Shimmer Forest

Su Jin let out a long breath, and his trembling hands slowly calmed down.When he raised his head again, he had returned to his usual appearance: "It's all right."

Su Jingran was a little relieved and more distressed because of the recovery ability that had been cultivated in danger.He caressed the other person's hair, and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes unconsciously: "Are you afraid?"

Su Jin smiled, raised his eyebrows and asked nonchalantly, "What do you mean?"

"...Sometimes I really feel that I am not talking to a child." The unexpected answer, Su Jingran scratched his hair, thought for a while and continued to ask: "What are you going to do next?"

"Listen to his voice and fulfill the contract." After taking a sip of tea, Su Jin replied indifferently.

Su Jingran remained silent for a long time, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all.

What else can he say?No matter how distressed and reluctant, the contract with the mountain god is something that must be completed.This is not only the mission of the Su family, but also a major event related to the life and death of the village.They have held this awareness throughout the ages, guarding the village, the forest, and the people who are most important to them.But he couldn't protect himself.

For the first time in Su Jingran's life, he hated this innate power so much.

Why not him?Why Su Jin?He clenched his fist tightly, growling and questioning from his heart, but he didn't know who to question.

"Time..." Unaware of his strangeness, Su Jin stared at the calendar on the table, thinking slowly and said: "The time should have returned to the day before it slowed down."

After a pause, he seemed to have noticed Su Jingran's sadness, so he faced him and raised a comforting smile: "It seems that the mountain god will wait for a few more days, who made him change the time in a hurry. "

Obviously already aware of this inevitable fate, but still trying hard to pretend that he doesn't care, trying to comfort himself.Filled with uneasiness and guilt, his heart ached so much that he hugged Su Jin tightly.

Unexpectedly, in this sudden hug, the other party's mood was conveyed through the strong and powerful heartbeat.Su Jin suddenly felt reluctant, hugged him back, and closed his eyes, with a smile on his lips showing a trace of relief: "I've already made up my mind since the day I became sensible. So, it's okay, father."

What responded to him was a more forceful hug.

"However, Uncle Wu seems to have noticed something." Patting his father on the back lightly, Su Jin looked up at the ceiling with calm eyes: "Maybe you shouldn't have told him back then."

"I can't help it. I was young back then, so I couldn't help but say it." Su Jingran let go of his hand, sighed and pressed his shoulder, barely showing his usual cynical smile.

"You just can't think of any other excuses to refuse Uncle Wu's courtship, right?" Su Jin stared at him and said contemptuously.

"Stinky boy, don't make the elder's love history so clear." Su Jingran pinched his cheek in dissatisfaction, very curious about where this kid found out about this dark history.

"Speaking of which, why did you reject Uncle Wu?" Su Jin pushed his hand away, showing full interest in the emotional entanglements of his parents: "You...should like him too, right?"

"Hey?" Unexpectedly, this kid actually pursued the question. Su Jingran was stunned for a while, looked at the other party's eyes full of expectation, and then sighed and said: "At the beginning... no, even now, my My thoughts are all on you, so I have no time to take care of other people's feelings."

"Father..." Su Jin asked lightly, and when the other party was ready to accept his touch and hug, he said the rest of the words contemptuously: "You are disgusting."

The moving atmosphere was swept away, and Su Jingran's head was bulging with veins, and he continued to pinch his face: "...You are so merciless, you really look like your mother!"

Su Jin didn't push his hand away and smiled.

Only then did Su Jingran understand that he just wanted to get rid of the solemn mood just now.It's really shameful, even though I'm an adult, I still want a child to measure me.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Sighing and letting go, Su sat back on his seat, frowning tightly: "Seven days after the official appearance of the mountain god, it will be the day of sacrifice. There will be red rain on that day, It should be the red rain that only you can see."

"I see." Su Jin pursed her lips and lowered her head slightly.

Su Jingran felt that he should say something more, or give some advice, but those were all in vain.What can he say?The only thing that can be said is probably to let him cherish these seven days and say goodbye to the most important people.

say goodbye.What a helpless and sad thing this is, just like him leaving his hometown time and time again.The difference is that this child may never come back.

The heart throbbed suddenly, and the surroundings fell into suffocating silence.

"However, I really didn't expect it." Seeing the change in his expression, Su Jin moved away from the topic calmly: "The mountain god is actually Wang Xiaoer, why is it in the form of a child? Such a casual name..."

"He just sneaked down the mountain because he was curious about the appearance of his sacrifice, and then he fell in love with you at first sight." Su Jingran smiled, took his teacup, and drank it himself.

"Love at first sight?" Hearing this word, Su Jin's goosebumps came out, and then he became a little angry: "It's just Wang Xiaoer!"

"His power is very strong, so he can hide his aura so that we can't detect it." With a sneer, Su Jingran held the cup in his hand and looked out the window leisurely: "However, it can be seen that he likes you very much .”

"Like it?" Thinking of the constant entanglement with Wang Xiaoer since he was a child, and his previous performance, Su Jin scoffed at this: "I don't think that's like liking."

"...It's just because he doesn't understand." Hearing his dissatisfaction, Su Jingran sighed and looked away: "He doesn't understand people's thoughts, doesn't understand how to love, and can only express his liking instinctively..."

"But that's why he's scary." After a pause, he stared at Su Jin with an extremely serious expression: "He doesn't think what he did was wrong."

"..." Su Jin squinted his eyes and stared at him, before speaking after a while: "Do you think you know him well?"

Su Jingran was startled, took a sip of tea, and remained silent.

"By the way." As if he didn't notice his strangeness, Su Jin asked him about the origin of his weapon with great interest: "The dagger you attacked the mountain god just now seems very powerful, can you show me?"

"What do you see that doing?" Su Jingran's brows were all frowned, and he was rarely serious: "That's not something for children to play with."

"I just heard that there is an ugly dagger in the world. Once cut with the essence of the world, it is sharp enough to cut through air and time." Reading something from his expression, Su Jin raised his eyebrows and continued He continued: "It's just this essence, which can only be collected by traveling to every corner of the world."

"Father, you..." After a pause, Su Jin stared at him, with a helpless smile on his lips: "You can run around without leaving your hometown, can't you?"

Su Jingran paused for a moment with the teacup on his lips, but didn't answer.