Chapter Twenty-Six: Rotten Wood Shutters and Mysterious Memories
Hakuya had already greeted the entire mansion before, so now all the subordinates and the people of the Kuchigi family knew that these two were the sisters and friends of the head of the family.
At this moment, the two of them plan to take a casual stroll around the house.
"Rukia, I really envy you like this, there is a brother-in-law of a big noble~ The future will definitely be bright! It's not like me, I have to fight on my own. Some Gou, who would want to endure hardship~" may have felt that the silence along the way was too embarrassing, and couldn't help but ridicule.
Rukia naturally heard that this was a joke: "Ah~~ Dabi is still saying this kind of thing, I will think that you are mocking me." Again, again. As long as you have the heart, you can ...... it."
Before they knew it, the two of them had come to a no-man's land, with no one and no room around.
"Hey, the two of you~Do you want to come here to see the scenery~~" A slightly immature voice came from a certain courtyard.
"Looks like someone is calling us, let's go, Rukia."
"Hmm." Rukia nodded, but a hint of annoyance inevitably flashed in her eyes: This stupid melon!
There are no other buildings around this courtyard, and it is extremely empty, which inevitably gives people a sense of loneliness.
In the courtyard is a young boy about ten years old, his eyes are smart, giving people a sense of mischievousness. At the moment, he was sitting on the branch of a fruit tree, dangling his little feet.
"Did you call us for something?"
"Hee-hee, big brother and big sister, are you guys faces you haven't seen before? Is there anything to do here? The little boy asked nonchalantly. Because he lived in the middle of nowhere, no one came to inform him.
Xue Chen: "This is the sister of the head of the Rotten Wood family who was only recently found, and I am his friend." The little brother is, how can he live alone in such a place, what mistake did he make and be punished? ”
"Humph! It's not a punishment. They just accidentally burned down a few houses with firecrackers, so they locked me up here, and said that I wasn't allowed to go out until I cultivated to the early stage of the soul master! Hmm~ How old are they, and when they cultivate to that realm, several years have already passed! ”
Xuechen and Rukia are both ashamed: burning a few houses is locked up, and they are locked up in such a big place, they are worthy of being big nobles, rich and capricious!
Although he was locked up, he was not abused, and he usually had someone bring good tea and food, and the decoration of the house was also extremely luxurious.
All this is due to the superb talent of the little boy, although it is not as good as the top genius, but it can also be regarded as a first-class genius. The future is the hope of the soul pill.
During the conversation, the two learned that the little boy's name was Kuchigi Hyaba, and he was a descendant of the direct branch of the Kuchiki family.
Because of his stubborn nature, he is now the cultivation of the early stage of the soul warrior, and it is not stable. In order to let him cultivate, the people of the Rotten Wood family can be said to have broken their hearts, and in the end, they were the only way to lock him up and let him reflect.
As for why the two of them came here and were not stopped, it may be because the guards thought it didn't matter if they let them in, so they didn't show up.
This clean place has not welcomed new guests for a long time, and the rotten wood shutter is naturally extremely happy, and the two of them want to play hide and seek with him.
Maybe it's a little pitiful to see that he has been locked up, Xuechen thought about it: Anyway, there is nothing to do, and it's not bad to exude childlike innocence once in a while~.
Xuechen agreed, and of course Rukia agreed.
In the first game, Xue Chen was the ghost, using a huge divine sense, and there was nowhere to hide in the hiding place of the two.
But it's not interesting to do it all the time. After that, they simply turned off their perceptions and relied on their experience to find people, and after they were found, they were not obediently caught.
The three of them were very interested in not using their spiritual power, so they laughed and shuttled between dozens of cherry blossom trees.
"Oops!" Baiye accidentally tripped over a stone and fell to the ground, and a layer of skin was wiped off his right knee that made him feel a hot pain.
Xue Chen looked at the teary eyes and sighed dotingly, but suddenly, his brain hurt, and the depths of his memory seemed to unravel something. A scene gradually came to mind.
Two small children playing in the park. It was early in the morning, it had just rained, and the ground was wet. The trees on both sides exude a nice smell.
They were chasing and fighting, and when the younger girl tripped and sat on the ground and wailed, the other child immediately went up and touched her head, blew on her wounds, and kept saying comforting words. The child's parents also walked over with a concerned look and put a band-aid on the little girl's knee.
On the way home, the older child insisted on carrying the little girl back, and the little girl fell asleep peacefully on his back, with a happy face.
The little girl's happy smile gradually disappeared, and Xuechen returned to reality.
What is it?
Xuechen touched his left chest, feeling an indescribable sadness and warmth, under the impact of the two emotions, Xuechen stood in place, thinking about what happened before. But he found that his memories of childhood were almost blank, and the little girl was completely absent.
He suddenly wanted to cry, and he wanted to scream to vent his inexplicable grief. I was depressed as if I was being weighed down by a thousand pounds of big stones.
In order to force himself to cheer himself up, Xuechen forced himself to show a smile that was more ugly than crying: maybe it was an illusion caused by being too tired.
After all, I've never heard of such a thing as having a relative.
