Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Seeing that Qin Jinyi remained silent, Mo Hanshang changed the subject: "Be careful recently. The magic beast here has not been found yet, but the one that can eat Lin San without any chance of fighting back must be of a high level, at least a high level."

"It's been almost half a month. Don't you think it's a little late to tell me now?" Qin Jinyi looked around. Where did Qin Xiao go? Didn't he tell him to wait for him nearby?

Mo Hanshang paused: "I——"

"Just kidding." Qin Jinyi knew he was busy, so he just brushed the topic aside. "Will you participate in the upcoming competition?"

"No, I'm not a demon trainer, why would I get involved?" Mo Hanshang said, "But I will go when the time comes, what about you?"

"It should be the case." Qin Jinyi thought of Qin Xiao, "It's a good opportunity to take him to have a look."

"Your brother... you'd better pay more attention to him." Mo Hanshang also thought of the child with a cold expression just now, "That child is not simple."

"I know." Qin Jinyi knew since childhood that Qin Xiao was different from ordinary children.

When Qin Xiao was just born, he and Qin Jichen had been lying on the bed together, looking at the little baby wrapped in a quilt. The newborn baby had a red face, short limbs that looked like broken lotus roots, and chubby little hands that were tightly clenched, as if trying to grab something.

Qin Jinyi was still young at the time, staring at the baby on the bed with curiosity. He knew from his parents that this was his younger brother. But this younger brother was too small, and it seemed that he would die if he was squeezed lightly. He refused his parents' suggestion to hold him, and dared only lie on the side of the bed.

The baby's face was wrinkled and his hair was only a few sparse strands. After a few days, the baby opened his eyes and learned his brother's name from his parents - Qin Xiao.

Looking at the eyes as clear as black pearls, Qin Jinyi always couldn't help touching them. He also curiously opened the baby's mouth to see his pink mouth without any teeth. He curiously put his fingers in and pressed down the soft and slippery tongue.

Qin Xiao has been very sensible since he was a baby and has never cried or made a fuss. Even when Qin Jinyi dug his throat, he just opened his eyes and struggled to spit out his finger.

The baby's face was soft and elastic, like an egg that had just shed its shell, making people want to touch and pinch it, pinch and twist it. Qin Jinyi successfully left a purple mark on Qin Xiao's fair face, and the result of this incident was that he was chased and beaten by his mother.

But Qin Jinyi was quite naughty when he was young. He was beaten every time, but he never learned his lesson. He would still touch and pinch his mother when her mother was not around, and asked Qin Xiao not to tell his mother.

Then Qin's mother would discover the mark on Qin Xiao's body while feeding him, and without thinking, she would go to Qin Jinyi's room with a stick in hand.

When Qin Xiao was older, Qin Jinyi was not so nervous anymore, so he would pick him up and beg his mother to sleep with Qin Xiao. Qin's mother couldn't persuade him, so she agreed to sleep with him once a week, and Qin Jinyi happily agreed.

At first, Qin's mother was afraid that Qin Jinyi would accidentally press Qin Xiao while sleeping, or that Qin Xiao would fall asleep while holding his breath, so she always got up quietly at night to check on him. Every time, she saw Qin Xiao looking at her quietly with his round eyes, not crying or making a fuss, and Qin Jinyi was sleeping soundly beside her.

Mother Qin touched the two children's heads, covered them with quilts, and left quietly.

Qin Xiao spoke and walked much faster than ordinary children. When Qin's mother was alive, she always liked to sit in the yard and watch Qin Jinyi tease Qin Xiao.

Qin Jinyi liked to do all kinds of funny things for Qin Xiao to see. Qin Xiao just watched quietly, sometimes turning his head to look for Qin's mother, looking a little helpless.

Qin's mother once said that Qin Xiao was like a little adult and seemed to understand what they were saying.

Qin Jinyi was dissatisfied with what Qin's mother said. Qin Xiao could certainly understand what they said. Every time he quarreled or had a conflict with others, he would not go to his parents first, but would pull Qin Xiao and talk for a long time, like taking out the garbage.

Qin Xiao would sometimes close his eyes and pretend to be asleep, sometimes he would stare at him quietly, or even touch his head soothingly like an elder.

Qin Jinyi thought they would always be happy like this until the day his mother passed away.

That day was Qin Jiuyuan’s birthday and also Qin’s mother’s death anniversary.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Qin Jinyi didn't like Qin Jiuyuan at all at the beginning, always feeling that she was the one who took his mother away.

So Qin Jinyi had always disliked Qin Jiuyuan when she was a baby. Looking at his sister who was being carefully taken care of by his father, Qin Jinyi suddenly felt a little resentful.

