Table of Contents 30: The Night Festival of the Gods (Part I)
In the coming days of the Divine Night Festival, the streets of Tianyuan City were also a little more lively than usual, in the crowded crowd, no one noticed that the singer they respected had changed into another set of clothes and quietly blended in, in order to prevent others from finding out, Lin Shanshan also specially put on a veil, and after doing a series of secret work, the three of them became part of the crowd openly.
"Is that doll handmade? It's so beautiful, oh, this is a hairpin made of coral, I always thought someone was lying to me......" Lin Shanshan's voice fluttering in front of the stalls was full of irrepressible cheerfulness, and Bai Ye, who was following behind, was vigilantly observing the people around him.
"Bai Ye ......" the prayer on his hands full of various snacks was chewing hard, and he looked sideways, "Let's take that woman out without permission, if she has an accident, we won't get paid." "You're the least qualified person to say that!" The woman bought you some snacks and took you in!" "That's someone else's kindness, how can you trample on it!" "You've learned to make your reasons for eating high-sounding." Bai Ye pursed his lips, his eyes never left Lin Shanshan.
"Why is your expression so strict?" Qi Yu licked his lips and covered his stomach with satisfaction, "I always feel that that singer-sama, it's a little strange, it's because I think too much......" There are times when my intuition will go wrong, Lin Shanshan, who looks so happy, is not strange at all, but it is so much hearted herself.
It wasn't long before the three of them came to a roadside drink shop, found a remote corner and sat down, while the people at the middle table were discussing the singer's affairs enthusiastically, and of course, all they could hear were praise.
"These guys are really big fans, or the whole city. Holding his cheek raiser with his left hand, Bai Ye glanced weakly at the center of the discussion, "I wonder if they will be disappointed after seeing your true face." "Don't worry, I'll play the singer that the city needs, it's a piece of cake. Lin Shanshan wiped her nose proudly, then grabbed the cup in front of her, drank half of the watermelon juice in one go, and hiccuped heroically.
"It was really hard. Lin Shanshan on the stage and Lin Shanshan on the stage are two people who are completely different from each other, and the so-called singer just put on another mask to comfort the people of the city, thinking of this, Bai Ye sneered at those fanatical citizens with a little schadenfreude.
"Dong Dong" At this moment, there was a knocking sound, which made the discussion in the store laugh, only to see an old man sitting at the counter curled up all over, thin enough to see the bones under the skin, holding on crutches with both hands, constantly beating the ground, and began to babble: "The little kid who doesn't know anything, compared with the singers of the previous generation, the current little girl is just a defective product who can't even sing!"
Amazing speech, but the people chatting around seemed to have long been accustomed to the old man's amazing words.
"It's the father of the old Yang family. "It's his tirade again. "Haha, it's hard work for Lao Yang. "People continue to drink their drinks and talk to themselves, and only a few people will talk about the elderly.
"Old man Yang, you are a person who has been a singer for three generations, is it still beautiful for the songs of the previous two singers?" someone asked deliberately seriously, but the smile on the corner of his mouth had betrayed him.
"Hmph, you don't understand the essence of the singer-sama's songs at all, songs without a heart, just second-rate singing! What the last singer-sama sang, that's the real ......" "Okay, Dad, it's time to take medicine." The owner of the drink shop was a young man, and an embarrassed smile appeared on his sassy face at this time.
"Xiao Ke, I've said it many times, Dad, I'm not sick!" the old man glared at him dissatisfiedly.
"Yes, yes, and I'm not my brother Xiao Ke, but my younger brother. â
"Oh...... My memory hasn't changed very well lately. â
"So take your medicine obediently. The young man helped the old man away, and the drink shop soon regained its previous lively atmosphere.
Bai Ye put down the empty cup, calculating the time, it was time for them to go back to Heavenly Boundary City.
"Let's go, hmm, what's wrong with you?" greeted Lin Shanshan beside her, but found that she lowered her head and was thinking about something.
"You don't care what the old man said just now, do you? This kind of fussy guy is very common, and likes to compare you with the singers of the past or something, this is just a common problem of the elderly, don't take it to heart. â
"Hmm...... I know, that's why I have to work harder to live up to everyone's expectations. The smile was as bright as usual, but Bai Ye vaguely felt that there seemed to be something more in it.
In front of sending Lin Shanshan back to the quiet room, the light-footed girl turned her head in front of the door: "Thank you, Xiaobai, for letting you go out with me today." "There's no need to say thank you, and besides, it's better not to scream when it's called a stomach. Bai Ye finally understood who Lin Shanshan was very similar to, his baby sister Bai Ruoyan.
