The long road to immortality is missing you

The sky was getting dark gradually, and a few small lanterns were lit up on both sides of the road, shining faintly.Following the impression he had when he came, Xi Yuan actually found the way back.

The people who had gathered here had all dispersed, leaving only a mess on the ground, and the breeze blew by, adding to the desolation.

Xi Yuan looked around, but how could he see half a person?Even the banner of "Bailei Fortune Telling" by grandpa is nowhere to be found.

"Did Grandpa go back long ago?" Xi Yuan guessed in his heart, "What about Lan Jian? Where did he go?"

Xi Yuan was already too hungry at this time, and after running back and forth for more than ten miles just now, he was almost unable to stand still.

"Forget it, leave him alone. If I don't go back to eat again, I'm afraid I'll faint here from hunger." Xi Yuan thought to himself, then took a step, and walked in the direction of home based on memory.

The Hulu Lane where Xi Yuan and his grandfather lived was not far from the market where they set up a stall, so Xi Yuan arrived home not long after.

Walking in the dark alley, Xi Yuan's heart felt a little hairy, especially when there was still a dead silence all around.

Seeing candlelight emanating from his house from a distance, Xi Yuan felt much more at ease.

He quickened his pace, reached the door, pushed it open, and shouted towards the back room: "Grandpa, Yuan Yuan is back—"

"Chichichi." The only ones who answered him were the few chickens he had seen in the morning.

Xi Yuan felt a little surprised in his heart, and was about to shout again, when suddenly the door of the inner room opened, and a broom flew towards him with a strong wind, accompanied by a loud shout.

"Stinky boy, you still know how to come back—"

Xi Yuan tilted his head, dodged the big broom that was flying towards him, grinned, smiled at his grandfather, blinked his eyes twice, and said pitifully, "Grandpa, Yuan Yuan is hungry."

Grandpa snorted coldly, and said angrily: "Come in, I just made a meal. Oh, by the way, there are guests today—"

Before grandpa could finish his sentence, Xi Yuan saw a figure in white clothes coming out from behind his grandpa. His face was cold, his body was spotless, and his temperament was outstanding. It was Lan Jian.

When Lan Jian saw Xi Yuan, she nodded to him as a gesture of goodwill and blinked her eyes twice.

Xi Yuan's heart was full of old blood again, and after a while, he opened his mouth with difficulty and said hello: "Welcome, why are you here?"

"I originally wanted to go to the place you mentioned to find you, but I only found your grandfather, and then I followed your grandfather here." Lan Jian said solemnly.

"Why did you come to see me?" Xi Yuan said, "Didn't you go back to heaven..."

Before finishing this sentence, Xi Yuan realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly kept silent.

"Ah?" Lan Jian was puzzled, "What?"

"Nothing?" Xi Yuan tried his best to change the subject, "By the way, have you paid back the vegetable seller's money?"

"Not yet, isn't it tomorrow morning?" Lan Jian said.

Xi Yuan nodded and said, "Yes."

His stomach groaned again inappropriately, but Xi Yuan ignored it immediately.

He walked into the room carelessly, sat down at the dining table, randomly picked up one of the bowls, picked up the chopsticks, randomly picked up some vegetables and put them in the bowl, and started to eat.

Seeing this scene, the grandfather who came back after pouring the water twitched his eyelids again, and glanced cautiously at Lan Jian, but the latter seemed to have not noticed it at all, and just looked at Xi Yuan with a blank expression.

"Grandpa, I want another bowl!" Xi Yuan was so hungry that he finished a bowl of rice in a short time.

But Xi Baile just coughed and struggled for a long time before he said, "Well, Yuanyuan, this bowl belongs to me, the bowl you are holding now belongs to this young master, the empty bowl over there is your……"

"What?" Xi Yuan stopped what he was doing, and immediately came to his senses.

Xi Yuan looked at the bowl in his hand, which he had scraped clean, and there was still some unknown liquid that was suspected to be saliva on the mouth of the bowl.At the moment, he didn't let it go, and he didn't let it go, he didn't know what to do.

After a while, Xi Yuanfang smiled sarcastically, and said to Lan Jian who was still standing there: "Lan Jian, sit down quickly. Well, don't mind, I didn't mean it... I'll get you another bowl .”

Lan Jian shook her head, stepped forward, sat down opposite Xi Yuan, and said calmly, "I'm not hungry."

"You can't stop eating even if you're not hungry. People are iron, and food is steel. Wait for a while—" After Xi Yuan finished speaking, he got up, picked up his own and Lan Jian's bowls, and prepared to refill them.

"Actually, it's no wonder. When I just sat down, the bowl of rice looked as if no one had touched the chopsticks. I thought it was left for me by my grandfather, but I never thought..." Xi Yuan sighed softly in his heart, I also feel a little ashamed.

When Xi Yuan returned to the table, Grandpa and Lan Jian had already sat down. Xi Yuan handed Lan Jian a bowl and sat down in the original seat again.

Xi Yuan stared at the braised fish in the center of the dining table. He had seen it at a glance since he first entered the room, but at that time neither grandpa nor Lan Jian sat down, and he was too embarrassed to move his chopsticks. hour!

Xi Yuan chuckled inwardly, and was about to move his chopsticks towards the fat fish. Just when the tip of the chopsticks was about to touch the body of the fish, Xi Yuan suddenly felt pain in his right wrist. When he let go of his fingers, the chopsticks fell to the ground with a "click".

"Grandpa? Why did you hit me again?" Xi Yuan pinched his right wrist and said aggrievedly.

