Bidding farewell to Zhao Ling'er, when Yan Bei and Shi Jieren walked out of the palace, the sky was already dark.

Today is not a major festival, just an ordinary night in Nanzhao, the vendors closed their stalls and went home, the pedestrians on the road gradually decreased, and finally it was quiet enough to clearly hear the footsteps of the two walking.

After leaving the palace, Shi Jieren didn't speak, walking in front alone, looking ahead, but there was no focus, as if he had seen a farther place through time and space.

Having been with him for so long, this was the first time Yan Bei had seen him show such a look, a little confused and a little lonely.

Walking in the streets and alleys, he was out of place in a black robe.

It was as if he were just a passer-by in this world.

He is actually just a young man in his early twenties, at this age, according to the customs of Nanzhao, he should have married a good wife, gave birth to a son or a daughter, and was busy every day for the happiness of the family.

You may encounter difficulties, but at least you won't feel lonely and lost.

"Do you have a dream?" Yan Bei suddenly asked, and when he turned his head to look at him, he added, "I mean your dream when you were a child, not to destroy the world. ”

"I didn't want to destroy the world, I just wanted to recreate a perfect world." He took the trouble to explain his thoughts, and after explaining, he shook his head and replied, "There are no other dreams." ”

"Really?" She hadn't missed the hesitation in his eyes.

Shi Jieren didn't speak, just looked up at the starry sky, raised his slender fingers, pointed to the brightest star in the sky, and asked her:

"Do you know why the position of this star is always in the north?"

Yan Bei looked up and saw that it was the Big Dipper, and said with a smile: "Because it has always been in the north." ”

Shi Jieren was puzzled, "But we people keep walking, how can it stay still?" ”

"Because the earth also turns." Yan Bei looked at him strangely and asked, "Why are you suddenly interested in this?" ”

"I just think there are still a lot of unknowns in this world, and I'm just curious." He explained.

Yan Bei raised his eyebrows, remembering Shi Jieren's theory of the circle of the earth in the plot, and suddenly felt that as long as there was correct guidance, he might be able to become a great scientist.

Thinking of this, Yan Bei laughed, pointed to the earth under his feet, and asked him, "Do you think the earth is round or square?" ”

I didn't expect her to discuss such a question with herself, Shi Jieren was surprised, and suddenly became interested.

"I discovered a long time ago that the earth moves, so there is day and night, and I have guessed that the earth may be round," he said. ”

"So, five years ago, I set out from the east bank of Nanzhao and went west, I thought I would go to the end of the world, but I didn't expect to return to the dot, so I said that the earth is round, do you believe it?"

Hearing this, Yan Bei suddenly remembered the picture in his study that only had a circle, and asked curiously:

"Since ancient times, the saying handed down by the ancestors is that the sky is round and the earth is round, and the people also insist on believing in the experience left by their predecessors.

"The words of the predecessors are not all right, I personally proved it right with my actions, then it is the correct answer, even if it causes public anger, it is only for a while, and when more and more people practice it, people will understand that what I said is right."

After Shi Jieren finished explaining, seeing that Yan Bei seemed to know a lot, he tentatively pointed to the stars in the sky and asked her, "Do you know what those stars are?" ”

"They?" Yan Bei pointed to the stars in the sky and replied with a smile: "Some of those stars are planets, some are stars, and the book I gave you also has this knowledge, you can go back and read it for yourself." ”

Hearing this, Shi Jieren, who originally just wanted to test it, was shocked, his eyes subconsciously narrowed, and he re-examined the person in front of him.

"Who the hell are you?"

"I said it a long time ago, why don't you believe it?" She looked at him helplessly.

Shi Jieren couldn't help but sneer: "Whether you can believe it or not, you should know better than me." ”

"Then you just don't believe it?" She looked helpless and asked rhetorically, "Then how do you want me to prove that you are willing to believe it?" ”

How to prove it?

Shi Jieren frowned, he didn't know what the meaning of such a proof was.

It's okay if she's not his own mother, with her knowledge, they can be friends.

But if she is, a woman who abandons her children at will, he really can't forgive!

But...... Is it really unforgivable?

"Why did you save me that day?" He asked, his eyes full of confusion, as if what an incredible thing this was.

Yan Bei didn't react to what he was asking at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he realized that he was asking again a month ago, in the broken temple, she blocked Mo Yixi's flying sword for him.

This kind of thing has almost become her instinct, is there anything surprising about it?

"I see you're in danger, and I happen to have that ability, so I'll save you, what? You're just remembering now to thank me? She smiled playfully, looking at him with fox-like cunning eyes, so bright that he hurriedly looked up at the sky.

"What's your reaction? Excuse me? She didn't intend to let him go, but ran up to him in amusement, standing on tiptoe so that he couldn't help but look at herself.

There was nowhere to escape, and he could only look at her sparkling eyes uncomfortably.

"You're the first to come to my rescue." He said very seriously.

Yan Bei was stunned and asked him suspiciously, "What about Elder Shi?" Didn't he save you? ”

"Him?" As if asked, his eyes gradually lost focus, as if he was recalling something......

"Father-in-law! Help me! Come and save me! ”

The little boy who was about ten years old desperately clung to the vines on the edge of the cliff, looking at the bottomless cliff at the bottom of his feet, his face full of panic.

He shouted loudly, and finally a young man was called.

The man wore a blue turban on his head and wore the clothes of Miao Jiang, and he was a native of Nanzhao.

"Jieren, don't be afraid, grab the vines, I'll pull you up!"

The man admonished loudly, his tone was calm, not impatient, and unprovoked to make people feel reassuring.

The little boy stopped shouting, obediently obeyed the man's command, clung to the vine, closed his mouth, and used all his strength in his hands.

Soon, the man climbed the protruding rocks from the cliff and moved them down from the ground, and he climbed the protruding rocks with one hand and stretched out the other hand and handed it to him.

"Come, give me your hand, slow down, don't be in a hurry, give me your hand slowly."

Listening to the man's voice, the little boy smiled and happily handed over his little hand.

The man grabbed his hand and lifted him up, and the two of them clinged to the rock wall, the little boy showing a relaxed smile for the rest of his life, while the man frowned, his serious face full of anger.