Chapter 6: Welcoming the World
Mu Shuangyan's words left Tang Qiuyue puzzled.
"What are you laughing at?"
Did she do something funny? How come she has no idea?
At this moment, Mu Shuangyan was glad that she was not wearing a veil on her head, as the white gauze covered her expression.
She changed the subject and mentioned the large number of items she had bought with a smile, coaxing:
"I went out today and bought a lot of interesting things without realizing it, but when I got back I realized I didn't need them at all and it would be a waste to bring them back.
I was watching the girl from a distance and noticed that she seemed to have a special liking for this kind of stuff. Meeting each other is fate, so why not give it to her as a gift?
Mu Shuangyan's voice was pleasant to the ears, like the sound of spring water or the singing of a yellow oriole. Now, facing Tang Qiuyue, her unconsciously soft voice was like a cool breeze blowing towards you in the hot summer, refreshing and pleasant.
Hearing Mu Shuangyan's soothing and gentle voice, Tang Qiuyue's heart trembled, and her pupils dilated slightly. For some reason, she began to feel a little uncomfortable.
She turned her head away and asked stiffly, "How much silver did you spend in total?"
This question successfully stumped Mu Shuangyan.
When she bought these, her attention was all on Tang Qiuyue. She casually threw some silver coins so that the stall owner didn't have to make up for it, so she really didn't know how much she spent.
But after all, it’s just a street stall, not a specialized store, so the price must not be very high.
She carefully reported a number that was at the lowest level of her knowledge.
But as soon as she finished reporting the number, Tang Qiuyue immediately became angry.
"These shop owners are really going too far! Are they taking advantage of your good looks and assuming you're from a wealthy family and aren't sensitive to money? So they're deliberately jacking up the price! How could they ask for so much?! It's so much higher than the price I heard?!"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Tang Qiuyue decided to seek justice for her.
"Come on, I'll take you to have a proper talk with those bosses. They're simply going too far!"
Tang Qiuyue subconsciously wanted to pull one of Mu Shuangyan's arms that was holding something. Mu Shuangyan wanted to avoid it immediately, but as a person with no martial arts foundation, how could she compare to Tang Qiuyue, who had been practicing martial arts since childhood.
Mu Shuangyan's eyes were fixed on Tang Qiuyue's hand holding hers, and she felt complicated.
"Girl." Mu Shuangyan called softly.
Her voice was very soft, but she knew Tang Qiuyue would definitely hear it.
“Girl, forget it.
Money is just something outside of my body, I don't care about it, but it's not easy for ordinary people like them who do business honestly. If the extra money I give can make them feel relaxed and happy for a while, then that's enough."
After hearing these words, Tang Qiuyue was stunned for a moment. Then, when she came to her senses, an indescribable feeling of emotion surged in her heart.
The woman in front of me is too kind-hearted.
"What's your name?" Tang Qiuyue couldn't help but ask.
Mu Shuangyan didn't understand why the topic suddenly turned to asking for names, but she still answered obediently.
"Mu Shuangyan."
Tang Qiuyue chewed the name carefully in her heart, then nodded and said aloud:
"What a nice name! Shuangyan, my name is Tang Qiuyue. I think you're a very good person, and I want to be friends with you. Is that okay?"
The girl looked at her with burning eyes. Even though there was a white veil between them, Mu Shuangyan could feel the girl's seriousness.
Mu Shuangyan's eyes moved, avoiding the girl's passionate gaze, and said with a wry smile: "You don't even know what I look like, and you want to be friends with me?"
As soon as the words fell, Tang Qiuyue replied with great vigor:
"certainly!
Besides, the most important thing in making friends is to follow your heart. I don't know about your appearance. I only know that I think you are a person worth making friends with, and I want to be your best friend for life. That's all."
lifetime?
Hearing these three words, Mu Shuangyan felt a pain in her heart. She didn't have a lifetime left. If the girl in front of her really became friends with her, it would only add to her sadness.
The words of refusal were about to come out of her lips, but looking at the girl's eyes, she was unable to open her mouth.
"To be my friend, you must grant me one wish."
After thinking for a moment, Mu Shuangyan decided to refuse in a roundabout way.
"The rules in your Jiucai Country are quite unique. It's so difficult to make friends."
Tang Qiuyue couldn't help but complain when she heard this, but she immediately changed the subject and said, "You tell me, since we are friends, it is only natural to help friends fulfill their wishes."
"I want to go to a place where no one will bother me."
For example, death.
Mu Shuangyan smiled bitterly in her heart.
But as soon as she spoke, Tang Qiuyue's eyes lit up and she said, "Hey," "I thought it was a very difficult wish. How difficult can it be?"
Tang Qiuyue glanced at Mu Shuangyan, who was holding a bunch of things in her hands, and her flawless white hands were left with pink red marks.
Without saying anything, she took the thing in Mu Shuangyan's hand and took it into her own hand, and then said: "I accepted this gift from my friend, and now it's my turn to give you the gift you wanted.
Wait for me."
After she finished speaking, she activated her internal energy and disappeared into the crowd before Mu Shuangyan could even open her mouth.
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Xingying Inn.
