The Three-Life Stone

Every day after coming back from the private school, Lin Mo would talk to Hua Xiaoyao and teach her how to read. Hua Xiaoyao gradually became like a normal person and would no longer stand for half a day.

Six years later, Lin Mo was eleven years old and Hua Xiaoyao was nine years old. Hua Xiaoyao had gotten along very well with Jasmine. When Lin Mo was not at home, she would help Jasmine with washing and cooking. Every time before Lin Mo came back, she would go to greet him at the gate of the courtyard. In the same year, Lin Mo became the youngest scholar in the local area, and no one dared to look down on the small Lin family anymore.

In this age of tyranny and civil servants in power, everything is inferior except reading.

It was also during this year that Lin Mo became more firmly convinced of the importance of power. Being at the bottom of society did bring easy comfort, but facing turmoil meant that many words were insincere.

The emperor is incompetent and the people are living in poverty. The people's income is about the same as in previous years. This year, the tax rate has increased by 10%, and it has increased by 30% in just six years. If they can get a position as an official, their lives will be better than those of ordinary people.

Five years later, Lin Mo was sixteen years old and Hua Xiaoyao was fourteen years old. Lin Mo was the top scorer in the imperial examination and was paraded through the streets in great glory. The neighbors all hoped that Lin Mo would be able to do something for his hometown after becoming an official to ease the pressure of these difficult days. Lin Mo went to the imperial city and had his first long separation with Hua Xiaoyao.

Two years later, Lin Mo returned to his hometown. Everyone was puzzled. Lin Mo lived up to expectations. At the age of sixteen, he won the top three places in the imperial examination and became the youngest top scholar of the dynasty. He was also highly regarded by the emperor and there was news that he would soon enter the cabinet. How could he suddenly come back?

Others didn't understand, but Hua Xiaoyao did. She didn't know how Lin Mo managed to pass the imperial examination in such a short time, and had no achievements or faults in the officialdom for two years and came back unscathed. But she knew that Lin Mo's intention was to dishearten all scholars. Under this system, studying hard would lead to no future. If the last way out for these noble scholars was ruined, the public opinion led by the scholars would add fuel to the uprising.

There was an uprising, and the government used force to suppress it temporarily. It seemed that the problem was solved, but in fact it caused dissatisfaction among more people. Afterwards, it seemed that someone was roaming around these places and quietly gathering these people together.

Another two years passed. Lin Mo was twenty and Hua Xiaoyao was eighteen. Moli said that no matter what they were busy with, life had to go on. Lin Mo agreed and Hua Xiaoyao said nothing. After Moli left, they were both silent. Then Hua Xiaoyao broke the silence.

"Go ahead and do what you want to do."

Lin Mo was silent, he had not forgotten that he had to repay his debt of love in this life, but now he was on this path again. He was unwilling to do nothing. He could also just work behind the scenes. As long as no one could control his life and death at will, or control him to do things he didn't like, he didn't have to sit in that position.

"Being with you is what I want to do."

Hua Xiaoyao smiled. She didn't know when she started to become a little sentimental. This smile showed relief and helplessness. Lin Mo looked at her in surprise.

"I know you have great ambitions and you shouldn't be trapped here. I am content that you have stayed by my side for so many years. You don't have to worry about mom, I will find a way. Although I always feel that we are more than just these few years, I don't want you to give up what you really want to do because you are moved or feel guilty!"

Lin Mo embraced Hua Xiaoyao in his arms. It turned out that she knew all his hiding for so many years. Even without the memory of the past, she understood his thoughts and would not make things difficult for him. Lin Mo silently said in his heart: In this life, you are my only true wife.

Lin Mo took Hua Xiaoyao to travel around the area for three days, and they met two strange people.

The boy had a stern look on his childish face and shouted out a few words calmly, which broke Hua Xiaoyao's defense. It was not that she had never seen the world, but that he was really a middle school student.

The boy faced the tiger without dodging or avoiding it, and uttered eight words from his little mouth:

"The Lord comes and all living beings surrender."

I saw a small barrier surrounding the tiger, and several immature little demons were teasing the tiger. The tiger jumped up and down in the barrier, unable to get out and unable to pounce on the little demons, and became very angry.

The older girl next to her clapped.

"Great, great, Gu Qing is great."

Seeing the girl happy, the boy said:

"This game of chess can only be played by me, Gu Qing."

