Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

"...Don't cry." Qin Xiao couldn't help but said.

Qin Yun'an wiped his tears aggrievedly: "What do you know, little brat? I'm really too sad... woooo..."

As he said this, he started to sob again.

Fortunately, it was night time now and the moonlight was dim, so everything around was not very clear. Otherwise, Qin Yun'an would have cried for a long time just by being moved by the scene.

Qin Xiao closed his eyes and decided to ignore him. He leaned his back against the shore, lowered his body slightly, submerged his entire body below his shoulders in the water, and felt the heat waves rising up from the water.

I haven't taken a hot bath in a long time.

Qin Xiao rubbed his eyebrows tiredly and sighed.

Feeling someone approaching, Qin Xiao immediately became alert and looked towards the dark corner.

"The third one?"

"Qin Xiao?"

Hearing these two voices, Qin Xiao paused.

The voices of teenage boys change so much that he couldn't recognize who it was for a moment.

It was not until the person walked up to him that he vaguely recognized him in the white moonlight.

Qin Jichen was already 16 when he left. He had not changed much in the past few years, except that he was taller, looked tougher, and his voice was deeper and more mature.

Qin Xiao recognized Qin Jichen at a glance. As for Qin Jinyi, it took him a few seconds to recognize him from his tone.

"You... are really back?" Qin Jinyi saw Qin Xiao as soon as he appeared. He was stunned at first and stared at him cautiously, as if he was afraid that Qin Xiao would disappear as soon as he moved away.

Qin Xiao looked at Qin Jinyi. Qin Jinyi had changed a lot in the past few years. He was tall and slightly thinner than Qin Jichen. He looked a little feminine, probably because he took after his mother. His expressions were softer.

Qin Xiao looked at them, and they stared at Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao fell silent.

Forgive him for not really knowing what to say in this situation.

Fortunately, at this time, Qin Yun'an emerged from the water and looked at Qin Jinyi and Qin Jichen with wide eyes.

"……This is?"

Qin Jichen was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Jiuyuan said you brought a man home from outside, was it him?" Qin Jinyi squatted down. Qin Xiao then realized that his eyes were a little red.

"Ah...he is..." Qin Xiao paused, "a friend."

"Really... friend..." Qin Jinyi nodded slowly, his eyes moved to the rippling water, then to Qin Xiao, and finally he couldn't help it, he gently reached out and hugged him.

As soon as I met Qin Xiao, tears started to flow.

"Why didn't you tell me..."

Qin Jinyi's tears flowed down her face and fell on Qin Xiao's back and neck. Qin Xiao felt as hot as fire.

"You all knew to say goodbye to Jiuyuan, so why didn't you tell me?" Qin Jinyi said softly, tears welling up in her eyes. She couldn't help but bury her head in Qin Xiao's wet neck and sniffed her nose.

Qin Xiao frowned, feeling a little overwhelmed. He could only stand stiffly, trying to make Qin Jinyi feel more comfortable.

"I..." Qin Xiao wanted to say something, opened his mouth, met Qin Jichen's complicated gaze, and closed it again.

"..."

Qin Xiao was silent for a moment, then patted him on the back: "It's all over."

"Should I say this to you?" Qin Jichen finally couldn't help but said.

"Shouldn't you be the one to comfort him?" Qin Jichen's eyes moved to the scar on Qin Xiao's chest, and his voice was cold, but his voice was trembling a little, "This should be what we said to you, right?"

Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment and tightened his fingers.

"He's right, Qin Xiao." Qin Jinyi raised his eyes, his face full of tears, "We should be the ones to comfort you... I'm sorry, I lost my temper."

As he spoke, he wiped the tears from his face, as if he wanted to clean them.

Qin Yun'an watched in silence and sank himself under the water again.

He still misses his brother a lot.

Qin Yun'an felt a pain in his chest.

Why couldn't he leave the mountains at the age of 10 like Qin Xiao?

Why was he trapped in the mountains for decades?

For some reason, Qin Yun'an suddenly felt a numbness in his chest. The feeling spread to half of his body. Although his whole body was soaked in hot water, he felt a chill in his heart.

It's too late.

Qin Yun'an sighed silently and closed his eyes.

It's too late.

Qin Jinyi looked at the scars on Qin Xiao's body, his eyes becoming more and more sad: "Really, I'm sorry——"

"You don't have to apologize to me." Qin Xiao didn't understand why he said sorry to him, "You didn't do anything wrong. I should have told you before I left."

"What's more..." Qin Xiao paused, "This kind of thing will not happen again."

"Is it over?" Qin Jichen, who knew some inside information, asked softly, still a little incredulous.

"Yes, it's over." Qin Xiao's eyes were calm, "The next generation doesn't have to go to that place anymore."

