There are not many people under the bridge at this time.

When Qi Zhao arrived, there was silence all around, and there were few pedestrians on the road at a glance. Qi Zhao saw Xie Shen almost at a glance. He was wearing a white down jacket, standing tall and tall under the steps of the overpass, his pupils as bright as the night sky. Just as full-bodied.

Qi Zhao walked over and called him, "Xie Shen."

Xie Shen raised his head, smiled slightly, saw Qi Zhao's ears were red from the cold, reached out and rubbed his ears and face, frowned and said, "Why don't you wear a scarf?"

"It wasn't very cold when I came out in the morning, so I forgot about it." Qi Zhao sniffed.

Xie Shen looked at him helplessly, reached out and put the cashmere scarf around his neck on him next, the scarf still smelled like his body, it was warm, Qi Zhao's face and ears were covered in it, and he narrowed his eyes Smiled: "It's so warm."

Xie Shen's eyes suddenly warmed up, he held Qi Zhao's hand, and led him up the steps of the overpass.

When they reached the highest point, Xie Shen stopped in the middle of the bridge, and Qi Zhao looked down from the railing in doubt: "What's wrong?"

Xie Shen smiled and said, "Don't worry, just wait."

Qi Zhao didn't know what he wanted to do, but he was soft-tempered, not the kind of character who insisted on asking if he didn't know, so he nodded obediently.Although he was waiting, Xie Shen didn't let him get bored, he kept talking to him in a low voice, the content was actually the same as usual, but it was always joyful when it was spoken by a specific person.

The night got darker.

After passing the restaurant at this time, people came out to walk their dogs, and there were more people coming and going on the overpass. Qi Zhao was born to like flowers, plants, and small animals. Passing Huskies, Samoyed, Golden Retrievers and Shiba Inu would unconsciously rub against him. After rubbing against each other, Qi Zhao patted their heads next to each other. The little animals were satisfied, and left with their master wagging their tails.

Qi Zhao smiled and stood up: "Fortunately there is no Teddy."

Xie Shen couldn't help laughing.

A few days ago, the husky from the small owner of the restaurant next door brought back a Teddy who just ate and drank. The fur was well trimmed, and there was a fluffy brown ball, which looked very cute.

Qi Zhao went over to look curiously, and Teddy, who had been playing with huskies so well, suddenly became agitated, rushed over and hugged his leg and started shaking.

It was noon at that time, and there were many people in the restaurant, and they couldn't help showing embarrassing smiles revealing hahaha.

Qi Zhao wanted to cover his face when he recalled the scene that day.

Xie Shen rubbed his head: "Maybe one will come up soon."

Qi Zhao felt that Xie Shen had failed in his studies, and from time to time he glanced at the place where he went up to the overpass with lingering fear.Xie Shen saw his small movements in his eyes, there was a smile on his lips and eyes, and he didn't speak clearly.

After such a long time, the furry Teddy didn't see it, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a little candle light suddenly lit up in the dark place on the left under the overpass.

a little.

two o'clock.

three o'clock.

……

until it is as bright as day.

Qi Zhao was stunned for a moment, his heart trembled suddenly, he turned his head to look at Xie Shen, and instantly met a pair of eyes full of tenderness.

The man with gentle eyes smiled very softly, slowly took out a candle from the pocket of the down jacket, lit it, and slowly knelt down in front of Qi Zhao, his eyes were full of expressions, and said word by word: "Qi Zhao ,Happy birthday."

While he was half-kneeling down, there was a burst of cheers from the place below where the candlelight was reflected, and then the spots of light began to move towards the overpass, and soon, dozens of people holding candles appeared beside them, all of whom looked familiar Faces, the owner of the restaurant and his husky, the brother from the bookstore opposite, and the boys and girls who often come to his flower shop.

Holding candles, they looked at Qi Zhao together with their eyes bent, and said happily, "Qi Zhao, happy birthday!"

Qi Zhao stared at them blankly, for a long time, his eyes were dazzled by the candlelight, and suddenly felt a little hot.

Such a scene had appeared in his vision countless times for many years.

People who came out of the orphanage, because they always talk to flowers and plants, are considered lonely and weird, and they have been alone for so many years.He has no friends, no one who is willing to bother for him, and gradually, he forgets his birthday.

