"It's finally here? I've been waiting for you for a long time. The man's face was hidden in the night, and his voice was a little raised.

He should be the master of the little Taoist.

Although I couldn't see his face clearly, I could already imagine that he must be an amiable white-bearded old man, or a dignified and righteous middle-aged man.

As I was thinking this, the lights in the room were turned on, and before I could slow my sight, I saw a boy of seventeen or eighteen standing in front of me.

He doesn't look very old, but he's a head taller than me. It's just that he doesn't have the vigor that his peers should have, and even some of them are delicate, looking like a sick seedling.

"You go out first." He said to Liu Shichen.

Liu Shichen didn't say a word, smiled at me with relief, and turned to go out.

The boy's eyes were old and heavy, looking back and forth on me, to be honest, I was not used to being looked at like this, especially by people younger than me.

His bony hand reached over and put the tips of his two fingers on my lower abdomen through my clothes, and said, "You're pregnant." ”

Not asking me, but declarative sentences.

I never thought that a Taoist priest would have the ability to be an obstetrician and gynecologist.

Just an understatement glance at it, so sure I have the goods in my stomach. Even Liu Shichen, who shared the bed with me, didn't find out.

"I won't tell Liu Shichen." He said again.

The boy led me to sit down on a chair, and the furnishings in the room were similar to those of ordinary people, except that there were many copper coins, chains and bells hanging on the walls, and a few swords that looked quite old were on the table.

Cinnabar and yellow runes were everywhere, and I didn't know where to put my feet, so I had to sit on my chair.

He glanced at the ground and said, "Don't be restrained, just step on it, it's not a valuable thing." ”

"Are you the master of the little Taoist?" I have always been skeptical of the young man in front of me.

The boy lay lazily in the armchair, looking at the dark ceiling, his eyes did not have the clarity that his age should have, and he lost focus. He told me: "My name is Zhou Mingchuan, and I am in charge of all the Taoist priests on the mountain. ”

My surprise was palpable.

Whether it is Meng Minghao or Chen Xian, they all seem to be more reliable than this underage boy. I really can't figure out why so many Taoist priests on Changsheng Mountain would be handed over to a sick young man.

He slowly took out a blood-red bead bracelet from the drawer, pressed it into the palm of my hand, and said unhurriedly: "As long as you carry it with you every day, even if you can't get rid of the things that are entangled with you, at least you can live a clean life for a while." ”

I held the bracelet in my hand, and by the light in the room, I could faintly see the liquid flowing in each bead, and I asked him, "What is in the beads?" ”

"My heart's blood." Zhou Mingchuan smiled palely: "I don't have long to live, and Changsheng Mountain will change hands soon." If you're one step too late, you won't see me. ”

I froze and turned my face to look at the boy next to me.

His eyes were glazed, and there was no trace of fear or sadness in his eyes, as if he was not the one who was about to die.

I didn't think I was a nosyman, but this time I didn't know what was wrong, and I couldn't help but ask, "Are you sick?" ”

Zhou Mingchuan didn't tell me, only said: "My heart is born to restrain evil, as long as you wear it all the time, there will be no problems for the time being." ”

He lay on the Taishi chair as if he was old, and as the chair shook little by little, his eyelids gradually slammed, and he gave an eviction order: "It's dark, you can rest here for one night, and leave early tomorrow morning." ”

His eyes were closed, and soon he stopped moving, as if he were asleep.

I stared at his sleeping face for a while, and I was too embarrassed to disturb him, so I tiptoed around the debris and opened the door and walked out.

In the few seconds when the door closed, I heard Zhou Mingchuan as if muttering to himself, as if to say to me: "If Liu Shichen can enter the door, it would be great." ”

I didn't understand this sentence at the time.

Liu Shichen was standing at the door waiting, and when he saw me come out, a warm smile immediately appeared on his face, and inertia ravaged my head, "What did he say to you?" ”

As I put on the bracelet, I replied, "I didn't say anything, but I was given a talisman." ”

He nodded and said, "It's too late today, it's not safe to go down the mountain, let's stay here for one night, and then go tomorrow, okay?" ”

I didn't have the strength to toss anymore, so I let him lead me.

There was an empty room next to it, and the bedding and sheets in it looked like they had been freshly laid, and the tables and chairs looked like they had been specially cleaned.

I sat on the bed with my feet dangling in the air. Liu Shichen took off my shoes for me and said coldly: "Taoist priests have five disadvantages and three shortcomings, and what Mingchuan lacks is life." His heart and soul are a double-edged sword, which can deal with dirty things, and the damage to the body is also great, otherwise, he can live for ten more years. ”

I've never understood these things.

I digested it in the clouds, and I only roughly understood that frequent blood collection of heart and head blood caused great harm to the human body, and Zhou Mingchuan had a short life, so it became what it is now.

"You've been absent-minded since you came out, and you're just thinking about Mingchuan, right?" Liu Shichen put my shoes aside.

I nodded.

But after all, everyone has their own fate, and Zhou Mingchuan and I are only one side, and this incident didn't make me think about it for too long.

Liu Shichen grabbed my wrist, which was as white as snow, and the beads hung on it, loose. He casually fiddled with his hand and said, "Zhou Zhou, I've always liked you." ”

He was answering the questions I asked as I went up the mountain.

I've heard a lot of confessions, but when they come out of his mouth, they make my ears red inexplicably.

From the time I went up the mountain, the throbbing feeling never stopped.

The hand he touched on my skin, with a warm body temperature, was like an electric current everywhere he touched.

I jerked my hand back and gently rubbed the spot he had touched, as if that was the only way to get the feeling to go away.

Liu Shichen sat beside him and watched quietly, without making a sound or moving, and the smile in his eyes became more and more intense.

"I'm sleepy, go to sleep." I turned my back to him, wrapped in a thick quilt.

The throbbing heartbeat was hidden under the quilt.

The man wrapped his arms around my waist from behind, his snort spilling into his neck socket, and his beautiful voice stood out in the silence: "I am willing to do anything for you as long as you want." ”

I pressed my chest and tried to keep my heart from beating.

I slept until the next morning, when I opened my eyes again, and it was dawning.

Liu Shichen was not in the room, so I got up from the bed, put on my shoes and went out of the room.

The early morning on the mountain is different from the city, there is fog everywhere, and at a distance, you can't see anything clearly.

I walked aimlessly on the road, but I didn't dare to go too far from the house, for fear that I wouldn't find my way back for a while.

There were two figures standing vaguely not far away, I looked a little familiar, I thought it was Liu Shichen, so I walked in that direction, and when I walked in, I saw clearly that it was Meng Minghao and Chen Xian.

The fog on the mountain was heavy, I thought that they shouldn't have noticed me yet, and wanted to turn around and leave quietly, but Meng Minghao suddenly shouted jokingly over this side: "Zhang Zhouzhou, don't you say hello when you see us?" ”

When I saw Chen Xian, I actually felt a little embarrassed.

Before, Chen Xian and the others came to the school to deal with Aunt Zhao's matter, and they encountered something that they couldn't deal with, and all the Taoist priests were in danger, but Chen Xian still insisted on running with me.

And then? I forgot about him as a person and forgot about him in two days.

I looked at them stupidly, the three of them stared at each other in place, Meng Minghao smiled inexplicably: "Let you say hello, what are you doing standing stupidly?" ”

I let out an "oh" and said decently, "Good morning." ”

After finishing speaking, Meng Minghao smiled even happier, as if he could get out of his breath at any time.