The strange story of Huai'an Inn

Chong Liu stared blankly at the seductive face in the night, and stammered, "Yes... I'm sorry! I..."

"Apologize? It's late." Zhu Helan said slowly, his cold fingers pushed aside the hair in front of Chong Liu's forehead, and slid down his cheeks, which became hotter due to tension, like a drop of cold water, along his jaw Slips into the collar all the way to the curve of the neck.

Chong Liu couldn't help shivering, and quickly grabbed Zhu Helan's hand, "I don't know what's on the island... The national teacher just turned into that in a dream, and if people really go up, I don't know what will happen .”

"So you left me and ran to die by yourself?" Zhu Helan tilted his head slightly, his eyes still unpredictable, "What do you think I will feel when I read that letter?"

Chong Liu pursed his lips, and after a while, said in a low voice, "You're going to leave sooner or later, aren't you?"

"..."

"Will you take me with you when you leave?" Chong Liu's eyes flashed a strange, swirling light like oil paint in the long night.

Zhu Helan didn't answer, because the locust tree had already bloomed.When it bears fruit, when he has to leave, what choice will he make.

Will you take Zhongliu with you?Go to that chaotic, scary, abnormal world.

he does not know.

Chong Liu raised his hand and touched Zhu Helan's cheek like a dream, "I'm so happy that you came to me...but I have seen your memory and know how afraid you are of the world behind the door. But this time, I It feels like I'm not far from that door. Are you really willing to be trapped in the dirty world forever? Become a part of the mother of all things, forget everything in this world, there is no way to be saved... In the end, you will hate me. "

Zhu Helan grabbed Chong Liu's hand and gently pressed a kiss on his palm.His lowered eyes were like dark whirlpools, sucking Chong Liu's consciousness in and out...

"If I have to go sooner or later, do I still care about a few years earlier and a few years later?" Zhu Helan's voice came from his chest, resonating in Chong Liu's chest, "If I have to go to hell no matter what, wouldn't someone accompany me?" Is it better than being alone?"

Chong Liu stared blankly at him, all kinds of emotions collided and surged in his chest.

"What about Xiao Huai?"

"It's big enough to take care of itself."

"..."

"I've already said what needs to be said. Liu'er, I've been thinking all this way, how can I ask you to make amends after we meet." Zhu Helan gently stroked her long hair that was hanging down. There is more darkness and harshness, "I have thought about it a lot, and it may not be enough tonight."

Chong Liu's face turned red with a bang, but he looked at Zhu Helan for a moment, then suddenly opened his arms and put his arms around Zhu Helan's neck, and kissed him...

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The next morning, just before dawn, someone knocked on the door.Chong Liu was soundly asleep, groaned, turned over and didn't wake up.

This was probably the first time he had really fallen asleep in half a month.Afraid of waking him up, Zhu Helan hurriedly put on her clothes and got up to open the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he was shocked, and the filthy smell all over his body was about to come out.But seeing Chong Wu staring at him coldly, he didn't have the obedient smile that he had when he pretended to be Chong Liu in the underground that day. He folded his arms and sneered, "Where is Xiao Liu?"

little six?

Zhu Helan realized that something was wrong...

Only Liu'er can wake it up, but why does Liu'er do such a thing?

"It was Liu'er who let you out?"

"So what?"

Zhu Helan probed and looked in the corridor of the inn.The doors on the left and right were all closed, and in the distance, there was already the rustling sound of goods being moved by the merchants who were on their way early.It was peaceful, and there was no smell of blood in the air.

Moreover, the appearance of this fake Chongliu is also subtly different from Chongliu.

Chong Wu yawned, muttering "You two were so noisy last night" and squeezed past Zhu Helan. When he went to the bed and saw that Chong Liu was sleeping soundly, he turned to look at Zhu Helan with wide eyes.

"He hasn't been able to sleep for several days!" Chong Wu's voice was low, but the shock was palpable.

Zhu Helan cupped his hands, squinted his eyes and looked at him, "You escorted him all this way?"

Chong Wu snorted softly.

With sharp barbs in Zhu Helan's eyes, he carefully examined this strange creature that came from the same origin as Chong Liu.He could see an invisible, tumbling halo of filth around him, similar to Chong Liu's "rebirth" in the dungeon, distant and ancient aura, but only a faint layer, obviously restrained on purpose repressed.

He's not the same as he was in the dungeon.

"What do you want from Liu'er?" Zhu Helan walked to Chong Liu's bed, covering the sleeping face of the person behind him.He asked calmly, as if asking about the weather.

Chongwu sneered, and his black eyes, which were slightly narrower than Liuer's, were filled with cold anger, "He offered to give me his own wooden box before, so that I could go to you. Is this your attitude?"

"He did say in the letter that if he sees you, let me not hurt you. I will give you a chance." Zhu Helan said with a blank expression, "But I don't know if you are worth this chance."

