Chapter 35: Became My Own Man?
In addition to the alliance leader, there is also the alliance leader's wife, as well as the alliance leader's mother, the old lady, Ju Duoer, Ju Duo'er's sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, Ju Duoer's three brothers and three nephews are all on the mat, and they are all seated, but they have not moved their chopsticks, obviously waiting for someone to be seated.
The person was already standing at the door, turned around and left, afraid that it would be a loss of courtesy, and when he entered, the atmosphere was really weird. Yan Yi was so anxious that beads of sweat oozed from his forehead. After hesitating for a while, he still walked in.
Yan Yi and the alliance leader were polite, and then Ju Yun led him to sit down next to Ju Duo'er. Just now, I didn't have time to observe everyone here because of the politeness with the old alliance.
The master of the long table sat a kind grandmother, that is Ju Duoer's grandmother, this is also not a simple character, don't look at her is now nearly 100 years old, but her body is still very healthy, her face is ruddy, she speaks clearly, and her eyes are smiling, since Yan Yi entered the door, she has been staring at him and laughing, and from time to time she sighs "good!
And Ju Duo's mother, the wife of the alliance leader, is dignified and gentle, and she also looks at Yan Yi from time to time, and she is rarely looked at like this.
Yan Yi only felt uncomfortable. A few of them were young and fine, and they put their minds on the meal with a few polite words.
The old alliance leader has always avoided it these days, but now he finally met again, and he didn't seize the opportunity, but he was afraid of missing the best opportunity.
There were a lot of delicious foods on the table, and everyone ate them with relish, but Yan Yi was stuck in his throat and couldn't lift his chopsticks. Ju Yun on the side thought he was polite, embarrassed to clip it, and kept sending things into his bowl until it was full.
In addition to nodding and smiling to express his gratitude, Yan Yi was only sad, on such an occasion, when talking about such a problem, the alliance leader may not be willing to talk about it, secondly, he is not good at words, and he is afraid that he will say the wrong thing and make the situation worse.
"Is breakfast unappetizing?" asked the old lady with a smile, "I didn't ask you what you like to eat, but only prepared these, which is really a bit rude!"
"No, no, no!" Yan Yi hurriedly replied, "The breakfast is very rich, thank you for your hospitality!"
"Then you can eat more!"
"Yes, okay!" Yan Yi replied, and grabbed a steamed bun in his hand, took a small bite, and chewed hard.
In this way, the originally quiet dinner table has a different atmosphere.
Yan Yi took the opportunity to say what he thought in his heart, "Alliance leader, what do you think about the holy water~~?"
"Come, kid, this is delicious!" said the alliance leader and beckoned the waitress to bring a dish in front of him to Yan Yi. "This was salvaged this morning, it's very fresh, young people should eat more!"
Yan Yi wanted to say something, but the alliance leader talked about him left and right, so that he could no longer talk about the holy water.
I didn't want Ju Duo'er to get involved, but she just sat next to her, and she didn't understand the truth of the matter, so she really thought that her father didn't hear Yan Yi's words, so she deliberately raised her voice and reminded, "Daddy, my senior brother told you about holy water!"
As soon as she spoke, everyone else at the table stopped, unable to ignore the question any longer.
But unfortunately, she didn't grow up here since she was a child, and she didn't know very well that the holy water in Yan Yi's mouth was not the same thing as the holy water she thought.
"What holy water?" the old alliance leader was displeased and asked lightly.
"The water in the holy spring!" replied Ju Duo'er in a loud voice.
Hearing this, the old alliance leader smiled, and then looked at Yan Yi with a strange expression and said, "The water of the holy spring, you can take as much water as you want, and even give you the entire spring, I don't care!"
Yan Yi smiled awkwardly, but there was no elegance in answering.
And Ju Duo'er, thinking that it was done, was excited, and involuntarily grabbed Yan Yi's arm, "I said, let me come with you, it's not wrong, I can help!"
At this moment, Yan Yi was even more like sitting on pins and needles, neither did he leave, nor did he stay, he wanted to take Ju Duoer's hand away, but when he raised his eyes, he saw that the whole table was looking at her dotingly, so he timidly put his hand down again, and Ju Duo excitedly "invited credit", and he was only responsible for smiling awkwardly.
He didn't know what he had eaten for breakfast, he didn't know what he said, he just felt tired. Before he finished eating, the old alliance leader had already left the table first, and he didn't know where to go.
After everyone put down the chopsticks one after another, Yan Yi also quickly withdrew. He thought he had concealed his expression well, but he didn't know that he saw it in his eyes. As soon as he saw Yan Yi retreat from the table and leave, he followed. At the corner of the corridor, Yan Yi was forced to stop.
"Senior brother," said Ju Duo'er, "don't you want to take the holy water, didn't my father promise to give it to him? Why are you still worried? Do you want anything else?"
"No!" Yan Yi said and continued to walk forward.
This time, Ju Duoer walked directly to him and blocked his way with open arms.
"Are you hiding something from me?"
"No!" Yan Yi replied softly, and tried to push away her hands that were blocking her eyes, but seeing the perseverance and tears in her eyes, she couldn't bear it, sighed, and continued, "We just want to take a little holy water!"
"Didn't Daddy say it, take as much as you want?"
"This holy water is not the holy water of the other!"
"It's not the water from the holy spring, but where else?"
Yan Yi only looked at her and did not answer. He didn't want to tell her that the master had said that Ju Duo'er's itinerary would only go to the Juyun tribe, and if he could solve this problem with the alliance leader, he didn't want her to be involved. But now, things seem to be much more difficult than imagined, and it is really uncomfortable to hide such a well-known secret.
Ju Duo'er understood the meaning of Yan Yi's expression, she should know what it was.
But what is it? Ju Duo'er thought hard, her eyes glancing around from time to time, hoping to get a hint. When she looked up at the sky outside, the shining sunlight seemed to sting her eyes, and this pain also made her have an epiphany.
She looked at Yan Yi in horror and shuddered, "You want to take the water from the holy lamp?"
Yan Yi nodded.
"The water of the holy lamp, the holy water of the Lan Ling!" Ju Duo'er muttered in a low voice, "That is the holy relic of our clan, the protector of my clan, it is impossible for my father to give it to you!"
This time, Yan Yi neither nodded nor shook his head, but just looked away.
"No, you can't rob it!" Ju Duo'er put down her arms weakly, and the whole person sat down on the chair in the corridor, and said with a crying voice, "This is the holy relic of our clan, it takes 100 years to receive a small bottle, and it takes a lot of sacrifices to get it, and Daddy can't give it to you, and you can't snatch it! If you take away the Lanling Holy Water, we will be crushed to ashes by demons and monsters! I won't let you do this!"