But now, someone gave him everything he ever dreamed of.

Qi Zhao's eyes were a little red, he thanked them, and looked down at Xie Shen: "Is this the surprise you mentioned?"

The young owner of the restaurant with his dog smiled mysteriously.

Qi Zhao didn't pay attention to him, but still looked at Xie Shen. The half-kneeling man smiled softly. Hearing this, he shook his head, and put his hand into the pocket of the down jacket. When he poked it out again, there was a black Flannel box.

Qi Zhao's heart skipped a beat.

Xie Shen fixed the candle to one side, and gently opened the velvet box. Inside were a pair of rings. The surface of the rings was engraved with simple tree branch patterns, which radiated a harmonious light under the reflection of the surrounding candlelight.

Xie Shen's hand leaned forward, as if he wanted to say a lot, but in the end, he only squeezed out six words: "Qi Zhao...do you want to?"

The small owner of the restaurant wrinkled his nose, thinking that this is not romantic at all, and it is worth doing it all over again.

But in fact, these six words are enough. Qi Zhao looked at Xie Shen, his fingers couldn't help trembling, and after a long time, he opened his mouth softly with the same trembling voice: "...Yes."

The people around cheered again, and after seeing the two put on rings for each other, they began to boo at the same time: "Wow! Touch! Crack!"

Qi Zhao blushed suddenly, and when he looked over, he found that the tips of Xie Shen's ears were also red, so he couldn't help laughing, his eyes were crooked.Xie Shen stood up and hugged him gently, ignoring the wishes of the melon-eating crowd, and only satisfied.

But enough.

The melon-eating crowd holding candles joyfully raised the candles and began to say some random words of blessing.

"You're the youngest together!"

"We love each other!"

"I'm inseparable from this life!"

"It's more expensive to be born early... no, it's to get married early!"

It's really uncultured.

The melon eaters glanced at the speaker with contempt, and the person lowered his head embarrassedly and smiled.

Qi Zhao couldn't help laughing, looked down at the ring on his hand, and hugged Xie Shen back.

Later, Qi Zhao and Xie Shen took the melon-eating team and a husky to the snack street to eat and drink. The crowd was very satisfied, feeling that they had hidden merit and fame, and waved their paws contentedly. back home.

Qi Zhao has been looking at the ring involuntarily, occasionally smiling with his chin on his face, and he hasn't eaten much, and Xie Shen is the same.After seeing off the melon-eating crowd, Qi Zhao calmed down and felt hungry, but when he looked up, he found that he had already reached the downstairs of the community.

Qi Zhao asked hesitantly, "Why don't we go to the supermarket to buy a few packs of quick-frozen dumplings first?"

Xie Shen shook his head and smiled, took him by the hand and went upstairs, the lights inside were not turned off, and the light was faintly coming out from the crack of the door, Qi Zhao was a little strange, he clearly remembered that he turned off the lights when he went out in the morning.

The key was inserted into the door lock, and with a twist, the moment the door was pushed open, Qi Zhao froze.

The room has obviously been carefully arranged, and the lights inside have been specially replaced with warm yellow lampshades. The room is warm and cozy. When Qi Zhao walked in, Xie Shen closed the door behind him: "I've already prepared the dishes, your down jacket and so on." Take it off later, don’t catch a cold, I’ll go and heat up the dishes first.”

Qi Zhao nodded, watched Xie Shen enter the kitchen, followed him and stood outside the kitchen, watching his busy back. Seven or eight minutes later, when the dishes were ready, Qi Zhao took off his down jacket and hung it on the hanger, and sat behind the dining table. down.

The food was very rich, and Qi Zhao liked it all.

Qi Zhao's gaze only stopped for a moment, then turned to Xie Shen's face, without saying a word, just resting his chin on one hand and watching with a smile, Xie Shen was rarely shy, his red ears trembled almost imperceptibly, for a long while , asked in a low voice: "What I did today...are you happy?"

After speaking, the tips of his ears trembled again.

Qi Zhao thought about it, and finally decided to tell the truth: "To be honest, it's a bit vulgar."

Xie Shen: "..."

Qi Zhao continued with a smile, "However, I like it very much and am very happy."

Xie Shen raised his head, his eyes were scorchingly bright in the surrounding haze.

