Hey!Long Jun, please wait a moment

Ao Yi stood up abruptly, and the cool wind swept over his robe, making him look thin and slender. He lowered his head and closed his eyes, then raised his head and pleaded softly:

"do not talk."

"You——" Rong Ge plucked his hair anxiously, kicked the sea sand everywhere, stared, his brows were tightly frowned, and after being sullen for self-care, he finally couldn't bear to scold the dejected poor Prince, he sighed, patted his shoulder heavily, and comforted him:

"Okay, okay, it's my nonsense, right? Ao Xuan must have been stumbled by something when he went home. We in Sicily are better with good wind, good water and good people. The only beauty in the sky and the earth, that bastard Sooner or later he will come back!"

This sea deer...

Ao Yi forced a smile, raised his hand and slapped his friend on the shoulder hard, and didn't talk about that person any more, otherwise he would not be able to be at peace.He cheered up and asked the business:

"Xiao You urged again? What did he say?"

Rong Ge said solemnly: "I passed by Shiwan Beach on my morning patrol, and Xiao You and the others were waiting there specially. He said that this time the dragon fruits in both Crocodile Valley and River Valley showed signs of premature ripening, we have to prepare them in advance. Let's go. Besides, the beast tribe... they seem to have found the river valley dragon fruit, hey!!"

The two brothers walked side by side on the curved silver-white beach.

"It's not surprising, sooner or later, the river valley dragon fruit can't be hidden." Ao Yi looked at the coconut grove fluctuating with the wind, and when he mentioned the river valley dragon fruit, he couldn't help but think of all the adventures in the river valley with Ao Xuan. It flashed repeatedly, but now the other party has gone and there is no news... Ao Yi shook his head vigorously, forcing himself to concentrate on discussing the business.

Rong Ge was indignant: "Those shameless four-legged beasts! They must have followed us, how disgusting!"

Ao Yi stopped in his tracks, and finally there was a hint of lighthearted ridicule in his eyes, and he reminded with a smile: "Shameless four-legged beast? Hey, don't forget that you are the offspring of a land stag and a mermaid. If you tell others to laugh at you, you will be ashamed." mouth."

... Tsk, forgot.

Rong Ge turned his head resentfully, and walked swaggeringly.

"What else did Xiao You say?" Ao Yi smiled, clicked to the end, and then asked about the business.

"Oh, he said that when he passed by the holy lake to say hello a while ago, Kangdi asked about Ao Jing." Speaking of another nest of dragons surnamed Ao, he became annoyed, and gritted his teeth: "Then Ao Jing is not a thing either! Brother Kang is coaxing him around, that kid is so stupid, he must be taught a lesson when we go to the holy lake in a few days!"

Ao Yi took a deep breath, tried to adjust his mood, walked to the rattan chair in front of the island wooden house and sat down, and said with difficulty:

"Rong Ge, I'm very worried. Maybe... something happened to them. Maybe it's on the way home, or maybe it's a big change in the family, or on the way back to Sicily... I've been having nightmares recently, dreaming about them—"

"Don't think about it!" Rong Ge jumped up from the rattan chair, slammed the table to interrupt, and comforted him awkwardly: "They are all born to transform dragons, Ao Jing is as cunning as anything, they are full of tricks and slippery, Although Ao Xuan is short-sighted, but has a brute force, who can trouble them? Hmph, I must have been grounded by the elders when I got home, just like my Yafu locked me in the underground palace."

Ao Yi was stunned, he no longer had the cheerful and warm smile he used to, and said softly: "If they are only grounded by the elders, that's okay, the future will be long, I never forced him to promise anything... They are all beastmen, I can't let go of them." Lower Sicily, this is my home, and there are family members who need my protection... Ao Xuan is the same, what qualifications do I have to ask him to leave his hometown and come to Sicily to accompany me? I only hope that he can come back occasionally, for example Now, it's time to pick Zhilian again, why hasn't he arrived yet?"

Nothing!Intuit is worthless!

Rong Ge rolled his eyes, closed his eyes out of sight and out of mind, threw himself into the wicker chair, and said weakly:

"I said Ao Yi, after all, you are the prince of our Sicilian Sea Dragon Clan, right? Why do you just compromise? Ao Xuan is not the only dragon in the sea! Look at me, do you like Hailu?"

