The mountain ghost blows out the lights

Shen Lianxing's story is not too long.

On a certain night 15 years ago, a young child was unarmed and pushed up to a barren hill by relatives with malicious intentions. Under the banner of eliminating harm for the people, they actually wanted to feed him to a poisonous snake entrenched on the hill.

The child has no other choice, he is really too young, without the protection of the Patriarch, even if he has an incomparable talent, there is absolutely no possibility of escaping from the mouth of the poisonous snake.

He was so scared that he had to hold on. He thought he was going to die, and he was ready to die with the poisonous snake when he was buried in the forest, but he didn't expect... He didn't die.

The Dao is fifty and the sky is fourty-nine, but it still leaves a glimmer of life for the world.

A kind-hearted man passing by saved the child's life and allowed him to survive the thrilling escape from the snake's mouth.

The child was very grateful for the life-saving grace, but at that time he himself had nothing to repay, and the child was ashamed.

So the child made a promise to his benefactor.

A promise about repaying a debt of gratitude after a number of years.

But a child is a child after all, and when he walked down the mountain along the firefly-paved road marked out for him by his benefactor and fell into the arms of his patriarch grandfather, he vaguely remembered that he seemed to be Forgot to ask the benefactor's name.

So he searched for 15 years.

Shen Lianxing has a good eloquence, and he quickly explained the whole story clearly - he especially emphasized the strong performance of the lantern in the story. He was carried by the child, groping around on the mountain, and fell [-] times. After a pitfall, I went back and changed the wick, and it still continued to work. As expected, it was improved by the genius child that day.

"For the grace of saving my life." Shen Lianxing finally concluded, "The child swore an oath on the mountain back then, and he must repay it with all he has."

"...Could it be possible that Mr. Shen is going to tell me that you are that kid back then?" Yan Jinping roughly knew it in his mind after he finished his first sentence.It's not difficult to guess, he doesn't go to Yueqing Mountain often, but has been there a few times occasionally.He has met such a living person in total, and the white jade in his heart has been turning around all these years, reminding him that such a thing happened 15 years ago, and he can't forget it even if he wants to.

However, it happened suddenly, Yan Jinping faced the greatly changed old man, didn't know how to react for a while, and subconsciously continued: "Then you these years..."

"I haven't been able to be the head of the family yet." Before he could figure out what he wanted to ask, Shen Lianxing had already taken up the conversation and replied, "But soon, the head of the family is not in good health recently, and I, as his only heir... ...As long as nothing happens to me, the position of Patriarch must be mine."

Of course he didn't mean to expect Shen Yuansi's early death when he said this, Shen Lianxing was just stating such a fact.

A fact that he, Shen Yuansi, and the entire Shen family have long accepted.

Being the Patriarch of the Shen family needs to pass a test that cannot be falsified. As long as Shen Lianxing can participate alive, the rest of the Shen family will not be able to overtake him.

This is also the direct reason why Shen Lianxing... lost his left arm.

"Everyone wants my life." He said calmly, "No one wants me to live except myself, and I don't want them to do so."

Armed with a treasure and surrounded by wolves, I really dare not fight with my life.

Yan Jinping looked at Shen Lianxing's face carefully.

15 years, for a mortal, it is too long, too long, besides, it was just a glimpse at that time.Even he couldn't read the slightest sense of familiarity from Shen Lianxing's eyebrows.But back then, only he and the child should know about it...

If it's him, it's hard for him to still remember.

To be able to recognize Yan Jinping in such a short time.

Yan Jinping suddenly said to Shen Lianxing, "Come closer."

Shen Lianxing leaned over to him as he said, and after speaking, he no longer had so many worries, and he could show his trust and intimacy unscrupulously without being afraid that the boss would suspect that he was trying to get close to him with ill intentions.

"...you don't need to be so close, just stretch out your hand." Yan Jinping pushed his face away a little, commanded Shen Lianxing to stretch out his hand, and then grabbed his wrist, covering his heart with his warm palm, Where the piece of jade is.

Shen Lianxing was caught off guard, curled up his fingers slightly, and touched the smooth fabric: "...What does the boss mean?"

If it wasn't for Yan Jinping's serious expression, he would almost think that Yan Jinping was taking advantage of him.

——Or, just from appearance, he should be taking advantage of Yan Jinping...

Yan Jinping didn't bother to answer.

Just when Shen Lianxing was surprised, the jade pendant in his heart suddenly stopped spinning, and then suddenly emitted a soft golden light. The thick golden light lingered from the fabric and climbed onto Shen Lianxing's unconsciously shrinking fingers.

