Chapter 11

The system said that the important growth nodes of the main characters cannot be changed. For Chu Jinglan, there are two most important nodes: being abandoned and the death of his mother.

Not long after he became a cripple, his mother passed away. Chu Jinglan didn't even get to see her for the last time while she was still alive. No matter how much suffering and pain he experienced in the future, it would not be as heartbreaking as those few days.

Xiao Mowutuan moved slightly and looked at Chu Jinglan who still knew nothing.

"System."

"The host is here!"

"Is Chu Jinglan destined to be destroyed in the Mushan Secret Realm? And what about his mother..."

The system made a strict correction: "To be precise, he was destined to be killed at 17:00. As for where, whether it was Mushan, Dongshan or Nanshan, that is not the point."

"The same thing happened to his mother."

No one could see through the expression of the inner demon mist. The system only heard Xiao Mo's voice without any emotion: "Oh."

The system was curious: "Host, do you want to interfere with the plot again? If you want to adjust the location where Chu Jinglan was killed, then I will give you some reference..."

"I don't have such bad taste." Xiao Mo interrupted him gently, "I just thought of something and asked casually... No, nothing."

He has indeed decided to be a different kind of inner demon and try his best to keep out of the way of Chu Jinglan, but that's all.

They do not offend each other, and they do not interfere with each other.

...That's how it should be.

But now, Xiao Mo finally realized that he had made a wrong start again.

He thought it was easy, but forgot that Chu Jinglan was no longer a paper man to him, but a living person.

He is still the only person who can meet him every day and talk to him.

Note: the system does not count people.

Xiao Mo looked at Chu Jinglan's well-defined profile, and a complicated feeling flashed through his mind.

When Chu Jinglan was going to die for Su Baimo in the future, Xiao Mo would have already separated from him, and what Chu Jinglan did had nothing to do with him. But now that he realized that a living person was right next to him, could he really bear to watch him being destroyed?

Xiao Mo thought about it in silence for two rounds, and finally whispered to himself: Don't think too much.

Chu Jinglan was destined to be abolished. No one could help him, and no one could change it. The system had made it clear that Xiao Mo could not change the plot of the node. Thinking too much would only lead to him being held hostage by morality.

As long as Xiao Mo completes his mission safely and focuses on his own life, he and Chu Jinglan are just passers-by in each other's lives. There is no need for them to bear heavy responsibilities and guilt.

Xiao Mo felt that he had figured out something again. He let out a sigh of relief, trying to let go of the non-existent burden.

But I don't know why, I just can't relax right away, and I always feel a little uncomfortable.

Well, Xiao Mo thought, maybe he was too excited today. He had already had an easy communication with Chu Jinglan before, and it was particularly sweet. The subsequent sweetness was a little lacking.

He threw the messy thoughts out of his mind, empty his mind for a moment, floated around the room, and finally lay on top of Dai Zisheng's quilt.

There was no other reason, just because the plates had not been cleared and the food was still steaming hot. Xiao Mo felt that only warm and delicious food could make his mind free of distractions and focus at this moment.

If you can’t eat it, it’s also good to let the devil take a bite.

Alas, in this complex world and with complex human hearts, only the fragrant hot air can comfort the demons in our hearts.

Chu Jinglan watched in horror as the demonic mist stopped beside the plate, just a blanket separating it from Dai Zisheng's legs.

...are you so greedy?

Chu Jinglan then paid attention and looked at the dishes that Su Baimo brought.

The interesting thing is that Chu Jinglan only realized at this moment that what Su Baimo brought were all his favorite foods.

Even if Dai Zisheng's taste is exactly the same as his own, the dishes Su Baimo picked were too deliberate.

Chu Jinglan turned her head thoughtfully and looked at Su Baimo, who happened to be looking at him too. When their eyes collided, Su Baimo lowered her head in embarrassment and twirled her fingers on her sleeves.

Su Baimo was secretly delighted. Chu Jinglan finally noticed the secret of the food! She thought he would not find it again.

Dai Zisheng knew nothing about this and ate with great relish. Xiao Mo also didn't notice and took every moment to sip.

