Life Continuation Manual [Quick Transmigration]

3.

As if in a lengthy dream, Shi Xiaolou slowly opened his eyes, a brilliant color flashed across his light brown eyes.

He remembered a lot of things, for example, he was supposed to be dead.

Touching the side of his face, the beige totem covered by the blindfold seemed to be emitting bursts of warmth.He is a stone demon, born with no heart, if we say the most fatal weakness of his whole body, it is the totem of his side face that symbolizes the source of his life.Once the totem disappears, his life will also disappear into the world.

Rushui's memory is too complicated, Shi Xiaolou will not recollect too much.The past is like smoke, and there are many people or things that you can't get.

Just like what the person in memory said, everything in the world is just a matter of fate.

Shi Xiaolou thought about the first encounter in the bluestone pavilion.

That fateful fate for him began.

That year, it was also the beginning of spring.

"What, are you hungry?" Mo Kangnan leaned against the red window on the second floor, looking at the little beggar who had been standing downstairs for a long time in surprise.

"Not hungry, but it smells good." The little beggar raised his head, wiped the corners of his mouth foolishly, puffed out his chest, and said a little embarrassedly.He was not like those beggars who seemed timid even in the daytime, but his thin waist was straight and straight, and his words were not humble.

Taking a closer look, Mo Kangnan could still see the clarity and longing in his faintly exposed eyes under the cover of his loose hair.

Mo Kangnan looked at the little beggar with some interest, and it happened that he remembered that he came to the restaurant today for an important matter.He glanced at the little beggar, and thought about the matter in his heart. After a few breaths, Mo Kangnan folded his fan, narrowed his eyes, nodded to the little beggar with satisfaction, and said casually: "Little beggar, If you can go to the pond to fish out Miss Si Ming's gold hairpin, my lord, I will treat you to a meal, okay?"

"Are you serious about what you said?" Shi Xiaolou, a "beggar" who had just entered the world and was still confused, looked at the handsome young man in bright clothes sitting by the window, his big eyes were full of purity.

"It's true." Mo Kangnan looked at it with a smile, his long and narrow eyes were full of tenderness and affection.Flipping his wrist, a silver ingot of sufficient weight appeared in his hand.Holding it in his hand and weighing it, Mo Kangnan said, "If you find the gold hairpin, this ingot is yours. You can taste all the things in the restaurant."

"That's fine."

After all, Shi Xiaolou knew about money, he nodded, turned around to look at the bottomless pool, and plunged into it with his clothes on.

It was early spring, and the water in the pool had just thawed.

Accompanied by the real plop, Mo Kangnan watched upstairs, thinking that the water in the pond was icy cold, and the folding fan he held in his hand tightened with his heart.

"Tsk, you silly boy."

Although he didn't show it on the surface, Mo Kangnan still couldn't bear it in his heart.

His original intention was just to embarrass the little beggar who disturbed his interest, but he didn't expect that the little beggar was really stunned, he could actually put his own life in jeopardy for a simple meal.

"The little beggar really jumped?"

At the other end of the carved square table sat a woman in a lotus pink gauze shirt and a light veil.Her figure is light and elegant, and her gestures are dignified and elegant. Only a pair of almond eyes are exposed outside the tulle, which shows that she is only a delicate girl in her twenties or eight years old.

The sound of Shi Xiaolou jumping forward was quite loud. Although the woman was far away from Zhu Chuang, her pair of delicate ears were very sensitive. She looked at Mo Kangnan with reproach in her eyes: " It's just an ordinary golden hairpin, how could you let that beggar go down like this, the water in this pool is icy cold, if something goes wrong..."

"Ming'er, calm down." Mo Kangnan looked at the woman's sullen look, and his heart softened. He knew that Si Ming was always kind-hearted, so he got up and poured a cup of tea for the woman, almost laughing with him. sent to the woman.

Si Ming took the teacup and didn't drink it, but gently placed it on the carved square table.

"Kangnan, I don't want that gold hairpin anymore, so go and let that little beggar come up!" There was deep worry in her eyes. Couldn't help but grab Mo Kangnan by the corner of his clothes and said softly.

