After returning to the ghost palace, Yan Baibai and Xiao Changhen had just put Zi Da and Zi Er down when they woke up again and pestered Yan Baibai to tell them a bedtime story. Yan Baibai certainly did not refuse. She took off her shoes, climbed onto the bed, lay between them and began to tell them a bedtime story.
"...Finally, the family was reunited."
After saying the last sentence, Zi Da and Zi Er also fell into a deep sleep.
Yan Baibai closed the door gently, turned around and saw a bright red Wunian flower on the clean stone road. Thinking of Xiao Changhen who left the room halfway through the story, Yan Baibai smiled, walked forward and took the flower in her hand.
When she looked up, she saw another flower in the road not far ahead. Yan Baibai went forward to pick it up. In this way, when her arms could no longer hold any more flowers, she had already reached the edge of Wutong Square.
The familiar sycamore tree still stood in the center of the square, the moonlight cast a layer of silver light, the night wind blew, the sycamore tree was like a huge white umbrella, and the fallen petals were broken moonlight.
There is a huge tatami under the paulownia tree, with a low table in the middle. On the table are several plates of fruits and snacks, a pot of tea and two porcelain cups. The water is boiling and the aroma of tea is wafting.
Yan Baibai put all the Wu Nian flowers in her arms into the storage ring. Firstly, this was Xiao Changhen's favorite, and secondly, Wu Nian flowers were extremely precious medicinal materials and should not be wasted.
On both sides of the tatami, there is a row of candlesticks several meters high, but they are not lit with candles, but with fist-sized luminous pearls, which for a moment outshine the stars in the sky.
Yan Baibai picked up a night pearl and put it in her mouth. It still had a familiar taste, the same as... the taste of her favorite pastry during the five hundred years when Jia Mianmian was imprisoned.
Yan Baibai climbed onto the tatami and sat cross-legged. He picked up the familiar fruits on the low table and ate them. Then he slowly took out a palm-sized white porcelain vase from the storage bag, placed it on the table, and inserted one of his favorite Wunian flowers into the mouth of the vase.
So, there was food, drink and things to watch on the table, but there was no man on the opposite side.
"Xiao Changhen, how long are you going to stay up there?"
After Yan Baibai finished all this, she looked up and saw Xiao Changhen sitting among the paulownia flowers, looking at her with a smile on his face.
This should belong to Xiao Changhen, but I think it looks more like Yuetong from five hundred years ago!
"I've suppressed all my aura, how did Baibai know I was here?"
Xiao Changhen jumped down from the tree trunk with a light leap, sat down opposite Yan Baibai, took the teapot and poured tea for the two of them.
"You used the Wunian flower to lure me here. In this vast square, the only place left for you to hide is this five-hundred-year-old sycamore tree." Yan Baibai smiled and took the tea handed to her by Xiao Changhen.
"I see." Xiao Changhen smiled, not dwelling on it, but asking, "What was the ending of the story you just told?"
He left halfway through the story and didn't hear the ending.
"Of course it was Chenxiang who successfully split the mountain and finally rescued his mother, and the family was reunited." Yan Baibai smiled, lowered his head and took a sip of tea.
"Then... did Chenxiang and the little fox end up together?" Xiao Changhen reached out and pinched the petals of the Wunian flower, and the juice of the petals stained his fingertips.
Yan Baibai smiled and nodded.
"Baibai, why... didn't you answer this question directly?" Xiao Changhen leaned forward, reached out and grabbed Yan Baibai's hand, his expression extremely serious.
Yan Baibai was stunned for a moment and replied, "Well, Chenxiang ended up with the little fox."
Yan Baibai thought Xiao Changhen would be happy, but unexpectedly his eyes turned slightly red, and the strength of his grip on her hand tightened instantly.
"You're lying." Xiao Changhen was silent for a moment, then slowly let go of Yan Baibai's hand and said sullenly, "Chenxiang has damaged the mountain. I'm afraid many troubles will arise in the human world, and the immortals in heaven will surely be angry. Chenxiang is very weak. Even if he temporarily rescued his mother, he can't protect her, let alone the little fox."
"The true ending of this story is that Chenxiang's mother was imprisoned again, and Chenxiang and the little fox didn't end up together..."
"Baibai, I'm different from Zi Da and Zi Er. I'm not a child anymore. You can tell me the true ending of the story. Don't lie to me."
After Xiao Changhen finished speaking, silence fell under the sycamore tree.
Yan Baibai was silent. She could clearly feel that something was wrong with Xiao Changhen. She also knew in her heart that what Xiao Changhen really wanted to talk about today was not the ending of the story, but her and him.
"Today, when Zi Da asked you if you would stay with me forever..." Xiao Changhen finally lost his composure. He tightly gripped the teacup in his hand and asked in a low voice, "Why did you deliberately change the subject?"
"Why... didn't you nod in agreement?"
Yan Baibai remained silent and did not answer immediately. With a crisp "crack", the porcelain cup in Xiao Changhen's hand broke.
Xiao Changhen was stunned, and with a wave of his hand, he cleaned the table. Then he took out a teacup for himself and filled it with the teapot.
He didn't drink. After doing all this, he looked up at Yan Baibai and finally asked carefully, "Do you... have any unspeakable difficulties?"
Xiao Changhen didn't dare to say that he understood Yan Baibai 100%, but based on his understanding of her, in that situation, if Baibai loved him, she would definitely nod and agree to Zi Da's words, but she changed the subject, which was not normal.
"You're overthinking it, Xiao Changhen. I didn't answer Zi Da. It's just that the father he mentioned at that time was Wu Pin, and Wu Pin has already merged with you. I was worried that Zi Da missed Wu Pin, so I answered that way." Yan Baibai turned her head away and continued in a low voice, "Things are not as complicated as you think."
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