The little fox became popular after being picked up by the actor

Yi Lan who was "on the sidelines" was shocked when she heard this sentence.

What's the matter, are the ancient people speaking so unpretentiously?Or was it that in that era, same-sex relationships were also very open, so Shen Yaobai confessed his love to Xie Huai so frankly?

But seeing Xie Huai staring at Shen Yaobai for a few seconds, he replied:

"I'm very happy with you... too."

Shen Yaobai laughed, that smile was clear and clean, without any charming thoughts, which made Xie Huai's eyes dim.

But the young man didn't realize it, and happily opened the cloth bag: "Come on, here are the egg yolk cakes made by Ruo Ruo's sister-in-law, the little white rabbit bean paste buns made by sister Ying, oh, and this..."

Xie Huai looked down at him introducing those snacks, didn't speak, but responded softly.And Yi Lan also realized something, sure enough, Shen Yaobai's "liking" probably just regarded Xie Huai as a friend and confidant, and Xie Huai...

Through Shen Yaobai's eyes, he saw Xie Huai's expression clearly, and was taken aback for a moment.

He had never seen Xie Huai with such complicated emotions. There seemed to be a thousand words in his eyes that he wanted to say, but before he could reach between his lips and teeth, he chewed them all up, swallowed them one after another, and turned them into pieces. This kind of confusion that had never appeared before made him almost unable to control his gaze from the pastry to Shen Yaobai.

Yi Lan felt that his heart was a little out of breath. He didn't know the origin of this feeling, but instinctively felt a little empty, as if something important had been taken away from his chest.

Xie Huai looked at Shen Yaobai, and suddenly asked: "In the future, can I call you Xiaobai?"

At that moment, the vague feeling of suffocation that Yi Lan felt almost became real.

It was only at this moment that he realized that Xiaobai... was actually Shen Yaobai.

Xie Huai has been looking at the man who died more than 1000 years ago through him.

But it's strange, why is he so sad?Yi Lan knew very well that he wasn't wronged because of the bloody plot of being used as a stand-in. At this moment, he couldn't help feeling a lot of sadness from the bottom of his heart.

He seemed to have seen Xie Huai wandering alone in the world after Shen Yaobai died.

He became alone again, but he always remembered the other figure that had appeared, but in the long years since then, he could only rely on the figure in his mind who was thousands of years old compared to him. In terms of life span, it is almost insignificant for a short period of time to recall carefully.

Even if that memory is like a gem that he wiped clean, it is only such a small piece after all, and from now on, it will never participate in his future life.

Yi Lan was sad and angry at the same time, sad for no reason, inexplicable, angry because why should he be sad because of a bastard who used him as a stand-in, he was so angry, as if the next criminal beat Brother Huai...

Shen Yaobai was still smiling brightly, but Yi Lan was depressed, as if countless large storms were brewing.

He just watched Shen Yaobai and Xie Huai spend a very leisurely time in Qingqiu with a helpless look—it might have been half a year, or it might have been a year, he couldn't remember clearly.He stayed in Shen Yaobai's body, and all his feelings and sensations were touched by Shen Yaobai, and Xie Huai was often standing by his side, just like in reality, this extremely familiar feeling always made Yi Lan's chest swell——

The bastard who wants to be beaten is standing beside him but can't be beaten, how annoying.

The little fox quietly turned into a puffer fish.

And on a certain day when there was nothing to do, Shen Yaobai was carrying a bag of pea yellows to go to Xie Huai, when suddenly Shen Linglong called him to the living room.

But Xie Huai, who was supposed to be waiting for him at his residence, was actually wearing the clothes he wore when he first came to Qingqiu, and picked up his luggage.

Shen Yaobai stared at him blankly, as if anticipating what was coming.Sure enough, Shen Linglong told him that Lingmeng had noticed a faint sign of cracks in the ghost world, and was urging him to go back and take charge of the overall situation.

Shen Yaobai had only heard about the ghost world in books and legends, but never thought that such things would appear beside him.He had no choice but to pass the pea yellow in his hand to Xie Huai, and told Xie Huai to pay attention to safety and meet again in the future.

The moment Xie Huai was about to walk out of the Qingqiu Barrier, Shen Yaobai suddenly remembered something, called him quickly, then turned around and ran into the peach blossom forest behind him, broke off a branch of peach blossom, and handed it to him very preciously.

"Brother Xie," he said solemnly, "I'll find another chance to sneak out and reunite with you!"

Shen Linglong almost couldn't hold back the majesty of the clan leader, and wanted to slap him.

Xie Huai couldn't help laughing, he took the branch of peach blossom, his eyes were gentle:

"it is good."

Yi Lan silently stared into his eyes. For some reason, the moment Xie Huai turned around, he had a premonition—it seemed that once he left, he would never come back again.

"Don't let him go," Yi Lan shouted involuntarily in her heart, "You keep him!"

However, he couldn't control Shen Yaobai's body, and Shen Yaobai couldn't do anything to hold Xie Huai back. He was just full of melancholy, and was dragged back by Shen Linglong to copy the family rules that he hadn't finished copying a hundred times.