Mo Kangnan saw Si Ming's delicate, white and tender Rouyi tugging at his clothes, and his heart throbbed slightly.He fixedly looked at Si Ming, until his eyes were slightly reddened, and then he gently took her hand with a smile in his eyes, and said to the servant beside him, "Separate some of yourselves. Find the gold hairpin for the girl in the pond, and then find two people to bring the little beggar up."

"Kangnan, I said that the gold hairpin is not..." Si Ming watched Mo Kangnan order the servants down the stairs one by one, and couldn't help but make a sound.

"No, no." Mo Kangnan put his hand on Si Ming's lips separated by the tulle, his faint eyes glowed with deep friendship, "How could Ming'er say no to what I gave you so easily?" gone?"

Si Ming stared blankly at Mo Kangnan, as if she wanted to say something more, but the big warm hand in front of her lightly covered her to keep her from making a sound.

"I know what you want," Mo Kangnan felt Si Ming's soft exhalation, with a smile in his eyes, "The servants sent back are all good-handed, and they are not afraid of the pond water, so don't worry... As for the little beggar, you can figure it out later."

After finishing speaking, Mo Kangnan casually picked up the wine jug by the table, sat down in front of the red window again, poured himself a glass, and drank it himself.

"That, I found the golden hairpin."

It was still that small voice, with the unique hoarseness of a teenager.

Mo Kangnan tilted his head to look, but he saw that the little beggar was standing by the pavilion with his whole body drenched, and a puddle of water was already dizzy under his feet.

The servants of the Mo family stood not far from the little beggar before they got into the water, marveling at the beggar's good luck.

"You come up first." Hearing the little beggar's voice, Si Ming couldn't sit still, so she raised her skirt and walked to the window, beckoning the little beggar to go upstairs.

"You..." Shi Xiaolou raised his head, looked at Mo Kangnan and then Si Ming, looked at Si Ming and then at the servant, looked at the servant and then looked at himself, and finally he looked at Si Ming's slightly protruding face. With a raised chest, he said hesitantly, "But a girl?"

Except for Si Mingna's thin lips that were slightly parted under the veil because of surprise, Mo Kangnan beat the folding fan at Zhu Chuang, and said to the servant downstairs with a slightly cold look: "Bring him up."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand and closed the window door tightly with a "snap", blocking Shi Xiaolou's curious expression looking at Si Ming.

Holding the golden hairpin, Shi Xiaolou followed the silent servants into the pavilion.ignore the guy standing behind the counter crackling something

Shi Xiaolou scratched his head at the weird sight of the fat middle-aged man and those people in the lobby on the first floor, and followed the guide in front of him.

The private room on the second floor must have been quieter on the first floor, the servant led Shi Xiaolou to a carved wooden door.Shi Xiaolou stretched out his hand and pushed it, the wooden door slowly opened, and sitting inside was the man he was looking up to downstairs, and... the girl.

Shi Xiaolou stared at the room with bright eyes.It turned out that besides Si Ming, there were two delicate and handsome maids in the house.They didn't wear veils, and their faces were slightly powdered.

"It turns out that women look like this."

With a small grunt, all the curiosity on Shi Xiaolou's face faded away.He thought of the golden hairpin in his hand, so he slowly walked into the room and stretched out his hand to the man sitting on the wicker chair.

He held the golden hairpin in one hand, and spread the other hand in mid-air.

Mo Kangnan raised his eyebrows and looked at him without saying a word.He had already promised Si Ming just now, so he wouldn't pay much attention to the little beggar at this time.

"Give me the silver!" Shi Xiaolou felt a little anxious when he didn't see the man paying attention to him for a while.

"Little brother, don't worry."

It was Si Ming who happened to make a sound at the side

She had just ordered the maid to go to the clothing store next door to get some clean clothes, and when she turned her head, she saw the eagerness in the little beggar's eyes.

The silver ingot that Mo Kangnan put down was still on the table. Si Ming got up and picked up the ingot and stuffed it into Shi Xiaolou's hand, and said softly: "I see that you are thin and weak, you can take this silver ingot and go out to look for it." Let a doctor take a look. If the pond water really damaged your body, then today it is my fault."

"No," but Shi Xiaolou shook his head, pushed the ingot back, pointed to himself and said, "I'm not sick."

Then he still stretched out his hand and asked Mo Kangnan for money, as if he was afraid that Mo Kangnan would not understand, and finally Shi Xiaolou hurriedly added two words: "Food!"

