What's wrong with my senior brother just doting on me? !

The nearby river is not far away, just a few steps away.

Maybe it's because it's too dark here and passers-by don't dare to walk. There are few people near the river.

By the way, the bare tree by the river stood there in the dark.

No matter how you look at it, it looks a bit like the place where Chu Yaoyao buried her ring when she just came out of Xiaoyaomen.

Chu Yaoyao, who discovered this, stopped talking: "It's ridiculous, two more crows and a grave bag will be perfect."

Qi Yanzhi abandoned the candied haws at some point and followed Chu Yaoyao, looking into the darkness and wanting to get out a lantern.

Chu Yaoyao, who was holding a small lantern, noticed his movements and looked back at him.

Qi Yan paused and understood what she meant, so he did not continue searching. He just followed Chu Yaoyao quietly, watching her carry a small lamp with weak light and humming a tune he had never heard as she walked to the river. Walk.

"Where's your candied haws?"

"Put it at the night market and let the kids get their points."

Chu Yaoyao stood by the river holding a small lamp, looking down at the flowing river water.

"The moment you gave them the candied haws, they must have named you the god of candied haws in your heart."

After Chu Yaoyao finished speaking, she stopped talking.

The weather is a bit cold, especially at night by the river.

Occasionally, a bird is startled by unknown things and jumps up from the trees on the other side, leaving the tree crown shaking.

Today, Xiao Hei, who had been shrunk by Chu Yaoyao to the thickness of a thumb, emerged from Chu Yaoyao's wrist, slowly wrapped around the wooden pole of the small lamp held by Chu Yaoyao, and looked up at the frightened birds. .

The scene was quiet.

Chu Yaoyao held up the lamp and looked at the river, feeling slightly regretful.

It would be nice if there was a moon today.

"You are hiding something from me."

Qi Yanzhi, who was still calculating the time in his mind, looked away slightly, not daring to look at Chu Yaoyao who turned her eyes from the small lamp to his face, pursed her lips and said nothing.

"You've been weird these past few days, or rather, you've always been weird."

Chu Yaoyao paused and continued: "Qi Yanzhi, don't you think so? You don't seem to have your own hobbies, your own relationships, or your own goals. You seem to have been trying to please me."

It seemed that a black shadow was moving. Chu Yaoyao glanced at it lightly, scaring the ghost guards who were curious to eavesdrop and ran away to let them know. After making sure they couldn't hear, he continued.

"It was an accident that I left Xiaoyaomen. Although I'm sorry to leave you there alone, there is no need for you to guard my yard day after day and complete the tasks I gave you when I was at Xiaoyaomen in order to perfunctory the leader. There is no need to wait for me all the time for the assigned tasks. Bailiyi told me that his master has always liked you, and his junior sister and junior brother have been saved by you several times and they also like you very much. I think, Xingyun The environment in Zongzong is always better than that in Xiaoyaomen. I don’t understand why you don’t go there. If you are waiting for me, what will you do if I don’t go back? You have stayed in Xiaoyaomen all your life and are in an awkward position. Status?"

"I'll find you."

Qi Yanzhi forced himself to look into Chu Yaoyao's eyes and defend himself.

"If you don't come back to Xiaoyaomen that day, I will look for you."

"Then why are you looking for me?"

"Because you and I..."

"Because you signed a contract with me, and because of that contract you have to be my medicine man for the rest of your life, and because I brought you out of the dungeon to wash away the unfounded crime for you, so you feel that you have to repay the favor, so You think you have to follow me.”

Qi Yanzhi was slightly sluggish and could only look at Chu Yaoyao in the darkness.

Her face was only slightly illuminated by the small lamp and looked a little hazy.

But Qi Yanzhi felt like he saw her expression.

Chu Yaoyao turned her eyes away, looked at the dead tree and said softly: "Qi Yanzhi, I think you seem to be trapping yourself. Sometimes I think you are wary of others because you are jealous, but now I think you are distrustful. Everyone.”

"You have made your world very small, so small that I am the only one, right?"

Qi Yanzhi suddenly felt that Chu Yaoyao was a little far away from him. She was obviously standing a few steps away from him, but her voice seemed to come from far away.

Her voice was very soft, with emotions he couldn't understand.

"Ayan, do you regard me as your only connection in this world, or do you really like me?"

"In other words, do you know what liking is?"

Does he like her?

Qi Yanzhi wanted to open his mouth to answer, but suddenly felt that Chu Yaoyao was not asking him.

she seemed to be asking herself.

"no."

Qi Yanzhi heard his voice say.

"At the beginning, I was grateful for your life-saving help. Thank you for taking me out of there. Thank you for always protecting me in the sect. I also relied on you because I had no one I knew well. But I never did it because The contract only stays with you."

"Because I am a mixed-race, the contract is only half effective to me. As long as I am willing, I can find an opportunity to kill you and escape on the first day of the contract."

Qi Yanzhi suddenly stopped talking, feeling as if he had said something he shouldn't have said.

Then he heard Chu Yaoyao laugh.

"and then."

"There is no more...I am voluntary, I know what liking is."

"Ok?"

"What I like is that if you are willing, I can give you my life."

Chu Yaoyao was amused by Qi Yanzhi's remarks.

What and what?

Give life to literature?

Suddenly there was a "whoosh" sound, followed by a loud bang in the sky, and the night sky was bright.

Someone is setting off fireworks.

Chu Yaoyao turned her head to watch the fireworks in the night.

The tree next to me didn't know who provided spiritual power, but it bloomed with flowers in winter.

It's actually a peach blossom tree.

The wind blew, and petals slowly floated down and landed on Chu Yaoyao's shoulders.

Qi Yanzhi looked at Chu Yaoyao, who was standing under the flower tree with a lantern and watching the fireworks he specially arranged, and whispered: "So you said you liked me before so that I could have a way to go?"

The person a few steps away didn't answer, just looked up at the fireworks.

Qi Yanzhi's heart gradually sank.

"come over."

Qi Yanzhi stood in front of Chu Yaoyao obediently and looked down at her.

The fireworks were still going off. Qi Yanzhi didn't watch the fireworks just now, but now he saw the reflection of the fireworks in her eyes.

"Close your eyes."

Qi Yanzhi closed his eyes for no apparent reason.

The warm touch fell, like flower petals falling on the face.

"I like you, Ayan."

Chu Yaoyao took a few steps back, looked at the suddenly widened eyes of the person in front of her with a smile, and took the initiative to hold his hand.

Qi Yanzhi stayed for a while and then held it backwards.

"Don't leave me... I don't want to be alone..."

"Okay, I won't leave you behind."