Chapter 390

Chen Xiyuan stood on the courtyard of Li Sanjiang's house, slowly looking around.

The rising wind blew her hair and also blew out her figure.

What truly makes a place unforgettable is not its scenery, but the people here.

She was trying hard to look seriously at each of their faces, wanting to remember their voices and expressions in her mind forever.

She frowned, a bit puzzled:

Where did this inexplicable, heavy feeling of parting come from?

It was just because there was a problem with Grandpa Li's prize exchange that the itinerary had to be postponed, and she had to rush back because her grandfather's health suddenly had a problem.

After she returned to the Chen family and her grandfather's health improved, she could still continue to invite little brother and the others to Hainan as guests.

If her grandfather's health didn't improve, it seemed the reason to invite little brother to Hainan as a guest would be even more solid.

Chen Xiyuan shook her head hard and even used the flute in her hand to knock on her forehead "bang bang."

What exactly is her brain thinking about?

It seems that since she discovered the flute's tone was inaccurate today, there has been a feeling of being filled with paste in her brain.

She couldn't detect exactly what was wrong, but no matter what she looked at or thought about, there was a dream-like confusion and dizziness.

Little brother always says she's stupid, and she knows she's stupid, but the feeling of stupidity at this moment seems a bit different from the past.

Walking down the courtyard, she now has to go and formally say goodbye to that soulmate under the peach forest.

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the Daoist arena.

Before coming out, the boy carefully cleaned and seriously checked to confirm that no bloodstains were left on his face.

He stood in the position where Chen Xiyuan had originally stood, watching Miss Chen who had already walked from the small path onto the village road in the distance.

A-Li sat on the rattan chair on the second-floor balcony, slightly lowering her head, looking at the boy below.

You are looking at the scenery on the courtyard, and the person looking at the scenery is looking at you upstairs.

There was still someone leaning against the kitchen door, eating melon seeds while watching the panoramic view.

Liu Yi felt that the newly bought melon seeds were good, and the taste was richer.

Perhaps it was because the person who used to eat melon seeds with her had now jumped into the big wok for stir-frying, adding flavor with their own body.

Li Zhuiyuan turned his head, and when his gaze swept over Liu Yi, Liu Yi happened to turn her head and spit out a melon seed shell.

People who love to eat melon seeds are the same as people who love to admire flowers; they just eat quietly and don't disturb.

Furthermore, Liu Yi is becoming more and more "afraid" of the boy in her heart.

The longer she walked the river, the higher her status, and she had long been building her psychological construction, gradually treating the boy as the future head of the family.

"A-You."

"Coming, Brother Xiaoyuan."

"Miss Chen went to the bearded man's house to say goodbye to that person. You go follow her and see her off."

"Good, don't worry, Brother Xiaoyuan, I will safely send her to Xingdong Airport."

"She's stupid. Remember to remind her that the plane might be grounded due to the typhoon. Tell her not to waste her effort going to the airport and just take a car back to Hainan."

"Indeed."

"After you see her get in the car, come back and tell me."

"Okay, Brother Xiaoyuan."

After Lin Shu You left, Li Zhuiyuan walked into the house and went up the stairs.

The strength and terror of the Great Turtle are beyond doubt.

Especially since the other party's goal this time is clear, pointing directly at him.

Therefore, if he wants to seek a glimmer of survival in this wave, he must accurately grasp all the conditions and information he can use around him.

Old Man Chen happened to get sick today.

Logically speaking, the old man's letter was sent to Grandma Liu's hand today, so he should be happy right now.

Maybe he would even be humming a little tune while pruning his precious willow tree.

The old man's health definitely didn't have problems under normal circumstances.

Combined with the illusory suggestion he witnessed through the car window when he was riding back to Shinan Town with Li Lan earlier.

Obviously, it was the Long Wang spirit of the Chen family exerting its power, letting its own precious successor hurry away from this place of right and wrong.

Regarding this, Li Zhuiyuan had no dissatisfaction at all, and it was even more impossible to feel hatred or resentment.