It was rare for Qi Zhao not to dodge as thin-skinned as before, and met Xie Shen's gaze. After a while, he smiled softly, and picked up the chopsticks with his hands down: "Okay, if you don't eat any more, it will be cold. I don't want to let you down." up your mind."

Xie Shen smiled and nodded, Qi Zhao stuck out his chopsticks and tasted every dish.

Half an hour later, the two put away the dishes and chopsticks and washed them together in the sink. Xie Shen mixed some fruit salad, sat down with Qi Zhao on the balcony, and ate while looking at the stars.

Xie Shen was happy in his heart, he talked a lot more than before, Qi Zhao answered him with a smile, gradually, his eyes rolled up, thinking about the future with Xie Shen.

In fact, the best look in my imagination is about the same as it is now. It’s a simple life. The balcony is full of flowers. When I’m free, I can travel together and take a lot of photos. And then I’d better have a dog and be a little more obedient. A little bit is fine, and you can walk the dog while you are walking.

Etc., etc.

very many.

It was getting darker and darker outside the window, the stars were more dazzling in the deep night, the heating in the room was sufficient, and the whole person was warm and comfortable. Qi Zhao listened to Xie Shen's words, his eyes were heavy like fog, and soon, he suddenly lowered his eyes. Xie Shen looked over strangely, and saw a little water stain on the floor in front of Qi Zhao.

Tears rained down.

Xie Shen was stunned and panicked, at a loss: "What's wrong? What did I say wrong? Don't cry, I—"

Halfway through speaking, Qi Zhao suddenly leaned forward and hugged him tightly.

Afterwards, Xie Shen retracted all his words because of this embrace, and Xie Shen stiffened for a moment, then stretched out his hand, and slowly stroked Qi Zhao's back.

Qi Zhao hugged him, didn't speak, only shed tears silently, Xie Shen only wore a thin sweater, the place where Qi Zhao's eyes were touched soon became wet, Xie Shen looked down at him, slowly, As if knowing something, he smiled and rubbed Qi Zhao's hair.

All around is still peaceful.

In the silence, Qi Zhao straightened up slowly, stared at him for a long time in silence, and said hoarsely, "Thank you."

Xie Shen just looked at him with a smile.

"These days, it should be the happiest time for me. In fact, this is the life I have always hoped for. Just thinking about it, I feel very good."

"but……"

Qi Zhao's eyelashes trembled, his eyes were red, and his voice was low: "I knew from the very beginning that these were not true, thank you for taking care of me these days, I know, if I don't leave, I will I can't bear it anymore, so...send me back, there are still people waiting for me."

Xie Shen gently stroked the corners of his eyes: "Is there something I didn't do well?"

Qi Zhao shook his head. In fact, he really did a good job, but Xie Shenzhi is very special to him, so special that Qi Zhao knows whether that person is really him or not just by feeling.

And... Qi Zhao smiled with red eyes: "Did you know? The plants in the flower shop always call me Da Zhaozhao, not Qi Zhaozhao."

Xie Shen smiled knowingly: "So that's the case."

His brows and eyes were still soft, and he looked at Qi Zhao carefully: "Can I hug you again?"

Qi Zhao nodded.

Xie Shen leaned forward, and gently hugged Qi Zhao, the scent of bluegrass on his body gradually became stronger, Qi Zhao closed his eyes, and said nothing.

After doing this for a long time, the warm feeling around slowly dissipated. Qi Zhao opened his eyes, and the white mist in front of his eyes slowly dissipated. There were no balconies, no stars, and no rings on his hands, only the 梼杌 Shenmu was in front of him. , surrounded by dark blue light.

"Welcome back, kid." Bai Ze's voice came from all around, "Now you can take out the things you prepared and reshape them for Qin Xiu."

Qi Zhao's mood hadn't calmed down yet, he was inexplicably heavy, his eyes were empty and he recalled all the things he had experienced before, and after a while he smiled slowly, his eyes became firm: "Okay."

Bai Ze Shenmu stretched out its branches, stroked his hair gently, and then quietly disappeared back.

Qin Xiu's branches shook: "Qi Zhao, what's wrong?"

He is a demon, but at such a moment, he couldn't see what Qi Zhao was thinking.

