The Fat Little Prodigal

With the addition of a big guard, the journey didn't seem to change much, except that Maotuanzi became visibly rounder.

Luosha never had a formal meeting with the few people. He just asked Feijiu to deliver messages occasionally, and maintained this very delicate relationship with them.

Ye Shuyu has always maintained a low-key style of hiding if possible and retreating if possible, but Luosha obviously could not understand that. When he learned that several people were planning to take a detour because they were afraid of a den of thieves on a certain mountain, he took only one night to eliminate all of them.

The next day, several people were awakened by the sound of the jailers parading the thieves through the streets.

The young lady approached the window in surprise, and when she saw the group's iconic tattoos, a smile instantly spread across her face. She turned her head happily and said, "Those thieves were caught? Do we not have to take a detour?"

“Huh?!”

Ye Shuyu was extremely surprised. Thinking of the note sent by Feichu yesterday and the rare question from the taciturn boss, he already had the answer in his mind.

...Isn't that a bit too considerate?

Or is it that for experts at this stage, helping them solve their problems is just a matter of waving your hands?

Lu Qinghe held his face in his hands and whispered, "It's a bit like the mysterious heroes in the storybooks who are hard to find. How cool."

Ye Shuyu choked.

Miss Lu! Why are you still remembering your exaggerated words?

I really don't know who on Miss Lu's side is writing nonsense to deceive young ladies like them. I don't know if it is a very dangerous thing to fool young girls into yearning for them and then let them mistakenly enter the world of martial arts without knowing it!

Once she knows who those people are, she will definitely teach them a lesson!

But anyway, they are back on track now.

After having lunch in the forest, the eldest lady suddenly took out a small bag from her luggage, looked around hesitantly, and called out tentatively: "Um, Miss Luosha?"

The two people beside her looked at her in shock.

Lu Qinghe felt a little embarrassed when they looked at him.

"Miss Luosha has helped a lot in secret these days. We are just accepting the favor without giving anything in return. This is a bit inappropriate." She said weakly, "It would be inconvenient for one person to eat and live outside. Before leaving, I prepared some more supplies..."

This is the best she can do in return.

It seems a little petty, but facing these people from almost another world, this is all she can do.

Although the two remained silent about this, they did not dampen the eldest lady's enthusiasm. They just asked her to leave the bundle where it was, move away a hundred meters, and then send Feichu to check on Luosha's reaction.

“Chirp~”

Although he was sent out at an unexpected time, Feichu was still full of energy.

It flew back to where it had just been and saw the familiar black figure bending over to check the light pink bundle.

“Chiu!”

Feichu called out affectionately, jumped from Luosha's back and stood on her shoulder, tilting his head to look at the bag that Lu Qinghe had prepared with her.

Clothes, medicines, and bird earrings found at a stall one day. The round bird balls were adorned on the brown branches, looking so cute.

This is quite normal.

But in the small paper bag in the corner, there were a few exquisite sugar pills hidden, which looked like the kind that the young lady would only eat when she was really greedy.

Luosha looked at him, and a faint smile unconsciously appeared on his usually cold face.

"Sure enough, it's still the same as before..." She unwrapped the paper bag and pushed a sugar pill into her mouth without any doubt or vigilance.

The familiar sweet taste spreads in the mouth.

Luosha had seen Lu Qinghe a long time ago.

At that time, she was still in training and had not yet stood out from the group of orphans, but she unexpectedly had an opportunity to enter the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and met Lu Qinghe who was surrounded by people.

The little girl was delicate and beautiful. Although her every move was childish, it was also dignified and generous. She wore the most beautiful clothes in the crowd, like a bright moon surrounded by stars.

At that time, Rakshasa didn't even have this code name. Yesterday, he collapsed due to exhaustion and was punished to eat. He had unbearable stomach cramps and was almost the same as a beggar on the street.

The first meeting was short and simple. Lu Qinghe simply spotted Luosha while wandering by the wall, and seeing that she was very hungry, he gave her some food.

The young lady, whose pearls and jades were swaying and whose whole body was covered with precious gold, stretched out her hand to her, and in her small palm lay a few round sugar pills.

The Rakshasa in the corner looked up at her silently, like a little black cat, and stared at her for a long time before slowly taking the candy pill without even saying thank you.

In fact, according to the master's request, Luosha should avoid Lu Qinghe directly.

But it was hard to refuse the bright moon, so she still reached out her hand.

After that, they never had such a close contact again, because Luosha finally stood out from the group of orphans. She had killed too many people and had too many sins on her body, so she would always bump into the eldest lady who was gradually getting weaker as she grew up.

Given Luosha's character, this little favor is not worth her remembering for so long.

She just yearned.

An orphan who had to undergo fighting training to survive when she was young would naturally have such a longing for the eldest lady who was born into a noble family and had a smooth life. She thought - Lu Qinghe must be the happiest person in the world, right?

The orphan girl who had just entered the world of martial arts had the idea of ​​escaping from the quagmire. Although it was only the size of a seed at the time, it took root and sprouted and became a reality more than ten years later.

Although the price was that I only had one month left to live, it was still a wish come true.

