Chapter 58: Reminiscing about the Past
Autumn is approaching, the weather is still a little hot, and only the night is a little cool.
The moonlight outside the window was like water, quietly creeping into the house, brightening Fu Xiaoling's face, as if smearing a layer of highlight on the bridge of his nose. There were also some insects frolicking outside the door, making some naughty noises.
Wen Shu's bed and Fu Xiaoling's are side by side, with tables and stools in between. Lying on the bed, you can see it as long as you turn your head to look in the direction of the other party.
Both had just come up to their respective beds. Fu Xiaoling originally had his eyes closed, but before he fell asleep, he opened his eyes slightly, and noticed Wen Shu's gaze.
"What's wrong?" Fu Xiaoling asked, Wen Shu looked like he was thinking about something, and the first thing he thought of was twenty years ago. Wen Shu was not thinking about what he talked about with his master.
"It's okay, I just thought of the time when I was in the inn before......" Wen Shu's voice was faint, and she said slowly, "I remember that when you slept, you were very vigilant, and you were always paying attention to whether there would be danger around you." But now...... In the past few days, I have noticed that you have slept soundly and peacefully. β
"Yes......" Listening to Wen Shu's words, Fu Xiaoling thought of some things from the past, how many years have passed, and now that he thinks about it, he is really emotional.
"But that's not bad...... At the very least, I think you're really happy these days. Wen Shu said. Her eyes kept looking at Fu Xiaoling, looking at his face poured by the moonlight. I don't know when she got used to being with him...... She wished he could be happier. They are so different, although they both died at a young age, she is much luckier than him, and he deserves a happier life.
"Do you think my previous laughter was all fake?" Fu Xiaoling asked her, feeling a little unhappy, he didn't pretend, and he was sincere before.
"No, I just think you've slept soundly these days, and you look more real when you laugh." Wen Shu explained.
"Probably...... That's because this is my mother's original home. Fu Xiaoling said that this is where his mother lives, and this is the first time in so many years that he feels so close to his mother. I didn't feel a smile on the corner of my mouth, it's good to stay here.
"Is your mother from Zhang's house?" Wen Shu then asked, "I thought that you and Lian Bingyue were both from the Northern Sect. β
"Well, we are from the Northern Sect. But my mother was not, actually, she was an elder's apprentice. β
"So for the past two days, the elders have been telling you about your mother......" Wen Shu didn't know what to say, she didn't mean to ask him anything.
"Hmm."
ββ¦β¦ You must have been through a lot when you were a child, and every time you come back, you're not in a good mood. Wen Shu said.
"It's all over, it's just my mother's revenge, I must ......avenge it" Wen Shu looked at him, how could she forget the revenge of killing her mother, that is, when she herself remembered the death of her parents now, she didn't feel anything.
Fu Xiaoling continued: "Actually, I was adopted by a farmer later, and that family treated me very well. As he spoke, he glanced at Wen Shu, and the two looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't know what to laugh at, and they smiled when they saw it.
"Especially my father, I always felt that he was not an ordinary farmer......
"Why?"
"When I was a child, I always had hatred in my heart. I kept practicing, I kept practicing. We live in a village next to the supernatural forest, and sometimes, I even go to the edge of the supernatural forest to hunt spirit beasts, just take a sickle and other farm tools, heh. Fu Xiaoling laughed at himself, he was really blinded by hatred at that time.
Wen Shu's heart hung in his heart, he actually cultivated little by little like this.
"At that time, it was really a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and it was not easy to think that I am still alive now, haha." Fu Xiaoling smiled heartlessly again, as if he was telling someone else's story.
"You still know how to say......" The more he said this, the more Wen Shu felt sorry for him.
"When I was a child, I often came home with injuries, and every time my adoptive father saw me, he never said anything about me, just medicated me. At that time, I felt that my adoptive father was no ordinary farmer. But he did not hinder me, nor did he teach me. β
"Your adoptive father may really be some kind of master." Seeing the child hurt like that, there was no blame or distress at all, and it was not simple.
"Who knows...... He never asked me why I was working so hard to cultivate, as if he knew everything. Once I asked him, 'Why did you adopt me?' and he said, 'How many pairs of chopsticks...... If you want to cultivate, go ahead, but you have to face everything alone. I'm just your adoptive father, and I don't have the right to say anything about you. When Fu Xiaoling said this, he also felt that his adoptive father was not a simple person. However, he raised him, and if he didn't say something, he wouldn't be able to ask.
Fu Xiaoling continued: "I also have a younger sister, she is very lively, she and her adoptive mother treat me very well, except for the time of cultivation, I have a very happy rest of the time. β
"Then why did you leave? For revenge? Wen Shu asked.
"I cultivated to take revenge, but I left because when I was sixteen years old, I hunted and killed an injured 10,000-year-old spirit beast in the Spirit Forest. After I absorbed the spiritual power, I couldn't bear it. When I got home, I was uncontrolled like a beast, and in the end it was my adoptive father who restrained me. However, that time scared my sister and adoptive mother, who were afraid to come into contact with me. So, I quit my house and left. When Fu Xiaoling said this, he still felt a little sorry, he was in that house, he was doing well, and he didn't suffer anything except for cultivation.
"Hmm...... Are you going to go back? β
"Since I left, I've been looking for the Ice Moon. Now that I've found it, I think I can go back before I get my revenge. "Because his enemy doesn't happen to be in the Northern Sect?
"Well, I'll go with you."
"Okay."
"It turns out that you used to have a good life, at least you have adoptive parents and sister who are good to you." Thinking of it, Wen Shu was also much happier, it turned out that Fu Xiaoling had not been living in pain all the time. I think so, otherwise how could he have such a cheerful temperament now.
"So-"
"So what?" Wen Shu heard Fu Xiaoling's voice suddenly stretched out very long, so she continued.
"I'm not pretending to be happy-" Fu Xiaoling's tail voice was very long, as if he was complaining, and he couldn't help laughing.
"Got it." Wen Shu also made him laugh, he can always make people laugh inadvertently.
"Shu'erβ"
"Huh?"
"Are you cold?"
"Cold? It's not cold. Wen Shu looked at him suspiciously, only to see that he didn't understand at all, just turned sideways, his face was facing her, and he couldn't see whether he was looking at himself, but he always felt that this was ......