Chapter 32: Shi Jian's Love
Just when Jiang Hong and Shi Yahan's faces were flushed, Old Man Zhang walked over and sat down with a smile and said, "It's okay, you can laugh if you want, Cong'er has been like this since he was a child, I said that he has refused to change many times." After speaking, he looked at Shi Jian and wondered, "They are?"
"His name is Jiang Hong, and he hasn't been in our village for long. After Shi Jian finished speaking absentmindedly, he looked at Shi Yahan and Shi Jiajia and then introduced: "They are Shi Yahan and Shi Jiajia, both of whom are my nieces. β
Old man Zhang didn't care about Shi Jian's attitude, and said to Jiang Hong and them with a peaceful smile: "Hello! Welcome to come, you must be hungry, you wait, I have asked Cong'er to inform the kitchen to cook, it will be fine immediately." β
"Grandpa Zhang, we're not hungry, it's okay. Before Jiang Hong could answer, Shi Yahan rushed to answer Tiantian.
Shi Jiajia also politely said that she was not hungry.
Jiang Hong saw that they all replied that they were not hungry, so he had to smile and say thank you. In fact, he wanted to say more at the moment if he could hurry up, they were already hungry, and he felt even more hungry when he looked at the people in the yard who were eating hotly. It's just that he also knows that it's better to be reserved now.
"Old man Zhang let them take a bath first if he could, he was hungry, but he was always sticky and uncomfortable in the desert these days. Shi Jian retracted his gaze and proposed to Zhang Lao.
"Oh, haha...... I'm sorry, but I ignored it, and I'll arrange it right away. Zhang Lao said with a smile, and began to arrange for them to take a bath from the adjacent table.
In this way, Jiang Hong and the others followed a young man in his twenties out of the compound to the bathing place, he was silent all the way, Shi Jian kept asking questions, and he responded simply. In this process, Jiang Hong also knew that the young man's name was Zhang Quan, and he didn't know anything else.
It didn't take long for Jiang Hong and the others to come to a small wooden house with several large wooden barrels in it. I don't know where these trees came from, the entire desert village is made of wood, for this reason, Jiang Hong also asked Shi Jian about his doubts, but unfortunately Shi Jian didn't know anything about it, but when he remembered, the desert village was like this.
Jiang Hong and Shi Jian each chose a wooden barrel, and Zhang Quan filled them with water and said goodbye and went back.
At this time, the sun had set in the desert village, and the slightly cool bath water was poured on Jiang Hong's body, feeling unprecedentedly refreshing. It was not the first time Jiang Hong had taken a cold shower, but it had never been so comfortable this time, and the refreshing two people who were lying in the barrel also started their chat.
"Second uncle, what's the matter with that woman in red? I found that your eyes have never left since you entered the courtyard and saw her?" Jiang Hong, who was gradually letting go of the chat, suddenly asked Shi Jian.
The smile on Shi Jian's face froze, he closed his eyes and seemed to fall into a memory, and the expression on his face also changed, some were happy, some were excited, some were sad, some were hurt, and finally when Shi Jian opened his eyes, Jiang Hong clearly saw that Shi Jian's face was full of melancholy.
There was a brief silence in the bathhouse, and after a while, Shi Jian slowly said, "Her name is Zhang Ling, and she is the youngest daughter of Old Man Zhang. After a pause, he said again: "She is now the Holy Maiden of the Red Moon Sect and a closed disciple of the sect master. Speaking of this, Shi Jian was gloomy.
When Jiang Hong heard this, and saw the change in the expression on Shi Jian's face, he could probably think of the bloody love story between Shi Jian and Zhang Ling. He had heard a little about the sects of the Longwei Continent, and besides, it was a big sect like the Red Moon Sect, and he also knew that the Red Moon Sect was one of the seven major sects of the Longwei Continent, not to mention the others, it was a big problem for the gap between the identities of the two of them.
Jiang Hong was silent, he didn't know how to talk to Shi Jian, and he didn't know what to say, so the room was quiet again.
After a while, Shi Jian probably couldn't stand the suppression of this quiet atmosphere, and continued to himself: "When I was twelve years old, I followed the old man to the desert village to talk about the marriage of Shi Taishu's parents, and I liked her at the first sight at that time, and she was enthusiastic and optimistic at that time, unlike other children here who were silent. β
"I stayed here for more than 20 days, and she played with me every day, and that 20 days became my happiest childhood. β
"At that time, you were only twelve years old, and you were in love?" Jiang Hong couldn't help but blurt out in surprise when he heard this.
"At that time, how did I know what love was, I just felt relaxed and happy with her, and we didn't see each other for two years after that time. It's just that something happened later, and I often came and went between Shijia Town and Desert Village, and slowly found that I fell in love with that passionate girl. As if he hadn't noticed Jiang Hong's surprise, Shi Jian said seriously. Jiang Hong was sure that this was the first time he had seen Shi Jian say something so serious.