Baiye, who had fallen to the ground, had already been helped up by Rukia: "You're injured, let's go back to the house and sit down." I'll use my spiritual power to relieve your pain. ”
Fortunately, there are still a lot of healing props in the room, and treating this kind of small abrasion is simply overkill.
In order to express his gratitude, Baiye forcibly gave Rukia and Xuechen a wreath made of cherry blossom petals and some live vines, and after the two of them brought it, they looked like living elves.
Bai Ya didn't delay with Scarlet for too long, and the thoughts of the two of them could be fully expressed with a simple glance.
As the head of the Rotten Wood family, if you want to hold a feast, you naturally can't be stingy. He ordered the housekeeper to spend a large budget to buy those precious ingredients, and also instructed the dancers in the house to perform well tonight.
Xuechen and Bai Ya mentioned the situation of Baiye, and Bai Ya just said with a normal expression: "People who can't even eat this bit of hardship don't need to be raised in the Rotten Wood family!" ”
Wow, this owner is too strict. Although it is also for his good. It's like the existence of the head of the tiger family.
This is also necessary for the smooth development of a family. Otherwise, there will be a fault line, and what awaits them is only a plummeting future.
Although the banquet is grand, this is an internal banquet, and no outsiders are invited, and all the people present are the heads and faces of the Kuchimu family.
So there were only four tables. At one of the tables, there were only five people: Hakuya, Scarlet, Rukia, Yukia, and Shiraya's grandfather, Kuchiki Silver Bell.
Although the rotten wood silver bell looks fierce, it is actually a very peaceful father-in-law. Usually treats Scarlet Zhen very well.,I've never been harsh on anything.。
During the day, I was also very happy to learn that my granddaughter-in-law had found her long-lost sister. Frankly, the Kuchigi family will definitely take in and protect Rukia.
Because there was an older person present, and he was also Shiraya's grandfather. Both Xuechen and Rukia felt that they couldn't let go. The old man was very satisfied with the new arrivals, Rukia and Xuechen. The more I look at it, the more I feel that the two of them have extraordinary temperaments, and their future achievements will not be lower than their grandsons. And both of them exuded a sense of righteousness on their faces. is not like his former son-in-law, who finally betrayed the Kuchiki family.
The old man was overjoyed, and proposed to accept Rukia and Xuechen as the people of the Kuchiki family. Rukia naturally has no objections, and from the moment she meets her sister, she has this awareness.
It's just that Xuechen refused, his surname was passed down by his parents, although Siren has passed away, but this name is already the most precious thing left to him by his parents. And how can it be changed so easily?
Although the old man was a little unhappy, he also knew that this kind of thing could not be forced. With the cooperation of Scarlet, the atmosphere of the whole table soon became lively again.
Rukia tells everyone how Xuechen appeared in the first place and how she came here with her. The part where the soul is buried is omitted in the middle. Because it's a little secret between two people.
In this world, there is a lot of injustice, and some people are sentenced to death before they are born. Some people have a long life, but they can still leave a name for eternity. Most of them don't have cultivation qualifications, so they can only live a normal life, praying that they won't be eaten by nothing. Pray that the Grim Reaper will arrive sooner.
Thinking of these messes, Xuechen was already a little drunk. His alcohol consumption is not very good, and he can pour it down in a few sips of liquor. Without deliberately dissolving it with spiritual power, his head became heavier and heavier, and he felt that the people around him were far away, and then he fell headlong on the table, making a lot of noise.
"Haha, this little guy can't drink much. It only took a few hits to fall! The rotten wood silver bell looked at him kindly.
"Father-in-law, my brother is already drunk. Let's let my sister help him back to rest first. Scarlet Zhen watched Xuechen get drunk, a little worried about his body.
Rukia naturally couldn't ask for such an opportunity. Carefully moving the snow dust on his back, he walked towards the guest room that had been arranged. Xuechen's body is very light, and Rukia feels that he is only about 110 pounds, which is in strong contrast to his height of 1.74 meters.
Xuechen's hair followed Rukia's neck to the front, exuding a mysterious fragrance, which inexplicably made Rukia feel at ease.
After Xuechen left, Bai Ya took over the responsibility of drinking with his grandfather. Both of them are highly cultivated, even if they don't go, they can relieve their hangover, and they can't get drunk with a few jars of wine. This made Scarlet Zhen, who was watching from the sidelines, a little anxious, and persuaded that wine was not a good thing, hoping that they would drink less.
Kuchiki Yinling smiled and said that he was not in the way, and Bai Ya was in the way of etiquette, and he continued to accompany his grandfather.
Rukia put Xuechen on the bed, and the wet towel wiped his face, then hesitated for a moment, and started to help Xuechen change into the pajamas that the Kuchiki family had placed in the guest room.
She covered him with the quilt. But they didn't lie down together as they thought. Instead, he turned and left.
The whole feast lasted all night, and many people laughed and talked about all kinds of things that happened to them. The atmosphere was contagious and made them all smile for the first time in a long time. After all, as a member of the Kuchigi family, he is usually under a lot of pressure.