Chapter 17 Hey, you're crying again. He already belonged to Phytophthora. ...
(Seventeen)
After coming out of the illusion, Shen Changyi let go of Li Shanglu, and the two looked at each other in silence, neither of them feeling as relaxed and at ease as when they first entered the illusion.
After a long time, the tears on Li Shanglu's face dried up. He looked up and saw Shen Changyi standing silently under the qingtan tree not far away, almost blending into the forest.
The illusion is indeed an illusion. Even the lowest level one has the effect of confusing people. Li Shanglu has no cultivation, and after entering, she really thought for a moment that it would be great if she could stay there forever. It is hard to imagine whether she can get out if it is a high-level illusion.
But she was just saying that out of anger and had no intention of staying in there. She didn't like vague illusions, she only liked things that were real and could be held in her hands.
She rubbed her forehead tiredly, not even having the strength to speak. All she could think of was the appearance of her parents. The hidden pain in her heart mixed with the anger of being forcibly pulled out of the illusion, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.
Seeing Shen Changyi still standing there without saying a word, Li Shanglu felt even more uncomfortable. He acted as if nothing had happened, and it was clear that his parents were also in that illusion just now.
She didn't know where the resentment came from, but she took it out on Shen Changyi without thinking. Although Li Shanglu knew in her heart that Shen Changyi couldn't be indifferent, she was extremely annoyed by his calm face.
I can’t laugh, and I can’t cry. What’s the difference between me and a dead person?
"I'm tired, I'm going back." Li Shanglu said coldly without even turning his head, then turned and left.
Hearing this, Shen Changyi followed her silently, keeping the distance he used to keep when Li Shanglu disliked him.
Perhaps he also knew that he had just upset Li Shanglu and felt that he was disliked again.
After returning to Shutong Pavilion, Li Shanglu fell asleep exhausted. As usual, Chen Changyi moved a stool and sat outside the door, watching the sun rise over the treetops little by little.
He has been a pessimistic person since he was a child, and no one knew this, not even Li Shanglu.
He was born with an incurable strange disease. When he came out of the womb, his hands and feet were broken, and many of his bones were shattered. He looked like a piece of rotten meat.
At that time, my parents went everywhere to seek medical treatment and finally met Lord Duheng in a fairy mountain. Lord Duheng said that he was a fairy from heaven who came to the earth to suppress demons. His spiritual energy was too strong and too strong, and it would inevitably cause a difficult birth. He was afraid of hurting the mother, so he mutilated his limbs and broke his bones in the womb.
In fact, Shen Changyi didn't remember anything about being in the womb at all, and he had no idea whether what Shangjun said was true or not. He only knew that he was a useless person and couldn't even serve tea or water to his sick mother.
Occasionally he would think to himself, if he was afraid of hurting the mother, why did he give birth to the baby? Wouldn’t it be better not to reincarnate? How could he possibly suppress the demon with such a fragile body?
But when he thought of his parents, Shen Changyi couldn't bear to leave. After all, he would never see them again if he didn't reincarnate.
His parents loved him dearly and spent all their money to buy him medicine. He was unable to move around and could only lie on his couch and look at the sky through the window. Because of his illness, the doctor told him to rest and not leave his bed.
From then on, the wind was his friend and the clouds were his companions.
When he was alone, he could hardly speak.
His parents chatted with him every day to make him happy, but as soon as they left his side, the fear of death quickly swept through the small room.
He might have tripped and died while getting out of bed, or a bone might have stuck in his heart, or he might have just hit his head and bled out.
It was a luxury to run and jump like other children.
Shen Changyi hoped that someone would pass by his small window, say hello to him, and chat with him, but no one ever came.
He traveled to various cities to seek medical treatment, and he had no friends, so how could anyone come to him?
Later, the family's money was finally exhausted from seeking medical treatment and medicine, and his parents had no choice but to take him to live with an old friend.
That was a close friend that Shen's father met when he was doing business. The other party happened to have an idle house. When he heard that they were in a difficult situation, he invited them to live in that small town without hesitation.
"Fu'er and I have a girl named Shanglu. She is smart and clever. It's just right that you can have Changyi as your playmate after you move in. You can use this money. If it's not enough, come to me again. Money can be earned slowly, and illness can be cured slowly." The man smiled gently, like the spring sun.
He said, “It’s going to be okay. Everything’s going to be okay.”
A few words made everyone seem to see the hope of regaining their confidence. Shen Changyi saw his mother covering her face and crying, and his father choking with sobs.
He thought for no reason that the person in front of him should be a god who had descended from heaven, not him, Shen Changyi.
It took a full half month to reach the small town on the long journey. Shen Changyi lay in the carriage and was shaken to the point of vomiting several times. His parents were crying beside him, but he never cried out in pain.
His mind was full of the couple's daughter.
playmate.
playmate.
Chang Yi's first playmate in his life.
What would she be like? Would she just be lying in bed like him?
Do you have no friends like him?
Like him, could he disappear at any moment?
However, on the contrary, when he first met Shang Lu, he knew that she was a completely different person from him.
From head to toe, from body to mind, from personality to behavior, there is not a single thing in common.
Shen Changyi had never seen such a lively person. It seemed that as long as she stood there, the boring black and white world around her would be dyed with brilliant colors by her.
She can climb trees, very high, and she can climb over walls, very fast.
When Shen Changyi was feeling sorry for himself, she would pick fruits from the tree and throw them at him. Shen Changyi would be stunned and look up to see her chewing the fruits and laughing at him with contempt.
"Hey, you're crying again."
"Your crying is so ugly, stop crying."
"Why aren't you talking again?"
"You're mute. Do you want me to treat you?"
"Why are you so stern?"
