Chapter 23: Fate

Full of wine and food, Ye Chen and Xiao Yue'er sat at the stone table. Looking at the busy villagers, there was a very relaxed feeling. This feeling is the same as when I was a child, every time someone runs an errand, I will invite dozens of tables, hundreds of tables of guests, and it will be lively. And Ye Chen's group of children is even more so, a few friends made an appointment together, and they didn't know what they were going to do, so they ran around the tables, and when they saw a table of unfinished drinks, several people rushed up, and whoever grabbed it first would belong to whomever it was. And often you have to wait until the adults laugh and scold before you end the day.

With a smile, Ye Chen looked up at the night sky, nostalgic for his time on Earth.

"One hundred and one, one hundred and two..."

"Xiao Yue'er, what are you counting?" Ye Chen wondered, why does this little guy always like to count things?

Xiao Yue'er didn't look at Ye Chen, but replied innocently: "Xiao Yue'er is counting the stars in the sky!"

"Count the stars?" Ye Chen was taken aback and looked up at the night sky. A bright moon hung high, and the surrounding stars were densely arranged.

Ye Chen smiled, as if he had thought of something, and said to Xiao Yue'er: "Xiao Yue'er, the two of us are here to compete!"

"Competition?" Xiao Yue'er looked down at Ye Chen, a pair of big eyes blinked, and asked suspiciously, "What does the big brother want to compete with Xiao Yue'er?"

Ye Chen smiled, pointed to the sky and said, "Let's compete to count the stars and see who counts the stars first." ”

Xiao Yue'er was pale for a while, then a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said happily: "Okay, let's count the stars." Tell the big brother that Xiao Yue'er is so good at counting stars!"

"Really?" Ye Chen pretended to be surprised.

"Big brother is also very good at counting stars, Xiao Yue'er should pay attention. Ye Chen said.

"Humph!"

Xiao Yue'er shook her nose, not caring at all about what Ye Chen said. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, full of vows for this competition.

"Hehe!" Ye Chen smiled: "Then let's start Luo, I'll count one, two, three." ”

"Mmmm!" Xiao Yue'er nodded in agreement, put on a good posture, and did it very seriously.

"Okay, one, two, three. Let's go!"

With Ye Chen's order, Xiao Yue'er's big eyes became extremely sharp, her expression was serious, and she put on a posture to fight, and then ...... took out his little hand and began to pick his fingers again, and there were words in his mouth.

"One, two, three..."

The expression was very serious, with a serious face twitching his fingers, and his small mouth kept muttering. There is an inexplicable laugh that makes people look at it, Ye Chen wants to laugh, but seeing her serious appearance, it is really difficult to disturb her.

Ye Chen looked up at the night sky, he had also read a lot of classics about the 100,000 mountains, and he also clearly knew the arrangement of the stars in the sky and the 100,000 mountains. I just don't know how to answer it.

The 100,000 mountains correspond to the 100,000 stars in the sky. Each mountain represents a star, and Ye Chen's eyes are deep, watching the stars in the night sky. It is difficult to see with the naked eye, and the position of the 100,000 stars is changing little by little, and the gap is so small that it is impossible to detect this subtle change unless you look closely.

More than a month ago, Ye Chen accidentally flipped through the book. There is a record of it, but it is very vague, and it roughly means that the arrangement of the stars is the same as that of the 100,000 mountains. Mainly, it only highlights the mystery of Buzhou Mountain, and some of the others are recorded scattered.

After that, Ye Chen stepped into the road of looking at the stars, this world is too mysterious. He is a witch, he came from Buzhou Mountain, it can be said that Buzhou Mountain is the key point of everything for him, whether he can go back or not, he still has to rely on Buzhou Mountain, so of course, Ye Chen can't let go of everything about Buzhou Mountain.

Studying the stars was his first step, and the stars in the night sky were intricately arranged, changing at almost every point, but the distance they moved was too short to be noticed.

"What's wrong with Ye Chen, do you see what's coming?"

When Ye Chen was concentrating, a hoarse voice suddenly interrupted him, Ye Chen hurriedly got up, just listening to the voice, he knew who was coming, it was the old man of Shicun.

"Grandpa, why are you here?" Ye Chen hurriedly went to the old man's side and helped the old man to sit down.

Grandpa, this title was called by Ye Chen along with Xiao Man, since he is Xiao Yue'er's eldest brother, there is nothing wrong with calling him the old man's grandfather.

"Hehehe, I've been in the house for a long time, come out and breathe. The old man said with a smile.

Ye Chen smiled when he heard this, but did not speak. Instead, he looked up and continued to look at the night sky, feeling melancholy.

It is said that homesick children feel the most, and the old man didn't say anything when he saw this, and looked up at the night sky like Ye Chen.

"Grandpa Shi, you said that there are many stars in this world, and most of them can't come, why are there always 100,000 on this Buzhou Mountain? Could it really be that fate is like this, and it cannot be changed?" Ye Chen looked at it for a while and said.

"Fate? Things in the world are inherently changeable, who can know their future? Whether it is predestined or not, who knows? Living in the present is the most important thing. The old man's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said to Ye Chen with a smile.

"Yes, I don't know what my fate is, and in the end, who knows if it has changed!" Ye Chen shook his head and said.

Missing has always remained in Ye Chen's heart, missing family, friends, the earth, everything on the earth. I came here, maybe it was fate, but what could I do? No one knows tomorrow. I want to go back, maybe it's to change my fate, or maybe it's just the same fate.

Ye Chen looked at the night sky and said slowly: "The trajectory of the stars has changed again. Is that a child doing something wrong, is his mother beating him?" Ye Chen's lips curled up and smiled, remembering that he had made mistakes when he was a child, and he was beaten by his mother.

"Huh?"

Hearing Ye Chen's self-talk, the old man was puzzled. Looking up at the night sky, I found that the stars were still the same as before, and they were changing.

The old man's expression suddenly became very serious, and he asked, "Ye Chen, Xiaoyou, did you see something?"

"Huh?"

Ye Chen came back to his senses, Grandpa Shi, can't you see those stars moving?

"The stars are moving?" the old man was surprised, his eyes were deep, looking at the sky. Those eyes seemed to be able to see through everything. But he was disappointed, and he couldn't see anything at all.

Seeing the old man's surprised look, Ye Chen was puzzled.

"Grandpa Shi, can't you see it?" Ye Chen was surprised, looking at the night sky, in his eyes, the shining stars in the sky were changing every moment, and every time they changed, they would form a picture. There are men, beasts, mountains, and water. There are children laughing, wild beasts fighting... Everything was revealed under his gaze.