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appropriate.

In the distance is a squatting figure, which makes Gu Xi feel extremely familiar.With the mentality of finding out, Gu Xi stepped forward to take a look, but it was Shen Li who was crying like pears and rain, who seemed to be holding a child in his arms.

Because it was dark night, even Gu Xi didn't really see the child while standing and watching.But squatting down and taking a closer look, what he saw was clearly himself as a child.

Little Gu Xi opened his eyes, coughed several times, looked at the tearful Shen Li and said, "Sister..."

"Oh, how many times have I told you that I am a brother, not a sister." Shen Li wiped away the tears from his eyes, raised his lips, showing the dimples at the corners of his mouth, and the anxiety that was revealed just now because of worry was caught by the little girl. Gu Xi's words were diluted a lot.

Little Gu Xi held a lock of Shen Li's hair, curled it around her index finger, "But you are clearly prettier than those older sisters, why aren't you a woman?"

Gu Xi smiled beside him, he never expected that he would have such insights when he was a child, seeing Shen Li speechless, he was unable to answer for a long time.It was a woman walking on lotus steps and waving a round fan who came slowly, breaking the atmosphere.

"This child has woken up," the woman in yellow knelt down, and looked at her little Gu Xi who also looked at her, then turned her head and smiled at Shen Li, "The appearance is quite pleasing, Looking at it this way, I like it too."

"Here, the man has already fallen asleep, and the good show should start." I just finished speaking, and I don't know what kind of spell the woman in yellow used, but in a blink of an eye, she turned into a black robe, with a majestic expression on her face. man.

"Shen Li, do you think I don't look like the statue of the Lord of the Underworld?" Although the figure and appearance are a bit grim, but this voice seems to be her original voice, which looks a little bit different. funny.

"I've never seen Lord Ming, and I don't know if sister Liuzhu's appearance is similar or not. But just from the appearance, it's quite scary." Shen Li echoed.

Liu Zhu turned her head with a stern face, and looked at little Gu Xi majesticly, "Child, do you feel afraid when you look at me like this?"

Little Gu Xi's eyes were clearly extremely calm, and there was no trace of fear.The dimples on Shen Li's cheeks were getting deeper and deeper.

"I don't agree with you, it's a disappointment!" Liu Zhu flicked her sleeves, with a bit of anger on her face, "Hmph, if it wasn't for your elder brother Shen Li begging me, I wouldn't have avenged you."

"Sister..." Shen Li laughed, "Maybe it's because your voice hasn't changed, and it doesn't match that figure."

Little Gu Xi didn't know why, so he wrapped his arms around Shen Li's waist and buried his head in Shen Li's arms.Shen Li also stroked the black hair in his arms.

"When I make this child dizzy, I will also change your appearance."

As soon as Liu Zhu's words fell, little Gu Xi fell asleep with his head tilted, and Shen Li, who was hugging him, also changed into a different outfit - black clothes and black hat, obviously the "black impermanence" attire often mentioned by people.

Gu Xi only felt that the scenery around him changed drastically, his small courtyard was suddenly replaced by a secluded hall, only illuminated by a few torches on the wall, making it even more impressive.Shen Li was standing next to little Gu Xi, and Liu Zhu was sitting at the head of Yaoyao's palace, with an aura of authority without anger... From this point of view, there was a bit of chill.

"Let's see this gentleman recruit her soul."

As soon as Liu Zhu finished speaking, there was another person beside Hei Wuchang who Shen Li pretended to be, Gu Xi rubbed his eyes, isn't this person his second mother?

"The convict in the hall, do you know who I am?" Liu Zhu's voice transformed into a deep male voice, and came straight to the hall.

Second Madam Gu was taken aback, and looked around fearfully, when she saw "Heiwuchang" in black beside her, she knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and worshiped in a trembling voice: "Ming... ...Master Mingjun..."

"Since you know, then do you know why you were brought here?" "Master Ming" continued to the worshipers in the hall.

"The people... the women don't know..."

"Presumptuous! You dare to tell lies in front of me! You have so much courage!" "Ming Jun" slapped the gavel, so shocked that Mrs. Gu's body almost fell to the ground.

