Gudaolou is one of the best restaurants in Henghuang City.

Most of the people who come and go in this restaurant are the dignitaries in the Henghuang City, and if you pick out a drinker, you can't say that it is the son of a minister in the court, or the son of a certain prince.

Of course, Zhen Yue didn't know the big names in this Henghuang City, she came here just because one day she suddenly found that outside this restaurant, there was always a group of little beggars. Zhen Yue is a person who has lived a hard life, and she has compassion for this group of beggars, so whenever she has free time, she likes to bring some food here and distribute it to these beggars.

"Eat more. ”

She looked at the little beggar who was looking down and nibbling on steamed buns, and touched the other party's head with a smile.

She was somewhat thoughtful.

Maybe she couldn't stay in this Henghuang City for too long, Xu Han seemed to be determined to drive her away.

She couldn't quite understand Xu Han's thoughts, or rather, Xu Han's whole person was a mystery to her.

But the more this happened, the more she wanted to find out.

It was a strange thought, at least in the first twenty years of her life, she had never had such a strong curiosity about anyone.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yue shook her head with some distress, she simply put away these thoughts, looked at the group of little beggars with a smile and said, "What do you like to eat?" You can tell your sister that my sister will come back tomorrow, and it may be the last time to come to see you." ”

"Why?" the little beggars looked at Zhen Yue in surprise when they heard this, and the reluctance in their eyes was naturally overflowing.

"There is no feast in the world that will not be dispersed, and my sister also has my sister's affairs. Zhen Yue tried to explain her reasons with logic that a child of this age could understand.

But it was clear that she didn't get the results she wanted.

The little beggars' eyes widened, and tears glistened with tears in their eyes.

That kind of reluctance is not only about this mouthful of tongue that can save their lives, but also because for the little beggars, Zhen Yue is a rare warmth they can feel in this world.

And it is this rare warmth that makes them cherish it extraordinarily.

Zhen Yue couldn't stand the stares of the little beggars, and she was at a loss.

For this reason, she wasted a lot of effort to appease these children.

It wasn't until she saw the children leave that she let out a long sigh of relief, then packed up her things and was about to get up and leave, but at that moment, a voice sounded in her ears.

"You can't help them. The voice said.

Zhen Yue was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look, but saw that Xu Han had appeared behind her at some point.

She was a little surprised, so much so that she didn't respond to Xu Han's words for a while.

"Those who trek in the dark are accustomed to the cold, and once they have a little warmth, the cold they were used to becomes more and more unbearable. The boy didn't seem to feel her surprise, and still said to himself.

The tone in these words was really too deep, so Zhen Yue didn't know how to respond, so she fell silent again. She didn't understand the meaning of Xu Han's words, but instinctively felt that she seemed to have done something wrong, so she lowered her head, like a child who had made a mistake and was caught by her elders, panicking.

Xu Han was silent for a while, looked at the woman, and then said again: "Come with me." ”

Zhen Yue was stunned again, as if she was a little unaccustomed to the young man's active invitation, or heard the rare tenderness that suddenly appeared in the young man's tone. At the moment when she was stunned, the young man had already taken his own steps, Zhen Yue suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly followed at the moment.

The bell on her wrist that Xu Han tied for her, the bell that almost killed her, rang out with her melodious light sound in the night as she ran, and it never dispersed for a long time.

......

The two of them walked on the streets of Henghuang City.

Even though it was already the middle of the day, the vendors on both sides were still shouting hard, and it seemed that for Henghuang City, there was no such concept as night.

"You're a lot like a friend of mine. After a long silence, Xu Han spoke up again.

The woman, who was lowering her head and not knowing what she was thinking, looked up at Xu Han, and she suddenly found that the corners of the young man's mouth were slightly raised, clearly smiling.

Out of some kind of woman's unique intuition, Zhen Yue asked at that time, "Female?"

Xu Han was slightly stunned, he glanced at Zhen Yue in some surprise, nodded truthfully and said, "Hmm." ”

"Very important?" Zhen Yue also asked, her emotions were somewhat complicated, but she was quickly suppressed by her, and there was always a smile on her face that was not sincere, but it was indeed bright.

"It's important. Xu Han nodded, his answer came quickly and firmly, almost to the point of not thinking.

"Oh. Zhen Yue responded in a muffled voice, and then lowered her head again.

Silence enveloped them again.

Only the bell in Zhen Yue's hand was still tinkling in the night.

Maybe it was this ringing that reminded Xu Han of something. He glanced sideways at the woman and asked, "You're not afraid of me?"

Zhen Yue was stunned, she raised her head again, and saw that Xu Han's gaze fell on the bell on her wrist, and she probably guessed that Xu Han was referring to the events of that night.

She smiled, "I don't know exactly what happened, but I know it's not you, so why should I be afraid of you?"

Zhen Yue's answer was somewhat unexpected by Xu Han, and he muttered to himself, "Isn't that me?"

