On the sequelae of suspended animation + voice

Chapter 9: Night Attack

"Your father was wandering around in the past, and met the demon sect protector who disguised himself. After getting along, the two fell in love with each other. Gong Ying, who used to be the protector in the building and had a high status, quit the Wuwang building to hide his name for his senior brother, willing to be a married woman; And your father was born free and unwilling to inherit the Zhanfengmen, in order to protect your mother's past, he directly built a small Flying Star Pier and lived in seclusion."

Recalling the past, a trace of nostalgia floated in Yu Ge's eyes.He turned around and faced Zong Nian.

"I didn't know that your parents even kept this matter from you."

"I... I really don't know..."

Zong Nian was a little distracted by the shocking facts, and couldn't help muttering to himself.His hands were trembling faintly, but he didn't realize it.

Seeing his appearance, Yu Ge sighed. "Uncle Master knows that you can't accept it for a while, but everything can't happen without a reason. This trip to the Treasure Appraisal Conference is an opportunity, maybe you can find something. But the most important thing is——"

The generous palm patted Zong Nian's shoulder, as if to soothe his anxiety.

"protect yourself."

Zong Nian nodded silently.

Suddenly his long-standing cognition was overturned, Zong Nian was in a low mood all day long, and the voices and smiles of his parents always appeared in his mind.At dinner, he didn't even move his chopsticks when facing a table of delicacies.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Lu Shao also stopped his chopsticks and leaned over to ask him what was going on in a low voice.Zong Nian just shook his head, as if he didn't want to say more, Lu Shao observed his words, and thoughtfully stopped talking.

The Treasure Appreciation Conference will start next month and will be held for three days.It would take eight to ten days to go from Zhanfengmen to Yangzhou without stopping. In order to hurry up, the three of them had to set off tomorrow.

Zong Nian was already on the road with no luggage to pack, so Zong Nian lay on the bed except for his coat early on.

He spent the whole day recalling the past days, but he couldn't understand that such a gentle mother was once a demon guardian who killed people without blinking an eye.The mother in the memory always pampered him, and would gently apply medicine when he mischievously hurt himself.The only thing that matches what my uncle said is that his mother is indeed good medicine.Without the secret medicine for feigning death that his mother gave him, he would never have been able to escape by feigning death.

That's right... Zong Nian suddenly understood, what does it have to do with him whether his mother is the protector of the Demon Cult?Would he deny his mother's love for him because of such an identity?

Some depressed mood dissipated in an instant.Zong Nian turned over on the bed and buried his head in the soft quilt beside him.He is really pedantic, his mother's past shouldn't be a problem for him, and it's not the problem that he should pay the most attention to right now.

Another important point in what the uncle said was that among the guests who came to his birthday banquet, someone presented a congratulatory gift that was suspected to be a soft armor made by Chi Xingyu.

He had no memory of it at all.Maybe we can do a little research from the guests of the day...?

Just as Zong Nian was hugging the quilt and thinking hard, suddenly a strange light sound came into his ears.There is someone at the window.Zong Nian immediately turned his head vigilantly, and looked in the direction of the sound with sharp eyes, only to see that the closed window was pulled open, and a head he was all too familiar with poked in.

"Lu Shao?" Zong Nian exclaimed in surprise, relaxing his alert body.

The person whose name was called by him flipped in from the window lightly, as if he often visited the women's boudoir at night with skillful movements.

"Ji Zhi hasn't slept yet." Lu Shao said as he walked towards him.For some reason, Zong Nian felt that there was some regret in his words.What, do you want to do something strange while you are asleep?

Just by imagining it, Zong Nian felt grateful from the bottom of his heart that he hadn't fallen asleep yet.

He watched Lu Shao lay down on the bed without any hesitation, and joined him on the same bed.Zong Nian couldn't help but move back, only to find that his entire back was pressed against the wall. "...you haven't taken off your coat yet."

"Then Ji Zhi help me take it off?" Lu Shao stared at him with a smile, and said it without thinking.

"..."

Hooligans are really skilled at playing.Zong Nian silently closed his mouth, why no matter what he said, he could always be twisted into other meanings by this person?There is another issue that is more important than this.

"It's so late, what are you doing here?"

"Come to attack you at night."

"..."

"Just kidding." Lu Shao lowered his eyes, looking a little lonely.He said softly, "If I don't see Ji Zhi, I'm in a panic. I always feel like I'm in a dream, and if I wake up one day, you'll disappear again."

"...No, it won't be." Zong Nian never knew how to deal with his bluntness, so he could only comfort him awkwardly, reaching out his hand, and patted his head comfortingly.

so gentle—

He tightly grasped the outstretched hand.

Only Lu Shao himself knew that although he was exaggerating before, the more he talked, the more he could not help but add real feelings.For a moment he was immersed in that pain again.Where Zong Nian couldn't see, he laughed secretly at himself, but he refused to let go of his hand no matter what.If possible, he really wanted to use a chain to lock the hands of two people together forever.

