After leaving Kunlun Mountain, the middle-aged man flew all the way southwest to the sky above a silent lake in Hanyan Prefecture, withdrew the mountain and sea sword, and his figure slowly floated down, just standing on the surface of the lake.

On the eastern shore of the lake, there is a deep and elegant wooden house with a few laurel trees planted next to it. In early winter, the branches and leaves on the laurel tree are scattered, full of leisurely and solemn atmosphere.

The middle-aged man walked slowly towards the wooden house, and the lake rippled with his steps.

Only a few hundred steps away, the middle-aged man walked for a full quarter of an hour.

The middle-aged man came to the front of the house, stretched out his hand and gently knocked on the antique red camphor wooden door.

A light sound of footsteps came from inside the house. After a while, the door opened. The one who opened the door was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, delicate and lovely, as if she was still a little girl who did not know anything about the world.

The little girl glanced at the middle-aged man, who seemed a little nervous.

The middle-aged man was the first to speak, smiling, "May I ask if this is the Moon Lake grocery store?" ”

The little girl replied a little nervously, "Yes... Yes. Please... What do you want to buy? ”

The middle-aged man smiled: "I don't buy anything, I'm just here to find your boss lady." ”

The little girl was a little surprised, and suddenly became more nervous. She pinched the corners of her clothes tightly and said, "Sister Qing'er is out and not at home." ”

"You call her Sister Qing'er?"

"Yes, we have three guys in the grocery store, all of them little girls. Sister Qing'er treats us very well and treats us as her own daughters. The little girl said shyly.

"Huh? Where did your sister Qing'er go? The middle-aged man asked.

The little girl looked around at the middle-aged man, but remained silent.

The middle-aged man naturally understood the reason, and Lang smiled: "Don't worry, I'm not a bad person, I have an old acquaintance with your sister Qing'er, and I came to find her this time." ”

After all, the little girl didn't have so many thoughts, so after a little thought, she lowered her head and whispered to the middle-aged man: "Two days ago, Sister Qing'er went into the mountain to collect medicine, and I was afraid that it would not be safe for her to be in our little girls, so she sent us all home and went to the mountain to collect medicinal herbs by herself."

I couldn't worry about Sister Qing'er, so I slipped out of the house and came to the shop to guard. It's been two days, and Sister Qing'er should come back too, I'm really nervous, afraid that something will happen to Sister Qing'er. ”

After saying that, the little girl's eyes were already slightly red.

The middle-aged man looked at the little girl and asked, "Tell me, what is your name?" ”

"My name is He Miaomiao, and Sister Qing'er calls me Miao'er." The little girl said shyly.

"Okay, Miao'er, you tell me which mountain she went to, and I will definitely bring her back safe and sound."

Miao Er thought for a while and replied, "I heard Sister Qing'er say that she was going to Huangtang Mountain, I heard that there are wild beasts there, and Mr. must be careful." ”

"Okay." As soon as the middle-aged man's voice fell, he disappeared from Miao Er's eyes.

The little girl was startled, and sat directly on the ground, and it took a long time to recover: "It turns out that this gentleman has such a ability." I don't know what his relationship is with Sister Qing'er? ”

In the depths of Huangtang Mountain, a graceful and graceful woman is squatting under a cliff, carefully looking at a piece of grass.

Although the woman is a little old, her charm is still there, and she must be even more beautiful when she is young.

The woman was seriously rummaging through the herbs in the grass, when suddenly, a white-fronted tiger burst out of the woods and rushed straight towards the woman.

The woman panicked, and when she was about to escape, she tripped over the grass and fell to the ground with a thud.

The woman closed her eyes in despair, waiting for death to come.

Just as the tiger rushed in front of the woman, opening its bloody mouth and about to swallow the woman in one gulp, a flying sword whistled through the wind, piercing the head of the white-fronted tiger in one fell swoop.

Sensing a strange noise, the woman opened her eyes and looked in amazement at the tiger's corpse and the sword stuck in the tiger's skull.

"Qing'er." The figure of a middle-aged man slowly appeared beside the woman.

"You're here." The woman struggled to her feet, tears welling up in her eyes. He looked at the middle-aged man's face and was stunned.

The middle-aged man was a little cramped, and said gently: "I'm sorry, I still can't forget her." ”

The woman closed her eyes and said, "But... I've been waiting for you for seventeen years......" After speaking, she couldn't stop crying for a while.

