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In the dessert shop, Ike was about to close when he suddenly saw a familiar figure coming in from outside.

He immediately put down the rag in his hand, stood up straight and greeted, "Boss, you are here!"

The young black-haired man nodded lightly, but did not speak, just looked at the decorations around the store - as he had told him, the place is still the same as when that person was there, every bit of it is still with them Arranged by hand.

Thinking of this, his black eyes dimmed again.

The simple and honest pastry chef did not disturb the young man, but waited quietly.

The young man in front of him who he calls "the boss" is actually their boss's wife.When he came to the imperial capital to seek refuge with his relatives, he was deceived by someone. When he had nowhere to go, he happened to see that this shop was recruiting a pastry chef. Since then, he has been working for two years. He also watched the proprietress and the boss get together from knowing each other. of.A long time ago, the boss went back to his hometown and has not been there. The lease of the dessert shop is about to expire. The proprietress also paid for another three years to renew the lease. She also used the money to let him hire another person to run the restaurant in front.Therefore, he respected both bosses equally in his heart.

"Has the boss not come back yet?" Seeing the lady boss come back to her senses, Ike rubbed his hands and asked.

"En." Xi Shiyan responded lightly.

Ike let out a disappointed "Oh" when he heard the words, and then said to Xi Shiyan with some embarrassment: "I called you here this time to tell you that my wife is pregnant, and I want to take her back to my hometown. So the store can't take care of it..."

Speaking of this, he hurriedly said: "But don't worry! I will leave in at least another month, or two months if necessary. You can find a new replacement master slowly."

Xi Shiyan nodded: "It's okay, you can go back whenever you want."

Ike thanked him repeatedly, glanced at Xi Shiyan's face and asked, "Then...do you want to talk to Boss Luo?"

"No need." Xi Shiyan pursed his lips, and then added, "...I will tell him."

Ike nodded reassuringly. Although he wanted to say hello to the boss, he told the boss's wife that it should be the same.But the boss has been away for so long, and he doesn't know what happened at home.

Xi Shiyan absently listened to Ike's report on the operation of the dessert shop for a long time, then nodded and left the shop.It was already dark at this time, and it was raining outside, Xi Shi'an took up his umbrella and habitually walked in the direction of the house where he and Yin Luo lived together on the quiet street on rainy days.

As soon as he took the key to open the door, the landlord knocked on the door: "Why haven't you come back for so long, and I can't find anyone. If you don't come back, I should rent the house to someone else. It's hard to deal with your things inside..."

When Yinluo rented this apartment, he paid two months' rent as a deposit. Later, when Xi Shiyan waited here for Yinluo's return, he also paid the rent on time, but after he decided to give up the experiment, he kept paying the rent. Never came back.Calculated by time, they did owe one month's rent now.

The middle-aged man complained a lot, but Xi Shiyan suddenly interrupted him: "How much is the house?"

The landlord opened his mouth in surprise: "Huh?"

"I mean, how much is your house selling for? I want to buy it." Xi Shiyan repeated.

When he was waiting for Yinluo, he paid the rent honestly, because he was afraid that when Yinluo came back, he would wonder where he got the money and how could he suddenly be able to afford the house here.But it doesn't matter now, that person won't come back anyway, if he is willing to buy it, he can buy it directly.

The landlord was astonished, so he directly quoted the current market price of the house, and Xi Shiyan didn't counter the price, and said directly: "Yes, I will transfer the money to you." He didn't even ask the other party for things like contracts and contracts. .

The landlord was also taken aback by him, and it took a while to react: "Wait a minute, I have to go back and discuss it with my wife. You, you, you, you should give me last month's rent first."

Xi Shiyan nodded, transferred the rent to him, and closed the door silently.

The house is small in size, but it is a duplex structure with upper and lower floors.He walked upstairs to the bedroom alone, took off his clothes and lay on the bed where two people used to sleep, and covered himself with a quilt, but he still felt empty in his heart, with unspeakable depression and discomfort, and even a faint fear of tomorrow.

