Red dust kills beauty

42. The red thread of fate③

I thought that the witch merchant would make trouble for no reason, or cast a cold eye on Ruan Xian'an, after all, in my heart, he is the one who will make waves for nothing.But he held back and tactfully gave up the home court to me and Ruan Xian'an after exchanging pleasantries.

After the witch merchant made an excuse to leave the meeting, I was not in a hurry to get to the point, but chatted wildly with Ruan Xianan first.This person's attitude is so strange, let's try it out first.

I didn't expect that there would probably be two or even three rounds of pleasantries in my heart, and they would be interrupted in the second round.

I was still chatting about Vietnamese dishes with him, when Ruan Xian'an suddenly smiled, it was that kind of overly friendly smile with deep meaning.I was a little alert, and as soon as I raised my heart, I heard him sigh and say: "After all these years, you are still like this."

I:"!?"

What ghost stories are you talking about man! ?

To be honest, my hair exploded at the time. His words exposed too much information, which was equivalent to saying that he knew me from the past—the me called "Wu Shen", or... earlier of me?Because I don't know how many times I died and came back to life.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, he secretly connected with certain forces and learned about me from other sources.Then it will be very difficult, how did they know, and how much do they know, have they been spying on me all the time...

All kinds of questions flashed through my mind. My guard was raised to the highest level, but my face didn't show any emotion. I just said in confusion: "I don't remember ever dealing with Mr. Ruan."

When people are lying or trying to conceal something, they often use rhetorical questions to enhance the effect reflexively, so at this time, it is the most normal reaction to honestly say that they don't know.

How would Ruan Xian'an respond?Is this a trial?What response does he want from me?

Unexpectedly, his reaction was unexpected, he put his hands together and smiled: "Sure enough, only you know yourself best. It's really all hit by 'you'."

"!?"

I tensed up, frowned and knocked on the table to express my dissatisfaction: "Mr. Ruan, what are you talking about?"

"Sorry sorry, just thought it was an amazing experience, you understand?"

...No, I don't really understand.

Just when I couldn't bear it anymore and thought about dragging him to the torture chamber of the witch merchant, Ruan Xian'an took the lead in surrendering with his hands up: "Don't be angry," he smiled wryly, "Be patient with your old friend in the future?"

My hairs all stand on end, what did he say, "the future"?Even if ordinary people know me and know my situation, they will think that I have amnesia in an accident like a witch merchant, right?Why is he so sure that I am going back to the past from the future! ?

His smile is not as subtle as that of the people in the eighth district, his eyes are narrowed in a smile, showing his white teeth, and he repeats: "Because I know you, you are my friend."

"Impossible." I denied it without thinking.

Ruan Xian'an pointed to his eyes: "But I saw a familiar soul. The oath I witnessed was engraved on it—you know, the oath is established on the soul."

"..." My vigilant heart screamed for me to manage my expressions, but I really don't have any more room now, and my mind is full of his words.This sentence reveals too much information.

If this is true...

Ruan Xian'an came over, held my face gently, and met my eyes.His expression was obsessed, his eyes were focused, and then he said to me very softly: "It's incredible...the shackles that act on the soul can transcend space and time-how strange, it is obviously something that has never happened to you , but it has already been deeply marked..."

I was shocked by his expression at the moment, and couldn't move for a while.He showed a sad look again: "Are these vows too heavy for you? Your soul is already overwhelmed, and it really consumes you a lot."

He said "Sure enough"?So, is the future me already discussing this with him?

I showed an interested expression: "Tell me in detail?"

Ruan Xian'an sighed: "I've been counting the time. In fact, even if there is no Mr. Wu, I will come to you. I have an agreement with you, and I want to witness another oath at this time."

I asked, "What was the last oath?"

Ruan Xian'an stared at me for a long time with unspeakable eyes, and finally lost the battle, hinting tactfully: "I can't say, it's between you and Mr. 'Xiaobai'."

noob?The first thing that came to my mind was Zhaoyao's dog, which was called Xiaobai by Zhaoyao before.Then I suddenly felt something was wrong: "You mean Fu Baixue?"

Fuck, why did Fu Baixue have such a cute nickname before?Even though I knew the occasion was wrong, I was still taken aback.

We ate this meal for a long time, and Ruan Xian'an picked and told me a lot of things he could tell me.Regardless of whether it is true or false, the explosion of information is real.

