Ruyi [published edition]

Ruyi took off her clothes and went down, wiped Wu Ciren's back carefully, and then complained, "It would be nice if I were at home, it would be so comfortable to soak in hot water, and it would relieve my fatigue."

Wu Ciren glanced at him, sneered slightly, and said, "Then you go fetch water, chop firewood, boil it for me to wash?"

Ruyi stopped her hand and asked, "Then you also wash in this river when it's cold?"

Wu Ciren said indifferently, "What are you afraid of when washing, how can you be so particular about it."

Ruyi looked at Wu Ciren's back covered with water, and suddenly said, "I'll fetch water, chop firewood, and boil it for you to wash. Don't take a cold bath in the river from now on."

Wu Ciren turned his face and looked at him silently.

Ruyi didn't dare to look into his eyes, lowered her head, and said uncomfortably, "Why, you bought me back, didn't you just want me to serve you?"

Wu Ciren suddenly asked him, "What did you do when you were not at Zeng's house?"

Ruyi thought for a while and said, "...eat, then sleep..."

Wu Ciren raised his eyebrows, and Ruyi hurriedly added, "Uh, sometimes I also listen to people talking about scriptures."

After finishing speaking, I remembered that this person seemed to hate monks, so I hurriedly explained, "Tao Te Ching."

Wu Ciren became impatient and said, "Don't you have something serious to do?"

Ruyi felt a little wronged, before he was in Zeng's house, he and Jixiang were just two jade carps, what business could they do?In addition to eating and sleeping, it is nothing more than nibbling duckweed and chasing Lve Ying.

Ruyi said angrily, "No. In this world, if there is one more me, there are not many, and if there is one less me, there are many. How can there be so many serious things to do."

Ruyi suddenly asked back, "Hey, it's you, I listen to you talking on weekdays, it seems that you are some kind of extraordinary person, what is your background?"

Wu Ciren glanced at him, and said unhurriedly, "So what if you know?"

Ruyi was a little choked, coughed twice, and then said, "It's not that good."

Wu Ciren didn't take it seriously, and said, "What else do you dare to do? Unless you're tired of work."

It was only then that Ruyi remembered that this person put a feather in his body.He didn't speak any more, he carefully lifted Wu Ciren's hair and wiped the back of his neck for him.

Wu Ciren's hair was very hard, but it was very comfortable to hold in the palm of his hand. When he let go of his hand, the hair slipped through his fingers and felt itchy, which made him feel a little numb.

Ruyi really wanted to help him wash and wash his hair, but Wu Ciren seemed impatient and urged him, "Hurry up, I'm hungry."

"The meal is done, you can eat it when you go back!" After Ruyi finished speaking, she muttered in a low voice, "It's really a born young master's fate."

He is so careful in serving, this person is also very dissatisfied.

"Did a lot of people serve you before?" Ruyi asked unhappily while helping him wipe the water.

Wu Ciren was stunned for a moment, something flashed in his eyes, and then he said lightly, "No, I'm used to living alone."

Ruyi opened her mouth wide, then how did this person develop such a young master's temper?

Are you always alone?He couldn't help but feel sad for this person, but he felt happy in his heart, and he felt strangely contradictory.

Ruyi's heart was about to move, and she couldn't help but ask again, "Then how well I serve you?"

Wu Ciren said indifferently, "It's okay."

After finishing speaking, she picked up her clothes and put them on. Ruyi was not happy at all when she heard such a perfunctory answer, and asked, "Is there anything I can't do well in serving you, what do you mean?"

Wu Ciren frowned and said, "What are you doing?"

Ruyi's heart trembled, he didn't know what he said wrongly, which made this person anxious.

Wu Ciren's expression was very unhappy, and he said to him coldly, "You don't have to think about how to serve me all day long, I'm keeping you, it's just for mother's sake. I remember saying this the first day."

Finished talking and left.

Ruyi stopped talking and silently followed behind Wu Ciren.

Yes, Wu Ciren said on the first day, "Although you call me master, I don't want you to serve me."

But now... he is obviously willing.

Ruyi pursed her lips, not wanting to explain anything, but seeing this person walking forward without looking back, bitterness slowly emerged in her heart.

Ruyi's meal at noon was really chewy, and the taste was gone.He remembered that he used to always laugh at Jixiang, saying that she was like this, but now it was his turn, and it was even more ridiculous than Jixiang at the beginning.

He didn't understand why this happened, he would care so much if he liked someone, he would even ponder over the other's words for a long time.

He only knows that everything he has done with painstaking efforts is actually all that this person doesn't care about.He is just a small jade carp, and may be a rare treasure in the world in the eyes of ordinary people, but he can neither catch a dragon for Wu, nor heal the wounds of this person, so that this person can recover mana as soon as possible and do whatever he wants.

Ruyi lowered her head deeply, suddenly wanting to cry.

