I heard that I became the villain Bai Yueguang after I died

Just as it was getting dark, Shen Mingchao returned from outside, bringing with him a jar of good wine and some side dishes.

The place where Wen Buyu and Chu Yao settled was an empty house in the village.

A bit crude.

Everyone carried the table into the courtyard, but there were not enough stools.

Wen Buyu patted his head:

"Look at my memory. I'll go borrow it from next door right away."

Sang Nian followed him like a tail, leaning against the door and watching him negotiate with his neighbors.

On the inside of the door, a yellow talisman was firmly attached, with the runes painted in cinnabar on it bright and eye-catching.

Sang Nian was curious: "What is this?"

Wen Buyu didn't have time to answer and tried hard to lift the two long benches. He tried several times but failed each time.

She couldn't bear to watch it, so she easily snatched it with one hand and strode ahead.

Wen Buyu touched the tip of his nose and followed silently, explaining the above question:

"It's a house protection charm. With it, no matter who comes, no one can open this door unless the person inside is willing."

"I painted one for every household in the village, and that's how the village survived to this day."

Sang Nian: "But why didn't they hide in the house when the demons came before?"

"Ghosts can disturb people's minds." Wen Buyu said, "They are bewitched."

Sang Nian: "So that's how it is."

Sang Nian asked again:

"Are you okay? I heard you coughing."

Wen Bu Yu said:

"Nothing serious, just a slight cold."

Wind chill?

What kind of cold could make such a powerful swordsman so weak?

Moreover, he was beaten by a group of beggars and vomited blood. This was too outrageous.

Sang Nian always felt that things were not that simple, and was about to ask, but Wen Buyu said:

"Junior Sister Sang, please sit down. It's time to eat."

Sang Nian could tell that he didn't want to talk about this matter, so she had to restrain herself for the time being.

Everyone sat down, but Chu Yao was missing.

Wen Buyu said, "Junior sister went to fetch water from the creek behind."

"That's great," he poked Sang Nian and winked at her, "Go and call her back for dinner, and have a good chat with her on the way."

Sang Nian was thinking this, so he stood up immediately:

"Okay, I'll go find her!"

After saying that, she hurried away.

At the table, Shen Mingchao poured a glass of wine for Wen Buyu and the two clinked their glasses.

Wen Buyu took a sip and put it down, his lips turning slightly pale.

Shen Mingchao tilted his head back and drank it all up.

He gently put down the cup and asked without saying anything:

"Is it almost time?"

Wen Buyu looked at the quiet night, a faint smile on his lips, and spoke slowly:

"Well, about... ten days left."

——Originally, there were still fifteen days left, but today I had to fight the demons forcefully, and lost five days of my life.

Shen Mingchao poured another glass of wine and lowered his eyes to gaze at the swaying water surface:

"I should have been fighting in Penglai at that time. I couldn't come to see you off when you died."

Wen Buyu patted his back and said softly:

"It's okay, don't blame yourself for it."

Shen Mingchao rubbed his brows and said in a hoarse voice:

"You just deliberately sent Sang Nian away. What did you want to tell me?"

Wen Buyu took a deep breath:

"After I die, please take care of A Yao for me. She can't wander around alone anymore."

Shen Mingchao: "I will take her back to Xiaoyao Sect, but I'm afraid she doesn't want to."

Wen Buyu curved his eyes:

"I think if it were my last words, she would listen to it."

Shen Mingchao: “…Okay.”

"The only thing I'm worried about in this world is her."

Wen Buyu took another sip of wine, and his cold limbs gradually warmed up.

It seemed that even the internal organs that had been weak for many years had relaxed a lot.

Unconsciously, he started talking more, muttering to himself:

"Ayao has never been loved by her master since she was young, and she has no mother to take care of her. She has a particularly strong temper, but her heart is very soft. This makes her most vulnerable."

"When she was young, she always pestered me to go down the mountain to play, and she refused to change even when she was scolded by her master."

"When she gets tired of playing, I'll carry her on my back and walk step by step towards Xiaoyao Sect on the mountain. That road is really long."

“It seems like it will never end.”

At that time, on the cool mountain road, the girl was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, but she still stubbornly chattered with her senior brother who was not much older than her.

She looked up at the clouds and wind in the sky, reached out to the flowers above her head and the fruits beside her, and asked without saying a word:

"Why doesn't Daddy like me?"

The little boy turned his face slightly, a thin layer of sweat on the tip of his nose, and spoke in an extremely serious tone:

"Master likes you."

She said angrily: "You're lying. Daddy has never smiled at me."

He patiently comforted:

"Master laughed, you didn't see it."

She said unhappily:

"Actually, I know everything. Everyone says that I killed my mother, so my father ignored me."

The boy who usually spoke in a gentle voice suddenly frowned and became more angry than ever:

"Nonsense, those words are lies, don't believe them."

She became happy again: "Really?"

Wen Buyu said: "Of course."

She hugged his neck tightly, wiped the wild loquat she had just picked on her clothes, forgot to even peel it, and happily stuffed it into his mouth.

Wild fruits naturally don’t taste good.

His face wrinkled up, but he couldn't spit it out, so he swallowed it.

She asked expectantly:

"Is it tasty?"

He nodded slightly.

"Then I'll pick two more for you." She was no longer sleepy and reached out even harder to grab the loquats on the branches.

He cooperated by stopping and lifting her up, carrying her higher.

The branches and leaves swayed, and scattered sunlight filtered through the gaps, lighting up the girl's amber eyes, which flickered.

Like a kitten.

He couldn't help but look up at her, with a gentle smile on his face.

Suddenly, she seemed to have discovered something incredible. She lowered her head hastily, and opened her mouth exaggeratedly:

"Big Brother, I'm taller than you now!"

He said:

"Ayao is growing really fast."

She successfully picked two bunches of loquats, put her arms around his neck again, and said excitedly:

"Then from now on, can I pick the fruit without you carrying me on my back?"

Wen Buyu suddenly turned around with his back to her. The corners of his robe and hairband were slightly lifted in the wind. A few strands of hair on his forehead almost covered his eyebrows, but were quickly blown away by the wind.

He said:

"of course."

She cheered, her voice rising high:

"After that, will I become very powerful and no one can beat me?"

Wen Bu Yu emphasized his tone:

"of course."

She was satisfied and threw a loquat into her mouth despite his attempts to stop her.

The next moment, she was so upset that she almost cried:

"It's not delicious, not delicious at all, you lied to me."

Wen Buyu coaxed her softly:

"From now on, Senior Brother will plant lots of loquat trees on Xiaoyue Peak. I guarantee that the loquats they produce will be big and sweet, so you can eat as much as you want, okay?"

She held back tears and sniffed. After listening to his words, her voice suddenly became much softer:

"Big Brother, it doesn't matter if Daddy doesn't like me, as long as you like me. You have to stay with me all the time. I can't live without you."

He was startled for a moment, then nodded seriously:

"Okay, I'll always be with you."

"Never separate!"

"Never leave each other."

……

"I will die soon, and I will never be able to walk side by side with her the rest of the way."

In the darkness of the night, the young man sighed and looked at the full moon in the sky, his brows filled with melancholy.

"It's a pity that I can't see A-Yao's gray hair."