Can't speak

The foot of Baifu Mountain where Xiaoyao Villa is located is a small town with the same name as the mountain, called Baifu Town.Ning Jian stopped outside Baifu Town, watching someone walking out of the town, and it was inconvenient to carry Su Yan back, so she had to let him down.

Su Yangui immediately smiled, "Are we going down the mountain?"

Ning Jian took his hand: "Walk a little longer and you will be in Baifu Town."

Su Yangui naturally held his hand back, and staggered forward: "Let's go in. This town is very lively all year round, and it must be even more lively during the Chinese New Year now."

Ning Jian led him to turn a corner and walk in the direction of the entrance of the town. Looking inside, he saw that there were people coming and going, and there was a Chinese New Year atmosphere.

By the time the two entered the town, the sky was already a bit dark, people began to put up shelves on both sides of the street, and the surrounding houses and shops were also lit up one after another, and the surroundings seemed to be brighter, with a hint of warmth.

"Ouch." At this moment, Su Yangui suddenly called out.

Ning Jian hurriedly looked over, only to realize that because he couldn't see, he bumped into the side of the booth that someone else had just set up. The other's shelf was fine, but Su Yangui was hit so hard that he covered his knee and screamed in pain.

Ning Jian blinked, and tightened her grip on Su Yangui.Su Yangui relaxed her hand a little naturally, and Ning Jian stretched out her finger and wrote on it: "I'll lead you along."

"Okay." Su Yangui smiled softly.

Ning Jian held his hand and walked ahead.

There were more and more people on the street, and the small stalls on both sides began to be filled with various sundries, and more lanterns were hung on the side of the stalls, and there were small candles in them, burning a weak flame, which set off the various colors. All kinds of lanterns are very beautiful.

Ning Jian's footsteps gradually slowed down, still holding Su Yangui's hand tightly, the two of them slowly leaned together, although they were still one in front and one behind, from a distance, they seemed to be walking side by side , very intimate.

"It seems lively around here?"

"Well, it's very lively."

Knowing that Su Yangui couldn't hear, Ning Jian didn't gesture on his hand, but just replied softly, like talking to himself.

Su Yangui didn't seem to care whether he answered or not, she just tilted her head happily, as if she wanted to listen to the commotion around her.

He didn't know whether he was frightened by the collision just now, or worried that he might get lost, but he held Ning Jian's hand instead.

"If you hold it tightly, you won't get lost." Ning Jian said suddenly after walking for an unknown amount of time.

He himself seemed to be frightened by his own voice, he stopped subconsciously, glanced at the hands they held, and a mist gradually appeared in his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Ning Jian came back to her senses, smiled lightly, stretched out her other hand, caught Su Yangui's other, and wrote clumsily and slowly: "It's all right."

"Let's go." Su Yangui smiled.

There were more and more people around, and it gradually became crowded. The hands of the two of them subconsciously tightened, and Su Yangui didn't speak any more.

After a while, Ning Jian nodded to the invisible man, turned around and pulled him forward slowly.

Time seems to have returned to a long time ago. In the narrow and dark corridor, there are pursuers behind, and the young man holds his hand tightly and walks forward without knowing the way forward.

Said, if you hold it tight, you won't get lost.

After walking in silence for a while, the sky became completely dark, only the lanterns hanging on both sides stretched all the way, like a river of heaven.

Ning Jian led Su Yangui forward, and there was a lot of noise everywhere, but he didn't care, he just gradually sank into his own thoughts, and his walking speed increased.

"Feng, Feng?"

After Su Yangui called out several times, he suddenly came back to his senses, turned around and saw that Su Yangui had turned his face to him, seemed a little worried, and he didn't know how long he had been calling.

Ning Jian stretched out her other hand and patted Su Yangui's hand that was being held by her to comfort her.Su Yangui laughed all of a sudden.

"Don't walk so fast, it's rare to go down the mountain, don't you want to look more?"

Ning Jian was not interested in the small stalls on both sides, but now hearing what Su Yangui said, he had no choice but to slow down and look around perfunctorily.

"What are they selling?" Su Yangui asked after walking for a while.

Ning Jian looked forward and saw all the dots, so she wrote on his hand: "Festival lantern."

"The lantern...it's not the Lantern Festival yet." Su Yangui said to himself, suddenly seemed to think of something, hesitated for a while, and then asked, "Have you seen... the lantern with the two butterflies playing on the moon?"

Ning Jian froze for a moment, not knowing what he was going to do, but subconsciously looked to both sides.