"Smile a little, you look the ugliest when you smile. I look cute."
Whenever he felt lonely, painful, sad and helpless, Li Shanglu would deliberately bully him.
He was always ordered by her to do various things, such as stop crying, talk to her, and smile at her.
Unconsciously, Shen Changyi cried less and less, but looked forward to seeing her more and more, as if as long as he could see Shang Lu, the illness would not be so scary.
Until one day, his parents joked about them, saying that they were like a young couple, sticking together all day long, although in fact it was only him who was sticking to Shanglu.
Shen Changyi asked curiously, "Is being a couple better than being playmates?"
Dad and Mom looked at each other and couldn't stop smiling.
"Being a husband and wife is definitely better than being a playmate. A husband and wife are like parents, they belong to each other for their entire lives. But whether you can marry a girl as good as Shanglu is uncertain."
Belong to each other for the rest of your life.
These words almost made Shen Changyi obsessed. He didn't sleep well for three days. However, he was not imagining how happy he would be if Shang Lu became his wife, but thinking -
He is not worthy of Shanglu, and Shanglu will belong to another person sooner or later.
But he had already belonged to the Shanglu clan.
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The tip of the sword shook out a cold star in the air, and the green blade flowed with heroic spirit. The man's body was like a crane, rising into the air, turning and moving in the bamboo forest in the mountains. Several sharp sword lights flashed, and the bamboo joints and rocks were all chopped down neatly.
Xie Du's boots touched the ground, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
The sword move was wrong.
This is a mistake that would never have been made in the past.
He kept thinking, what would happen if there was a one in ten thousand chance that he had misunderstood Li Shanglu?
If you think about it carefully, maybe Li Shanglu has no connection with the evil cultivators at all. Didn't Master come home alive and well that day? Doesn't this prove that Li Shanglu didn't intend to harm Master?
Of course, it could also be that she hasn't started yet.
If you think about it more carefully, a woman living alone in the mountains, washing clothes, cooking, fetching water and farming, and having no magical powers, has to do all the dirty work by herself. It sounds like it is indeed very hard. Her bad attitude towards Master seems to be explainable.
A woman must obey her husband, but the prerequisite is that the husband must fulfill his responsibilities and take good care of his wife, children and the elderly.
Did Master do it?
If the master had not done it, Li Shanglu would not have to obey such a husband.
Xie Du frowned, sat cross-legged, and inserted his sword into the rock in front of him.
There was another thing that made him wonder why Li Shanglu was afraid of his sword. Could it be that he looked so ferocious when holding the sword, even scarier than his master?
Thinking about all these things, Xie Du felt that there were many mysteries. He became more and more puzzled. Then a piece of talisman paper floated in front of him. It was the master's message talisman.
He quickly stood up and took it, and received a message that his master asked him to go to Shutong Pavilion.
When he hurried over, he saw Shen Changyi sitting quietly outside the door, with an unfathomable expression in his eyes.
"Master, why did you summon me?" Xie Du asked nervously.
Chen Changyi raised his eyes to look at him and said softly, "You know why. Go to the steward elder and receive the three whips yourself."
Xie Du's face turned pale, and he immediately went to receive the punishment. Before he had gone far, he heard Shen Changyi stand up and say, "I will receive the punishment with you."
He was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Shen Changyi.
This time, Xie Du finally saw some clues from that face.
——He was actually crying.
Xie Du was horrified and knelt down in panic, speaking incoherently, "Master, I am guilty of speaking disrespectfully to Master's wife over and over again! Xie Du swears that I will never disrespect Master's wife again in this lifetime, or Master will expel me from the sect, and I will not hesitate!"
Xie Du would rather Shen Changyi expel him from the sect than watch Shen Changyi cry in such extreme disappointment in front of him, as if he was completely hopeless.
Tears dripped down his cheeks, and Chen Changyi said expressionlessly, "Okay."
We have already agreed on this, why are you still crying?
Xie Du was so frightened that his soul almost flew away. In his anxiety, he simply drew out his sword and handed the scabbard to Shen Changyi, "It's all my fault. Master, please punish me personally!"
"I'm not because of you..."
Before Shen Changyi could finish his words, he heard the door of Shutong Pavilion being kicked open.
Li Shanglu walked out with a gloomy face and stared at them, "What are you arguing about?"
The air froze instantly, and Shen Changyi and Xie Du both lowered their heads in bewilderment.
"No, nothing." The master and the disciple said in unison.
Li Shanglu shifted his gaze to Xie Du, then to Shen Changyi, and asked incredulously, "Are you crying?"
Shen Changyi shook his head, then remembered that Li Shanglu hated it most when he didn't answer her questions, so he whispered, "I'm sorry, I always make you unhappy. I'm going to accept the punishment now. Will this... make you feel better?"
After a moment, Li Shanglu took a deep breath, stepped forward, grabbed Shen Changyi's wrist, and dragged him into the house.
With a clang, the door closed in front of Xie Du again. This scene seemed familiar.
Inside the room, Li Shanglu pushed Shen Changyi onto the couch and unceremoniously untied the belt around his waist.
"Keep crying,"
She gritted her teeth and said angrily, "Don't you think it's shameful to cry in front of your apprentice? You have no ambition!"
Did she say she would punish him?
Is she that narrow-minded?
She clearly said she was just tired!
It’s so hateful and infuriating. How can there be such an idiot as you in this world!
Chen Changyi stared at her blankly, his clothes were gradually peeled off, their skin touching. After a while, he suddenly held her cheek and kissed her lightly.
Li Shanglu was stunned for a moment and wanted to scold him, but he tasted a bitter and salty taste on his lips.
"Don't hate me."
"Shanglu, you are the only one I have."
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