I held my head and didn't dare to look, I didn't have the pain I expected, but I heard the miserable cry of the thing in my ears, I looked up suddenly, and saw Chu Nantang arrive in time.

That thing was afraid of Chu Nantang, and when he saw him, he wanted to escape, Chu Nantang sacrificed his soul, trapped her and couldn't move, but he struggled for a long time, turned into a cloud of black gas, and disappeared into the air.

Suddenly the room was dark, the lights flickered, and the room was bright.

"Grandpa Zu, great, you're finally here." Bai Yiqing wiped the blood from his forehead and struggled to get up from the ground.

Chu Nantang looked back at me and helped me up: "You're not hurt, are you?" ”

Seeing him rushing over, my eyes were slightly astringent, and a warm current suddenly flowed in my heart: "It's okay, fortunately, Nantang, you came in time." ”

Bai Yiqing smiled cheaply: "How could Grandpa Grandpa really leave you!" ”

I glanced at Chu Nantang weakly: "I'm sorry, it's still ...... I'm going to give you trouble. ”

Chu Nantang smiled and flicked my forehead: "That's it." Little slippery head! ”

When we went back to the house together, I looked for Sunai, only to see her timidly crawling out of the kitchen cabinet, and I was almost taken aback by her.

"Su, Sunai, why don't you make a sound?"

"I'm sorry to scare you." Sunai straightened out the drifting sea that covered her eyes, and I pulled her past to the hall.

Sunai could see Chu Nantang, and hid behind me.

"Sunai, you don't have to be afraid, his name is Chu Nantang......"

Bai Yiqing answered: "It's the founding patriarch of the nameless Taoist sect...... Great disciple! Awesome, right?! ”

Chu Nantang secretly glanced at Bai Yiqing, who was guilty of the second crime, and stroked his forehead with faint pain: "Sit down first and talk about the specific situation." ”

Su Nai met Chu Nantang's gaze, his thin body trembled, lowered his head, and was pulled by me to sit on the sofa.

"Grandpa Zu, your trick just now was so powerful, that thing instantly turned into a black gas, and it was gone."

"It's just not for the time being, and it will still appear. Parasites are indestructible unless they kill the host. ”

Sunai's shoulders trembled slightly, and her voice was hoarse: "Only, as long as I die, won't she come again?" ”

"That's true, but maybe there's a way to break it down, so that the bond between it and you can be completely lifted. Go to a world that belongs to her. ”

Sunai nervously picked his ten fingers and struggled for a long time before he said something in the past.

In the town where she used to live, there was a little girl named Xia Xi, because she was born with a skin disease, so many children were reluctant to play with her.

When Sunai met her, her skin disease was not so serious, but she was very inferior and shrunk in the corner, and she didn't want to be close to people.

Because Sunai is very introverted and has no friends, she passes by the door every day and sees Xia Xi squatting under a banyan tree playing in the sand.

Finally one day, Sunai came up to greet her, and they became friends.

But then Xia Xi's skin became more and more serious, and the ulcers on the skin and face could not see the light, so she could only be locked up at home every day, and Sunai would go to see her every day at first.

The ulcer area is inflamed and cannot be treated effectively, and when the wrapped white gauze is removed and the dressing is changed, yellow pus sticks to it. It emits a foul smell.

Her mother would scold her, crying and scolding, why did she get this disease? Why can't you be as healthy as other children?

Xia Xi also cried, helpless and desperate.

The last time Sunai saw Xia Xi, she came to her with a bear puppet, and Xia Xi gave her the most beloved puppet doll, saying that her father and mother were going to take her to treatment, and it might take a long time to come back.

Sunai was very reluctant to her, hugged the bear puppet and said, "Xiao Xia, you have to be strong, I will wait for you to come back." Whether you are cured or not, we will always be good friends. ”

Later, Xia Xi disappeared for half a year, and only occasionally saw Xia Xi's father and mother coming out of the house to add some daily necessities.

Sunai asked Xia Xi's parents where she went? Is the disease cured? When will I be back?

Xia Xi's parents scolded her and didn't deal with the neighbors around her.

It didn't take long for Xia's mother to run away with other men, leaving only Xia's father, the last time people saw Xia's father was in the supermarket, he bought a lot of quick-frozen food, and hurried back.

After that, no one saw Daddy Xia again.

A year later, there was a rotting stench in the old house of the Xia family, and the nearby townspeople couldn't stand it, so they invited the mayor to come over and have a look.

They found Father Xia in the dim basement, but he had hanged himself and died for nearly a month.

In the corner, Xia Xi curled up, full of horror, and the skin of her whole body was ulcerated badly, which was very terrifying.

The townspeople felt that Xia Xi was very pitiful, so they organized a donation, and while treating Xia Xi, they volunteered to take turns taking care of Xia Xi's daily life.