He cried bitterly at his mother's funeral. When he thought of those gentle eyes, he couldn't stop crying.

Afterwards, he hid in a deserted place and cried. It happened to rain, so he sat in the corner. The rain wet his hair, but he didn't notice it and just cried for a long time with sobs.

No one would come to see him, everyone was busy with their own things, even his closest father and elder brother were busy with their mother's funeral, or taking care of the newborn Qin Jiuyuan. Qin Jinyi understood, but he didn't know why, his heart felt like it was twisted and painful.

I don’t know how long I cried, but the rain above my head suddenly stopped.

Qin Jinyi raised her head while sobbing, but suddenly bumped into the edge of the umbrella.

Qin Xiao, who was only two years old, stood in front of him, holding the umbrella with difficulty, but his expression was calm: "Dad and big brother are looking for you."

For some reason, there was no sadness in Qin Xiao's eyes. He was like a passerby who had accidentally walked into this tragedy. He didn't know what they were sad about, nor did he feel sad about it.

Only then did Qin Jinyi realize that Qin Xiao's pupils were really deep, like an unfathomable sea. No matter what happened, it could be covered up lightly.

Gentle but cruel.

At this moment, Qin Xiao looked more like a moving doll than a human being, and Qin Jinyi actually felt a little scared.

"What about you?" Qin Jinyi couldn't help but ask softly.

"I found you." Qin Xiao seemed to be really struggling, and stuffed the umbrella into his hand, "Why are you crying here?"

"Because... Mom is gone." Qin Jinyi spoke with a twitching mouth, with a bit of disbelief in his tone, "Don't you feel sad?"

Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and showed a somewhat confused expression.

"…Maybe, there is."

……

I don't know if it was affected by that incident, but Qin Jinyi's nightmares in the next few days were all about Qin Xiao holding an umbrella for him with his back to the rain and fog. Those dark and cold eyes filled the entire dream, making him tremble uncontrollably just by looking at them.

Qin Jinyi himself didn't know why, but he was suddenly afraid to see Qin Xiao's eyes. Those eyes, which were originally as bright as black pearls, became deep and deep, like an abyss with no bottom.

After Qin Jinyi came to his senses, he felt a little ridiculous. When he was a child, his thinking was too divergent and he was daydreaming all day long. Everything in the rain was probably just his illusion.

But Qin Jinyi suddenly became uncertain again. Was it really his illusion?

Qin Jinyi couldn't help but lose his mind when thinking back to the past, until Mo Hanshang beside him patted him, and then he came back to his senses.

"What are you daydreaming about?" Mo Hanshang noticed that something was wrong with him and asked with a frown.

Qin Jinyi came back to his senses and slightly frowned to hide the look in his eyes: "Nothing... I will pay attention."

Mo Hanshang nodded, his eyes shifted slightly, and he moved closer to Qin Jinyi and whispered, "Tell him that even if he wants to use it, don't let anyone see him, don't let others catch him..."

Qin Jinyi: ...

Qin Jinyi looked at Mo Hanshang speechlessly, then nodded helplessly: "Got it."

Suddenly, his eyes were attracted by something and he stopped in his tracks.

Qin Xiao was struggling with Jiao Chong helplessly, but Jiao Chong's strength was too great and he couldn't break free at all.

"Just take a look at it. If there was no one to take care of it, I would definitely raise it myself. I won't find a mountain yet. I will take it back if I find one." Jiao Chong sat on the ground, holding Qin Xiao's arm, and did not let Qin Xiao drag it at all.

"Impossible." Qin Xiao held his hand tightly, "Qiongqi is still following me now, it's impossible for me to raise another one."

The swarm of bees around Jiao Chong had completely dispersed, leaving only a queen bee that was bigger than him.

The queen bee stared at them with her black eyes, her wings behind her fluttering so rapidly that her shape could not be seen at all. Her six black legs were as sharp as barbs, and the tips of her black and yellow hairs were dotted with black spots. The stinger at the bottom of her scimitar-shaped body even flashed a cold light.

"What? You already have a Qiongqi, and you still don't need this?" Jiao Chong's eyes lit up, and he held on tighter, "Look, it can find food and take care of itself, and it can even collect honey! It's so well-behaved, just adopt it--"

"Impossible! Can't you put it back into the mountains? Do you have to let it follow me? If Qiongqi slaps you to death, you will definitely come back to me." Qin Xiao flatly refused.

"How is this possible? Am I such an unreasonable person?" Jiao Chong complained, "Qiongqi, what's wrong with you being able to tolerate this?"

What's wrong? What's wrong? Tell me what's wrong!

