Chapter 16: The Past
"Childish! Extremely naΓ―ve! Chen Candle, whose hair was messy like a chicken nest, paced around the room, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, this bastard actually wanted to dig out his bird's nest just now, what a frustrating behavior!
"I laughed, you're very mature? It's so big that people still learn to steal things to eat! "Yuan Zhisheng, who pinched the bridge of his nose to stop the bleeding, there was still a trace of blood left in the middle of the person, just now he was accidentally attacked by Chen Candle with a head cone.
Gan! That kid's head was real iron, and he was stunned by the emperor at that time.
"Forget it, I'll forgive you this time." Chen Candle, who was filled with righteous indignation just now, seemed to remember something, and suddenly his little hands stiffened, because he remembered that he seemed to be still in the other party's territory, if he offended this kid, what if the other party didn't give him food.
Well, you have to stay out of the edge for a while, and when he falls into your own hands, hum, see that I don't starve him to death.
When Chen Zhu thought of this, his heart suddenly felt much better.
But his expression made Yuan Zhisheng on the side look at the bruises, this bastard, didn't anyone tell him, don't put everything you think on your face when calculating others?
This is obviously thinking about how to get revenge on me, hey!
Of course, someone said it, but they couldn't beat Chen Candle, so they were beaten.
"Whew." Yuan Zhisheng loosened his tie and slumped on the sofa like Chen Candle, for some reason, after the fight just now, Yuan Zhisheng suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
It was as if the mountain that had been pressing on his heart had been moved a little.
The fate of the Eight Snake Families, the war with the fierce ghosts, all this seems to be temporarily away from him.
Yuan Zhisheng turned his head to look at Chen Zhu, who was thinking about the revenge plan with a face on his face, smiled, and didn't bother to pay attention to this guy.
He suddenly understood a little bit why Eri Yi would willingly follow Chen Candle to play in a short period of time, because this young man has a unique temperament that can make people close to him relax, not to think about the pressure of life, and to do everything he wants without worry.
It's a really relaxing feeling.
"Eh, why do you like food so much?" Yuan Zhisheng finally remembered what he was going to do, and he didn't hide it, and asked directly.
He vaguely felt that for a person like Chen Candle, your investigation with a ghost in his heart would definitely be made miserable by him, on the contrary, it would be better to ask directly.
Chen Candle scratched his head, feeling a little oily, and wiped his backhand on Yuan Zhisheng's body, but was slapped away by the latter who reacted.
"Cut, of course, because I used to go hungry when I was a kid." Chen Zhu smashed his mouth with a scared look, "You don't know what it's like to be hungry, it's really terrible." β
"It's like a volcano gushing in your stomach, the hot feeling, even the heart hurts, it's like you want to stuff everything in your mouth."
Yuan Zhisheng looked at Chen Candle's frightened look, and couldn't help asking, "Will people like you also starve when they are young?" β
Chen Candle changed his posture and put his hands on the back of his head, "Yes, how could it not." β
"When I was a child, I followed my master to hide XC, and I couldn't settle down for a moment, and it was a fantasy to earn money to eat, but I was proud and didn't want to do that indiscriminate thing, so I was hungry for a full meal."
"Thanks to the good people I met, I would have starved to death." Chen Candle looked emotional.
Yuan Zhisheng looked at Chen Candle, and a flash of thought flashed on his face, when he was a child, was he chased and killed by other people?
However, Yuan Zhisheng wisely did not ask questions, because he knew that Chen Candle would not answer his own question.
"By the way, you master him?" Yuan Zhisheng asked with some hesitation.
"As you guessed, hybrids." Chen Zhu didn't care, "But it's all dead, and it's useless to discuss." β
"Condolences." Yuan Zhisheng nodded.
"The end of living things is death, and if it is not the despair of the dying, then grief is the scar left for the living." Chen Candle's face was calm, "All unwillingness comes from regrets that cannot be completed in life, if you can complete his regrets, then there is no need to be sad." β
"So, everything you're doing now is to fulfill your master's last wish?" Yuan Zhisheng asked.
"Oh, sort of." Chen Candle smiled and did not answer positively.
As Chen Candle's voice fell, the room suddenly fell silent, only the slight sound of the air conditioner.
Long
"Whatever you want to do, I have only one request." Gen Zhisheng said with a serious face: "Don't hurt Eri Yi. β
Chen Candle turned his head, his eyes covered by the white cloth seemed to be looking at Yuan Zhisheng, he was silent for a while, and then said solemnly: "I will." β
"No one will leave with me anymore."
Yuan Zhisheng looked at Chen Candle's firm expression for a long time, smiled, and gently patted Chen Candle's shoulder, "I believe in you." β
"You have a good rest." Yuan Zhisheng dropped this sentence and pushed the door and left.