"Do you recognize the kid next to you?"

Second Madam Gu followed her words, turned her head to look at the face of little Gu Xi who was lying on her side, and sat down on the ground at once.The majestic voice above the head of the hall resounded through the hall again, "Do you recognize it? Huh?"

Mrs. Gu straightened up from the ground, her forehead hit the ground with a "bang bang", "Master Ming, please forgive me... the woman... the woman knows I was wrong... please forgive me..."

"It's okay to spare your life." "Ming Jun" paused and then said, "I see that this child has not yet reached the end of his lifespan and is still young, so he still needs someone to take care of him in the future. Mrs. Gu, are you willing to take good care of him?" ?”

"Yes, yes!" The second wife of the Gu family nodded repeatedly.

"Well, from now on, if you take good care of the young master and make up for your mistakes, I will let you go back to the yang world and live for another few decades. But if..." "The Lord Ming paused deliberately, and his stern gaze came directly.

"The housewives don't dare anymore, don't dare anymore... please forgive me." Mrs. Gu kowtowed in horror.

"Well, since you agreed, then I will let you go back. But if you want to harm others again, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Mingjun said seriously.

"Definitely, definitely. Thank you Lord Mingjun for your kindness." Mrs. Gu was still kowtowing in the hall, but "Mingjun" waved her hand, "Go."

As soon as the words fell, the second wife of the Gu family disappeared into the hall.The scene in the entire hall changed, and it was the original courtyard again. Liu Zhu and Shen Li also returned to their original appearance.

Gu Xi only felt that his eyes were suddenly blurred, and when he was in a daze, he heard some inaccurate words:

"Are you sure? If he really lost his memory, he won't remember you."

"It's okay. If he knows that there is someone around him who wants to hurt him, he will live even more tired."

……

Gu Xi sat up suddenly from the wooden barrel, and his chest was also panting heavily due to the suffocation in the water for too long.It turned out to be a dream!Is the thing in the dream real or fake?

"Master, are you alright?" Xiao Liu'er stood outside the door and patted on it.

"It's okay." Gu Xi wiped the water off his face, and the water in the tub was already completely cold.

Chapter 18

I don't know if he just fell asleep in the shower, but when Gu Xi really lay down, he didn't feel sleepy.I just feel that the chirping of insects outside the house is extremely disturbing.

He took out the small wooden sculpture under the pillow, the red and white lacquer covered the whole body of the koi, Gu Xi didn't know where the idea came from, he just wanted to burn this thing with Shen Li.

But when the fire started, Gu Xi withdrew his hand, went back to the house and wrote a few words, and burned them: I will be back in a while, don't read it.

Gu Xi didn't know whether the word "Don't read" was used properly or not.That day in the inn, Shen Li resolutely disappeared into the night when he left, his appearance was very resolute.Coupled with the fact that he hurt him so much before, Gu Xi wondered if he could still bear the burden of "the person he misses."

Shen Li was illiterate, so he did it out of luck.

Unable to sleep on both sides, Gu Xi simply took a jug of wine from the room and sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, drinking for himself to relieve his boredom.

Gu Xi lowered his head and poured himself a glass of wine. After all, it was the imperial palace, but it was located in another courtyard, and the scenery was much more beautiful than the courtyard of Gu's residence.

A bamboo forest in the distance, blown by the wind like this, one layer after another, rushing forward.

The moonlight sprinkled coolly in the courtyard, casting shadows.In a daze, a black figure appeared in the distant forest, and seemed to be moving.Seeing that dark shadow made Gu Xi feel dizzy for a while, and vaguely felt that his back was covered with sweat.

Could it be Shen Li again?As Gu Xi thought about it, the tension just now eased a little.

But after thinking about it, he was so angry with that water ghost, how could that ghost follow him again.

"Who's there?" Gu Xi straightened his clothes, pretending to be calm and said, "Why don't you come out and have a drink?"

As soon as the words fell, as expected, a young man in red came out from the darkness of the bamboo forest.With a golden crown and a bamboo fan in his hand, he exudes a unique elegance from top to bottom.Judging from the appearance alone, it doesn't look like a wretched person who likes to peep.

