Mr. Lin's story

Lin Huiran left Jinling, took a boat all the way north, and returned home in less than half a month.

When everyone in the Lin family learned that the young master had returned, they all went out to greet him happily. Lin Huiran met with his parents, uncles and elder brothers, and expressed his parting feelings.Although I have been away from home for more than half a year, there is no major event at home, which is about the same as half a year ago.

He rested at home for a day, and went out early the next morning. He rode a fast horse alone and galloped along the path outside the city. In less than half a day, he arrived at the door of rich man Yuan.

Standing outside the tidy and spacious green brick house, Lin Huiran subconsciously lowered her head to examine her clothes, and then realized that she did not bring a gift, and it seemed inappropriate to visit empty-handed. Why are you so disciplined?

A woman in coarse cotton clothes opened the door and stretched her head out. When she saw Lin Huiran, she was a little confused: "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Liuhuo, I'm his friend."

The mother-in-law looked him up and down, paused for a while, and said with a dark face: "I remember, you are Mr. Lin from the city, and you always bully the one in our family who is in trouble."

Lin Huiran nodded repeatedly when she heard the previous sentence, and then denied it dumbfoundingly: "That's not it, is Liuhuo at home? I want to see him."

"My young master is sick, and no outsiders will be seen." The door closed again with a bang.

Lin Huiran was turned away, depressed and resentful, thinking that if Liuhuo knew I was coming, he would come out happily to meet me, but now he refuses to see me face to face, could it be that he is dying of illness?

In a panic, he raised his fist and slammed the door loudly, calling Yuan Liuhuo's name loudly, causing the neighbors to peep their heads.

There were less than ten people in the Yuan family. The rich man Yuan and his wife, together with the nanny and two or three dull old ladies, opened the door and glared sullenly at this reckless young man together.

Lin Huiran politely said that he wanted to visit Yuan Liuhuo and asked about his condition. The Yuan family saw that his words were sincere and did not seem to be fake, so they had to lead him into the house and whispered to him: "Liuhuo has been ill for more than half a year. You are in a daze, and you don't even recognize your relatives in the past, don't be offended by Mr. Lin."

Lin Huiran was slightly surprised, thinking that every time he saw Yuan Liuhuo's soul in the past six months, although he was dressed in rags, he had a lively expression, a cheerful smile, and did not appear to be confused.Before he had time to ask, he was taken to the wing.

The wing room is divided into two rooms, the inside and the outside. The room is filled with a strong smell of medicine. Across a curtain, a young man's weak voice can be heard inside: "Mother, I told you not to see outsiders." The nurse comforted in a low voice: " This Mr. Lin is your old friend, you used to love to play with him. He made a special trip to visit you this time, so you should meet him at least once."

Lin Huiran was listening outside, suddenly feeling agitated, her heart beating wildly.He has always been calm, no matter what kind of big shots he met in the past, he has never been so nervous as he is today.

After a while, the nurse opened the curtain and motioned him to go in.Lin Huiran bent down and walked into the inner room. The light inside was extremely dark. A large hardwood bed was placed against the wall, and there were layers of bedding piled up on the bed. A slightly thin young man was lying on the bed.

The two met face to face.

Lin Huiran felt in an instant that he had misunderstood the person, the person in front of him was definitely not Yuan Liuhuo.

The person on the bed coughed weakly, and stretched out his hand to signal the chair next to him: "Brother Lin, please sit down, I'm sick and can't be polite, forgive me!

Lin Huiran came to his senses, the person on the bed had the same appearance and figure as Yuan Liuhuo, so who else was it?Lin Huiran thought to himself, it is common for him to be so seriously ill that his words and deeds are different from before, how can I doubt him.

Lin Huiran looked at Yuan Liuhuo tenderly, but instead of sitting in the chair next to him, he leaned against the bed and said softly, "Why are you so sick?"

Yuan Liuhuo froze for a moment, retreated slightly, and said with a forced smile: "There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings."

Lin Huiran lowered her head in some disappointment, and paused for a while before saying: "The last time we met, it was fine, why is it like this again now. Are you blaming me for not seeing you in time?"

