God's Gift

Yu Youyou's gaze shifted to Ning Yue. After looking him up and down, she asked sincerely, "Whether you are sad or not, what does it have to do with me?"

Ning Yue was choked by Yu Youyou's words and remained silent for a while. Then he noticed the gazes around him and looked at Lu Keming with a smile, and said:

"haven't seen you for a long time."

This is really puzzling. This should be the first time Lu Keming and Ning Yue meet, so why did Ning Yue say it's been a long time?

Lu Keming frowned and asked, "When have we met?"

Ning Yue did not answer immediately. He waved his paper fan, looked at Lu Keming meaningfully for a long while, and jokingly replied, "It feels like old times."

After hearing this, Lu Keming stood beside Yu Youyou indifferently, looking at Ning Yue coldly.

Ning Yue stopped joking at this time and asked, "Are you my Youyou's friend?"

When he heard the words "my Youyou", Lu Keming's gaze froze. He stared at Ning Yue for a few seconds and then looked away as if nothing had happened, with no emotion in his eyes.

But where no one could see, the fingers placed at the side of the body were pressed so hard that they turned white.

He did not directly answer Ning Yue's question, but glanced at Yu Youyou, his drooping eyelashes half-hiding his misty and cold gaze, and asked softly: "Youyou, who is this?"

When Yu Youyou heard Lu Keming's question and looked at Ning Yue who was wearing fancy clothes, she explained to Lu Keming: "This is Ning Yue, the young general."

After getting Yu Youyou's answer, Lu Keming looked at Ning Yue expressionlessly and replied, "It turned out to be General Ning."

Ning Yue looked at Lu Keming's obviously unhappy expression, chuckled, and waved the paper fan in his hand.

Yu Youyou looked at Ning Yue and asked, "Didn't you say you wouldn't come out today? Why are you coming out again?"

Ning Yue sighed in annoyance when he heard this question and said, "I told you it would rain today, but none of you brought an umbrella. As your brother, I was so worried that I had no choice but to come out to look for you."

"There's an umbrella here. You don't have to come all the way to get it."

After saying that, Yu Youyou turned around and walked to the window, leaned out to look. The rain that had been falling outside the window for a long time had stopped, and the remaining rainwater on the eaves fell drop by drop, hit the canal, and merged with the river water.

"Besides, the rain has stopped now, Ajin should be fine."

"This rain comes quickly and goes away quickly." Ning Yue looked out the window, "In that case, I'll take my leave first."

"Then go back. Bye!" Yu Youyou stood by the window and waved at Ning Yue without hesitation, without any hint of retaining him in her voice.

Ning Yue looked at Yu Youyou's positive attitude and was not surprised. He just glanced at Lu Keming meaningfully, and as he walked past him, he lowered his voice and said, as if unintentionally:

"I remember when Youyou first came to Gusu, she was looking for an old friend, whose name seemed to be Lu Keming. I guess the old friend that Youyou has been looking for is you."

"She misses you so much. I guess you two had a very close relationship in the past. I envy her."

His voice was not loud when he said this, and Yu Youyou who was standing by the window could not hear it, but Lu Keming heard it clearly.

There was no smile on Lu Keming's face. His eyes met Ning Yue's. The damp and cold air after the rain filled the air, making people feel cold.

Seeing Lu Keming's gradually cold gaze, Ning Yue raised a sarcastic smile on his face and walked away.

Have you known each other before?

The person who knew Yu Youyou in the past was not him.

Lu Keming's breathing gradually became heavier. The damp and cool air rushed into his nostrils, carrying his heart down with him. His previous injuries also began to hurt.

When Yu Youyou walked back from the window, Lu Keming was standing there in a daze. She took Lu Keming's hand and asked, "What's wrong? Is your injury still hurting?"

Feeling the warm touch, Lu Keming lowered his eyes to look at the hand that was holding him.

He held Yu Youyou's hand, grasped her warm hand in his palm and tightened it little by little. His heart, which had been so cold and painful just now, seemed to gradually warm up. He asked softly:

"How did you know I was hurt?"

"You smell of blood." Yu Youyou wrinkled her nose and sniffed the air.

Lu Keming lowered his eyes, and his long eyelashes trembled in the damp and cold air. "I obviously changed my clothes."

"It's not in the clothes." Yu Youyou poked Lu Keming's chest with her other hand, her bright dark eyes staring at Lu Keming's chest, and said, "The smell of blood is coming from here."

"It's an internal injury." Lu Keming looked at Yu Youyou's fingers, his eyes wandering over her fingers, and said pitifully:

"It was Minghua who hurt me. He wanted to kill me."

Yu Youyou nodded in sudden realization and said, "No wonder you were avoiding him."

She looked up at Lu Keming's innocent and pitiful eyes, thought for a few seconds, patted her chest and assured him, "It's okay, I'm a warrior, I will protect you."

But what Yu Youyou said was a little strange to Lu Keming. He asked in confusion: "Why should a warrior protect me?"

"Because mom said that warriors have to save the world, and you are also a part of the world, so I have to protect you!" Yu Youyou patted Lu Keming's shoulder and said like an elder brother:

"I won't let Brother Minghua hurt you."

Lu Keming looked at Yu Youyou, his eyes curved, and said:

"But Minghua is a Taoist priest, and I am a demon. Taoist priests are supposed to slay demons and monsters. He will definitely want to get rid of me, so we have to stay away from him."

“Or…” Lu Keming paused, his eyes were fierce, and he said, “I’ll kill him first.”

Yu Youyou listened quietly to Lu Keming's words, looked at Lu Keming's cold eyes, and suddenly said:

"But Brother Minghua didn't hurt you because he wanted to kill all the demons. It was because you killed a lot of people recently, and as a Taoist priest, he needed to protect humans, so he hurt you."

“You know…” Lu Keming looked at Yu Youyou’s indifferent face and told her the story in the most innocent words, his voice puzzled, “You know that I killed many people?”

Except for the first time, he obviously hid his whereabouts very well.

"And why..." Lu Keming paused, "You haven't said anything yet?"

"Because...human affairs are not my responsibility." Yu Youyou looked at Lu Keming's confused eyes and explained naturally:

"From the long evolution of several species in the world, it is common for species to kill each other. This is not a big deal for us. Even the gods who are in charge of this place will not care."

“As long as it doesn’t involve the extermination of a species.” Having said this, Yu Youyou paused, as if she remembered something, and stopped talking.