldn't help but be a little scared, but I couldn't control my emotions and movements.

Little by little, my spiritual power is being channeled into the painting, and the picture is becoming clearer. I held my breath.

"What are you doing?" A figure flashed out of the darkness, and it turned out to be An Yin. He walked over and looked at the painting in my hand and understood, and with a slight wave of his hand, the painting flew off my hand.

"Ann? How did you end up here? "I was a little angry and a little surprised, and stood up.

"Thanks to Kaoru-chan, I'm here! What you're going to do right now is forbidden, you know? And the improper use of spiritual power can threaten your life! You've just learned how much you know about spiritual power! "He approached me and almost yelled at me, the first time in 10 years that he had never yelled at me.

"Forbidden?" I was shocked and said, "I don't know...... I thought ......"

"The spirit world naturally has the rules of the spirit world. It was also my negligence to forget to tell you this. An Yin's tone softened slightly.

"I'm sorry......" I whispered.

He and I stood in silence in the studio, thunder roaring outside, like a house collapsing from a distance. Dark clouds were coming down from the sky, layer by layer. Lightning tore through the night and illuminated the entire gloomy studio. The wind shook the trees almost frantically, and I heard the sound of branches being blown off. Soon, it was pouring rain.

"Do you want to know so much about your past life?" He calmed down and asked.

"It's not ...... I ......, "I was so stumped that I didn't know how to explain it, so I just lowered my head, just like I made a mistake in elementary school."

"Why be curious about past lives? Did anyone tell you anything? ”

"No......" I shifted uneasily, gritting my teeth and simply showdowning, "I want to know your past." I feel like you know what I want and have been helping me, and I want to know what you want so I can help you too......"

He was stunned for a moment, and then said, "My wish has been fulfilled or will never be fulfilled." ”

I looked up at him, and the rain was pouring down outside the window, as if he was trying his best to wash the world away, trying to wash away something. I asked, "What is it?" ”

"It's not early, let's go back."

"What the hell?"

An Yin turned around and stubbornly repeated: "It's not early, let's go back." ”

He wouldn't say.