Lantern: Reflection of the Peach Blossoms

come back to me

Zhou Hui's eyes fell on Fenghuang's sleeping face.In the shadow, the little phoenix's eyelashes were tightly closed, and the curved arc of the tail had an unbelievably delicate and fragile feeling, as if it would shatter into countless pieces if touched.

Zhou Hui took a breath, lowered his head in the misty morning mist, and touched his sweaty forehead with his lips.

Chapter 75 As long as you wait for one day, it is enough to repay my hope and waiting for tens of thousands of years in this world——【End of text】

Yan Lanyu's birthday is finally coming up.

Brother Yan has been very low-key since he entered the special office. He doesn't say a word or take a step, and just keeps his head down and does his own thing.Yu Jingzhong found out when his birthday was after looking at his files. He wanted to invite everyone to have a good gathering, but he was repeatedly delayed because of the large-scale invasion of the Human World Monument by the Asura tribe and the subsequent Nirvana of the Phoenix.

Now that Zhou Hui finally came back from Hell Buzhou Mountain, the little phoenix also took form, and even Zhang Shun and Jialouluo stayed in the human world, it can be said that they gathered together like never before.As the Spring Festival approached in the next year, Vice Yu finally got moved to embezzle public funds, and wanted to take this opportunity to gather everyone together to celebrate their birthday and New Year's Eve together.

Everyone agreed, and Li Hu hung on Zhang Shun's arm and asked, "But the little beauty's birthday is not this day? Is it okay?"

"The birthday on his file was the day he was picked up by the Tantric sect when he was a child, so it was originally a fake." Deputy Yu said while checking the New Year's Eve prices of hot spring hotels in the suburbs with his mobile phone: "It's okay, from now on his birthday will be the third day of the new year." Ten, come back and remind me to change his file."

Zhang Shun and Li Hu looked at each other, and the former asked in a low voice, "Why do I feel that Deputy Yu has become less and less cowardly lately..."

"I don't know, even eating and drinking with public funds has been made, and the net is broken." Li Hu sneakily said: "I heard from Zhou Hui that Deputy Yu wanted to take the party expenses back to his unit for reimbursement, so he hesitated for half a month, and finally When the decision was made, the whole person was completely reborn, as if he had been reborn...Maybe Deputy Yu would become a corrupt official from now on. The small step he took today is a step towards the dark abyss where the entire Special Office will embezzle and corrupt public funds in the future. stride."

Zhang Shun took it for granted, and nodded repeatedly, while Wu Bei, Yansan, Shenwantiansi and others next to him looked impatient.

·

Yu Jingzhong finally settled on a hot spring resort on the outskirts of Beijing, and booked a few private courtyards through acquaintances, and took everyone out for dinner, hot springs, watching fireworks, watching the Spring Festival Gala and so on for the New Year.

The crowd enthusiastically requested to participate, and they all sang their praises, unanimously expressing that Yu Fuzhen is becoming more and more manly, and if this continues, it will be just around the corner to catch up with Zhou Hui.

The end of the year is getting closer, and the number of supernatural events across the country is gradually decreasing. Most of the team members are idle and have nothing to do. They are chatting between offices in various offices with their teacups in their hands all day long.Comrade Wu, Soul Poet, and Bei brought a few big bags of Northeast specialties to Beijing, and distributed antler and mountain ginseng in a special place. That afternoon, the whole building turned into a sea of ​​joy.

Situ Yingzhi and Li Hu went shopping together on the street, and Li Hu bought seven or eight new swimsuits for this hot spring.After watching it, many female team members said that the sixth team leader has extraordinary taste, but it doesn't feel right to share a dressing room with the sixth team leader. It seems strange.

Yan Lanyu received countless birthday wishes, which was unprecedented in the first 17 years of his life, and he was flattered to the point of embarrassment.This level reached its peak when Garuda gave him a birthday present—Galuro has no money for ten thousand years, so it is not as good as Jiesan and Wu Bei who spend a lot of money; A golden feather was pulled out of Yuan's body.The huge feathers of the Dapeng Garuda are almost as tall as a person, and Brother Yan almost vomited blood before carrying it back to the office. It was dazzling behind the door, dazzled countless people's titanium alloy dog ​​eyes.

In the enthusiastic atmosphere of everyone, only Zhou Hui seemed a little withdrawn.

Because Phoenix still didn't show signs of waking up, and during this period, it burned twice in a row.

The first time was when Zhou Hui was feeding water, it suddenly started to burn, and the golden red flame gushed out from the seven orifices with a whistling sound, covering the whole body in an instant, and it took several minutes before it suddenly went out.The second time was in the middle of the night, and the brightness of the flames abruptly woke Zhou Hui from his sleep. When he opened his eyes, he saw that little Phoenix had fallen off the bed, then got up staggeringly, and stumbled towards the door.

