The strange story of Huai'an Inn

After Zhu Helan listened to Chong Liu's words, she remained silent for a long time.

Mortals fall in love with the god of uncleanness, just like ants fall in love with the sea, only to be attracted to the end of destruction.

That is not love in the traditional sense, this love will not be reciprocated, there will be no response... But according to what Chong Liu said, this unclean god did notice Gou Chen, otherwise he would not take him to the vast land again and again. The vast universe of filth also allowed him to maintain a stable consciousness after waking up, so that he would not be insane and deformed due to being infected by filth.

What made this unclean god interested in this tiny human consciousness?Is it really possible for them to have meaningful communication with this huge gap in consciousness?

And...wearing a veil...the unclean god who imparts the mysteries of the universe...could it be...

Impossible... How could that god be interested in a human consciousness?

Guan Zhongliu's mind was also filled with countless perplexities.Until now, until he saw so many key memory fragments of Master, he still knew nothing about Master.Who is the unclean god, why did he choose Master, and why did he ask Master to create himself?

"It's not unheard of for people to yearn for the god of filth. In fact, Tiangu people's fanatical belief in the god of 'creeping chaos' is a typical manifestation of this kind of 'love'. They are attracted by the filthy world In the face of the power of filth, he is extremely afraid, and then loses confidence in the world of Tao, thinking that our world will be swallowed and destroyed at any time.

Their fears turned into fanaticism, and they became keen to work for the source of their fears, imagining that they would be favored and rewarded by welcoming them. "Zhu Helan said in a low voice.

"No! Master is not like this!" Chong Liu retorted a little excitedly, "He doesn't have such blind faith in that veiled god. He really moved his heart." After a pause, he tried again Asked, "It is possible for a person to fall in love with a monster... right?"

Zhu Helan looked at him, his eyes melted into a deep sea.His fingertips quietly spread into Chong Liu's fingers, rubbing them vaguely, "The creatures of the unclean are not monsters, they are just born in a different way from humans, and the source energy that makes the body shape is different. If only If they are different, they will be called monsters, so to them, people are monsters."

Chong Liu pursed his lips tightly, knowing that Zhu Helan's words were telling him not to worry about what he was.Even though he hadn't told Zhu Helan all about his life experience, the shopkeeper had already guessed it from the master's last words and his sudden burst of ability.

The master said that everything he owns is the auxiliary material for making Chong Liu, and the source soup is to cultivate his uterus, so what is his "main material"?

He thought of those ancient memories that he saw in the box and in the illusion of death that seemed to come from the previous life and existed before he was born... The more he thought about it, the more he felt that everything around him became unreal, and his body could feel as if he could feel it at any time. Both will grow extra limbs and organs.Everything was no longer certain, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more frightened he became, the more he imagined masochistically.

"Master said, let me go to Qiongji Island to find out the truth about my life experience...but I dare not." Chongliu raised his head, his eyes that were once full of agility now only left empty blankness, "I'm afraid...if I For what purpose was it created...if I have a mission...if there is another me awakened..."

Zhu Helan felt the cold panic emanating from Chong Liu.This panic was rooted in the abyss, even stronger than when he first saw the City God and the giant tower of Tai Sui.

He got up and sat down next to Chong Liu, so close that his hair even touched the back of Chong Liu's hand.Chong Liu immediately became nervous, wondering if he should make room for more space or keep it still.

"Liu'er, there is no rush to go to Qiongji Island, or even never. It doesn't matter what you were created for, no one can force you to do something. The important thing is whether you live happily." He Turning his head to the side, he looked intently into Chong Liu's eyes.His gaze was balanced and calm, like the endless sea in Chongliu's dream, without any scrutiny, criticism or request, "But, if one day you are ready, I will accompany you."

Chong Liu's eye sockets were sore, he quickly turned his face away, and wiped his eyes with his sleeve.Zhu Helan smiled, reached out and rubbed his hair, "I've never seen what you look like before, why don't you let me see you when you cry?"

"...Boss, what you said..."

"Liu'er, don't call me my boss in the future."

Chong Liu's body froze and his breathing stagnated.

Sure enough... the host doesn't want to keep him in the inn?In that case why...

The next moment, Zhu Helan's warm and mellow voice came, "When you call me master, it still has the meaning of employer and partner. If we are together, it will not be appropriate to call it that way."

……What's the meaning?

together?

Chong Liu raised his head abruptly, his eyes widened like a cat's.

Zhu Helan did not avoid his gaze, but in the winter, the warmer light shone from behind him, making his picturesque eyebrows and eyes immersed in a halo filled with the fragrance of tea.

"Xiaohuai likes you, and I like you too. If you want, you can live with fire from now on, right?"

Chong Liu stared at him stupidly.

Zhu Helan's expression suddenly became worried, and for a moment he cracked his mouth with a little bit of calm and calm, and he seemed a little flustered, "Of course, if you don't want to, just think it's me being abrupt..."

"I didn't say I didn't want to." Chong Liu said.

Zhu Helan said, "...that means willingness?"

"I've been willing since a long time ago! I'm not the one who never let go..."

"..."

"Besides, your confession is too sloppy... You don't even have a token of love, and you don't even have a matchmaker." Chong Liu frowned and clicked his tongue, as if very dissatisfied.

