The King of Beasts smiles but does not speak [Shan Hai Jing]

When Chi Yao was on Beixiao Mountain, he had hardly seen any other spirit beasts or humans except Banmao.

Let alone a child like Shuangsheng.

Looking at the soft and lovely Shuangsheng in his arms, staring around with two big round eyes, Chi Yao was at a loss for a moment.

He held the child in his arms stiffly, for fear that his hands and feet would not hurt him.

What's more, the child is still wounded.

Shuangsheng is about the size of a six or seven-year-old child in an ordinary human family, but it has two plush ears that are long enough to wrap him up. These two ears are hanging on his back at this moment, following him Looking left and right swayed slightly.

His pair of long ears are the "noble traits" of the Dan'er Kingdom, but this feature, like the mystery of the Dan'er Kingdom's bloodline, only appeared after the fire.

Before that, although the name of Dan'er Kingdom was "Dan'er", it was rarely related to the word "Dan'er".And after the fire, the nobles of the whole country gradually appeared "long ears" commensurate with their country's name, just like God's will.

Although aristocrats can generally be transformed into human form, that is, they can conceal the aristocratic characteristics of their country, but the double sheng is too small, and his parents never thought that there would be a disaster that would later destroy the country.

Therefore, no one taught Shuangsheng how to transform into a human form. Since he woke up, he has kept his long-eared appearance.

It's just that it's not in Dan'er country after all.

Chi Yao was walking on the long street in the capital of Quanfeng with Shuangsheng in his arms, and passers-by couldn't help but take a second look at Shuangsheng in his arms.

"Brother Chiyao! I want to eat that!"

Chi Yao followed Shuangsheng's excited eyes and saw a small stall full of exquisite desserts.

As expected, he was a child, and he didn't know what happened.

but......

fair enough.

Chi Yao walked to the booth, but didn't know how to speak for a moment.

He lived in the mountains all year round, except for the last time he and Liang Yu and the others came here to participate in the "Si Yuan Festival", he had never dealt with these vendors.

But fortunately, before Chiyao could do a good job of "psychological construction", the stall owner opened his mouth very kindly.

"My lord, do you want to buy food for the little baby in your arms?"

Chi Yao let out a muffled "Hmm", and took out another delicate shell from his bosom: "Is this enough?"

The stall owner took the shells carefully and promised repeatedly: "Of course that's enough, enough for several copies!"

"You don't need several copies!" Shuang Sheng suddenly said Nuo Nuo after hearing the words, "Two copies are fine. I have one..."

He turned his head, and lightly rubbed Chiyao's chin with the top of his head, "Brother Chiyao, one copy. Two copies."

Shuangsheng was originally Yuxue cute, with a very shiny face.Acting like a baby like this will make people's hearts softened by him.

The stall owner said "Hey" several times, and his eyes were full of joy for Shuang Sheng: "This little boy is so cute and cute!" He looked at Chi Yao and said, "It's just that his long ears are It's rare, I haven't heard of any nobles in Jiuming who have this characteristic..."

Chi Yao nodded politely to the stall owner, but didn't want to talk to him any more, he just said, "Thank you boss, why don't you make some snacks for us first."

"Okay, okay!" Seeing that he avoided answering, the stall owner seemed to be keeping a secret about it, thinking that it was because of his identity that he couldn't say more.

After all, there are disputes between the six kingdoms, and the relationship is not good.

But since Jiuming formed an alliance with Xuanning and Qingman, the movement of subjects in these three kingdoms has become relatively frequent.

It's just that the grievances and grievances in the past have not been resolved, and the subjects and the people are more or less vigilant, and generally they can't reveal their identities without revealing them.

The stall owner carefully handed the dim sum wrapped in lotus leaves to Shuangsheng who was waiting obediently with his little hands outstretched.

But the moment he let go of the lotus leaf, the stall owner couldn't help but look at Shuangsheng's long ears again.

Perhaps it is because of the incompleteness that it is impossible to hide the identity.

Shuangsheng, who got the food, was happier than just now. He frowned and swayed in Chiyao's arms like a meat dumpling. He picked out a piece of pastry from the lotus leaves, but he didn't send it to him. mouth.

——Instead, he handed it to Chi Yao first.

"Brother Chiyao, you eat."

Chi Yao was startled by his actions, and even stopped in his footsteps.

"No, brother won't eat..." Chi Yao shook his head in embarrassment, "You can eat, I bought it for you."

After all, he was almost two hundred years old, how could he compete with such a young child for food!

"But..." Shuangsheng pursed her lips in grievance, "But Shuangsheng wants my brother to eat, my brother has walked a long way with Shuangsheng in his arms, and my brother will be tired."

He persevered and raised the pastry in his hand again: "Take a bite, just a small bite, okay?"

The person who was stared at by Shuang Sheng with those clear and beautiful eyes like colored glass had no way to refuse any of his requests.

What's more, this is a "request" that everyone will feel warm when they hear it.

Chi Yao lowered his head and lightly took a bite of the pastry with Shuang Sheng's hand.

Shuangsheng looked at Chi Yao, and instantly recovered his expression of joy: "My mother said, as long as there is food, you can overcome any difficulties! Brother, do you feel that your strength has recovered now, and you can take Shuangsheng everywhere again? shopping?"

Chi Yao carefully chewed and swallowed the sweet and glutinous pastry in his mouth, and then nodded earnestly: "Yes. My brother has strength now!"