The lanterns come in a variety of styles, ranging from animals that symbolize peace, to flowers of various colors, and even some that are beautiful but hard to tell what they are.There are lanterns tied in the shape of butterflies, and there are simple lanterns that look like the moon with a round cover, but they are just two butterflies playing on the moon, but I couldn't find them for a while.

Ning Jian pursed her lips, and wrote on his hand: "Do you want it? I'll look for it." At the same time, she wanted to pull Su Yangui forward.

Su Yangui tugged Ning Jian hard, and when he felt him stop, he smiled and said, "No need, just walk casually."

Ning Jian was even more puzzled, but followed his words and walked aimlessly on the street holding his hand as usual.

Su Yangui did not speak again.

After walking halfway across the street, Ning Jian finally stopped as if she made up her mind, and grabbed Su Yangui's hand.

Su Yangui knew what he was going to express, so she raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked softly, "What is it?"

"If you want it, I'll find it."

Su Yangui smiled, shook her head for a while, but said nothing.

Ning Jian was in a hurry.

Although he knew almost nothing about the world, he was not a fool. When Su Yangui was on the mountain, he was full of anticipation, and the way down the mountain was also full of enthusiasm, but after arriving at Baifu Town, he seemed to be a little different, as if the whole person had calmed down and collected. He was overjoyed, but there were more emotions that he couldn't explain clearly.

He didn't know the reason, but only vaguely felt that it must have something to do with the lantern that Su Yangui talked about.Just asking him to let go of Su Yangui's hand and find the lantern by himself is impossible. Su Yangui didn't explain clearly, and he didn't know what to do after he got the lantern back, so he had to express it again and again. , you can find it yourself.

Su Yangui felt that the hand holding his palm was getting tighter and tighter, and finally smiled helplessly, and said, "Don't worry about it, you don't have to look for it."

Naturally, Ning Jian couldn't let go of his words, Su Yangui seemed to understand, and quickly continued: "Just now I heard you talking about the lantern, and remembered some old things, so I blurted it out. It's not very important, you put the lantern It's useless to get it back."

The words were obviously plain, but there was a sense of desolation in them, which made Ning Jian subconsciously feel a chill in her heart.He never thought that one day Su Yangui would talk like this.

A trace of uneasiness rose in his heart, but he couldn't explain the reason.

Su Yangui tugged at his hand, motioning him to continue walking forward, Ning Jian followed his intention and moved forward a few steps, only to hear Su Yangui say leisurely: "Before I was 15 years old, I was in Yecheng. live in a small town."

Ning Jian naturally knew what Su Yangui said, but he didn't understand why Su Yangui suddenly mentioned these things.

"I was an orphan. When I was 12 years old, my adoptive father died, so I lived with someone who was a few years older than me. He was good-looking and strong. Although he was quiet and indifferent to others, in fact He's a very gentle person."

Ning Jian froze for a moment, wanted to stop, but she didn't know why, she suddenly became frightened, and forced herself to walk down uncontrollably.

Su Yangui's face became more radiant, just like countless times in the past, whenever he saw Ning Jian, his eyes would light up.

"He taught me literacy and martial arts. At the beginning, he asked me to call him Master, and I really respected him as a Master. Even..." Su Yangui paused, and deliberately cut out the rest of the words.

Ning Jian easily understood what he was going to say｜｜

Even though he knew he was going to kill me after all.

Naturally, Su Yangui would not see the instant paleness on Ning Jian's face, he just smiled and continued: "Later, when I got older, he stopped staying in the town for a long time, and often left for a long time. It took a long time. When he left for the first time, I just turned [-], and it was not until the Spring Festival of the following year that he sent a letter saying that Yuanxiao would come back.”

Ning Jian thought back subconsciously, but found that she couldn't remember what Su Yangui said.He didn't think it was such a big deal to forget, but he felt vaguely and inexplicably uncomfortable.

"I was young at the time, knowing that he was coming back, I was so happy, I waited at the gate of the town the day before the Lantern Festival, but I didn't wait for him until the evening of the next day.

"At that time, the streets of the town were full of lanterns, and people could see lanterns everywhere. When the girl's family received the lanterns, she always bowed her head shyly and smiled sweetly. I was so hot-headed that I walked all the way along the street, thinking only of I want to find the most beautiful one for him.

"Later, I found a lamp with two butterflies and moons on it. It was exquisite and unparalleled. As soon as I bought it, someone I knew told me that your master was back, so I ran back all the way holding the lamp. I was anxious, afraid that the lights would go out, running too slowly, and afraid that I might miss him, so I was so nervous that I bumped into others several times.

"In the end, I caught up with him. He led the horse and walked in from under the archway in front of the town. word, send you."

