Strange Tale

Lying on the bed, Si Ren touched Long Jiu, a little absent-minded.Long Jiu knew that he was still thinking about Xu Hai.After letting him touch for a while, Long Jiu pressed his hand, turned around and turned his back towards Si Ren and pretended to yawn, "Go to sleep. I'm a little tired."

Si Ren put his arms around Long Jiu's waist and buried his face in his hair, "Okay."

In a daze, I don't know how long it took, Long Jiu breathed evenly and remained motionless.

"Xiao Jiu?" Si Ren called him softly.

Long Jiu didn't respond.Si Ren slowly raised his arm again, and Long Jiu turned his face to a more comfortable position.

Si Ren got up, put on his shoes and quietly got off the ground.

When I came to the room where Xu Hai was kneeling, the lights inside were still on.

Si Ren pushed the door open and entered, Qilin was actually sitting on the bed.

"Xiao Lin?" Si Ren closed the door, "Why are you here?"

"I've always told me, I'm afraid he will do something stupid." Qilin pointed to Xu Hai who was still kneeling on the ground, "Anyway, sleeping in your backpack during the day is more comfortable than sleeping on the bed, and I often sleep with such a big guy With a fat girl, I don't want to squeeze with them, so I come to accompany Xiao Hai."

Si Ren squatted in front of Xu Hai, "Xiao Jiu has already fallen asleep, you get up, let Xiao Lin watch over you, go to bed and have a good sleep, you have to drive tomorrow."

Xu Hai shook his head, "No, it's an order to keep me kneeling here, and I can't disobey it."

"But Long Jiu can't see you now."

"That's not OK."

"This...you see, why are you still so obstinate?"

Qilin spoke, "Stop trying to persuade Xiao Ren, it's useless. I've been here for a long time, do you think I just sat and watched him like this? He didn't listen to anything."

Si Ren glanced at Qilin, then turned back to look at Xu Hai, "I really didn't realize that you are so afraid of Xiaojiu."

Xu Hai had a bitter face, "He is 'Xiao Jiu' to you, but to us he is a non-human general. No one under him dares to disobey his orders."

"But didn't you say during the day that you are not afraid of anything as long as he is with you? I thought you were on good terms."

"With him, you don't have to be afraid of anything. When you don't make mistakes, you are quite harmonious, but if you really do something wrong and make him anxious... it will be a dead end."

"Then you are still following him?"

"I don't know what happened to others, but when I followed the general, I was desperate. The village where my family is located is not within the city, but in the deep mountains and old forests. After the truce between the city lords a hundred years ago and no longer fighting for territory, our village gradually became different from that of the general. The world is isolated and we have lost contact with the outside world. We used to live a carefree life like a paradise, but the village was discovered more than ten years ago. The lords of the two neighboring cities began to find various excuses to monopolize the village and expand it. In terms of sphere of influence, people on both sides came and went to fight endlessly, causing many casualties in the village almost every month. Later, there were less than ten families left in the village, and my family members disappeared one after another. I had nowhere to go Go, was about to leave the village to escape, when General Long and Master Yechang arrived with their troops. I saw that they were few in number, so I thought they wouldn’t be able to last for a few days. But unexpectedly, they were stationed at a place not far from our village during the day. At the bottom of the mountain, there was no movement at all. Wushang and ghost troops were dispatched at night, and the two cities were leveled overnight. At that time, I thought: It doesn’t matter whether he is a man or a demon, I just follow the strongest one. So the next morning I I went directly to the city to look for them. I remember that at that time, a city lord’s mansion was occupied as the general’s mansion. When I wanted to go in, the guards wouldn’t let me in. It happened that the general and Mr. Ye Chang came out together, and the guards all looked down. Going to the head, I thought that Yechang was the General Long they were talking about, and I also regarded General as the son of Mr. Yechang. Sigh──I didn’t expect that more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye... How can I be so damn, I am here today The casino is fascinated." Talking about how he kept up with Long Jiu, Xu Hai recalled the past with a sore nose and wanted to cry.

"Ten years? How old are you talking about?"

"I was 13 that year."

"So small?"