He was afraid that by tomorrow, he would still not get what he wanted.He is even more afraid that tomorrow, he still wants to be the same as today, and he doesn't even know what he wants or what he should do.

He was afraid that from now on, day after day, it would be like this.

He suffered from insomnia all night in Shenhuang Palace, and after returning here, the situation did not improve in the slightest.

Xi Shiyan hesitated, and took out a small black box from his space.He stroked the black velvet on the outside of the box, slowly pushed the box open with his thumb, and then, as if in a daze, he stared at the two rings, one black and one silver, in the faint moonlight outside the window all night , until the east is white.

Later, Ike took his wife back to his hometown, and Xi Shiyan didn't want to find someone else to run the dessert shop, so he simply closed the shop.Because the building in this area is close to the God Palace, it is considered the property of the God Palace. He can no longer buy his own things, so he can only order that this shop is not allowed to be rented out.

With the help of Kress, he finally bought the apartment.

But he was visibly more melancholy and more silent than before.Everyone in Shenhuang Palace behaved extra cautiously.

Until one day he received a letter from the Goddess of Power—she was going to hold a birthday party in the God of Light, and hoped that Xi Shiyan could also attend.

In the early years, Xi Shi'an's attitude towards his mother was very indifferent, and even the goddess of strength personally brought her stepson to the God Palace as a guest, and he avoided seeing her.This attitude also made the Goddess of Power very sad. For a long time, the Goddess of Power only dared to send some gifts to the God Palace, but did not dare to visit him again, and sometimes sent him some invitations to the Light God Realm. I played around for a while, but they were all ignored by Xi Shiyan.

Xi Shiyan couldn't describe his mood when he got the invitation, but he knew very well that the first figure that flashed through his mind when he saw the invitation was not his mother.

He handed the letter in his hand to Kress, and said: "Tell mother, I will go this time."

In the Imperial Palace of the Bright God Realm, there were mixed reactions to the fact that His Royal Highness, the God of Magic, was coming to celebrate the Queen's birthday.

The Goddess of Strength was both surprised and delighted by the news, but the God of Light looked at his son worriedly like an ordinary father of a reorganized family.

He also specially took Yin Luo to the garden and told him: "Luo Luo, it's rare for your brother to come here, even if it's just to make your mother happy, you have to be polite to him, don't be rude, don't provoke him, remember ?"

The God of Light was actually very remorseful in his heart. He regretted that he did not forcefully stop Yin Luo at the beginning, and he did not expect that Xi Shi'an would do such a terrific thing, even ignoring him and Rila, and directly erased part of Luo Luo's memory .It would break his heart to see his son wake up in a daze and ask him what happened.He vowed that if there was a next time, he would protect his son and not let him make the same mistakes again, but now he can only pretend that he didn't know anything, nothing happened.

At the same time, he comforted himself in his heart, it's fine if Luo Luo forgets, it's best not to think about it again.Rilla didn't know those things yet, so let them act as if they never happened.

Yin Luo felt a little helpless, his father still treated him like an ignorant child, but he was clearly an adult now.

"He's not my brother." The grown-up His Royal Highness Yin Luo still replied, but immediately said, "But I will try my best to pretend to be my brother during this time. Don't worry, Dad, I will treat him well. He gets along."

The God of Light hummed, and couldn't help but add: "...if you can't get along or don't want to see him, forget it, someone will take care of him." The implication is that Yin Luo can hide from him far away.

Yin Luo smiled helplessly: "Understood."

At the same time, he couldn't help touching his nose and thinking, did he really hate Xi Shiyan so much before?Why is my father so worried?

He wanted to ask his father what Er Chaihuo said about him "kneeling in the Temple of Light for three days and three nights to ask for marriage", but after thinking about it, he didn't think it was necessary—he didn't even have any memory of it himself, maybe it was When did he cheat Erchaihuo after he got drunk?So Er Chaihuo believed his nonsense.

