Neverland

Regardless of whether the scene in front of him is real or not, Xu Muzhou's first reaction was still to stop him, but before he could take a step, he was tightly pulled by the force from his right hand.

Xu Muzhou's heart was beating like a drum, almost jumping out of his throat.

He clenched Yan Cen's hand tightly, and looked back in panic, the emotions that could be satisfied by the "touch" suddenly clamored, Xu Muzhou was no longer satisfied with just a single contact, he had to see it with his own eyes to be at ease.

Xu Muzhou turned his head and tried to touch Yan Cen's arm from the hand he was clasping.

Yan Cen seemed to feel his uneasiness and panic, but squeezed his hand again—and then changed the scene in the crystal ball again.

Xu Muzhou was completely unprepared for this turn around, he just felt that everything in front of him was completely changed, and the world changed again.

The soft mud courtyard that Xu Muzhou was stepping on became hard. He lowered his head and found that he was stepping on a piece of green brick and white jade carved with bats.

He felt as if he had rewinded, and returned to the majestic 99-story white marble steps before the small courtyard—only this time he did not stand at the bottom, but stood on the highest step.

The night was dark, with a crescent moon hanging on the night sky, Xu Muzhou was under the golden tiles of the building, in front of him was the brightly lit main hall, behind him were high-ranking officials who couldn't see where they came from.

Under the huge building, it is easy to have the illusion of being very small, especially now that Xu Muzhou is standing in a "high" place, and he has no reason to feel that "the height is too cold".

It's just that Xu Muzhou was still unable to recover from the impact of the previous scenes, he was a little dazed, and there was always the scene of Yan Cen committing suicide in front of him, and he barely recovered until Yan Cen pulled his arm.

Xu Muzhou was unprepared, and Yan Cen pulled him straight, and he couldn't help but dragged him into the hall.

Xu Muzhou staggered and followed Yan Cen's footsteps, crossed the [-] cm threshold, raised his head, but almost froze in place again.

——Just ten meters away from him, the person sitting on the golden seat on the high platform was actually "Yan Cen".

Unlike the young man just now, "Yan Cen" on the high platform has gray hair on his temples, and some fine lines around his eyes. Although he doesn't look old, he looks vicissitudes obviously. At least, at least someone in his 40s.

"Yan Cen" was wearing Xu Muzhou's unrecognizable and complicated king's clothes. The black robe was painted with scarlet patterns. It looked like a dragon and not a dragon, something between a unicorn and an auspicious dragon.

His eyes were black and blue, and he didn't know how long he hadn't had a good rest. At this time, he was leaning on the chair, with his head propped up and his eyes half closed, and he was resting with his eyes closed. shaking.

No matter how bad Xu Muzhou's eyesight is, he forgot to memorize the history, he can also see that this suit is by no means something that ordinary people can wear.

Among other things, the twelve-point pearl alone is enough to show one's identity.

Xu Muzhou was finally completely dumbfounded.

——Because so far, he has seen all the "futures" that seem to be true but not false.

If both "futures" of Neverland are possible, they're both only half-true until they actually happen.

But these two paragraphs are different.

Yan Cen mentioned his "once" to him, judging from Xu Muzhou's insinuating question twice, his real identity in the past should indeed be rather special.

And since Yan Cen can tell him, it means that he doesn't bother to lie about this kind of matter.

But Xu Muzhou clearly remembered that Yan Cen said that he "almost" became emperor once.

In addition to Yan Cen's "32-year-old theory" that is still fresh in his memory, Xu Muzhou is almost sure that the scene he just saw in the small courtyard is real.

——And Yan Cen died long ago at the age of 32, how could it be possible to sit on the nine-fold high platform now, wearing the emperor's crown.

Before Xu Muzhou could figure out why, there was a loud commotion outside the hall, and a soldier in simple cloth rushed in from outside the hall with his face covered in blood. On the ground, the accompanying sword slipped out of his hand and went far away.

The soldier knelt and took a few steps forward, threw himself on the ground and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

"Yan Cen" on the high platform opened his eyes and looked at the man kneeling on the ground with a blank expression.

Xu Muzhou was startled when he watched from the side - he had never seen Yan Cen showing such an expression, as if he was extremely tired, his eyes seemed to be filled with a pool of stagnant water, not only did not have the slightest wave, there was even a faint tendency to collapse exist.

The soldier cried miserably, the blood on his face was melted away by his tears, and flowed down together.

The man in his prime sobbed from his throat, kowtowed hard again, and said with a sob: "The city gate has fallen—"

——Fake, Xu Muzhou thought.

He was still thinking about whether this is the future that a normal "Yan Cen" should have, but after seeing this, he was really sure that this "future" must be fake.

Yongwuxiang personally stamped his seal and decided that if Yan Cen was alive, he must be an important "protagonist" who opened up the world line. When he died before, the entire world line was distorted.How could such a person create a future of subjugation.

