Chapter 35

Hearing the door open, Nian Qing stopped talking and turned to look at the door. Gu Luoyan put down his chopsticks and walked over to open the door.

Two women appeared outside the door.

Gu Luoyan glanced at the two faces, one a stranger and the other familiar to her. She then showed surprise, "Master Guan!"

Gu Luoyan walked forward, but felt it was impolite, so he was just happy and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Guan Qing stood at the door and saw Gu Luoyan, with mixed feelings in her heart. She took a step back and bowed to Gu Luoyan and said:

"Mr. Guan, nice to meet Miss Luo Yan." She said it bitterly. Guan Qing had already known about the events of the Hongguan during the few days she had been running around in Mingjing.

When she and her master passed by the Hong Kong Coliseum, they saw a dead city. People around them were living their own lives and had already forgotten that place.

The carefully arranged formation was useless, and even the new moon was not there. Guan Qing was terrified that many details about the Hong Kong Coliseum had become blurred and could no longer be remembered.

Seeing Gu Luoyan again, Guan Qing felt guilty. He thought that without his help, these women would have paid a heavy price to escape from the Hong Kong Coliseum.

At this moment, she couldn't say anything. She bowed and greeted Guan Qing, but she received a hand that touched Guan Qing's shoulder.

The hand patted lightly and then released it.

Guan Qing looked up at her.

The person before him still wore a smile. She looked different now than she had at the Hong Kong Coliseum. She wore less rouge, less the endless allure accentuated by makeup and finery. She had indeed changed. There was more determination in her features, a touch more human, no longer seeming otherworldly. Yet, it seemed as if nothing had changed, still hiding her innermost self, doing her best to conceal it.

Gu Luoyan was wearing a simple dress. She returned the greeting to Guan Qing, placed her hand on her chest, and slowly squatted down.

It was a very light movement, yet it seemed like a very heavy movement.

Gu Luoyan said softly, "I am so happy to see you again, Taoist Priest."

Guan Qing could see through Gu Luoyan. Even if she smiled and lowered her head, Guan Qing could still see something from her eyes.

A look of sadness filled her, and she couldn't escape it, leaving only the flames of anger burning on the outside.

Guan Qing spoke again, not saying anything else, but recounting his own experiences after arriving at the Red Pavilion: "I was under a spell in the Red Pavilion, and when I regained consciousness, I was already in the desolate mountains hundreds of miles outside the city."

"This matter is my fault, and I must do my best to make amends. Miss Luo Yan, please allow me to introduce the person next to me." Guan Qing pushed away and stretched out his hand to the side, fully revealing the man in the bamboo hat.

"This is my master, Hongli."

Hongli nodded, "Nice to meet you."

"Gu Luoyan greets Taoist Hongli."

Hongli narrowed her eyes and smiled. She no longer looked at Gu Luoyan, but looked at Nianqing at the table.

In an instant, the fox's fur stood up and the person on the table changed into a different shape. The fox growled and paced around the table restlessly, but he didn't dare to move forward.

Nian Qing's voice appeared beside Gu Luoyan's ears: "Gu Luoyan, that person is extremely dangerous."

"Nianqing, don't be rude." Gu Luoyan turned around to look at her, pointed at Guan Qing and said, "Master Guan, you recognize them. They are friends."

"Is this the fox demon?" Hongli asked Guan Qing beside him.

"Yes, Master. It has never harmed anyone. I can't detect any foul air from it." Guan Qing said hurriedly.

"Yes, indeed." Hongli opened her eyes. Her golden pupils were not like those of an ordinary person. The moment Nianqing, who had transformed into a fox, looked into her eyes, she began to tremble uncontrollably.

Nianqing knew what those eyes were.

That's the dragon's eye.

Gu Luoyan attracted a remarkable person.

Is she really a human? Nian Qing couldn't tell.

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"That is to say, the one behind the Red Pavilion is the devil..." Gu Luoyan lowered her voice, still thinking about what Guan Qing had just said to them in shock.

"Yes, I wonder if Miss Luo Yan has any other news about the crazy ghost she met at night?" Guan Qing asked.

"This is the first time I heard the Taoist priest talk about it today. We are now staying at the Yunshang Escort Agency. I will ask my friends there to check it out."

Nian Qing didn't approach the three of them talking. She hid in a corner of the room, still wary of Hongli. After listening, she casually said, "No wonder the Red Pavilion incident is so strange."

"What do you think?" Hongli turned around and looked at Nianqing.

Nian Qing avoided her gaze in disgust and said irritably, "No! What can I say?"

"Oh, but you did remind me." Nian Qing suddenly realized something and thought to himself, "When I lost consciousness, I saw a rain."

"I can see clearly that outside the Hong Kong Coliseum walls it's sunny, but inside it's raining heavily."

"This shouldn't be an ordinary rain."

rain!

Gu Luoyan also remembered.

But she didn't have much impression.

"Should we go find the person who cast the spell to make it rain?" Gu Luoyan asked.

The next moment he was discouraged again, “But how can I do it?”

Hongli turned around and looked at Gu Luoyan, but after just one glance, she turned away and stared at the several delicacies on the round table.

She took the chopsticks, placed them upright on the round table and tapped them, and a row of flames flew onto the table.

The food on the plate moved, turning and heating spontaneously in the falling flames.

Hongli smiled and said, "Don't worry, there will be a solution soon."

At this time, she asked Gu Luoyan again, "Miss Luoyan, my disciple and I haven't had enough to eat today. I wonder if you could share some of the food on the table with us?"

The man hiding in the corner was so anxious after hearing this that he jumped up and ran back to Gu Luoyan.