You cannot expect other people's spirits to help you unconditionally just because your own family has no spirits.

Li Zhuiyuan still believes in the style of the Long Wang spirits and also believes in the integrity of the Long Wangs.

They were able to "lead" their own precious successor home at this time through the method of "ancestral protection," which confirmed one thing:

The Great Turtle's landing this time has a very clear attitude: it won't cause natural disasters, it won't implicate the innocent, and it will only kill one person.

Admittedly, the Great Turtle is indeed an evil spirit, and it is that kind of standard, big evil spirit.

Among existences of the same level, Li Zhuiyuan has even seen the true form of the Great Emperor with his own eyes; that is a large-scale dead person.

This kind of so-called evil spirit has long reached a natural tacit understanding with the Heavenly Dao over the long years.

It can even be said that when the Heavenly Dao cannot deal with them for the time being, they themselves also belong to one of the branches of the Heavenly Dao.

Moreover, the Great Turtle's move is more like coming from the East Sea to attend a one-on-one duel, with the influence being infinitely suppressed to the level of personal grievances and private duels.

This precisely confirms Li Zhuiyuan's previous prediction.

If the Great Turtle came ashore without any scruples, accompanied by natural disasters and catastrophes, just to come before him and perish together with him.

Then there would be no need to deduce at all; he would definitely die.

Now, relying on the reaction of the ancestors of the Long Wang Chen family, Li Zhuiyuan determined the chain that the Great Turtle had added to itself.

For the boy, this is the starting point of all room for maneuver.

Li Zhuiyuan sat down on the rattan chair beside A-Li.

The girl looked at the boy.

On her exquisite face, there was a faint sense of loneliness and grievance.

Of course, it wasn't because the boy was staring at Chen Xiyuan's departing back below just now.

But in the girl's perspective, there is no concept of "private space."

Since the time she met the boy, the boy had never kept anything from her. Even when the boy was peeking at the "Willow Family Qi-Watching Technique" in front of her grandmother, he hadn't avoided her at all.

But this time, she had already sensed it.

"A-Li, I want to eat poached eggs in brown sugar."

A trace of a smile rose on the girl's face, instantly washing away all the worries from before.

In this world, there are no girls who are hard to coax; there are only people who occupy the wrong position without knowing it.

Poached eggs in brown sugar is A-Li's "signature dish."

The girl stood up and walked downstairs.

Li Zhuiyuan found a hair left by the girl on the rattan chair next to him, picked it up, and slowly wound it around his fingertip.

Although he knew that the scene of him standing on the deck in his dream wasn't real.

But he would strive to realize that scene in the future.

When she is an adult, she will definitely stand with him.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his eyes and looked at the dark clouds in the distant sky that were constantly rolling like spilled ink.

The boy's expression relaxed, and his body gradually relaxed, completely leaning back on the rattan chair.

"Little Marquis Yuan, the wind outside is strong. I just took a nap and almost caught a cold from the wind."

"I'll just sit for a while, great-grandfather."

Li Sanjiang touched the boy's head and laughed: "Not being able to go to Hainan, are you unhappy in your heart?"

"No, great-grandfather, have you forgotten? I often run around the country."

"That's true. Our Little Marquis Yuan, although young, has also seen the world, stronger than your great-grandfather!"

"Still can't compare to the world you've seen, great-grandfather."

"Hahaha. Actually, your great-grandfather only ran to so many places during the years of fighting. Later, when the world became peaceful, I became peaceful too."

"It's just a pity that I couldn't go there and play properly with you, great-grandfather."

Even knowing that his great-grandfather would live to be a hundred, he is an old man after all.

Li Zhuiyuan's original intention was to take him to places with beautiful scenery across the country to walk around and see more.

Great-grandfather had indeed been to many places, but those places were filled with smoke and devastation when he went there back then.

"What kind of pity is that? There's a typhoon these few days. After the typhoon passes, I'll go to the neighboring county to look for it, and then go in to get some goods... oh no, it's to go touch some more."

Because he always touches one accurately, in Li Sanjiang's eyes, the nature of the lottery has long changed.