Gu Xi shifted his gaze to the pair of feet under the gown, and his hanging heart finally let go.It's people!It's just that the person who came was not Shen Li, Gu Xi felt a sense of indescribable sadness.

Gu Xi drank a glass of wine calmly.It was the man who opened his mouth and smiled first and cupped his hands, "It's rude to interrupt the young master's drinking."

"Is the young master passing by?" Gu Xi raised his eyebrows, put down his glass, and didn't look at that person.The hand that was holding the wine glass just now tapped lightly on the table.

"No." The man spread out the fan, and shook the fan handle a few times, showing a coquettish attitude for no reason.

Seeing that Gu Xi didn't mean to greet him, the man was not angry, "I was called Qinghe in the last life, but you," the man closed his fan and tapped the tail of the fan, and said lightly, "You belong to my clan." General."

The matter with Shen Li has not yet been sorted out, and now there is another old friend who is said to be from the previous life. He Gu Xi always encounters some unusual things.

"Then this time, the young master is reminiscing with me?" Gu Xi asked with a smile.

Seeing the man in red waving his folding fan and shaking his head with an inscrutable smile, he said again: "So I'm so stupid, I really don't know why you came here. You can't ask for a glass of water, right?

"Of course not. I don't know how much the young master still remembers the dream I had just now. I am also entrusted by others to return what I owe you."

"Dream? Something owed to me?" Gu Xi couldn't calm down at this time, and the hand that was knocking on the stone table just now also paused, "Master, is it not just a dream? Or is it... a part of my memory?"

"Exactly."

This "exactly" made Gu Xi feel a chill in his heart.If you look into the dream just now, Gu Xi doesn't know if Erniang's closeness to him is mostly a play.Or it could be said that he was afraid of the threats from Shen Li and Liu Zhu.The relationship built up in the past ten years suddenly collapsed overnight.

Gu Xi didn't know whether to lament the impermanence of the world, or to know people and face but not heart.

Shen Li pretended to be impermanent at first, but changed his attire, his appearance remained the same.When they ran into each other in the courtyard that day, Erniang obviously recognized Shen Li's identity, so she was framing him by doing so.What good is it for her?For a moment, Gu Xi couldn't figure it out.

Gu Xi didn't know when that person left, let alone how he fell asleep, he just felt that he slept chaotically and dreamed about many things.

I just remember the dream I had in the morning.

Gu Xi dreamed that he had turned into his childhood appearance, holding a straw rabbit in his hand, and handing it to the plain-clothed face: "Brother, I'm giving you a rabbit..."

Gu Xi tried hard to see the man's face clearly, but no matter how hard he tried to open his eyes, he still couldn't see clearly.

The man slowly lowered his body, the first thing Gu Xi saw was his skirt, his neck, and his ears, just as he was about to see the man's face, he suddenly woke up from his dream...

All the work in the palace went smoothly. It was probably before Nanqiao Town that Mrs. Gu told Gu Xi that Gu Xi was not in a good mood recently, so during this journey, Gu Fu took care of everything. When he could be lazy, Gu Xi They have been in a daze.

Even Xiao Liu'er noticed it. Recently, the number of young master's trances has increased again.Often holding a cup of tea, it lasts a long while in a daze.

After all, Gu's father is a person who is in good spirits on happy occasions, Jinxiu Village's business is done in the palace, and the second wife is pregnant with a child.Wherever he goes now, his back is straighter than before.

Just after receiving the letter from home in the morning, Gu's father came to Gu Xi's place in a hurry.Probably because he was in a good mood, and he didn't notice anything wrong with Gu Xi.

Father Gu took the tea that Xiao Liuer handed over to Gu Xi and said with a smile: "Your grandma asked me to name the child in your second mother's womb. Does Xi'er have any good ideas?"

Gu Xi blew a sip of the floating leaves in the cup, and answered the wrong question: "Father, I want to ask you something. How did my mother die back then?"