Shuangsheng tilted her head and blinked her eyes, then picked out a piece of pastry from the lotus leaf and stuffed it into her mouth with an "ooohoo".

Chi Yao touched his head and said softly, "Is it delicious?"

Seeing Shuang Sheng nodding while eating, Chi Yao added a little uneasy: "Then... do your ears still hurt?"

Hearing this, Shuang Sheng hardly hesitated, he shook his little head like a rattle: "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt! Sheng'er is the strongest!"

"I know." Chi Yao hugged him tighter, "Sheng'er is the strongest..."

Chi Yao held Xiao Tuanzi tightly in his arms, but his steps were still very heavy.

It is a blessing to be able to escape from death under such a tragic situation, and it is naturally difficult to be unscathed.

He looked at Shuang Sheng, who was eating pastry with his head down, feeling a sense of sadness in his heart for a moment, and unconsciously dragged his ear with his hand holding Shuang Sheng, for fear of pressing the mutilated long ear. .

——When he found Shuangsheng among the corpses, Shuangsheng was covered in blood, so he didn't realize that the poor child had lost half of his ear.

Originally, there were two ears that were generally long enough to drag the floor, but now only the left ear remained intact.But the right ear was severed in half.

Although the ears of Dan'er people look special, they are actually the same as those of other humans.Such a loss of half of them will naturally have a considerable negative impact on Shuangsheng's hearing.

It was also for this reason that when Chi Yao spoke, he kept subconsciously talking close to Shuangsheng's left ear, for fear that he might not be able to hear what he was saying clearly.

But after this day, I didn't notice anything unusual about this child at all, and I didn't know whether it was because the hearing loss was not too serious, or the child... pretended to be fine.

After all, even a simple-minded child should have some intense emotions when such an accident happened to his family, but this child didn't even have a single question.

It was as if when I woke up, I just changed my "home" and my place of shelter.

And all this, no big deal.

But how could it be no big deal...

His relatives were not by his side, half of his ears were missing, and the faces around him were all unfamiliar, and even this street was no longer the street of the capital in his impression.

Why is there no question at all?

Because how can a child who can think of passing the pastry first be really a dull child who doesn't care about the accidents around him?

The calmer Shuang Sheng was, the more worried Chi Yao became. He took the children to various places where there was no joy, but he hesitated to speak again and again.

He was really worried, wouldn't it be because Shuangsheng was too stimulated that he had completely forgotten the past?

It's okay to be like this, Chi Yao was just worried that the child was trying to hold on.

But even though he missed it, Chi Yao couldn't persuade himself to ask. He didn't even know how to "tactfully" uncover the deepest scar in the child's heart.

Under such entanglement, Chiyao was reticent all the way, but he was not usually talkative, and there was nothing unusual on the surface.

And the Shuangsheng in his words is no different from ordinary children in ordinary families. When they see something delicious, they will beg Chi Yao to buy it, and their eyes will light up when they see something interesting.

Looks very happy.

"Brother Chiyao! I seem to see a river!"

Shuang Sheng straightened up in Chi Yao's arms, and there was a hint of excitement in his voice: "Is that a river?"

Chi Yao looked towards the distance he was pointing at and nodded: "That's the Lixue River, one of the three main rivers, which has been going on for a long time."

"I want to go and have a look, can I?" Shuang Sheng looked down at Chi Yao and said softly.

The sky has darkened, and the candle lamps on the road have gradually been lit along the street.

Chi Yao, who had decided to leave in his heart because he was afraid of the dark, paused hesitantly because of Shuangsheng's bright eyes. He hesitated for a moment, and finally took Shuangsheng close to the cold river surrounded by lights.

"It's so beautiful here!" Shuang Sheng jumped down from Chi Yao's arms, dancing excitedly, "This is the first time Sheng'er has seen such a long river!"

He turned his head and said excitedly: "There is also a river at our house, but it's only this long."

Shuangsheng tried his best to stretch out his small hands and gestured for a length, but his arms were too short, no matter how hard he tried, the length he could stretch seemed to be far less than the length of a river.

"Anyway, it's very long!" Seeing that making gestures was too difficult, Shuang Sheng pouted and gave up, "But it's far less beautiful than this river."

He smiled and said: "Everything here is so beautiful. So is the river, so are the lights by the river, and the long street I saw today. The sugar figurines, pastries, and gadgets on the long street are all so beautiful."

While talking, Shuangsheng's voice gradually became lower and lower: "It's so beautiful...I want my mother to come and see it with me."

Chi Yao's heart tightened, and he lowered his eyes to look at Shuangsheng, while the little Shuangsheng focused on Li Xuehe, who could not see the end.

"This is really a beautiful place..." Shuang Sheng's voice was erratic, but her voice was trembling slightly, "Even if it's a dream, it must be a beautiful dream... But... ..”

"But......"

He turned his head, his two jewel-like eyes blinked suddenly, and tears gushed out.

"But even if it's a beautiful dream, no matter how beautiful this place is, I still want A Niang more, and I want to go home more!"

Shuangsheng raised his sleeves and tried to wipe his eyes, but the crying broke out from between his sleeves: "Brother Chiyao... I have been dreaming all day, why I still haven't woken up Ah! Help me! I really want to wake up quickly!"

"I want to go home!"

The author has something to say:

I almost cried out...

What a child.