Zhu Helan vaguely felt that a certain waiter was trying to make things difficult for him... He raised the corner of his mouth, "It's easy, I'll go to find Granny Li tomorrow, she's the best matchmaker on Bianhe Street. Let's make an auspicious date ?”

Chong Liu burst out laughing, although his eyes were still red, but his expression was much brighter than the initial desolation.

"Then I have a request. When the time comes...you will wear the wedding dress."

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On New Year's Eve, no one stayed in the inn, and the lobby was closed.Master Liao cooked a table full of New Year's Eve dinner.Roast suckling pig, smoked duck, stewed assorted vegetables, yokan, pastries of various colors... colorful steaming clusters together, oily water overflowing with fragrance like clouds.

Chong Liu came out with the last dish of mutton bone soup, saw Song Mingzi was eating happily while holding the box containing fragrant medicinal fruits, and said, "Aren't you going back to accompany your senior brother when it's Chinese New Year?"

Song Mingzi pursed his lips, and his tone was somewhat complaining, "Our Qingming Temple can't be as lively as secular people during the New Year and festivals. We have to have a fast meal with the believers, and after that, we have to chant scriptures to save the dead and pray for the world. It's boring. Really. My brother has to preside over these ceremonies and dharma meetings, and I'm afraid he's too busy to notice that I'm missing.”

"Then you come to our store alone to eat and drink?" Chong Liu shook his head tut-tut, "Are you waiting for your senior brother to find out and arrest you?"

"He doesn't have that spare time to take care of me. I said, for those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, let's make the altar daughter popular!"

"If you want to drink, go to the cellar and move it yourself." Chong Liu paused, "Isn't that right? What kind of wine do you drink as an alchemist?!"

"...It's okay to have a drink."

What an unscrupulous wine and meat alchemist!

Song Mingzi has long been acquainted with everyone in the inn, and the New Year's Eve dinner was full of excitement, everyone talked and laughed non-stop, and drank a lot of wine.After three or four glasses of wine, there was the sound of crackling firecrackers and fireworks outside the door.So everyone wrapped up their cotton clothes and went out to watch the excitement.

Chong Liu walked behind and took away a few empty plates.A hand stopped him from working.

Looking up, I saw Zhu Helan smiling at him with bent eyes, "What are you busy with, I'll collect it tomorrow." After speaking, he held his hand and pulled him out to watch the flowers.

The entire Tianliang City is surrounded by fireworks, one after another lighting up the night sky full of clouds.The nearby merchants also lit firecrackers, and the crackling was so loud that Liu hurriedly covered his ears.

Fireworks are not so unusual, he has seen more subtle and mysterious fireworks.But standing next to someone so special to him watching fireworks is the first time.He turned his head and looked at the shopkeeper who was covering his ears like him.He was still as gorgeous as ever, wearing a brocade robe with a silver-red fur collar, and his fair cheeks were also blushed by the wine, making him more dreamy and moving in the colorful fireworks light.

Chong Liu was obsessed with it.

Zhu Helan felt the gaze, and turned her head too.But he saw that Chong Liu's whole body was immersed in the colorful flames, and on that young and handsome face, the apricot-shaped eyes were full of starlight, looking at him intently.

With her heart moving at will, Zhu Helan lowered her head and kissed Chong Liu's lips.

For a while, everyone around was quiet.The cup in Zhu Yi's hand fell to the ground together with Xiao Shun's chin, and the eyeballs of Jiulang and Fuzi almost popped out of their sockets.Only Master Liao was there, and Song Mingzi was unhappy at being shown a loving face.

"How can it be that Lao Zhu is faster than me..." A certain alchemist muttered...

There were many people on the street, and their shocking behavior to many people attracted a lot of attention, and some of them rejected, talked about, and pointed at same-sex love.But Zhu Helan and Chong Liu didn't care at all.They have seen too many crazy scenes together, and experienced hardships and dangers again and again.Secular criticism is nothing more than an ethereal cobweb, which can be pierced casually.

It wasn't until Zhu Yi Xiaoshun Jiulang Fuzi started whistling and booing beside him that Zhu Helan slowly let go of Chong Liu's red lips that had been kissed.They stared at each other for a long time, and they formed a complete world, and everything outside, everything in the past and the future, disappeared.

At that moment, Chong Liu felt that the hole left in his heart after the master left was finally not so difficult to fill, and finally he was not so afraid.

He's in love with someone who happens to be in love with him.How many people in the world can have such luck?

He is not alone, he has a family.His home is Huaian Inn.

He has to protect this family and the people he cares about.This is all his "destiny".Therefore, he cannot continue to sink in his own sorrow, nor can he passively wait for possible disasters to come.

Just as he made such a decision, suddenly an ethereal figure quietly landed among them, to be precise, it was behind Song Mingzi.

"Senior brother."

Song Mingzi was so frightened that he almost lost his breath, and when he turned around, he saw Qi Yaoruyu's face, but his brows were tightly furrowed, and the light of fireworks could not dispel the haze in his eyes.

"Brother, listen to my explanation. I'm just worried that Little Six is ​​in a bad mood and came to visit a friend..."

"I didn't come here for this." Daoist Qi Yao turned to look at Zhu Helan, "I just heard the news that Master Mengku passed away in his sleep."