Father Gu remained silent, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

After all, he was still young at that time, and Gu Xi vaguely remembered a time when his mother quarreled with grandma for some reason.Grandma pointed to him and said to her mother: "You can go, but Xi'er is the eldest grandson of my Gu family, he must stay." Then the mother kept crying, kept crying...

Some things are in the past, he doesn't want to delve into them, such as grandma, father, mother, Erniang... But for Shen Li, he really owes that ghost...

That ghost is also stupid, if he hadn't picked up some memories, he might have to bear the blame until the day of Gu Xi's death.

What a fool... Gu Xi laughed, but he didn't know whether he was laughing at Shen Li or laughing at himself.

Gu Xi thought again, it will be clear in a few days, and that fool must have no one to worship him.

Chapter 19

Days go by day by day, even if there is no visit from Shen Li at night, Gu Xi always sees a figure sitting in front of the bed in his dreams, when the person looks back, he sees Shen Li smiling like a flower, calling out warmly "Master Gu".When I woke up, I found it was just a dream.

After the emperor sent someone to check and accept, Gu Xi hurried back on his horse alone.The emperor's reward, as well as a series of finishing work, were all left to my father.

Gu Xi almost traveled day and night, eating some dry steamed buns when he was hungry, and falling asleep in some forest for a while when he was tired.The trip of three to five days was suddenly shortened to two days.Even he himself didn't realize what kind of feeling drove him to go back to Gu's residence in Nanqiao town.There is only one thought in his mind - from now on, as long as it is said by Shen Li, he will believe it.

When Gu Xi was swarmed in by a group of servants, Erniang was happily picking out the fabrics on the table.

Before he came back, he hadn't figured out what attitude he should use to face Er Niang.It's like after he finished asking about his mother, he stayed with his father, and the communication was all about the wedding dress.He didn't know what to say to his father, nor did he know what to say to Er Niang.

Also caught a glimpse of Gu Xi, the second lady put down the cloth in her hand, and the maid beside her immediately supported her arm and brought her to Gu Xi.

"Why did Xi'er come back so early?" Erniang was surprised, and then she was very happy, "Didn't you say it was a good month, why did you come back so early?"

In the past, Er Niang had such a temper, laughing before seeing anyone.Others say that she is decent and dignified, virtuous and virtuous...

Gu Xi looked down at Erniang's unrevealed belly, and found his voice with great difficulty, "There are still some things in the store waiting for my son to deal with, so... I'll come back first."

"I'll choose the clothes for your brother, and I'll make a suit for you as well." Er Niang looked at Gu Xi who was covered in sweat with a smile on her face, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, and stretched out her hand to wipe Gu Xi's face, "Look Look at you, you can still be sweating profusely in this February day. Do the things you can't finish in the shop slowly, don't be in a hurry."

If it was in the past, Gu Xi would laugh and chime in, maybe tell Erniang some anecdotes on the road.However, with so many things happening before, he suddenly didn't know how to look at Er Niang.

Seeing Erniang's hand stretched out, Gu Xi subconsciously turned his head to avoid it.Not pursuing it does not mean that this hurdle in his heart can pass.

Perhaps seeing Gu Xi's deliberate resistance, Er Niang withdrew her hands in embarrassment, and smiled mischievously, "Are you tired, then go back to your room and rest."

"Okay." Gu Xi nodded, lowered his head and hurried back to his yard.

When he came back from the imperial city, Shen Li had thought clearly.If you don't see it, you don't need to read it.In recent days, he has been recuperating in the lake, and he doesn't like to lie on the shore at night and watch the night market in Nanqiao Town.According to Liu Zhu, Shen Li hit the south wall and gave up.

Shen Li and Liu Zhu thought that the days would go on so smoothly.One day, Shen Li was reincarnated again, and the ghost sent him to the underworld, and then he was reincarnated, and everything was over.All kinds of things that happened with Gu Xi will also be forgotten.

But some things were destined not to go well, and his plan hadn't been implemented for a few days, so Gu Xi raised a lamp, squatted by the shore of the lake, and shouted into the lake: "Shen Li, come out."

Shen Li pawed at the bottom of the bank, separated by a layer of lake water, watching the person on the bank without making a sound.

