Ning Chen

Like a fairy, he landed beside Xie Zhanning.

The man in white opened his thin lips lightly, his voice was like spring water, and his ears were full of joy, "A group of adults ganged up to bully a child, how dare you show shame?"

Under the cool wind and spring moon, the man in white clothes was better than the snow. He raised his hand lightly, and a sharp palm wind instantly extinguished the soaring flames. He jumped down from the sword, gathering energy with his fingertips Cheng Jian, a series of icy blue light swords flew past, cutting the ropes all over Xie Zhanning's body without any effort.

Before the people below could react, the man in white said again: "I took this child away."

As soon as the words fell, Xie Zhanning was hugged by the man in white.

The crowd exploded again for a moment.

"Who are you?! You can't take him away!"

"Yes, you can't take him away!"

"Evil method, what he uses is demon method!"

"He's with that monster, and they can't be let go!"

"Yes! They belong together, and they cannot be allowed to go!"

Aunt Wang yelled loudly, "Don't leave! I want that monster to pay for my Ermao's life!"

A group of red-faced and red-eyed people who thought they had done a good deed started clamoring indiscriminately.

"Whether he is a demon or not, you don't count. Whether I am a demon or not, you don't count." The white-clothed man frowned lightly, unwilling to pay any attention to these self-righteous people, and threw down a word lightly, then embraced Follow Xie Zhanning to go away with the wind and sword.

The unconscious Er Mao suddenly said, "Mother...Mother..."

Aunt Wang shouted: "Ermao, my Ermao, my Ermao is awake!"

The crowd looked over in response, "Er Mao is awake, Er Mao is awake."

Aunt Wang cried: "Stinky boy, you scared mother to death, mother thought you were killed by that little monster."

Er Mao squinted his eyes, looked up at Xie Zhanning who was flying farther and farther above the clouds, "Mother, that monster..."

Aunt Wang hurriedly asked, "What happened to that monster?"

Er Mao seemed to be in shock, and stammered: "That monster, that monster seems to be trying to save me..."

Aunt Wang also looked up at the sky, with an unbelievable expression on her face, "Impossible! How could a monster save someone, Ermao, you couldn't be scared stupid by a monster..."

The man in white hugged Xie Zhanning and gradually flew away. At this moment, Xie Zhanning was already unconscious and delirious by the fire. He couldn't see, hear or hear. Only the severe pain of every inch of skin on his body after being burned by the flames was extremely clear. The cool spring breeze gently blew over Xie Zhanning's cheeks, and before he knew it, he closed his exhausted eyes heavily, and fell into a deep sleep.

"Kid, kid, wake up, wake up." The man in white leaned over to look at Xie Zhanning, calling him softly.

When Xie Zhanning woke up, there were bursts of fish white in the sky. He opened his eyes, but felt extremely labored as if his eyelids weighed a thousand catties. When he opened his eyes, what caught his eyes was a picture of The face that will never be forgotten again: Danfeng eyes, crescent moon eyebrows, there is an indistinguishable nobleness in the dark eyes, there is a peach blossom mole in the brows and eyes, the bridge of the nose is slender and straight, slightly reddish thin Her lips were extremely clear and moist, and her black hair like a waterfall was tied behind her head casually with only a moon-white headband.

The man in white raised his mouth slightly, with a warm smile on his face, "You're awake."

The spring sun shines on the body, making people feel extremely warm. Xie Zhanning greeted the morning glow, as if he saw a fairy with a bright and clean jade splendor. Right now, this fairy is only wearing a plain coat , the soft, black, waist-length hair fell lazily and recklessly on the long snow-white jade neck, "Huh? Can you hear me?" And those extremely beautiful eyes were staring at Xie Zhanning motionlessly.

Xie Zhanning stared blankly at the person in front of him, and was fascinated by it for a while. He lived alone in this barren mountain all these years, and he had never seen many people. I have already ascended to heaven and met the gods.

Xie Zhanning muttered in a low voice, "Brother Immortal, are you talking to me?"

The man was taken aback, and repeated: "Brother Immortal?"

Xie Zhanning said again: "Am I really dead..."

"Pfft..." The man in white gave a chuckle, twisted his shoulders again, and said, "Get up when you wake up, my legs are numb from you..."

"..." Xie Zhanning lowered his head, only to realize that his whole body was lying comfortably in his arms. Xie Zhanning stood up abruptly, gathered the large coat on his shoulders, and put a small With a blushing face, he stammered, "Yes... I'm sorry..."

The man in white smiled and shook his head, and said leisurely, "It's okay."