"That's really good news." Qin Jinyi said, but there was no happiness on his face.

"You must have had a hard time these years." Qin Jichen said with a sigh, his eyes full of sadness.

"Not really." Qin Xiao touched his neck uncomfortably, "I'm just a little tired."

He was not used to being cared for, and perhaps because he had never received such warm emotions, he was a little overwhelmed for a moment.

Just like a traveler paralyzed in the snow, when he soaks in hot water with Panasonic equipment, the first thing he feels is not warmth, but pain.

The pain will spread throughout his body as the hot water spreads, impacting his cold-stricken skin, penetrating into his nerves, and transmitting the sensation to his brain.

Qin Xiao's first reaction was to avoid it. This burning emotion made him feel helpless. He didn't know how to react or what to say, and he looked conflicted and hesitant.

My heart felt a little sour, but I didn't know why.

Qin Xiao frowned uncomfortably and turned his face away to avoid the gazes of Qin Jichen and Qin Jinyi.

Qin Jichen seemed to have noticed something and patted Qin Jinyi lightly. Qin Jinyi wiped her tears, stood up and walked aside.

Qin Xiao looked at Qin Jinyi, then looked at Qin Yunan who had dived into the water doing something unknown, and felt a little conflicted.

This is... nephew Sui Bo?

"What are you thinking about?" Qin Jichen sat down cross-legged, not caring about the spring water wetting his clothes.

"...No, nothing." Qin Xiao denied it and asked, "When will Dad come back?"

"Tomorrow." Qin Jichen said softly and touched his head.

Qin Xiao did not resist. He felt the warm palm on his head. The temperature penetrated his wet hair. It was obviously warm, but he felt his scalp numbing.

The uncomfortable feeling made him frown. Qin Jichen thought he didn't like it, so he put his hand down.

"...It's great to be back." Qin Jichen said with a gentle look and a light smile.

"...Yeah." Qin Xiao responded in a low voice and shifted his gaze.

"Then you wash up first, and come over for dinner when you're ready. Do you know where it is?" Qin Jichen saw that Qin Xiao was a little uncomfortable, so he consciously wanted to give him some space and smiled at him.

"...The same place as before?"

"Yes."

"Then I remember." Qin Xiao thought of something and glanced at Qin Yun'an who was still diving, "He——"

"He also has food, you guys come together." Qin Jichen's tone was steady, without any change.

Qin Xiao nodded.

Qin Jichen seemed to want to say something, but he looked at Qin Yun'an with hesitation and didn't say anything. He just turned around and pulled Qin Jinyi away.

"Why are you pulling me?"

Qin Jinyi was dissatisfied, but he couldn't persuade Qin Jichen, so he only complained quietly after they walked away.

"Just leave him alone. Won't we see each other again later?" Qin Jichen said softly.

When Qin Xiao heard what they were saying, he paused, looked in the direction they left again, and sighed.

It was not until Qin Jichen and the others left that Qin Yun'an slowly emerged half of his head from the water.

"How long do you plan to stay in hiding?" Qin Xiao glanced at him indifferently.

"...Look at him." Who would have thought that Qin Yun'an looked at the direction where Qin Jichen and the others left, and spoke slowly, "We are both Xiuyun's children, why is your brother's personality so good?"

"Do I have a bad personality?" Qin Xiao asked in a calm voice.

"You spend the whole day..." Qin Yun'an paused in the middle of his sentence, suddenly thinking of what Qin Xiao had done, and looking at Qin Xiao's cold eyes, cold sweat broke out on his face.

Since Qin Xiao deleted his memory that day, he has been particularly tolerant of him, and there has been no friction along the way. According to his deleted memory, he should no longer remember the things Qin Xiao did when they first met, and he should no longer say this sentence.

For a moment, Qin Yun'an felt that there was a hint of murderous intent hidden in Qin Xiao's indifferent eyes. He did not look at Qin Xiao, but just paused for a moment before continuing.

"You take risks and do so many things all day long, but in the end, even if you are strong, you still get hurt, don't you?" Qin Yun'an said unhappily, "And everyone he meets on the road is full of murderous intent. Your two brothers would never be like that..."

"So I'm the one who went." Qin Xiao retracted his gaze, his eyelashes trembling slightly, hiding the suspicion in his eyes, and said in a calm voice, "If it was them, they would die without knowing how they died."

"Not necessarily. Look, I am—"

"How long have you been there?"

Qin Xiao's words made Qin Yun'an shut his mouth. Although he looked dissatisfied, he felt relieved in his heart.

Fortunately, I managed to get through it.

Qin Yun'an was thinking about it, and then he felt a chill on his back, and he soaked in the water again.