After waiting for a long time, Gu Xi did not see Shen Li's figure, "If you don't show up, I will wait for you every day."

Liu Zhu crossed her arms and looked coldly at Gu Xi on the shore, "He likes to shout, so let him shout. Don't answer him! Push you away with your own hands, and now he is looking for you again, who knows what he has in mind ?”

"En." Shen Li nodded, and dived into the bottom of the lake again, pretending not to see it.

When that person left, Shen Li didn't know.All I know is that when I came to see it in the middle of the night, the figure of the man had disappeared on the shore.

The second day, the third day...the man came every day.It happened that before Qingming, there was a torrential rain.Shen Li thought that the man would not come today, so he glanced at it, but saw that the man was standing in the dark rain with an oiled paper umbrella.If it wasn't for the conspicuous umbrella, Shen Li really didn't know that Gu Xi would also come on this chilly rainy night.

It was raining so hard that you could hear it even if you hid under the water.The wind picked up, and the wind blew Gu Xi's umbrella upside down. Gu Xi had to hide under a tree, and the wind and rain subsided.

Shen Li saw that Gu Xi was wearing a thick jacket today, and his shoes were also stained with muddy water.It should be quite cold today, Shen Li thought, but it's a pity that he is a ghost, so he can't feel the cold.

Gu Xi has been waiting, and Shen Li has been watching him.I don't know how long it took, but the rain gradually subsided.Gu Xicai got out from under the tree, went to the river to splash the water, and talked to the lake by himself.I don't know if I said it to him or to myself.

Shen Li was slightly moved, looking at the people who were close at hand, he could touch them with his hand.But when he thought that he was a ghost that couldn't reflect his shadow even in the water, he withdrew his hand.

"Should! What did you do long ago, I only think of you now." Liu Zhu also came to join in the fun.

I don't know if Sister Liuzhu saw it just now.Shen Li felt guilty for a moment, just now he missed Gu Xi's hand, and his fingertips trembled slightly in his sleeve.

"Shen Li, no matter what you say in the future, I will believe you." Gu Xi said.

Shen Li thought to himself: Maybe a pregnant woman has a low sex drive, so when he went to look for Gu Xi that day, he was seen by Mrs. Gu.

He didn't push her, no matter whether she had hurt Gu Xi or not, he would never push her.When there were still a few flights of stairs left, she sprained her ankle and fell down by herself.

It's fine if Gu Xi doesn't believe him, and he isn't even given a chance to explain.After such a long time, when he was about to forget, this person came to mention it again.

Shen Li gritted his teeth, and swam to the bottom of the water as soon as he was cruel.

Even though it rained for several days in a row, Gu Xi would stand on the shore with an oil-paper umbrella every day, waiting for several hours.

Shen Li was a little hesitant, he wanted to make it clear to Gu Xi that he didn't blame him anymore, and he didn't want to come here in the future.He wondered how to say this sentence to avoid unnecessary embarrassment for both parties.

The sound of the watchman coming from far away came here, and when the watchman walked to the bridge in the distance, Gu Xi heard "Second Watchman". He thought that Shen Li would not come today.

Another update.

Gu Xi held up the umbrella and turned around, ready to go back to rest and come back tomorrow.But he heard a faint sigh behind him.Gu Xi was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned his head. There was nothing on the lake except the ripples blown by the wind.

Probably because of hallucinations after waiting too long, Gu Xi turned around and even sneezed a few times.

"Tomorrow, don't come again." A voice came from behind, before Gu Xi could turn his head in the future, he heard Shen Li say again, "I don't want to see you, you go back."

These words are not like what the water ghost said. In the past, he would only hide behind him timidly and call him "Mr. Gu".But if he hadn't been really angry, he wouldn't have said such a thing.

Gu Xi was startled, without turning his head, he said: "Okay, then I'll come back tomorrow."

Chapter 20

With Gu Xi's persistent earnestness these days, Shen Li believed that Gu Xi would definitely come today.He thought of many reasons how to deal with Gu Xi, but at night, Gu Xi didn't come.