Mo Kangnan was not stupid, he looked at Si Ming's slightly stunned expression and the gold hairpin in Shi Xiaolou's hand, and finally raised his body.After taking the gold hairpin, Fu took out another ingot of silver from his cuff and put it in the little beggar's hand.Looking up again, he saw the satisfied eyes of the little beggar.

"It's interesting."

Looking at the young beggar, Mo Kangnan was deeply impressed by the simplicity and cuteness of this young man and the horror of his ignorance of worldly affairs.

The maid knocked on the door, but brought back the clothes that Si Ming ordered.

"Little brother, go to the next door and change the wet clothes." Si Ming took the new light gray coat from the maid, and she somehow saw that the little beggar's behavior was not ordinary, so she had to Tell him slowly, "You are wet and you are prone to get sick. These are new clothes. They are given to you, and you will not be charged any money."

It's a pity that Shi Xiaolou just looked at the clothes in Si Ming's hands and shook his head firmly: "I'm not sick."

As a stone demon, how could he get sick from wading in some water?Back then, he had been at the bottom of the lake in Hidden Monster Forest for more than 30 years...

Being rejected twice for the same reason, even the mild-tempered Si Ming also felt what it means to "treat a good heart as a donkey's liver and lungs".She looked at Mo Kangnan somewhat at a loss, but saw Mo Kangnan staring at the little beggar with great interest.

"Kangnan." Si Ming couldn't help calling him.

"En?" Mo Kangnan turned his head to look at Si Ming, with a smile in his eyes, and there seemed to be a flash of light in his long and narrow eyes.

Si Ming couldn't help but blushed slightly.

I have to admit that the charm of Mr. Mo's is probably unmatched in the entire Lingnan City.

"You have a nice smile."

The hoarse voice of the little beggar came in, expressing Si Ming's heartfelt words.

"You have a very sweet mouth, boy." Mo Kangnan looked at the little beggar, and the smile on his brows and eyes became more intense.

"I don't eat candy."

Shi Xiaolou was still in a daze, he knew that in the world, the so-called sweetness is the taste of sugar.

"Pfft." Listening to Shi Xiaolou's words, Si Ming couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing.

The embarrassment just now seemed to have never existed before, Si Ming finished laughing, looked at Shi Xiaolou who was still out of the situation, took a step forward, and grabbed his slightly wet sleeve: "Little brother, don't you want to wear this shirt?" It’s okay to change it or not, but today you have to ask me to treat you to this meal.”

"Food!" Hearing these two words, Shi Xiaolou's eyes lit up and said, "I have money!"

"Yes, yes, you have money." Si Ming said with a gentle smile, "You save this money for future use, and you don't need money for today's meals."

After that, she winked at Mo Kangnan.Mo Kangnan stood up from the rattan chair just now, and clapped his hands towards the door.

The shop waiter who was waiting at the door came in in response: "Mr. Mo, what else do you need?"

"... Let's order one of the signature dishes in the store." I wanted to turn around and ask the little beggar what he meant, but when Mo Kangnan met the man's eyes, he changed his tone.He probably also guessed that the little beggar probably didn't know what the dishes were.

Xiao Er backed out, and Mo Kangnan returned to sit by the Zhu window.Glancing at it, she saw that Si Ming had brought the little beggar to sit at the table.

Si Ming ordered a cup of tea for the little beggar.

The little beggar brushed her loose long hair obediently, revealing a light lip color, gently stretched out her small tongue to lick it, and then quickly returned the teacup.

"It's unpalatable." Shi Xiaolou frowned, he hated the taste.

At this time, he still doesn't know that in the human world, this feeling should be called suffering.

"Try this." Mo Kangnan looked at Shi Xiaolou's performance really interestingly, and he handed over the wine cup in his hand viciously.He really wanted to see what Shi Xiaolou would do after tasting the liquor.

Perhaps with a lesson learned from the past, Shi Xiaolou took the wine cup, first smelled it, the faint aroma of the wine floated into his nostrils, the tip of his nose moved slightly, Shi Xiaolou stuck out the tip of his tongue as if being tempted, taking away a trace of alcohol .

