God's Gift

As soon as she said this, the air was quiet for a moment.

Lu Keming unconsciously increased the strength with which he held Yu Youyou, bending his knuckles and pressing them into Yu Youyou's fur.

The air was inexplicably dry, and Lu Keming's indigo eyes darkened little by little, and he remained silent for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Yu Youyou tilted her head and looked at Lu Keming strangely.

The desire in his heart was clamoring loudly, but Lu Keming just smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to cover Yu Youyou's curious eyes, and said: "You don't need to learn this."

"Why?" Yu Youyou pursed her lips and asked in confusion.

Lu Keming didn't answer, but just shook his head and raised his eyes.

But what he saw next made the smile on his face gradually disappear.

Achou, who had been staring at Chen Qingqiu, shifted his gaze to Lu Keming and Yu Youyou and looked at them with a gloomy expression.

Lu Keming's eyes met hers, and the smile on his face completely disappeared. He looked around to make sure the mental shield around him was still there, then looked at Achou again.

How could an ordinary person see them through his mental shield?

This inconspicuous human finally caught Lu Keming's attention at this time.

Over there, Ah Chou looked at them for a while, then turned around as if nothing had happened and left with his bag.

The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, the sun appeared from the clouds, a few faint rays of sunset glow fell on the ground, and the autumn wind blew up the fallen leaves and drifted away into the distance.

Lu Keming looked at Achou's back and sneered. Yu Youyou in his arms raised her eyes to glance at Lu Keming without saying anything.

-

When Lu Keming and Yu Youyou were returning, they met Ye Li and his group on the road.

"A-Li!" Yu Youyou looked at Ye Li, who was in deep thought, enthusiastically, then turned to greet Shen Minghua: "Brother Minghua!"

Shen Minghua smiled, took a step forward, and was about to reach out to touch Yu Youyou, but was pushed away by Lu Keming's palm.

Shen Minghua looked up at Lu Keming in surprise. After seeing the coldness in his eyes, he was stunned for a second. Then he concealed the emotion in his eyes, took a step back and changed the subject.

"We just went to test the clan leader's daughter-in-law. She said that she and her husband had no conflicts. I saw that she was in a good mood, so she probably hadn't encountered anything bad yet."

"So when I saw her crying yesterday, it must have been something very sudden that she hadn't anticipated yet."

Ye Li frowned and continued, "I don't know if that incident has anything to do with time travel. We don't have any clues right now."

Lu Keming withdrew his gaze from Shen Minghua, hugged Yu Youyou, touched her, and continued walking forward.

"It's okay, A'li, we will find it sooner or later. At worst, we can wait until the day we go back and take a closer look." Fang Ziang didn't care too much and comforted Ye Li.

Several people walked through the main street of the village. Some villagers were preparing for the upcoming Buddha Worship Festival and were pasting paper-cut paintings and hanging lanterns in the shops.

As the sky darkened, lanterns were lit up, illuminating the quiet village.

When he reached the end of the main street, a small shop caught Fang Ziang's attention.

There are strings of paper paintings hanging on the beams of this shop, and yellowed book pages are placed on the table, which are out of place with the snacks and specialties displayed in other shops.

A white-haired old man with a long beard stood in the middle of the shop, looking at the passing people with a smile.

"Grandpa, will anyone buy the books you sell here?" Fang Ziang stopped and walked towards the old man, looking at the thick books.

Which tourist buys books when traveling?

Yu Youyou, who was held by Lu Keming, looked at the old man and her ears moved.

The old man smiled kindly, shook his head slightly, and denied it: "I don't sell books here."

"It's not a book." Fang Ziang looked at the dazzling array of books and became even more confused. He asked curiously, "Then what are you selling?"

“I sold it—” The old man’s eyes moved to Lu Keming behind the others. He looked at Yu Youyou and said with a smile, “It was in the past.”

After hearing the old man's answer, Shen Minghua and Ye Li also became confused.

Lu Keming looked at the white-bearded old man with a more scrutinizing look in his eyes. Yu Youyou in his arms lowered her head silently.

