[Forget Envy] Short Story - The Bell of the Soul

A group of children had just returned from the wet woodland to Unknown Place in Yunshen. Everyone was covered in mud and went to bathe and rest one after another. Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian returned to the quiet room. During the rest, Lan Qiren has summoned him to discuss countermeasures.

After the yin demon chaos subsided, the evil spirits everywhere were silent for a long time. He returned to Lan Wangji's side and lived peacefully for two years.

However, there have been frequent anomalies in recent days. Apart from the floods in Gusu, there are also problems of varying degrees in other places. The more serious ones include plagues and strange diseases, and there are also ground shocks. It seems that this is the beginning of the troubled times.

That night, the wind was stronger than in the morning, and the rain suddenly turned into rain and mist, which was carried away by the wind and could not be seen.The windows of the quiet room were closed a few days ago, so staying in the room still felt safe.

Wei WuXian wrapped himself in a cloak, and sat in front of the door for an hour. The scenery outside the house was hazy due to the rain and fog. Although Lan Qiren's house was not far from the quiet room, the lights still couldn't be seen through. out of the light.

I don’t know that Yunshen is located on the middle of the mountain, and there are gusts of wind everywhere, and there are broken branches of trees in the middle of the wind. Walking in the windy place is actually full of danger, so Wei Wuxian wants to wait for Lan Wangji to come back, and wait for him to return safely. Only when you come to the quiet room can you feel at ease.

He remembered that when he was still in the mass grave, he also experienced a storm. Although it was not as strong as this time, but in the cave of subduing demons, the strong wind was like the claws of evil spirits, extending in from the entrance of the cave, trying to catch him. Looking at him as a living creature, he was alone at that time, and he didn't hear anything, so he could only cower in a corner and tremble.

But now, facing the same kind of wind and rain, he is in a warm and safe place. Everything around him is like a dream and smoke, which is extremely unreal. He can only grasp this sense of presence when he is whispering.

Thinking of this, he suddenly raised his hands and slapped his face in unison, thinking: "What am I thinking?"

In order to let himself stop thinking wildly, Wei Wuxian stood up, walked to the desk, lit the oil lamp, lowered his head and silently drew the talismans, while he was still using Mo Xuanyu's body, he could still hope that one day he could reunite The golden core, but in exchange for his original body, he can no longer get it, because the golden core was voluntarily given up by him.

So storing talismans and seals on his body was something he had to do every day.

The talisman seals were stacked one by one higher and higher, and his posture of sitting on the table changed from a straight sitting posture to a prostrate posture, and the handwriting of the talisman seals became more and more sloppy, and the last one had only one The pen draws the paper world from high to low.

Wei Wuxian just held the pen like this, and fell asleep in a prostrate posture.

When Wei Wuxian woke up in the middle of the night and found that Lan Wangji, who was sleeping soundly in his arms, was beside him, he realized that he had fallen asleep unknowingly. He fell into a deep sleep and didn't know it.

He also tried not to sleep for several days in the past, why did he fall asleep in just one or two hours?

She obviously planned to wait for him to come back.

Seeing Lan Wangji so close at hand, Wei Wuxian had the urge to wake him up, but he couldn't bear to really wake him up. After all, he was really tired these few days, and it was hard for him to wake up from the wilderness. Back in the quiet room, I slept comfortably on the soft couch.

Wei Wuxian didn't dare to move, he just moved his eyes lightly, looking at Lan Wangji's extraordinary handsome sleeping face, just looking at it, Wei Wuxian felt very happy, his long eyelashes were especially sexy, The soft lips are not a problem. When I think of his current sleeping face, only I can enjoy it alone, and I feel a sense of joy.

Wei Wuxian stretched out his hand and gently brushed the strands of hair on Lan Wangji's face, and the next moment those eyes as clear as glass opened and looked at him.

Wei Wuxian smiled and said, "Did I wake you up?"

Lan Wangji said, "No."

Wei Wuxian had had enough sleep, but he was full of energy, and said, "No? Then why did you wake up? Could it be because you were thinking about every day?"

Lan Wangji said, "Don't make trouble, it's late at night."

Wei WuXian changed into a more comfortable position, hugged Lan WangJi tightly and said, "The wind and rain are loud outside, and no one heard the storm."

Lan Wangji said, "You haven't slept for several days, don't mess around."

Wei WuXian let go of Lan WangJi, sat up very dissatisfied and said, "Yes, I can only mess around."

Lan Wangji also sat up and said, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, my mouth is dry and I'm going to pour some water."

Wei Wuxian ignored Lan Wangji, and went to the outer room to get water on his own. If they hadn't fallen asleep for no reason just now, they might have had a good time.He wasn't angry with Lan Wangji, he was just angry with himself, why didn't he know he was asleep?