Zhou Hui dashed forward, only to see the face of the little phoenix wrapped in flames was blurred, and he could vaguely see a convulsive expression that was a bit chilly - that was a completely adult expression, and it was even more chilling to appear on a child's face.Zhou Hui didn't know what he dreamed about, so he could only try his best to stop him from wandering outside. After struggling desperately for a long time without saying a word, Xiao Fenghuang was cut on the back of the neck with a palm and lost consciousness.

After these two episodes, Fenghuang's body grew rapidly, almost to the size of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child.His skeleton began to show the obvious characteristics of an adult body before Nirvana, hollow, light, and extremely hard, making him very light in weight.

His facial features are getting more and more out of the tenderness of milk, revealing the contours of that year vaguely, his eyes are closed and his complexion is pale, making him look thin and tired.

Zhou Hui didn't know when the next time it would burn up. Phoenix's growth process was random. Even if he had secretly planned before Nirvana, no one knew what the plan was in his heart and what pace he would follow. come and go.

He is such a person, when he loses enough trust, he will not say anything, and let all the plans and secrets be buried for a long time.

Zhou Hui didn't know what to do, all he could do was wait.

·

At first, Zhou Hui didn't want to go to the hot spring for New Year's Eve, but later a group of people strongly persuaded him to go, and Deputy Yu even booked a honeymoon suite so that little Phoenix could rest peacefully, Zhou Hui was finally relieved.

As a result, on that day, several cars drove to the hot spring hotel to have a look, and the conditions were quite good.The terrace of the room is facing the huge artificial garden and golf course. There are also sauna, SPA and massage chairs in the garden, and the stone path leads to the hot spring pool hidden by the bamboo forest.After getting the room card, everyone dispersed with a whoosh. There were people who had an appointment to play mahjong, those who went to the spa, and those who jumped into the hot spring like plopping dumplings.Deputy Yu and Garuda carried the three-tiered cake into the courtyard, ready to cut it while watching the fireworks after dinner.

Little Phoenix enjoys special treatment and enjoys an exclusive couple's suite with Zhou Hui.Zhou Hui carried him into the room and saw that there were red rose petals sprinkled on the big bed, and a white towel was used to make a swan-shaped cross-necked neck. It was very romantic under the light, and he couldn't help but smiled wryly.

"Which pot isn't open, which pot should be lifted..." He sighed, and gently put Little Phoenix on the bed.

Little Phoenix's forehead was pressed against Zhou Hui's palm, appearing very docile, his sideburns reflected his cheeks as white as snow, and he even felt a little pitiful.

Even the Primordial Divine Bird could not avoid growing pains when he was in human body. While the bones matured rapidly, the pain in the joints and other places also tortured him all the time.Even if he can't say it, he often shows pain and depression in his sleep.

Sometimes Zhou Hui would wake up in the middle of the night and give him a massage, gently smoothing the wrinkles between his brows, and then leaning over to kiss him gently and patiently.

"Come back soon..." he said softly, gently rubbing the bridge of his nose against Little Phoenix's cold and delicate cheeks, "Even if it's your thing forever, you can't really make people wait forever."

Little Phoenix might have sensed something in his sleep, and shrank his head sensitively.

Zhou Hui looked at him, and suddenly found a hidden and shy smile on the corner of his lips, and then buried his face in the pillow, as if he was secretly having a good dream.

——he had slept for so long, and this was the first time he showed happiness instead of pain.

Zhou Hui couldn't help being stunned.

·

Dinner was eaten in the glass conservatory in the garden. Yu Jingzhong took several team leaders and non-staff personnel such as Yan Lanyu, Zhang Shun, and Jialouluo. Li Hu almost climbed onto the table to do a striptease, but Zhang Shun picked up the plate and knocked it down in the air, and fell under the table with a slap.

Jialouluo was calm at all times, sitting at the table playing with his mobile phone, he suddenly raised his camera and snapped a photo for the little Phoenix in Zhou Hui's arms.

Zhou Hui immediately pulled Little Phoenix back sensitively: "What are you doing?"

Garuda didn't answer, but lowered his hair and texted.The corners of Zhou Hui's mouth twitched as soon as he saw it, and he saw that the recipient's head was a golden peacock looking up to the sky and roaring proudly.

"Maha wants to see what his mother looks like after she transforms." Garuda explained, "If you don't show him, maybe he will come to the human world to have a New Year's Eve dinner. You don't want to do that either."

Zhou Hui: "..."

The photo was sent, and a reply came three seconds later.Maha couldn't type but could only speak, and asked arrogantly: "Mother, I saw it. Who is that ugly man behind him?"

Zhou Hui: "..."