Wu Ciren went back to the house after eating, not knowing what to do.When Ruyi packed up the dishes and went back to the house to look, Wu Ciren was holding a piccolo made of purple bamboo in his hand and was about to bring it to his lips.

Seeing him coming in, Wu Ciren beckoned him to go.

Ruyi felt that this person must have bad things to say, but she went over honestly and sat beside him.

Wu Ciren handed him the flute and said, "You play."

Ruyi brought the flute to her lips, thought for a while, and played Fengqiuhuang.

Wu Ciren listened for a while, and suddenly his face became extremely strange. He reached out and grabbed the flute, saying, "Don't play it."

Ruyi was unhappy, and asked back, "Isn't it so ugly?"

Wu Ciren seemed a little anxious, but patiently explained to him, "No, this flute is weird."

Ruyi froze for a moment, then said, "What's so weird?"

Distraught, Wu Ciren stood up, snatched the bamboo flute from him, and said with a sullen face, "Why do you ask so many questions!"

Ruyi watched helplessly as Wu Ciren slammed the door and walked out, and after recovering, she followed closely, seeing Wu Ciren frowning and chewing something slowly.

Ruyi was puzzled, but when she saw the white flower in Wu Ciren's hand, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak, she grabbed Wu Ciren and yelled, "Hurry up and spit it out! Don't you know that this thing is poisonous?"

This kind of wild flower grows everywhere here, although the flowers and leaves are poisonous, the villagers don't pay attention to it, but children are not allowed to pick it.

Just when Wu Ciren was getting irritable, he ignored him and swallowed all the white flowers in his hand.Ruyi was startled, and suddenly became anxious, and grabbed his mouth hard, wishing to take out all the food he had eaten.

Wu Ciren was hurt by him, and immediately became angry, saying, "Why are you crazy, you can't kill people."

Ruyi was so angry that she really wanted to hit him, and cursed with red eyes, "Why can't I die!"

In the past, his companion had eaten the seeds of belladonna by mistake, and as a result, his belly was turned upside down, and he could no longer survive.

Wu Ciren didn't expect him to be so angry, his eyes were red and his hands were trembling, so he was taken aback for a moment, his anger subsided a lot, and finally he just said, "The sound of the flute can confuse people's minds, I'm afraid it's not an ordinary purple bamboo. I want to take Squeeze the leaves of belladonna."

Ruyi hurriedly tried Wu Ciren's forehead with her hand, but luckily it wasn't very hot.Wu Ciren pushed his hand away unnaturally, and then said, "Don't worry about it."

Ruyi followed him and walked back, seeing that he seemed to be all right, and also felt that it was a bit embarrassing to make a scene just now, so she lowered her head and said in a low voice after a long time, "What's wrong with you, why didn't you tell me Listen? It’s not very convenient for you to do anything like this now, is it?”

He couldn't hear Wu Ciren's answer for a long time, so he looked up secretly, only to see Wu Ciren dipping his finger in some herbal tea to touch his lips, and didn't listen to what he said at all.Ruyi took a closer look, and it seemed to be the place he scratched just now.

Ruyi blushed and said, "Let me take a look for you."

Wu Ciren touched the wound, took a breath, his face became more and more ugly, and he cursed at him, "What are you looking at?"

Ruyi didn't dare to answer. Although the injury was not serious, it was put on the bright side. It was a bit embarrassing to go out and be looked at by others. No wonder Wu Ci was so angry.

Seeing him cowering, Wu Ciren didn't seem to be so angry anymore. He licked his lips before asking him again, "What did you make such a big fuss about just now?"

Ruyi said embarrassingly, "I used to have a friend who died because of this."

After speaking, the sockets of the eyes were a little red.They were all just carp in the water at that time, without even a name. The child took belladonna seeds and threw them in the water for them to eat. He was sick that day and couldn't compete with other carp, but his The companion, however, snatched seven or eight pills, and died shortly after eating.

Wu Ciren glanced at him, didn't speak for a long time, and finally said angrily, "This food varies from person to person, maybe you will die if you eat a little, and it's fine if you eat a lot. Don't make such a fuss in the future."

Ruyi hummed, but still refused to give up, and asked, "How can the sound of the flute be so deceptive?"

Wu Ciren showed that disturbed expression again, and said gloomily, "I don't know, it's never happened before."

It's just a small bamboo flute, can playing it disturb this person's mind?

Ruyi asked him again, "Who is going to deal with you?"

Wu Ciren looked at him a few times, his expression was not as gloomy as before, but with a hint of interest, he asked him instead, "What do you think?"

They obviously don't let me know anything, and let me guess.Thinking of this, Ruyi's heart suddenly sank, "Is it the Dragon Clan?"

Wu Ciren snorted and said, "You're smart."