"No rush, great-grandfather. Our unit will have benefits later, and we can still take family members to Hainan to play."

"Sigh, it's really good to go to college, have a good unit, and enjoy all the benefits."

"Hmm, yes."

The benefits Li Zhuiyuan mentioned were not from the unit, but from the sponsor. Anyway, because Xue Liangliang has too much money, he often sponsors his own projects and gives benefits to the project team members, damaging private interests to benefit the public.

Li Sanjiang squatted down beside him and didn't sit on A-Li's rattan chair.

He took out his cigarette case.

Li Zhuiyuan sat up, also squatted down, and reached out to take the matchbox from his great-grandfather's pocket to light his cigarette.

"Hey, Little Marquis Yuan, the fire you light is really steady."

Exhaling a puff of smoke, Li Sanjiang joked again:

"Thinking back, it was only because your great-grandfather had good luck that I was caught as a strong laborer time and time again and escaped time and time again. If I hadn't been able to escape, I estimate that your great-grandfather would have gone to this Hainan Island decades ago.

Haha, if I hadn't been so cowardly back then and just thought about going home without any ambition, I would have gone to your North Grandpa's side when I was outside the pass, and I would have gone to this Hainan Island in the end!

Right, Little Marquis Yuan, do you think this typhoon will land from our side?"

"It should."

"Your great-grandfather hasn't experienced many typhoons in his life. I heard that when a typhoon comes, it's very fierce?"

"Hmm, the wind is very strong, and the rain is also very heavy."

Li Sanjiang stuck his head out and shouted below:

"Marquis Runsheng."

"Grandpa Li?"

"Take some time to go to Xiting to see Shan Pao and fix up his broken house. Don't let the house collapse when the typhoon comes and bury him alive. His coffin is still with me; it's already made, no need to waste it."

"Okay, Grandpa Li, I'll go after I eat."

On the village road across the farmland in the distance, Chen Xiyuan, who had finished saying goodbye to Qing'an at the bearded man's house, ran back.

She waved her flute, waved at this side, and made a final farewell. Lin Shu You followed behind her.

Li Sanjiang also raised his hand and waved, sighing:

"The girl is not bad, it's just that her family is a bit poor."

"Great-grandfather, her family is actually not poor."

"If they aren't poor, why do they eat so much?"

"Because the food Liu Yi cooks is delicious."

"Our Little Marquis Yuan has really grown up, knowing how to save face for others. Your great-grandfather wouldn't look down on her just because her family is poor.

The girl is rare to be liked; it's not easy for her to come to the house. Just now, I secretly put some money in the outer bag I packed for her."

Li Zhuiyuan smiled: "Great-grandfather, this is like carrying a stone on your back up the mountain."

"Haha, how could it be? In my life, except for the few mules at home, I've never seen anyone who eats a lot but doesn't get fat.

On the contrary, I've seen too many people who can't eat enough at home on weekdays, and when they go out and encounter a place where they can eat whatever they want, they loosen their belts and eat hard. Sigh.

Life is better now.

Little Marquis Yuan, your future life will definitely be better."

"Hmm, definitely."

Because the family's yellow small pickup truck was broken and not repaired, Chen Xiyuan had to walk to the side of the road at the village entrance to wait for a car.

She didn't have much luggage, just a mountaineering bag, inside which were a set of clothes and a whole case of Jianlibao. Afraid that the drinks would be too bumpy and foam when she wanted to drink, she filled the bag with money to act as a shock absorber.

After all, before lighting the lamp and walking the river, the least valuable thing her family prepared for her was money.

She was very lucky. Logically speaking, it's very rare to see a taxi here, but when she walked over, a local-licensed taxi happened to stop on the opposite side, and the driver got out of the car to urinate against a tree by the side of the road.

Chen Xiyuan: "A-You, I'm going back, see you next time."

Lin Shu You: "Good, see you next time."

After the taxi driver finished urinating, wiped with two leaves, opened the car door and sat in the car, he saw the young girl who had suddenly appeared in the back seat and was startled:

"You... when did you get in the car?"