"Then she knows that you love her mother?" Jiang Hong then asked what he thought, if it was Shi Jian's unrequited love, it would be even worse.
"Of course I know!" Shi Jian replied affirmatively, then the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he continued while recalling: "Since then, I have come to Desert Village almost every year, of course, at the beginning, it was because of some things that required me to come, and you may have heard of it. The old man in the family has a good relationship with Old Man Zhang, and my eldest brother is Shi Taishu's father, who has been married to Old Man Zhang's eldest daughter since he was a child. His smile seemed a little unnatural, but it was only a slight pause before continuing to reminisce. Jiang Hong was also interested and did not bother.
"Later, when I came here for the second time, I knew that Ling'er didn't know why she couldn't cultivate, and Ling'er and I met several times a year after that, and at that time I was considered a genius in cultivation, and at the age of eighteen I was already in the early stage of breaking the pill. Hearing this, Jiang Hong was even more expectant of Shi Jian's current strength, the ninefold body refining that he had heard earlier did not match at all, and he had doubted that Shi Jian was so powerful in the face of the sand beast before, and he was relieved at this moment.
"I promised her to protect her for the rest of my life, and she happily agreed. Since then, she has been a little depressed and has regained her enthusiasm and optimism, and that's when we started to fall in love. Shi Jian said this with a smile on his face, keeping a smile on his face and pondering.
Jiang Hong looked at Shi Jian's appearance and sighed a little in his heart. Since ancient times, heroes have been sad and beautiful, and a vulgar man like Shi Jian has shown such a delicate and gentle side to love, not to mention other people.
There was no Shi Jian's voice in this quiet room, Jiang Hong couldn't help but think of Ma Ruoqing, and the bits and pieces when they fell in love, the corners of Jiang Hong's mouth were unconsciously upturned, and his eyes showed infinite tenderness. After a while, the tenderness in Jiang Hong's eyes became dim, he and Ma Ruoqing seemed to be inseparable in this life, not to mention that they had broken up, even if they didn't break up, what would he be in such a situation now?
Instead of being sad about those naΓ―ve fantasies, it is better to be happier, and to live well in this world, Jiang Hong secretly made up his mind, and his eyes became resolute at this moment.
looked at Shi Jian, who was caught in his memory, and found that his eyes looked over, and he looked at Jiang Hong with a smile and quipped: "It seems that Brother Jiang Hong is also a person with a story, and it is a love story, you see that my brother has shared my story with you, do you have to express it?" Shi Jian returned to his original appearance and asked gossipingly, as if it was not him who spoke just now, Jiang Hong pouted a little speechlessly.
In fact, Shi Jian was more curious about Jiang Hong, and he also learned about Jiang Hong's current strength from Old Man Shi, and the Ninefold Consummation of Body Refining was also a big shock for him at that time. This time, the old man Shi who came to the desert village asked him to protect Jiang Hong well, to let Jiang Hong grow up, he knew his task, so he deliberately showed that appearance with Jiang Hong as soon as he came, mainly so that Jiang Hong could cooperate with him when he encountered danger.
And this kind of growth is not to the extent that Jiang Hong can take charge alone, as long as he is not allowed to show his strength with others when he is refining the ninefold consummation, he will not need to worry about it at all when he reaches the stage of breaking the pill, even if the conflict is done, people will not be able to see this special potential.
"You tell the rest of your story. Jiang Hong has a basic understanding of Shi Jian's character, he plans to play a trick, and he won't do anything to him when the time comes.
"No, I don't know what you're thinking, and you don't necessarily say what I do. I'll talk about it after you finish speaking, what?" Shi Jian looked like he had seen through his mind and waited for Jiang Hong's answer.
Jiang Hong looked at his smug appearance, felt a little resentful in his heart, and said angrily: "If you say it, you can say it or not, and I can guess the next story if you don't say it." β
"Then tell me, what did you guess?" Shi Jian asked with a disapproving look at Jiang Hong.
"Next, she can cultivate, go to the Red Moon Sect, and people abandon you because of this, you cry and beg and can't get it!" Jiang Hong finished speaking even more angrily, looking at him with a verifying look.
"What are you talking about, what are you talking about, what are you crying and crying, what else is abandonment, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand?" he retorted to Jiang Hong, Jiang Hong even showed a look of indifference, and Shi Jian was also a little angry in his heart.
"Ling'er didn't go to the Red Moon Sect until she could cultivate, but she could only cultivate when she went to the Red Moon Sect, I don't know if you don't talk nonsense!" Shi Jian paused slightly and explained to Jiang Hong.
"Then you can tell me the reason?" Jiang Hong still didn't want to know, in fact, Jiang Hong was even more curious.
"Forget it, I'll tell you today, I don't want to hear your. Maybe there is no love story at all, and you are not a loving person. Shi Jian said to Jiang Hong, Jiang Hong didn't care in his heart, and didn't want him to say that it was what he wanted.