·

After the meal, everyone started cutting the cake, surrounded Yan Lanyu and sang birthday songs, coaxing them to make three wishes, and they had to say them out loud.Yan Lanyu was a little ashamed, she blushed for a while and made the first one, wishing that every year is like this, every year is now in court, and people will always be there for a full moon.

Li Hu said: "Cut—I don't understand! The whole thing is simpler! Do you want me to sing you Eighteen Touches?"

Situ Yingzhi was drunk and said: "The little beauty doesn't know how to play, and asks Lao Yu to give money every year. Let's come to HIGH together..."

Without saying a word, Yu Jingzhong slapped Li Hu and Situ under the table, and did not climb up for a long time.

"The second... the second wish is to get a discount at the hotel," Yan Lanyu hesitated, "I don't know how much I will spend tonight, too much spending on public dinners is always...not good."

Everyone started booing immediately, gearing up to talk to the hotel owner about their lives, but they all stood up and got dizzy from drinking, so they all agreed to go when they sobered up on the first day of the new year tomorrow, and continued to ask the third wish.

"It's really gone," Yan Lanyu said helplessly, "I don't have many wishes, so it's good as it is... No no! Don't give me that drink! Can I think about it later? No, I really can't drink it! "

Yan Lanyu threw the knife away and tried to run away with her head in her arms, but was immediately caught by Shen Wan and Li Hu and cut the cake tremblingly.So a bunch of drunks came up to drink and grab the cake. Everyone wanted the happy birthday chocolate sign on the cake, but Yu Jingzhong slapped it back. In the end, the chocolate sign and candied strawberries belonged to the birthday star.

Li Hu wanted candied strawberries, but he didn't get them. He was very dissatisfied and said that he would fill the three birthday cups.Yan Lanyu escaped from the crowd in a panic and happened to hide beside Xiao Fenghuang. Seeing him sleeping soundly with his mouth slightly open, she picked up half a strawberry and fed it in.

"Can I eat it?"

Zhou Hui glanced at it, nodded and said, "It's edible, give me a little bit."

Xiao Fenghuang subconsciously chewed twice in his sleep, and swallowed it for a long time, smashing it to his mouth.

Yan Lanyu watched it amusedly, and gently leaned the head of Little Phoenix on her shoulder to feed another small piece. Watching him chew and swallow in a daze, the corners of his lips turned red slightly, as if he had been smudged.

This scene is actually very cute, but for some reason, Yan Lanyu suddenly remembered the earth-shattering arrow he shot at King Peacock Ming in the grotto when he saw Chuhe for the first time; A dignified posture.

He suddenly felt a little sad.

"—If my third wish is that His Highness Prince Ming wakes up today, will it come true?"

Yan Lanyu said to herself, and suddenly felt that the idea of ​​making a wish on her birthday and expecting the wish to come true was very childish.

What he didn't notice was that at the moment when his third wish was made, Little Phoenix's eyelashes trembled.

……wake up?

wake up?

...So I haven't woken up yet...?

Phoenix's fingers moved, but no one could see clearly in the noisy environment.It was almost twelve o'clock, and many people moved benches to watch the fireworks in the garden, and the sound of countdown sounded in the distance.

Zhou Hui stood up, picked up Little Phoenix and put it on his shoulders, and said, "It's cold, I'll send him back first."

He walked through the drunken crowd, stepped carefully over the messy cups and plates and cream, and walked across the garden to the verandah.The first fireworks suddenly rose in the distant sky, piercing the night sky like a meteor, and then bursting out with brilliant and colorful lights, reflecting on the sleeping face of little phoenix.

...So bright, Phoenix thought.

He squinted his eyes in a trance, unable to distinguish whether he was in reality or in a dream. He only saw the majestic Hell Buzhou Mountain under his feet, and then the vast sky in front of him suddenly ignited a fire, instantly burning the nine heavens and ten earths into a gorgeous sea of ​​flames.

"Even you want to kill me?!" Sakyamuni's roar resounded in his ears: "—even you want me to die?!"

It was only then that Fenghuang realized that he was holding the Buddha bone knife, facing Sakyamuni's furious face.In the distance, Zhou Hui was rushing towards this side despite everything against the fire, and the entire Buzhou Mountain was burned into a golden pagoda reaching the sky in the flames of Nirvana.

"If you don't die, all this will not end, and the chaos and melee will continue..."

"Farewell, Shakya."

As soon as the phoenix hand was strong, the point of the knife pierced Sakyamuni's throat.

——Blood spewed out, and at that moment, the frenzied wind stopped, and then time and space fast forwarded crazily.

The pictures in countless parallel worlds are completely mixed together, forming thousands of silhouettes of phoenixes—young, lonely, weeping, pleading, standing on the city wall waiting, trying their best on Buzhou Mountain. Zhou Hui stretched out his hand...

The swirl-like mottled color patches converged into a torrent, all of which were reflected in the phoenix's eyes.

