Chapter 4 Interdependence

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In a lush wilderness mountain forest.

The bitter cold wind kept shouting, and the goose feathers and snow were blowing one after another, and all eyes were white.

Although the sun has not yet completely set, the mountains and forests in the snow-covered sky are already very dark.

A forest mountain road that is not obvious at all, winding and almost undiscernible under the thick layer of snow, but at the end of its extension there is a glimmer of fire, revealing a little warmth in the ice and snow.

The firelight is the only mountain temple in this thousands of miles of mountains and forests.

Due to the inaccessibility, this mountain temple has long lost its incense, abandoned for many years, the gatehouse and courtyard wall of the outer courtyard have long collapsed, only a decaying main hall remains, standing alone in place.

The door of the main hall has long been missing, and there is a shabby straw mat half-built at the door frame, which hastily covers the wind and snow outside the hall.

Through the hole in the straw mat, you can see that in the empty hall, in addition to some messy dry grass and masonry, there is also a figure sitting cross-legged in it.

It was a tall young man dressed in green clothes, even if he sat on the ground, his figure looked unusually straight, but his face was expressionless, extremely indifferent, just like the dilapidated clay statue behind him, rigid, sluggish, and lifeless.

The tall young man hugged his arms on his chest, and between the crooks of his arms was lying a slender and thin girl, who was the little fox demon Liu Le'er.

"Uh......"

At this moment, a low groan suddenly came from the young man's arms.

Liu Le'er's small head arched towards the young man's arm, and the cheek that had been buried deep in his chest moved outward a few points, revealing from between his arms.

The immature little face, which was originally beautiful and lovely, was now full of sickly redness, obviously still in a deep sleep, but a pair of beautiful eyebrows were tightly frowned together, and the eyes kept rolling from side to side under the closed curtains, as if they were experiencing extremely terrible dreams.

"No...... No...... Woohoo......"

With a burst of dream whispering, Liu Le'er wrapped her arms around the young man's arm and subconsciously tightened it a little.

Half of her calf kicked out of the young man's arms uneasily, and her body writhed a few times from time to time, looking very unstable, and the little face that had just been displaced was buried back in the young man's chest at this moment.

The young man who was originally looking straight ahead seemed to feel a little, lowered his head and looked at the girl in his arms, Mu Ran's eyes changed slightly, and he seemed to be a little confused, but more still at a loss.

"Stone...... Brother ......"

Another vague dream buzz from the young man's arms, like the sound of mosquitoes and flies, was imperceptible.

I don't know if it's because of the firelight, the tall young man's face seems to have softened a little at this time, and there is a little more light in his originally empty eyes.

He didn't get up, sat on the ground and shifted his position, using half of his body to block the cold wind that leaked in, and moved his arm slightly, looping the girl's calf back into his arms, and hugging it a little.

The girl's body shook and rubbed a few times in his arms, and her little head arched into his chest again, and her movements slowly stopped, and her breathing gradually stabilized.

The sky outside the hall was already dark, and the wind and snow between the wanton heaven and earth gradually became a little smaller unconsciously.

......

Halfway up a verdant mountain, more than three zhang high, a tall young man stood with his back to the hole.

Liu Leer stood behind the young man, dragging the corner of the young man's clothes with one hand, holding his thighs with the other, and slightly poked out half of his little face to look ahead, his little face looked a little pale due to nervousness.

But a few feet in front of the two of them, a gray-haired giant bear with two adults tall was standing there with its hind paws on the ground and its forelimbs raised.

On its head was a hideous horn like white bones, and a large mouth with a protruding blood basin turned up, revealing cold sharp white teeth, baring its teeth and roaring, and a line of fishy and slightly sticky saliva flowed from the corners of its mouth.

The young man who was tall in his own shape looked as thin as a child in front of this giant bear.

However, he didn't have the slightest expression on his face, just stared at the giant bear with straight eyes, and his dark eyes were like ink, without much luster.

The giant bear stared at the tall young man's face for a moment, and for some reason, a slightly anthropomorphic look of fear suddenly appeared on his face, and he roared violently, took two steps back, turned and dropped his forelimbs, and ran away on all fours.

When Liu Le'er saw this scene, her expression first eased and breathed a sigh of relief, and then she scratched her head in some puzzlement, walked around to the tall young man, and looked up at him.

She stared at the young man's face for a long time, but she couldn't see anything unusual, and couldn't help but show a little disappointment.

