Embers

Ember just stood there, looking at him, not speaking.

Slowly, he lowered his head and said sadly: "I just want to see you, can't you?"

Ember frowned lightly, wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, turned around and was about to enter the gate, but Shao Yunqi directly grabbed her sleeve.

"wait!"

Ember paused, turned her head slightly, and looked at him indifferently.

He tried his best to raise his head and looked directly into the deep eyes of the man: "Aren't you and the man inside—"

Ember didn't say yes or no, she just pulled back her sleeves and strode into the yard.

The door was closed right in front of Shao Yunqi's eyes.

He was stunned for a long time, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "I will come tomorrow!"

The only response to him was the faint chirping of cicadas in Xia Ye.

He lowered his head a little dejectedly, bit his lip, turned and ran away.

Ember heard the sound of footsteps fading away, then opened the door of the room, sighed slightly, and quietly walked to the bed.

Li Mei was sleeping soundly in the position inside.

Under the moonlight, Ember stood by the bed and watched him silently for a long time.

As if sensing something, Li Mei frowned in the dream, and suddenly reached out to touch the place next to her.

Feeling the empty bed, the whole person seemed to start to panic, groping around on the sheets.

The next moment, a warm hand held his hand.

Feeling the familiar body temperature, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to fall into a dream.

With this movement, Ember carefully went to bed, and never let go of her hand.

The next day, Li Mei didn't hear the hesitant footsteps at the door all day.Still a little uncomfortable, she said to Ember in surprise, "It's strange, that child didn't come today."

Ember lazily raised her eyelids and glanced at him, then asked, "You want him to come?"

Li Mei put the cleaned dishes and bowls one by one, and said with a smile: "How is it possible, sometimes I still think, if I didn't ask you to put the lanterns that day, it would be fine."

Ember didn't speak, stretched out his hand and gently scratched Jiu Jiu's chin, and Jiu Jiu let out a soft "meow" immediately after being so comfortable.

But at dusk, familiar footsteps reappeared in the alley.

Li Mei just went out to do some shopping, and Yu Jin was alone in the whole house, he was lying under the tree reading a book, the sound of footsteps back and forth was very clear in the silence.

Ordinary people might not be able to hear it very clearly. After all, Shao Yunqi still has some martial arts foundation, but Yu Jin is not an ordinary person. He used to be the leader of the Demon Cult with unfathomable martial arts. The footsteps of this level are already very noisy for him.

So he put down the book, got up and opened the door, and Shao Yunqi's dull face came into view directly.

He leaned against the door and raised his eyebrows slightly, the meaning was obvious.

"You...how did you come out?"

"I'm not telling you not to come again." Ember's voice was as calm as ever, without any emotion.

After a whole day, Shao Yunqi had obviously adjusted his mood, and he was not stung by his indifference, and said cheekily: "I just like the scenery here, and I will feel uncomfortable if I don't come here for a day."

Ember looked at him motionless, and slowly raised the corners of her mouth in a half-smile.

Being watched by him like this, Shao Yunqi couldn't help but blush a little.

Even though he is such an older man, why is he so good-looking? Even with such a cold and mocking expression now, it will give people an indescribable sense of charm.

He didn't know what was wrong with him, but he just looked at each other briefly that day, and he couldn't forget it completely. He was thinking about him all the time, and he felt inexplicably lost when he couldn't see him, and he felt awkward when he saw him, and he couldn't move it. open sight.

"Well, have you eaten yet?"

After he finished speaking, he was a little embarrassed himself.

Ember looked at him casually, and then looked at the sky, Li Mei had been gone for half an hour, and it was time to come back.

He set his eyes on Shao Yunqi again.

"How can you not come?"

Unexpectedly, he would be so direct, Shao Yunqi was a little confused: "You don't want to see me so much?"

Ember did not answer as usual.

Silence is already a good rejection, but he obviously underestimated Shao Yunqi.

I saw him clenched his fists, raised his head and looked directly at him: "Kiss me once, and I'll leave."

"..."

Like a little flower picker.

After living for so many years, it was the first time that Ember felt a sense of wanting to laugh and being absurd, and the look on his face for a moment was actually quite wonderful.Compared with the usual sad and joyless look, this looks more vivid.

Not knowing where the courage came from, Shao Yunqi slipped his soles of his feet and leaned in front of him before he recovered his senses, and quickly stood on tiptoe and kissed his face.

Before he could feel the touch on his lips, he was already dazzled by the roaring heartbeat.

"Since you have already kissed me, I am also a gentleman who can't be chased after a word. Let's go, come back tomorrow!"

After all, he evacuated Ember's sight with the speed of fleeing for his life.

"..."

For many years, beside Ember, there has never been such a brazen person.

If he wanted to chase him, no matter how far Shao Yunqi went, he would have to suffer a bit if he chased him back, but thinking about it, he didn't think it would be possible.

If you don't chase, you still feel that something is wrong.

The corner of his mouth twitched, and he rubbed the center of his brows gloomily.

When it was dark, Li Mei came back, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Ember staring at Jiu Jiu with a complicated expression.

"Huh? What's wrong with you?"

Hearing his voice, Ember turned her gaze over and said nothing.

Li Mei felt a little strange, but didn't think too much, just smiled at him: "Didn't you say you wanted to eat small oranges two days ago, today I happened to come across someone who sold these, so I bought some, you can try it later ?”

"Yeah." Ember strode over to take the cloth bag in his hand, but didn't leave, "Why did you come back?"

Li Mei said helplessly: "There are too few small oranges in this season, and there are too many people at the front of the stall, so it was crowded for a while."

Ember nodded slightly, her expression was still a little weird.

Li Mei couldn't help worrying: "What's the matter, it seems that something is wrong with you."

"Bite by a mosquito."

Because his back was facing him, he couldn't see Ember's expression either.

But thinking about it, I still feel inexplicable and want to laugh. Is he afraid of mosquitoes?

I laughed, but I still wrote it down, thinking about how to get rid of the mosquitoes that have been rampant recently.

Before going to bed, Li Mei told Ember about the rumors she heard outside today.

Probably, the Nineteenth General had found those people who had left the Demon Sect before, but had not participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Demon Sect, one by one.Most of the people were used to the peaceful life away from the rivers and lakes, but a few were persuaded by him, and a dozen people returned to Wangbei Mountain and began to find ways to collect people.

"He has also started to bear hatred." Li Mei sighed, "Those people who are willing to rebuild the Devil's Cult with him are nothing more than to avenge the disciples who died before. But when will we get a head for revenge like this."

Ember didn't speak, and just covered him with the quilt.

A person's face suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, Li Mei suddenly felt sad, and whispered: "If Mo Yuan is still alive, what will he do?"

Ember's voice has the power to calm people in the silent night: "Going to see Mo Sui may not be a bad thing for him."

After all, he was really too tired afterwards, when the Demon Cult was facing collapse, Li Mei saw him haggard more than once.

But it's still sad to think about it.

"Mo Yuan is dead, Mo Sui is dead, Lin Yu is dead, and Chu Jian is dead. In the end, there are only two of us left."

The people around him left one by one, leaving only the two of them dependent on each other.

It can be considered complete, but this completeness is more like a lonely stone in the desert, always revealing a sense of desolation.

Ember gently stroked his hair, opened his eyes in the darkness, not knowing what he was thinking.