Everything in front of me began to crumble. Lu Lie blinked, and when he came back to his senses again, he found himself back in the Rose Garden.

The old man in front of him was still in front of him, sitting peacefully on the bamboo chair, without moving. The towering ancient tree was still green, quietly behind the old man. Everything in this garden of roses is all there, just like when Lu Lie walked in before, it has never disappeared. Lu Lie turned his head, and he saw that the little girl and the two little girls were hiding behind a large patch of red roses, quietly poking their heads out to look at his back. When their eyes made contact with Lu Lie, these little girls exclaimed in surprise and shrank back again.

It turned out that everything I had just experienced was an illusion. The old man in front of him, in this way...... Remind yourself of the past you once experienced.

He...... is a mystic.

"Who are you?" Lu Lie asked as he looked at the old man in front of him. It's just that this time I knew that the other party was indeed my father-in-law, and his tone became much more polite.

"I'm just an ordinary mystic, an old man in his twilight years, a former Lu Shenjun. The old man sat on his bamboo chair and said lazily, "Didn't you tell the world that you would ask a mystic to unlock your lost memories?" I've fulfilled half of your wishes, and I've unlocked half of your sealed memories. ”

"It's a pity you're late. Now I can't afford to pay for the huge amount of gold I was talking about. Lu Lie smiled, and unconsciously, he had a good impression of this old man, "But you still haven't answered my question, who are you? You saved me in this small town back then, but you let me go, and now I'm really curious about half of my memories by myself, if I and you are just passers-by, will you always appear in front of me when I am most confused in my life?"

The old man squinted his eyes and smiled: "If I tell you my identity, you may not be able to walk out of the guilt for the rest of your life." ”

Lu Lie said lightly: "No." I'm a very thick-skinned person, and no matter who you are or what I've done to be sorry for you, I won't feel guilty about you. ”

"Then I'll really say it. ”

"Say it. ”

"I'm Su Wen's grandfather. ”

The air in the rose garden fell silent. Lu Lie quietly looked at the old man in front of him, and the old man also looked at Lu Lie. The two just looked at each other, and neither of them said the first word.

At that moment, Lu Lie remembered many things on the giant tree.

If there is really someone in this world who is sorry for himself, then there is probably only Su Wen.

"I'm sorry about Su Wen'......"

"It's okay, I forgive you. ”

Little by little, Lu Lie slowly knelt on the ground and knelt in front of the old man. His spine began to tremble, and he cried low in pain like a wild beast.

"Something about Suwen...... I'm really, really, really sorry......"

"When I was in the City of Lost Gods, I thought ...... I made the best choice for her...... But I didn't think of it, I really didn't think of ......."

"If I could do it again...... I am willing to replace Su Wen and endure the seven dark days in the City of Lost Gods......"

"Seven years...... It's been seven years...... I left her there and left her alone to endure so many ......"

The old man just stroked his head lightly, and whispered to him like a little beast, "It's okay, I have forgiven you." ”

"On that snowy night more than twenty years ago, I picked you up on the side of the road. At that time, I saw your 'fate' in you at a glance. That is the 'fate' between you and my granddaughter, and only you have the possibility to break the 'calamity' on my granddaughter. ”

"But there is such a thing as 'fate', which cannot be spoken, cannot be named, cannot be touched, and cannot be predicted. So I saved your life back then, and I hope you can finally stop this 'catastrophe' for Su Wen. I didn't do anything, I didn't save you for you, I just pushed a hand on the impending fate. In the end, what happened on the giant tree, I also deduced a little bit through secret arts. It's not your fault, if you want to blame, blame Su Wen for not breaking her 'calamity'. ”

"She's got a fate, and it's not your fault, and it's not anyone's fault. ”

"You've done a great job. ”

Gradually, Lu Lie's cry lowered. He was between the old man's knees, asleep.

He slept soundly, like a child. It's been almost twenty years, and he hasn't slept so peacefully.

......

When Lu Lie woke up, it was already early morning three days later.

He was still lying in the Rose Garden, and the old man sat at the chair, waiting patiently for him to come to his senses.

"I'm a phantom body, I can't stay in the same place for too long, I don't have much time left, maybe it's time to say goodbye. ”

The old man patted Lu Lie on the shoulder and said,

"While you were asleep, I probed your memory. Although the first half of your memories on the giant tree have been unlocked by me, the second half of your memories are still sealed. The person who sealed your memories should be another mystic, and a much more advanced mystic than I am. I tried to get into your mind and probe into the past, only to be warned by the mind that the mystic had left in your mind. ”

Lu Lie stood up from the ground. He asked, "Sir, is there a way to unlock the memories that have been sealed in my mind?" ”

Of course, Lu Lie didn't expect the other party to do too much. If the other party said that he couldn't solve it, maybe he could solve it, but maybe his body would be attacked because of this, then Lu Lie didn't think he was qualified to let this old man do more for himself.

"Of course there is a way, no matter how powerful the mystic is, it will only leave a thought on you. If the old man can't even deal with this idea, he will inevitably live such a long time in vain. The old man said proudly. When it comes to his area of expertise, he is extraordinarily confident.

"But, young man, do you really want to unravel this sealed memory? Through the mind of the mystic who remained in your body, I can feel that he did not have any ill intentions when he sealed your memories in the first place, on the contrary, he meant to protect nickel. ”

"I'm afraid, in the later memories of your giant tree, there is something extremely bad sealed. Once unlocked, it will have an unpredictable effect on you!"