"...Who would dare not like you?"

"That is!"

Ao Yi said seriously: "This is not called compromising, it is a last resort. In fact, Ao Xuan has paid more than me. After all, I can't go to his house to live, but he promised to come back to Sicily for a long time."

Tch, but didn't he miss the appointment and didn't come back?

But these words can only be thought about and cannot be said, Rong Ge feels that he is quite kind.

"In fact, you have to sacrifice more. Although Uncle Ji loves you and is willing to accept Ao Xuan, but the Dragon King... Hey, in my opinion, the Dragon King is very dissatisfied with Ao Xuan. Uncle Ji must have helped persuade him, otherwise Ao Xuan I was chased away." Rong Ge lowered his voice.

Ao Yi's face was full of guilt, and he said softly: "I made it difficult for my father."

"The Dragon King and the Dragon Queen are quite reasonable. If you change the sea casually, Ao Xuan will definitely be secretly executed and thrown away to feed the sharks."

……

They chatted for a long time, half business and half chatting, and Ao Yi's mood improved a lot. When he was alone recently, he couldn't control his cranky thoughts, worried that the man had an accident, and was restless.

"...Oh, that's right!" Rong Ge suddenly sat up straight, feeling quite puzzled and said:

"When I patrolled the sea in the morning, in addition to meeting Xiao You, I also met a group of Xihai sea people in the sea. They also waited for it specially. They cried bitterly and said that they would join our dragon family. I asked carefully, and they didn't We have not been deported or persecuted, how can we accept it if we are not free citizens? So we can only push it away."

Ao Yi frowned: "The serious Xihai people? That's really unacceptable, lest the Xihai royal family think we intend to provoke. But, it's all right, why did they come to Sicily?"

Rong Ge sighed sympathetically: "It is said that they are the last clan living near the sea boundary. After the cold weather, there have been a lot of shark poisons in the West Sea, and they have attacked and devoured several people. Vicious shark poison is rampant! They are very scared, and they heard that we are safe here, so they took the risk to cast."

Sympathy is sympathy, but the Dragon Clan has its own rules, Rong Ge can only escort the other party as much as possible.

"What's the matter with the Dragon King of the West Sea?" Ao Yi wondered, "In my impression, he has always been tough and martial. How could he force the people to seek refuge with their neighbors in private?"

Rong Ge shrugged: "Who knows, the foreigners are always weird."

"The ocean is really too big." Ao Yi got up, stretched his body vigorously, shook his head and said, "If we hadn't been diligently watching day and night, Sicily would definitely be in chaos. How can we live and work in peace?"

It was noon and they had to go back.

"Let's go, stay at home this afternoon and discuss with Uncle Rong who will go to the Crocodile Valley this time. I'll go to patrol the sea world and see what's going on around there. I hope it's just the West Sea Dragon Guard's negligence, not some dragon that really came. An unbeatable monster."

"Hahaha~" Rong Ge laughed, and said contemptuously: "What, there must be something wrong with the patrol arrangement of the Xihai Dragon Clan, where did the monster come from!"

*****

Whether sad or happy, time will eventually run over, busy life can paralyze people's feelings to a certain extent.

A few days later, Ji Mo bid farewell to the eldest son and his party again and set off for Crocodile Valley.

"Yi'er, you can take it easy when you come back this time, so that other young people can practice and practice. There are quite a few capable people of the right age in the family. We should try our best to give them the opportunity to make contributions." Ji Mo looked at the eldest son who had been reduced a lot, and felt distressed. endlessly.

"Okay." Ao Yi tried his best to pretend to be relaxed and happy, "Rongping and Rong'an have gone to Crocodile Valley more times than me. They are proficient. You can leave it to them in the future."

"Oh, I can't swim anymore." Xiaolong was sleepy and squinted his eyes, dragging the bone spur he loved so much, he swam out of the inner room crookedly, nestled into his father's arms and fell asleep, Ao Bai took the bone spur off with his hands to avoid hurting .

Looking at the unique red shark forehead thorn in the entire Sicily Sea in his hand, Ao Bai frowned, gently put it aside, and said in a deep voice:

"Cheer up, look at yourself, what you look like! You are an adult, even if I don't tell you, you should be able to distinguish your priorities. How important is the sea-land transaction. Your father and I worked hard to lay the foundation. It will be handed over to you soon...Yi'er, there is no one who does not suffer, you are still young, and you will meet someone you like in the future, so let it go if you want to." Regarding Ao Xuan's slip of the tongue, the Dragon King is Extremely irritating, especially seeing the eldest son lost his mind.