Qin Xiao didn't wash for long before he got ashore. He should have gone to eat after getting ashore, but he stopped, with his outer robe pulled in his hands, looking at one place as if he was thinking about something.

"What's wrong with you?" Qin Yun'an pulled at his collar, which was a little tight and uncomfortable.

"Where's Qiongqi?"

Qin Xiao turned around suddenly, his eyes filled with death.

Qin Yun'an: ...

Qin Yun'an took a breath of cold air.

"Oh my god."

Qin Yun'an didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be if Qiongqi was like what he had just seen.

"I'll go find him." Qin Xiao made a prompt decision and said to Qin Yun'an, "Go to my room and see if he has come back. If my brother comes to ask, just lie and don't tell them about Qiongqi."

Qin Jichen and the others didn't know his background, and he didn't want to tell them. He originally wanted to tell Qin Xiuyun about it, but he didn't expect that he was not at home.

"Ah?...Oh." Qin Yun'an just responded and watched Qin Xiao disappear before his eyes.

Qin Yun'an scratched his head in confusion and decided to do as Qin Xiao said. After all, he didn't know anyone in this family except Qin Xiuyun. Qin Xiuyun hadn't come back yet, and they hadn't seen each other for decades. Even if he told the truth now, they wouldn't believe it. It would be better to follow Qin Xiao's instructions.

Qin Yun'an arrived at Qin Xiao's room and looked around. As expected, he did not see Qiongqi. Thinking of Qin Xiao's words, he wanted to sit on his bed and wait. However, as soon as he sat down, a bloody mouth appeared in front of him.

Qin Yun'an's hair stood up and he quickly dodged. Then he took a closer look and saw that it was Qiongqi.

"I, I, I--" Qin Yun'an quickly raised his hands in surrender, and jumped around to avoid Qiongqi's mouth.

Qiongqi was about the size of a tiger. He squinted his eyes and looked at him. After seeing who it was, he couldn't help but reveal a look of disappointment: "You."

Qin Yun'an: ...

Qiongqi couldn't hide the disappointment on his face: "I was thinking I could scare him, but it turned out to be you..."

Qin Yun'an: ...

That's enough, can't you smell our scent?

Perhaps Qin Yun'an's expression was too obvious, Qiongqi rolled his eyes: "You are wearing his clothes, and your body is stained with his smell. You just took a shower together, so of course the smells are mixed together."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Xiao appeared in the room.

When Qin Xiao saw Qiongqi, his face was obviously relieved: "Where have you been?"

Qiongqi sat down indifferently: "I was hungry, so I ate a person."

Qin Yunan: ? ? !

Qin Xiao's heart stopped and he looked at him suddenly.

"I'm not from your Qin family, so I went out specifically to eat." Qiongqi thought of their agreement and said something more.

"You..." Qin Xiao was stunned for a long time and couldn't say anything to blame, so he could only ask softly, "Why didn't you tell me that you were hungry?"

"I see you guys still want to reminisce about the past - you humans are troublesome. You cry when you meet each other, and people who don't know would think you're going to die..." Qiongqi muttered, curling his lips in disdain.

Qin Yun'an was implied.

"...Which restaurant did you eat at?" Qin Xiao rubbed his brows and asked in a troubled manner.

"Don't worry, they didn't follow me." Qiongqi didn't care, "They can't trace it back to your family."

"That's not the question... Did you guys fight?"

"No ah."

"..." Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that no one else was affected.

"If you're hungry in the future, you can tell me instead of going out without saying anything, okay?" Qin Xiao knelt on one knee, lowering his body. Fearing that Qiongqi would feel offended, he added a question.

Qiongqi didn't understand why Qin Xiao was like this, but seeing that Qin Xiao had lowered his attitude, he was not dissatisfied and snorted softly, which was considered as his agreement.

Qin Xiao sighed: "Are you still hungry now?"

"It's okay. I ate something else when I came back--"

"…anything else?"

"It's the fish on the mountain behind your house. What's it called... Demonic Beast? You humans seem to call it that." Qiongqi stared at his claws and said casually.

Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief: "Just don't get caught."

"Hey, what are you worried about?" Qiongqi didn't understand his concern, "Will I be caught by humans?"

"There are some things here that you may not understand. If something unexpected happens——"

"Don't worry." Qiongqi waved his claws, his dark golden pupils flickering, "I know my limits."

Hearing this, Qin Xiao could only stop talking and told Qiongqi to stay in his room and not run around. Qiongqi nodded perfunctorily, not knowing whether he had heard it or not.

Although Qin Xiao was worried, there was nothing he could do. He looked doubtfully at the Qiongqi who was sleeping soundly on his bed, closed the door, and took Qin Yun'an to eat.