Shen Li lay on the bank, grabbing the grass on the bank to vent his anger.Not wanting him to come, and he clearly promised to come but didn't come are two different things.

Shen Li glanced at the brightly lit small building, thinking that Gu Xi had already forgotten what he said by the lake yesterday.fraud!So yesterday he said that he would believe no matter what he said in the future, which is also a lie.

A sound of hurried footsteps came from far and near, and the man who looked like a servant hurriedly took the old man carrying the wooden box and walked towards the small building, "Hurry up, doctor, our young master is very sick!"

"Hey, slow down," the old man wiped the thin sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, "my old bones are about to fall apart."

sick?

Shen Li anxiously glanced at the backs of the two, how could they get sick?Could it be that he had been freezing by the lake for the past few nights and suffered from the wind and cold?

Should!Shen Li thought to himself, if he can't wait until he goes back, why are you waiting foolishly?

Liu Zhu followed anxiously, and she saw Shen Li worriedly looking at the small building not far away, "Can't let go again?"

"No... it's just... Gu Xita is sick..." Shen Li turned around, feeling guilty, not daring to look at Liu Zhu in front of him.

"You idiot, why..." Liu Zhu moved over from the side, looked at Shen Li who lowered his head, "What should I say about you? This injury is still not healed, why can't you let it go?"

"I can't let it go." The sleeves in his hands were ruffled even more by Shen Li, "I... I didn't intend to see him either."

Shen Li's words were quite unfounded, if Gu Xi suffered from the wind and cold, it was because of him.

"Yes, yes, you can't let it go." Liu Zhu clicked her tongue, "'Ask what love is in this world'!"

"Go and clarify with him, it's better than being uneasy here." Liu Zhuyu said earnestly.

Shen Li did not expect that Liu Zhu would say this to him. She has seen his feelings for Gu Xi all these years.Gu Xi is a human, and he is a ghost, the gap between them is the reason why she disagrees.

Shen Li stared blankly at Liu Zhu, "Sister?"

"I won't let you go, so you won't go?" Liu Zhu wrapped her arms around her and shook her round fan. If she didn't let Shen Li go, Shen Li would always secretly go to see Gu Xi behind her back.He has watched Gu Xi for decades, and he will not change his mind suddenly overnight.It's better to follow his wishes and make it clear.

It was also because he was afraid of being seen by others again, and there would be another incident, so Shen Li waited for those people to leave before slowly entering Gu Xi's room.

Gu Xi was indeed ill, and his expression was not very good.But at this time, his eyes were closed tightly, as if he was asleep.

This person is really, dreaming of something, even if he is asleep, his brows are frowning.

Without thinking about it, Shen Li stretched out his hand to gently smooth Gu Xi's brow, but unexpectedly, Gu Xi grabbed his wrist and leaned against his neck in a daze.

"Hey, let go." Shen Li struggled and managed to get his hand out of Gu Xi's.

"You're here? I thought you wouldn't come to see me." Gu Xi coughed a few times and sat up with a smile on his cheek.

As soon as Shen Li came in, Gu Xi had already woken up.Probably because Shen Li is a water ghost, he always has a damp breath on his body.

Shen Li stretched out his hand and rubbed the wrist that was grabbed by Gu Xi just now, and glared at the man, did he just pretend to be asleep?But seeing that this person is indeed sick, I am ashamed to blame him.

"That's good." Gu Xi smiled, and his hanging heart finally fell back into his stomach, "Stretch out your hand, and give you something."

"What?" Shen Li stretched out his palm in front of Gu Xi suspiciously, but suddenly his palm was heavy, and Gu Xi slapped him.Obviously there is nothing to give, but I still want to tease people.

"Hmph! Liar!" Shen Li curled his lips in displeasure and muttered.If I had known... If I had known, I shouldn't have come to see him.

Saying this, when he lowered his head, he suddenly found that Gu Xi was holding a wooden koi in his hand.Fire red paint, mixed with a touch of white.Gu Xi handed him the things in his hand, "I bought it on the way, I don't know if you like it or not."

