"If you hear about the Ascending Cloud View in the future, Daoist Ma or any other Daoist will be far away." Xiao Lei said to Shi Manman seriously on the way back to Mo Yuanju.

"Are you afraid they'll hurt me?" Some miscellaneous notes in Xiao Lei's study seem to mention this kind of person who takes it as his mission to subdue demons and subdue demons.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you." On that day, seeing the determination and ruthlessness of Bingfeng mercilessly killing the mother of the little hooked snake, Xiao Lei's heart was extremely heavy. He didn't dare to imagine what he would have done if there were stone vines under Xie Bingfeng's sword at that time. Maybe it's just like when he stood in front of her desperately, and "died" first.

"Well, I'll avoid someone like that." Stone Vine knew the danger of those people.

"Why do they have to slay demons? Even if the demon has never done anything to hurt people, can he still kill it? Shi Manman couldn't figure it out.

"Those who are not of my race will have different hearts." Xiao Lei said.

"Do you think so too?" Shi Manman remembered this sentence. She stopped and turned to look into Xiao Lei's eyes and asked.

Xiao Lei also looked at Shi Manman, her clear black eyes reflecting her own shadow. Xiao Lei shook his head, and the reflection in Shi Manman's eyes made the same action.

The wind that is about to enter late autumn is like a playful child, who likes to hide and appear from time to time to tease you and hide again.

The tiger stripe Huang on Xiao Lei's waist and the jade bead on his lap were clanged in the wind, and the two looked at each other speechlessly, like a sound picture.

The mischievous breeze ruffled the broken hair beside Shi Manman's sideburns, and strands stuck to his smooth face. Xiao Lei raised his hand to hook the broken hair back behind Shi Manman's ears, and as before, the movement naturally did not have a trace of twisting.

"I promised you to be my wife. How can it be an anomaly. Xiao Lei bent the corners of his eyes and smiled heartily.

A warm current surged through Shi Manman's heart, and she raised her hand to hold the big hand that was still hanging in her ear. He pasted his face to Xiao Lei's palm, like a docile cat.

"Smack!" The sound of the ceramics shattering seemed to shatter the tranquil scene.

"I ...... I didn't mean to. The initiator of the destruction of this scene hurriedly picked up the debris on the ground.

Coincidentally, there is no book, and what Shi Manman and Xiao Lei met was a teenager who "spoke foul words".

"What's your name?" Xiao Lei's eyes were on the young man's hands that were quickly cleaning up the mess on the ground, his hands were perfectly avoiding all the debris that might cut him, and the flexible speed of his fingers was almost indistinguishable from his movements.

"Little ...... The small one is replaced by Yuan Changqing. Yuan Changqing stopped what he was doing and replied tremblingly. Xiao Lei looked peaceful and reasonable, and only he knew how he sold the death deed under his threat.

After that incident, he was worried every day, afraid that Xiao Lei would find an excuse to disappear into this world one day. But after a few days, he not only found that Xiao Lei was not looking for him, but also that the Xiao family was very generous in food and clothing, which gradually made him let go of his heart a little bit, and tried not to appear in front of Xiao Lei and Shi Manman to remind them of themselves.

But it backfired, and he not only appeared in front of them, but also seemed to destroy their warmth.

"Can you read?" Xiao Lei still looked at Yuan Changqing's hands, thoughtful.

"Recognize ...... Knowing ......" Yuan Changqing couldn't believe it, and even said a bump in his words. He suddenly thanked his dead father for the violent way he had taught him a lot of words when he was young.

"Hmm...... It's all right, you go. Xiao Lei's words suddenly changed his mind when he was exporting.

"That's it?" Yuan Changqing said secretly, he was confused about Xiao Lei's attitude.

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In the Lan Pavilion where Mo Yuan lived, Shi Manman took the broken steamed buns and threw them into the pool, and the fish scrambled to the surface of the water to open their mouths, even if they didn't eat it, they had to struggle.

Xiao Lei stood beside Shi Manman and handed the broken steamed bun to the other party.

"Can you find out?" Not long after Xiao Lei met Yuan Changqing, he asked Steward Zhang to find out the origin of that person.

"Got it. Yuan Changqing is a native of Yuanjia Village, five miles outside Shicheng. Yuan Changqing's parents were killed by demons when he was six years old, and I heard that it was to protect Yuan Changqing. He lost both parents at a young age and relied on handouts from his neighbors until he was 10 years old. Because no one taught him and somehow mixed with a few 'dayghosts' in Shicheng, since then, the people of Yuanjia Village have avoided him when they see him, and he rarely returns to the village, and has been wandering in Shicheng for the past few years. The "dayghost" in Steward Zhang's mouth is a thief who has committed crimes for 100 days.

"How's your temperament?" Seeing that Shi Manman was no longer feeding the fish, Xiao Lei listened carefully to the housekeeper's complaint, put half of the steamed bun aside, patted the crumbs on his fingers and continued to ask.

"Although I have lived by sneaking and cheating in the past few years, I have heard that I am secretly taking care of some children who are as lonely as him who have been victimized by demons." Steward Zhang told the news he had heard.

"What do you think?" After that day, Xiao Lei carefully asked all the things about Shi Manman's meeting with Yuan Changqing. All turned to ask the opinion of the stone vine.

"Greedy for money." Shi Manman recalled all the changes in his expression when he met Yuan Changqing.

"Greedy for money." Xiao Lei groaned. People who are greedy for money are easy to meet demands, but they are also the most likely to betray.

"I know, Steward Zhang is busy with himself." Xiao Lei raised his hand and stretched half of his waist, and saw Steward Zhang's surprised and disapproving eyes.

Xiao Lei forgot, this is not Kunlun, this is the Xiao family. He wants to go back to the son of the Xiao family, the elegant and decent talent who behaves for the scientific examination.

He put down his hand stupidly, picked up half a piece of steamed bread and continued to feed the fish, ignoring Steward Zhang's eyes that secretly probed him.

After Steward Zhang left, Shi Manman leaned on the wooden fence of the Lan Pavilion and asked, "Why are you asking to check on him?" I don't feel good about him. Thinking of the greed he had seen in Yuan Changqing's eyes, he still felt nostalgic.

"I need a scholar, or someone available." Xiao Lei thinks about the nearly 20 years in the Xiao family, the childhood play was accompanied by the elders being sold and left together, and the scholar was affected because of his disappearance. Except for Yunbi and Yunxi, there are no more familiar subordinates.

"You want to test him if he's suitable?" Xiao Lei didn't make a decision immediately, and Shi Manman guessed Xiao Lei's thoughts.

"Yes, but let it be. He signed the death deed, and he was not afraid to run away. A confident smile appeared on the corner of Xiao Lei's mouth, as if he already had a plan.

Seeing that Xiao Lei had his own plans, Shi Manman stopped mentioning the matter and continued to tease the fish in the pond with food. The fish that slanders the world in the heart is stupid, and a little food can be deceived. The little hooked snake still in the sleeves of the stone vines has long lost interest in these seemingly beautiful and gorgeous fish, because they are really hard to eat.

In Grandmother Xiao's house, at the strong request of Grandmother Xiao, Grandmother Sun helped her to sit on the bed and hurriedly exited the inner room, and Grandmother Xiao's bed was kneeling in front of Xiao Yuan, who was ordered to kneel.