In the evening, Xu Huaizhang came to Lan Yin's wing. Before he could raise his hand and knock on the door, Lan Yin, who heard the footsteps, had already gotten up and opened the door.

She invited Su Huaizhang into the house.

The chessboard was set, they sat down face to face, and without further words, began the game.

The movements of the two of them falling the chess pieces were not very fast, but the thinking before the fall did not seem like thinking about the chess game, but like thinking about something else.

After another moment, Xu Huaizhang finally spoke first to test.

"I saw that your immortal power seems to have grown a lot. Where have you been in the past two days since you left Nanhuangling?"

Lan Yin didn't rush to answer him, just smiled slightly, and dropped the white piece in his hand on the chessboard.

Then, she opened her mouth and threw out a question, "You asked me like this, but it reminds me of something I have always wanted to ask you." As the commander of the Qinglong Clan, why are you willing to come to this Southern Barren Ridge to protect my safety? You really have no other purpose for this trip?"

Of course, there was no way for Xu Huaizhang to answer this question, just as Lan Yin couldn't answer his previous question.

The two were silent for a moment, then looked up at the same time.

The moment they looked at each other, they all laughed.

No one knows if this mutual smile really no longer intends to test each other, intends to release their old suspicions, or is it just an opportunity for them to choose to get closer to each other for their own purposes.

The subsequent game of chess was really just a game of chess, and no one asked the other party any more difficult questions.

They didn't deliberately talk about anything, and the only thing left in the room was the soft sound of chess pieces falling on the chessboard, but it didn't make the atmosphere seem stiff. However, the situation on the chessboard was frozen because of the little difference in the chess skills of the two, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a long time.

The restless thoughts of the two were now focused on the chessboard, and they were able to get along well here without the moments of distractions.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door, which drew the attention of Lan Yin and Xu Huaizhang.

Su Huaizhang was closer to the door, so he got up and opened the door.

Standing outside the door was the little boy and the little boy's mother who were rescued by Lan Yin at noon today, and when they saw that the person who came to open the door was Xu Huaizhang, they were a little stunned for a while, and they thought they had made a mistake.

Xu Huaizhang opened his mouth to explain, "I'm playing chess with Lan Yin here, if you have something to do with her, I can avoid it." ”

"No, no. The little boy's mother quickly shook her head, "There's nothing to avoid, I just take the child to thank you and apologize." ”

Hearing this, Xu Huaizhang turned to look at Lan Yin.

Feeling that the eyes of the three were focused on him, Lan Yin said, "Come in." ”

The little boy's mother carried a basket with a few pieces of fruit—something precious in the South Wilderness.

She handed the basket to the little boy's hand, and the little boy took the basket with both hands, walked over to Lan Yin respectfully, bowed first, and then handed out the basket, "Thank you for saving me today." ”

He just thanked him and didn't apologize as his mother had said. Lan Yin knew that it wasn't that the little boy had forgotten, it was that he still felt that Miao Miao's death was her fault.

Seeing this, the boy's mother quickly pushed the boy and motioned for him to finish the rest of the sentence.

Lan Yin interrupted them with words, "There is no need to be like this, I was ordered to garrison the Southern Barren Ridge, and it is only within my duty to save people, but it is my deficiency that I failed to save Miao Miao before." There is nothing to thank, much less to apologize for. ”

"And. She pointed to the basket of fruits, "These things are very precious to Nanhuangling, don't give them to me so easily, I don't have to do anything big." ”

"No, no, don't say that. The little boy's mother saw that Lan Yin didn't want to accept the fruit, and thought she was upset, so she hurriedly explained, "We really thank you for doing this." He was so disrespectful to you, and I really appreciate that you saved him regardless of your previous suspicions. No matter what others say, I believe in you and respect you, at least on my own behalf. ”

After saying this, as if she was afraid that Lan Yin would refuse her intentions, she pulled the little boy out of the house and left the fruit on the table.

Lan Yin looked at the fruits and sighed helplessly, she knew that there was no need to return them, for them, she was far happier to accept them now than to eat them themselves.

The person who was insulting her a few days ago is treating her so respectfully today. She only felt a little pathetic, because of the asymmetry of information and power, they could only judge her good or bad from the simplest things.

And in fact, she is neither good nor bad, she is too lazy to save people and does not want to harm others, she is just her.

Before Su Huaizhang could close the door of the wing, it suddenly began to rain outside.

It rarely rains in the South Barren Mountains, and this is also the first time that Lan Yin and the others have seen a rainy day since they came to the South Barren Mountains.

So Xu Huaizhang didn't rush to close the door, he stood by the door, watching several children outside running happily in the rain. Lan Yin still sat in her chair and didn't get up, but she could see their smiles and hear their laughter.

This rain has been raining for a long time, as if to revive people's dull hearts, as if to wash away all the simple good and bad. The next morning, no matter what you think, the people of Nanbaring can smell the faint fragrance of the soil after the rain and enjoy the sunny day after the rain.