Luosha accompanied him all the way. Besides being attracted by the sparrow, he also had some thoughts of taking care of his childhood dream.

Now it seems that nothing has changed...

"Chirp?"

Luosha was slow to speak, and the little bird on her shoulder tilted its head in confusion and pecked her earlobe.

[So does Cool Sister like it? 】

[I feel like the styles don't match, Killer Sister feels black is the most suitable. 】

[Eh? Didn't you guys hear that? What do you mean by "same as before"? Does the killer sister know the young lady? ]

[Oh, there is a hidden plot, right? ]

Luosha came back to his senses: "Hmm?"

She overheard the conversation between several people from a distance and knew that Fatty was the one sent by those people to observe her reaction. Seeing that the little guy seemed a little anxious, she quickly wrote a reply and sent the bird out.

Maotuanzi took the letter but did not rush to leave. Instead, he stayed in the human's palm and enjoyed the hot finger massage of Luosha before flying away happily.

Winter is coming, and the birds have strict control over their body temperature.

After a while, the three people who were waiting a hundred meters away heard a familiar chirping sound.

“Chirp, chirp~”

Behold—your fat little courier has arrived!

"Did you really accept it?" Ye Shuyu was shocked. "I am getting more and more confused about these big shots."

Taoist Qing Heng thought for a moment: "If I could also get to know her in this way..."

Lu Qinghe had the simplest thoughts and was simply happy: "Great! It seems that I made the right choice. I finally didn't owe her anything."

Ye Shuyu wrinkled her nose: "How can it be considered as a debt? It was obviously she who fell in love with our rice cakes! Most of the things she did were just for this little fat bird."

Lu Qinghe said gently: "But we also benefited from it."

Ye Shuyu was angry: "I'm not happy at all. I always hate these big shots who rely on their strength to do whatever they want..."

Halfway through her speech, she suddenly fell silent: "By the way, is she still listening now?"

Lu Qinghe looked at her with a smile.

The girl was very flexible and began to brag deliberately: "Ahem, it's great to have strength. Isn't it that you can go anywhere freely, can kill people you don't like, and can do whatever you want without any constraints?"

Lu Qinghe also echoed, unconsciously adding some sincerity:

"Yes, such a free and unrestrained life must be very happy, right?"

The smile on the eldest lady's face faded slightly.

Counting the days, she realized that there were not many days left for her secret trip.

After that, she would have to stay in the backyard forever.

She didn't know the man she was engaged to, she only knew that he came from a prominent family and had vaguely heard some bad rumors about him, so she was actually very resistant to him in her heart.

But in fact, Lu Qinghe’s opinion is not important.

She was exchanged for her mother, her brothers and sisters in the mansion, and some court plan. Her existence and opinions were insignificant in themselves.

It seems that she has been pushed to grow up in such a situation since she was a child.

What we like, what we dislike, what we want and what we can get are never under our control.

If those strange, fresh and interesting storybooks had not been passed down to her, she might not have known that such a life existed.

Although life is as light as a thin leaf, it can be as free as the wind, unrestrained, and even death can be just as calm.

But she was a piece of rubble melted into a boulder. If she wanted to break away from it, she would have to fall to pieces from mid-air.

When others looked at her, they saw a rich girl who was well-educated by the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, a dignified and elegant eldest daughter, but what they saw was an exquisite and beautiful empty shell, not her.

She had never mattered.

The long-term constraints of etiquette and the stalemate between the instinctive consciousness of resistance finally made Lu Qinghe tell a big lie for the first time. He pretended to be frightened and went to the temple to recuperate. He bribed the residents of the temple and announced to the outside world that he was copying scriptures in the room, but in fact he left on the first day.

She wanted to see the world of martial arts that fascinated her in the storybooks.

Just let this be the end of my feelings and never think about it again.

...I don’t want to think about it anymore.

"Miss Lu? Miss Lu? Qinghe!"

Suddenly, a face flashed before his eyes. Ye Shuyu looked left and right, a little nervous: "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Lu Qinghe shook his head: "Nothing, I was just thinking about something and was a little absent-minded, um..."

She realized it later: "Miss Ye?"

Ye Shuyu squinted her eyes and said, "Although I was paid for the service at the beginning, we are already good friends now. It's ok to call each other by our names, right?"

Lu Qinghe responded softly.

Ye Shuyu muttered to herself, "I'll come to your place to play with you when I'm free. If your family isn't too strict, we can sneak out to play like we did this time. A month is still too short. There are so many interesting places we haven't been to."

Lu Qinghe's eyes lit up slightly: "Well, but what if the control is stricter...?"

Ye Shuyu: "Then you just wait a little longer, until I improve my martial arts and come pick you up~"

Lu Qinghe pursed his lips and smiled, with a faint gleam of water in his eyes: "Yeah."

[I feel like the atmosphere is a little off. Does the young lady have a knife on her? ? ]

[Ahhh, how could something go wrong for a playboy's harem (bushi), please come out and tell us what happened! ]

The narrator finished reading the script and popped up:

"When it comes to the cold-faced killer joining, the eldest lady has always maintained an overly gentle and accepting attitude. In fact, it is because she feels guilty."