The boss's fingertips jumped very quickly as he turned the abacus in his hand, and his eyes occasionally glanced at the door to see if any customers were coming.
Suddenly a strong wind blew, the boss's fingers paused, looking at the bright sunshine outside, wondering where the wind came from.
Before she could come up with a solution, a strong wind blew into the house again, and the two strands of hair in front of her fluttered rapidly.
Boss: What happened???
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Mu Shuangyan stood in the distance waiting, totally not understanding what Tang Qiuyue was going to do.
She caught a glimpse of several patrolling guards out of the corner of her eye, and the guards noticed her with their sharp eyes. She looked suspicious and mysterious at the moment, and there was something fishy about her at first glance.
The guard strode towards her. She couldn't help but feel her heart tighten and she suddenly wanted to leave immediately.
But just as she turned around, the face of the girl in red suddenly appeared in her mind, and she hesitated.
If she left like this, how would the girl in red find her?
Just when she was in a dilemma, she felt her shoulders sink. She turned around and saw the girl in red, Tang Qiuyue, standing behind her with a smile on her face.
Among the guards not far away, there happened to be one of the guards at the martial arts competition. When he saw Tang Qiuyue walking towards Mu Shuangyan, he guessed that they were outsiders participating in the martial arts competition. He stopped, changed direction, and moved farther and farther away from them.
Among people who practice martial arts, there are always some who like to dress mysteriously, thinking that they look particularly majestic and powerful. This is also normal.
The guard thought to himself.
"Let's go, Shuangyan. I've put away the gifts you gave me. I'll take you to a place where no one will disturb you."
Upon hearing this, Mu Shuangyan was stunned.
Where was she taking her? Was she taking her away from this world?
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The sunlight is imprinted in the woods bit by bit. As far as the eye can see, there are towering trees, tall and straight, with uneven bark and mottled layers of lines, which clearly show that these trees are not young.
Tang Qiuyue brought Mu Shuangyan to the outskirts of the countryside. The further they walked, the fewer people there were, and Mu Shuangyan's heart became heavier.
Although Mu Shuangyan does not value her life, she will not let anyone take her life away so easily.
"arrive!"
Tang Qiuyue looked up excitedly at the tall tree in front of her and said.
"What did you bring me here for?"
Mu Shuangyan was completely puzzled.
Tang Qiuyue did not answer immediately. After she came to her senses, she immediately put the giant axe into the ground from behind. The ground suddenly bore the two huge weights and made a "bang" sound.
She untied the long rope that tied the giant axe to her, and while holding the long rope in her hand, she shook her arm vigorously at her, signaling her to come over.
When Mu Shuangyan was only half a meter away from her, she smiled brightly and said something that was completely beyond Mu Shuangyan's expectations.
"This rope is used to tie us together. I'm going to carry you up there. It will prevent you from falling."
After she finished speaking, she turned her back to Mu Shuangyan, bent her knees and half-knelt, with her hands behind her and her palms spread out. It was obvious that she was asking Mu Shuangyan to climb on her back.
"Come quickly!" Tang Qiuyue shouted.
"What are you going to do?"
Mu Shuangyan was completely confused. She wanted to find some excuses to refuse, but looking at Tang Qiuyue's eager face, she couldn't bear to say it out loud. She had to follow Tang Qiuyue's rhythm obediently and climb onto Tang Qiuyue's back.
Not to mention, the backs of people who practice martial arts are different. Even a girl who looks weak on the surface has firm muscles.
Even through her clothes, she could feel the reliable and warm power coming from the girl.
"You'll know soon."
When Mu Shuangyan climbed onto her back, she moved her fingertips, and soon, the long rope tied them tightly.
"I'm about to start."
The surface of the tree stump is bumpy, has many wrinkles, is extremely rough, and has good friction.
Tang Qiuyue activated her internal energy, jumped on her toes, and anywhere was a suitable place for her to land.
She took Mu Shuangyan step by step, without breathing heavily, breathing smoothly, and a confident smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Mu Shuangyan was very close to Tang Qiuyue. She glanced at Tang Qiuyue's profile inconspicuously and felt that she was glowing.
This lasted for nearly half an hour. Tang Qiuyue stopped and stood on a thick and wide branch. She took down the long rope and let Mu Shuangyan stand next to her.
Mu Shuangyan's attention had been on Tang Qiuyue before, but now that she came down, she began to look around.
Unexpectedly, when she looked ahead, she fell silent.
The sky was as blue as a mirror, shrouded in white clouds, and the forests were lush and green. She looked into the distance across the layers of trees that looked like a green sea. The place that once made her helpless and unable to escape the predicament was now as small as a grain of sand, so tiny that it could not be captured by the naked eye.
There was the sound of whistling wind in her ears. She didn't know how to describe how she felt at the moment. She was shocked and at a loss, relieved and confused. A lot of complex emotions lingered in her chest, and it was difficult to stop.
"Qiuyue."
A tear fell before she noticed it, and she whispered her thanks sincerely:
"Thank you. I like this gift very much."
This gift was totally beyond her expectations.
She thought that this gift was to let her leave this world...
Unexpectedly, it was actually to let her welcome this world...
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