(a)

"Cheng Yu, I see that you are talking at this time, and your forehead is sweating, as if you haven't fully woken up. So this memory, I'm afraid there is a deviation. ”

As he spoke, Chi Yan conjured up a few sharp silver needles in his palm, and said seriously: "It's better to do this, this heavenly god will apply a few needles on the Baihui acupoint above your head." I promise, you'll be alive all at once. ”

The fear in his heart instantly swept over his limbs, Cheng Yu's eyes widened, looking at the silver needle in Chi Yan's hand, he was already trembling with fright, and he didn't recover for a long time.

The effect of scaring is very significant, and Chi Yan intends to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

"I'm very good at needle application. With that, he simply sat on the edge of the bed, and even coaxed and deceited: "Come, come, don't be afraid, this actually doesn't hurt at all." ”

Cheng Yu's face turned pale, and he suddenly retreated to the corner of the bed, crying: "Mother, mother, help, mother!!"

After shouting a few times, the people in the outhouse acted as if they hadn't heard the cries for help at all. Cheng Yu didn't give up, he opened his voice again, and shouted: "Uncle!

yelled and screamed for a long time, but no one came in, and Cheng Yu, who was crying into tears, seemed to suddenly understand something.

"Red Flame Heavenly God, woo... Cheng Yu remembered that it was Cheng Yu who was frightened by the thunder and fell into the water... Whining... Apricot... Apricot didn't push me... Woo woo... Don't prick me with a needle..."

"Oh, I haven't pierced this yet, you're already fine?" Chi Yan held a silver needle, pretending to be surprised.

Cheng Yu, who was already about to pee, rolled into tears, sobbed and begged: "I was wrong, don't stab me." I don't dare to lie anymore, I... I'm going to explain it to my uncle. ”

Chi Yan tried his best to restrain his smile, and said with a stiff face: "Cheng Yu, you went out to explain in a cry, didn't you want people to think that this god bullied you!"

Cheng Yu hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, put on a well-behaved and pitiful appearance, and sobbed: "That... Then I'll calm down for a while... Woo... Again... Woo... Again... Go out and explain..."

The kid was very smart, and Chi Yan was very satisfied with what he heard.

Taking the majesty of the gods to scare a little kid is indeed not in line with his identity. However, in order to get back the innocence of Xing'er, offset the desire to 'turn back time'. It doesn't hurt to be an unqualified god once in a while... bar.

Thinking about this, Chi Yan got up and stretched his waist, kneaded his neck, and said, "I'm also a little tired, so you can be quiet here." Half an hour later, I'll let them in again..."

As he reached the door, he paused at his feet and said again, "Oh, yes. If you can't remember it later, I'll wake up tomorrow and help you get a few more stitches. ”

"No... No, I remember, I remember it very well. Cheng Yu was shocked and shook his head desperately and waved his hand.

Covering his mouth and yawning a few times, his eyes were also shining with tears. Chi Yan rubbed his eyes sleepily and replied in a lazy voice, "That's the best." ”

(b)

Not long after Chi Yan left, Cheng Yu told Shangguan Jianfei all about his accusation of Xing'er.

After learning the truth, although Shangguan Jianfei felt guilty, he still warned the two of them to learn from the lesson.

But whether it's experience or lessons. None of this is important to Xing'er, the important thing is that she knows very well in her heart that the reason why the black cauldron she carried can be removed is all due to the Red Flame Heavenly God.

What he said in the back room that night, no one except Cheng Yu may know. And with great emotion and gratitude, Xing'er also stood quietly outside the courtyard where Chi Yan lived for a long time.

The night breeze is cool and the moonlight is light. It wasn't until the ugly hour was approaching that she dragged her cold body back to the room.

This night was supposed to be a good night's sleep. But because of the rain during the day and the wind cold, Xing'er at this time slept in a cold sweat and had nightmares.

In her dream, she saw a small boat, and on the boat stood her mother and another man in white.

"Mother, mother, don't go, don't leave the apricots..." The figures of the two were gradually moving away, she was anxious to chase after her, but helplessly, no matter how hard she tried, her feet couldn't move half a minute.

In a trance, she saw a man in a scarlet robe slowly approaching her. He was clothed in a faint silver glow, and his robe was fluttering, like a fairy who had escaped the dust.