Chen Candle was left alone on the sofa in a daze, with his left arm in his eye socket, and the sunlight slanted through the window and fell on the broken hair on the young man's forehead, making a fluttering shadow.
"Master." I don't know how long it took, Chen Zhu whispered, "Come on, when I find him, I can avenge you!" β
In fact, even if Chen Zhu didn't say it, Yuan Zhisheng could probably guess that what could make a half-breed hungry and wander must be another half-blood...... Or pure-blood dragons.
So, who is after them?
The sun was warm, the incandescent light fell on his cheeks, and the fine fluff floated in his breath, this warm feeling was like the summer lying in the arms of his master when he was young.
For as long as he can remember, Chen Zhu has lived on a small mountain peak in that remote mountainous area, a small Taoist temple that is dilapidated but can also shelter from the wind and rain.
To this day, Chen Zhu can recall everything in the temple, the well, the stove, the two small wooden beds, the statue of Lao Jun in the largest lobby, and the donation box under the statue of Lao Jun that they relied on for survival.
Until that rainy night, with the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, the self-proclaimed god shattered the temple, and the master was forced to take him on a wandering, and every time they stayed in one place for a little longer, the nightmare sound of horses' hooves would sound.
Fortunately, relying on Chen Zhu's natural fortune-telling, the master and apprentice survived the relentless pursuit.
It wasn't until Chen Candle awakened the spirit of words when he was nine years old that the sound of horses' hooves really left them.
So the master took Chen Zhu to live in a small coastal town, pointed to a small house and said with a smile: "This will be our home in the future." β
How happy Chen Candle is, the small house is not big, but the young Taoist priest still groped every inch of the wall with his immature little hands, and this will be home in the future.
The sun was warm that day, and the wandering seemed to be over.
Chen Zhu grew up there and met a decrepit boy named Lu Mingfei, who would carry the ten yuan he had saved for a week in his pocket every weekend to tell fortunes, and he counted everything, grades, parents, and girls he liked......
And the master would always stuff the ten yuan into Chen Candle's hand after calculating Lu Mingfei's life every time, and let them buy delicious food.
Ten yuan, twenty packs of spicy strips, Chen Candle can always eat eighteen of them, Lu Mingfei is not angry, he doesn't like spicy strips very much, but he is afraid of loneliness.
In short, the five years after settling in the coastal town were the happiest time for Chen Candle.
There is a home, friends, and a master.
During those five years, the master would take Chen Candle out on a trip every once in a while, taking him to know the world and letting the young Chen Candle know that there were other half-breeds in this world.
It's a pity that all the ordinary happiness came to an abrupt end on the night of that lightning and thunderous typhoon.
"Master, Lu Mingfei's fool must not have brought an umbrella, I'll pick him up." Chen Candle was wearing a Taoist robe, and the white cloth behind his head was flying wantonly in the storm.
"Go ahead." The master sat on the chair, looked up at the sky, the heavy dark clouds fell like a mountain, the old man's face was calm, he didn't know what he was thinking, he just said to Chen Candle who was about to go out: "Our little candle has grown up, and will take care of himself." β
"Of course I'll take care of myself." Chen Candle looked proud, "Now you are not my opponent, master." β
"Haha, yes." The master stood up, came to Chen Candle's side, and gently rubbed the black hair on his head, "It's good to grow up." β
At that time, Chen Candle didn't care, just waved his hand casually, and the master fell into the house behind him.
When he sent Lu Mingfei back and went home again, the master was lying on the bed weakly, and there was another person in the house, the boy named Chu Zihang, who was squatting in the corner without saying a word.
Chen Candle knelt down on the side of the bed in disbelief, "Master? β
He stretched out his hand tremblingly, and all he could touch was the warm blood of his master, his gradually cooling body, and his pierced chest.
"Silly boy." The master stretched out his broad palm and gently rubbed Chen Candle's head, "Death is the destination of life, and people who are afraid of death are only afraid of death because they are unwilling and regret too much, but the master is not afraid now, because you have grown up." β
"It's just that I'm sorry for you, how sad the person who was left behind in the middle will be, the master knows, just like in the Kassel Manor, it was me who was left in the world."
"Speaking of which, when you are eighteen years old, the Kassel Academy will find you, whether to go or not, you just think it out for yourself, the master believes in you."
"But I've been away for too long, and the current secret party, the master can't see through it anymore, and he can't give you too much advice, but you have to remember that in the secret party, interests come first, don't trust others too much."
"I want to say too much, but I don't know what to say when I'm dying, in fact, I should have died a long time ago, unlike the old fellow of Ange, who has survived until now because of hatred. And I can live until now because of you. β
"Haha, live for a few more decades, because of you, the master is really happy."
"Finally, Xiao Candle, promise the master, don't open your eyes until you have to."