"Brother Shi, Le'er knows that you are not an ordinary person, but it's a pity that you can't speak, otherwise it would be nice to be able to say something to Le'er, alas......" Liu Le'er sighed like a little adult, took the young man's big hand, turned around and walked back to the cave on the mountainside.

The young man did not speak, but his lowered gaze fell on the girl's little white hand holding him, and his body gradually walked into the hole with the other party's pull.

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In an unknown vast grassland, it is the mid-spring season when the grass grows and the warbler flies, the new spring buds of the grass have been extracted, and the whole grassland is filled with a fresh fragrance unique to the grass.

A girl of eight or nine years old, carrying a cluster of slender rattan with pale yellow flowers in her hand, rode on the shoulders of a tall young man with a tall figure, and walked leisurely.

Compared with two years ago, the young man has not changed in the slightest, and he is still wearing the blue shirt, but Liu Leer is very different from before.

The girl's figure has risen a lot, her little face has faded a little childish, and her eyebrows and eyes show a little softness that is rare for ordinary girls.

I saw her ten fingers moving quickly, weaving the yellow flower rattan in her hand, and humming a brisk song in her mouth, her voice was crisp and beautiful, like a yellow warbler crying.

"It's finished"

Before the song ended, Liu Leer's movements stopped, and a beautiful wreath of flowers had taken shape.

She held the wreath in both hands, looked it in circles, nodded in satisfaction, and put the wreath on the young man's head with a happy face.

The wreath was the right size, and the closest part of the flower fell directly above the young man's forehead.

The tall young man seemed to realize something, raised his hand and lightly touched the garland, and slowly withdrew his hand.

Liu Le'er had long been accustomed to the reaction of the tall young man, looked down and caught a glimpse of the green rope around his neck, covered her mouth and smiled, and grabbed her hand mischievously, making a gesture to lift the rope.

The young man under him seemed to react instinctively, grabbed it to his chest, held the dark green ornament tied to the end of the string, and refused to let go for a long time.

"Brother Stone is stingy, it's like this every time, I'm just curious to see it......" Liu Le'er's cheeks puffed up.

Although she said this, she was not really angry, the stone brother under her had never spoken to her for more than two years, except for rarely reacting to the outside world, only when it was involved in the ornament in her arms, she would take the initiative to react every time.

Because of this, Liu Leer will use this to play with young people from time to time.

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Time flies like a white horse, and it is a few years in a hurry.

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old pretty girl in a white dress, with waist-length black hair, her hands behind her back, and her blue boots under her feet stepped briskly, walking on an official road paved with yellow sand.

Behind him, there was also a tall man in Tsing Yi, with a wooden expression and slow steps.

The two of them walked fast and slow, but their steps were small and large, and they did not have too much distance between them.

Walking in front of Liu Leer, there is a majestic city at the end of the official road, and you can see many pedestrians coming and going at the gate of the city, as small as sparrows.

She frowned slightly and stopped.

"Ming...... Yuancheng ......" Liu Le'er squinted her eyes and looked at it for a while, and slowly called out.

The tall young man walked up to her and stopped, looking at the city as far away as she did.

"It looks like a big city of the Terran race......" Liu Le'er muttered in a low voice, looking hesitant.

In the past five years, in order to cure the dementia of tall young people, the two have also entered some Terran towns, but they have never approached a city of this scale in front of them.

"Brother Shi, if you are completely well, will you be able to help Le'er take revenge?" Liu Le'er looked up at the young man and whispered, but she didn't know whether to ask him or herself.

When the young man heard this, he seemed to have some reaction, and his distant gaze slowly retracted and looked at the girl, but he still did not speak.

"What nonsense am I talking about, no matter how powerful Brother Shi is, how can he beat the blood knife and have so many bad people?" Liu Le'er lowered her head as if she remembered something, and her tears fell down with a disgraceful "let's go" and seeped into the yellow sand on the ground.

At this moment, she suddenly felt the top of her head sink and a warm touch came.

She raised her head slightly, and saw that her "stone brother" was raising a hand to caress her head, and his eyes were exceptionally soft.

For some reason, Liu Le'er felt extremely relieved at this moment, and there was an indescribable courage in her body out of thin air, and it seemed that no matter how difficult it was, she was no longer afraid.

She raised the back of her hand to wipe the tears from her face, grabbed the thick palm of the tall young man with the other hand, and strode away in the direction of the city gate in the distance with a determined face.