Xu is the surrounding light is too dim to see the man's appearance. But judging from the chic scarlet robe, Xing'er already knows who he is.

Red Flame God...

She tried to open her mouth, but she couldn't make a sound.

Chi Yan lowered his eyes and looked at Xing'er, smiling silently. Then he lifted his robe and sat on the edge of the bed, and gently placed his index finger on her eyebrows.

The next moment, Xing'er only felt a warm current spread from the center of her eyebrows to the limbs, and everywhere she went, it was extremely comfortable, and the cold in her body was also dispelled in an instant.

Chi Yan brushed away the sweat-soaked hair on her forehead, and whispered, "Sleep... When you wake up, you'll be fine..."

The body warms up, and the strong drowsiness also sweeps in. I wanted to try to stay awake, but the sound of falling asleep was too bewitching. The consciousness gradually dissipated, the eyelids became heavier and heavier, and I struggled a few times with my eyes closed and half open, but after all, I still couldn't resist this annoying sleepiness, and I fell asleep soundly.

When I woke up the next day, it was already three poles in the sun. When Xing'er ran to the other courtyard to find Chiyan again, the house was already empty.

Before I could say thank you, the person left?

With a glimmer of expectation, Xing'er hurriedly ran back to the hillside.

It's a pity that the heavens don't fulfill people's wishes. She sat on the hillside and waited until the sun went down and the crescent moon appeared, and the person she wanted to see was never there.

Since then, it has been the rainy season every year. On the hillside outside the forest, there will always be a petite figure in white waiting there.

Day after day, year after year, time flies, three years in a flash.

The person who disappeared before he had time to thank him finally made Xing'er wait.

I still remember that year, it was a rare sunny day in the rainy season in June. On the hillside, the wind blows and flutters, and the knee-high white thatch shines softly in the sun.

Chiyan sat alone on the hillside, still dressed in scarlet clothes. I saw him holding a pot of sake, looking at the vast sky in the distance. Although it is bathed in the sun, the back looks very lonely.

The brilliance in her eyes bloomed instantly, and Xing'er couldn't hide her excitement in her heart, and shouted loudly: "Red Flame Heavenly God... You're finally here!"

The flask, which had just been raised, stopped at his lips. Chi Yan paused, and turned sideways at an extremely slow speed.

"Who's in..."

Before he could finish his question, he saw a white figure slam into his arms. Unable to resist the momentum, the whole person leaned back by inertia. Chi Yan's hand flickered, and the good wine in the pot also spilled on the ground.

"Chiyan Heavenly God, why did you come after three years?" After waiting for three years, this is what I can only hope for by looking forward to the stars and the moon. Although Apricot was full of joy, she was also confused.

"Hiccup..."'s cheeks were crimson, drunk, Chi Yan half-squinted, and after looking at Xing'er in a daze, he only responded to her with a wine burp.

A smoky smell of wine came to her face, and Apricot frowned and pinched her nose, and hurriedly withdrew from his embrace.

I shook the flask, but it was empty. Chi Yan looked displeased, stood up slowly, pointed to the person in front of him, and muttered: "You little girl, you are really bold... Belch... Behold, thou hast spilled the good wine of this god... Hiccup..."

Xing'er turned around and covered her forehead speechlessly, and suddenly remembered the scene of meeting him for the first time in her mind.

Ay... Three years ago I was drunk and lying in the rain. It's still the same after three years, and I've drunk too much again!

Xing'er has fantasized about the reunion of the two countless times, but no matter which way they say goodbye, the Chiyan Heavenly God in it is not so drunk that he doesn't even know him?!

At this moment, there was a sudden 'bang' behind her, and Xing'er looked back and saw Chiyan drunk on the ground again.

The wind rustled the thatched flowers. Tidbits fluttering, flying all over the sky.

When I woke up drunk again, it was already Shen Shi. Chi Yan never thought that when he opened his eyes, there was still a little female doll standing in front of him with wild banana leaves.

Last time, it was to protect yourself from the rain, and this time, it was to shade yourself from the sun.

After three years, although the height of this female doll has grown a lot, the appearance has not changed much. Seeing her here again, Chi Yan was inevitably still a little surprised.

"Xing'er, why are you here, but you've come to talk to Shan'er again?"