The slightly spicy feeling stimulated the tip of Shi Xiaolou's tongue, and the strong aftertaste of alcohol spread into his throat. Shi Xiaolou, who had never had such a novel experience, eagerly opened his lips again, and took a sip.

Shi Xiaolou was intoxicated by the scalding burning sensation in his lungs.

"Delicious!"

He stared at Mo Kangnan with bright eyes, the flagon in his hand.

"More!"

He handed the empty wine cup to Mo Kangnan again.

At this time, Mo Kangnan probably never expected that there would be such a novelty person in this world.He thought he would make the little beggar make a fool of himself, but at this moment he had a good impression of the little beggar besides being interesting.

He personally poured the wine for the little beggar, and he just watched Shi Xiaolou drink it like a cow, drinking it one after another.

Si Ming didn't understand men's preferences for wine, she just thought that if this beggar drank like this, he would definitely pass out.However, seeing Mo Kangnan letting the beggar drink, she finally retreated from her dissuasion.

When Shi Xiaolou drank three or four glasses of wine, the waiter finally came in with a tray, followed by five or six servants, and the tray was filled with delicious food.

Smelling the aroma of the rice, Shi Xiaolou threw down his wine glass, staring at the plates of delicacies with bright eyes.

"Fragrant!" Shi Xiaolou thought for a long time before uttering a word.

Mo Kangnan raised his eyebrows and smiled, stretched out his folding fan and tapped it on Shi Xiaolou's head: "Don't tell me it smells good?"

Shi Xiaolou didn't speak anymore, but his fair face hidden behind his hair turned slightly red for a moment.When he first entered the world, he was still groping, and he didn't understand many things.Whether it smells good or smells good, in Shi Xiaolou's view, they all have the same meaning.

But he didn't know that the words in the world are meticulous to the limit, and the fragrance is indeed good, but the good smell is not necessarily all the fragrance.

As he later understood, good people may be innocent, but those innocent people are not necessarily good people.

Of course, the current Shi Xiaolou only needs to eat well and experience life as a "human being".

"You don't know how to use chopsticks?" Mo Kangnan looked at the clumsy little beggar in surprise, a trace of pity flashed across his face.

Picking up a piece of chicken with his own hands, Mo Kangnan directly put it into the porcelain bowl in front of Shi Xiaolou under Shi Xiaolou's confused gaze.

"Use a spoon." Mo Kangnan said with a frown.

"Oh." Shi Xiaolou obediently agreed, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and after sweeping around the table, he glanced at the "thing" that Si Ming handed him, and took it silently.

One meal, one kindness, Shi Xiaolou has heard such a saying.

As a good demon, he was firmly remembered.

Meals eaten without spending money are grace.

Shi Xiaolou understood it that way.

"I will repay you."

After the wind and clouds passed, Shi Xiaolou faced Mokang South Road.

Although he didn't understand many things, he knew more or less that the one who gave him this meal was the good-looking man in front of him in the end.

As for the girl next to him, Shi Xiaolou tilted his head, it seems that there is nothing different from the man except for the two extra bags on his chest.

Received the money and had dinner.Shi Xiaolou finally left the pavilion with the clothes that Si Ming put into his arms.

Mo Kangnan helped Si Ming into the carriage, then turned around.

Shi Xiaolou still kept the action of being tucked into his clothes, standing still.

"What's your name?"

They were not far away, and Mo Kangnan suddenly thought that he still didn't know the name of this beggar who had already had a meal with him.

"Stone House."

When Shi Xiaolou said his name, a bright smile appeared on his lips.He likes his name.

"Shi Xiaolou," Mo Kangnan looked at him with a smirk, and couldn't help saying, "Don't spend all the money in your arms on food, buy some decent things, at least find a job, have a living, You are still young, you have to learn to take care of yourself."

"I know." Shi Xiaolou felt Mo Kangnan's kindness, the corners of his mouth were still curled up, and even his eyes were smiling, "You are a good person, I like you."

"Kangnan!" Si Ming's voice came in from the carriage, "The sky is falling, come in quickly, otherwise my aunt will be worried again..."

"Minger, here we come." Mo Kangnan replied, turned around and jumped into the carriage.

Before opening the curtain, he turned his head and forgot to glance.

Shi Xiaolou remained where he was, but waved to him.

——The early spring of that year was their first encounter.