Lin Mo didn't take it seriously and thought he was just two arrogant boys. Only Hua Xiaoyao knew that it wasn't the case. She had written down these two sentences in a small glowing box. What was going on? She had clearly remembered all these years, so why did that strange picture appear? What kind of memory was that? Did she not drink all the Meng Po soup?

Hua Xiaoyao held her forehead awkwardly. Lin Mo wanted to pull Hua Xiaoyao away, and the girl walked towards Lin Mo.

"Brother, can I have a word with my sister?"

Lin Mo didn't really want Hua Xiaoyao to come into contact with this group of idiots. He looked at Hua Xiaoyao's intention and Hua Xiaoyao nodded. The two of them took a few steps to ensure that Lin Mo could see but not hear them talking.

"Sister? I slept through the spring without even realizing it."

"Lan Duoduo is here." Hua Xiaoyao blurted out for some reason. Even she herself didn't know why she said such strange words in a fit of anger.

The girl laughed excitedly after hearing that.

"The sun shines on the incense burner, purple smoke appears, my sister sits on the toilet, and Xiao Li's flying knife strikes in an instant..."

Hua Xiaoyao didn't say anything else, and was so angry that she chased the girl and wanted to spank her. What the hell, did she want to say that she was a eunuch? The girl didn't get angry, and the two chased each other for a while.

The girl admitted defeat and said, "Okay, okay, sister, I was just kidding. I thought I was the only one who traveled through time. I didn't expect to meet other people who traveled through time. Finally, we can have something in common to talk about."

The girl took Hua Xiaoyao's arm and shouted to Lin Mo: "Brother, I get along very well with my sister. Let me borrow it for a while, and I'll return it to you later."

Lin Mo's face was full of black lines. He was really an incomprehensible person and his behavior was weird.

Hua Xiaoyao was very curious about what the girl was going to do.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"Talking about men, you don't know, I've been single for 30 years, and I haven't even touched a man's hand, and that's it, I can't accept it, when I opened my eyes again, I saw this young hunk, tut tut tut, little boy, I inherited the memory of this body, in ancient times, men were valued more than women, the girl couldn't stand it and jumped into the river to commit suicide, the little boy passed by and saved her, hey, here I come, really, I don't understand, isn't life sweet?"

"He's still a child. Even if you were thirty years old before, you're only eleven or twelve now, right?"

"Eh? Actually, I'm exaggerating. I'm only 23. But don't get the wrong idea. Although I want a man, I'm not that impatient. I'm a nurturing person."

"Uh." Hua Xiaoyao thought of the two childish lines that Gu Qing recited.

Seeing Hua Xiaoyao's eyes, the girl asked expectantly, "Don't you think those two sentences are cool? I thought they were so cool when I read the novel. There are also some that say I have seen the future, I am a liar, you can only believe half of what I say, I am about to start lying, and I was so excited when I saw it."

"So you're just going to put your fantasies on a child?"

"Hahahaha, let's just enjoy it for now." The girl smiled indifferently to indicate that they were just trivial matters.

Hua Xiaoyao couldn't help but ask, "Are those novels good?"

"It's very good, but it's a pity that it hasn't been updated yet. I don't know if Qinglong has woken up, Qi Xia has escaped from the End of the World, or Fang Xiu has found his wife. Ah~~ I can't say anymore. If I say more, I'm going to cry. Don't you know that a novel is so touching that I cry my eyes out? A novel makes me start to grow brains. A novel makes me tap my toes awkwardly and watch him grow up step by step." The girl seemed to react as she spoke, "Don't you read novels? Then why do you behave so strangely?"

Hua Xiaoyao wanted to say, come on, it's understandable to create a barrier and say something, but then Haohao made gestures and continued to speak in a second-year manner, which would be weird for anyone, but she held back and said, "I saw the short video, it seems to be very popular."

Hua Xiaoyao is weird, short video? Why does this girl always make me think of weird things?

Before Hua Xiaoyao could even ask any questions, she heard the girl gossiping: "This must be the one from your family, not bad. My family's one is from the training department, so I have to wait a little longer."

The girl was chatting happily and wanted to continue talking, but she heard Gu Qing shouting, "Sister, the barrier is about to break."

"Hey, okay, I'm coming." The girl said as she walked towards Gu Qing, turned around and waved to Hua Xiaoyao, "My name is Nian Nian, see you again if we're lucky."

"Xiaoyao, run away Yao." Hua Xiaoyao said and waved his hand.

Gu Qing and Niannian walked in the same direction. After Nian Nian came over, Gu Qing lost all his previous coldness. The two of them quarreled and argued with each other, looking very childish.