Wei Wuxian reached out to pick up the water glass, but suddenly heard two crisp "ding ding" rings in his ears, he looked at the only window in the quiet room that could see the outdoors, the outside was still in the wind and rain, it should be The noise came from outside, so he picked up the water glass to pour water in disapproval, suddenly loosened his wrist, and dropped the water glass to the ground, making an extremely loud sound, and shattered to the ground.

Wei Wuxian looked at his hands, then bent over to pick up the fragments, but was scratched by the fragments of the water glass, and blood fell drop by drop, dripping on the fragments.

Hearing the sound of the water glass being smashed, Lan Wangji came over to check, and seeing Wei Wuxian staring blankly at his bleeding hand, he nervously stepped forward, held his hand, and took out a handkerchief to stop the bleeding.

Seeing that his eyes were still dull, Lan Wangji called out, "Wei Ying?"

Wei Wuxian said, "It's okay, skater."

Lan Wangji pulled him to sit down, carefully cleaned his wound, and applied ointment, Wei Wuxian watched his movements, and then smiled and said: "I'm injured, I can't hold a cup, second brother came to give me water , okay?"

Lan Wangji didn't think much, stood up and went to get another water glass, poured water to Wei Wuxian, and put it on his lips for him to drink, but Wei Wuzhixian just stuck out the tip of his tongue and dipped it in the water , and said, "That's enough, let's go back to sleep!"

Lan Wangji was looking at him, clearly wanting to say that he wants to drink water?It's just a wet tongue, what kind of tricks are you playing?

Wei Wuxian moved his fingers, then stood up and said, "You don't have to drink all the water if your mouth is dry."

Wei WuXian pulled Lan WangJi back to the bedroom and said, "Keep sleeping! Are you going out tomorrow?"

Lan Wangji replied, "Well, Uncle said that there are unusual monsters haunting the upper reaches of the river, so let me go there."

Wei Wuxian first lay back on the couch and said, "I'm going too, I haven't fought Yao Chong for a long time."

Lan Wangji nodded, "Okay."

Wei Wuxian hugged Lan Wangji tightly again and said, "Wake me up before we leave tomorrow, good night! Lan Zhan!"

Lan Wangji also turned his hand over, kissed him lightly on the forehead and said, "Good night! Wei Ying!"

Wei Wuxian closed his eyes and pretended to fall asleep, wading quietly until he noticed that the breathing around him became steady, and Lan Wangji seemed to have fallen asleep, Wei Wuxian opened his eyes, moved his hand very lightly, Then each finger is slowly tightened into a fist and then slowly relaxed without any problems.

What happened just now?

When he picked up the water glass, his hand suddenly felt weak, as if it didn’t belong to him, and he was even scratched by the debris. He didn’t feel any bleeding or even pain. When the cool ointment was applied to the wound, it hurt a lot. The feeling just came back to the body.

Wei WuXian closed his eyes again, leaned quietly into Lan WangJi's arms, felt the ups and downs of his breathing, and thought: "Maybe it's because I haven't slept for a few days, and my body feels unwell, so let's go to sleep." ! Wei Wuxian!"

The next day, Wei Wuxian still had his usual style, he didn't get up when it was time, and he would wake up when the time came, but he rolled around on the bed, showing no intention of getting up.

The window was unsealed, and there was a piece of broken branches and grass outside the window, which forcibly destroyed a beautiful scenery, but after being washed by the rain, the tenderness of the grass became clearer, and it felt completely new.

A faint aroma of food came, and then my stomach responded with a "cuckoo".

Wei WuXian jumped up, crawled out and said, "Lan Zhan, you know I'm starving."

Lan Wangji put the lunch box on the table and said, "Wash first."

Wei WuXian hugged Lan WangJi around his waist, kissed him on the cheek, and said, "First get your face dirty before washing."

After Wei WuXian quickly washed up, he buried his head in the lunch box. He didn't eat the hot dishes, but chewed the apple first, and said without forgetting to look at the scenery outside the window, "The wind and rain have stopped?"

Lan Wangji nodded, "Yeah! It's sunny."

Wei Wuxian saw Bichen hanging from Lan Wangji's waist, and asked, "Are you ready? Monsters usually don't leave the site, so don't worry."

Lan Wangji said, "There's also the Transcendence!"

Wei WuXian understood, because there were too many casualties in this flood, and there were corpses of resentful souls along the way. Although some of them had been dealt with during the receding period, if any were left behind, the problem would be serious if they were not crossed in time. It will be very large, and the water level of the upstream lake will rise extremely severely, and the monsters that are alarmed may also go out to kill.

From this point of view, there must be frequent night hunts again. No wonder Lan Wangji insisted that he sleep well and not mess around.

Wei WuXian put down the lunch box, licked his fingers and said, "Where's your brother?"

Lan Wangji said, "Brother and uncle have already set off."

Wei Wuxian asked, "Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

Lan Wangji said calmly, "No problem."

Wei WuXian smiled and said, "I'm full, Lan Zhan, let's set off now, go early and return early."

to be continued

☆, dryad