Chapter 34: Ten Years of Life and Death (24)

"Brother Zhang, since the river god is so powerful and effective, why don't you worship it now?"

Ning Huanxin's words made Zhang Xiao freeze.

He tightly clenched the wine glass in his hand. As he kept his head down, Ning Huanxin couldn't see his expression. However, she could see that the veins on his hand holding the wine glass were exposed. It could be seen that Zhang Xiao was very excited.

"River God?"

After a moment's silence, Zhang Xiao suddenly raised his head.

Only then did Ning Huanxin notice that his eyes were red.

"Little girl, do you believe that there are gods in this world? Since gods accept offerings and incense from humans, shouldn't they be compassionate?"

If there are gods, they should be merciful.

Zhang Xiao's eyes were deep and complex, filled with bottomless sorrow. "More than 20 years ago, a big event happened in the village. Since then, no one dared to worship the river god. They even...didn't have the courage to approach the river. Because they had angered the river god, and the price of angering the gods is very high, so high that even human life cannot afford it."

The man's vicissitudes and sad voice echoed in Ning Huanxin's ears.

Ning Huanxin turned the wine glass in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and then drank the wine in the glass.

She had noticed that when Zhang Xiao talked about the events of more than 20 years ago and mentioned the river god, he said "they" instead of "us".

So it can be seen that in his heart or subconscious, he is not the same as the villagers in Zhangjia Town, and he may even disapprove of what happened many years ago.

Let's make a bolder guess. Back then, Li Yan was the most beautiful girl in the two villages. So what kind of man would she like? And what kind of man would make her willing to get married to him?

Everyone in the village believes in the existence of the river god, but Li Yan does not believe it at all. It can be seen that her thoughts are completely different from those of other girls of the same age in the village.

This is most likely the influence from that man, so——

"Zhang Xiao, do you still remember Li Yan?"

Ning Huanxin suddenly raised her head and asked coldly.

"Crash"

The wine glass in Zhang Xiao's hand fell on the table, and the wine spilled all over the table.

He widened his eyes and looked at Ning Huanxin in disbelief.

At this time, Zhang Xiao couldn't say a word, but his expression and posture made the answer to the question self-evident.

Ning Huanxin lowered her head, put the wine glass back in place, and poured another glass of wine for Zhang Xiao.

She did not continue to ask, nor did she ask Zhang Xiao if he was Li Yan's man.

She simply handed the wine glass to Zhang Xiao again and said calmly, "I saw you went to visit her grave. That box of rouge...was bought for her, right?"

That was an old brand from a long time ago, and Ning Huanxin also knew that that brand was no longer available.

But Zhang Xiao had it in his hand. It might be that he bought it many years ago and kept it, or it might be that he bought a lot of it before the brand went bankrupt and kept it for himself.

No matter which possibility it is, Ning Huanxin is willing to believe that Zhang Xiao and Li Yan are truly in love.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

He missed her, day after day, year after year.

"She likes that smell very much, the smell of rouge."

Zhang Xiao finally spoke at this time.

Ning Huanxin finally had the opportunity to be a listener. She was the only listener to the story of Li Yan and Zhang Xiao.

[Rewards and additional updates 2] Thanks to: Manman, Bodhihuaran, ZHANGYIXING, Fuhua, and Jinbao for their rewards. I wrote the additional update today so the update is late. I have to go out for three days this weekend, and all updates will be automatic after Friday, so today I wrote out the rewards and additional updates that I promised to everyone in advance.

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