Qi Zhao smiled and shook his head: "It's okay."

He took out the things that Qin Xiu needed to reshape from the Qiankun bag one by one, and went through the book of inheritance again, taking a deep breath after confirming that there would be no problem: "Qin Xiu, are you ready? "

In fact, Qi Zhao himself has no idea. There are very few records about the art of reshaping, and there are only a few words when there are rare ones. It is hard to say whether it will be successful or not.

Qin Xiu hummed lightly: "Okay."

Qi Zhao stopped talking, and according to the method mentioned in the inheritance book, he placed the boxes on the eight trigrams positions around him. Pale white light radiated from him, and soon formed a foggy barrier around the jade platform.

At the same time, countless light spots floated in his palm, slowly moving towards Qin Xiufu.

……

The top of Baize Mountain.

At this time, it was exactly half a month before Qi Zhao entered the forbidden area of ​​Baize.

Xie Shen's expression hadn't felt better since Wen Gu said what he said last time, standing on the edge of the cliff with a frown, Wen Gu felt guilty and guilty: "Actually, I didn't mean not to say it on purpose, but this is the first time someone has gone to Yunzhou City after I succeeded Forbidden land, I didn't pay attention to it before, and the book about the illusion didn't mention it in detail, so I just forgot."

Xie Shen glanced at him: "Up to three days, if Qi Zhao hasn't come back, I'll go down."

Wen Gu sighed, and wanted to say that it was useless for you to go down, there was too much murderous aura on your body, Bai Ze moistened the common people, and the barrier of the forbidden area would not let you in, but after seeing Xie Shen's frown, he also hesitated, Reluctantly said: "Okay."

Xie Shen ignored him, Wen Gu stood uncomfortably for a while: "I don't know what happened to my cat, if not—"

After that, under Xie Shen's intimidating gaze, he slowly retracted the words, sat back and took out a book from the Qiankun bag.

The wind on the top of the mountain was blowing slowly, and the surrounding area was extremely quiet, occasionally hearing the chirping of insects.

Although Wen Gu said he was reading a book, he couldn't actually read it. He would look in the direction of the cliff from time to time.The breeze was blowing, and the sky was getting darker. It was going to be night. Wen Gu took out an oil lamp from his Qiankun bag, and just about to light it, a burst of strong light suddenly burst out from the bottom of the cliff, and the sky suddenly became as bright as day.

Xie Shen's eyes darkened, Wen Gu was startled, he got up abruptly and walked to the edge of the cliff.

This light emanated from the deepest part of the cliff, and it was the first time Wen Gu had seen it since he took over as city lord, so he couldn't help but hold his breath.

After a quarter of an hour, the white light gradually faded, and it was extremely quiet below, without any movement.Xie Shen watched blankly, Wen Gu felt uneasy, and couldn't help but took another step forward. Just as he lowered his head to look down the cliff, he suddenly saw a ball of white fluff bouncing up from the bottom.

Wen Gu was caught off guard by the ball of white hair and was knocked into his arms, with a strong momentum, he took a few steps back before he stabilized, lowered his head, and the white ball of hair was nestled in his arms, and he meowed excitedly.

It's Mr. Cat.

It came back, but Qi Zhao still didn't appear, Xie Shen pursed his lips, and tiny black vines protruded from his feet.Seeing his picture clearly, Wen Gu hugged the cat and grabbed his sleeve in a hurry: "Don't worry, just wait a little longer, Ah Meow is fine, Qi Zhao is definitely fine, maybe I'll be right back—"

As soon as the words came to an end, white light suddenly burst out from below again, this time the light was stronger than the previous one, and it was full of warmth. Uncle Cat couldn't help meowing and stretched out his claws to cover his eyes, Wen Gu hugged it Taking a few steps back, staring at that side intently, I slowly saw the white light dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This time the light dissipated very quickly, not even half of the time before.

From the corner of the eye, a person was sent to a height level with the ground by white vines. He held a person in his arms, and slowly stepped onto the soil. His brows and eyes were lazy, his robe fluttered in the wind, and he smiled at Xie Shen and Wen Gu.

The light faded completely at this moment, and the white vines also returned to the bottom of the cliff.