Ruyi froze for a moment, wanted to ask again, but didn't know what to ask.He knew absolutely nothing about this person's past.He didn't know who Wu Ciren had befriended and who he had offended.

The place where he scratched had already swelled up, Wu Ciren pressed his hands to his lips in annoyance, and gave him a cold look, Ruyi felt guilty and heartbroken, went out and brought back a bowl of cold water, and moistened his lips for him. Then he asked softly, "Does it still hurt?"

Wu Ciren stared at him intently and breathlessly for a moment, but did not answer his question, but pointed to the bamboo chair beside him, "Sit down first, I have something to say to you."

Ruyi was stunned for a moment, it was not that he had never seen such a serious expression on Wu Ciren's face, but it was extremely rare for him to face him.

Wu Ciren exhaled slowly, as if he was calming down, and said, "I know you serve Dragon Mother."

Ruyi was terrified by what he said, and she quickly stood up and defended, "I'm not a dragon, so I don't know your enemy."

Wu Ciren smiled and said, "I know, you are a jade carp, transformed from the jade in the Eastern Sea, right?"

Ruyi was stunned for a moment, it seemed that this person didn't know everything.

But he just hummed vaguely.He and Jixiang are jade carp, that's right, they were attached to the spirit jade only by the grace of Dragon Mother.I don't know which god carved that piece of spirit jade. A pair of carps are tightly twisted, so vivid that everyone who sees it thinks that the soul of the spirit jade is the spirit of the jade.

Wu Ciren took a sip of the herbal tea, his expression flickering.

Ruyi felt hairy when he looked at her, she lowered her eyes uncomfortably, stared at the tea in Wu Ciren's hand stiffly, and asked in a low voice, "Are you worried that I will harm you?"

Wu Ciren said quietly, "No, I have something to ask of you."

Ruyi raised her head in surprise, and could hardly believe her ears.

Wu Ciren said lightly, "If something happens to me, I will trouble you to take care of my mother for me."

Ruyi never thought that what he was talking about would be like this, so she suddenly became angry for no reason, and scolded him, "What nonsense, aren't you a Garuda who only eats dragons? How could something happen? Even if you have mana now Nothing, but you are not an ordinary person, how can you say such unambitious words?"

He didn't like Wu Ciren treating him so politely, he would rather this person be mean to him and laugh at him than listen to such an explanation like a last word.

Wu Ciren was not surprised to see him angry, he just nodded and said, "The one who hurt me is not the dragon clan, but my own kind."

Ruyi was so shocked by the unexpected events one after another, she couldn't believe her ears, and asked him, "What? The same kind? Could it be a Garuda?"

Wu Ciren smiled and said, "It's been so many years, and I've rarely seen my family. But I don't know where they secretly found an egg, raised him behind people's backs, and tricked him into being my enemy. , hunting around.”

Ruyi didn't expect that this person was hurt by her own clan, and remembered the deep wound, so she felt sorry for this person and asked, "Could it be that you can't beat him?"

Wu Ciren's eyes darkened, and he said, "If it is a dragon, I will kill it if I kill it. But after all, he is young, and he is my kind, and he was deceived by others to do wrong things. How can I hurt him?"

Even though she was hurt like that, she still has a soft heart.Ruyi was so angry that she didn't know what to say to him.I really don't know what this person's brain is made of.Cannibalism happens everywhere, you show mercy to him, but he wants your life everywhere.

Wu Ciren drank the rest of the tea slowly, and then said to him, "I came to this city for you and auspiciousness. I'm not surprised that they will come looking for you."

Ruyi didn't feel uncomfortable now, just worried for him, as if sitting on pins and needles, said anxiously, "Then let's move to another place."

Wu Ciren gave him a strange look, and then said, "No need, Mother likes this place very much."

With a trembling voice, Ruyi asked, "What about you, do you want to kill yourself?"

Wu Ciren sneered, and said, "Garuda eats dragons by nature. If you don't eat it, you will die. When you die, your body and bones will disappear, and only your heart will turn into a pearl. I think he is almost there, but he The people behind it are hard to deal with.”

Ruyi was worried, and asked, "Could it be that they won't give him food..."

Wu Ciren laughed, interrupted him, and said, "If he had eaten dragon meat, would he still be able to tolerate them? Then he would not be my enemy. It's just that he is still ignorant and deceived by others." .”

Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief, and finally put her heart back to its original place, and said, "Since this is the case, then we should hide away well, and after a while, isn't it all right?"

Wu Ciren squinted at him and said, "You really don't know anything."

Ruyi heard the man's disapproving tone, felt very uncomfortable, and said, "What do you mean?"

Wu Ciren said with a half-smile, "If you were a dragon, wouldn't you take the opportunity to kill them all?"

Ruyi's face froze, and it took a long time before she said, "But they don't know where you are in the city now, do they? Are you willing to let go without a fight?"

