The Three-Life Stone

When Hua Xiaoyao behind the bar saw Lin Mo, her eyes widened and turned slightly red.

Hua Xiaoyao asked nonchalantly, "Why are you here?"

"Come back to see you."

After Lin Mo finished speaking, before he could even start to express his feelings, Qin Yunhuai punched Lin Mo in anger.

The two men raised their glasses and drank like old friends who disliked each other.

Qin Yunhuai seemed to be really drunk, and floated back to the cave. Lin Mo held Hua Xiaoyao's hand and whispered "I'm sorry."

"You have nothing to do with me. I did it willingly."

"I miss you."

"I miss you too."

When Hua Xiaoyao heard Lin Mo's longing, she couldn't help but run over and hug him.

"How many days will you be back?"

"Three days, are you willing to follow me into the palace now?"

The two of them found a seat in a relatively corner. The candlelight was dim and their figures were vague.

"If you are willing, just come and see me like this, I will be satisfied. I like the life I have now."

Lin Mo didn't know how to persuade her. He understood that this was the best way now. He couldn't persuade Hua Xiaoyao to find a good family, nor could he ignore Hua Xiaoyao's wishes for his own ideas.

"I'll come back to see you. Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Mo gave Hua Xiaoyao a deep kiss on the forehead.

Hua Xiaoyao was born for Lin Mo, and Lin Mo was willing not to enter the reincarnation for Hua Xiaoyao, just to meet again with memories; Hua Xiaoyao was unwilling to enter the harem for Lin Mo, and watch so many beauties guarding one alone, and Lin Mo was unwilling to give up the power in his hands for Hua Xiaoyao, and to hold her hand and grow old together.

After all, people are selfish. If you do something knowing it is impossible, you may not be happy in the end. Instead, you will become a pair of resentful lovers. It is better to let him go free, which is also a kind of fulfillment to yourself.

Hua Xiaoyao still went to make cocktails every day. She liked such a fulfilling life. While Hua Xiaoyao was making cocktails, Lin Mo was reading in the private room, and he would look into Hua Xiaoyao's eyes from time to time. When it was time for dinner, Hua Xiaoyao and Lin Mo would eat together, and they would talk about interesting things recently, all of which were trivial matters. Lin Mo could not give any advice, but he knew she wanted to share, so he nodded from time to time and asked a few questions to show that he was listening.

Sometimes just a response is enough. Being able to share all the little things of the past few days with him is as if he has never left for all these days. This is what Hua Xiaoyao has always wanted to share with him. How could he not know.

Some things are in habits, just like when you meet someone, you like to talk to him/her about many things, but you can’t do that with another person. Even if this person is not around, your first reaction every time is to silently think about what it would be like if this person was around.

Hua Xiaoyao is like this. She is not good at making friends. She has always been used to talking to Lin Mo since she was a child. When she encounters something interesting, she tells it in her heart, and then lets it go. She thought she forgot it, but she couldn't stop talking. Lin Mo is the same. He doesn't think of Hua Xiaoyao very often. He only thinks about what she would do if Hua Xiaoyao was here when he is distracted.

On the third day, Hua Xiaoyao did not go to mix cocktails. In the morning, she went shopping for vegetables with Lin Mo. You picked the vegetables and I cooked. You washed the dishes and I scrubbed the pot. You did not look like emperors at all. You just looked like an ordinary couple.

When they were separated, Hua Xiaoyao thought she would cry, make a fuss, and act like a spoiled child, but nothing happened. She silently watched Lin Mo get on the carriage, then squatted down and cried silently for a while, washed her face with cold water, and her mood became much better.

"You cry secretly, and you think you are so brave?"

"You peeked!"

Hua Xiaoyao glared at Qin Yunhuai, her eyes a little red.

"I wasn't sneaking around to peek. I was going out for a drink today and didn't know you were away, so I came to check and saw you crying there."

Qin Yunhuai folded his arms across his chest, looking fearless, with his eyes lowered, his eyelashes long and black.

"It's not shameful to cry. Just let it be seen."

Qin Yunhuai clicked his tongue twice and looked at Hua Xiaoyao twice.

"What are you looking at? I'm in a bad mood today and I won't go to work."

"Take a walk?"

"Where?"

"You'll know once you leave."

Qin Yunhuai walked in front, and Hua Xiaoyao followed behind, passing through the crowd, walking along the country path, and crossing the stone bridge over the stream.

"I'm tired. Where are we going?"

Hua Xiaoyao sat down and spread her legs on the grass.

Qin Yunhuai looked back and ignored him and continued walking forward.

"It's right in front of us." Qin Yunhuai said, his expression slightly moved, "If it was Luxi, he would have rushed in front of me long ago, and then ran back and said I was so slow."

Hua Xiaoyao stood up, patted the weeds on her butt and chased after him. She didn't know what Qin Yunhuai was mumbling under his breath. Could it be that he was dissatisfied with her physical strength? Was it okay for him to walk so far without saying a word and not allow her to complain?

"What is a person mumbling about?"

Qin Yunhuai didn't answer. Hua Xiaoyao chased after him, quickening her pace and jogging after Qin Yunhuai.

"Hey, you're going too far. Why are you walking so fast all of a sudden without saying anything?"

Lin Mo suddenly stopped in front of a small house. Hua Xiaoyao couldn't stop the car and crashed into it, rubbing his painful nose.

"Qin Yunhuai, you bastard, if I get a rhinitis, I'll put arsenic in your wine, believe it or not."

"Hey, Qin Yunhuai, are you crazy?"

Seeing Qin Yunhuai standing still, Hua Xiaoyao made a face and jumped up, putting her face to the same height as Qin Yunhuai, jumped twice and waved her hands.

"You're the devil. I'm in a state of meditation. I'm going to put down my butcher knife and become a Buddha right away. I'm going to be a monk, right?"

Even though Qin Yunhuai was feeling sentimental at this moment, he couldn't help but want to complain, "Fuck you, I saw you crying so sadly today, you fucking..." Qin Yunhuai's anger finally turned into a big eye roll.

Hua Xiaoyao did not miss the passing eye roll and rolled her eyes back.

“This is where Deer Creek left off.”

"What?" Hua Xiaoyao didn't react for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Oh~ her name is Luxi~"

"Did she ever love me?"

Qin Yunhuai thought, I have loved before, it was so sweet. But he saw that Nangong Yu and Jin Xing, two ordinary people, could return here again for a promise after dozens of reincarnations, and continue this relationship for the regret in their hearts; Lin Mo and Bei Ming Mo were loved by someone, breaking through the shackles of fate and changing the trajectory of their lives.

What's in Deer Creek?

He was straightforward when they were together and straightforward when they were apart. He was like a quite satisfactory tool. He saw all kinds of things in the world and thought he was content. But when he saw Nangong Yujinxing, Xia Jinbei Mingmo and others, they turned impossible love into possibility. After nearly two thousand years of days and nights, he regretted it.

If he hadn't knelt down and asked her "Have you ever loved me?" for the sake of dignity that day, would these days have been better? If he had begged her not to leave pitifully, would she have turned back?