Seeing that the child bowed his head, Ji Mo hurriedly laughed and said, "Is Rarity falling asleep now? She really looks like a pig."

Ao Bai sighed and said gently, "Okay, we're leaving tomorrow. Go and rest. Remember to say hello to your uncle when you arrive at the holy lake. Be careful and go back early."

"Father, don't worry, I will take care of it." Ao Yi felt very uncomfortable.

Ji Mo raised his hand and touched the eldest son's head, and encouraged him: "We believe in you! Because of Xiao Feng's subordinates last time, our relationship with the Raptor Tribe has been affected. You have to pay attention to this and be patient. They innocently lost four or five clansmen, and everyone would be heartbroken."

"I understand." Ao Yi nodded, and said seriously: "By the way, Brother Wang didn't have a single message after he went back. Regarding our proposal to stop developing and destroy the existing secret medicine, what is Donghai's attitude?"

The "suggestion" is only on the surface, but it is actually a "severe protest"-do you want to create chaos in the world by making that kind of evil and terrible secret medicine?

Ao Bai frowned: "Xiaofeng should take the words back, but he can't decide. Now your grandfather is old and weak, and he mostly stays in bed. Your uncle... well, I'll take care of this matter. You just need to concentrate on dealing with Hailu trade."

Ji Mo scolded: "Confused! If something really happened, who can stay out of it? Isn't he afraid of getting burned?"

For some relatives far away in the East China Sea, Ao Yi has a headache when he thinks about it, but he is a junior and is far away, so he has no right to interfere too much. After all, they are considered "other people's family".

*****

Busy.

Ao Yi went to Crocodile Valley to work desperately, with a calm and steady surface. Only when he heard some Ying people curiously asking "Huh? Why didn't Brother Aoxuan come to pick Zhilian this time?" Only then will there be cracks in the heart, and strands of pain that go deep into the bone marrow.

After being busy for half a month, Ao Yi became even thinner.

When they returned to the holy lake with the harvested dragon fruit and Zhilian, Ao Yi did not stay for a while to relax as usual, but decided to go home after a night's rest.

Twilight is coming, the sky is dark and low, the cold wind is whistling and swirling, and it is going to snow.

"Our hands and feet are really fast this time, and we even got out of the valley before the snow fell." Xiao You walked into Ao Yi's room with emotion, jumped lightly, and sat on the window sill like him, with a relaxed posture.

Ao Yi turned his head, somewhat surprised: "Aren't you going back to the ancient wood forest tonight?"

Xiao You raised his eyebrows: "What? You don't want me to stay?"

Ao Yi laughed and shook his head: "Of course not, I just listened to Bruce's reminder several times earlier, and I guess I found a suitable female waiting for you to meet again?"

"Ah~"

Xiao You slammed his fist on the window sill lightly, and his already deep and hard face became even more aggressive, and he said angrily, "Hmph, Bruce really cares too much, sometimes I really, really... Humph, that's my private business!"

Ao Yi pondered for a moment, and persuaded: "He is for your own good, helping you stabilize your position. Presumably, the ones selected by Bruce are all females with prosperous and powerful families. Wouldn't it be great if there is someone he likes? Xiao You, the warrior who supported you back then It's getting old, don't be careless."

This is a heart-to-heart reminder among friends that the raptor family has always been violent and aggressive, naturally resourceful and bold, otherwise Xiao You would not have been exterminated when he was young.

"Aren't you married yet?" Xiao You asked meaningfully, his silver-gray eyes filled with affection, and he smiled lightly, "Even Rong Ge's family has already started to make arrangements. I don't believe that Uncle Zhe is not in a hurry."

Ao Yi was startled, then smiled wryly, and said in a low voice, "I have someone I like, and my parents know about it."

This is the first time he has been so frank.

Xiao You's smile remained unchanged: "Oh? You don't know how to say Ao Xuan, do you?"

"it's him."

"Hmm... hasn't he already left Sicily?" Xiao You squinted his eyes. When he heard the news, it would be a lie to say that he was unhappy.