He glanced outside the room, lowered his head and pursed his lips, and said in a very soft and serious voice: "There are some things I didn't say, because you are still young..." He raised his hand and gently brushed the yuan With broken hair on his forehead, he said in a low voice, "In two years, I will..."

Yuan Liuhuo couldn't bear it anymore and opened his hand: "Young Master Lin, respect yourself!" He shouted loudly: "Mum, Mom, I want to drink water."

The nanny trotted in all the way, so Lin Huiran had to sit a little further away, staring at him in surprise.

Yuan Liuhuo was full of anger, drank all the water, and said to the nanny: "You send this Mr. Lin out."

Mr. Lin didn't need him to chase him away, he stood up first and left, and the nanny politely walked in front and opened the curtain.When the two were about to go out, they heard the person inside muttering in a vicious and disgusted voice: "What the hell."

Lin Huiran slipped and almost fell.He has never shown his heart to anyone in his life, but now he rushed over rashly and sincerely, said something sincere, but in exchange for "what the hell."

His mind was hot and cold, and what he felt was not only shame, but also chills.

When Lin Huiran returned home, he also fell ill. He just caught a cold occasionally. It wasn't serious, but he was depressed and refused to take medicine properly, so he didn't get better for a long time.

During the period of recuperation, it was the rainy season, and it was raining day and night outside. Lin Huiran was sitting in the house and proofreading the manuscripts he had written on weekdays.

Zili came with his body full of wind and rain, walked into the room with a smile, hung the wet bamboo hat and coir raincoat on the hanger, and said with a smile: "Brother Lin, when did you come back?" Seeing Lin Huiran's appearance, Surprised: "Why are you so thin, are you seriously ill?"

Lin Huiran got up to greet him, and didn't talk much about his illness, just asked the boy to come in and pour some tea and wine, the two sat and drank for a while, Zili suddenly asked him, "How about the donkey I gave you?"

Lin Huiran's expression was cold and cold: "It's not very good, it's stupid and greedy, it doesn't like to work, it can barely work."

Zili patted the table and laughed, changed the topic, and asked him again: "Do you remember that stupid boy we met last year during the Dragon Boat Festival? What's his name?"

Lin Huiran felt a twinge of pain in her heart, and lowered her head and murmured: "He is not stupid, he is very smart, he can play people around."

Zili didn't hear what he said, thought for a moment, patted the table and said, "That's right, his name is Yuan Liuhuo." Zili smiled before saying anything: "Brother Lin, let me tell you a funny thing , you will die laughing when you hear it..."

"Zi Li, don't mention that person." Lin Huiran interrupted him: "I don't want to hear about him."

Zi Li was stunned for a moment: "Forget it."

The two drank a few more glasses, the rain outside gradually stopped, Zili straightened his clothes, and said to Lin Huiran, "Follow me to the stable in the backyard, and I will perform a trick for you."

Without knowing the reason, Lin Huiran took his coat and went out with him.

The stables in the Lin Mansion were a bit dilapidated, and with the continuous heavy rain, several horses inside were shivering, and the hay on the ground gave off various unpleasant smells.There was a machete on the stone slab next to it, with bloodstains flowing on it, which was left by the butcher Zhang who came here to slaughter cattle a few days ago.

Lin Huiran covered his nose with a handkerchief, and stood in the corridor far away to prevent his new buckskin boots from getting dirt. He wondered why Zili brought him to such a place.

Holding an oil-paper umbrella, Zili walked slowly in front of the stable twice, and finally found the little donkey sheltering from the rain in the grass. The body trembled slightly.

"So it's here." Zili chuckled, and with a wave of his long sleeves, the spell on Yuan Liuhuo's body was dissipated.

The figure of the little donkey gradually disappeared, and there was a naked boy squatting in the dark and damp grass.The boy slowly got up from the ground, looked at his arms, and then looked down at his feet, his eyes were like dreams.

Lin Huiran stared at him blankly, unable to react for a moment.

Zili turned around and said with a smile: "Brother Lin, in fact, this little donkey has always been changed by him..."

