Gu Xu has always eaten a small amount of food.

After eating three skewers of grilled meat, two skewers of roasted potatoes, and a plate of roasted tofu, he felt like his stomach was full.

So, in the following time, he sat quietly in place, watching Shi Xiaohan sweep all the barbecue on the table like a wind and clouds, making a "snort" sound from time to time, and his mouth and hands were covered with shiny oil stains.

"Checkout!" After eating, Shi Xiaohan habitually shouted, ready to pay for it.

Gu Xu immediately stopped her.

"Okay, I'll have a treat today."

Shi Xiaohan glanced at him seriously: "Don't slap your swollen face and become fat." ”

Gu Xu smiled slightly: "It's just a barbecue." I can still afford to pay for it. ”

With that, he took out a few copper plates from his coat pocket and handed them to the aunt who sold barbecue.

"Gu Xu, it seems that after you went to the Lu family's murderous mansion, you even became more generous in spending money," Shi Xiaohan stood up from the bench and looked down at Gu Xu, "Did you gain a lot there?" Why don't you call this woman to go with you? ”

Shi Xiaohan is petite and exquisite, and he has to tilt his head when talking to Gu Xu on weekdays.

So at this moment, when she looked down on the other person in this condescending posture, she felt quite fresh.

Seeing Shi Xiaohan's posture, Gu Xu thought in his heart: The water in the Lu family's murderous mansion is too deep, and you can't hold it.

But what he said was: "The ghosts in the murderous mansion are all bluffing, and they are not as powerful as they are rumored to be—people like me can easily clean them up without the need for a heroine." ”

This kind of talk is nonsense when it sounds.

But you can just poke Shi Xiaohan's cool point.

She couldn't help but laugh, revealing her little tiger teeth stained with chili flakes.

"You're right!"

Gu Xu smiled, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and handed it to her: "Hurry up and wipe your mouth and claws with this handkerchief." If you are seen by others, you will think that you are a wild child in the countryside. ”

Shi Xiaohan took the handkerchief: "Are you disgusted with the sloppiness of this woman?" ”

"I just think that the current appearance of Shi Nuxia is very heroic of the Jianghu people." Gu Xu immediately changed his words.

"Of course," Shi Xiaohan said with a grin, "Isn't the most satisfying thing in life to drink wine and eat meat?" ”

Gu Xu thought to himself: Shi Woman, Shi Woman, you are a person who will get drunk when you drink rice wine, and you dare to say that you drink in a big bowl! Aren't you afraid that one day you will be drunk and kidnapped?

Shi Xiaohan carefully carried the corner of the white and clean handkerchief with two fingers, and faintly felt that his body temperature remained on the handkerchief - I was really reluctant to get it dirty!

She hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to put away her handkerchief and wipe her oily little mouth clean with her sleeve.

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After settling the bill, the two walked down the narrow alley and continued in the direction of the outskirts of the city.

The white walls and gray tiles on both sides are curling with smoke.

The sun shines on the bluestone pavement, glowing with dazzling white.

"The houses on both sides of this alley were newly built when Yishui was rebuilt eight years ago," Gu Xu introduced as he walked, "At the beginning, the Nine Baby Snake Demon spewed a breath of fire in this direction, so this neighborhood was turned into ruins. ”

Shi Xiaohan listened silently and did not speak.

Eight years ago, when the "Nine Babies Disaster" happened, she was not in Yishui County, but stayed in Laizhou Mansion with her father, so she did not witness the hellish horror scene with her own eyes.

However, she had heard that Gu Xu's parents were tragically killed in that disaster.

"All these years, he has come by himself," she raised her head and looked at the young man beside her with a pair of clear apricot eyes, "It's really not easy." ”

At the end of the alley, there is the Yi River.

The two of them walked here, and their vision suddenly widened.

The sun shines on the surface of the river, reflecting the bare trees along the riverside and the scattered houses that surround it.

Gu Xu stretched out his hand and pointed to the river, and said to Shi Xiaohan: "There is a jujube tree there, which is called the 'Wishing Tree' by the residents of Yishui - it is said that as long as you write your wish on the wooden raft and tie it to the branch of the 'Wishing Tree', your wish will come true." ”

Shi Xiaohan looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, he saw a jujube tree not far away - hundreds of red ropes were tied to its branches, and it looked like a bride's red hijab from a distance.

"Can you believe it?" She asked.

"Be skeptical!" Gu Xu replied while taking the lead towards the "Wishing Tree".

On an inconspicuous branch of the "Wishing Tree" hangs a wooden plaque written by its original owner at the age of fourteen, which reads: "I will kill all the ghosts in this world." ”

"Gu Xu, our ideal is to kill ghosts and monsters, and we are worthy of being fellow believers!" Seeing the still immature words on the wooden sheet, Shi Xiaohan couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and patted Gu Xu's shoulder, "In addition, your handwriting now looks much better than you used to." ”

"Thanks for the compliment." Gu Xu smiled faintly.

He paused for a moment, and then continued, "Lady Shi, it's almost the end of the year. Why don't we make another wish together today and see if it works? ”

"Okay!" Shi Xiaohan agreed without thinking.

Hearing her words, Gu Xu squatted down and took out two special wooden sheets from the box erected on the ground, one handed to Shi Xiaohan and the other for himself.

Later, he took out the charcoal he had brought with him from his pocket.

"Who writes first?" He asked.

"I'll do it first!" Shi Xiaohan snatched his charcoal, then turned around with a "whoosh" and turned his back to him, "This is my secret, you are not allowed to read it!" ”

"Okay, okay, I don't look at it." Gu Xu closed his eyes.

The world went dark in an instant.

There was the sound of the whirring wind in my ears, the sound of water in Yishui, and the rustle of Xiaohan's writing.

After a while, Shi Xiaohan tugged at his sleeve and stuffed the charcoal into his palm: "I've written, it's your turn." ”

Gu Xu opened her eyes and saw her empty hands, and couldn't help asking, "What about your wishes?" ”

"It's already hung up." Shi Xiaohan pointed to the red rope on the tree.

I saw a dense wooden block hanging on it, and I couldn't find which one was written by Shi Xiaohan.

However, Gu Xu noticed that when Shi Xiaohan spoke, he kept glancing east and west, as if trying to avoid his eyes.

"You're not going to tell me what you wrote?"

"Not really!"

"Then you are not allowed to look at my wishes."

"No problem! This woman does things above board and never peeps into other people's secrets. As she spoke, she covered her eyes with her hands, indicating that she did what she said.

Gu Xu chuckled, picked up the charcoal, and started writing directly in front of her.

The wish he wrote down was simple: "Sanctification before the age of thirty." ”

At this moment, Shi Xiaohan listened to the sound of the tip of his pen rubbing against the wooden mound, and only felt itchy in his heart, like a cat scratching.

"I'm really trying to know what he's writing."

She stomped her foot, suddenly regretting what she had said.