Christmas

"Mom, let's go find brother, let's go

Just after dinner, Xiao Shen immediately took Xia Yao's hand and began to act coquettishly, acting like a rascal that I won't leave unless you take me there.

Seeing Xiao Shen's rascal appearance, Xia Yao couldn't help but support his forehead, so he turned to Shi Xie for help.

"Well then let's go together."

It was almost the same time, and Shi Lin was also very concerned, his mind had already drifted away, and Shi Yan didn't come out for dinner tonight, so it's better to solve this matter as soon as possible.

"Oh yeah~ then let's go find brother."

Shouting happily, Xiao Shen grabbed Xia Yao's hand and walked forward.

Walking through the familiar bamboo grove, Xiao Shen sniffed his small nose, the familiar fragrance was still in the air, but it was much weaker, as if it would disappear soon.

Xiao Shen panicked, frowned, took Xia Yao's hand and started running.

"Small Shen, slow down, run slowly."

Xia Yao followed Xiao Shen's steps carefully so as not to trip him.

Seeing Xiao Shen's hurried expression, the group also guessed that something had happened to Hua Rong, and several people hurriedly stepped inside

go.

But as soon as they entered the small courtyard, they suddenly heard a roar from the room, which seemed to be Shi Yan's voice, mixed with the sound of broken porcelain cups.

Shocked, Shi Lin quickly stepped forward and pushed open the door, only to see Shi Yan sitting on a stool with red eyes panting, this was the first time Shi Lin saw Shi Yan get so angry.

On the ground, Hua Rong was sitting expressionless, with broken porcelain scattered around him.

Hua Rong's face was so cold that Shi Lin didn't know how to say it.

Seeing them coming in, Hua Rong raised his eyelids and glanced at them lightly, then slowly stood up from the ground.

"Shi Yan, it's been so many years.

No matter what I do, you turn a blind eye.

It turns out that the companionship of only ten years is not worth the childhood sweetheart after all, it is my extravagant wish. "

Staggering to Shi Yan's side, Hua Rong's smile was so tragic that even the red dress on his body seemed to lose color.

He is like a flower about to wither, withered without any vitality.

Shi Yan still kept his face sullen and didn't look at him, and didn't say anything.

Hua Rong knew it in his heart, but he also let go of the last thought, and lost all anger.

With a self-deprecating smile, the red clothes were wrapped around him empty, and he walked towards the door with a pale face, but Xiao Shen hugged his thigh

"Brother, brother, are you leaving? Are you not playing with Xiao Shen...Brother, brother..."

As he spoke, Xiao Shen began to cry, and Dou Da's tears kept falling from his eyes, looking very pitiful.

Hua Rong squatted down slowly, with a smile on his face.This smile is not as coquettish as his appearance, but has a fresh and refined sense of purity.

"Sometimes there must be something in fate, and there is always time in fate. Don't force it. Xiao Shen, you have to remember this principle."

Xiao Shen opened his eyes wide and tilted his head in doubt, a little incomprehensible.Hua Rong didn't say any more, his slender fingers pointed between Xiao Shen's eyebrows, a burst of white light flashed, and a strong fragrance of flowers bloomed in the room.I saw a milky white bead slowly sinking into Xiao Shen's eyebrow.

"You don't need to ask for merit in dealing with things. You don't need to be meritorious if you don't make mistakes. You don't need to be grateful for virtue. You don't have to complain about virtue."

As he said that, Hua Rong stood up slowly, and touched Xiao Shen, who was still squinting his eyes half-closed in enjoyment.Lifting his feet and stepping over the threshold, his thin figure slowly blended into the night.

Shi Yan, who was sitting on the stool in the room, after Hua Rong went out, his upright body instantly looked like a deflated balloon, and he was about to fall to the ground.

Shi Lin hurriedly reached out his hand to Shi Yan, nervously trying to infuse spiritual energy into his body, but Shi Yan dodged it.

"Dad, what's wrong with you."

Shi Yan slowly supported the table and stood up, looking very tired, he waved his hands to indicate that he was fine.

"Third Uncle, why are you doing this?"

Shi Xie walked to Shi Yan's side, seeing his slumped expression, couldn't help asking.

It's clear that both of them care about each other.

"Don't you guys know about our affairs? It's late at night, so go back."

He has only reached his thirties, but Shi Yan's tired figure makes him look like an old man who has gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes.It turned out that at some point, Shi Yan had already put white silk on his head.

Seeing Shi Yan's appearance, several people had no choice but to leave.Just before leaving, Shi Lin looked at his father who was only a teenager away from him, with respect and gratitude on his face.

If it wasn't for him, then the current situation for himself and the historian would be even more difficult, where would it be as good as it is now.

"Dad, we just want you to be happy no matter what."

"Yes Uncle Yan, life is short, enjoy yourself in time."

Shi Yan nodded and walked to the bed in silence.Baili Qianyan and Shi Lin exchanged glances and left Shi Yan's room.

