Master will only delay my promotion

It was another whole day before the two of them reached the village.

It was similar to the one in Duan Yibai's remaining memory, it was a small and deserted village.

There are only a few children still chasing and playing, barely adding a little bit of anger.

Seeing outsiders coming, the people in the village were a little strange.After seeing the faces and attires of the two, their attitudes turned to respect and restraint.

Finally, the village chief came to ask questions on behalf of everyone.

"I don't know why the two sons came to our small village. Are they looking for someone?"

Duan Yibai struggled to dig out the names of the two people from his memory, "Is the tomb of Duan Kangsheng and Bai Ying still there?"

Qing Yi secretly wrote down these two names, if correct, these are probably the names of Xiao Bai's parents.

He had never heard the other party mention his relatives before, and when asked, he only said that he was dead.

The village head was obviously taken aback, as if he hadn't remembered who these two people were. "I don't know when they went there, please explain more carefully."

Duan Yibai lowered his eyes, "More than 20 years ago." After a pause, he added: "Women died for love by taking poison."

Qing Yi froze, turned to look at Duan Yibai.

"Sacrificing love...sacrificing love..." The village chief clapped his hands suddenly, "I remembered, which family you were talking about."

"The tomb should still be there, and no one has touched it." The village head pointed to the west, "It's next to the forest over there. I just don't know if I can find it after all these years."

"Thank you." Duan Yibai casually handed over a piece of silver.

The village head was startled, he didn't expect that he would get such a huge reward just for pointing the way. Who are these two young masters?

Seeing the two walking away, the surrounding villagers who watched the excitement gathered around one after another, looking at the large silver coin in the village chief's hand with envy.

If they knew they were such a wealthy person, they would have taken the initiative to go forward.

"What relationship do you think they have with that family?" A villager asked curiously.

"Who knows, after so many years of death, there are still people coming to visit."

The village chief was silent, he was recalling the appearance of the young man who asked the way just now.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that that person looked a bit like that woman named Bai Ying.

More than 20 years ago, he was only a teenager. He heard about the tragedy of the Duan family and went to watch it secretly.

At that time, the woman had committed suicide by taking poison, and there were only two children standing quietly in front of the corpse.

Because the scene was too horrifying, the village head had a deep memory.

Recalling this again, the village head felt that the young man was somewhat similar to the kid named Duan Yibai.

Could it be that he came back to visit his parents' graves?

This conjecture was vetoed by the village chief himself as soon as it came out. The child went to the forest alone and never came out again. It is likely that he was killed.

Besides, decades have passed, even if this person is still alive, how can he still look like a young man.

Probably some kind of distant relative.

Duan Yibai walked forward in the direction pointed by the village head, and his memory gradually came back, the more he walked, the more familiar he became.

Duan Yibai stopped walking until he saw the stele that had been so weathered that it was almost impossible to see what was written on it.

Silent and silent, just like the child standing in front of his mother's corpse.

Qing Yi followed Duan Yibai all the time, but didn't make a sound.

The other party's mood was not right all day today, and he was very silent, and he didn't say much along the way.

Qing Yi also noticed that the other party seemed to be deliberately avoiding his own contact. Although it was done very covertly, it was always obvious if there were too many times.

I always feel that Xiaobai has a lot of things on his mind, he is bored by himself, and he refuses to reveal anything to others.

"Master." Duan Yibai said suddenly, and said softly, "You should find a place to rest first, this disciple needs to repair the tombstone."

"To accompany you as a teacher."

"No need." Duan Yibai's tone was a little tough.

Qing Yi froze slightly, but still said nothing, and left the vicinity.

"Host, why are you so cruel to Qingyi Xianjun?" The system knew that the host was not in a good mood, but it didn't expect that even Qingyi Xianjun would be driven away.

Duan Yibai wiped the ashes on the tombstone with his hand, and his white hands suddenly became filthy.

"Hey, you should go to the data network first." Duan Yibai coaxed the system away.

It's not that he doesn't trust the other party, it's just that regardless of the master or the system, he doesn't want his darkest heart to be exposed.

Such a disgusting and paranoid mind, as long as he hides it tightly by himself.

The words on the tombstone were already very blurred, Duan Yibai re-engraved the words with his fingertips after wiping off the dust.

There is only one tomb, in which his father and mother are buried.

The father was buried by the mother while crying, but the mother buried it by herself.

The process was exactly the same, except that he didn't shed a single tear.

My mother was originally a young lady of a rich family, but she was sold as a slave because the family offended the powerful.It was the father who passed by at the time, fell in love at first sight, and bought the mother.The two became husband and wife, and Duan Yibai was born in the third year.

It is said that the two originally did not intend to have children because the mother's health is not good.But the grandmother who was still alive at the time scolded the two for being unworthy, and had no choice but to give birth to Duan Yibai.

In the year Duan Yibai was born, his grandmother passed away.

Although the family is very poor, the two are very affectionate.

How loving, once Duan Yibai had a high fever, but his father used the money to buy medicine for his mother, because her mother often suffered from insomnia.

Because of this, Duan Yibai was almost burned alive into a fool.

He is just an outsider, Duan Yibai knew about it since he was very young.