Wu Ciren looked away, and just said, "They are able to set up this Zizhu's trap, but they are quite capable. Not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, I have to explain."

Wu Ciren's voice was very calm, as if he was telling him that he was going to water the vegetables and dig bamboo shoots later.

Ruyi's heart seemed to be pulled hard by someone, he knew that his death was approaching, but he was not afraid, but this person in front of him was different from him, he shouldn't say such frustrating words so easily.

This person should be majestic, mean, and merciless, as if nothing can overwhelm him, that's right.

Ruyi felt very sad, and said in a low voice, "It's nothing in case. If you die, I won't care about her, so you must live well."

Wu Ciren entrusted the old man to him, he seemed to be full of confidence, and felt that he would not shirk.Seeing him say that, he seemed very surprised, frowned and asked him, "What did you say?"

Ruyi raised her head and shouted loudly at Wu Ciren, "I don't care, the mother you recognize yourself, you raise yourself. If you die, I will sell all the things in the house and run away immediately, so I don't care about her. !"

There was anger in Wu Ciren's eyes, and he was so angry that he stretched out his hand to hit him, Ruyi raised her face, closed her eyes and said, "You hit him!"

Wu Ciren looked at him coldly, but the palm did not fall.Ruyi watched him put away his hands, with a cold face, and walked out without saying a word, knowing that what he said at this time would be a waste of effort, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

The two of them didn't talk to each other that day. The old man saw that they were both disgusting, so he asked Wu Ciren, "Aheng, are you bullying Wan Wan? He is younger than you, so you should let him go."

Ruyi's hand holding the bowl trembled slightly, smiled forcedly, and said, "What's the matter, it's because I was young and said something wrong, and I'm the one who felt sorry for him."

Wu Ciren ate the noodles slowly, neither raising his head nor responding.Ruyi felt sour and astringent in her heart, and thought, he really looked down on me, thinking that I was lazy, timid, and worthless, so I didn't want to help him take care of the old man.

The old lady felt strange, so she said, "What strange things did Ah Heng say to you?"

Ruyi hesitated and couldn't answer, and was thinking of an excuse, but Wu Ciren said, "Mother, it's really nothing. I went to deliver food today, and I brought some million-made fish. They all said it was delicious. He asked me to take it often, and said that I don’t know where I married a lady, so capable and virtuous. I came back to learn from Wanwan, which annoyed him.”

After hearing this, the old lady scolded Wu Ciren and said, "This is your fault, you just like to show off!"

Wu Ciren looked at him and said politely, "I said something wrong, don't blame me."

Ruyi blushed, lowered her head in a hurry, wanted to make a joke, and said uncomfortably, "Yeah, it's nothing. You are so capable, being your wife is... not bad... you don't suffer... ..."

Ruyi couldn't speak any more, she lowered her head, and slowly ate the noodles, but tears fell down, but her head was buried low, and Wu Ciren didn't see it.

Ruyi had many dreams that night.When he woke up, most of them forgot, only remembered that he seemed to be the jade carp from before.Across the lake, he watched Wu Ciren's heart being grabbed out by a big red golden bird with its sharp claws. He was so scared that he sat up and broke out in a cold sweat.After a while, I realized that it was just a dream, but I couldn't fall asleep anymore, and my heart was empty, as if it had been taken away by someone.

When Wu Ciren woke up the next day, Ruyi begged, "Will you take me with you?"

Wu Ciren glanced at him and asked him, "Why are your eyes so red?"

Ruyi lowered her head hastily, and said vaguely, "I got sand in my eyes, I rubbed them."

Wu Ciren said "Oh", took the lamp and said, "Let me show you."

If he saw that he was approaching, he hurriedly pushed Wu Ciren away in a panic, saying, "If you don't leave, it will be too late."

Wu Ciren looked at him thoughtfully, and asked him, "Are you worried about me and don't want me to die?"

Ruyi is so angry that she wants to beat someone up, this person has no taboos, he will die every now and then, to put it bluntly, it's really bad luck.Ruyi gave a "bah" and said, "It's too bad, good spirit, just now it was a crow calling, and no one heard it!" Wu Ciren laughed disapprovingly, and said, "If you dare to compare me to a crow, it's okay. Only an ignorant child like you can do it."

Ruyi snorted, and suddenly said confidently, "I haven't seen your real face, who knows if you are dark, old and ugly, maybe even uglier than a crow."

Wu Ciren looked at him with a sullen face, as if he was offended by him.Ruyi took two steps back in fear, slandering in her heart, thinking, this person is really stingy, how could he act like a woman, and get so angry when he is called ugly?Wu Ciren narrowed his eyes, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pass his eyes, Ruyi only felt a blur in front of his eyes, as if the room suddenly lit up, and when he looked carefully, it was not Wu Ciren in front of him.