Shen Shi was silent in the dark, and after a while, he said, "I don't know either." But after a pause, he still whispered, "But it's too early to say this, always try to see if you can find a way out." ”

Zhong Qingzhu let out a soft "um".

Unable to see her face clearly in the dark, Shen Shi hesitated for a moment and said, "Are you tired, why don't you sit down and rest for a while, and then leave." ”

Zhong Qingzhu seemed to be really tired, and he didn't insist when he heard this, and the two of them groped for a higher place at the edge of the cave to sit down in this darkness, but as for the feet were still not in the water, they couldn't close it.

Shen Shi leaned his back against the stone wall, and suddenly felt that after his body relaxed for a moment, the pain that was already in all parts of his body suddenly increased, and he couldn't help but snort lowly. Zhong Qingzhu, who was sitting next to him, seemed taken aback and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Shen Shi gritted his teeth and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that there are many places on my body that hurt." ”

Zhong Qingzhu was silent for a while, but when he spoke again, there was a little worry and apology in his voice, his voice was soft, and he said: "I'm sorry, I, I've always only thought about myself, but I didn't expect that you were washed down like me, and you must have been injured, I'm really ...... Are you alright, do you have any serious injuries?"

The wind moved lightly, but a soft little hand gently stretched out, with a slight inexplicable tremor and touched his shoulder, as if he wanted to continue to grope for a while, but he didn't dare to go any further, just froze there.

Shen Shi smiled and said, "It's okay, I've seen it myself, it's all skin injuries, and it's not in the way." ”

Zhong Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good." ”

Shen Shi nodded in the dark, didn't say anything, Zhong Qingzhu didn't speak again, and the two of them sat in the dark like this, resting silently.

After a while, Shen Shi suddenly noticed that Zhong Qingzhu's body sitting next to him seemed to tremble slightly, and at the same time, in the silence in the darkness, there seemed to be some extremely suppressed faint choking sounds, and the girl next to him seemed to be sobbing quietly, and seemed to be afraid of being discovered by him, desperately suppressing herself.

"What's wrong?" Shen Shi hesitated for a while, and finally asked.

Zhong Qingzhu was asked by him like this, and seemed to know that he finally couldn't hide his own crying, and his choked voice gradually became louder, but he was still trying his best to control himself, but his voice trembled, and even his voice was a little blurred:

"I—I miss my mother's kiss. ”

Shen Shi sighed and didn't say anything, in fact, when he was panicking in the dark just now, he was a teenager, why didn't he think about his short and fat father?

Listening to Zhong Qingzhu's sobbing sound beside him, with a little helplessness and grievance, Shen Shi After a while, he still wanted to talk to her, which would make her relax a little, so he said: "Your mother is a very good person, see you think of her so much?"

Zhong Qingzhu seemed to wipe his eyes in the dark, and said in a low voice: "Yes, my mother is good to me, she has remembered me for everything since she was a child, never scolded me, didn't beat me, and was a sweetheart baby." ”

Shen Shi was silent for a moment and said, "No wonder you miss her so much." ”

Zhong Qingzhu said a few words, it seemed that his mood had calmed down a bit, he sighed softly in the dark, and said quietly: "Where is your mother, where is she now?"

Shen Shi paused and said, "When I was just born, she died. ”

Zhong Qingzhu's voice quieted down suddenly, and after a while, he was a little cautious and said, "I'm sorry ......."

Shen Shi waved his hand in the darkness and said with a smile: "Okay, what is there to say about it, you didn't know it before." Also, why do you keep saying sorry to others, and feel like you owe a lot of money to others?"

Zhong Qingzhu couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and only said after a while: "Really?"

Shen Shi said: "Yes." ”

Zhong Qingzhu thought about it carefully and said, "It seems that this is really the case......"

Shen Shi laughed and said, "It's not, so I don't care if you talk to others, but you don't have to be so careful when you talk to me, it sounds weird." ”

Zhong Qingzhu said: "Oh. ”

After chatting with each other for a few times, the mood of the two of them was a lot calmer, and the original feeling of strangeness was still a little closer. Sitting in the dark, the two chatted sentence by sentence, Shen Shi knew from Zhong Qingzhu's mouth that she was indeed born in a weak-blooded side branch of the Zhong family, and her family background was also bleak and poor, and his father was useless except for his surname Zhong.

As for the later I don't know if it's an open-eye, this dad fell into the water and died inexplicably, since then the mother and daughter have depended on each other, and their livelihood is also ruined, Zhong Qingzhu's mother was helpless, and she went to the Zhong family's own sect, and she didn't have much hope, who knew that she was lucky to meet the old lady of the Zhong family on her 80th birthday, and the Zhong family didn't want to be bad luck on the day of the big day, and they actually took them in.

Since then, the mother and daughter have finally lived a stable life, although the status in the Zhong family is still low, Zhong Qingzhu's mother and mother are also some laundry and cooking servants on weekdays, but there is food, clothing, and a house, the mother and daughter are happy enough, even if some people in the Zhong family look at them unpleasantly on weekdays, they often make things difficult, or sneer a few words, Zhong Qingzhu also endured it silently, and after a long time, he has developed a little bit of such a cautious temperament now.