But he didn't dare to get close to the red carp, so he could only say angrily: "You are not allowed to eat! Who told you to eat it? These are all mine! All mine!"

Hongli looked at Nianqing with a smile, and the latter subconsciously avoided her gaze when she looked at him.

Gu Luoyan sighed helplessly and said, "That's right. Everyone has been thinking about countermeasures for a long time. They must be hungry. Let's eat first."

After she finished speaking, she turned back to coax Nian Qing, caressing her face with her palm and whispering, "I'll prepare another meal for you later, little fox, don't make trouble anymore."

"Hmph! That's obviously mine..." Nian Qing's face was held by Gu Luoyan, and his voice was distorted as he complained aggrievedly.

"Okay, okay, our Nian Qing is very magnanimous. He's a good fox. He won't cry or make a fuss..." Gu Luoyan held Nian Qing's face, couldn't help rubbing it, and started making up a nursery rhyme.

The fox glared at the red carp fiercely. She couldn't beat him, and she was even more angry because her food was taken away. Now she turned around and looked at Gu Luoyan, feeling extremely aggrieved.

She stretched out her hand and said sullenly, "Just hug me."

Gu Luoyan was amused and, regardless of the others around her, she went forward, hugged Nian Qing, and coaxed him softly, "Okay, hug, hug our little fox."

"Hmph! Hmph, hmph..."

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In the Yunshang Escort Agency, Lian walked towards Gu Luoyan, who was teaching the beautiful woman how to read and write, and leaned over to whisper in her ear:

"Luo Yan, the escort sent a letter saying that he has contacted the family of the person attacked by the mad ghost. Do you want to go and see them?"

"Okay, I'll be there right away. Lian, go get the carriage ready first."

"good."

Seeing Lian leave, Gu Luoyan also stopped writing on the paper.

She looked up at the two girls sitting at the desk in front of her and said, "Sister has something to go out for. How about I give you two a task today?"

"Go ahead and say it." Xiuhua said.

Gu Luoyan moved the paperweight away and picked up the ink words that had already been written to show the two men.

Bi Yue looked at it and read out loud: "Name it..." After reading it, she looked at Gu Luoyan in confusion, not knowing what it meant.

Gu Luoyan smiled and nodded, "Yes, let's give it a name."

"Your names, Shame on the Flowers and the Moon, were chosen arbitrarily by the brothel owner. He wanted you to be attractive and beautiful, but you are nothing but skin."

Gu Luoyan put down the rice paper, stood up, and said to the two of them, "Before I come back, I want you to choose a name for yourselves. Choose a name you like, not for anyone's expectations, not for any purpose, just for yourselves."

Gu Luoyan laughed as he spoke, and walked over to touch the two children's heads respectively.

"From now on, the sisters will let you walk your own path with dignity, and no one can stop you."

She tapped Xiuhua's nose after she finished speaking, "Sister is not here, don't be lazy." Then she turned her head to Biyue and said, "Second son, supervise her."

"Okay!" Bi Yue's eyes lit up when she looked at Gu Luoyan.

Gu Luoyan left.

Bi Yue thought for a moment, then ground the ink and picked up the brush. Then, stroke by stroke, he wrote a new name on the paper:

Month by month.

After she finished writing, she felt dissatisfied again. She looked at it and added another word before the two words:

Bones follow the moon.

Zhuyue laughed after seeing her name. Her laughter attracted someone nearby to stop and ask her what her name meant.

"Chasing the moon." Zhuyue raised his hand high above his head, pointing directly at the eaves. "I want to be like my sister, to reach that top, to the sky, and never come down again!"

After hearing this, the woman pursed her lips, jealousy welling up in her eyes. She walked back to her seat, placed the brush on her pouting lips, held her chin with both hands, and murmured with a sad face: "You've chosen everything, so what should I be called?"

She looked at Zhuyue, tapped the back of her hand, looked around, and suddenly an idea came to her, so she started writing.

After a rustling sound of paper, she stopped writing with satisfaction.

Zhuyue also leaned over to take a look.

There were also two words scrawled on the paper: Chasing the Clouds.

She thought about it for a while, but she felt it was not a good idea, so she added her surname:

Bone chasing clouds.

"You chase the moon and I chase the clouds. Anyway, we should be inseparable from now on. I am older than you. I am your elder sister, don't you know, Zhuyue?" She acted like an elder sister, with her hands on her hips and an arrogant look.

Zhuyue looked at it but was dissatisfied. She asked, "Why are you following my example and also using my sister's last name?"

"I didn't!" Zhuiyun defended himself. "My sister saved our lives. Isn't it only natural that we take her last name?"

"You are Gu Luoyan's little tail." Zhuiyun stuck out his tongue at Zhuyue, but did not laugh at her as usual.

"However, there's nothing wrong with being Gu Luoyan's little tail."

"Zhu Yue, I also want to be like my sister."

Zhuyue rarely saw her look so sincere. She was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then go practice your calligraphy first. See how well you write! Rewrite your name!"

"Chasing Clouds."

"Moon by moon."

After Zhuyue urged Zhuiyun to practice calligraphy, she quietly recited their new names to herself.

She imagined Gu Luoyan calling their names.

For a while, Zhuyue couldn't understand why Gu Luoyan would rather call them one and two than shameless.

That's not their own name.

Zhuyue understood now.

"Bones chase the clouds, bones chase the moon." Zhuyue repeated it again, and she smiled. She held the paper with her name on it, looked up, and smiled and spun around. She liked both names very much.

Live a resounding life from now on, walk your own way, and no one can stop you from chasing the clouds and the moon.

From this day on, Zhuyue and Zhuiyun came back to life.