"You still have the nerve to say that you are so impolite in front of the guests—" Xi Baile hated iron and steel, and when he turned to Lan Jian, he changed into a kind face and said: "Young master Lan, our room is shabby , I can only come up with so many dishes, there are places where the hospitality is not good, I hope you can forgive me."

Lan Jian shook her head, but remained silent.

Seeing how his grandfather treats him differently from Lan Jian, Xi Yuan felt uneasy for a while.

But he changed his mind and thought again: "Looking at Lan Jian's unreasonable appearance now, how will I die under his hands in the future? Hey, that's right, people always change..."

Thinking of this, Xi Yuan raised his head again, he hadn't observed him carefully before.He is indeed a model of the whole sect, a senior brother who has fascinated all the juniors.Look at the slanted eyebrows, the high nose bridge, the fair skin, the thin lips, and the cold little eyes, I really feel sorry for him!

Lan Jian on the opposite side seemed to have noticed Xi Yuan's strange eyes, so she also raised her head and looked at Xi Yuan with a questioning look in her eyes.

"Eh? It's okay, let's continue eating, don't be polite!" Xi Yuan said, picked up the chopsticks from the ground, wiped them casually, and continued to chop the rice.

"By the way, Grandpa, will Lan Jian stay at our house tonight?" Xi Yuan said vaguely while swallowing his meal.

"That's right, it's so late, is it possible to drive him out?" Xi Baile rolled his eyes, extremely helpless.

"Then where does he live? We only have two rooms." Xi Yuan said again.

"Of course I share a room with you! You brat, what do you think, you still let someone sleep in the same room as an old man like me?" Xi Baile rolled his eyes again, and cleaned his own food.

"..." Xi Yuan was suddenly speechless, "Grandpa..."

"Hurry up and clean up your kennel later, what is it like!" Xi Baile stood up, picked up his bowl, and walked towards his room, "By the way, remember to clear the table after eating, There is also the yard outside. I’m going to bed first, old man, don’t bother me if there’s nothing else to do!”

After finishing speaking, there was a loud "bang" when the door closed.

"Okay..." Xi Yuan had no choice but to respond, and glanced at Lan Jian who was still eating slowly, feeling dizzy for a while.

"Eat slowly, I'll clean up the house." Xi Yuan said to Lan Jian, then got up, picked up the broom, and walked to his room.

"Hey, why on earth did Lan Jian come here today? Didn't he go down the mountain to do the shopping? He should go back after buying the vegetables? Why did he go back and forth again?" Xi Yuan frowned while sweeping the floor, thinking, but Still can't figure it out.

"Finally finished!" Xi Yuan finally finished cleaning the dust on the ground, let out a long sigh of relief, turned around, was startled by the figure in white standing at the door, and took a long time to realize that it was Lan Jian.

"Lan Jian? Why are you standing there?" Xi Yuan patted his chest and said with lingering fear.

"Actually, you don't need to clean it so hard." Lan Jian said lightly, "I can help you."

Xi Yuan was taken aback, but also realized Lan Jian's "help", and hurriedly said: "No, no, I know what you mean. Aren't you the big disciple of the Tianjun sect?"

Lan Jian was also taken aback, with a slight surprise in her eyes, and asked, "How do you know?"

Xi Yuan smiled triumphantly, and said: "It's amazing, don't you look at who I am."

"You are Xi Yuan." Lan Jian replied solemnly, "The grandson of the fortune teller in the town of Cymbidium spinosa."

"..." Xi Yuan thought in his heart: "Why are you so serious, I'm just joking with you."

"Okay, okay, I won't say much. If that's the case, go and help me clean the courtyard outside." Xi Yuan blinked pitifully at Lan Jian twice, and said.

Lan Jian nodded, took the broom in Xi Yuan's hand, and walked towards the yard.

"Hey wait? Didn't you say to use the fairy method? Why do you still need a broom?" Xi Yuan became more and more worried as he thought about it, and hurriedly followed.

When I came to the yard, I saw Lan Jian holding the broom and pinched a formula in her hand. After a while, the broom was blazed with light, and it started to move spontaneously.

In a blink of an eye, dust was flying everywhere in the courtyard.Wherever the broom went, it was as bright as day.

Not long after, the broom stopped, and the light on the broom gradually went out. Lan Jian didn't know what she had done, and the broken lantern hanging at the door of the room turned on, illuminating the small courtyard.

"Look." Lan Jian pointed to the clean courtyard and looked at Xi Yuan.It looked like a child asking for a reward from an adult after completing a task assigned by an adult.

Xi Yuan was speechless for a moment, but said very cooperatively: "Wow, Lan Jian, you are really amazing."

Lan Jian's eyes were shining, but her face still had that indifferent expression.

"Okay, the yard and house have been cleaned, it's getting late, you have to pay back the money tomorrow, right?" Xi Yuan yawned and said.

Lan Jian nodded, staring at him with dark pupils.

"Let's go, let's go to bed early. I'll go with you to find the vegetable seller tomorrow, so that you won't be tricked again." Xi Yuan took the lead to go to the door, and he was really tired today.

The two walked into the room one after the other, Xi Yuan looked at the narrow wooden bed, feeling dizzy for a moment.

He glanced back at Lan Jian and thought, "If you squeeze, you should be able to sleep."

"Lan Jian, my place is relatively simple, so don't dislike it. You sleep inside, and I sleep outside."

Xi Yuan carried him a new quilt with a whimper, spread it on the bed for a long time, and finally shook his own quilt casually, shaking off a layer of dust.

Lan Jian just stood there, curiously watching Xi Yuan hurrying back and forth.

Finally, after Xi Yuan finished his work, the two lay side by side on the bed.

At this time, Xi Yuan couldn't help but sighed in his heart: "Hey, I really didn't expect that you are such a hero!"