As for the fact that she can come to Lingxiao Sect now, she has another opportunity. The Zhong family is a well-known vassal family under the Lingxiao Sect, although there has been a lack of talents in the family in the past few decades, and the momentum is not as good as before, but relying on the previous connections in the sect, there are many high-ranking people to take care of them on weekdays, so they are still barely among the four major vassal families, but in terms of momentum and strength, compared to the Sun family, the Xu family, and even the relatively weak Hou family, it is far inferior.

However, it is also beneficial to be familiar, there are many masters of the Lingxiao Sect who came to the Zhong family, and once a senior elder came over, the original intention was to see if there were outstanding disciples in the Zhong family's generation, and after selecting Zhong Qinglu from it, it seemed that there were not too many talents, which made the Zhong family very disappointed, who knew that when he left, the elder of the Lingxiao Sect saw Zhong Qingzhu who happened to bring tea and water from the side......

Shen Shi heard this on the side, and couldn't help baring his teeth, thinking that this is not right, where is this unlucky person with bad luck, this is clearly the appearance of good luck and auspicious stars from beginning to end!

Sun You, that guy is really unreliable!

Shen Shi secretly made a conclusion to his neighbor and friend in his heart.

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During the conversation, Shen Shi also casually talked about some of his past experiences, and when he heard that Shen Shi was the same as himself, almost growing up with his father, Zhong Qingzhu seemed to have some sympathy for him, I don't know if it was because of empathy.

In short, as they talked, the two of them were much closer, and after chatting like this for a while, Shen Shi felt that the feeling of exhaustion on his body had dissipated a lot, so he said to Zhong Qingzhu: "Have you rested, why don't we go forward?"

Zhong Qingzhu agreed, no objection.

The two of them began to grope forward in this dark cave again, this time they crawled forward for a longer time, because it was too dark around, they had to move forward while groping, Zhong Qingzhu followed behind him, Shen Shi walked in front, in the darkness there was always an illusion that if he didn't do well, he would hit the hard stone wall headlong, so he couldn't move fast, and he had to keep groping in the dark.

Walking like this, I don't know how long they have been walking, the two of them gasped again, and the fatigue on their bodies came in bursts, at this time they were already a little desperate in their hearts, this road that could not see the light, it seemed that there was no hope and vitality.

Do you really want to die in this dark cave?

Frustration and discouragement, like a poisonous worm, quietly gnawed at Shen Shi's heart, making his heart start to be a little impatient again, but he vaguely heard the movement of the girl behind him, but reminded him that he was not alone now, maybe it was the inexplicable self-esteem of the young man, and he wanted to retain some dignity in front of the girl, so he still forcibly suppressed the uneasiness and irritability in his heart and continued to crawl forward.

It's just that how long it can last like this, even Shen Shi himself can't say.

At this moment, suddenly in the depths of the darkness ahead, a faint light flickered violently.

Shen Shi's body stiffened instantly, and he stopped suddenly. Zhong Qingzhu behind him didn't notice anything, he walked forward, and suddenly bumped into Shen Shi's body, "Oops" exclaimed, and the two fell into the water at the same time.

"I'm sorry for ......," Zhong Qingzhu said as soon as he opened his mouth.

Shen Shi didn't have time to pay attention to her words, grabbed her soft palm, with a little excitement, pointed forward, and said, "Look, look over there." ”

Zhong Qingzhu let out an "ah", looked forward with a little puzzlement, and saw that in the depths of the darkness, in the silence, a faint light flickered calmly in that corner.

"Ahh ”

Zhong Qingzhu nodded heavily and said, "Hmm." ”

Along the dark cave tunnel, the two of them accelerated and crawled towards the light, and as they got closer and closer to the light, the light seemed to light up, and even they could gradually see the scenery around them vaguely, and it was indeed the kind of underground cave in their imagination, the rock walls were all dark black, and there was water everywhere, which was very damp.

The light grew brighter and brighter, and by this time they could see that there was a corner in front of them, and the light was shining from behind the stone wall at that corner.

When they finally reached the corner and turned, a gentle light finally fell on the two of them, and in front of them was a tunnel that was wider and taller than before, large enough for one man to walk upright.

And in the stone walls around the top of this cave, among the deep black rocks, there is a little bit of brilliance like stars, embedded in the stone wall, emitting a silver shining gentle light, bit by bit, sparkling, reflecting this dark cave like a dream, like a fairyland.

"It's so beautiful......" Zhong Qingzhu looked at the scene in front of her, the star-like brilliance was reflected in her bright eyes, she looked so beautiful, she couldn't help but admire.

"This is 'fluorescent stone'," Shen Shi glanced at those beautiful lights like stars, and said lightly, "It can spontaneously shimmer, often accompanied by hard stones, and is occasionally used for lighting, but it is not very practical. ”

"This stone is worthless. Finally, he added, in an affirmative tone.