"Master, go to Hainan. My grandfather is sick, and I have to rush back to see him. Please drive faster."

"What kind of joke are you making? Crazy..."

The driver looked at the thick stack of money handed over by the girl, and the words originally in his mouth were immediately swallowed:

"God will bless us with a safe journey!"

The driver took the money, counted it, confirmed that they were all real bills, immediately fastened his seat belt, and stepped on the gas pedal.

While driving, he also said:

"Little girl, don't show your wealth. It's very dangerous for you to take a long-distance trip alone with so much money."

Chen Xiyuan: "Hmm, indeed."

She is not dangerous, but very dangerous to those who have bad intentions toward her.

"Luckily you met me; my daughter was just born the day before yesterday."

"Congratulations."

The driver opened the car drawer, took out the candy inside, and handed it to the back.

Chen Xiyuan took it, peeled off the candy wrapper, and held it in her mouth.

"Hehe, you girl really don't have any vigilance?"

"Master, please drive faster, my grandfather is in a hurry."

"Okay, don't worry, I will definitely send you safely!"

After sending Chen Xiyuan off, Lin Shu You returned to report to Brother Xiaoyuan.

It just so happened that Brother Bin was also there talking to Brother Xiaoyuan.

When A-Li brought up a big bowl of poached eggs in brown sugar, Tan Wenbin and Lin Shu You tacitly left and went downstairs.

Li Zhuiyuan took the chopsticks, drank the sugar water first, and then ate the eggs one by one.

After eating, the boy was already full, and it was that kind of greasy fullness, feeling like he didn't need to eat dinner at all.

"Dinner is ready!"

Liu Yi's voice blew to every corner of the house with the wind.

Due to the weather, dinner wasn't eaten on the courtyard, and the small table was moved into the house.

Liu Yumei and Yao Shan ate in the east room.

After getting along for this period of time, Grandma Yao became much more composed. While sitting at the dining table and peeling shrimp for Liu Yumei, she could also smile and tell some interesting stories about her children and grandchildren in the past.

After Liu Yi finished serving the meals for each table, she also entered the east room, sat down, picked up her chopsticks, and ate together.

Grandma Yao asked suspiciously: "Eh, isn't A-Li eating with us?"

Liu Yi bit the tip of her chopsticks and said: "Let's eat our own; don't pay attention to that show-off."

Li Zhuiyuan and A-Li ate in the living room of the main house.

After the boy sat down, he familiarly helped A-Li divide the food into small plates.

A-Li took a white thread and divided the three preserved eggs in the bowl at their table.

Each piece had to be divided equally. No other materials needed to be added; just dip the chopsticks in a little balsamic vinegar when eating.

At this time, Qin Shu brought in a bottle of soy sauce:

"Xiaoyuan, do you want soy sauce?"

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Qin Shu and shook his head: "Uncle, no need."

Li Sanjiang, who was drinking by himself on the side, asked with some surprise:

"Marquis Li, are you so heavy-mouthed recently that you even need to dip preserved eggs in soy sauce?"

Qin Shu: "Hmm."

Li Sanjiang: "The farm work is too heavy, right? Marquis Shan is busy with the fish pond now and doesn't have much time to farm with you. How about this, call someone else to farm with you; I'll pay the wages."

Qin Shu: "No need, I can finish it. Before Xiong Shan came, I also did it by myself."

Li Sanjiang: "How much land did we contract before, and how much land is it now? You can't let yourself be broken."

Qin Shu: "I can do it, it's fine."

Li Sanjiang: "I'll look again, see if I can find someone else. If I can't find anyone, how about getting a tractor?"

Qin Shu: "Burning gas costs money, and it won't be used for long."

Li Sanjiang: "You can drive the tractor to deliver goods on weekdays, and when there are no goods to deliver during the slack farming season, you can go help transport materials when someone in the village is repairing a house. If it really doesn't work, going to the brick kiln to help pull bricks is the same. Anyway, buying a tractor and not letting it rest won't be a loss."

