I respect him so fragrant

Following Shen Mian along the way, Xie Yao and Jiang Gu saw many sights in the city.

Aside from the horrific corpses outside the city walls, the scene inside the city is actually no different from the outside world.There are shops and stalls, as well as restaurants and restaurants, and there are quite a few people coming and going.

Xie Yao was quite surprised: "Life here is great, with everything to eat, drink and have fun."

Jiang Gu glanced at him indifferently: "Does Master want to stay?"

"Eh... this," Xie Yao said, "I don't want to."

Shen Mian, who was at the side, heard their conversation, and asked, "You two, are you a master-student relationship?"

"Of course," Xie Yao felt strange after hearing this, "otherwise what do you think?"

"It doesn't look like much." Shen Mian said, "At least the master-student relationship I've seen is different from the relationship between you."

"Then dare to ask Brother Shen, how long have you been here?"

"It's been more than ten years."

"Haven't you been out for more than ten years?"

"Ah."

"That's right." Xie Yao shunned Sanxing's hair, "It's been a decade and a half. You haven't seen our new way of getting along with masters and apprentices. It's normal if you don't understand it."

"……yes?"

"I can still lie to you. Nowadays, almost everyone outside is like us."

Such remarks sounded "reasonable and well-founded", but it really fooled Shen Mian.He nodded slightly to express his approval: "It must be that I am ignorant."

Jiang Gu: ...

When passing by a dim sum shop, Shen Mian stopped.He turned his head to Xie Yaojiang and said, "Can you two wait for me here, I'll go buy some snacks."

After he finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the store.Xie Yao stared at his back thoughtfully and said, "I can't tell, such a cold and hard person still likes to eat snacks?"

Jiang Gu followed his gaze and said, "Everyone has different preferences."

"Maybe." Xie Yao touched Samsung's little head, noncommittal.

Shen Mian's residence is a small house with one entry and one exit. Xie Yao followed him to the main hall, and seeing that there was no nave hanging on the wall, but a portrait of a man in white clothes, he couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Shen, this Who is that in the portrait?"

friend?or brother?

However, Shen Mian placed some of the snacks she bought in front of the portrait one by one, and said softly, "This is my wife."

"My wife?"

Xie Yao raised his head and looked at the person on the portrait carefully. After confirming that it was really a man, he said in surprise, "Brother Chen means, this is you... madam?"

"That's right." Shen Mian stared at the portrait, her expression full of nostalgia, "Anyway, Changqing and I have worshiped heaven and earth, drank Hebei wine, and we will be buried together after death."

"Then Mrs. Shen and you..."

"You don't need to call him Madam." A smile appeared on Shen Mian's stern face, "Changqing doesn't like this name, Brother Xie just call him by his name."

Xie Yao paused, and said softly: "Perhaps I may be a little offended when I say this, but I still want to ask Brother Shen, Changqing...what is his identity?"

"His original body is a flood dragon."

"Flood dragon? Is Changqing a demon?"

"Yes," Shen Mian said, "but he has never harmed anyone."

"Then where is he now?"

The main hall suddenly fell silent, Xie Yao thought he had said something wrong, and couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.A hand touched his shoulder, patting twice to express comfort.Xie Yao turned his head sideways and found that Jiang Gu had walked beside him at some point and stood with him.

He suddenly felt less uneasy.

It took a long time before Shen Mian spoke softly, with a low voice——

"he died."

***

The sunrise and sunset of Guiluo Market are always the same.

Shen Mian sat behind the counter of her silk shop, counting silently to the slowly setting sun in the sky: "...three, two, one."

The sun went down exactly on time.

Not a single minute is bad.

The streets in the night are still lively, with all kinds of people.Shen Mian walked slowly with her hands behind her back, her stern face became more and more out of place in the crowd.On weekdays, the neighbors in the neighborhood also avoid him, treating him as a weirdo.

But he doesn't care.After staying here for several years, he didn't have any feelings for this place.

After returning to her own house, the first thing Shen Mian did was to light up lamps everywhere in the house.

One after another lights were turned on in each room, and the courtyard was no longer lifeless. He leaned against a willow tree in the courtyard and looked up at the stars in the sky. It's cold between the brows.

Although the stars are beautiful, they will always be a number.

Just when he felt that he was going to spend another long night like this, there was a sudden noise from the woodshed not far away.

Shen Mian frowned.He did not light the woodshed, so the woodshed looked pitch black from the outside.If something or someone enters, it will naturally not be seen.

He summoned his Chongjue Sword and walked lightly towards the firewood room.

The courtyard suddenly became very quiet, and the sound of insects could be heard from time to time.Shen Mian held her breath and approached gradually. After confirming that there was no sound inside, he kicked open the firewood door and rushed in.

However, the scene in front of him made him slightly pale.

A man in black was covered in blood and fell unconscious among the firewood.

Shen Mian immediately fetched the candle, and with the help of the faint light, she could clearly see the face of the man in black.

It's very faceless, but its appearance is not bad, and blood is still overflowing from the corner of its mouth.

He must have fled here after being seriously injured.