Dai Zisheng ate and drank enough and thanked him. His wound would not heal in ten days or half a month in the lower world where the spiritual energy was thin and there was a lack of rare medicines. Fortunately, he was in a stable state of mind and could sleep well, which was conducive to his recovery.

Chu Jinglan didn't plan to stay long and got up to leave. Xiao Mo thought that Su Baimo would stay and continue talking with Dai Zisheng like he did yesterday, but he didn't expect that today he put away the lunch box and followed Chu Jinglan's footsteps.

Xiao Mo: Hmm? The playboy didn't seize the time to conquer his new love?

Su Baimo was carrying a lunch box and walking beside Chu Jinglan. The mountain breeze, carrying a green hue, blew gently past the two of them. They were two handsome young men, two innocent children just beginning to fall in love. It was a perfectly matched and beautiful picture.

Unfortunately, however, only one love blossomed, while the other remained as straight as an iron tree and would never bloom, so that beauty only existed in imagination, while the reality was just the wind blowing awkwardly, taking away some ice chips.

Moreover, this is not a game for two people, but a movie for three people, and there is a group of inner demons in the picture.

Xiao Mo floated beside Chu Jinglan, not moving towards Su Baimo at all, and did not notice that Su Baimo secretly glanced at Chu Jinglan from time to time, sending him flirtatious glances.

Although Chu Mutou is good at pretending to be blind, he is not really blind. Su Baimo's tricks today were so obvious that it was impossible for him not to notice.

Most of the time, it’s not that he doesn’t understand, but he pretends not to know.

He was even unwilling to send Su Baimo all the way back to the Su family. When they left the forest and entered Mucheng, Chu Jinglan wanted to say goodbye to Su Baimo at the fork in the road.

Su Baimo was the one who basically talked all the way, while Chu Jinglan listened and occasionally replied. It was only then that Chu Jinglan took the initiative to speak: "I wish you good luck in the selection in three days. I will be watching."

Su Baimo's eyes lit up instantly, and he looked delighted. However, before he could speak, Chu Jinglan continued, "We agreed to cancel the engagement when you grow up. Our paths will be different in the future. I can't help you like I do now. You have to take care of yourself."

Su Baimo's joyful expression froze on his face in an instant.

Xiao Mo was stunned: The original book didn’t mention that they had this agreement?

He quickly retrieved the system to confirm whether he had remembered it correctly. After all, it was impossible for him to remember every word.

The system proved his good memory, which was not mentioned in the original book.

The system didn't find it strange: "After all, the original work is written in words, and the carrier volume is limited. It is impossible to write out every detail. This is normal."

Xiao Mo didn't understand: "It's just an ordinary detail, but it's not an important plot?"

For the original novel that focuses on melodrama and love lines, aren't all the things related to love the key points?

"From my perspective, anything that doesn't affect the foundation of the world is not considered important, but from the perspective of the original author, I can't explain it either."

It turns out that in the eyes of the system, this is not an important plot. Yes, no matter how great the emotional module loading is, the system is ultimately an observer of the world dimension, not living humans.

Xiao Mo sighed: "I finally feel that there is a generation gap between us."

System: "Ah, how could that be! We serve everyone from tens of millions to zero, how can there be a generation gap?"

It's the generation gap, dear system.

At this moment, Su Baimo's eyes were red because of Chu Jinglan's words, a little misty, but she seemed to be strong enough not to let the tears fall completely, showing just the right amount of weakness, which was frightening.

He said with a tearful voice: "If we can fall in love with each other, can we not cancel the engagement?"

Chu Jinglan just looked at him, his eyes calm and said, "You will meet someone who loves you."

To translate it into modern terms, it means that after giving out the nice guy card, not directly throwing out the word "inappropriate" is already a polite way of considering your face and self-esteem.

Su Baimo sniffed and finally shed a tear. I felt pity for him. The most amazing thing was that he raised his eyes at the right moment and smiled with tears in his eyes: "You didn't say no, so I'll take it as a possibility."

He took two small steps back with the lunch box in hand, his clothes fluttering like flowers. Su Baimo knew how good-looking he was, so he tried to smile again: "I will try my best to make you fall in love with me!"

