Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou grabbed the fish scale, golden and dazzling, as if crafted from gold.

He looked down and saw that the golden little carp had lost a scale at the very front of its spine, the most glittering scale on its body. Li Ergou couldn't help but feel sorry for it. "Little fish, why did you have to do that? It's enough that you remember me. You wouldn't give me a fish scale just to make me remember you for the rest of my life, would you?"

The little carp happily nodded at him, as if telling him that was exactly the reason.

Li Ergou looked at the little fish, and a pang of sadness welled up in his heart. He felt that life was long, but they might not meet again. A strange feeling stirred within him, and he wanted to leave something for the other, perhaps as a beautiful memory.

He then said, "Fish, oh fish, it is fate that we met. How about I give you a name, as a token of our acquaintance, so as not to let this fish scale go to waste."

The little carp looked at Li Ergou, its eyes gleaming with intelligent light, and it nodded very seriously.

Li Ergou was overjoyed and said, "That gentleman said you are no ordinary fish, and perhaps one day you will ascend into a dragon. Although I don't know if you will ever leap through the dragon gate, I think you deserve the name 'Golden Scale'.

From now on, you shall be called Jinlin, is that alright?"

Upon hearing the name Jinlin, the little fish jumped out of the water in joy. It even bowed to Li Ergou in the water like a human.

Li Ergou was delighted to see the fish so intelligent, and he waved his hand and said, "Goodbye, I hope we have the chance to meet again."

A trace of reluctance flashed in the golden fish's eyes, and then it flicked its tail and swam away into the distance, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Lu Changsheng, who was watching from the side, was dumbfounded. He widened his eyes and opened his mouth, saying, "Am I seeing ghosts? The fish you saved, it's not a fish demon, is it? I thought Mr. Li was just saying it casually. Heavens, could he have seen something?"

Goodness, I've never seen such a spiritual creature.

Li Ergou, I ask you, why did you release this little fish? Was it because you liked it, or was there another reason?"

Li Ergou looked at the departing figure of Jinlin and sighed, "It's nothing, just a feeling of being in the same boat.

Perhaps you wouldn't understand, having been rained on yourself, you want to hold an umbrella for others. It's not that I'm being hypocritical, it's just a heartfelt feeling.

However, this fish is also well-behaved and intelligent, which makes me like it, so it will probably stay in my memory forever. It's different. The moment I saw it, I seemed to see myself, and living freely is perhaps what I long for the most."

Lu Changsheng sighed in his heart, "I didn't expect you to be such a sentimental person. I like people like you the most. From now on, you are my brother."

Li Ergou was stunned, somewhat surprised and incredulous, "Brother, really?"

Lu Changsheng laughed loudly, "Of course, although we haven't known each other for long, I, Lu Changsheng, pride myself on being a good judge of character. You're good, you're very good. My grandma told me that to make brothers, you have to make friends with kind-hearted people like you. My grandma has never deceived me, I believe my grandma, and I believe in you even more."

Li Ergou's heart trembled, as if he would never be alone again from now on.

He nodded fiercely and said, "Brother, we are brothers, brothers for life?"

"Of course, good brothers are for life, hahaha, hahaha..."

Two young men, meeting, knowing each other, the hearts of young people are always the purest, only friendship lasts forever, I don't know if it can really last long.

On the way back, passing by Changsheng Well, Li Ergou drank a mouthful of well water out of curiosity. It was really as Lu Changsheng said, very sweet and very delicious, but when he thought that there might be a monster chained underneath, he felt a bit of a shadow in his heart.

Walking to the middle of the town, Lu Changsheng said, "Next, I won't accompany you. I have to go back and report to my grandma. If you want to find me in the future, come to the school. When I miss you, I will go to your martial arts gym to find you."

Li Ergou said with a slight reluctance, "Okay."

Lu Changsheng turned around, raised his hand, and waved in mid-air, "Goodbye."

"Goodbye!" Li Ergou muttered.

He was in a dreamlike state at the moment, but everything was real, the fish scales shining with light.

Opposite the clinic, at Wu Daoren's stall.

Wu Daoren was very interesting, wishing that everyone who passed by would have him tell their fortune.

Just now, a young man passed by, and he heard him say, "Eh, young brother, I see that you have the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix, and you will definitely achieve extraordinary things in the future. Why don't I tell you a fortune to see your future."

Li Ergou saw this scene, his head full of black lines, very speechless. He sometimes felt that this Wu Divine Immortal was a big忽悠, a big liar, and sometimes this guy gave himself a kind of unfathomable feeling.

This feeling was really uncomfortable and made him laugh and cry.

But since the pork ribs and fish were bought, there was nothing to hesitate about.

As soon as Li Ergou arrived at the stall, Wu Daoren's eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "Boy, you finally remembered me. You've come, why be so polite."

Saying that, he took the pork ribs and fish without hesitation.

Li Ergou was afraid of being taken advantage of, and immediately said, "That, I'll just eat lunch here."

Wu Daoren's face changed slightly, hey, I said, "Giving people things and still mooching a meal, you, you're a little too calculating."

Li Ergou smiled and said, "You cook delicious food, and besides, I provide the materials, and you provide the craftsmanship. Speaking of which, I'm still at a disadvantage."

Wu Daoren snorted coldly and said, "You kid, you're getting more and more glib. I see that your eyes are dark, don't tell me you're secretly peeking at the picture book I gave you all day long."

Li Ergou was speechless and said, "That thing was hidden by me. As soon as I look at it, I get a nosebleed, I can't take it."

"Oh, it's like that, it looks like it's good to be young, what's going on, don't tell me you're possessed by a female ghost, I can't do it, I'll draw a talisman for you to exorcise the evil."

Li Ergou scoffed, "Stop it, you're the one who's possessed by a female ghost, isn't it because I'm cultivating the exercises you gave me?"

Wu Daoren said in surprise, "Eh, good boy, you understand the meaning above."

"Humph, if you don't teach me, someone will naturally teach me. Without your stinky egg, I won't make a chicken cake, but as soon as I practice according to the above, I always have constant distracting thoughts in my heart. Under hard cultivation, I am like this, I don't know what's going on, can you give me some advice or something.

Anyway, I also spent so much money, besides, if I can't learn these three pages, I won't buy the ones behind, you can weigh it carefully."

Wu Daoren's eyes flashed with golden light, as if calculating gains and losses, after a while, he couldn't help but sighed, "You kid, you can doubt my character, but you can't doubt my behavior."