He said that we met more than ten years ago, when he was still wandering in the eighth district, because he could see people's souls, so although he was an Omega, he avoided many villains and managed to survive.

The situation at that time was much more chaotic than it is now, there were refugees and soldiers everywhere, the countryside was bare, and the city was full of resentment, once he bought a fake pheromone inhibitor, and caught up with the estrus period on the street, When the scene was chaotic, I rescued him, followed by a young man.

I thought that child was a witch merchant, and the timing was not right. After his description, I suddenly realized that he should be Fu Baixue!

This thing directly made my head explode, and my computer crashed.

Fu Baixue's origin has always been very mysterious, I only know that he is a native of Yanbei, his parents were killed in an air strike, but more, why did he become a mercenary, how did he spend his youth, what did he encounter Man... I don't know anything about this.

I didn't expect that we knew each other so early.Then I have to wonder if the future me has planned everything, maybe he has recovered all his memories very early, so whether it is adopting a witch merchant or finding Fu Baixue, it is all part of his plan.

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Ruan Xian'an seemed unaware of my thoughts, and continued to narrate.

He was shocked when he met me because he had never seen such a broken soul.In his eyes, everyone's soul has a unique color and shape, burning like a flame in his chest.He regretted that my soul should have been very beautiful and dazzling, but what he saw was that the shape had been worn away, and even the color had faded away, leaving only a little gray cloud, lingering on.

At that time, I was going to leave after saving him, but Ruan Xianan was really curious, because in his conceptual power, the strength of the soul should match the strength of the body. If he has an aging soul, then this person should only It's right to be able to linger on the bed.So he stopped me and asked me if I knew I was going to die.

Ruan Xian'an said that he was ready to be beaten up. Unexpectedly, I was not angry. Instead, I looked at him curiously, and then smiled suddenly: "So it's you, I didn't even recognize it. It's really dangerous." , almost missed it."

"It turned out to be you, I didn't even recognize it. It was so dangerous, I almost missed it."

The woman who said this can't see the second gender. She has a gentle and watery appearance, but her actions are not as cautious as ordinary people. B makes sense.In short, he is the kind of person Ruan Xian'an feels is very far away from him.

In his early years, because of his special abilities, he always hid himself in fear, and never dared to stand out. Gradually, he changed from pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger to a real pig.

At this moment, the woman's smile made Ruan Xian'an extremely embarrassed.He pulled off the corner of his clothes embarrassingly, and straightened out his somewhat greasy image, trying to make himself look better.He didn't understand what the other person meant, and only thought she was talking nonsense: "I don't mean anything else, I just want to remind you that your 'flame' is about to go out."

He is a person who knows how to protect his life wisely, and for the sake of the other party saving his life, it is already the limit to say such a sentence cryptically.Unexpectedly, the other party smiled calmly—it was a faint smile after many trials and hardships: "This, I know."

The quiet young man behind her finally reacted, he looked at Ruan Xian'an, then at his instructor, then frowned and tugged at the woman's sleeve, sign language.

"Huh? This is the flame."

The woman snapped her fingers casually, and a cluster of flames sprang up from her fingertips. This was exactly the ability she showed when saving people just now. Less than 100 meters away from them, similar flames were still hovering quietly on the ground combustion.She opened her eyes and said nonsense: "He means this is about to go out."

But not at all.

I didn't see it clearly just now, but now that I'm close, Ruan Xian'an can easily observe that before the cluster of flames burns, the soul fire on the opponent's chest lights up first, and then the connection as thin as a hair is transmitted from the chest cavity to the fingertips, Then, the flames ignited.

Ruan Xian'an was not shocked by this scene. In his eyes, all those who use their abilities are using the energy of their souls. Whether it is "pheromone" or "spiritual power", they are nothing but the embodiment of the soul.

What he couldn't understand was that the cluster of flames could burn after being separated from the woman.That is not relying on oxygen to survive, but something more special—it seems that there is something else in the air that nourishes the flame to grow stronger, which is something he has never seen before.

Others didn't know anything about Ruan Xian'an's inner shock, so the boy named Xiaobai stepped back behind the woman, becoming a silent shadow again.

"Now let's talk about each other." The woman pinned a strand of long hair behind her ear, gentle and charming, "How about we make friends?"