Xie Shen stepped forward and hugged the person in his arms almost at the same time as he came up, and looked at Qin Xiu inquiringly, Qin Xiu smiled lazily: "He reshaped for me, and his spiritual power was exhausted a lot, After coming out, Bai Ze Shenmu gave him a fruit, and he passed out after swallowing it, Bai Ze said, he will wake up tomorrow at the latest, don’t worry.”

Only then was Xie Shen relieved, and nodded expressionlessly.

Wen Gu had some friendship with Qin Xiu before, and stood by the side with the cat in his arms: "Qin Xiu, long time no see."

"Long time no see." Qin Xiu smiled and paused after speaking, "However, I don't think it's time to talk yet, I have to send Qi Zhao back first, and reshape him for five days. Let him sleep well."

He didn't need to say that, Xie Shen had already turned around and walked down the mountain with Qi Zhao in his arms.

Qin Xiu and Wen Gu looked at each other helplessly, then turned and followed.

……

Qi Zhao woke up in the evening of the next day.

When he woke up, Qin Xiu and Wen Gu had just left. The two originally wanted to stay for a while, but Xie Shen's eyes were too heavy, and the appearance of taking care of Qi Zhao meticulously made people's eyes hurt, so they had to go first. up.

Xie Shen closed the door, opened the curtain, walked in and sat down by the couch, saw that Qi Zhao was sweating again on his forehead, so he twisted a cloth towel for him to wipe, when the cold cloth touched Qi Zhao's cheek, Qi Zhao Just when he opened his eyes in a daze, he suddenly bumped into a pair of distressed eyes full of concern.

Qi Zhao blinked, thinking he had entered an illusion again: "...Xie Shen?"

He just woke up, his voice was a little hoarse, Xie Shen helped him sit up expressionlessly, turned around and poured a glass of water for him, and hummed.

It's true.

Qi Zhao sipped the water in the cup, Xie Shen looked at him: "Do you want more?"

Qi Zhao shook his head.

Xie Shen casually put the cup on the side, without any wavering in his gaze, Qi Zhao knew that City Lord Xie was in a mood at a glance, and stretched out his hand to tug on his sleeve: "Are you angry?"

Xie Shen's eyes sank, and he said, "You promised that you would take care of yourself. This time, it's because Qin Xiu is of the Shenmu bloodline, so he can show up immediately after reshaping. If it's someone else, when will you come back? If something happens in the middle...what do you want from me?"

Qi Zhao lowered his head in frustration: "I was well prepared before, and I kept some when I was remodeling for Qin Xiu, and I was sure that I could come out sober, but at the time Grandpa Bai Ze gave the fruit, I didn't think too much about it. I ate it, but I didn't expect to pass out... Don't be angry, I don't feel well."

Xie Shen still remained silent, seeing Qi Zhao lowering his head lower and lower, his heart was soft and reluctant, and he sighed: "You..."

His tone softened, and there was helpless connivance inside, Qi Zhao knew that this test was over, and shook his hand holding his sleeve again: "It won't happen in the future, really."

Xie Shen helped him tighten the cloak that had slipped off: "This time we can't forget it again."

Qi Zhao nodded hastily, and looked up to see the darkness under Xie Shen's eyes, knowing that he must not have slept well during these days in the forbidden area, so he moved to the side: "Come up and sleep with me, I'm still a little sleepy .”

Xie Shen didn't know what he was thinking, his eyes softened when he heard this, he hummed lightly, and after covering the curtain on the window, he got on the couch and lay down next to Qi Zhao.

The room was drowsy, it was a good time to sleep, Xie Shen was indeed tired, hugged Qi Zhao and quickly fell asleep.

Qi Zhao just woke up and didn't feel sleepy. He lay on the side and watched Xie Shen carefully. The more he watched, the softer his heart became. After a while, while Xie Shen was asleep, he secretly kissed Xie Shen on the lips, and then He smiled silently, and then closed his eyes.

The daylight outside the window was just right, and Mr. Cat walked gracefully across the eaves without making a sound.

The author has something to say: Lord Xie in the illusion: "Why did you know from the beginning that I was not real?"

Qi Zhaozhao (serious face): "Castle Master Xie can't cook firstly, secondly doesn't know how to stick film, thirdly, it's very important, not so serious, really."

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