There was a photo in the town, and Sunai invited Xia Xi to take a group photo, but Xia Xi couldn't see the sun and was very inferior because of his appearance, Sunai played an umbrella, and the two stood under the umbrella, covering their faces together, leaving the only group photo.

The photos were washed twice, leaving a group photo each, Xia Xi asked her: "Sunai, will we always be friends?" No matter what I become, you will never abandon me like Mom and Dad. ”

"Hmmm! I will always be by Xiao Xia's side and be friends with Xiao Xia forever! Let's pull the hook! ”

The enthusiastic and lively Sunai and Xia Xi made this promise, but in the summer of that year, due to the transfer of Sunai's father's job, the family had to move out of this quiet town.

Sunai said goodbye to Xia Xi, and Xia Xi cried sadly: "You said you would accompany me, Sunai, you are a big liar." Mom and Dad don't want me anymore, and you don't want me anymore. ”

"Konatsu. I'll be back to see you, and I'll definitely be back to see you! ”

Later, Xia Xi stopped talking to Sunai, and on the day she left, Sunai came to Xia Xi's house to see her, but she didn't open the door.

"Xiao Xia, I'm leaving today, you have to take care of yourself, the uncles and aunts in the town are all very good, Xiao Xia, I'm sorry, I can't help it. Sorry ......"

Sunai put the puppet doll in front of Xia Xi's door, thinking that she would not be able to accompany her in the future, but there was still a bear doll to accompany Xia Xi, maybe she would not be lonely.

Sunai's family went to live in another city, and Sunai, who was originally lively and cheerful, quickly adapted to the new environment and made new friends.

In the first two years, Sunai still remembered Xia Xi and would go back to watch Xia Xi during the summer and winter vacations, but after a long time, the friendship between the two slowly changed, and soon Sunai forgot his promise to Xia Xi.

I don't know when it started. Sunai never returned to the town again, nor did she hear anything about Xia Xi.

Just five years ago, Sunai's life changed, and her personality changed from cheerful and lively to gloomy and weird.

Xia Xi came back, and she said that she would never leave her again, it was their promise.

……

The night is so thick that it can't be dissolved, and the neon lights in the distance are gradually extinguished, leaving only the stars in the sky to twinkle and linger around the moon, indicating that tomorrow will be a good day.

Bai Yiqing fell asleep directly on the sofa. Gave the room to me and Sunai, and after Sunai fell asleep, I quietly left the room and sat side by side with Chu Nantang under the starry sky, watching the stars shining in the sky.

I turned my head to look at the man next to me, and his eyes were deep and bright, as if a star had fallen into his eyes.

Seeing me staring at him and smirking, Chu Nantang couldn't help but smile and asked, "What are you smiling at?" ”

"Aren't you annoyed with me?"

"Why bother you?"

I let out a long sigh, "I'm always causing you trouble, I'm a troublemaker. Also likes to be nosy and pull you into the water. ”

Chu Nantang laughed out loud: "It's good to be annoyed with you, but I have to find such trouble for myself, but I'm still happy with it." ”

"Nantang, you're so nice." Because he was so good to me, this time I had no fear.

Chu Nantang sighed helplessly, and handed the red jade back into my hand: "This piece of jade is very important, don't throw it away next time." ”

"I didn't litter, I just put it away for the time being."

"Carry it with you at all times, and don't show it to anyone, or you'll get into big trouble." He looked serious and said word by word.

I held the red jade heart in my hand tightly and nodded solemnly: "Not next time, I'm sorry Nantang." ”

"It's okay, Madame is responsible for causing trouble, and I'm responsible for solving trouble, a natural match."

I just felt my cheeks burn, and I buried my head: "I'll work hard to learn spells, and then I'll be able to solve the problem myself." ”

"Do you think learning spells happens overnight? The process is boring. ”

"It's okay...... Isn't there still a begonia? ”

Chu Nantang smiled helplessly and rubbed my hair: "It seems that I want to re-examine my little lady, and I will actually calculate people's hearts." ”

"In the future, I won't lie to you, I swear."

"Hmm." He suddenly replied with a solemn face: "Why don't we make a deal." ”

"What deal?"

"In the future, if I deceive you or break your heart, you must forgive me unconditionally."

I stared at the person in front of me, and had some guesses in my heart: "Nantang, did you lie to me?" ”

He just looked at me in silence and didn't speak. I smiled at him, "I promise you, there is an idiom that says nothing more than three." In this life, you have three chances to lie to me. No matter what you did wrong or lied to me, as long as you say it to me, within three times, I will forgive you. ”

"Three times, this life is enough." He smiled relieved and clasped his fingers tightly with me.

We decided to take a long-distance bus back to the town this week, maybe we can find a way to crack it, Chu Nantang said, the fallen leaves return to the roots, and bring the soul back to her hometown, so that she can really rest in peace.