Fang Ziang and the old man stared at each other for a while, and suddenly realized: "He's selling second-hand books."

"That's fine. I won't buy any books." Fang Ziang waved his hand, turned around and took a step forward, saying to the others, "Let's go."

"Wait a minute." The old man called him and asked in a calm voice with a smile on his face, "Fang Ziang, don't you want to know where the rabbit doll you hid in the cabinet when you were a child is?"

Fang Ziang's eyes widened and he took a step back. "Fuck! How do you know my name? You even knew my bunny doll was lost!"

The eyes of several people present fell on Fang Ziang. Fang Ziang glanced at Ye Li and finally reacted. He denied it flatly: "No, no, no, no, who said I lost the rabbit doll..."

"Bah, bah, I don't have that thing at all, don't talk nonsense!"

Ye Li glanced at Fang Ziang, then turned around and looked at the old man with a vigilant look, "Who are you?"

"I am Old Man Time." Old Man Time had a kind face and answered Ye Li with a smile, and then said: "I know the past of all of you, including those things that you have forgotten."

“Do you guys want to buy your past?”

He took a step back, revealing the dark door behind him, and gestured to the few people to come in.

None of them moved, but Old Man Time was not in a hurry either. He just stood there with a smile, keeping his movements, and quietly waiting for them.

Lu Keming stared at him, then walked to the side of Old Man Shiguang, stopped, turned his head to look at him, and asked with his lips moving slightly, "Are you Backtracking?"

Old Man Time didn't answer, but just smiled.

Yu Youyou looked up at Lu Keming, and Lu Keming looked back, lowered his head and looked at Yu Youyou intently, and asked softly, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Yu Youyou glanced at the smiling old man beside her, yawned, and said, "Go ahead."

Lu Keming raised the corner of his mouth and walked into the dark door holding Yu Youyou.

Shen Minghua looked at Lu Keming's back, exchanged a glance with Ye Li, and followed him in.

"Hey, wait!" Fang Ziang looked around and found that there was no one around, only gloomy darkness, so he hurriedly followed.

Old Man Time closed the door only after everyone had entered.

Looking at the streets again, the villagers were still making stickers and hanging lanterns, and there was no bookshop.

-

The dark road was very long and there was silence all around. The footsteps on the ground felt like stepping on calm water, soft and gentle, without any sound.

Until a little light appeared in front, Yu Youyou jumped out of Lu Keming's arms and ran forward, wagging her fluffy tail. Lu Keming's hands were empty, his eyes darkened, and he quickly chased after her.

"Pomelo!"

"Lu Keming, hurry up!" Hearing Lu Keming's call, Yu Youyou turned around and shouted happily.

Lu Keming took a deep breath and ran up quickly, until his eyes were covered by a dazzling white. He raised his hands to cover his eyes.

Fortunately, his eyes quickly adapted to the light. Lu Keming put down his hands and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Yu Youyou's figure in front of him.

Only then did Lu Keming decide to go and see this place.

Countless scrolls fell from above, and there was no end in sight when looking up. The surrounding walls were covered with huge scrolls, and even the soles underfoot were made up of paintings.

In those paintings, there are humans, animals, oceans, forests...

A colorful picture came into view. Faced with such a spectacular scene, even Lu Keming was stunned for a long time.

"The painting of time is magnificent. The first drop of rain, the growth of the first plant, the birth of the first animal, and the appearance of the first human are all in these paintings."

Lu Keming turned his head and saw Old Man Time smiling quietly.

"What do you want us to see?" Lu Keming turned around and asked, "My past?"

Old Man Time shook his head and his eyes fell on the huge scroll around him. The scene in the scroll kept changing and finally turned into a deep and quiet ocean.

"What I'm showing you is the Deep Sea God Oshi."

"Ou Xi?" Lu Keming didn't expect that this was what Old Man Shiguang wanted him to see. "What does that have to do with me?"

Old Man Time looked at Lu Keming's arm. The area covered by the cloth emitted a faint blue light that passed through the cloth.

"No, it's about you."