"And who is me?"

Maybe it was the rare hesitation in Xu Han's tone, or the confusion in Xu Han's heart at this moment.

Zhen Yue's face was a little surprised, but this surprise suddenly melted into gentleness after a few breaths, and she smiled again and said, "Do you know why I think it's the best choice to be by your side?"

"Huh?" Xu Han was stunned and looked at the woman for some reason.

"I think Liu Sheng seems to be very important to you, so important that you can work hard for him. ”

The woman didn't care about Xu Han's surprise, she mustered up the courage at that time, and looked straight at Xu Han with her own eyes, as if she had exhausted her life's tenderness, and said: "And I think that a person who is willing to fight for others will not be too bad after all." ”

After a brief period of surprise, Xu Han couldn't help but ask again, "Is it that simple?"

"Of course not. Zhen Yue nodded unexpectedly to Xu Han, at that time, the woman's face showed a teasing smile in front of Xu Han for the first time, she blinked her big black eyes, and said, "Why, don't you know better than me?"

I don't know if these words poked the weakness of Xu Han's heart, and the young man's gaze rarely began to dodge.

He thought about it for a while, and finally just responded, "I'm sorry." ”

Such an answer was already expected by Zhen Yue, but Rao was like this, and the woman's heart couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.

But she soon hid the loss, but when she looked up again, there was a big smile on her face.

"I know. She said, "You're doing it for my good." ”

This is not a particularly incomprehensible thing, although Xu Han's attitude towards her before was not very good, but since the change that night, she showed some traces to Xu Han, and the young man never forced her to leave, and now I mentioned this matter again, that is, after seeing the big man of the Senluo Hall that day.

With her vision, she naturally couldn't figure out what Yuan Xiucheng asked Xu Han to do, but she vaguely guessed that this young man didn't seem to intend to follow the wishes of that big man, and if he went against the wishes of these people, he would inevitably have to bear some price.

Zhen Yue couldn't guess what such a price was, but he also knew that its weight seemed to be far beyond what the young man's shoulders could bear.

So he asked her to leave, although his approach or attitude seemed impersonal, but she knew what kind of tenderness was hidden behind this coldness.

"You're right, those who trek in the dark are accustomed to the cold, and once they have a little warmth, the cold they were used to becomes more and more difficult. Zhen Yue didn't care about Xu Han's feelings at this moment, she still said to herself: "But if there is no warmth, what can people rely on to support themselves through the long winter?"

"Actually, I am the same as those little beggars, in those years, the Great Zhou disaster was repeated, bandits were rampant in the mountains, one day those bandits entered our village, my father and mother hid me in the water tank, so as to escape this disaster. ”

"But when I climbed out of the tank, everyone in the village, including my father, was dead. ”

"I was scared, I didn't know what to do or how to live. ”

"I stayed in front of my father's corpse for a whole day and a night, until the sun went down again, and the starlight shone through the cracks in the house. ”

Speaking of this, Zhen Yue paused, a smile suddenly appeared on her face, and her expression became a little trance-like, as if she had seen the starlight of that day again.

"I suddenly remembered that my father once told me that the soul of the dead goes back to the sea of stars, turning into stars in the sky and looking at the people on the earth. The stars are their eyes, and the stars are their eyes. ”

"That starlight made me feel that my father and my mother were watching me from the sky, and I wanted to live. ”

"So, I trekked along the starlight, and walked far, far away, and I met Huma, and I met Luzhuan Mountain.... I met them all, and I survived. ”

"And the thing that kept me through the cold and hunger was the warmth of the starlight that night. ”

Zhen Yue turned her head to look at Xu Han again, her eyes flickered a little, she stared straight at the young man, and said, "I will leave, but I want to thank you, you are also my starlight on the road in the future." ”

After the woman said this, she suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, as if she had completed an extremely important thing, and she was relieved.

Then she turned around and walked away.

But as soon as she took a few steps, her footsteps suddenly stopped, and she turned her head to look at Xu Han at that time and asked, "By the way, there is something I haven't told you again?"

Maybe it was the touch brought by the woman's previous words, or maybe the starlight in the sky at this moment illuminated her appearance too brightly, Xu Han was stunned before asking, "What's the matter?"

"You're so much kinder than you think..."

After the woman said this, she had no more nostalgia, and she turned away again.

The ponytail behind her swayed back and forth with her steps, and together with the bell in her hand, the light sound was clearly transmitted to Xu Han's ears on this crowded street.

......

After leaving, Zhen Yue always had a faint smile on her face.

It was a smile from the heart.

She doesn't have many regrets, she has met in the water, since the flowing water is unintentional, forcing it may not have a good result.

This relief made her feel relieved, and the stone that pressed on her heart was finally removed, she felt relaxed, but she was a little reluctant after all.

She walked through the streets and came to the mouth of an alley.

There was no light in the alley, it was pitch black, just like her previous life.