Other children acted like a baby under their parents' knees, and he sat alone by the stream and looked at the reflection in the water for a whole day.

I accidentally fell asleep, and when I went back the next day, my parents were washing the dishes together in your place, and I didn't even realize that my son didn't come back all night.

What should I do if I'm hungry? Do I still expect to have food for him? Go dig wild vegetables.Duan Yibai has eaten wild vegetables with different flavors, some sour, some bitter, some astringent, but he can swallow them as long as they are not poisonous.

Later, my father fell ill, and my mother shed tears all day long.

Duan Yibai obediently helped with all kinds of dirty work, and never said a word when he was injured or sick.

Because he is just an outsider, an outsider who killed his grandma, and was once pointed at by his father and scolded: "If it weren't for you, Yingying's body wouldn't have become so bad".

The family's savings were exhausted, and his father's illness was still not cured, and finally passed away one evening.

My mother fainted several times and had no money for a funeral, so she dug a tomb with her own hands and put her father's body in it.

Duan Yibai wanted to help, but was slapped.

His mother asked him why he didn't cry and called him an unfilial son.

But he really couldn't cry, or even feel sad.

He is just an outsider, why should he shed tears over someone else's death?

After burying the father, the mother took out a pack of arsenic/cream from her arms and swallowed it in one gulp.

The arsenic/shuang was bought by the mother a long time ago. After the father's illness became more and more serious, the mother bought the arsenic/shuang and vowed to live and die together.

So in just one day, Duan Yibai became an orphan completely.

The nine-year-old child stood in front of a hideous corpse, with a calm and even indifferent expression, and struggled to pick up the shovel beside him.

One shovel, two shovels, three shovels...

The tomb was bigger, and there was another person's name on the stele.

Duan Yibai was illiterate, and he had seen the name on the wall of his parents' room.

The three characters are father, and the two characters are mother.

Duan Yibai didn't understand why the two of them were able to stay together even to death, and later heard people in the village talk about it.

Some people condemned the mother for committing crimes and leaving such a young child alone, but they also lamented that this is a rare true love and love is too deep.

Duan Yibai still didn't understand, but he remembered: life and death require two people to be together is love, and being like his parents is love.

He also wants to love and be loved.

But he doesn't deserve it, he's just a selfish person.

Duan Yibai squatted down in front of the grave, his eyes flushed.

He doesn't know whether he loves Master or not, is it the rumor that he fell in love first, or the "love" that even deceived himself because of the rumor?

I have lied to others for so long that I even believed myself.

He convinced the whole world of cultivating immortals that he loved Master, and in turn, because everyone believed that he loved Master, he also firmly believed that he wanted to love Master, so he had to work hard to make Master fall in love with him.

The master is really too cold, no matter how hot his heart is, it can be frozen, let alone the heart that is not so firm in the first place.If he didn't lie to himself, Duan Yibai wouldn't be able to persevere at all.

In such self-deception day after day, Duan Yibai is obsessed with the love he imagined.Want to wake up, but do not give up.

Apart from Shizun, he couldn't find anyone else to love.

He really wants to have a lover who loves himself, who can only belong to him, and who can't be separated even if he dies.

For this reason, even if you deceive the whole world.

He is such a despicable villain, he wants others to treat him sincerely, but he guards his cowardly heart stingily and refuses to hand it over.

Duan Yibai stared at the uneven mud pit on the ground, his eyes were loose.

Qing Yi was waiting not far away, and Duan Yibai's small figure could be seen.

The figure was repairing the tombstone at first, but then slowly squatted down. If you look carefully, you can still find a slight trembling.

Qing Yi couldn't help walking over, raised Duan Yibai's head, and found that the eye sockets were really red.

"Xiaobai... don't be sad." Qing Yi is not very good at comforting people, but just puts people in his arms, and gently pats Duan Yibai's back like coaxing children when he was a child.

"..."

Duan Yibai was silent for a long time, buried in Qing Yi's arms like indulgence.

After a while, his eyes gradually focused, and his eyes darkened.The exposed emotions were completely covered up, Duan Yibai said softly: "Master, what is your wish?"

"Huh?" Qing Yi was taken aback for a moment, Duan Yibai's topic changed too quickly, and he didn't react for a while.

"Master, have you ever thought about what you want most, or what you hope for most?" Duan Yibai asked in a low voice.

Although he didn't understand why Xiaobai asked this suddenly, Qingyi still thought about it carefully.

"I don't have anything, if you want to say what you want most." Qing Yi rubbed the top of Duan Yibai's hair, "I hope Xiaobai can always be by Master's side."

"Master, I am asking you very seriously, please think about it carefully." Duan Yibai felt that these words were the words of the master to comfort him.

Qing Yi chuckled, "Master is also answering very seriously."

When it comes to wishes, he has never had any desires.Only Xiaobai, he didn't want the other party to leave one day like other disciples, could stay by his side forever.

"...The disciple knows." Duan Yibai was silent for a moment.

"Also, I'm sorry..."

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The author has something to say:

Qingyi: I can let Xiaobai feel the feeling of being cared by relatives, but I can't be a father.

Duan Yibai: Is there any difference?

Qing Yi: Husband (Gong) is also a relative.