"Gu... Young Master Gu..." Shen Li murmured, wanting to pick it up, but didn't dare to reach out.The previous thought of being strangers to Gu Xi was even more suppressed.

Gu Xi saw the struggle in Shen Li's heart, and knew that his anger had almost subsided, so he hurriedly stuffed the wooden koi carp in his hand into the palm of the ghost sitting sideways, "Hurry up and take it."

"Well, thank you very much." Shen Li couldn't refuse, and the wood carving was really cute, so he didn't refuse anymore and accepted it.

Gu Xi hesitated to speak, and thought for a while before opening his mouth: "What happened a few days ago was because I was sorry for you, and from now on... I will believe you whatever you say."

"Well," Shen Li looked more embarrassed when he heard this in person than when he heard it underwater yesterday, Shen Li stood up cautiously, "Then you have a good rest, I'm leaving first."

"Okay." Gu Xi nodded, watching Shen Li's figure disappearing at the door little by little.

It was within Gu Xi's expectation that Shen Li could come.Gu Xi hasn't seen a doctor for many years, and he also took great pains to catch the cold.In the early spring weather, after a heavy rain, I took a cold bath.

The bath water was still hot when it was delivered, and Gu Xi waited for the hot water to cool slowly before he stepped in and took a bath trembling.

Gu Xi knew that doing this was taking advantage of Shen Li's sympathy, but at the moment, there was no better choice than this method.It was only natural for Shen Li to ignore him, if he was in Shen Li's position, needless to say, it would be the same.But he didn't want to see Shen Li again, even if Zhang Daochang stopped him and asked him to think about the Gu family and make friends, it's not like Yan Si and Qin Yuesheng...

Thinking of this, Shen Li's face flashed before Gu Xi's eyes, and the coolness left by Shen Li on his brow seemed to still be there.Gu Xi smiled and shook his head, then continued to lie down.This typhoid fever is really tormenting, and my head hurts a little.

"Brother, when I grow up, how about marrying you?"

Shen Li smiled and tucked the corner of the quilt for him, and said softly: "Nonsense, I am a man, how can a man marry a man?"

Gu Xi looked very confused, pulled Shen Li by the corner of his clothes, and looked at him burningly, "What should I do? In Xi'er's mind, older brothers are prettier than women."

"Go to sleep, don't talk." Shen Li patted his head.

Gu Xi looked at the smile on Shen Li's mouth, and avoided answering. Knowing that his brother didn't want to talk about it, he changed his mind and said, "Well, I'll listen to my brother. When I wake up, maybe I'll be cured. By then Brother wants to play Cuju with me."

"Okay." Shen Li's eyebrows and eyes were curved, and the dimple at the corner of his mouth was very pretty.

Gu Xi stretched out his little finger, "Come tick! Brother, don't lie!"

"Brother don't lie!"

The screen turned again, and Gu Xi saw that he was wearing a wedding gown, and grandma smiled at herself: "It can be regarded as married to a daughter-in-law, grandma can feel at ease."

Lifting the hijab and looking, it was clear that Shen Li smiled at him: "Mr. Mr....", Gu Xi was so startled that he woke up all of a sudden.

Chapter 21

Gu Xi's wind and cold finally recovered when Qingming was approaching. During his illness, Gu Xi didn't go to Shen Li again, and of course Shen Li didn't go to him rashly.When the two met again, it was on Qingming day.

The weather was neither bad nor bad that day, it was cloudy, but it was better than in previous years, it always rained endlessly.

This is always the case in Nanqiao Town. During the whole day of Qingming, even if you take a breath, your breath will be filled with the smell of paper money burnt to ashes.Gu Xi's wind and cold were just right, how could he stand it like this, during the journey from the shop to his home, Gu Xi almost coughed up his internal organs.After coming back, I drank several cups of tea before I eased back the suffocation.

This year's Ching Ming Festival in the Gu Mansion is no different from previous years. We burn some paper money together, offer some incense sticks to the ancestors who have passed away, and sacrifice some good wine and food.There are a lot of food and wine prepared, just to be prepared, and there are still a lot left in the evening.Gu Xi also took advantage of the opportunity and took some by the lake, and put them together with the incense candles he bought during the day.