Lin Huiran ran over like the wind, took off his coat, shook his hands, wrapped it around Yuan Liuhuo's body, carried him out of the wet and dirty stable, put him on the ground, and said softly, "Liuhuo, I didn't know it was you..."

Yuan Liuhuo wiped the foam off his face with his hand, and muttered, "I've changed back." He ignored Lin Huiran, lowered his head to straighten his clothes, and put on his belt.Then he turned around, walked to the stone slab in the corner, held the handle of the machete with both hands, exerted enough strength, dragged the thick-backed machete, and walked towards Zili without saying a word.

The machete was extremely heavy, and the blade drew a splash on the ground.Yuan Liuhuo picked up the machete and swung it directly at Zili.Only then did Zili realize that he flew up, stepped on a square table, and cursed, "You're crazy!"

With a sullen face, Yuan Liuhuo slashed at the table. This time, the tip of the knife was embedded in the wooden board by an inch. Yuan Liuhuo pulled it out a few times, but he couldn't pull it out.

Zili breathed a sigh of relief, stood in the distance and said coldly: "You still dare to fight with me, that's great..."

Yuan Liuhuo jumped onto the table, bent down to press the handle of the knife, gritted his teeth and forcefully pried the knife out, dragged the knife and jumped off the table, and walked towards Zili sullenly.

Although Zili is a fox demon with profound knowledge, he has never seen this kind of madman's fighting style, and he feels a little timid in his heart.He was hesitating for a while, when suddenly the blade fell from the top of his head, Zili retreated slightly, the tip of the blade passed in front of him, landed on the ground between his feet, and sank into the mud an inch or so.

Zi Li only felt a sharp pain like a rupture in his feet, and he sat on the ground involuntarily, his heart was cold, and he had only one thought: Grass, the thousand-year-old practice was cut off by this kid.

When a demon spirit has cultivated to a certain level, its body will become illusory and merge with the surrounding wind, cloud, earth and trees. Although it usually takes the form of a human, it is just a skin, like the tip of a huge iceberg exposed to the water.The fox demon's mind moved slightly just now, and Yuan Liuhuo swung his knife and chopped him down at this moment, cutting his body into two pieces and destroying more than half of the fox demon's spiritual power.

Zi Li stayed for a while, then suddenly his eyes were red, and flames rose into the sky around him, his body swelled and turned into a giant nine-tailed fox, carrying the fierce flames, he walked towards Yuan Liuhuo step by step, and said through gritted teeth: "I will kill you! "

At first Lin Huiran stood by and watched, until Zili went crazy, then he rushed over, dragged Yuan Liuhuo behind him, and said loudly, "Brother Zili, calm down."

Nine-tailed fox spouted flames: "Get out."

Lin Huiran stared at him, stretched out her arms and hugged Yuan Liuhuo's body, never leaving her.

The nine-tailed fox whimpered, he was seriously injured at the moment and needed to be recuperated urgently, he had no time to get entangled with these two people, so he tiptoed and turned into a cloud of white smoke and left.

After a long time, Lin Huiran let go of him, the two looked at each other, and Yuan Liu threw away the machete in his hand with a bang.

"You were very powerful just now." Lin Huiran said, he never knew Yuan Liuhuo's temper could be so brutal.

"I'm angry." Yuan Liuhuo clutched his chest, panting.

The two returned to the house together, and Lin Huiran fetched water for him to take a bath as before, found clean and warm clothes, and asked him what he would like to eat at night.

Yuan Liuhuo stood behind the screen and changed his clothes rustlingly, and said with joy in his voice, "But I'm going home now." He came out from behind the screen, and gave a generous salute: "These days, there is Lau Lin The young master takes care of me."

"Don't say that, if I knew you were that little donkey, I..."

Yuan Liuhuo blushed: "Don't mention this matter again."

He raised his face, showed a shallow smile, and said softly: "I have to go back and see my parents. They haven't seen me for more than half a year. They must be anxious." After a pause, he whispered: "After a few days Day... I'm free, come find me again."

Lin Huiran pressed her heart, hummed in a low voice, her cheeks suddenly became hot, and she looked away uncomfortably, with a slight smile in the corner of her eyes.

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