After saying this, he didn't wait for a reply and trotted away. He even wiped his face with his hand halfway, leaving behind a suggestive back view.

If they didn't know how unfaithful he was, most people would be touched by his series of actions: a gentle, considerate, beautiful boy who is obsessed with you is what many people have dreamed of.

However, Xiao Mo, who knew the plot, just wanted to applaud Su Baimo's performance: Wow, wow! This level of love affairs is really not something that ordinary people can achieve. No wonder he can handle so many attacks with ease!

Although applause is irony and praise is also irony, Xiao Mo couldn't help but sigh after watching the play. In contrast, Chu Jinglan's expression did not change from beginning to end. Su Baimo's confession was not as great as the emotional fluctuations caused by Xiao Mo's two random words.

The Su family is in the north and the Chu family is in the south. Chu Jinglan turned around and walked in the opposite direction of Su Baimo. The city of Mu was very lively and bustling with people, but Chu Jinglan felt out of place among them. He walked alone in the bustling crowd.

Only his inner demons followed him.

The inner demon didn't play the flute, nor did he talk loudly. The journey was unusually quiet. It was not until Chu Jinglan stepped into the gate of the Chu family that he heard the inner demon speak.

"You rejected him so absolutely. If you fall in love with him in the future, wouldn't that leave you no room for choice?"

In the later part of the original novel, Chu Jinglan responded to Su Baimo's every request, which was much more excessive than the help at this stage. Here comes the point, he did not ask for anything in return.

The other tops could at least be affectionate with Su Baimo and undress, but Chu Jinglan was the only one who didn't even take the initiative to hold her hand.

Su Baimo was so moved once that he took the initiative to throw himself into Chu Jinglan's arms, but Chu Jinglan actually gently pushed him away and put his clothes on for him.

Readers analyzed that Chu Jinglan is cold on the outside but warm on the inside because he is trying to make up for his regret of being lukewarm towards Su Baimo when he was young and is punishing himself. So he only puts himself in the position of guardian, protecting her silently but not daring to touch her again.

Xiao Mo thought these analyses were outrageous, extremely outrageous.

What has Su Baimo done for Chu Jinglan that he needs to punish himself and seek torture?

But I still say that, in such a melodramatic novel, with such a melodramatic plot and characters, Xiao Mo really can't guarantee whether the original author Chu Jinglan thought so.

After all, the final right of interpretation does not belong to Xiao Mo, but to the original author.

Chu Jinglan heard the voice of his inner demon and still didn't want to say more to him. However, considering that his inner demon had no time to play the flute while he was talking, Chu Jinglan chose the lesser of two evils and responded to him reluctantly.

"I don't have the time to talk about romance. There's no need to delay him, and there's no need to back out."

Don't be too confident. When your cultivation level reaches a level above ten thousand people and you can call the wind and rain, you will have more leisure time.

However, it was not appropriate for him to talk about feelings or Su Baimo with Chu Jinglan right now. They were not close friends who could talk about anything. Just as Xiao Mo was thinking this, Chu Jinglan, who was always on guard against his inner demons, spoke again: "Do you care about Su Baimo?"

Even the servant who was usually the most pleasing to the inner demon (the little mist ball often lay on his head), was never mentioned much by the inner demon.

Xiao Mo was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and immediately clarified three times: "I am not me, I don't have you, don't talk nonsense!"

After saying this, facing Chu Jinglan's meaningful gaze, Xiao Mo came to his senses and realized that he had overreacted.

What Chu Jinglan said is "care", which is a neutral word. It can also be interpreted as paying attention, which is not the same as caring.

The main reason was that the fact that he was related to Su Baimo was too terrifying, causing the fog to explode with irritation.

Facing Chu Jinglan's scrutinizing eyes, Xiao Mo said helplessly: "Well, I may have paid a little more attention to him. After all, there are only a few people around you, but I don't have much interest in him."

From Chu Lan's shocked expression, you can tell that he doesn't believe it.

"Really." You are being profound, so I will pretend to be profound, Xiao Xinmo said faintly, "The inner demon is the best at reading people's hearts. I don't want to be associated with that Young Master Su."