After arranging the dishes, sticking a few sticks of incense in the soil on the shore, and bowing to the lake, Gu Xi called Shen Li.

Shen Li didn't know that Gu Xi had been busy by the lake for a long time, and he didn't want to show up unless he had to.Gu Xi stood on the shore of the lake, saw Shen Li appearing on the lake, and smiled at him from afar.

Shen Li has a thin skin, and Gu Xi has done so much, so he couldn't ignore him, so he walked from the center of the lake to the shore as if walking on flat ground.

"Why is Mr. Gu here?" Shen Li said in a neutral tone.

"Want to invite you to have a drink with Fairy Liuzhu?" Gu Xi raised the flagon in his hand.

"No." Shen Li refused without thinking.He understood Liu Zhu's thoughts, she was wholeheartedly for him, and wished that Gu Xi would not associate with him in the future.Let alone how to drink with Gu Xi.

Also feeling that his attitude just now was a little too tough, Shen Li added: "She doesn't like to drink this."

"Okay." Gu Xi poured a glass of wine for Shen Li, and passed it to his hand, "Then let's drink."

Shen Li didn't pick it up, what he held in his palm was the koi woodcarving that Gu Xi gave him, and he has been hesitating for the past few days whether to return this to Gu Xi.Now, Gu Xi was sitting in front of him, and offered him wine again, Shen Li took out the wood carving without thinking, "This..."

Gu Xi put down his drink, looked down, and before Shen Li could speak, he preemptively said: "I was scolded by my father for buying this, but now that I think about it, seeing that you like it so much, you still carry it with you, it's worth it." gone."

Shen Li glanced at Gu Xi in surprise, and felt uncomfortable when he heard that Gu Xi had been scolded for buying this.I was also embarrassed to return the things, and even put on an unnatural smile on my face, "Thank you for your hard work."

"What silly words?" Gu Xi felt a little embarrassed when he thought that he had snatched it from a child, "it's just a worthless gadget."

Seeing Shen Li put the woodcarving back into his sleeve pocket, Gu Xi finally heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "There is one more thing I want to give you today."

"What?" Shen Li looked at him sideways, he really didn't know what kind of trick Gu Xi was playing now, and suddenly sent him so many things.

"Follow me." Gu Xi did not intend to hold Shen Li's hand, but now that Shen Li's hand was held in his palm, the slippery feeling instantly spread to all parts of his body.Even Gu Xi himself was stunned for a while by this unnatural move.

"I'll just follow behind, no need..." Shen Li struggled, remembering that when he went to visit Gu Xi's place that day, Gu Xi also shook his hand, and his face tightened again, "No need pull me."

"Okay." Gu Xi unnaturally let go, and hurriedly put his hands behind his back.I also felt a little embarrassed, so I froze my face again, and smiled, "Then follow me, it's getting dark."

"Oh." The warmth of Gu Xi's palm still remained on the back of Shen Li's hand, he unconsciously put the other hand on it, wrapping up the warmth left in Gu Xi's palm with both hands.

Gu Xi walked ahead with a lantern, and he followed behind Gu Xi.The dim candlelight inside the lantern only illuminates a square inch, and it can only care about the eyes, but not the feet.He is a ghost, so naturally he doesn't need a lamp for lighting. It is obvious that Gu Xi needs this lamp the most, but that person made him be careful not to trip him.

There was a trace of warmth in Shen Li's heart, just like the layer of paper pasted on the outside of the lantern being scorched by the small candle inside.

One person and one ghost bypassed Gu Xi's small building, passed through a fence behind the house, passed through a large garden, and came to a forest.Gu Xi took Shen Li to the depths of the forest, pointed to a new grave not far away and said: "I can't find your bones, so I can only build a clothes tomb for you. From now on, I will be here for you every Qingming." Burn a stick of incense everywhere."

Shen Li stared up at Gu Xi who was a little taller than him in a daze. The man's face was always serious, and his purple clothes fluttered in the night wind. It was obviously a cold spring night, but Shen Li felt It seems to be like summer, and it has been warm to every part of the body and mind.

Sink