Yan Jinping's heart quickly surged with joy that did not belong to him, as if something lived in his body and manipulated his emotions.He let go of Shen Lianxing, lowered his head, and looked at the light beam almost blankly. After Shen Lianxing's hand was moved away, the light beam flickered twice, and then returned to Yan Jinping's body unwillingly.

...It really is him.

I feel that he has found a reason to be close.

Yan Jinping looked at the old man quietly, and the first thought that popped into his mind was: It's over, I don't know where to throw that hair tie.

This really cannot be blamed on him. After all, too many things happened that night 15 years ago. It was a surprise for him to be able to bring himself back to Yanjing City wholeheartedly. The hair tie that fell out.

Fortunately, Shen Lianxing recognized him directly, and didn't seem to intend to mention the hairband.

"Boss has saved me. If you count this time, there will be two times." The young man's handsome face became gentle under the soft light of the shark bead.He observed Yan Jinping's expression, and laughed softly, "The grace of saving your life, let alone those things outside your body. The boss just wants the stars... I will try my best, and I will go to the sky to pick them off and give them to you."

His expression and voice were so serious that no one could doubt it. Yan Jinping looked at him closely, as if he had been burned, and quickly looked away.

People...human beings have such a short lifespan, and their emotions are so easy to change.Is it really possible to consistently remember that bit of favor from more than ten years ago, to remember it all these years, and even just for that brief encounter, can you give everything you have without blinking an eye?

Love and hate are intertwined, changing rapidly, can anyone be consistent in this world full of mud and sand?

Yan Jinping was not sure.

He has already learned a lesson once, and there is no need to learn it a second time.

But if Shen Lianxing thought about it, it would be an easy thing for him to avoid that kindness.He didn't even recognize Shen Lianxing, and Shen Lianxing himself brought this up.

The spirit is straightforward and never hides his thoughts.What's more, the spirits in Linlang Pavilion treat him with respect and harmony on the surface, but they are mostly afraid of him. Naturally, they don't get too close to him, so it doesn't matter whether they are sincere or not... People don't necessarily.

He really hasn't dealt with living people for many years.

Yan Jinping thought cautiously: Should I believe him?

The moonlight outside the building was bright, and there was a beautiful full moon tonight, and the little birds of the Golden Feather Guard were patrolling the sky as usual, wondering if there were blackheads and crow feathers inside.A few clouds turned around and covered the lower half of the moon, as if covering the moon with a hazy veil.

Seeing that Yan Jinping did not respond for a long time, Shen Lianxing was not in a hurry to rush him, but while waiting, he couldn't help but think of Shen Yuansi's haggard face.

The Shen family kept the news of the Patriarch's illness tightly sealed.

There are too many things involved in the change of the head of the family. If the dust is not settled, there will be variables every moment.For something as big as this, you must never reveal a single cent to the outside world...

Because of this, no one knew that Shen Yuansi, the Patriarch of the Shen family, after struggling to support such a behemoth as the Shen family for decades, was finally unable to continue.

Shen Lianxing was the only direct blood relative of the Patriarch, and he was such a genius in the Shen family for hundreds of years. Logically speaking, after Shen Yuansi's death, the Patriarch's position should be legitimately inherited by him.

But—huge benefits are in front of you, as if you can get it in your hand just by reaching out.Who wouldn't want such a huge temptation?Who can stand by?

Shen Lianxing's parents had passed away shortly after he was born. This line of blood was thin, and only Shen Lianxing was left in the immediate family of the Patriarch.As long as there is no him, Shen Yuansi will have to choose one of the collateral lineages to inherit the Shen family.

The Shen family is one of the four families in Yanjing City, which means that as long as you become the head of the family, wealth, fame, status, and countless things that ordinary people can't even imagine in their entire lives, are all yours.

And to get these, just... make Shen Lianxing disappear.

He was just a junior, even if he died quietly, it was nothing.There are many Shen family members, and there are gods to protect them. As long as Shen Lianxing can no longer come out to be an eyesore, most of the obstacles will be cleared away.

Shen Yuansi has always known this very clearly, and he knows that as long as Shen Lianxing does not become the head of the family, those people will not give up their secret actions for a day.

He didn't hide it from Shen Lianxing, but when Shen Lianxing was a child who was just able to understand the words, he emphasized to him over and over again: You must protect yourself, you should be the head of the family by nature, and lead the Shen family to a better life. A higher level... This is your destiny.

For a long time, Shen Lianxing believed that Shen Yuansi did not want to cut off his direct blood, so he made up his mind and forced such a young child to take over the Ming Ghost Fan, absorbing a large amount of knowledge and skills day and night, and quickly Grow into... a qualified heir.

In fact, is Shen Lianxing rare?To him, those things they fought over were not even as important as the strangers he met once when he was a child.

But no one believed it.