Qin Shu didn't decline anymore; he realized he had thought too much.

Uncle Sanjiang buying a tractor wasn't to reduce his burden, but to have one more source of income to better save money to buy a house in the big city for his great-grandson.

Not going back to the east room to eat, Qin Shu carried a big bowl, with rice spread on the bottom and dishes covered on top, and squatted on the threshold of the living room.

He poured soy sauce into the bowl, mixed the rice with soy sauce, and placed the soy sauce bottle on the threshold beside him.

Runsheng called Qin Shu to come and sit with them to eat, but Qin Shu refused.

The reason was that he wanted to see if any measures needed to be taken in the field after the typhoon came to reduce losses.

"Clatter!"

The soy sauce bottle fell from the threshold to the ground.

The bottle mouth was covered back, and it didn't flow out.

Qin Shu picked up the soy sauce bottle and placed it back on the threshold, his neck turning red.

After a while,

"Clatter!"

The soy sauce bottle fell again.

Qin Shu helped it up again.

It's just that this time, he was too embarrassed to put the soy sauce bottle back on the threshold and left it on the flat ground.

Immediately, he lowered his head and started eating rice quickly, soon finishing a bowl of rice, and then stood up, carrying the bowl and chopsticks and that soy sauce bottle, and walked toward the kitchen without looking back, a patch of red from his neck to his side face to his ears.

In the east room, Liu Yi picked up a shrimp and sent it into her mouth, chewing while turning her head, both angry and amused.

Liu Yumei put down her bowl and chopsticks, picked up the soup in front of her, took a sip, and said:

"I actually think A-Li is much smarter than before, and his brain is more flexible."

Liu Yi sighed and said: "I used to always say you were biased, but you wouldn't admit it. Grandma Yao, listen, if this isn't bias, what is?"

Grandma Yao gently patted Liu Yi's hand: "The eldest lady still loves you the most; I can tell."

Liu Yumei: "Anyone surnamed Qin seems to have their qi-gate repaired to their forehead. Sometimes, you really can't have too high expectations for them. Sigh, being able to do this is already enough."

Liu Yi: "I just feel sorry for my soy sauce. You don't know how many soy sauce bottles he has ruined this month. I'm really afraid that when I report the accounts to Uncle Sanjiang next month, Uncle Sanjiang will suspect that I have nothing to do and steal soy sauce to drink as soda."

Liu Yumei looked at Grandma Yao and said: "Shan'er, you've been here for some days, right?"

Grandma Yao put down her chopsticks and replied: "Hmm, it's been some days."

Liu Yumei: "Call your son tonight, and let A-Ting send you to the train station tomorrow morning. You go back first."

Grandma Yao replied: "Yes, eldest lady."

Liu Yumei: "If you miss it in the future, just say so in advance and come anytime. Bring your two grandsons next time; I'll see them."

Grandma Yao: "Good, listen to the eldest lady."

Parting is reluctant, but being able to live here for so long and spend so many days with the eldest lady is already something Grandma Yao hadn't dared to think about before coming.

Every day before, she cherished it as if it were the last day here, so when the eldest lady proposed to let her go back, although there was a little disappointment in her heart, there was no regret at all.

Li Zhuiyuan was full to begin with; he just ate some preserved eggs, mainly to accompany A-Li.

After the meal,

Li Zhuiyuan and A-Li each carried a basket, holding hands, and went to the bearded man's house.

Runsheng rode a tricycle to Xiting, with sacrificial items loaded on the car.

Tan Wenbin picked up the big brother phone and talked to Zhou Yunyun, saying that the wind on his side was really very strong.

Lin Shu You watched TV, getting up from time to time to adjust the antenna to reduce the snow spots on the screen.

Liu Yumei closed the door of the east room and sat down in front of the offering table full of spirit tablets.

The old lady held a cup of yellow wine in her left hand and gently stroked the scabbard with her right hand.

"Since the Chen family girl has left, that means that guy is aiming at our family... hehehe, right, it's aiming at our family!"

At the entrance of the bearded man's house, Zhao Yi and the others were ready to go.