"It's a cute name. Lin Shanshan pouted.
"Men's world, there is no need for the word cute, thank you. Bai Ye simply denied it.
"It's a sad refusal, by the way, are we dating today?" "Haven't you looked up the dictionary, dating is only two people. Bai Ye looked at him with an idiot look.
"That's right, then next time, let's have a good date!" "Excuse me, you're not my type." "That's a shame, see you tomorrow." Lin Shanshan, who was smiling, pushed open the swaying wooden door and hid in it, and in the distance, you could still hear the familiar humming sound, which was the song that Lin Duoduo sang last night, a special song for singers.
"Let's go rest too. Patting the head of the prayer beside him, Bai Ye pressed the strange feeling that surged in his heart hard.
The third day of the open-air performance ended peacefully, and the night was ushered in in Tianyuan City.
In the room of the red leaves of the hotel, Bai Ruoyan was lying listlessly at the window, boredly counting how many stars there are today, in the room, Yun Yi and Shen Wuling sat opposite each other, the former leaned against the wall, puffing out smoke rings, and looked peaceful and enjoying, Shen Wuling was flipping through the books that Yun Yi bought from the street during the day, reading carefully, and the room was quiet.
From time to time, there was the sound of rustling books.
Finally, Bai Ruoyan couldn't bear the loneliness and opened the conversation: "Yunyi, I'm bored, at night when Xiaobai is away, my vitality seems to be draining rapidly......" "Sister Ruoyan, are you okay?" Biting the cigarette stick, Yun Yi gave Bai Ruoyan a roll of the eyes, "On the road ahead, you have to remember not to accommodate this woman, otherwise it will be very troublesome." "What, Xiao Bai is the source of my life, and I can't sleep with Xiao Bai for three days this time...... "Hey, Mr. Bai Ye is so old, do you still sleep with my sister?" Shen Wuling asked again in surprise.
"Isn't this normal, we often sleep naked in each other's arms...... Ah......" Bai Ruoyan, who was triumphantly describing, was ruthlessly slashed by Yun Yi with a hand knife on the top of her head.
"Please don't tell others your delusions, Miss Ling, you too, don't believe the words of this estrus she-cat......" When he turned his head again, Shen Wuling was already muttering to himself with a flushed face, and he couldn't listen to Yun Yi's explanation at all.
"How...... Can it be so unrestrained, the outside world turns out that my sister and brother are so honest and relative...... Too...... It's so embarrassing!"
"......" Yun Yi smashed his mouth, and walked to the window with a headache, from this angle he could see the light feather feeding the battleship carrots in the courtyard below, and the man was sometimes unpredictable.
"I said, Miss Ling, if you really believe this woman, your worldview will become very distorted. â
"Did that lie to me?"
"She's a younger brother, it's really not pretending. Yun Yi can't deny this.
"Yun Yi, don't praise me so much in front of others~" Bai Ruoyan, who didn't know why and was so happy, was hit by Yun Yi again.
"However, Mr. Bai Ye and Sister Ruo Yan have a good relationship, they are a pair of enviable sisters and brothers. After Shen Wuling finally calmed down, she said softly yearningly.
"That's because the two of them have experienced a lot of things, and in this world where everyone is an enemy, the only thing they can believe in is each other, and they are naturally closer than the average sister and brother, but you are also right, their relationship is indeed very enviable. Yun Yi turned the slender pipe, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, it was the first time Shen Wuling saw Yun Yi smiling, which seemed precious.
"Then Yun Yi, what is your relationship with them? it's Bai Ye's ......" Shen Wuling carefully considered her words.
"I don't have the kind of ambiguous relationship with that kid you think, if you want to say it, it should be a master and apprentice, tsk, it's not counted, after all, that kid is already more powerful than me, it can only be said that it is a very complicated relationship. Yun Yi pondered for a while, and it seemed that he couldn't find the right words to describe this bad relationship.
"Have you been traveling with them for a long time?" "Ah, eight years. "I've been a hindrance ghost for eight years, it's really annoying, ahhh
When Shen Wuling saw this farce, she could understand the bond between these two women and a man even more, which was an existence that others could not destroy and understand.
