beloved does not come back

Jiang Tianxiao couldn't react for a while, stared at Yu Lang's lips for a while, and then asked: "But he asked me to check the "Drafts of Qing History"...the history of the Qing Dynasty recorded in the "Drafts of Qing History?"

Yu Lang's eyes were heavy: "Yes, Chen Bai...is indeed from the Qing Dynasty."

"Then your father—" Jiang Tianxiao choked suddenly: "Your father—"

"This matter is related to what I told you before, the experiment that Shen Yuanmen did on me." Yu Lang paused, then raised his chin at the order counter: "Go and buy me a glass of Coke with ice. "

"Eh - good."

While waiting for the Coke, Jiang Tianxiao's mind was blank, it was too chaotic, Zhou Ke's trace, Chi Yang's mental disorder, what the head of the Shen Yuan Sect said, and now, Chen Bai that Yu Lang took the initiative to mention... It was like one after another. Beads, Jiang Tianxiao had a faint feeling that these beads were strung together on a thread, but he couldn't find where the thread ended no matter what.

"Teacher Yu," Jiang Tianxiao put the iced cola in front of Yu Lang: "Uh, it's quite cold, drink it slowly."

Yu Lang picked up the paper cup and took two gulps.

"You remember what I told you, three souls and seven souls, if one soul is missing, the body will become static."

"Well," Jiang Tianxiao nodded, "He Sheng told me too."

"What did you say?" Yu Lang clenched his hands and squeezed the paper cup hard!

Coke sprayed out with a "squeak" and sprayed on his hands.

"Ah!" Jiang Tianxiao was taken aback, quickly grabbed a tissue and wiped it for Yu Lang, the Coke with ice turned Yu Lang's hands cold.

"Teacher Yu..." Jiang Tianxiao said cautiously, "What's wrong with you?"

"...It's okay." Yu Lang took the tissue out of Jiang Tianxiao's hand, and slowly wiped the Coke on his hand: "He Sheng was at that time, how did I tell you?"

"He said three souls and seven souls, the three souls are fetal light, refreshing spirit, ghost essence, and seven souls are corpse dogs, Fushi, sparrow Yin, swallowing thieves, non-poison, decontamination, and stinky lungs, which correspond to people's happiness and joy respectively. , Anger, Sorrow, Fear, Love, Evil, and Desire. If any soul is missing, you will become a living dead, that is, a person who is neither alive nor dead."

"...That's all?" Yu Lang asked calmly.

"Ah."

"Okay," Yu Lang lowered his eyes and sighed slowly and softly, "It's not that I can't tell you, but... this matter is too unbelievable, so I never took the initiative to tell others."

"Hmm..." Jiang Tianxiao asked, "So He Sheng also knows?"

"Yes, He Sheng also knows... But, he only knows part of it."

"..." Jiang Tianxiao was stunned, did He Sheng know part of it?which part?That day He Sheng told Jiang Tianxiao to remember the three souls and seven souls, what did he mean then?Are you hinting at something?

Can—but is there something that cannot be stated explicitly, but must be hinted at?

"Chen Bai is my father's lover. He was born in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. He is not from the Shen Yuan family, but he and my father met and became lovers."

Yu Lang spoke calmly, but Jiang Tianxiao was shocked as if struck by lightning, Qing Dynasty?gay?Yu Lang's father?

"Can I ask a question?" Jiang Tianxiao asked in a low voice.

"can."

"Uh... Since Chen Bai and your father are lovers, then you are..."

Yu Lang smiled when he heard the words, the corners of his mouth curled up, but his eyes were calm: "In Shen Yuanmen, it is not up to the individual to decide whether to reproduce or not."

"……what."

"Chen Bai is a very talented person, I mean, the talent of manipulating spiritual arts... let's talk about it here," Yu Lang turned his head and looked out the window: "Chen Bai's talent is above mine."

Jiang Tianxiao's breath was stagnant, and he remembered that He Sheng had told him that Yu Lang's talent was so high that he was a once-in-a-century genius in Shen Yuanmen.

And Chen Bai's talent lies above Lang.

"At that time my father was with Chen Bai, so Chen Bai started to get in touch with spiritual arts. He has high talent, good understanding, and a relatively...extreme personality. After living with my father for 7 years, Chen Bai's understanding of spiritual arts The study and mastery have reached a very deep level, and then he... took away my father's soul."

"For-why?!"

"I don't know..." Yu Lang looked at the neon lights on the street outside the window, his eyes were deep and dark: "No one knows."

"And then what?"

"Then Chen Bai disappeared. My father was neither alive nor dead, and lived alone in the world. Until the third year after I was born, Shen Yuanmen found what Chen Bai hid, my father's soul, and finally returned it to my father. My father died."

"...So, your father..." Jiang Tianxiao's throat was tight and astringent: "He lived...more than 100 years?"

"Well," Yu Lang whispered, "lived 130 years—unbelievable, huh?"

"I..." Jiang Tianxiao didn't know what to say, he really couldn't accept it for a while, it was too unreal.

"Because Shen Yuan's family used a lot of strength to find that soul, so Shen Yuan's family understood what happened, and they began to study this... method of life and death. Later, because of the blood relationship between me and my father , they experimented on me."

Jiang Tianxiao was stunned: "Because of blood relationship..."