When Li Zhuiyuan and A-Li came over, they happened to run into them.

"Brother Yuan!"

Chen Jing is very excited every time he sees Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan nodded to Chen Jing and then looked at Zhao Yi, asking:

"Why haven't you left yet?"

Zhao Yi: "Waiting for Old Tian."

Li Zhuiyuan: "My great-grandfather should have already persuaded him to go home to visit relatives."

Without Li Sanjiang's permission, Zhao Yi didn't dare to let Old Man Tian leave Nantong.

Zhao Yi nodded: "Hmm, Old Tian went to say goodbye to my dry grandmother; he should be finished acting out Qiong Yao soon."

"Young Master, Young Master!"

Old Man Tian finished his scene and returned.

The old man's eye sockets were a bit red. He might have been unable to keep up with the team in terms of strength long ago, but having lived for so many years, he had the eye for it, much better than Chen Jing who was completely kept in the dark.

He knew clearly that the young master's urgent departure, and specifically bringing him along, probably meant that something was about to happen here.

Although Old Man Tian really didn't know what kind of thing would dare to happen here.

Zhao Yi patted the pipe in his hand downward and said to Li Zhuiyuan:

"Surnamed Li, if you call me ancestor now, I might not be able to bear to leave~"

Li Zhuiyuan held A-Li's hand and walked toward the medicine garden without looking back, waving his hand directly:

"Get lost."

Zhao Yi took a deep breath and said to the people around him:

"Did you hear that? What are you still stunned for? Let's get lost!"

Zhao Yi and the others left along the village road and returned to Jiujiang.

Li Zhuiyuan: "A-Li, dig out all the medicinal herbs that can improve energy, and then trouble you, without considering the side effects, to help me make them into medicine."

This kind of crude production is very easy for A-Li; there are no technical difficulties, and it's not complicated, just costing a little bit of effort.

A-Li didn't resist, nor did she use her own way to refute that eating medicine made this way is bad for the body. She just nodded, then squatted down and began to collect the corresponding medicinal herbs in the medicine garden.

Li Zhuiyuan helped on the side. When Xiong Shan and his wife came back from the fish pond, Li Zhuiyuan stood up and waved at them.

"Little Yuan Shao... Brother."

Xiong Shan led Pear Blossom over.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Since you came to Nantong, you haven't left, right?"

Xiong Shan: "Right, that's right, Brother Xiaoyuan."

Pear Blossom: "Brother Xiaoyuan, our couple are both basically orphans. This place is now our home, and it's also our son's home in the future!"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Is there anything you miss outside?"

Pear Blossom: "Brother Xiaoyuan, our home is here..."

Xiong Shan held his wife's hand and said: "There is, Brother Xiaoyuan, there is."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Don't you want to go take a look?"

Xiong Shan: "I want to. For example, after our couple finished our revenge, we set up cenotaphs for a few good brothers in the Tianmen Mountain area. We haven't been to see them for a long time."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Then go take a look."

Xiong Shan: "Okay, Brother Xiaoyuan, it's time to go see them and burn some paper for them."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Come back after seeing them."

Xiong Shan: "Hmm, good. Then Brother Xiaoyuan, when do you think it's appropriate for us to set off?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "If you want to go, go quickly."

Xiong Shan: "Then tomorrow morning?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Good."

Xiong Shan: "I understand, Brother Xiaoyuan."

Li Zhuiyuan's gaze fell on Benben, who was sitting in the crib. Benben was already lying there, patting his own buttocks to coax himself to sleep.

Xiong Shan: "Right, bring Benben along. My old partners should also want to see him and see how much he has grown, hehe."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded and turned to walk back to the medicine garden.

Xiong Shan and Pear Blossom walked into the house.

Pear Blossom: "What does Brother Xiaoyuan mean? Is the Long Wang family..."

Xiong Shan covered his wife's mouth and casually pasted several Chenzhou talismans to lock the volume here.

Xiong Shan: "Do you think this is at night in the room where you can shout whatever you want?"

