It turns out that I too have been robbed.

Pei Ruzhou never felt that he was a talkative person, let alone someone who easily indulged in the past.But today, during the short journey from that small stall to the back door of the General's Mansion, Pei Ruzhou couldn't help recalling the past.And slowly told those stories to Qi Baili.

"This alley looks like what you see now... Although there is yellow sand outside Rilan Pass, and there is not a drop of rain in summer, but there are a few years in winter, but there is a lot of snow. I remember when I was young, this narrow There will be calf-deep snow in the narrow alley." Pei Ruzhou stretched out his hand while talking, and slowly stroked across the wall.

Pei Ruzhou's movements were extremely gentle. Previously, Pei Ruzhou's long life was spent in the Netherworld and the Nine Heavens.

And in such a place, even the buildings are made of materials that are not easy to wear and tear.So although the days passed day by day, Pei Ruzhou couldn't detect the loss of time from the changes in the surrounding scenery.

However, the world is different. Although the wall in front of you looks the same as it was decades ago at first glance, but when you touch it with your finger, you will find that the wall has become bumpy at some point. uneven.

The wind and sand outside the Zhoulan Pass blew in, polishing the walls day by day.

These are the marks of time.

And these were things that Pei Ruzhou had never noticed or paid attention to before.

What Pei Ruzhou is talking about now sounds extremely boring and meaningless to Qi Baili in the past.But now, he looked at Pei Ruzhou very patiently, and from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that the other party could say a little more.

Seeing that Pei Ruzhou stopped talking here, Qi Baili nodded lightly, and then asked: "Will you come to the alley at that time?"

"Of course!" Pei Ruzhou nodded and said, "This alley is not usually visited by many people. After all, not everyone can go to the General's Mansion, especially after it snows, but there is not even a place to stay... But I preferred to come here at the time.”

Pei Ruzhou's tone was really like that of a teenager in the mortal world.

Hearing this, Qi Baili didn't even notice that the corners of his lips also raised slowly.

Seeing that there was no one around, Pei Ruzhou waved his hand lightly, and a phantom of white snow appeared in front of Qi Baili's eyes.

But in the blink of an eye, time seemed to return from late spring to deep winter.He saw knee-deep white snow appeared in front of him, Pei Ruzhou squatted down slowly at this moment, he stretched out his hand to gently hold a fistful of snow, and then let the wind blow it away.

"At the beginning, I really liked jumping directly into the snow and letting it bury itself. At that time, the world seemed to be quiet." Pei Ruzhou narrowed his eyes, recalling his childhood.

In fact, a few decades, for gods like them, is really short and cannot be shorter.

More importantly, this is only a few decades in the mortal world. For Pei Ruzhou who returned to the Nine Heavens after the calamity ended, it was just a few dozen days.

But he seems to like to recall this period of time in the past, but in fact, thinking about it, one can know that Pei Ruzhou is a natural protoss, and he was born with countless responsibilities and hopes.Pei Ruzhou actually didn't have a childhood, but by accident, because of this calamity, he actually spent more than ten years happily in the mortal world.

Hearing this, Qi Baili couldn't help feeling a little regretful, he was very, very sorry that he missed Pei Ruzhou's childhood.

In the previous life, when Qi Baili met Pei Ruzhou, the gears of fate had already started to spin. He watched Pei Ruzhou become more serious and more mature and unhappy day by day.

In fact, it can be seen from Pei Ruzhou's departure from Nine Heavens to the Nether Realm that Pei Ruzhou is essentially a person who likes to avoid. He went to the Nether Realm because he avoided the red tape of the fairy world.

When he was a child decades ago, although he has no memory of being a protoss, the instinct hidden deep in his heart has not changed.

Just as they were talking, Pei Ruzhou and Qi Baili walked to the end of the long street.

Pei Ruzhou was stunned for a moment before he realized that the seemingly endless alleys he recorded when he was a child can now be walked through in three or two steps.

Decades have passed, and no new people have come to live here.So the back door of the General's Mansion was hung with the small door plaque that Pei Ruzhou was familiar with.

It's just that so many years have passed, the wind and the sun, and the erosion of sand and gravel every day have made this door plaque dilapidated.At first glance, there is even a little bit of eerie feeling.

Seeing that Pei Ruzhou's gaze fell on the door plaque, Qi Baili also raised his head to take a look. He suddenly touched his nose in embarrassment and said, "Sorry, I forgot to tell the people here to pay attention to the door plaque..."

When he was the emperor at that time, Qi Baili only ordered people not to approach the Pei family if they had nothing to do. He wanted everything to remain as it was.Unexpectedly, the garrison and officials of Zhoulanguan obeyed his orders as the emperor, and never got close to Pei's house.Up to now, even though this place has been in disrepair and dangerous, no one is still in charge of it.

"It's okay." Pei Ruzhou didn't care about it at all, he smiled and said, "It's still from the past, and I'm familiar with it."

Just as he was speaking, he had already reached the steps of the general's back door.

Probably because this is the back door, the steps are not high, Pei Ruzhou walked to the door in three steps at a time.

"Have you ever come home from here often?" Qi Baili couldn't help asking after seeing Pei Ruzhou's incomparably skilled movements.

"Ahem——" Pei Ruzhou was about to open the door just now, but when he heard this, he immediately paused.

Pei Ruzhou silently took half a step back, and then said to Qi Baili: "I just occasionally...sometimes it's too late to go out, so I come back from here."

"When I first saw the Emperor Yongxiao in the Netherworld, I never thought that the Lord God would sneak out to play." Qi Baili said with a smile.

"It's all at the heart of a teenager." Pei Ruzhou finally quibbled.

At this time, his fingers finally touched the armrest of the back door of the General's Mansion again.

The iron lion head was covered with rust at some point.

As soon as Pei Ruzhou touched the door, there was a squeak in his ear.

Although the location of the General's Mansion is good, no one has lived here for decades, and the surrounding area has gradually become deserted.Although the new emperor is not like when Qi Baili was here in the past, he asked to guard the general's mansion strictly, but after a long time, no one is interested in it anymore.

So no one knows that now the back door of the General's Mansion can be opened with just a slight push.

Pei Ruzhou didn't expect that he hadn't pushed hard, let alone used spiritual power, and the door in front of him had been pushed open a big gap by himself.In an instant, the scenery inside the General's Mansion rushed into Pei Ruzhou's eyes.

After seeing the scene in front of him, he hesitated for a moment, turned around and said to Qi Baili: "Let's come in."

"Okay." Qi Baili could feel that Pei Ruzhou's mood had obviously become lonely.

When he didn't open the door just now, Pei Ruzhou was still recalling the past on the street. For him, the general's mansion just a door away was what it looked like decades ago.

But now after pushing open that door, the dilapidated barrenness finally broke into Pei Ruzhou's eyes.

Looking at the former home, which used to be full of good memories, has turned into a decayed look, no matter who it is, it will not be in a good mood.

The two walked in side by side.

The buildings in the area of ​​Rilan Pass were originally not so magnificently decorated with carved beams and painted buildings. Now decades have passed, the vermilion paint on the houses has been completely mottled, and even the tiles are covered with yellow sand.

Pei Ruzhou was in a relaxed mood just now, but the moment he saw this, he became depressed.

Maybe not all revisiting old places are pleasant.

At this moment, Pei Ruzhou even wanted to turn around and leave.

However, before he could make a decision, there was another sound of the door being gently pushed open not far away.

Pei Ruzhou raised his eyes and saw - a person came from the other side of the yard.