There was silence for a while.After the mood eased, Lu Shao opened his mouth cautiously.

"What happened to Ji Zhi today?"

The concern in his eyes couldn't be more obvious, Zong Nian felt something, but turned his eyes away, not daring to look closely.

"Master uncle told me that my mother was originally Wuwanglou's Guardian Zuo." He said in a low voice, but somehow felt that he had overlooked something.In the blink of an eye, Zong Nian spoke directly.

"Wait, aren't you the landlord of Wuwanglou?"

"That's right." Lu Shao nodded, still showing a look of surprise because of what he said earlier.

"Then...then my mother will kiss her..."

"If her name is Gong Ying, then it's correct."

Although he believed it [-]% to [-]% in his heart, when the facts were finally confirmed, Zong Nian's heart was still mixed.

"What do you mean by that, you haven't actually seen her?"

"When I took over as the landlord, she was already the previous protector, and I only knew her name, and had no contact with her." Lu Shao shook his head, "I didn't expect that she was Ji Zhi's mother... "

"Is there really Chi Xingyu practicing in Wuwanglou?" Zong Nian looked directly into the eyes of the landing post.Before, he had always thought that Chi Xingyu's training was a myth, but today's uncle's words completely overturned his imagination.Perhaps, there really is such an unknown treasure in the world.

Lu Shao shook his head. "I have never seen it before." His tone was full of seriousness, "If I knew that there was this treasure in the building, I would have given it to you long ago."

His words were completely beyond Zong Nian's expectations, "You, what are you talking about, can you give away the treasures handed down from generation to generation?"

"But I think only Ji Zhi deserves it." Lu Shao replied confidently, as if Zong Nian asked him to pick the stars, and he would try his best to pick the brightest one for him.

Zong Nian was speechless, but his reddish ears betrayed his true thoughts.

If you tease people too tightly, it will be counterproductive. People should learn to let go when they are good.Lu Shao changed the topic with a smile.

"What did your uncle talk to you this afternoon?" I think Zong Nian's depression started after the conversation, so it's impossible not to ask clearly.

Besides, he is the closest person to Zong Nian, what is a master uncle?

Zong Nian really didn't treat him as an outsider, and when he asked, he directly told Lu Shao everything that his uncle had said to him.

"On the day of my birthday banquet, I drank a toast and made excuses to leave the banquet. I don't know what happened after that." Zong Nian frowned, trying to recall the faces of the guests.

"Are those four sects also at the birthday party?" Lu Shao asked.

"Well, Dad has invited a lot of Jianghu people to the banquet." Zong Nian nodded, "Could it be that they started rumors since then..."

"That's it." Lu Shao fell into deep thought, "There is another thing that I am very surprised. Ji Zhi told me a long time ago that Feixingwu is very deserted and there are not many people coming and going. Why do you have to have such a birthday party? How many, can you even be called a stranger from the rivers and lakes?"

Zong Nian was taken aback by his question, and immediately shook his head.

He recalled the scene at that time.

"I don't know too well. At first, my parents didn't want to celebrate, but then they changed their minds inexplicably, saying that 16 years old is already the age to start a family and start a business. I still feel a little strange."

"Sixteen years old... is indeed an adult."

Lu Shao said meaningfully.

"What do you mean?"

He was acting weird, Zong Nian had an intuition that he must have thought of something bad.

"That's right, Ji Zhi doesn't know much about this yet." Lu Shao didn't tell him directly, but still responded vaguely.

It made Zong Nian a little annoyed.

"Do you really want to talk about it?"

In the past, if Zong Nian was like this, Lu Shao would obediently beg for mercy, but this time he kept his face dirty and said dryly.

"Ji Zhi still remembers those guests? Among other things, Qing Changrong, the owner of Qingguangzhuang, has a daughter who is the same age as you; the second lady of the Poshan family is one year younger than you; Danyangzhuang..."

What he meant could not be more clear.In addition to celebrating his 16th birthday, Zong Nian's birthday party had another function - it was to find a woman for him.

Zong Nian finally understood what was going on, and his cheeks burned.

"How... how come..." He stammered, it seemed that he had never thought about it.

Lu Shao felt that his appearance was extremely cute, but his complexion was still ugly. "Although it is said that people in the Jianghu are informal, but for ordinary people, a man can get married at the age of 16." After speaking, he snorted, as if he was very disdainful.

Being irritated by what he said, Zong Nian buried his head in the pillow directly.

However, the other person didn't intend to let him go, and his warm body directly pressed against him.

"Even if Ji Zhi wants to get married, he must marry me, are you right?"

The author has something to say:

Lu Shao: o(*≧▽≦)ツI want to be Ji Zhi's bride

Zong Nian: ...We get married if we don't agree with each other, have you asked my opinion?