After the country was demolished again

Mu Lian didn't expect that Yan Sheng would stand in front of her after she had waited in Kyoto for less than a day.

At that time, she happened to change into a dress with lace bowknot and gauze because of her freshness, and sat in the coffee shop like those famous daughters, ordering a small cake and a cup of coffee with a unique bitter taste and fragrance to pass the time.

Yansheng came so quietly that before the people in the coffee shop had time to see clearly his samurai attire, which was incompatible with the Western style, he had already come to Mulian, looking at her with probing eyes.

"Zhu Shi said you were looking for me."

"Yes, I'm looking for you."

Mu Lian nodded, stopped throwing sugar cubes one by one into the hot brown liquid, and motioned for Yan Sheng to sit down opposite her.

"Wait for me for a while, it's rare for me to come out to try something new." After she finished speaking, she lowered her eyes and gently stirred the brown liquid with a spoon. Feeling that the sweetness might not be enough, she threw two more cubes of sugar into it.

Yan Sheng didn't disturb Mu Lian's movements, he sat quietly, waited for her to sip the glass of drink from the west, put down the glass and wiped the corners of her mouth, and then opened her mouth to express her doubts along the way.

"Zhu Shi said you are my wife? And you are with...Yuanyi?"

"That's true. Considering that you haven't signed the divorce agreement, our marriage is still valid. As for your brother and my brother-in-law... After our business is over, you can catch up on the old days."

Mu Lian did not deny Yan Sheng's words, she finally raised her eyes to face Yan Sheng who had forgotten her existence, and saw that he was shocked because her guess was confirmed, and then restrained his emotions and maintained calm in a very short period of time appearance.

"It might be a long story."

"It's still a long time before dawn, if you want to hear..." Mu Lian got an answer from Yansheng's eyes in the middle of her words, she stopped talking useless nonsense, and directly entered today's topic.

"So let's start with... 'ninjas'?"

Mulian told a story, just like she told the bedtime story to her two sons, she brought the ninja world, the strange news, her mission, their children who were swallowed by the demon god, and the things that happened between them Everything in the past was spread out in front of Yansheng without reservation.

She didn't hide the fact that she once loved Ji Guoyan Sheng, nor did she hide her resentment and hatred for him. When Ji Guoyuan said that Yan Sheng would definitely give her the answer she wanted even if he forgot everything, but she didn't know that in When she herself didn't know what response she wanted, whether Yansheng could really achieve it.

"...I went back after that, and was overthrown by the suppression force. It was 400 years later when I came back, and you became what you are now."

When Mulian finished this long story, the night was already deep, and the street that was still noisy even at night became quiet and deserted during the time she told. There were three or two pedestrians on the street, and most of the shops were closed. Even in the cafe she was in, the waiter had already come to remind her twice.

There is not much time left for human activities, but whether it is for ghosts or ninjas, the night has only just begun.

Yan Sheng never interrupted Mu Lian, he listened very carefully all the time, and when she finally finished telling those unbelievable stories without any logical problems, he was silent for a long time before finally speaking.

"While I don't have any impressions, it sure sounds like something I'd do."

That sentence made Mu Lian almost laugh out loud, as long as it doesn't involve force value, Yan Sheng's evaluation of himself is quite pertinent.

The change in Mulian's expression made Yan Sheng glance at her, and seeing that she had no intention of speaking, he continued: "I will not apologize to you and ask for forgiveness. There is no sincerity in apologizing for something I don't remember."

"Indeed." Mu Lian nodded, she didn't come here to hear an apology, but she got another apology from Yan Sheng unexpectedly but not so unexpectedly.

"But I still owe you an apology for not being able to tell you everything while I still remember these things."

Mu Lian froze for a moment, she didn't expect Yan Sheng to say that, apologizing for not expressing her heart before she forgot... How should I put it?It's weird, but it sure looks like something he would do.

"I must have tried to remember you." Yansheng continued, his voice subconsciously softened, and the eyes that belonged to ghosts also drooped.

He seemed to be looking for something on his body, he didn't think of it for a while, and he fumbled in the cuffs of his clothes with a trace of hesitation, but he finally found it, his expression relaxed slightly, he raised his eyes to look directly at Mulian, and looked at Mulian. What was found was placed on the table between them.

"I may have thought about asking for your forgiveness or punishing revenge when I see you again, but I am really sorry."

"Just like what you said, I can't deal with the demon gods, I can't deal with the laws of heaven, I can't deal with fate...I am so weak and powerless...I have no other choice but to walk on the path they let me go."

"I've always wondered why I carried this, and put a note like 'Keep close to me, don't lose it' to remind myself to keep it carefully, but now it seems that it is one of the failed attempts Bar?"

Yan Sheng's voice was tinged with sarcasm and profound powerlessness, but Mu Lian stared straight at the things he took out, feeling her throat was choked and unable to speak.

It was a small roll of fabric that had faded even after careful preservation. It was a small piece of cut-off clothes, light yellow, with very exquisite embroidery, cloud patterns embroidered with gold thread, and water patterns embroidered with silver thread. , and on the shading pattern of the round fan and the green branches, the elegant magnolia flowers bloom quietly.

When inheriting the country, Mu Lian liked a light yellow sleeve embroidered with lotus flowers the most, which was specially customized by Yansheng for her.There are no magnolias growing in Jiji country and all nearby territories, and no one knows what the lotus growing on the wood looks like. It was Yansheng who asked her to draw the pattern, and also custom-made the cloth to make clothes without telling her.

"It used to be yours, didn't it?"

Mu Lian heard Yan Sheng say.

"It was supposed to be a very beautiful dress, I'm sorry I couldn't keep it until now."

I’m sorry that I can’t keep traces of your existence, I’m sorry that I’ve forgotten everything about you, I’m sorry that I can’t remember a single thing about you… There are too many hidden meanings behind this sentence of apology, as a person from the Warring States Period A nobleman with strict family education, Yansheng has made the nobleman's reserved and reserved to the extreme.

But why can she understand?

Mulian looked at Yansheng for a long time, and Yansheng did not avoid her gaze. From those inhuman eyes, she could not see any emotion that Yansheng had when he faced her, but maybe it was because of this, She didn't care anymore.

"It's beautiful, and I like it very much." She said, "But even if you can keep it intact until now, there is no way to wear that dress again. After all these years, the material has already deteriorated, right?"

"So I want to go shopping in the street tomorrow. Do you know if there is a shop selling finished kimonos near here? Or... would you like to go and look for it with me? Let me say first, shopping with women is hard and exhausting. Boring things are definitely not as good as finding a place where no one will disturb you, and studying your sword skills for a day."

"what time tomorrow?"