God's Gift

Yu Youyou's gaze lingered between Fang Ling and Ning Jin for a while. She nodded thoughtfully, with some understanding in her eyes.

"Goodbye then. I'm going out first."

"Wait." Fang Ling responded, walked out with A Jin, and said to You You: "Let's get off the boat together first."

When they arrived outside Huachunfang, Yu Youyou waved to the two of them and said, "You two can have fun, don't worry about me."

After saying that, she walked into the surging crowd again. Amid the hustle and bustle, she walked to a corner and saw Ning Yue who was gathered with a group of children.

Ning Yue's clothes were still eye-catching today. He was wearing a red gown that looked particularly festive, and a colorful crown on his head. He was sitting in a haystack. Under the haystack sat a group of furry children, listening to Ning Yue's speech attentively.

"General Ningdu had a very miserable childhood. He had no parents since he was young, so he lived in the market, begging and stealing to survive."

Yu Youyou was holding a dogtail grass in her hand. As she walked, the dogtail grass swayed in the air. She stopped at the corner and looked at Ning Yue and the group of children.

The children sitting on the ground looked up at Ning Yue and asked curiously, "Will he not be beaten?"

"My mother told me that a gentleman should behave properly and not do anything sneaky. A thief who steals something will be beaten to death."

Ning Yue had a peach blossom pinned in his hair. Hearing what the child said, he laughed and said, "Ning Du is a great general, he is born strong, how could he be killed for such a small fight?"

"Of course, Ning Du is an extremely powerful general!" As soon as he finished speaking, a child immediately responded with admiration.

Ning Yue smiled casually, took off the peach blossom from his hair, pinched it in his hand and waved it casually twice, the sound was somewhat chic.

“When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his heart suffer and his muscles work hard.”

"So the hardships Ning Du suffered in his childhood were all God's training for him. Sure enough, when he was ten years old, golden light fell from the sky, and from then on he opened a pair of heavenly eyes, and could see what would happen in the future."

"Whatever he said would happen. He took advantage of this opportunity, became invincible on the battlefield, and was soon promoted to a high position."

"What kind of ability is this? I want it too!" Upon hearing such a magical ability, the children around Ning Yue immediately became excited.

Seeing the child's prayer, Ning Yue smiled and shook his head, saying, "Not everyone can have this. Ning Du looked through ancient books and learned that his eyes are the eyes of a fairy on the sea."

"That god's left eye can see the past, and his right eye can see the future. Tens of thousands of years can all be seen in just one glance."

"So amazing!" A boy shouted, excitedly ran to Ning Yue's legs and asked:

"Then can you also see what I will look like in the future and when I will become rich?"

Ning Yue pinched the boy's chubby cheeks, and replied in a thoughtful manner, "If it were you, you would never get rich in your life."

"How could this be!" The boy burst into tears immediately, with snot and tears on his face.

“Hahahahahaha…” Ning Yue laughed again when he saw the boy like this. When he saw the boy crying harder because of his laughter, he said:

"I'm lying to you. You believe my lies?"

After hearing this comfort, the boy slowly stopped crying and laughed again.

Ning Yue held the peach branch, sighed, and said, "But this ability cannot be used casually. Even the gods rarely use it to predict the future."

"Ning Du suddenly obtained the Heavenly Eye and used it without restraint, which led to his untimely death."

"Ah..." There was a sighing sound around him, and another child asked:

"Then what does God see with his heavenly eyes?"

"What did they see?" Ning Yue thought for a while, then smiled slightly and said:

"How do I know that?"

"Can the general really see the future?" The children here couldn't understand what Ning Yue said, and they were a little confused.

Ning Yue's smile was unclear. He looked towards the corner and said softly, "That should be it."

A child questioned Ning Yue's words and said, "How do you know so much? My father didn't say these things in the play "The Beggar General". What you said must be false."

Ning Yue was not at all flustered by being questioned, and said calmly: "How can it be false? Ning Du told me this himself."

"General Ningdu has been dead for nearly a hundred years. How can I tell you these things?"

"It's a dream." Ning Yue waved the peach blossom in his hand, pulled off a petal, and looked at the child with a smile.

"Didn't you just say you wanted to see General Ningdu? I'll help him pass on a message so that he can see you in his dream as well."

As soon as these words were spoken, the children under the firewood pile showed expressions of fear and ran away one after another.

Ning Yue looked up to the sky and laughed out loud as he watched the children escape.

Yu Youyou stood in the corner, looking indifferently at the man in red clothes on the firewood pile. There was no extra emotion in her eyes, like a tranquil and vast ocean that made it impossible to see clearly.

She picked up the dogtail grass, and just as Fang Ziang had taught her before, she put the grass in her mouth, held her head with both hands, and left leisurely.

Until they arrived in front of a pastry shop, Yu Youyou moved a small stone, sat across the street facing the pastry shop, supporting her head with one hand, staring straight at the shop.

After a while, the Dog-Headed Army followed the scent and found Yu Youyou. Seeing that she was staring at the pastry shop, they very tactfully surrounded her.

If someone was frightened by the dogs and the cake in their hands accidentally fell to the ground, the guarding dogs would immediately rush forward, bite the cake in one bite, and happily deliver it to Yu Youyou.

The man who dropped the cake saw that those dogs only followed Yu Youyou's lead and immediately came to cause trouble for her, so Yu Youyou looked up at the man, took out a tael of silver from her sleeve and handed it to the man.

Those people took the silver and left happily soon.

By the time it got dark, the lanterns on the street were lit up, and the cakes piled in front of Yu Youyou had already been divided up.

She yawned, stood up and stretched. Just as she was about to go back home, she saw Lu Keming, dressed in a dark suit, walking on the street in a daze.

The orange light fell on him, swaying slowly in the night wind.

Yu Youyou's eyes suddenly lit up, and she squeezed through the bustling crowd and ran towards Lu Keming.

The street was noisy, and Lu Keming was swept into the crowd again. Yu Youyou shouted out in anxiety.

"Lu Keming!"

The crisp sound passed through the crowd and fell into the ears of Lu Keming who was in a daze. His slow steps stopped sluggishly, and he was a little dazed for a moment.

He has been thinking about Yu Youyou these days, and even her figure appeared in his dreams.

The call was clear and vague, as if it came from reality, but also as if it was from fantasy.

Lu Keming thought dully, was it because he dreamed too much that he started to have hallucinations?

But the voice became clearer and clearer, getting closer and closer to him, calling him continuously.

Until a soft and warm body hugged him tightly, and the faint aroma of chestnut cake filled Lu Keming's nose, he heard the voice happily asking:

"Lu Keming, where did you go today? I couldn't find you."