Pear Blossom: "I'm afraid that the Long Wang family doesn't want us anymore and wants to expel us?"

Xiong Shan said very calmly: "No."

Pear Blossom: "How can you be so sure?"

Xiong Shan: "Because if the Long Wang family wanted to drive us away, it would be a matter of one sentence. The young master doesn't need to specifically talk to us about this and that."

Pear Blossom's face revealed realization: "Then we..."

Xiong Shan: "Listen to the young master. We are now people under the Long Wang family. We do whatever we are told to do; don't ask why. You go pack things now. Tomorrow morning, we will go to Tianmen Mountain.

Sigh, I really miss those old partners. It's a pity that they died on the river and couldn't enjoy the blessings with us."

Pear Blossom: "Think on the bright side, we have already avenged them. I'll go pack up."

Xiong Shan licked his lips and walked upstairs. When passing Old Man Tian's room, his steps paused. He tried to push the door open and found that the things inside had been packed up and taken away, and the room had been cleaned very cleanly.

"Phew..."

Xiong Shan let out a long sigh, his face revealing solemnity, and muttered:

"Is something going to happen at home?"

The night was deep, and the medicinal herbs needed in the medicine garden were almost all collected.

Li Zhuiyuan put the tools in his hand back into the small basket, stood up, pointed to the peach forest, and said to A-Li:

"A-Li, you finish up the rest. I'm going in."

The girl nodded.

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the peach forest.

This was the second time he walked into the peach forest today.

It was pitch black outside, but inside the peach forest, fireflies were flying everywhere. Although it wasn't bright, it was clear enough.

There was no one by the water pool, only a few empty wine jars.

The doors and windows of the wooden house were tightly closed, as if Qing'an had already rested.

Li Zhuiyuan first squatted down by the water pool, washed his hands, and scooped up a handful of water to rinse his face.

After doing these things, the boy reached his hands into the water pool. He hadn't submerged his hands, elbows, or shoulders yet when a light cough came from the wooden house:

"Coming to me, looking for death?"

Li Zhuiyuan pulled his arms out. This action had already soaked his sleeves.

The door of the wooden house opened.

Li Zhuiyuan stood up, stepped on the steps, and walked into the house.

The furnishings in the house were very simple, nothing more than tables, chairs, and a couch, plus a guqin.

There was no one in the house, but masks of various sizes were hanging on the four walls, floors, and beams. How many there were, it was impossible to count.

Because these masks were constantly squirming, exchanging, and even opening their mouths to devour. After devouring one, that mask would become larger, devouring more and becoming larger, until it suddenly split open and divided into countless small masks, repeating the cycle.

One of the masks presented Qing'an's face.

He opened his eyes, his gaze indifferent.

"Scared into coming here to me, seeking death?"

Li Zhuiyuan asked back: "Do you think I would do that?"

"I definitely wouldn't have before, but this time, it's understandable."

"Not to that extent."

"Not to that extent? What a big mouth. Since it's not to that extent, what are you running to me for in the middle of the night?"

"I thought I finished asking some questions during the day, but actually I hadn't finished, so I wanted to come and ask again."

"Oh, regret it?"

"You could say that."

"But in this world, there is no regret medicine to eat."

"Hmm, I know."

"The wind is very strong this time. Your original hope should have been to do your best to coax me to be happy, and come to beg me in all kinds of ways, letting me face this wind first and be blown away by the wind.

Only then would you have a glimmer of hope of surviving in this wind.

Now, I can tell you plainly, it's useless for you to beg me again.

I will shrink back into this underground. No matter how strong the wind outside is, I won't come out.

Hahahaha!

In the afternoon, I already had her buy wine and store it.

I'm waiting for this wind to pass before I come up and have a good taste of your corpse, if it's still complete by then."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded.

Qing'an: "Alright, before I shrink back underground, I'm curious what you plan to ask me tonight."

Li Zhuiyuan: "What I want to ask is, can you shrink back underground completely? And, can you ensure that after you shrink back underground, you definitely won't be discovered?"

Qing'an: "Hmm?"