After thinking for a while, he grabbed one foot of the man in black and prepared to walk out.

It would be harmful to him to take in unidentified people, and it might even reveal his identity.

It's better to deal with it.

The next second, a warm hand suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

Shen Mian turned her head and found that the man in black opened his eyes at some point and murmured weakly: "Please, help me."

His hair was disheveled, a few strands clinging to the corners of his mouth due to cold sweat, looking very distressed...and in pain.

Shen Mian looked away, and said coldly, "I have no reason to save you."

"I will...I will..." The man in black's voice was broken and angry, "I will repay you..."

As soon as the words fell, he weakly let go of Shen Mian's sleeve, and passed out completely.

A gust of wind entered the window, blowing out the candles on the ground, and the woodshed fell into darkness again.

Only Shen Mian stood there, watching the man in black silently.

……

Early the next morning, Shen Mian entered the bedroom with the boiled medicine.The man in black was already sitting up on the bed, his clear eyes stared at him quietly.

"Wake up," Shen Mian put down the medicine bowl heavily, her tone impatient, "Drink the medicine when you wake up."

He didn't like being stared at like this.

The man in black didn't move immediately, but narrowed his eyes slightly, and said warmly, "Thank you."

"You don't need to thank me." Shen Mian glanced at him with a cold expression, "When you are almost fully recovered from your injuries, then leave quickly."

After he finished speaking, he walked out without any nostalgia.

Behind him, the man in black suddenly said, "My lord!"

Shen Mian stopped: "What's the matter?"

"My name is Chang Qing, Chang Chang for a long time, and Qing for Qing Ming," said the man in black, "I don't know what your name is?"

"Slumber."

In a dry sentence, the tone was extremely impatient.

Later, Shen Mian delivered medicine to Changqing every day, and Changqing would always ask some questions, most of which were insignificant, such as what time it was, how many jasmine flowers bloomed in the corridor, etc.

But for this Jasmine, Shen Mian couldn't figure out how this person who was lying in bed all day would know that it was still blooming in the porch.

Obviously he didn't notice it himself.

Finally, on a dim evening, Shen Mian brought the medicine to Chang Qing, half hesitant and half puzzled, and said, "Hey, I'm asking you something."

He has never taken the initiative to talk to Chang Qing, this is the first time.

Changqing was slightly surprised, took the medicine bowl and said softly: "What's wrong?"

"How do you know that there are jasmine flowers blooming on the porch?" Shen Mian said stiffly, "I don't even know about my own house."

Maybe it was because his expression was too serious when he asked the question, Chang Qing couldn't help laughing, tilted his head and said, "Shen Mian, are you curious?"

In Shen Mian's eyes, this appearance was a naked ridicule.He couldn't help being a little annoyed, and turned around to leave: "I'm not curious at all."

"Hey, don't go," Changqing held his hand, "I'll just tell you."

Shen Mian's body stiffened slightly after being held by her hand, but she didn't turn her head back immediately.

Changqing's voice was loud and clear, like a stream in a mountain stream: "It was Jasmine who told me by themselves."

Shen Mian sneered when she heard the words: "If you don't want to tell me, why bother to fool me like this."

"I won't fool you, it's true." Chang Qing's next words shocked him, "Shen Mian, I am a flood dragon, I can hear the sounds of flowers, plants, trees, birds, beasts, insects and fish in the world."

Shen Mian turned around with an unbelievable tone: "You are... a demon?"

"I'm a demon, but I haven't harmed anyone."

Changqing looked up at him with clear eyes: "My parents and I have always lived in a small riverside town. My father is a wealthy local businessman who runs several flower and plant shops. My mother is knowledgeable about books and etiquette, and has always been generous in dealing with people. I have been Since birth, he has shown himself as a human being, and has never thought of harming others."

"Then why did you come here?" Shen Mian said, "You were also seriously injured."

"Because our identities were discovered," Changqing said, his eyes dimmed. "My father and mother... are dead. Only I escaped here by luck."

Shen Mian's heart tightened, and she said in a hoarse voice, "So, when you recover, are you going to seek revenge on those monks who killed your parents?"

"I……"

"I am also a monk," Shen Mian said, "In this way, we are enemies."

He wanted to separate his hand from Chang Qing's: "If you recover from your injury, go straight away. If you dare to kill me, just come and try."

"I don't take revenge."

Shen Mian was taken aback.

Changqing refused to let go of his hand, and raised his head firmly and said: "Shen Mian, I have no intention of revenge. My parents told me before they died, let me live a good life, and don't get involved in any more grievances. And it wasn't you who killed them. You and I cannot be regarded as enemies."

"So, what are you trying to express by telling me this?" Shen Mian stared at him.

"I said, if you save me, I will repay you well."

Chang Qing looked at the person in front of him, and said softly, "Shen Mian, how do you think I should repay your life-saving grace?"

Shen Mian said coldly, "How would I know?"

For some reason, his palms were slightly sweating.

"If you don't dislike it," Changqing took a deep breath, and clenched his hand even tighter, "How about I promise you with my body?"

The author has something to say: How could our Zhinan Shen promise such a big thing with his body~