40. Heart
Continuing to sweep Yun'er's hair, Tang Ling asked tentatively, "Grandma, are you ...... Crying?"
The delicate body lying on his chest did not move at all.
Raising her hand slightly, Tang Ling had wiped away the wordless tears that had just filled Yun'er's eyes: "Little fool, I'm not going to go back, why should I cry?"
Tang Ling has already taken some pity for this sentence, after many years of travel, he has long been familiar with Yun'er's temperament, and they have long become unable to leave each other. It's just that leaving this time, Tang Ling even felt helpless.
Yun'er stopped talking, Tang Ling, who was born not to speak sweetly, suddenly fell into a dilemma, and after wiping away those few tears, Fang Cai also commanded the God Emperor and the Demon Venerable's Creation Sage to ask for the opinion of his aunt and grandmother in a voice that was almost flattering: "Why don't I tell you a story?"
"Don't listen. β
A succinct and straightforward rejection.
"That'...... Shall I sing a song?"
"The songs you sing are hard to listen to. β
Although it is still concise, it is a few more words after all, which can be regarded as an improvement.
"Are you really angry?"
"Very angry. β
Finally, Yun'er had one more action after being concise and direct. Her little hand pressed on her heart for a long time before she spit out a sentence: "After knowing that you are leaving, it feels strange here, as if it has been hollowed out by something." β
Tang Ling was stunned, not because the discomfort in Yun'er's mouth made him anxious, but because he also felt the same way at this time. Not only that, after he decided to leave temporarily, as long as he thought that he would not be able to see the little girl in front of him again for a period of time, he would not be able to flatter and say "Grandma spare her life", and he would no longer be able to pinch this little face, this creation spirit who gave the soul and spiritual consciousness of the people in the world, even the highest authority of the six clans had to kneel respectfully and call him "Sage", would also feel gloomy and difficult to recover.
"Yun'er. β
No longer flattering, nor sweet words that she was not good at in the first place, Tang Ling's tone became solemn, and there was a lot of tenderness.
Yun'er said, "Don't apologize, I don't want to hear it." β
Taking a deep breath, Tang Ling seemed to have made some kind of determination, but more of it seemed to be trying to organize his already barren and excessive language ability: "This is not an apology, I just have something to say to you." β
"Say it quickly. β
Yun'er can be regarded as issuing a permission order.
With one hand, Tang Ling propped up his body and sat cross-legged in front of Yun'er.
"Do you know how long I've been wandering around this world?"
Tang Ling stroked Yun'er's somewhat messy hair on her forehead, and inappropriately started his "what he wanted to say" with a seemingly inconsequential question. Naturally, the only answer she got was Yun'er's lukewarm: "Anyway, it's been a long time, who called you an immortal?"
As if she had expected Yun'er's answer, Tang Ling just smiled, gently swept Yun'er's tidied hair, and supplemented Yun'er's reluctant answer: "In a few days, it will be 1,200 years old." β
From 1,200 years ago to the present, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, to the Qin Dynasty, the Chu and Han dynasties, and then to the unification of the Three Kingdoms, and the turbulent times of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Tang Ling has experienced more troubled times than Yun'er imagined during the time she wandered the world looking for a soul and four bodies, and Yun'er, who was always angry, also expressed her surprise with a slight brow.
"For the first thousand years, I remained a spectator to face the vicissitudes of life, because I had already made a vow not to intervene in the world's strife, nor did I come into contact with anyone, until a hundred and forty years ago, on a whim, I began to come into contact with the passions, joys, sorrows, and sorrows of mortals, and I also met my first group of friends. β
Tang Ling methodically recalled the past, and observed the changes in Yun'er's expression.
"So at that time, you met Emperor Taizong and Cheng Yanjin?" Yun'er's expression finally relaxed, for more than a thousand years, she has been alone, this feeling is naturally unimaginable for her, who is naturally lively and active.
At this time, she realized that she unconsciously propped herself up and sat opposite Tang Ling.
"At the earliest, I met Lu Guogong Cheng Jin, and later with the passage of time, I met Emperor Taizong. Tang Ling nodded in affirmation, "It's a pity that the life span of mortals is always limited, it's just a matter of decades of hard work, old friends have passed away one after another, and I have become alone again, in those days, I inexplicably felt empty, and even a little walking dead, and I thought that I would continue the mission that I don't know when and when it will end, I got a gift." β
Speaking of this, Tang Ling's left hand stretched out, and his palm was spread flat.
"The heart of a mortal is generally located on the left side of the chest. β
A joke with a pale yellow glow gradually appeared on Tang Ling's palm, the flowers were crown-shaped, and even had a little musk.
"This is a gift from a little girl, rue flowers, let me ...... Call it my heart. β
Seeing this small flower called her heart by Tang Ling, Yun'er couldn't stop her curiosity, stretched out her hand, and gently touched the pale yellow petals, and a strong and powerful beating sensation spread from her fingertips to the depths of her soul, evoking this trace of childhood memories.