Qin Xiao struggled desperately. He had seen this kind of bee before. Not only could it summon a swarm of bees at any time, but the stinger on the tip of its tail would grow back. If it stung someone, they would get a swelling as big as their head, which could take half their life away.

"How can you be so unsympathetic? I told you I would take care of you for two years at most, and I will take you away after two years." Jiao Chong vowed.

Qin Xiao didn't believe him! He said so before, and he would definitely take it away. But he had raised the bee for more than ten years and it died, but the bee didn't take it.

"Please be considerate of a poor old man like me..." said another old voice of Jiao Chong.

Qin Xiao's forehead was bulging with veins. Mo Ze is tens of thousands of years older than you. How can you be qualified to say he is old?

No, calm down. Qin Xiao slapped himself on the face and forced himself to calm down.

"Let go first. It's not good for us to pull and tug like this." Qin Xiao tried to reason with Jiao Chong.

"You ran away as soon as I let go. I've seen this trick before." Jiao Chong refused.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao couldn't help but grit his teeth.

The queen bee seemed to be tired. She landed on Jiao Chong's shoulder and stared at Qin Xiao with her round compound eyes.

"Look how cute it is..." Jiao Chong tried to persuade Qin Xiao to put aside his prejudice.

Qin Xiao looked at the queen bee in disbelief: the three pairs of spotted wings were slowly folding, the fluffy face was facing him, and it even turned its head.

"Look, isn't this the kind of fluffy, obedient and cute little pet that you humans talk about?"

Qin Xiao couldn't help but laugh out loud.

It turns out that Jiaochong’s aesthetic taste has not changed.

Calm down, you can't beat him.

Qin Xiao took a deep breath, his brain spinning rapidly, trying to find a suitable solution: "Can I send someone away?"

"Who?" Jiao Chong was stunned.

"Just..." Qin Xiao thought for a long time, and seeing that Jiao Chong showed signs of letting go, he gritted his teeth and said, "Mo Ze's reincarnation."

Unexpectedly, Jiao Chong shuddered and held his hand even tighter: "No! His little honey won't survive more than an hour in his hands."

"His temper is really much better now, believe me." Qin Xiao tried to persuade Jiao Chong to put aside his prejudice.

"Impossible!" Jiao Chong said firmly, his words becoming much more fluent. "Either he only treats you like this, or you have some kind of...filter for him? Anyway, he can't be like this."

"You're wrong. He's a really good person now." Qin Xiao thought about Mo Hanyu's attitude towards Yin Xihui and the others, and suddenly wanted to argue, "You can't be prejudiced against him because of some things that happened before."

"Ha, that's because you don't understand him." Jiao Chong sneered, "Even if there is prejudice, it's his own fault. You are biased towards him!"

"I am obviously very objective." Qin Xiao wanted to explain.

"Hahaha." Jiao Chong laughed three times without any emotion. "You are objective? Even if you are objective to your Mang Ling, you can't be objective to him!"

Qin Xiao: ...

"He is also very nice to other people?" Qin Xiao blushed and asked quickly.

"That's just pretending." Jiao Chong was extremely firm, "It must be... all pretending."

Qin Xiao: ...

The arrogant insect refused to repent: "He was just pretending."

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao's lips moved slightly, and he wanted to say something.

"If you don't believe me, go ask the others and see if they have the same reaction." Jiao Chong was afraid that he didn't believe it, so he stretched out his other hand and pointed to the sky, "If you don't believe me, go ask Yu'er. It happens that you are offering sacrifices to Him. Go ask Him if He thinks the same way."

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao was also stubborn and turned his head away: "That's a stereotype."

"Ha." Jiao Chong laughed out of anger, "Yu'er was stereotyped by him."

Qin Xiao: ...

"Wait, the one being sacrificed is Yu'er?" Qin Xiao suddenly noticed the key point in Jiao Chong's words, "This time's sacrifice?"

"Yeah..." Jiao Chong was surprised, "You don't know? Isn't that statue of Him?"

"I didn't go to see him." Qin Xiao and Yu'er hadn't met each other many times, so he just skipped the mention of him. "But he is indeed a nice person now."

When Jiao Chong heard that he had changed the subject again, he curled his lips and snorted a few times, "I will believe it if you adopt Xiao Mi."

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao curled his lips, believing it or not.

"No, you can't--"

"No." Jiao Chong shook his head. "I don't know anyone here. I finally met you, but you are so cold to me."

"How am I cold?" Qin Xiao wanted to complain, "I've been saying this for so long, I really can't do it, what if Qiongqi eats it——"

“I don’t eat everything.”

A cold voice was heard, and Qin Xiao was shocked. He turned around and saw the child transformed by Qiongqi standing behind him, staring at him with a smile.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao was a little embarrassed for a moment.