"By the way, it may be rude to ask this, why does Mr. Bai Ye have a phobia of women?" This is probably the question that puzzles her the most, this time, Yun Yi and Bai Ruoyan both paused at the same time, and for a long time, Yun Yi, who was holding a pipe, said slowly: "This question, maybe it is better for him to answer it himself, if he insists on explaining, it should be a curse, a curse that is involved with us......" "It seems that it is a taboo topic that cannot be touched, then I won't ask again." Shen Wuling was keenly aware of the strangeness of the atmosphere, but Bai Ruoyan behind her gently grabbed her hand, "It's not a taboo topic, it's just that it can't be said by us, if one day, when Xiaobai is willing to take the initiative to talk to you, I will be grateful to you, Ling, because, that day is the moment when he breaks the curse." "Only this matter, the two of them can't help, Bai Ruoyan can't, and Yun Yi can't either.
After all, the two people who were judged by Bai Ye to be women other than the Cun ZĂ i, who would not be afraid of them, would not be able to unravel this curse.
At the same time, in a corner of Tianyuan City.
The faint candle flame lit up a small space, and several men with stern expressions were kneeling on the ground without raising their heads, and outside the candlelight, sat their leader.
"Chief, what do we do next...... The strict investigation in the past few days has pulled out many of our latent subordinates, and if it goes on like this......" "Wait patiently, as for the report, I will write it like this, new lads, completely unsuitable for this line of work. The leader, who was hiding in the dark, as usual, gently carried away the deaths of his comrades with a gentle laugh.
"It's the group of people around Miss Ling, even the Baicao specially brought out, but they still haven't been able to kill any of them, and I heard that the one who confronts Baicao is still an old human. Thinking of Bai Ye in the report, the leader seemed to be full of interest.
"How is it possible, Chief! Baicao's strength can't even kill an old human, even if her peach blossom miasma is an A-level martial arts cultivation, she may not be able to break through!" Regarding the leader's words, someone immediately retorted, "Who knows, maybe the other party is a special old human, I always feel that it is getting more and more interesting, convey my order, all of them will not move, let those little ghosts not mess around, the real performance will be staged on the day of the Divine Night Festival." The candle flame went out, and the room fell silent.
On the morning of the fourth day, there was a small episode before the performance.
It was when Lin Shanshan left the sedan chair, a young couple was standing closest to her, the husband waved his hand excitedly, and when he saw Lin Shanshan's eyes move to them, the husband excitedly opened his voice: "Lord Geji, you have to come on today! I specially brought my wife to listen to your singing!" "Isn't this Nagumo from the blacksmith shop?" "Oh, I heard that his wife has depression, so I want to use the singer-sama's singing voice to open the door to his wife's inner defense." "Haha, Nagumo's kid is so smart. The discussion around Bai Ye immediately understood what was going on, although Lin Shanshan's singing could not really cure the disease, but for some mental illnesses, it should still be able to play a little role.
When he looked at Lin Shanshan, who stepped up the steps with one foot, he saw the other party's confusion flashing, but soon his solemn expression replaced him.
"Don't worry, my singing voice will protect everyone in Tianyuan City, and your wife will definitely be fine. The warm and pleasant voice made Nanyun and his wife kneel to the ground excitedly, and the atmosphere at the scene became more and more hot, probably only Bai Ye alone, showing a thoughtful expression.
This city, as expected, is a little strange.
When the last day's singing ended, Bai Ye couldn't help but relax, tomorrow is about to be the beginning of the Divine Night Festival, as long as he spends tomorrow safely, he will be able to take a heavy honorarium and say goodbye to this city.
After dinner, he asked about the location of the maid's bath, Bai Ye hummed a small tune and walked towards the large bathhouse unique to Heavenly Boundary City, I heard that the other martial cultivators were busy patrolling and guarding, and no one had time to take a bath.
"A bunch of idiots. Let Bai Ye, who stayed there, be ready to enjoy the life of the city lord without any psychological burden, but the strange feeling that this city gave him is still around his heart, the reason why Tianyuan City exists is because there is a singer's existence, once the singer is killed, the city will naturally collapse.
However, people only think about protecting the singer, but no one has ever understood the singer's thoughts.
"In addition to assassination, another way to bring down Tianyuan City is to ...... Let the singer collapse first...... However, Lin Shanshan's girl is in such good spirits, she should be fine. Pushing open the bathroom door, a white mist came from the surface, "Forget it, it has nothing to do with me anyway, enjoy it...... Rush!" Bai Ye, who was rushing forward naked, gradually slowed down, and the smile on his face became stiff.
In the bath directly in front of him, a red-faced girl was speechless with her mouth wide open......