Ao Yi stubbornly said: "But he will come back!"

"Oh." Xiao You sighed sympathetically, and comforted him: "Foreigners come to Sicily with a clear purpose, and once they achieve their purpose, they will simply leave. Do you and I see that kind of people rarely? Think about it—— "

Ao Yi, who was looking at the forest in the distance, suddenly turned his head and said seriously:

"No! Ao Xuan is not that kind of foreigner, I trust him!"

Xiao You said helplessly: "But in fact, he disappeared without a trace as soon as he left, didn't he?"

Ao Yi's whole body was tense, and he kept denying in his heart: no, no, impossible...

The atmosphere became stagnant and serious, not too pleasant.

Xiao Youxiao persuaded and persuaded with emotion, reason, and sincerity. It was getting dark, but Yingren had excellent night vision, and he was able to stare at each other more generously.Looking at it, Xiao You couldn't help but think of that stormy night, when Ao Xuan didn't have anything to do at all, the two of them were alone in the room, talking intimately, falling asleep...

Later, when he realized that the other party was gradually becoming more and more interested in Ao Xuan, Xiao You was so anxious and distressed that he almost vomited blood!Fortunately, it was really the protection of the beast god, Ao Xuan, that liar and heartless dragon, disappeared completely as soon as he left!

"It's really nothing." Ao Yi couldn't believe that the dragon he liked was a liar even if he killed him.

"Why don't you understand?" Xiao You was in a hurry, forgetting his feelings for a moment, firmly grasping Ao Yi's shoulders, lowering his head and looking down at the approaching, "He just lied to you!"

At this moment, Ao Yi didn't notice anything wrong, and still explained to Xinshanglong: "Xiao You, I'm actually very worried. You know that Donghai has ordered the massacre of his family. Although Ao Xuan has repeatedly said that nothing will happen, but I--"

Xiao You couldn't bear it any longer, he pushed the other party against the wall and said sadly: "Why do you always make excuses for him? Ao Yi, I was very sick for a while, and I was waiting to see you at the tree house on Shiwan beach, I wanted to talk to you, but I couldn't see you."

what?

Ao Yi's eyes widened, and he said in surprise, "When did it happen? Who did you ask to inform me? I haven't heard of it!"

"It doesn't matter who you entrust, he said that you are too busy staying with Ao Xuan, and you have no time to see anyone."

Ao Yi understood, and said with a headache: "It's Rong Ge, right? Except for him, no one in our family talks to you like that. I'll look for him later, it's a mess!"

Xiao You hurriedly stopped him: "Don't! You must have neglected him because of Ao Xuan, otherwise he wouldn't be angry."

Uh……

"But," Ao Yi was very helpless, "sooner or later we will find a partner to start a family."

The time is right, the atmosphere is right, now is the time!

Xiao You held his breath and asked in a desperate manner:

"So, what do you think of me?"

Ao Yi didn't react, and said blankly: "It's pretty good."

Xiao You was short of breath, and asked again: "Then shall we be together? Except for the Dragon King and Dragon Queen, no one knows you better than me. We will definitely have a very happy life!"

"...??" Ao Yi was dumbfounded.

Xiao You licked his lips nervously, and continued to say: "I'm sorry, I should have said it earlier, it's all my fault for letting you be deceived by foreigners—"

"Wait! Wait a minute!" Ao Yi stopped in a hurry, turned over and jumped into the lake in a hurry, "Plop~" There was a splash of water, and he wiped his face, just about to raise his head, unexpectedly, Xiao You also jumped without hesitation down!

There was another "plop~", and the water splashed everywhere. Xiao You's water skills are not very good, because he fell into the water and drowned when he was a child, and there were shadows.

"Hey, why are you down?" Ao Yi had a big head, and instinctively reached out to help, but Xiao You swung it away forcefully, and the Raptor patriarch yelled sadly:

"Because I'm not a sea tribe? I can never dive into the sea with you, and I can't help you in the sea, right?"

"No, no, let's go up first, okay? Xiao You, you—" Ao Yi was so frightened that he stuttered.

Under Xiao You's excitement, his posture of stepping on the water was particularly bad. He was so sad that he was almost desperate, and he yelled indiscriminately: "Why did you save me and take me back to the island? Why don't you let me drown at the seaside! I I waited hard for you to grow up and change form, and wanted to take you back to the ancient wood forest, but I didn’t dare to say it, for fear that you would be angry. What kind of thing is Ao Xuan? You trust him so much?”