Chu Jinglan knew that Su Baimo had some ulterior motives, but overall he had never seen him do anything bad. He had no way of telling whether the inner demon's words were sincere or a deliberate smear, so he just questioned it.

The rapidly growing experience told Chu Jinglan that paying too much attention to what the inner demon said would only get him into trouble.

Anyway, no matter what Su Baimo's character is, when Su Baimo is eighteen years old, he will have nothing to do with Chu Jinglan.

At first, the Chu and Su families insisted on arranging a marriage between the two. Chu Jinglan and Su Baimo privately proposed to cancel the engagement in the future. Su Baimo did not object. Since the agreement had been made, it must be abided by.

Chu Jinglan caught a glimpse of someone walking towards him from the other side, so he stopped talking. However, when the person looked up and saw Chu Jinglan, he was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and muttered something, then he turned around and took a detour.

Judging from his clothes, he should be a young master of the Chu family.

Xiao Mo could not leave the area within 50 meters of Chu Jinglan. Chu Jinglan's life basically consisted of three points and one line: bedroom, bamboo forest sword field, and study. It was very boring. Except for the servants, Xiao Mo had never met any other direct descendants of the Chu family.

However, the secret realm selection is approaching, and the Chu family members who have been training outside are returning home one after another. Shuoda's mansion has become bustling, and Xiao Mo will soon be able to see enough.

The young master in gorgeous clothes was obviously avoiding Chu Jinglan, but Chu Jinglan pretended not to see him and continued walking towards his own courtyard.

There were probably quite a few people returning today, and he met a few people of the same age on the way. Most of them avoided him far away in advance, and a small number of them just greeted him hurriedly without saying a word to Chu Jinglan.

Chu Jinglan was not surprised, but Xiao Mo did not understand.

He knew that Chu Jinglan was not popular, but after all, he was the best among the young generation of the Chu family. In the world of cultivation, strength is respected. Wasn't there any of the direct disciples of the Chu family who were willing to cling to Chu Jinglan and follow him to enjoy the good life?

unreasonable.

The younger generations avoided Chu Jinglan, and Chu Jinglan had no intention of greeting them, but when the elder came up to him, Chu Jinglan could only stop and salute him.

"Grand Elder."

The Great Elder was the most accomplished person in the Chu Family. He was in the middle stage of the Yuan Infant Stage and was already two hundred years old. His face was no longer youthful. There were white hairs on his head and wrinkles on his face. He looked at Chu Jinglan with eyes full of relief and satisfaction: "Well, not bad. I can see that your aura has become stronger. It shows that you have not been slacking off."

Chu Jinglan lowered his eyes quietly, neither humble nor arrogant.

"It's good to focus on your cultivation, but don't forget to hang out with the people in your tribe." The elder said kindly, "Come, accompany me to the pavilion and sit down. I'll talk to you about the secret realm selection in three days."

Chu Jinglan already had the qualifications to enter the Secret Realm of Mushan. The Great Elder certainly did not come to instruct him in his practice, but to let Chu Jinglan give more advice to other disciples. Xiao Mo found it boring to listen, so he decided to take a look at the surrounding scenery.

The pavilion was built on a small pond, with corridors around it. Xiao Mo looked at the brocade carp in the pond for a while, and when he looked up, he saw a piece of clothing passing by the corridor on the east side.

Isn’t that the clothes worn by the young man who was the first to avoid Chu Jinglan just now?

Xiao Mo thought for a moment, then floated out of the pavilion and jumped onto the wall. Although the corridor was winding, the straight distance was not long. From the pavilion to here, it was within Xiao Mo's range of activities.

There were three men and one woman under the wall, all dressed in rich or noble attire, with Chu family badges hanging on their waists, and they were talking.

Xiao Mo originally had no habit of eavesdropping, but now he wanted to know what was in the minds of these young masters and young ladies. They all ignored the big boss Chu Jinglan and would rather stick with the weirdos.

He just wanted to see if there was any hope for this world other than its melodrama and logic.

There happened to be a lazy cat on the wall, wagging its tail, so Xiao Mo floated over and nestled on its back. The cat's fur was fluffy, warm and soft, and Xiao Mo nestled there very comfortably to watch the show.

Let him hear what this group of people have to say about Chu Jinglan.