However, it was a difficult decision for me, because I needed to go back and face Shen Qiushui's reproach and interrogation.

This time, he didn't intend to let me go so easily, and called me into the study with a serious face. Asked in a deep voice, "Where did you go last night?" ”

"Mr. Shen, I'm just chatting with my friends, and there's nothing out of the ordinary."

"You are a girl, you don't go home at night, what friends can you be with?!" Shen Qiushui's face turned pale, and he slammed down the folder in his hand.

My heart trembled, and I stared at him intently: "Mr. Shen, don't be angry......

Seeing that I was frightened, he finally softened his attitude: "I hope you will remember what I said to you, I don't want to have a ...... next time"

"This week, I want to go far away." I interrupted him.

His eyes were like cold knives and arrows, as if he was about to pierce me through two blood holes: "You still want to go far away?" ”

"I made an appointment with a friend to go to the ancient town in the distance to take a look and relax."

"I disagree!" He refused, but I was mentally prepared.

"I can take Yanzhi with me, what did I go out to do, you ask Yanzhi."

Shen Qiushui punched the desk angrily, almost out of control: "Zhang Lingsheng, you have wings, will you get an inch?" You always want to go out, do you don't want to spend time with me anymore? Well? ”

"Mr. Shen. What exactly do you think of me? Do you want to use me as your puppet? ”

"I didn't think so!"

Why, then, do you have to live everything the way you want it to? I was willing to come with you because of your gentle tolerance, which made me feel very kind and made me feel safe to rely on. ”

Shen Qiushui smiled mockingly: "So what? You regard my tolerance for you, gentleness towards you, and your safe reliance as a reason for your willful rebellion against me?! ”

"I have never thought like this, Zhang Lingsheng a year ago, I didn't understand anything, it was Mr. Shen who taught me a lot of things. I am grateful to you for bringing me to this city, meeting a lot of new friends, and having a different life. Thank you, Mr. Shen. ”

"I want it, not your thank you!"

"Well, I'm sorry......"

Shen Qiushui gasped fiercely, and clenched his hands into fists: "Okay, Zhang Lingsheng, you are really good!" Do you think I can't do anything about you? ”

"Mr. Shen, you may not know me well, my grandmother often says that I am very stubborn, as long as I decide something, even ten cows will not be able to pull it back. You can lock me up and tie me up like a puppy. But my soul is free. ”

Shen Qiushui slowly let go of that paranoia, sighed, and looked at me helplessly.

"You haven't changed at all." His smile, with endless vicissitudes and sadness: "Do you want to let you go before you come back?" The more closely I look at you, the more you will want to run away. No matter how good I am to you, you have never turned a blind eye, what good is he doing? What's wrong with me? You're just so stubborn that you won't look back!! ”

I watched him tremble so badly that his eyes were crimson, and tears rolled down his face, splashing tears on the cold floor.

"Mr. Shen? You ......" My heart clenched together, and I couldn't believe that such a powerful person would shed tears in front of me.

"I'm sorry Mr. Shen, I didn't mean to make you sad, it's just, it's just ......"

"Well, you go, I won't keep an eye on you like this anymore, and I won't take a rope and tie you to my side like a puppy. In this life, I just want to see you happy. ”

"I'm sorry......" I left the study with a very solemn mood, looking at the textbook in front of me, and I didn't think about it at all.

I don't know why, Mr. Shen's sad appearance just now always comes to mind, and his heart is also pinched together, and it hurts.

Suddenly, a pair of hands covered my eyes from behind, and tears fell into his palms. Chu Nantang's voice sounded above his head: "If you are sad, you can cry." I will hide your tears from anyone. ”

"Nantang, I'm sad and sad in my heart...... I don't want to see Mr. Shen like that, but I don't know what to do. ”

"Why don't you like Mr. Shen? I mean, like a man and a woman. ”

I slowly pulled down his hand, but didn't look back at him: "Because, because...... I like you. ”

"So, if it weren't for me, you probably wouldn't be so sad and embarrassed."

I couldn't quite understand: "Nantang, I don't understand, what does this mean?" ”

He hugged me into his arms from behind: "You'll understand, someday...... You will understand. ”

"I don't want to understand." I always feel that after I understand something, I will lose it forever and never get it back.

Chu Nantang smiled: "Then don't understand, let's go on like this together." ”

The freedom of this week's weekend was exchanged for a peaceful relationship between me and Shen Xian. He was confined to the endless cold war again, and he never came back after that night, and I heard Wei Bo say that Mr. Shen had gone on a business trip abroad and might not come back for a long time.

I breathed a sigh of relief, but I was still a little sad.

I'm sad that I can't go back to the good things I used to be, and I'm sad that I can't see him again as before.