The moonlight was too cold, and everyone felt heavy in their hearts.Huarong's departure means that the clues are broken again, and the unknown danger is still hidden in the dark, peeping at them secretly.

Back in the room, since Hua Rong put the pure white bead between Xiao Shen's eyebrows, Xiao Shen has been drowsy.Shi Xie used his spiritual power to explore, but there was no serious problem, and he also felt that the spiritual energy in Xiao Shen's body seemed to be stronger, so he was relieved.

Come.

After settling Xiao Shen to sleep, Xia Yao was talking while arranging things.

"It turns out that Senior Hua Rong is a peony essence. No wonder Xiao Shen always said that he has a fragrance on him. But why can't we smell it?" "He can hide in my house for more than ten years without being discovered by my father, which shows that his cultivation base is very good. It is profound, and his age should be much older than that of Xiao Shen."

The small ginseng is a thousand-year-old ginseng essence, much bigger than the small ginseng, so how old should it be.Thinking back to Huarong's youthful face like in his twenties, Xia Yao smacked his lips.

"Okay, I've been tired all day, go to sleep, and ask Dad tomorrow, maybe he knows about the third uncle."

Holding Xia Yao's waist tightly, Shi Xie buried his face into his neck, sniffing the faint orange smell on his body.

Itched a little by Shi Xie's breath, Xia Yao moved his head and kissed the corner of his mouth.

The night was quiet, the two people on the bed were soundly asleep, and there was a cute little boy hugging the neck of one of them in the middle of them.There was a smile on the chubby little face, as if it was a good dream.

At breakfast the next day, Shi Yan still didn't come, so Bai Rou had no choice but to send him there.

Shi Heng sat at the table and drank his tea, thinking about things.

"Dad, what happened more than ten years ago? Why didn't the third uncle marry a wife, and adopted Shi Lin and the official Shi.

"

Hearing Shi Xie's question, Shi Heng was silent, and finally couldn't help but sighed.

"Hey, that's all. It's been such a long time, so I'll tell you."

Shi Heng sighed, put down his teacup, his brows were full of memories and a trace of indistinct melancholy.

"13 years ago, at the beginning of the year when Xiaoyan adopted Xiaolin and the others, something happened that people will never want to recall.

thing.

At that time, Shi Yan had a child marriage, which was arranged by your grandfather when he was alive, and the partner was Yuan Ran, the eldest daughter of the Yuan family.The two of them can be regarded as childhood sweethearts. They played together since they were young, and their relationship has always been very good.Yuan Ran likes Shi Yan very much, but Shi Yan's affection for Yuan Ran is more like that of a younger sister, without any affection for children.

Shi Yan knew Yuan Ran's feelings for him, and he felt very guilty, but he still explained to her that he would not marry her, and only regarded her as his younger sister.And Yuan Ran, who was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, could not bear this kind of grievance. At that time, the two families were not at peace.

Shi Yan was so annoyed by it that he couldn't help but hid in Xiaoyao Mountain one day.When he returned five days later, he brought back a huge peony and planted it in the yard.He loves the peony very much, watering it every day and taking care of it.But Yuan Ran fell in love with the peony, and asked Shi Yan for it, but Shi Yan flatly refused.Yuan Ran, who had been resentful for a long time, vented all her grievances on Naozhu Peony, and actually wanted to burn Zhuo Peony to death in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, Shi Yan found out in time, and then severely reprimanded Yuan Ran. Yuan Ran knew she was wronged and was wronged, but she still had to leave.It's just that there was a strange fragrance coming from Shi Yan's yard that night, but it disappeared in an instant.At that time, I thought it was just the fragrance from the peony plant, so I didn't pay much attention to it, and since that fragrance never appeared again, I put it down.

Now that I think about it, Hua Rongyue took shape at that time.Huarong's cultivation base is profound, it seems that due to some reason, his cultivation base was damaged, he could only maintain his body, but was picked up by Shi Yan, and changed back to human form by accident.

I remember those few years were the happiest period for Shi Yan, and he didn't say anything when I asked him, just smiled.If Hua Rong already existed at that time, the rest of the matter would also make sense. "

Shi Heng paused, took a sip of tea, it was already a bit cold.

"The three years after Huarong's transformation was very peaceful, but Yuan Ran still came here often, and his temper was restrained a lot. Although Shi Yan was annoyed by her, he really loved her. However, just three years later, Shi Yan's yard There was a big fire, and when we arrived, Yuan Ran had already died in the fire, and Peony was gone.

Shi Yan knelt and sat in front of the ruins with empty eyes, and never smiled again.

When I arrived, there was a very strong smell, the same smell that I smelled in Shiyan courtyard that day.Moreover, a jade pendant was found in the ruins. Shi Yan had been wearing it behind him, but he didn't wear it later, but he didn't give it to Yuan.

Ran.

When he found the jade pendant, Shi Yan had a complicated expression, as if he couldn't figure out why the jade pendant was in the ruins.So I think that piece of jade pendant was given to Hua Rong about a while ago, and he has been wearing it all the time. "

"You mean, the fire was probably set by Senior Huarong?"