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"--What do you think?"

Yin Xihui looked at Qin Xiao and asked.

It was dark all around, with only the moon behind me emitting crystal clear white light.

"…Didn't you say before that he was quite touching? Now you suggest that I kill him?"

Yin Xihui couldn't see Qin Xiao's expression clearly, he just heard him ask this.

"It's really touching. Think about it, the elder brother has persisted in such a mountain for decades for a promise to his younger brother, and has never given up until now..." Yin Xihui smiled, "But so what?"

"Who among those who have lived to this day has not experienced fighting? His persistence for so many years is indeed commendable, but he is not the only one. Perhaps among those we killed before, there were also people like him who persisted for decades and did not give up. Didn't those people die anyway?"

"Are you worried that your father will change his mind about you because of what he said? Are you worried that he will have a rift with your father after he gets out and finds out about your identity? Or are you worried that he will sow discord between you and your father after he gets out? Aren't all these countless misfortunes caused by him alone? In other words, as long as he dies here, all those misfortunes will disappear, and you won't have to worry about him saying these things or doing such things one day, right?"

Yin Xihui smiled and said, "He and your father were indeed very close, but they have been separated for decades. Moreover, your father was still young at that time, and he has been believed to be dead for all these years. The feelings should have faded. Those feelings of reluctance are just Qin Yun'an's thoughts, right? Your father already has more important family members. The reluctance when he was a child should have been worn away in these decades, and you are just confirming your father's guess for many years. As long as you don't say it, who will know the truth?"

The light in Yin Xihui's eyes seemed to be frozen, and there was no warmth in his eyes.

"It's easy for you to kill him, isn't it? I don't think you cast that curse just to scare him, so - his life is in your hands now, and it only depends on your thoughts, isn't it?"

"…but I promised him—"

"So what?" Yin Xihui smiled with some disdain, "The right to choose is not in his hands now. As long as you want, what can he do even if he breaks his promise? He can't come back from the dead and run to your father to complain, right?"

Qin Xiao looked at him steadily without saying anything.

To be honest, he was moved.

But he didn't say anything, just stared at Yin Xihui.

“…Aren’t you going back?”

Tian Miao struggled to get ashore, shook off the water on his body, put on his clothes, and saw the two people still in the river. He couldn't help but ask in confusion.

The water monster next to him bared its teeth, and when it heard him speak, it wanted to go up and cover his mouth.

When Erya saw Yin Xihui looking at her, she quickly got into Tian Miao's body and went back on her own.

"Right away." Yin Xihui smiled at Tian Miao, walked over, holding the fish in one hand and patting Qin Xiao's shoulder with the other, "Of course, I'm just making a suggestion. As for how to do it... just follow your own ideas."

Yin Xihui stepped onto the shore, waved his hand to signal Tian Miao to go with him, turned back and glanced at Qin Xiao: "It's your freedom whether you want to do it or not... just don't tell anyone else."

Having said that, without waiting for Qin Xiao to react, he turned around and walked back with Tian Miao.

"Did you hear anything just now?" On the way, Yin Xihui asked Tian Miao casually.

"Hmm?" Tian Miao turned his head in confusion and met Yin Xihui's crystal clear black eyes.

No no!!

Say no!!

The water demon in the body only hated that it couldn't possess him.

"Ah, I heard it." Tian Miao smiled ignorantly, "You told him that you wanted to kill that man."

Water Monster: ...

Help.

Don’t you see the murderous intent hidden in that smile opposite you?

"is it?"

Unexpectedly, Yin Xihui didn't have any special reaction after hearing Tian Miao's words. Instead, the aura around him became much fainter.

"Did you also hear that it should be kept secret?" Yin Xihui asked with a smile.

Tian Miao nodded immediately, like a chick pecking at rice.

"So don't tell them about these things." Yin Xihui put his index finger to his lips, making a gesture of silence. "Qin Yun'an is not allowed either."

Tian Miao nodded without any hesitation.

"…What does Arya say?"

When the water demon heard Yin Xihui's gentle voice, she felt herself getting non-existent goose bumps.

"She won't tell." Tian Miao assured him.

Yin Xihui looked into Tian Miao's innocent and bright eyes and smiled slightly: "That's good."

Tian Miao was holding the scooped water. Seeing that he didn't say anything else, he also stopped talking. When he saw Mo Hanyu, he immediately ran over happily.

……

Qin Xiao had just come ashore when a low voice filled with suppressed excitement suddenly came from the darkness beside him.

"That boy is indeed a talent."

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao turned his head and made eye contact with Qiongqi who was lying in the bushes.