Inside the house, all the masks in a dynamic state stopped.

The next moment,

All the masks collectively opened their eyes to the maximum, staring fixedly at the boy standing in the center of the house.

Majestic pressure swept toward Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't choose to confront it head-on, but slightly bent his waist.

After the pressure descended, it quickly dissipated.

"Are you thinking that instead of your spirit and flesh being torn apart in this strong wind, you'd rather provoke me first and let me kill you first?"

"No, I'm asking sincerely."

"I allow you to ask one more time."

"If you shrink completely underground, can you have the confidence to avoid the ears and eyes of the wind?"

"Can't hide for a lifetime, can hide for a while."

"Good, I hope you can hide well, without leaving any traces."

Inside the wooden house, all the masks gnashed their teeth, and the whole wooden house was creaking.

As if the next moment, it would collapse and "chew" the boy into meat filling.

"Kid, do you know, he wouldn't have been as arrogant as you back then."

"Thank you."

Li Zhuiyuan turned around and was about to leave the wooden house when he stopped his steps again, as if he were worried, and asked again:

"Will there be any omissions or flaws? I'm referring to hiding this 'while'."

"You just need to have someone cut down this peach forest. They are the biggest flaw left here."

"Good."

"Hurry up."

"No need to be so troublesome. Besides, it's a pity to cut it down. What a beautiful forest, what pure resentment."

Every petal blooming in this peach forest is a leak of the resentment on Qing'an.

And the reason why this peach forest has been able to deter evil spirits in the Nantong area in the past is not because Qing'an is kind, but because what it reveals is the aura of the most powerful evil spirit in this area.

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the water pool, squatted down again, put his right hand under the water surface, and gently stirred.

The spirit of the flood dragon flew downward and began to stir. Gradually, the eyes of resentment belonging to this peach forest hidden in the depths were churned up and erupted upward.

The window of the wooden house was propped open, and Qing'an sat by the table, looking at this scene with his head slightly tilted.

He had warned the boy earlier that this was looking for death.

But once and again, it proved that he had misjudged.

The terrifying resentment was absorbed by Li Zhuiyuan without refusal.

Logically speaking, even for just an instant, it was a dose of terror enough to crush a normal person's will and make them fall into beast-like madness.

But the boy, from beginning to end, had a normal expression.

Deep in Li Zhuiyuan's consciousness.

The peach blossoms filling the sky fell into the fish pond below, and the hungry fish inside went crazy and went up to swallow them.

In reality, the petals in the peach forest withered one by one;

Deep in his consciousness, the fish in the fish pond became fatter and fatter.

Finally, the peach forest withered completely.

The water pool in front of Li Zhuiyuan also became dry, leaving only a shallow layer of crystal-clear water, barely enough to reflect the moon.

The boy stood up and wiped his hands on his clothes.

Inside the window of the wooden house, Qing'an's gaze became scorching at this moment.

"You... can kill me!"

Immediately, the voice turned into anger:

"You, can kill me!"

Finally, a roar was issued:

"You can kill me!!!"

He saw in the boy the hope for his own early liberation.

Obviously, the boy had mastered this means for a long time, and the boy was also very skilled when he used it just now.

But the boy had been hiding it from him, not showing it in front of him.

He had endured these endless self-sealing torments for so many years just to not become a disaster and to wait for death.

Today, he saw the opportunity for liberation!

Li Zhuiyuan: "You misunderstood."

"I... misunderstood?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "You are a vast ocean, and I am only a fish pond. Just now, it was already my limit. The current me cannot liberate the real you at all.

If I do this, my here..."

Li Zhuiyuan pointed to his forehead,

"My here will be blown up. You cannot separate any of the faces on you. You look like you have countless faces, but in reality, these faces all grow on one face.

Currently, I can only absorb the resentment you've leaked over the past two years. If I touch your true form, I will definitely die.

I didn't tell you before, not because I wanted to keep a trump card to threaten and use you.

It's just that I,

also couldn't bear to part with this peach forest."

The existence in the wooden house gradually calmed down.