But she thought that as long as she walked through the darkness, there would always be a day when the light would shine in.

So she didn't hesitate much, and walked into the alley with her steps, not because of the sudden emotion in her heart, but simply because this was the closest way home.

After all, she has become accustomed to living with Huma and others, and I am afraid that it will continue to be the case in the future.

She thought about the situation these days, I was afraid that Huma and the others were also quite worried about her, she was somewhat apologetic, thinking that after she went back, she would thank them.

Thinking of this, her steps became more and more brisk.

But just as she walked into the center of the alley, several black shadows suddenly jumped out and surrounded her body.

......

Xu Han watched Zhen Yue's back disappear completely in his eyes, and he finally came back to his senses.

Xuan'er and Woo on the side probably couldn't figure out the entanglement between this pair of men and women, they were bored and attracted by a vendor selling rock sugar gourds on the side of the road early, one big and one small, a wolf and a cat squatted next to the vendor, staring at the strings of sugar gourds stained with sugar water, looking delicious and delicious.

Xu Han, who came back to his senses, looked at these two gluttonous ghosts, and immediately shook his head with a wry smile.

"Whew!"

"Meow!"

The two little guys also seemed to see that Xu Han had finished what had happened before, and turned their heads sideways and shouted at Xu Han.

The anxious look seemed to be urging Xu Han to hurry up and get them some food.

Xu Han didn't have anything to do with these two "people", walked up to the vendor with a wry smile, took out some silver money from his arms and handed it over, bought two strings of gourds from the vendor, and handed them to the two little guys.

"Childe, this cat and dog are really smart. The traders who made money naturally did not hesitate to praise their words and said with a smile.

Xu Han smiled and returned the salute to the other party, and then led the little guy who finished eating the gourd and prepared to return to his own courtyard.

After eating, Xuan'er and Xuan'er were satisfied, Xuan'er squatted on Woo's body and fell asleep soundly, Xuan'er didn't have half an aversion to Xuan'er's approach, let Xuan'er do this, and followed behind Xu Han who was worried.

Xu Han's mood was naturally not too good.

The Sword Bearer Conference was about to start, he didn't have full confidence, and his previous month's retreat was also fruitless, and Liu Sheng's affairs also made him extremely worried, these things were mixed together, even Xu Han inevitably felt a little headache.

"Childe, the roasted sweet potato costs five cents a piece, why don't you?" At this time, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

Xu Han, who was thinking about his thoughts, waved his hand without looking back.

Then he was immersed in his thoughts again and walked away.

But who knew that the vendor behind him didn't appreciate it, so he quickly chased after him, and asked again: "Childe, the sweet potato for five cents is delicious, I want one." ”

The strange tone that obviously had a certain local accent made Xu Han a little upset, and he turned his head and was about to stop the vendor, but at that time, he saw the vendor's appearance clearly.

He was not tall, about five feet tall, and although he wore a hood and had his head bowed, it was not difficult to guess from the immature tone before that the little guy should not be very old.

Although the Henghuang City in February has gradually warmed up, it is still a little cool in the middle of the night, and the clothes on the little guy in front of him are a little thin compared to this.

And the sweet potato he handed over at the moment was roasted to a black scorch, and naturally there was no appearance at all. But the little guy didn't seem to be aware of this, and still stubbornly sent the sweet potato to Xu Han's side, and seemed to smell hope from Xu Han's stopped footsteps, the little guy also shook the sweet potato in his hand, and repeated hopefully: "It's delicious, the son wants one." ”

Xu Han can probably imagine that this little guy's situation at the moment, if it weren't too unavoidable, it is estimated that a child of this age would probably not bring a burnt sweet potato to sell around on such a cold night.

But if it were in the past, Xu Han probably wouldn't have bought such a sweet potato.

After all, in his opinion, such kindness does not help much for people in difficult situations. But perhaps because of Zhen Yue's words before, Xu Han was slightly stunned, but after being slightly stunned, he still took out the money, handed it to the little guy, and then took the sweet potato from his hand, turned around and left again, but he didn't notice that after being taken the sweet potato, the figure under the hood seemed to want to say something, but he didn't have time to spit out the words.

Xu Han, who was leaving, broke open the sweet potato and tasted the flesh in it, and an indescribable burnt smell filled his taste buds. He pursed his lips and tossed the black sweet potato aside, muttering, "It's so unpalatable." ”

It's just that what he probably didn't expect was that after he left, the little guy who sold sweet potatoes watched his back as he left, and of course the casual action of throwing away sweet potatoes.

As if insulted, the little creature stamped his foot, and took off his hood, revealing his most pretty face.

She was a girl.

At this moment, the girl's beautiful eyes were full of anger, she puffed out her cheeks, gritted her teeth angrily, and said: "The surname is Xu! Grandma is kind enough to make sweet potatoes for you, even if you don't recognize your aunt and grandmother, you dare to throw my sweet potatoes!"

"You wait, you see how I clean you up!"