"Don't worry, I don't trust you either." Chong Wu took a step forward, confronting him, "I saw it in his memory, it was you who pulled him to this point step by step. He was confused by you and couldn't see clearly." , but I, a bystander, can see clearly."

"It's not the first time someone has used this trick of sowing dissension between me and Liu'er."

"He has already adapted to human life, and even when he first entered your inn, he didn't show any signs of distortion. The distortion was not serious after he was contaminated with filth for the first time. If you don't pull him into your 'business' , Let him be exposed to the filth again and again, and his distortion won't deteriorate so quickly. There are so many guys in your store, why did you choose him? What do you want from him?"

"You guys are so noisy..."

Chong Liu's voice suddenly came from the depths of the quilt, muffled.The two immediately shut their mouths, each gave each other a warning look, and at the same time looked at the sleepy Chong Liu who was poking his head out of the bed.

"Xiao Wu? Why are you here?" Chong Liu sat up wrapped in a quilt, "What time is it?"

"Yin's time has just passed." Zhu Helan said, his face softened as soon as he turned his head, "There is still some time before boarding the boat, can you sleep a little longer?"

Chong Wu folded his arms and rolled his eyes with a look of disgust.

Chong Liu was in a hurry, "It's time for Yin? We have to get ready!"

Chong Liu was busy changing clothes and washing, and drove Zhu Helan and Chong Wu out of the room.When he packed up and went down to the lobby with the package on his back, he saw his boss and his brother staring at each other with strange hostility, as if they were about to fight.

what's the situation?

Chong Liu stepped forward in confusion, "What happened?"

"Your 'brother' wants to board the boat with us." Zhu Helan said coldly.

Chong Liu looked at Chong Wu, and just about to speak, he saw Chong Wu looking at him faintly, like a lush seaweed forest quietly growing under the sea, entangled with unresolved confusion, "Xiao Liu, you If you don't want me to follow, I won't follow."

When Zhu Helan saw the situation, he knew that the situation was not good...

Liu'er can't bear the tricks...

Chong Liu looked at such a look, as if he was looking at a pitiful little animal waiting to be rejected, and he couldn't refuse at all, "Xiao Wu... I didn't say everything yesterday. You came out with great difficulty, why bother?" To die?"

"In the post house, you gave me a choice." Chongwu said calmly, "Now my choice has not changed. You are right, that person is gone, and you are my only relative. What is this world like? , I don't care that much either. I choose to be by your side."

Chong Liu felt that these words kept echoing in his chest, becoming more and more warm and sour, gradually melting into his meridians and blood vessels.He knew that Chongwu was afraid of loneliness.He waited for so long, waiting for the master to come and take him out but he didn't.Now that this kind of obsession has lost its original goal, it is necessary to find a new sustenance.

And I just became this sustenance.

Chongliu remembered the conversation with Zhu Helan last night.

When you care about someone, can you make decisions for them?

"If you really think about it, then come together." Chong Liu finally said.

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There was a commotion when Chong Liu and the three boarded the boat.Zhu Helan's appearance was expected by everyone, but when Chong Wuyi showed up, Xu Hanke and Liu Sheng changed their expressions first, and they were about to ask someone to catch him.Chong Liu wastes a lot of tongue-in-cheek to ensure that Chong Wu will not make outrageous actions.In the end, Daoist Qi Yao came forward to mediate and gave each person an amulet from the Qingming Sect. If there was any filth trying to attack the person wearing the amulet, Daoist Qi Yao would immediately sense it and make a timely rescue.This barely resolved the deadlock.

At two o'clock, the big ship raised its tall and white sails, and was driven by the wind to the boundless ocean.

Zhu Helan brought the guide fish made by the blacksmith before, put it in a porcelain basin filled with water, and dripped a few drops of blood into it.The guide fish leisurely swayed on the water surface, pointing ambiguously to a general direction.

The sailors on the ship were all recruited by Xu Hanke in recent years by using their family's relationship network in the Shipbuilding Department, and they have rich experience.Originally, after he speculated about Tiangu's change, he decided to go to sea to find the mysterious Qiongji Island. After all, if there is a book of Qiongji, it would be the most powerful weapon in the entire Central Plains.Now the business of these years has finally come in handy.

The sea ship rides the strong wind and moves away from the mainland quickly.Under the sun, the blue-green sea water shakes tirelessly, and the ripples rise and fall one after another, forever constant.Chong Liu leaned against the side of the ship, staring at the ripples rising and falling like mountain peaks without blinking, he was a little fascinated.

For the first time he was this far from land.At this moment, the front, back, left, and right are sea water, and he suddenly feels a strange tranquility.

The drumbeat in his head was gone, and so was the uneasiness that had haunted his heart for eternity.It was as if he had walked through the storm and finally started to enter the eye of the storm.

Zhu Helan walked to him and put a coat on him.The two stood side by side in silence for a while, neither of them speaking.

Both of them vaguely felt that this journey was destined to happen a long time ago, before Chong Liu was born and before Zhu Helan became a wizard.They've finally come this far.