At this time, the news that Xi Shiyan was coming to Guangming God's Domain had spread throughout the God's Domain.After all, in terms of identity, Xi Shiyan is not only the son of the Goddess of Power, he is also the successor of the God of Darkness, the God of Magic, and the actual controller of the Dark God Realm.Although he came to visit Guangming God Realm for the most legitimate reason of celebrating his mother's birthday, it was enough to cause shock.

When Yin Luo and his second-generation friends of the gods get together, it is inevitable that someone will ask related questions.

When he had dinner with some of his best friends, Mu Shen’s daughter jokingly asked him: “Your Highness, as you said last time, if you meet the God of Magic, if you don’t like him, ignore him. Just play with him. I heard that His Highness Xi Shi has an outstanding appearance, so don't break your promise, Your Highness."

Yin Luo frowned: "When did I say such a thing?"

"The last time we celebrated Er Chaihuo's coming-of-age birthday, you were all drunk, Your Highness, you said it when you were drunk." Because she didn't drink much and stayed sober that time, she remembered it very clearly, "That day If there is video recording, there may be video as evidence."

"Er Chaihuo became an adult, it was a long time ago, thank you for remembering..." Yin Luo muttered.Erchaihuo was a bit older than him, and when his friend was an adult, he was just a kid pretending to be mature.

However, taking advantage of the drunkenness, His Royal Highness Yin Luo, who is still not mature, still complied with the situation: "Just play and play, whoever is afraid of whom."

But I was thinking about it in my heart, but I guess I don't like him.

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The day Xi Shiyan stepped into the Divine Realm of Light, the sun was just right.

In the afternoon, he came to the palace to meet the Goddess of Power. When he walked through the garden, Yin Luo was wearing a white court dress and was sitting on a chair in the garden reading a book.Even though he has no image at all, he was trained as the next God of Light since he was a child, and even if he does such actions, he still has a natural and elegant laziness.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he slowly raised his head. He was stunned for a second when he saw the person coming, but he immediately judged the identity of the person in front of him based on various information.

Then he bent his eyes and smiled softly at the other party. Without standing up, he just sat there and greeted him softly: "Brother."

He thought he had guessed right, he really didn't like His Highness Xi Shi.No matter how attractive and in line with his taste, the moment he saw this person, his sixth sense sent out a warning signal: stay away from this person.

But this is his stepmother's biological son, the master of the Dark God Realm.No matter how nonsense he was talking to those cronies, he still had a sense in his heart, even if he really liked Xi Shiyan, he would not provoke him.

Yin Luo yawned lazily, continued to smile at Xi Shi'an with eyes that were already three points sleepy, and said, "Brother, mother is in the palace behind, she should have been waiting for you for a long time, you just go there Just fine."

He bent his lips again and smiled apologetically: "I'm so sleepy, so I won't send you there."

Facing the bright sunshine of the Guangming God Realm, his smile dazzled the eyes.

The God of Magic looked at his shining silver-gray eyes, and covered his eyes with his hands, but the image of the past flashed out of time in his mind.

The man hugged his neck and hugged him, and innocently told him with his eyes that he couldn't open, Seymour, I'm so sleepy, and I'll sleep if you hug me.

Xi Shiyan stepped aside and said ruthlessly that he would not hug her.

Yin Luo was obviously sleepy like that, but he still insisted on arguing with him, saying that he wouldn't sleep unless you hugged me.

After making a fuss, he fell asleep by himself.

Then Xi Shiyan would turn around and hug him silently, choose the most comfortable position for him to sleep in her arms, and hold him all night.

He put down his hand, nodded to Yin Luo, said "OK" and walked back.The lingering image in my mind is that the young man sat up slightly from the white chair among the grass and trees, and called his brother with a smile, being close, polite, and alienated.

He doesn't remember him.

Completely, completely forgotten.

At the moment when he was faced with the result that he had known for a long time and was brought about by himself, Xi Shiyan still heard something in his heart, and it collapsed with a bang.