"Well, the general kept me around because I was young. But I didn't expect that after so many years, I would be in my twenties in a blink of an eye. He is still the same as I saw him at the beginning, and his temper has never been the same. It hasn’t changed, it’s always been the same with us.”

Si Ren put his hand on his shoulder, "Don't worry, it's different this time, I'm here."

Xu Hai looked up at him, "I see no hope."

"Hey──you have to trust me. Right, Xiaolin?"

While speaking, Si Ren pretended to turn his head to look at Qilin, and Xu Hai followed suit, without waiting for Qilin to answer.As soon as Si Ren raised his hand to touch Xu Hai's eyebrows, Xu Hai closed his eyes, fell on Si Ren and fell asleep instantly.

Carried Xu Hai to the bed and put it away, Si Ren and Qilin sat on the chair together.

"You still have a way." Qilin reached out to reach the teapot on the table, but his hands were short and he couldn't reach it.

Si Ren picked up the teapot and shook it. When there was water, he poured two cups directly, "That's right, what's the use of talking so much, let him sleep well first, then talk about it tomorrow."

"Well, that's fine, you should go back quickly, or Long Jiu will realize that you are gone after a long time. I'll just watch here."

"It doesn't matter, he slept soundly. I want to tell you something."

"what's up?"

Si Ren turned the water glass in his hand, "Do you still remember three years ago, once we were sheltering from the rain under a bridge hole, and met a ghost who could become a Buddha but waited for a friend for 500 years?"

"It seems that there is such a thing. What's the matter?"

"I found the friend that ghost was waiting for."

"Ah?!" Qilin opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"Guess who it is."

Qilin frowned and thought hard for a while, "I remember that ghost said that he was a monk in his previous life, and he was named Wu. Then he waited for that person to be a demon...could it be...Long Jiu?!"

Si Ren nodded, "That's him."

"My God! On the Three Lives Stone! So, he is really an eminent monk?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Even if you have become a Buddha, you are not an eminent monk."

"I always thought that ghost was talking nonsense. Oh? Did you tell Long Jiu about meeting him?"

"I said it, but I didn't say it."

"What do you mean you didn't say anything?"

"I didn't say that Master Wu waited for him for 500 years, and I didn't tell him what the master asked me to tell him. He thought I made up a story to deceive him."

"Why don't you say it?"

"Long Jiu wanted to see Wu so much, but the master waited for him for 500 years, and they were only three years away from meeting me. As a result, Master Wu didn't wait for him. He has already gone to the West for three years. If he knew, he would be happy." I'm sorry, I was originally a stubborn monster."

"What about telling him? Why not?"

"If I didn't know about him and Yi, maybe I would tell. But in this situation, I told him, but he couldn't figure it out, and it was useless. Adds to the pain."

"Since you can participate thoroughly, why can't you do it?"

"It's actually like this. Everyone understands the obvious and simple truth, but many people can't do it."

Qilin glanced at Si Ren, "Like you?"

Si Ren also looked at him, "Like me?"

"You know you shouldn't get involved with Long Jiu. Have you forgotten what you said when you first met him?"

Si Ren smiled and pushed Qilin's head, "Huh? You still make use of it? Children don't care about adults' business."

Qilin rolled his eyes, "You are the child. Then you are not going to tell Long Jiu the truth about Master Wu?"

"That's not true. Wait for another chance later."

"It's up to you, as long as you don't have other calculations in mind."

"Other calculations? What calculations?"

"Then only you know. Maybe you are jealous of the relationship between Long Jiu and the master."

"Hey, what are you talking about? They are just good friends, at most confidants, there is nothing to be jealous of."

"It's hard to find a bosom friend, it's that kind of relationship that makes people enviable."

Si Ren reached out and rubbed Qilin's head twice, "Aren't you and I best friends?"

Tiptoing back to the room, Si Ren closed the door and gently climbed onto the bed, just laying down.

"Have you gone to persuade Xiao Hai to rest?"

Si Ren shivered in fright, "Aren't you asleep?"

Long Jiu turned around, "I already knew what you wanted to do."

Si Ren hugged Long Jiu, "You won't be angry with me, will you?"

Long Jiu got up and pressed on him, "Then you find a way to make me not angry."