Yu Lang nodded.

Jiang Tianxiao's heart felt like a hole had been dug out, he thought, Yu Lang is so innocent, because of his father and Chen Bai's things that have nothing to do with him, he has become a test product for cruel experiments.

"So Shen Yuanmen asked you to investigate Chen Bai," Yu Lang said: "Chen Bai was an official, and there are records about him in the "Drafts of Qing History". You know these things - living alone for 130 years is scary, isn't it? I'm his son, and I'm also... scary."

Yu Lang's ending sound dropped, like a little tail drooping because of loss.

Jiang Tianxiao's heart was about to break when he heard it, and regardless of the waiter lying on the ordering table playing with his mobile phone, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Yu Lang's hand: "I didn't think so, Mr. Yu——no, Yu Lang, I didn't I think you're scary, really."

Yu Lang's hands are too cold, Jiang Tianxiao thought.

"You can be afraid." Yu Lang smiled with his shoulders down, but his smile was uglier than crying: "Ordinary people will be afraid."

"I'm not an ordinary person." Jiang Tianxiao moved closer and whispered, "I... am I not your boyfriend?"

Yu Lang was silent.

"I really don't think you...are abnormal, or anything like that," Jiang Tianxiao boldly stretched out his index finger and scratched Yu Lang's palm: "Yu Lang, I believe in you, I...I love you, you know of."

After speaking, I blushed.

Yu Lang stared at Jiang Tianxiao intently, and asked softly after a while, "Really?"

Yu Lang, who has always been decisive and straightforward, unexpectedly showed such a helpless expression.Jiang Tianxiao hugged Yu Lang and said word by word, "Really."

Then he heard Yu Lang's muffled laugh, Yu Lang's face was buried on Jiang Tianxiao's shoulder, his low laughter seemed to resonate with Jiang Tianxiao's heart.

That night, Jiang Tianxiao and Yu Lang only slept for more than five hours.After eight o'clock in the morning, Jiang Tianxiao opened his eyes, his shoulders were numb.

Yu Lang rested on his shoulder and was playing with his mobile phone.

Seeing that he woke up, Yu Lang raised his head and smiled at him: "Did you sleep enough?"

"Well," Jiang Tianxiao was dizzy from Yu Lang's laughter, and couldn't help asking softly, "What about you? Have you been awake for a long time?"

"No, I just woke up not long ago." Yu Lang put down his phone and got up: "I was afraid that getting out of bed would wake you up, so I didn't move."

The two quickly washed up, and when they walked out of the room, they saw He Sheng standing in the corridor smoking a cigarette.

"How is Chi Yang?" Yu Lang asked.

"It's still the same," He Sheng frowned, "Everyone is Zhou Ke."

"Shen Yuanmen really lied to us," Yu Lang said, "They don't even know where Zhou Ke is."

He Sheng nodded.

Both Yu Lang and He Sheng spoke in a normal tone.Jiang Tianxiao thought, it seems that yesterday's conflict has been turned over.

"Then what should we do next?" He Sheng asked Yu Lang.

"Keep looking," Yu Lang shook his head as if tired, "find a way."

It was already mid-December at this time. Although it was the vast northwest land, it was a city after all, and the atmosphere of the New Year was getting stronger and stronger.In the shop outside, "Happy New Year" was playing loudly from the loudspeaker at the door. When I heard it, I almost thought it was New Year's Eve.

In fact, the Spring Festival is not far away.

At the end of this year, it was supposed to be the time to return home, Jiang Tianxiao thought, but the group of them, still in this huge Lanzhou, tried their best to find Zhou Ke—why is this Zhou Ke so strange?Since he bid farewell to Chi Yang again and again, why didn't he tell Chi Yang where he was at the end?Although he knew that Zhou Ke was no longer there, Jiang Tianxiao always felt that even if he was gone, there must be an explanation.

They used to be lovers and fell in love, so there should be an explanation.A living person, no matter what, cannot disappear into thin air.

"Yu Lang!!!" The door of the room was slammed open, revealing Xiao Qiu's nervous face: "Come and take a look! Chi Yang's notebook—he has received another email!"

Jiang Tianxiao was startled, really thinking about something.

The three rushed into the room, only to see Chi Yang still lying on the bed, staring straight at the ceiling.

"Look," Yang Ji whispered, "new email."

Yu Lang clicked on the email.

Chi Yang:

This is really the last one.

I'm in Lanzhou, and I've walked all the places you may have been to. I didn't have enough time to take a closer look, but I have always been there.Where you play, where you go to school, where you take the college entrance examination, where you eat kebabs...

Now I am on the edge of the Yellow River, sending you this email.When it's over, I'll bid you farewell.

Just when I merged with the Yellow River, still by your side.

周恪

By the Yellow River in Lanzhou Tongyue Township

Tongyue Township.

"Go to Tongyue Township! He Sheng——" Yu Lang looked at He Sheng: "We have to take Chi Yang with us, you can find a way, if it doesn't work, you can tie it up—if you can find Zhou Ke, Chi Yang will have to see it with his own eyes. .”

"He," Jiang Tianxiao worried: "If Zhou Ke can be found, he will be more stimulated after seeing Zhou Ke's body... right?"

"I don't know," Yu Lang shook his head, "but he has to face it anyway."