"I remember this flower. β
Yun'er said briefly.
Tang Ling smiled, almost exhausted all the courage in his long life, he made up his mind to pour out all the words just now, and the words after that were to condense all his courage in the years to come: "This is the flower you gave me." β
At that time, Yun'er was the only one in the village who dared to approach him, this one was only a young child, holding the rue flower in his hand, and said to the slightly surprised "traveler" with a smile: "Give it to you." β
Looking at the heart suspended in the palm of his hand, Tang Ling actually showed a shy smile: "Since that day, I have been paying attention to you. β
"You're saying that your appearance on that day was not accidental?"
That day, it was the first time they met in Yun'er's original memory.
The sudden appearance of that day, the phrase "come with me".
"It's not. Speaking of this, Tang Ling, who was still in a shy state, only felt red-faced, "Doesn't it feel a little strange? An old monster who doesn't know how many years has existed would actually fall in love with a little girl without warning, and he couldn't extricate himself." β
"You, like me?"
After many years of circulation, Tang Ling showed her heart for the first time, and even Yun'er, the party, felt sudden.
"Can I see this little flower?"
Now that she knew that this was Tang Ling's heart, Yun'er asked cautiously. Tang Ling didn't answer directly, but gently put the rue flower in her hand.
Holding this little flower in her hand, Yun'er only felt a sense of familiarity and peace of mind, just looking at it carefully, every petal and stamen of this rue flower has been engraved in her heart.
"This is your heart. Thoughtful words.
"This is the heart you gave me. Tang Ling added.
Rue flowers were suspended in Yun'er's hands.
"Today, I can't live without this heart and the people who gave it to me. Holding Yun'er's hands, Tang Ling brought them close to his atrium, "For many years, there has only been a vacancy in my atrium, and only you can fill it." β
The rue flowers close to the atrium gradually integrated into Tang Ling's body, and Yun'er's hands also pressed tightly on Tang Ling's atrium.
"It's beating. β
A strong and powerful beating came from the atrium that had been motionless again, and Yun'er closed her eyes, feeling the heartbeat that only came from her.
"Hee-hee, I'll give the big bad a heart. β
It was a smile of joy and a smile of warmth.
Yun'er was just using her hands to feel this powerful heartbeat at first, but gradually, she was no longer satisfied with this, and leaned her ear to Tang Ling's atrium to listen.
"It sounded like a drum, boom, boom. β
"Yun'er, when I come back, I will take you to the mountains and rivers, and if you find a place you like, we will build a hut there and settle down. Tang Ling said so, and at this time, only this little girl snuggled in his arms was left in his eyes.
Yun'er didn't speak, just nodded slightly, after all, she didn't want to be distracted by replying, Tang Ling's heartbeat still warmed her.
After a long time, the only words in this world that could calm Tang Ling reached his ears: "A word is a certainty?"
"It's a deal. β
Hearing this answer, which was equivalent to a promise, Yun'er Hongyu smiled unreservedly. Tang Ling scratched her cheeks, and the smile on her face was equally bright: "Then the only thing you need to do during this period of time is to plan well, where to play, and wait for me to come back." β
Yun'er nodded obediently in agreement, but the smile on her face changed again, and in Tang Ling's eyes, the aunt and grandmother who liked to play pranks in the past had returned strongly: "I thought of a new nickname for you." β
"Forehead ......"
Tang Ling was stunned.
Aunt Yun'er, who has regained her true colors, will never take into account Tang Ling's astonishment, her primary purpose is just to announce her new idea with a smile: "It's called 'Old Monster', how about it?"
"You dare to laugh at your future husband and beg for a beating. Tang Ling raised the palm that had just arranged Yun'er's hair, and was about to fight.
Yun'er's movements were faster, and the "Twisting Ears Divine Skill" had been fully deployed, and she didn't forget to add a few words of mental blow to her mouth: "Who do you say my future husband is?"
Rarely, Tang Ling did not beg for mercy, he raised his head and chest, and said straightforwardly: "Of course it's me, if anyone dares to step in, I will flatten him into a pig's headββ then again, who else but me can stand your temperament?"
A good rhetoric and ambition directly gave Yun'er's "ear twisting magic skill" an opportunity to upgrade, and it became a "double ear twisting magic skill".
Anyway, that's how Yun'er named it.
Tang Ling, who grinned in pain, burst out with unprecedented strength, not only did not beg for mercy, but even fearlessly declared after Yun'er's "withdrawal of credit": "A gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, one day, I will revive my husband!"
"Uh-huh, I'm waiting. Yun'er clapped her hands with a smile, and her little face was attached in front of Tang Ling, as if she was brewing some bad idea.
A moist touch flashed on Tang Ling's lips.
"Well, go to bed. A naughty word drilled into Tang Ling's ears, "Hee-hee, old monster." β