The last two words, the voice is clear, every word is very clear.

Ning Jian listened, and seemed to have found a corner of her memory, as if many years ago, there was indeed a pure boy who said the same thing.

Su Yangui's face was also a little more drunk with memories, and there was a smile on the brows: "At that time, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled. That was the first time I saw him smile. Although it was very shallow, but Very beautiful... There is no one in this world with a more beautiful smile than him. At that time, I felt that as long as he is willing to smile at me, I can give him whatever he wants."

Ning Jian blinked slowly.

"Since then, I never called him Master. I don't want him to be my Master."

There was a firmness in Su Yangui's words, which made Ning Jian's heart tremble.

││Ning Jian, from the age of 12, you are my master and my family; when I was 15, I told myself that in this life, no one is more important than Ning Jian.

In the mountains, the words Su Yangui said rang in his ears again in a trance, with the same firmness, the voice was obviously very soft, but it seemed to use all his strength.

At that time, I just felt as if I was shocked by something, and it is the same now.

He no longer remembers when he realized that Su Yangui no longer called him Master, maybe he never cared about the change, and only occasionally corrected Su Yangui when he called him "Ning Jian". If you don't listen, that's fine.

However, there is such a hidden feeling in it.

Su Yangui didn't continue talking, and Ning Jian remained silent. After a long time, Su Yangui seemed to withdraw from the memory, and said to him very sorry: "Ah, I'm sorry, these words... shouldn't be said to you. .”

His natural and sincere apology gave Ning Jian the illusion that she was just a bystander listening to him talking about another person.

Seeing that Ning Jian didn't respond, Su Yangui hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you... unhappy?"

Ning Jian was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to understand how her illusion came about.

From Su Yangui's point of view, he is just a servant of Xiaoyao Villa, or, more absurdly, a servant who does not know how to live or die and admires him.

So he apologized and said to a non-existent admirer, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said this.

Ning Jian looked at her fingertips running on Su Yangui's palm: "It's okay." Then she continued to lead him forward.

Su Yangui seemed to be at ease, but still seemed to be uneasy. After being led by him for a while, she suddenly said, "Actually, it's all in the past."

Ning Jian did not stop.

"I can't afford to love that person." Su Yangui's voice showed a trace of Xiao Su, and Ning Jianjian felt that even the surrounding wind had cooled down.

Su Yangui didn't explain further, as if he didn't want to tell an outsider what was left, but this made the sentence even more decisive.

Because I can't afford to love, it's all a thing of the past.

And now...

Ning Jian staggered, and almost fell down with Su Yangui, but finally stabilized. To others, it was just a slight sway, and to Su Yangui, it was just being ripped off. one time.

So Su Yangui naturally turned her head and asked him softly: "What's wrong?"

Ning Jian took a deep breath and looked at him, but she still had to do her best to suppress her urge to escape.

"Feng?"

"It's the end, let's go back." Ning Jian said softly, there was a blurry light in front of him, and there was still a long way to go, he didn't even know what he said.

Su Yangui couldn't hear him, and just waited patiently for him. After a long time, he called again, Afeng.

Calm, clear, with a touch of tenderness, but it seems crueler than anything else.

Ning Jian grabbed his hand and finally wrote stroke by stroke: "The road has come to an end, let's go back to the mountain."

It was obviously the same words, but after writing, Ning Jian felt that what she wrote and what she said did not mean the same thing.

Su Yangui didn't object, he smiled and said, "Okay."

Guiltyly, Ning Jian pulled him back and turned around.

There is still a long street behind, and the lights are still spreading, Ning Jian pretends not to see it.

Just when he turned around, he saw a little girl playing with a lantern not far away.Above the plain white full moon, a pair of butterflies are dancing and dancing, and they are about to leave. There is a light yellow light in the middle. Looking from a distance, it makes people's hearts move.

She couldn't help but her eyes turned red, and Ning Jian didn't move.

"What's wrong?" The voice still ringing in my ear.

Ning Jian shook his head. He knew that this person couldn't see, so he didn't reach out to wipe his eyes. He just led him and walked towards the road step by step.

Occasionally looking back, the lantern gradually moved away, no matter how much I stretched out my hand, I couldn't touch it.

"I also saw familiar things, which brought back old memories."

After walking a long distance, he wrote a sentence on Su Yangui's hand.

Su Yangui patted his hand as if to comfort him, but he didn't say anything.

Passers-by on the road looked at the two men holding hands, one of them had red eyes, and couldn't help inquiring a little more.Ning Jian didn't care, and Su Yangui couldn't see, and he still walked away safely.