"……what?"

It's just such a hardcore, down-and-out refugee Ruan Xian'an, who made friends with a woman with a mysterious background.

He had also been uneasy, worried that this was another conspiracy, but the woman was very good at talking, and she seemed to have some trustworthy superpowers, and she smiled and comforted: "Can't you see my soul? I Didn’t you know if it was lying to you or if it had malicious intentions?”

makes sense.He watched the other party's illusory soul fire extinguishing like a star, and was dumbfounded.

After getting a little more familiar, he also sighed for the woman, and wanted to try to fill her empty chest. "Oath" was the idea he came up with.

"In my concept, it's like a chain." Ruan Xian'an tried his best to describe what he felt in human terms, "When I use the ability, the two parties who made the oath will be connected, and a chain will be bound in From their souls, extending from their fingertips, linked to another person. No matter how far away they are, the force of restraint will always imprison them, unless the oath is fulfilled, or one party dies."

Logically speaking, this is probably a very weird and terrifying scene, but the woman laughed.

She squinted her eyes, showing her white teeth, like a crocus with its petals stretched out, beautiful and charming.Many years later, Ruan Xian'an also smiled like her, but at that time, he just heard the woman ask back in a daze: "Isn't this very good?"

"...Huh?" He suspected that he had heard wrong.

"Is the chain you saw colored?" the woman asked enthusiastically.

"I didn't pay much attention..." he said blankly, "This is not really 'seeing', but a perception. If we really want to talk about color, it should be blood red that represents death."

"So I think it's good!" The woman cut her hair—Ruan Xian'an always felt that she was not quite used to his fluffy hair like a crow's feather, so he stroked it from time to time—the smile in his eyes twinkled like stars, "Regardless of time and space, only death can sever it. This is clearly the 'red thread of destiny'."

Ruan Xian'an has always felt that his ability is very sinister. In his past life, those who found out about his ability and did everything possible to dig him out of the ground never swore to others for love.Either to prove himself, or for the greater good, in short, he became something like a lie detector. How many people died suddenly on the spot after swearing in front of him, he couldn't remember all of them.

He suffered a lot from this ability, hated it and couldn't live without it.But this is the first time someone told him with a gentle expression that this is the red thread of fate.

"..." Ruan Xian'an was silent for a long time before he found his own voice. He said helplessly, "Okay, the red line is the red line. Always, why don't you try to use the 'red line' to restrain your falling apart soul?"

In Ruan Xian'an's perception, the woman's soul no longer has the shape of a flame, it's just a lingering mist that will dissipate at some point.When the soul disappears, people will die. Although she doesn't know why she is like this, she still looks like a normal person, but this principle will not change.

As an ability that directly acts on the soul, his ability may have a positive effect on the contrary.It's like capturing air, which is colorless and odorless, but if you figure out how to make an airtight box, you might be able to contain it.

This suggestion was approved by the woman, and they did a small experiment first.In order to prevent overturning, they first carefully made a very small oath-the strength of the oath is proportional to the size of the oath.

Ruan Xian'an was the witness, and the boy named Xiao Bai acted as a guinea pig for the two of them when he knew nothing about it.

When discussing dinner, the woman automatically said, "If I make dinner tonight, you'll have to do the dishes."

The other party nodded unconsciously, Ruan Xian'an activated his ability, and the oath was fulfilled.

A thin, almost transparent light red thread, like diluted red ink, wrapped around the hearts of the two, stretched along their fingertips, and finally connected to one place.

"Wow."

The woman sighed with a chuckle, and said inexplicably, "No matter how many times I watched it, I still think this scene is amazing."

Ruan Xianan turned pale with shock: "Have you seen it!?"

After he finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong, and he almost didn't pass when he took a closer look: "Why is the oath of my witness wrapped around your soul!?"

The woman sighed.

"Because I want to kill it."

Next Chapter: The Red Thread of Destiny④

I laughed, and wrapped a length of red thread around his fingertip.

"No matter what happens, no matter how long, no matter where...as long as the red line is not broken, I will definitely find you."

The witch merchant drooped his eyelashes and said nothing, and after a while, he squeezed my hand tightly.

"Ah."

?April [-]st

That's why Ah Ning met the other three again and again.This is not a coincidence, but a vow made by 3.0, which tightly binds his soul.