The next moment Sakyamuni screamed and left, and the golden Buddha statue rose from the Buddha bone, surpassing the sea of ​​flames of the lotus flower, facing the phoenix in the distance.

"I'm going back..." said the Buddha.

Fenghuang couldn't hear anything, as if the hustle and bustle of the world had turned into a silent tide, receding from his ears.

"Thank you for so many years, Phoenix." Buddha's young face that belonged to Zhang Shun showed loneliness: "You are going to Nirvana, and it will be difficult to see each other in the future. Do you have any wishes at the end? If you want a peacock Godhead's words..."

"No," Fenghuang suddenly interrupted hoarsely, "I don't need that now."

Fenghuang looked back at Zhou Hui, such a simple movement seemed to be very difficult due to serious injuries and weakness.

In the frozen time and space, Zhou Hui was still there, his furious and anxious eyes were also watching him, shining brightly in the sea of ​​flames.

"I want to see the right person at the first sight after Nirvana..." Fenghuang panted, "I want to be brought up by that person in peace of mind, cared for, carefree, even if it's just for a day... "

Even if it's just for one day.

Please don't make the person I love wait too long, as long as one day, I will try my best to get back to him.

The golden Buddha followed the gaze of the phoenix to Zhou Hui in the distance, sighed and said, "Okay."

As the word fell to the ground, Fenghuang showed a tired smile, and slowly closed his eyes.The wind that had frozen around him blew wildly again in an instant, time and space returned to normal, and the fire swept up; Zhou Hui crazily rushed towards this side through the thick clouds of smoke, and he didn't even realize that the cuffs and the corners of his clothes were burned.

Phoenix heard Zhou Hui's furious roar, and he could feel his body being engulfed by the fire of Nirvana little by little.

Goodbye, my Zhou Hui.

Please let me see you for the first time when I open my eyes again, please let me wake up in your eyes with peace of mind.

You only need to wait for one day, and it is enough to repay my tens of thousands of years of hope and waiting in this world.

next second.

Time flies and the stars move, the human world, Chuhe's office.Little Phoenix opened the drawer of "Holding the Corpse", walked out of the phantom of an adult Phoenix from the opened diary, bent down, faced her childhood self, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Little Phoenix's eyes: "The wish has come true... …"He said.

"You can go home."

——Finally you can go home.

In the garden, the countdown to the last moment of the New Year, the hour hand resets to zero, and the sky is full of fireworks.

Countless layers of colored lights exploded in the sky, cheers resounded through the sky, and gathered into a torrent to rush to the land of Shenzhou.

Zhou Hui stopped by the railing of the veranda, looking at the magnificent fireworks in the sky.Suddenly he felt a movement in his arms, looked down and saw Little Phoenix opened his eyes, then closed them tightly due to the sudden light, opened them again after a while, and blinked a few times.

"Zhou Hui..." he said softly.

Zhou Hui couldn't believe his eyes, for a moment he thought he had heard it wrong.But then he saw Xiao Fenghuang laughing helplessly. Although the smile was still a little pale and weak, there was a familiar look in his eyes.

"Thank you...you have been waiting for me."

Fenghuang paused for a moment, the fireworks in the sky reflected the gentle gleam in his eyes like water: "—I'm back, happy new year."

Zhou Hui's throat was sore and choked, his shoulders trembled strangely, and his vision was blurred.In the haze, he hugged Fenghuang tightly, opened his mouth a few times but couldn't say a word, only the New Year's Eve cheers from the crowd in the distance could be heard.

At that moment, the fiery trees, silver flowers, and peaceful scenes all turned into silence, receding into the distant vastness of the night sky.

"I thought it would be a long wait..."

Zhou Hui closed his eyes, and the hot liquid slid across his cheeks.

He lowered his head, and printed a trembling kiss on Phoenix's hair: "...Welcome back, my dear Highness."

After the embracing figures, the old days spiraled up, carrying countless love and hatred, gunpowder smoke, tears and partings in the past, converging into a river and rushing to the distance, disappearing in the vast sky.

The fireworks cleared, and everything was silent.

The bell of the new year is ringing at that moment.

The author has something to say:

So far, the content that has not been mentioned, such as Maha's godhead and Yan Lanyu's follow-up content, will be released one after another in the episode ~ 1.7 The new author has something to say:

Many adults said that the ending was rushed, and it is like this: the outline is set to end at the moment when Phoenix recovers his memory.Da Mao's godhead, Zhou Hui's lifespan, Yu Yan's CP, daily sweet and sweet meat, etc. cannot unfold the plot when Phoenix's memory is not restored, so they are all in the extra episode.If conditions permit, the Tokyo Tantric Gate chapter will be added to the episode.In short, this article is the same as the previous Galaxy episode, Hilda was born, and the episode is responsible for the ending of the plot, that's it~

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