After Xie Huai left, life went on like this day by day.Shen Yaobai did the things he had done countless times with ease: went to the third elder's yard to water the flowers, earning the third elder's pocket money; secretly plucked the beards of a litter of cats raised by the fourth elder, and was heard Swear away vigorously; say hello to the first elder, and then you can go to the top floor of the academy managed by the second elder, bathe in the lazy afternoon sun and sleep for an afternoon; then avoid the fifth elder who wants to check his body, and run to the town The various families eat and drink, and take a group of fox cubs after class to go to the tree to dig out bird eggs and get pecked by birds, and go down the river to touch fish and shrimp...

He became that carefree little Patriarch Shen again, but at certain moments, when he was sitting on the roof looking at the peach forest in the distance, he would think of a friend who had been gone for a long time.

He once said, tell Xie Huai not to wear white clothes, it will look better in black clothes.I wonder if Xie Huai has changed?

He really wants to take a look.

Shen Yaobai stretched his waist, feeling drowsy, then leaned on the soft pillow he brought with him, yawned and fell into a soft dreamland.

When he opened his eyes again, he woke up to Shen Linglong's eager voice.

"Do you know how long I've been looking for you?! Come with me!" Shen Linglong grabbed him involuntarily, turned around and ran underground in Qingqiu.

Shen Yaobai hadn't woken up yet, until she was dragged to the natural cave under Qingqiu for refuge with a dazed expression, his chaotic mind became clear: "Aniang, what are you...doing?"

Since he could remember, hundreds of years had passed, and Qingqiu had never used this refuge.

Shen Linglong just pushed him into the cave, took a deep look at him, and then closed the cave door.Shen Yaobai wanted to push subconsciously, but found that there was a restriction on the door, which was absolutely impossible to open with his level.

Shen Yao turned around in panic, and saw those clansmen who were also pushed in - basically fox cubs, a group of young minors, and pregnant sisters and aunts.

He looked at them and murmured, "What... what's wrong? Why are you here?"

A slightly older aunt caressed her swollen belly, with sadness in her eyes:

"Little patriarch."

"Above Qingqiu, there is a crack in the ghost world."

When the crack opened only a tiny gap and no evil spirits could pass through, Qingqiu chose to send the life fire of the whole family into the refuge, while all the young men and the old people stayed on the ground as The power of protection, also serves as a bait for... evil spirits.

In order to protect the weak and protect their little patriarch, Shen Yaobai was also sent to the refuge by the unanimous decision of the clan.

"No way?"

Shen Yaobai's lips trembled, but these three words were breathed out. He forced a smile on these women with very gloomy expressions, and said softly:

"The ghost world... It's just a crack in the ghost world... There is A Niang, there are elders, they have all cultivated to the Eight Tails, and A Niang may even become the first person to break through the Nine Tails in a hundred years..."

"They'll be fine," he paled, "right?"

The aunt couldn't bear to look at him anymore, covered her face, and called out mournfully:

"Little patriarch..."

Shen Yaobai fell to the ground.

He was in a daze for a while, and suddenly rushed towards the door behind him like crazy.He awakened all the demon power in his body, he attacked the restriction over and over again, his fist joints were bloody and bloody, leaving countless bloodstains on the stone door, but the restriction has been impermeable, it is clear that he is not allowed any chance to go out.

"Little patriarch," a younger girl stopped him with tears streaming down her face, "don't do this first..."

Shen Yaobai noticed her slightly swollen belly, held back her movements, panted a few times, lowered her head and called out:

"...Sister Ying."

Thinking of her husband who was away, the woman tried her best to hold back the crying in her throat, and softly persuaded:

"Little patriarch, you have to trust the patriarch and the others, they will definitely be able to... defeat the ghost clan."

"Before that, let's wait here, shall we?"

Shen Yaobai closed his eyes, swallowed the bloody smell surging in his throat, and answered "OK" in a low voice.

He no longer wanted to break the restriction like a trapped animal, but sat cross-legged in front of the stone gate without saying a word, his eyes closed tightly, and a pendant was tightly clenched in his palm.

It was the amulet that Shen Linglong had asked for him from the previous patriarch when he was born.The amulet is a black round gemstone, half the size of a thumb, which has long been smooth and slippery by him, and has been carefully protected all the time, and has never been bumped.

After staying in the refuge for more than ten hours, Shen Yaobai suddenly felt palpitations.

He opened his eyes and subconsciously looked at the amulet in his palm, only to find that there was a hideous and visible crack on the perfectly smooth surface.

Shen Yaobai loosened his palm, and somehow the amulet fell off the hanging rope, slipped directly between his fingers, fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.

The boy's face was pale, he lowered his head tremblingly, and counted softly, one, two, three, four...five.

One crack, five pieces.

A violent impact suddenly came from the stone gate, causing the entire shelter to shake, fine gravel and gravel fell from the top of the head, and some fox cubs cried loudly, one after another.

And Shen Yaobai stood up in an instant, with his back turned towards the women and children behind him, as if he wanted to protect all of them with his shoulders that were not broad.

He didn't think about the shattered stone any more, that young face that was still young, even showing a trace of immatureness, unexpectedly showed a mature coldness at this moment:

"... Prepare to defend against the enemy."

The author has something to say: How can a child learn to grow up in an instant?

It was probably a sudden farewell.