The long-distance bus is the best direct bus to the town, and it stops at the city station adjacent to the town. It took about five hours to get to Sunai's hometown.

Sunai said that the town has changed a lot, but it should still be possible to find where they used to live.

There are many poplar trees planted on both sides of the asphalt road, and the sun is dazzling on weekends, and we walk in the sun as hard as if we want to step on the asphalt road.

"Sunai, your hometown is so beautiful!"

Sunai smiled shyly: "When I left, the poplars were still very small trees, but I didn't expect them to grow so big and tall in just five years." ”

"yes, the tree grows fast." Bai Yiqing deliberately brought a camera and took a lot of beautiful photos of the town along the way.

After walking for about ten minutes, Sunai suddenly felt a surprise and pointed to the alley in front of him: "It's that alley, that mailbox is still there!" When we were kids, we used to put our letters in that mailbox for years. ”

Sunai became much more cheerful, which made people look a little strange. Bai Yiqing shook his head and quietly took a photo of Sunai.

I patted Bai Yiqing on the shoulder, and he was startled: "Ouch, hey, you scared me a lot." ”

"Xiaobai, what were you shooting just now? Show me. ”

Bai Yiqing turned the camera behind him with a weak heart: "What can I shoot?" Feel free to take a picture of the beauty here. ”

"Nonsense! I can see that you are quietly filming ......"

Bai Yiqing covered my mouth: "Okay, I'll show you, don't shout." ”

As he spoke, he handed me the camera in his hand, and I couldn't see that his photography skills could be so good, and Sunai was under his lens. It's so beautiful, the moment I captured it, I almost didn't recognize it.

"Now, I'll give it back to you, candid maniac."

"Me!" Bai Yiqing stared, staring at me and couldn't say a word.

"Alright, I'll keep it a secret for you."

Who knows, he also blushed that handsome face: "What...... What secret? Sling the bull! ”

Saying that, I turned around and strode towards Sunai, I took the umbrella in my backpack and held it high, Chu Nantang appeared under the umbrella, and said two words softly: "Bad fate." ”

I pursed my lips a little sadly: "Nantang, can you see through other people's lives?" ”

He took the umbrella in my hand and said as he walked forward, "You can count the fate of the sun." ”

My eyes widened and I admired it with great admiration: "Have you counted my fate?" ”

"Nope." He sighed a little wistfully: "Counting people's lives is to fold merit, and it is necessary to pay the price for penetrating the heavenly machine." ”

"That'...... Have you done the math for yourself? ”

He was silent for a long time, and when I thought he wouldn't answer, I said, "Master calculated for me, saying that when I was twenty-three years old, there was a great calamity. ”

"And then?"

"Later......" he turned to look at me, laughing and crying, "and then I died." Twenty-three years old. ”

I didn't know how to answer for a while, but when he said this, his face was clear and calm, and he seemed to be relieved.

But I always felt that it was just the side he wanted to show me, but I never really got into his heart.

"That ......," I thought about it, and said casually, "You teach me fortune-telling, and when I learn it, I will also calculate a hexagram for myself." If you look at my future life, you can prevent it from happening. ”

He laughed out loud: "Luck can be changed." Life can't be changed, and changing luck is just a consuming of the good luck that your life hasn't opened in advance. So I never told you, so what do you know? The good and the bad, we all go through. ”

"When you say that, you always feel a little sad inexplicably." I hung my head in frustration.

"Life is just a few decades, use the limited time to be happy and do what you want to do." He took my hand and walked down the alley.

Many times, I am obsessed with his free and indifferent, but this kind of free and easy, and I feel a sense of distance, obviously he is by his side, but he feels as far away as the stars in the sky, out of reach.

"Yes, there is! This is my old home! Sunai smiled and waved back to us.

We quickened our feet and came to her door.

Sunai's smile gradually faded again: "I haven't lived in it for a long time, it's all shabby, and I was really happy when I was a child." ”

She squatted down in a nearby flower garden and looked for it, turned over a large rock, and took out a bunch of keys: "It's still here." ”

When we were about to open the door, suddenly an aunt came from afar, stared at us for a long time, carried a vegetable basket, and asked suspiciously: "......Who are you?"

Sunai looked at her for a long time, and his smile brightened: "Is it Aunt Zhao?" I'm Nana! Do you remember me? ”

"Nana?" Aunt Zhao took Su Nai's hand, looked up and down, and looked surprised: "Oh, it's really Nana!" I've grown up, but my eyes and nose haven't changed! You haven't been back in years, have you? ”

"Well, it's been five years."

Aunt Zhao looked up at us again: "This is your friend?" ”

"It's my classmate."

Aunt Zhao nodded thoughtfully with a smile and looked at the sky: "I have to go home to cook, Nana, remember not to go out at night." ”