Seeing that he had already sat up, Xing'er lowered her little face and pouted and asked, "Are you drunk?"

Chi Yan stretched out his arms, stretched his waist long, and explained with a smile: "Actually, I didn't drink much, but I suddenly felt that the warm sun made people lazy, so I slept comfortably." ”

Pleasant?!sigh... Could it be that this is a drunken fragment?!

Xing'er pursed her mouth and rolled her eyes involuntarily. Then she threw away the banana leaves in her hand, rubbed her sore shoulders, and playfully teased: "Yes, when I came, I only saw a person holding a wine jug and crying." Moreover, it was not long before the man fell drunk and fell unconscious. ”

I... Crying so much?!Strange, why don't I have any impression at all?!

Subconsciously glancing at the wine jug beside him, Chi Yan picked at his face in embarrassment, and asked in a low voice, "You really saw me crying while holding the wine jug?! Right?"

Holding back a smile, Xing'er leaned over and patted Chi Yan's shoulder comfortingly, looking like a little adult, and said solemnly: "Chiyan Heavenly God, please rest assured, I, Shangguan Xing'er, will keep my mouth shut, and will never spread such a shameful thing." ”

The dark eyes flickered, and a treacherous color was fleeting. Xing'er slowly withdrew her hand, gestured three fingers at him, and said seriously: "But you have to grant me three wishes..."

Even if she did, it didn't affect her. It's just that seeing her so funny, Chi Yan didn't care, and said generously: "Naturally, I can promise you." The premise is that I can do it, and I don't do it for the sake of harm. ”

"Great, great. Apricot was already running happily in the white thatch, and then she trotted to the spruce grave, and said excitedly: "Cousin, cousin, you have to testify." When the time comes, if the Red Flame Heavenly God is Laipi, you will have to teach him a lesson in your dreams. ”

Hearing this, Chi Yan shook his head helplessly, got up and asked, "What is Xing'er's first wish?"

"Let him take me to a place beyond the Fire Realm?!hmm... This is not good, it is not good... Otherwise... Forehead... No, no, no..."

Xing'er raised her head and muttered to herself, entangled for a long time, and finally her eyes lit up, and she turned around and said, "Birthday, yes, I will be fourteen on the eighth day of April next year." ”

"Fourteen is a woman's cardamom years..."Chi Yan nodded, and said with a smile: "Okay, I will accompany you on the eighth day of April next year." ”

Seeing that he responded to himself neatly, Xing'er was even more happy, "The eighth day of the fourth month is also the Lantern Festival in the fire world, and you will have to help me win a few more lanterns as gifts." ”

"How many lanterns will you win?!" Chi Yan patted his chest and promised: "Hey~ This little thing is not difficult for this god." ”

(c)

After parting on the hillside, Apricot began to count the days day by day, looking forward to the arrival of her birthday.

Winter goes to spring, and it comes to early summer.

After a long wait, it was the eighth day of the fourth month.

At this time in previous years, Shangguan Jianfei would order someone to cook a table of good dishes to celebrate. But only this year, he was entangled in affairs all month long, and he was so busy that he had no time to spare.

The intimate housekeeper Lu was afraid that Xing'er would be sad, so she specially ordered a table of her favorite dishes on weekdays. Even without her father as a companion, it doesn't seem to affect Xing'er's good mood at all.

Until the curtain fell, Shangguan Jianfei was finally gone. Steward Lu silently scooped up a bowl of white fungus soup and handed it to Xing'er, wanting to comfort her: "Little Miss, Xu is the eldest young master, he has been recently..."

Before she finished speaking, Xing'er waved her oily hand and said vaguely: "Woo... Luber, it's okay, it's okay, don't worry... Daddy, I know. I'll finish this and play with myself later. ”

Seeing that she was so sensible, Steward Lu was so relieved that his eyes were full of tears, and he choked up and replied, "Then Lu Bo will take you to the lantern festival later, okay?"

There was a mess left on the table, and Xing'er burped contentedly, and said with a smile: "Lu Bo, I'm sorry, I've already asked someone to go to see the lanterns together." ”

Steward Lu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Who are you going to see with you?"

Xing'er approached Steward Lu, put one hand to her mouth, and whispered with a mysterious smile: "This is a secret..."