The middle-aged man helped her wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, straightened her hair that was messy by the wind, and said gently: "Wait for me for a few more years, I will never fail you then." ”

"Nitsei ......"

The woman held back her tears and returned to the wooden house on the shore of Moon Lake with the middle-aged man.

When Miao Er saw that Sister Qing'er had come back safely, she rushed forward.

The woman was a little surprised at first, but then hugged Miao'er.

Miao Er saw the woman's reddened eyes and asked, "Sister Qing'er, what's wrong?" Did he bully you? With that, she pointed her finger at the middle-aged man on the side.

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly: "Your sister Qing'er was about to be eaten by a tiger, and I saved her." ”

Miao Er looked at the woman in disbelief. The woman nodded, "That's right. ”

Miao Er immediately cried: "Sister Qing'er, you must not have an accident, if you have three long and two short, what can we do!" ”

The woman stroked the girl's soft hair and said, "Okay, just listen to you, Sister Qing'er won't go next time." ”

The middle-aged man was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly asked, "By the way, Qing'er, I have an important matter that needs to be used for that mask." ”

When the woman heard this, she immediately walked back to the house. After a while, a bronze mask in the style of a Yaksha was taken out.

The woman handed the mask to the middle-aged man and said with a smile: "This is the ghost and god binding mask you asked me to help you create, although it is not as good as the craftsmanship of those masters, it is my highest level." It's been fifteen years since this mask was in place, and I thought no one would come and pick it up. ”

"Qing'er..."The middle-aged man's gaze was infinitely bitter.

The woman smiled gently: "Actually, if you had married me and Sister Yan'er back then, I wouldn't have felt bad." For your sake, I'd rather settle for a while, it's better than suffer this grievance. ”

The middle-aged man's eyes were red: "Qing'er, I really don't know how to thank you." ”

He felt the infinite tenderness of the woman in front of him, and how much he wanted to hold her in his arms after giving so much.

But he couldn't. In his heart, there was another woman, the woman he would never forget.

He didn't know how to forget her, and in the blink of an eye, he owed another her. Maybe in this life, he can't let go. Two wounded hearts will not come to fruition after all.

Seeing the middle-aged man looking at him stunned, the woman smiled coquettishly and said, "Quickly put on the mask." ”

The middle-aged man came to his senses and immediately put the mask on his face.

As soon as the mask was attached to the face, it immediately clung to the middle-aged man's face without the slightest gap.

Before leaving, the middle-aged man stroked the woman's cheek and said, "You wait, in a few years, see me Li Richeng make a name for you." ”

The woman smiled, laughed so quietly, smiled so moving, laughed so helplessly, smiled so sadly.

She stood there stunned and stared at the back.

Suddenly it began to drizzle in the sky. The figure of the middle-aged man gradually disappeared into the rain.

Watching the back gradually disappear, the woman could no longer suppress the sadness in her heart, and tears burst out of her eyes again.

Once upon a time, she was just an innocent little girl, helping her parents with their business in this ancestral grocery store. At that time, she didn't know what love was.

Later, her parents died one after another, and her world was once gloomy, with no hope in sight.

It wasn't until the appearance of this down-and-out man that she changed her fate.

It was twenty years ago, she was still ignorant and ignorant, but this down-and-out man made her feel heartbeat for the first time.

Since then, her life has undergone earth-shaking changes.

During the day, she will take in his every move, word and deed, and savor it; At night, he would toss and turn in his mind, and he couldn't sleep all night.

She used to be a window for him, and she was yellow in the mirror. She also wanted to chat with him about the wind and snow, the candles in the cave room, and find the spring night.

Only later, another woman appeared.

Later, when he was gone, he took her with him; After a few years, she left, but she left with his heart, far away.

She has decided to wait for him for the rest of her life, but is he willing? What if it's time to wait, is he still him? Even if he is still the same person, he is no longer in his original years. And he is no longer the him in his heart.

The falling flowers are gone, the flowing water is traceless, the years are rushing, and the time is difficult to stay. Twenty years later, he is a father. And she, still in place.

At this time, she didn't want to think about it anymore, and she didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Perhaps, the so-called red face is to wait for a lifetime, just to wait for one person.