Qiongqi looked at him and said with great satisfaction: "I admire people like him."

Qin Xiao: ...

"Then what are you going to do? Want him to disappear without a trace? That's very simple, just kill him and feed him to Taotie. Don't worry, I guarantee that no body will be left." Qiongqi's eyes lit up.

Qin Xiao: ...

"I don't have this idea yet." Qin Xiao stroked his forehead and said helplessly.

Qiongqi was disappointed: "From your expression just now, I thought you had figured out how to kill him."

"I've thought about it... let's wait and see." Qin Xiao avoided his gaze and sifted the water in the basket again.

Qiongqi curled his lips; even the dark night could not hide his disappointed expression.

Qin Xiao felt somewhat helpless. This was all because they were hoping for chaos in the world.

He had also heard several stories about Qiongqi. The most famous one was about two people arguing, and Qiongqi suddenly went to listen in. After hearing the whole story, he ate the one who was right in one bite, waved at the one who was wrong and fell to the ground, and then flew away carelessly...

Qiongqi jumped onto Qin Xiao's shoulder and went back with him. He saw Yin Xihui chatting and laughing with Qin Yun'an as usual. If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he would have doubted whether he was the one who came up with that idea.

Qin Xiao also noticed it, but he didn't say anything and didn't have any special reaction. After handing the sieve basket to Mo Hanyu, he sat down and watched him work.

"What's wrong?" Mo Hanyu felt that Qin Xiao was in a bad mood.

Qin Xiao shook his head and said nothing.

Seeing this, Mo Hanyu didn't ask any more questions. He simply processed the shrimps and crabs in the basket and steamed them with the water scooped by Tian Miao.

"...Is it because of him?" After Mo Hanyu had some free time, he looked at Qin Yun'an not far away and asked Qin Xiao, "You haven't been feeling well these past two days."

Qin Xiao paused, looked into Mo Hanyu's clear blue eyes, thought for a moment, and then told him about the troubles he had been having over the past few days.

"...So I'm not sure what to do." Qin Xiao was a little confused, "I don't know why I don't want my father to know this."

Mo Hanyu listened to his words quietly and thought for a moment: "So you are actually struggling with whether to abide by the agreement, right?"

"I can understand your idea. After all, I don't want my father to know when I do something wrong." Mo Hanyu touched the tip of his nose, "Although you didn't do anything wrong..."

"You want to hide this, which proves that you care about your father, right?" Mo Hanyu smiled, "Because you care about his opinion of you, you don't want him to know this side of you. You're afraid that if he knows, he will distance himself from you..."

Do you care...

Qin Xiao didn't say anything, but Mo Hanyu knew from his expression that he was probably right, and he breathed a sigh of relief but also felt a little confused. Doesn't his father know about his style?

Mo Hanyu had always thought that Qin Xiao's mature and calm demeanor was because his family had specially trained him. It was probably because he had been trained by his parents since he was a child and was accustomed to seeing tragic scenes of life and death, so he was so calm when encountering things. But now it sounds like this is not the case.

Mo Hanyu raised his eyebrows slightly and stared at Qin Xiao calmly.

I wonder what he was like as a kid...

Qin Xiao was still thinking about what Mo Hanyu had just said. Did he care about Qin Xiuyun? But they hadn't seen each other for a long time, and hadn't had any contact in the past two years. Why was this happening?

Qin Xiao touched the back of his neck and felt something. His eyes fixed and he looked at Mo Hanyu.

"what happened?"

Qin Xiao felt that the way this child looked at him was not right.

"Ah... nothing." Mo Hanyu laughed dryly and scratched his head, "I'm just a little curious. Doesn't your father know about you like this?"

Mo Hanyu wanted to know what happened to Qin Xiao just now, but for some reason, he didn't find out as smoothly as before.

Mo Hanyu smiled perfunctorily a few times and wanted to try again. When he looked away, his eyes inadvertently collided with Qin Xiao's.

Originally Mo Hanyu wanted to avoid him quickly, but for some reason, he looked into his eyes.

In an instant, something unexpected happened.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and Mo Hanyu stared blankly at Qin Xiao's dark pupils. Everything around him became blurry and distorted, leaving only those bottomless pupils.

Those eyes seemed to suddenly possess a huge gravitational force, instantly drawing his consciousness over. The blackness suddenly expanded, occupying his entire field of vision in a few moments. Everything around him seemed to be separated by an invisible barrier, and even Qin Xiao's last voice seemed to be covered with a veil, blurry and unclear.

"Mo Hanyu?" Qin Xiao caught Mo Hanyu who suddenly fell down, grabbed his wrist, and after searching for a week, he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Nothing unusual?