Audience: Huh?

"As a daughter of a noble family, she has long been entrusted with the mission of marriage. This short month-long trip is just to express her gratitude. This friendship itself should not exist. Afterwards, she will return."

Audience: Huh? ?

"Therefore, she doesn't mind the fact that the prodigal son is intimate with others. After all, she will leave sooner or later, and it's a good thing to have someone to accompany her."

【Um……】

[This is an obvious reverse flag! ]

[Do you understand what I mean? In this kind of original story about Long Aotian's harem, the eldest daughter will definitely be robbed of her husband by the domineering Jiu Bao! ]

[That's right! Cute little birds will save all girls! ]

[Besides the female hero, there is also a killer sister. Are you afraid that you won't be able to snatch her away? ]

After a brief moment of uneasiness, the audience regained their confidence.

The narration is still outputting:

"With the help of the eldest lady, the cold-faced killer finally integrated into the group and barely appeared near them."

[Great! Killer sister successfully joined the team! ]

[Really? Then I can see everyone in the camera at the same time? ]

[Wait a minute! During this process, what is our protagonist, Jiu Aotian Bao, doing? Why does it feel like he is completely disconnected from the narration? ]

The camera silently moved away from the two little girls holding hands and looked at each other, and turned to the fat little girl who was interacting with the Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest, who rarely interacted with the bird, was at a loss. He originally wanted to throw the bird to the other two people, but when he saw the atmosphere, he turned around silently and let the bird nest on his head and mess up his black hair.

The narration is concise:

"Bullying my younger brother."

【You kid. 】

[Is this Ye Gonghaojue? Hahaha, he stares at the bird like a pervert all day long, but once the bird takes the initiative to get close to him, he becomes very stiff hahaha. ]

[It fits my stereotype that the male protagonist will go offline when there is a fire in the harem, and only start to hook up with people after it is resolved. ]

[That’s right, I’ve never seen a male protagonist who can manage the relationships in his harem. ]

[The little bird is not greedy! It's just three tree branches and a toy brother! ]

[It’s really quite small, haha. ]

After that day, the three of them could occasionally see a vague figure on the distant treetops, looking lazy and light behind the gradually sparse leaves.

If Lu Qinghe hadn't recognized that this was the outfit she had chosen for Luosha, they would have had to make a fuss and be on guard for a long time.

However, this also shows that Rakshasa seems to be gradually getting closer to them.

Feichu was the happiest about this.

You have to know that it is a cold-fearing chirp, and it was only because of its obsession with Sui Sui that it was willing to fly so far to help the two parties deliver the letter. Every time it was blown hard by the wind on the way, it had to be covered by tree branches for a quarter of an hour before it could feel relieved.

The fat that the bird had worked so hard to gain in the past few days was lost during this exercise, and the bird was extremely angry.

Now it's good, it only takes a few seconds to fly.

The group traveled like this for a few more days.

Having already seen the deep autumn of the south of the Yangtze River and experienced all the local customs, they gradually headed north.

With the big boss in the dark clearing away obstacles on the road, their pace in the second half was much faster than the first half.

There was also the factor of Lu Qinghe's urging.

After seeing the graceful and gentle water town, the next are the various mountains, lakes and buildings.

In addition to the scenery, talent is their main appreciation target.

Where there are people, there is the world.

No matter who they are, their likes, dislikes and likes can be so strong and clear.

A swordsman can stick to his promise for more than ten years, a knight can avenge the grievances of a beggar he has never met, and even a woman who is gentle and weak by nature in Lu Qinghe's eyes has many impetuous events.

How freeing, how special.

Each one is a completely different, vivid and dazzling individual. Even the seemingly ordinary sweeper shines with a different light in every gesture.

Standing on the attic, watching the light from the swords of two swordsmen competing in the distance, Lu Qinghe's heart beat faster and he unconsciously held on to the railing and moved forward slightly.

This is what it means to truly live.

"If Luosha hadn't said that she was afraid that the evil spirit on her body would collide with you, I would have asked her to take you closer to have a look. In the end, it's just that I'm not strong enough, alas."

Seeing the young lady looking so longing, Ye Shuyu felt a little ashamed.

Today is the last day of the trip, and she will send the young lady back tomorrow. As a result, there was nothing exciting to see on the last day.

Oh, she is such a wimp.

Lu Qinghe stood up, smiled at her and shook his head: "It's okay, I'm already satisfied."

She doesn't care about the big scene, she just wants to see different people.

She looked at the distressed girl in front of her, then at the strange Taoist priest who was muttering to himself beside her, and then at the vaguely visible moon-white collar on the treetop not far away.

In just one month, I have already met three interesting people, which is great.

"Hoo!"

The silent bird suddenly bumped into her arms. She didn't know what she was thinking, but was reminding her not to forget the most important bird in the team.

Lu Qinghe smiled, gently stroked the little guy's feathers, raised his eyes and said goodbye to the two: "Thank you all for your company along the way."

She said, blinking.

"We'll meet again someday..."

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