"I, I..." Xie Zhanning was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Seeing Xie Zhanning's flustered look, the man hurriedly said, "What's wrong with you? Is there something uncomfortable?"

Xie Zhanning took another careful look at the man. It turned out that the reason why the man in the eye was only wearing a thin middle coat was because he put a thick and warm plush crane cloak on himself. Adult clothes were obviously still big on Xie Zhanning. After a while, even though Xie Zhanning was wearing that plush crane cloak, the crane cloak still dragged out a long section on the ground.

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all... How could it be like this..." Xie Zhanning opened his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief, the soaring flames have been burning for so long, logically speaking, even if his whole body is festering now It's not surprising, but now, he didn't feel any discomfort at all, except for those tiny reddish scars on his body, there was no other abnormality.

"Really, that would be great, and it's not in vain that I healed your wound for the whole night." The man in white stretched out his hand, and gently rubbed Xie Zhanning's fluffy hair, with a beautiful face full of smiles mild.

Seeing Xie Zhanning dumbfounded in place, the man in white said again: "My name is Gu Lichen, what's your name?"

Xie Zhanning was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "...Xie Zhanning."

Gu Lichen looked at the disheveled child in front of him, and asked softly, "...Where is your home? I'll take you home."

Xie Zhanning shook his head and said weakly, "I don't have a home."

Just such an understatement of four words without any waves, made Gu Lichen instantly feel sorry for the stubborn child in front of him, "Then... where do you live?"

In the past, Xie Zhanning would never answer anyone's question, but this person in front of him somehow didn't want to be on guard at all, "Bamboo House."

Gu Lichen smiled nicely at Xie Zhanning, and said, "Okay, then I'll take you back to the bamboo building."

"who are you?"

"Why save me?"

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

Xie Zhanning was silent for a while before finally making up his mind to ask the question he wanted to ask the most, but this question was just a long series.

"Afraid of you? Why are you afraid of you?" Gu Lichen asked back as if he had heard some funny joke: "Is there any special reason for saving someone's life?"

Xie Zhanning lowered his eyes slowly, under the eyelashes was a dark color, "Do I still look like a person..."

"Hmm...that appearance really doesn't look like a human being. If you have to say what it looks like, it looks like a little wolf cub." Gu Lichen said seriously, seeing that Xie Zhanning didn't talk to him, he said again: "But even that You're human too, aren't you?"

"..." Xie Zhanning still didn't speak, Gu Lichen continued: "Okay, I'll take you back to the bamboo building. If you have any questions, it's not too late to ask when you get back."

As soon as Gu Lichen finished speaking, he gently took Xie Zhanning's little hand, "..." Gu Lichen's big hands were cold, soft and very comfortable. Xie Zhanning could not remember how long it had been since no one was like Gu Lichen. Li Chen held his hand like this, and regardless of holding hands, it was the first time in many years that he talked so much with outsiders.

Although Xie Zhanning's small face still does not show any expression, the lake of heart that has long been calm and dry in his chest is churning violently and surging with countless clear waves. This is a long-lost feeling that makes people feel at ease It felt like this warmth was slowly and infinitely magnified little by little in Xie Zhanning's young heart, until it burst open, startling a pool of rippling spring water.

Gu Lichen carefully led Xie Zhanning, and followed his guidance all the way to the mountain. It turned out that there was really a bamboo building built against the water in the depths of the mountain. Although the bamboo building was small but exquisite, there was simply a bamboo building inside. There was a pair of desks and chairs, and a fire pit was built in the center, and a mottled and worn-out iron pot was placed on top of the fire pit.

A ten-year-old child lived in seclusion alone in this desolate mountain. Gu Lichen frowned and asked, "Child, how long have you lived here alone?"

Xie Zhanning was stunned for a moment, then looked at Gu Lichen, and said word by word: "Eight years."

Before Gu Lichen could speak, Xie Zhanning twitched the corners of his mouth and forced a smile: "Okay, you have brought me back safely, so I can go."

Although Xie Zhanning said innocuously, he clenched his fists in his hands, and there was a delusion in his heart that he shouldn't have. He had a delusion that the person in front of him could reject him straight away, and then stay with him for a while longer, even just one day. Half a day is fine.

"Child, are you trying to drive me away?" Gu Lichen looked at the duplicity-filled child in front of him, pretending to be wronged, and said, "Oh~ I worked so hard to heal your injury all night, Look at my arms and legs, they are still numb."

"I'm sorry, I..." As soon as Xie Zhanning opened his mouth, Gu Lichen rushed to say, "Even if