Qin Xiao frowned. Mo Hanyu seemed to be in a daze, lying motionless in his arms, staring straight at it, his blue eyes seemed to be covered by a layer of white gauze.

"What's wrong?" Yin Xihui noticed the change here and walked over to ask.

Qin Xiao pinched Mo Hanyu's wrist and touched his forehead: "I don't know, it suddenly became like this."

As he spoke, he suddenly froze and covered his forehead.

Seeing Qin Xiao like this, Yin Xihui looked at Mo Hanyu again: "Is your body not recovered yet? You fainted again——"

"No." Qin Xiao's eyes suddenly turned cold, "I didn't faint."

"That--"

"It's nothing. He should wake up in a while." Qin Xiao didn't say much. Yin Xihui didn't ask any more questions. He observed Qin Xiao's expression and returned to his previous position.

Qin Xiao's eyes were gloomy. This feeling... he remembered it.

This is the feeling of having your memory explored.

In Qin Xiao's impression, someone seemed to have done something like this to him in his previous life, so when he had that feeling just now, he immediately thought of it.

Qin Xiao covered his forehead, his face pale. What did Mo Hanyu do? !

What will he see?

Qin Xiao suddenly became uneasy. He had never thought of telling Mo Hanyu about his two lives, but what Mo Hanyu saw now was obviously beyond his control.

Qin Xiao was in a state of anxiety. He couldn't force Mo Hanyu out of his memories, otherwise it would cause irreversible damage to his soul.

"What's going on here?"

When Qin Xiao was struggling, Qin Yun'an suddenly appeared in front of him. He squatted down carelessly and reached out to touch Mo Hanyu's forehead.

"It's not hot either. Is he asleep?" Qin Yun'an looked at Qin Xiao's face, "It doesn't look like that."

"..."

Qin Xiao didn't really want to pay attention to him now.

Qin Yun'an saw this and scratched his neck.

The two were silent for a moment. Qin Yun'an was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of Mo Hanyu's fingers trembling. He immediately motioned to Qin Xiao to go and look.

As soon as Qin Xiao turned his gaze to him, he heard the child in his arms take a deep breath.

Mo Hanyu suddenly sat up from Qin Xiao's arms, gasping for breath, his pupils contracting repeatedly and uncontrollably, tears sliding out of his eye sockets unconsciously and quickly falling to the ground.

Mo Hanyu's face was covered with tears. He covered his face with his hands and trembled all over.

Qin Yun'an saw this and looked at Qin Xiao's face again. Although he was curious, he instinctively felt that he couldn't know too much, so he left quietly.

"...What did you see?" Qin Xiao stared at Mo Hanyu with a serious gaze and a cold voice.

Mo Hanyu paused.

No, Qin Xiao can’t know.

Although Mo Hanyu's thoughts were in a mess at the moment, this idea was particularly clear.

"I do not--"

As soon as Mo Hanyu opened his mouth, Qin Xiao grabbed his throat and almost forced him to turn around and look at him.

"I'm asking you what you saw."

Although it was a question, the tone was particularly gloomy, and there was a hint of murderous intent.

Mo Hanyu was caught off guard and looked at Qin Xiao. When he met those sharp black eyes, he was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears again.

Qin Xiao frowned, somewhat impatient.

"What's there to cry about? Don't try to get away with it." Qin Xiao said coldly.

Mo Hanyu didn't answer, but just kept crying.

The two of them were in a stalemate for a moment, and finally a voice broke the deadlock.

"Why are you bullying him?" Taotie appeared between the two of them at some point, staring at Qin Xiao strangely, "Why are you arguing with a kid who's not even ten years old?"

"...I'm not even ten years old." Although Qin Xiao said this, he still loosened his hand. Mo Hanyu's throat loosened and he immediately started coughing uncontrollably, crying and coughing, tears streaming down his face.

"That being said..."

Taotie stretched out his hind legs, scratched his head, and glanced at Qin Xiao.

Don’t you know how old you are?

Qin Xiao remained silent. He turned his head, looked at Mo Hanyu who was still crying, and sighed helplessly.

"Stop crying." Qin Xiao didn't understand why he was crying, since he was clearly the victim.

Probing other people's memories without permission and crying like this...

Qin Xiao's eyes darkened slightly.

Mo Hanyu even hiccuped while crying.

"...What's going on?" Qiongqi also came over to join in the fun, glanced at Mo Hanyu with half disgust, and asked Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao: “…”

Qin Xiao: “I don’t know.”

Who knows what he saw.