"Hush, stop talking!" Ao Yi's whole dragon was in a mess, he didn't care about explaining, he was scrambling to get the ups and downs of Yingman up first.

"I hate him! I hate him! Ahem~" Xiao You was so excited that he choked on a few mouthfuls of water. After the great change in his family, it was the first time he lost his composure and lost control.

"Don't let me see him again cough cough cough cough ~"

Drowning can abolish all the combat effectiveness of land orcs, no matter how strong or weak they are.

"I hate him cough cough cough~"

It was not easy to rescue a man who was struggling crazily in the water. Ao Yi, who was overly frightened, was pushed away several times, and this big commotion quickly attracted other people.

Ao Kang was the first to run to the window to probe, and shouted, "Brother Yu fell into the water!"

Then Qingzhe: "Yi'er quickly bring Xiao You up, he's drowning!"

In the end, it was Ao Yang, the head of the family, who dragged Xiao You up with a water rope without saying a word, looked at his nephew, and reproached lightly:

"Yi'er, are you so anxious that you forget that you are a dragon? Come up and make it clear to Xiao You, don't affect the brotherhood."

Although on the surface it was blamed for the ineffective rescue, the four words "brotherhood" clearly expressed Ao Yang's position.

Ao Kang pressed hard on Xiao You's abdomen, Xiao You's face turned blue, he curled up and coughed desperately, dripping water all over his body, in grief and pain.

——This is the first time in his adult life that he has shown his emotions like this. It is especially distressing for a person who is usually steady and well-founded.

Of course Qingzhe felt distressed, he quickly took his clothes and asked to change, and helped wipe the water off his head and face. Everyone heard the few words Xiao You yelled just now, but it is not easy for outsiders to intervene. For the big ones, Qing Zhe can only babble to persuade:

"If you have something to say, it's a day like this, the lake is so cold, don't freeze it, you two brothers... what can't you say? Xiao You, we are not sea people, we will drown, you can't do it next time How dangerous it is to be so impulsive! Kang Er, go get your Brother Yu a bowl of hot soup."

Ao Kang immediately nodded: "Oh, good!" Then he ran out, almost bumped into his elder brother who was returning from patrol, trying to stabilize his younger brother, and said habitually: "What are you running around the house? Be more careful. "

Ao Kang hurriedly murmured in his ear, Xitu knew about today, he frowned and sighed: "I'll go in and have a look."

Xitu entered the room and saw that Xiao You had calmed down after jumping into the lake and yelling to vent his anger. He closed his eyes and lay on his back without saying a word.

Ao Yi stood beside the bed at a loss as if he had made a big mistake.

Qingzhe tried to persuade him with a good voice, while his partner sat beside him solemnly, ready to urge the junior to come to a thorough settlement.

"Ahem~ I'm back." Xitu cleared his throat and asked knowingly, "Huh? What's wrong with Xiao You?"

Qingzhe replied on his behalf: "I accidentally fell into the lake."

"Are you okay? Be careful next time." Xitu bent down and checked the breathing, heartbeat and body temperature of the falling eagle.

In front of so many people, Ao Yi couldn't speak some words at all, and could only apologize: "I'm sorry, I should have rescued you as soon as possible."

Xiao You finally spoke: "You don't need to apologize, I'm the one who wants to go down and calm down."

"Nonsense!" Ao Yang frowned and reprimanded: "Xiao You, how can you take your life in anger?"

Qing Zhe echoed, "Don't do this next time."

Xiao You already had an idea in his heart, so he refused to give up, but just when he was about to open his mouth to try to win the support of his elders, the door of the room that was concealed was suddenly knocked open with a "bang", and the person who came was actually Rong Ge!

"Ge Ge?" Qing Zhe stood up in surprise, "Why are you here? Didn't you just go back yesterday?"

Rong Ge looked anxious and serious, greeted him a few times, and said to Ao Yi: "Go home immediately!"

"What happened?" Ao Yi asked in surprise.

"Let's go!"

Rong Ge couldn't help but push Ao Yi into the lake through the window, and jumped off himself, saying in a hurry: "We are in a hurry and go back first, and we will come to play next time, see you later!"