For some reason, Xu Muzhou's heart suddenly relaxed, and he staggered a step backward as if he lost his strength. The breath that had supported him for the past few days suddenly relaxed.

Yan Cen took him from behind, and Xu Muzhou felt that the other party let go of his hand, and wrapped his arms around his waist from behind.

The scene in front of him froze suddenly, and the illusion created by the crystal ball was like a piece of thin emerald that was stretched to the extreme, shattering inch by inch in an instant, Xu Muzhou managed to open his eyes amidst the grotesque colors, but felt that his eyes darkened— —They have returned to that little castle once again.

The crystal ball in Yan Cen's hand seemed to have finally been harmed by him, and the power was low, and it had faded to gray again, and it stayed peacefully in Yan Cen's hand, returning to that gray appearance.

Xu Muzhou waited for a while before he realized that he was leaning against Yan Cen's arms, wrapped tightly by the quilt, like a large triangular bundle.

Yan Cen threw the crystal ball to the foot of the bed, lowered his head and circled Xu Muzhou in this posture, and asked in a low voice: "Have you finished reading?"

When he made such a sound, Xu Muzhou's first reaction was to turn around quickly and subconsciously touched his face.

——Slightly cool, soft, real touch.

Xu Muzhou heaved a sigh of relief without a trace, and said in his heart that if he reached out and touched a ball of souls, he would probably have a broken heart.

Yan Cen saw that his eyes moved down unconsciously and landed on his neck, so he couldn't help laughing muffledly, and simply grabbed his hand and touched it up.

"Never Township chooses to save it." Yan Cen's smile seemed to be stuffed in his chest, and even Xu Muzhou's back was shaking.

"In order to be able to complete the task well, the peak state of the staff will be selected." Yan Cen said: "It's not about keeping what you have when you die."

Xu Muzhou was seen through by him, so he didn't hesitate, and stroked his neck carefully.

"Before I show my boyfriend committing suicide next time, can you give me a warning." Xu Muzhou was still in shock, patted his chest and said, "This picture is too powerful."

Yan Cen squeezed his hand and kissed his fingertips, and asked in a low voice, "Do you understand?"

Xu Muzhou gave a smooth hand and looked at Yan Cen.

Yan Cen looked at him with gentle eyes, completely different from the ashen-hearted middle-aged emperor in the crystal ball, Xu Muzhou subconsciously felt that he could not bear such eyes, and lowered his eyes to avoid his eyes.

"I..." Xu Muzhou said, "Well...the future in the crystal ball may be fake, so don't worry about the one I saw."

"More than that." Yan Cen said, "Didn't you find any rules?"

Xu Muzhou blinked and looked at him with some puzzlement.

"The future can be changed." Yan Cen said: "You have been in Neverland for so long, you should understand this."

"I know..." Xu Muzhou said, "Otherwise you wouldn't be here, you should be—"

Xu Muzhou wanted to say that he should be his emperor well in the original world line, but when he thought of the "subjugation" scene in the crystal ball just now, he felt unlucky no matter what he thought, so he didn't have the nerve to say it in the end.

Yan Cen didn't mind this, he smiled and pinched the back of Xu Muzhou's neck.

"As much room for change as there is in the future, there is room for remediation." Yan Cen said, "But why did the 'future' change, don't you see it?"

Xu Muzhou didn't understand what he said for a while, so he opened his mouth: "I—"

"It's 'fear'." Yan Cen said: "Whatever you are afraid of, you will always think about it. Over time, sooner or later, you will walk on the road you are most afraid of."

Xu Muzhou subconsciously wanted to refute, but found that Yan Cen was right - when he had just seen the future in the crystal ball, he really almost had a brain twitch, thinking that "short-term pain is worse than long-term pain".

But then, Xu Muzhou discovered that something was wrong—if the crystal ball showed the future caused by "fear", then why could Yan Cen control it freely, and even put it on for several times like a PPT? versions.

Xu Muzhou frowned, and had a very unbelievable thought in his heart. He asked in disbelief, "Then what about your future just now? Why are there several versions?"

"Because I have a lot of things I'm afraid of." Yan Cen said calmly: "Some of the things you see are things I'm afraid of, and some are things after completely abandoning fear."

While Xu Muzhou thought it was unbelievable that Yan Cen could say the word "fear" frankly, at the same time, he couldn't help but recall all the "futures" he had seen just now.

Yan Cen who is alive may be under a lot of pressure, and he has been afraid countless times whether he can afford the life and death of a country, and the official employees of Yongwuxiang——

Xu Muzhou pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "...Then you, are you actually afraid of me leaving?"

"I'm afraid." Yan Cen said frankly: "Sense is reason, and emotion is emotion. I have been wandering in the world line for thousands of years, and I only met you. Instinctively speaking, of course I hope to be with you forever."

"Muzhou, it's human nature to be afraid. Accept your emotions and yourself, then after that, you will naturally be able to control them." Yan Cen paused, then continued: "—want to control your future , you have to believe in yourself first.”