Moonset Cool Night (7)
"Isn't this good? You used to hate humans the most." Yue Jinhuan disagreed.
"Really?" Li Zhaoyue said to himself.
"By the way, I forgot the most important thing when you interrupted me." Wang Kun suddenly slapped his head, walked quickly to Li Zhaoyue and said loudly.
"Thank you, Junior Sister, for saving my life. If it weren't for you, I would have died long ago." He bowed his head, clasped his fists towards her, and said in a deep voice.
Li Zhaoyue still couldn't forget the fragile branch of his destiny that he saw on the tree of destiny.
"Brother, I..."
"I know what you want to say. I'm familiar with my situation." Wang Kun raised his head and forced a wry smile. Lou Ze and Xue Fuqing, who were not far away, were curious about what they were talking about, but they kept their distance, fearing to disturb them.
Li Zhaoyue looked at him in confusion, not understanding why he knew but didn't let her say it.
"Your body can't take it anymore. If you stop divination, you can live a few more years," she said.
Wang Kun put his hands behind his back, lowered his head and smiled: "I know. I can also see the tree of destiny. I knew it a long time ago."
It sounds like it's not going to stop.
"Why?" Li Zhaoyue asked, puzzled. She didn't understand why someone would do something so dangerous. To her, life was the most important thing, but Wang Kun didn't seem to see it that way.
"If doing something makes you feel that life is meaningful, what would you choose?" he asked.
Li Zhaoyue almost didn't think twice before blurting out, "Of course I'll keep doing it."
Wang Kun smiled, seemingly satisfied with her answer, and then changed the question: "If I ask you this way, if you could do one thing to make your life meaningful and make you want to live, what would you choose?"
Li Zhaoyue looked at him in astonishment.
Wang Kun laughed heartily, pulled a fortune stick from his sleeve, and tossed it forward. The brown wooden chip landed squarely on the back of her raised hand. Li Zhaoyue picked up the stick, flipped it open, and saw the writing was illegible.
"The original intention of Feng Shui is to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and to change one's fate. If I can't carry this forward, what's the point of learning Feng Shui?" said Wang Kun.
"I got this fortune when I divined for you last time. I pondered it for a long time, but I still couldn't understand the meaning of this mirage. Until just now."
"I've gotten enough backlash from fortune-telling, so I'm not afraid of this one," Wang Kun said, as if he had made up his mind. "Go find a lake or a mirror, and you'll know the answer."
After saying that, he waved his hand without further explanation and walked out. Xue Fuqing glanced at Li Zhaoyue, smiled and waved goodbye to her. Lou Ze made a trumpet shape with his hand and shouted, "Junior sister, we have an appointment to go out and play together, do you want to come?!"
Wang Kun also smiled and asked her: "Let's go, there are fireworks to watch in the evening!"
Li Zhaoyue tightly grasped the fortune stick and shook his head. A trace of obvious disappointment flashed across Xue Fuqing's face, and he shouted, "Okay, Junior Sister, let's play together next time."
After saying this, he waved vigorously toward the pavilion. Li Zhaoyue smiled and nodded. After the three men left, she stroked the blurred red text on the wooden stick and turned to run toward the lake.
Fortunately, the boat she and Xu Xing had been on was still there. She struggled to pull the boat out of the corner, pushed it into the lake, and then, with a flip, landed safely on the boat. It was almost early autumn, but the weather was still hot. Although many of the lotus flowers had faded, the leaves were still lush, and the entire lake was a lush green.
Li Zhaoyue used a bamboo pole to row the boat, staring at the clear lake in a daze.
Mirror images, watery wonders. Was that to say everything she had once been was fake? She looked at the woman reflected in the water and blinked. She smiled, and the woman smiled back. She pretended to be angry, and the woman pretended to be angry too.
They were exactly the same. She couldn't help laughing.
Wait, exactly the same. She suddenly thought of something, and in that moment of distraction, the bamboo pole in her hand was tripped by something in the water. She was already daydreaming, and the force of this hit directly threw her off the boat.
With a loud thud, she plunged into the water, and a goose-yellow flower suddenly blossomed on the transparent surface of the lake, making it look like a goose-yellow cloud had appeared in the sky. Li Zhaoyue closed her eyes and slowly sank to the bottom of the lake. The gentle, cool water enveloped her body tightly, like a soft quilt.
"You actually invited me to a restaurant? The sun is really rising from the west." After hearing Ah Xu's words, Li Zhaoyue, who was dozing on the recliner, suddenly woke up and smiled.
"Yes... I recently completed a big project and made a lot of money, and you're always clamoring for something nice to eat," Ah Xu said expressionlessly. He was always sullen and extremely bad at speaking, and just these few words had already made his ears red. Li Zhaoyue loved teasing him, and seeing this, she raised an eyebrow, turned over, and said deliberately, "But it's so hot lately, I don't want to go out."
Ah Xu was stunned for a moment, and instead of keeping silent as usual, he stammered, "No...it's not hot. Or if you really feel hot, I can hold an umbrella for you."
Li Zhaoyue still didn't speak. He was a little anxious and continued, "Or I can buy some teleportation talismans."
As he spoke, Li Zhaoyue stretched and the smile on his face faded a little: "No need to spend so much effort, I agree."
Ah Xu, who had originally thought he would have to spend more time talking, was stunned for a moment before silently stepping aside. Li Zhaoyue raised his head and concentrated on counting the white clouds in the sky.
Ah Xu looked at her again and walked out silently.
"One, two," he walked out of the small garden and towards the main gate of the house.
"Three, four, five," he looked back and seemed hesitant.
"Six, seven, eight." He walked out of the house.
Li Zhaoyue also stopped counting and sat up from the recliner with a cold face.
"Are you really going?" Yue Jinhuan jumped down from the tree and glanced at her. Li Zhaoyue snorted coldly, "Of course I am going. If I don't go, that old witch will laugh at me."
"I thought you didn't know." Yue Jinhuan moved a chair and sat down, saying.
"The strong smell on him is left by her on purpose." Li Zhaoyue stood up and shrugged.
After saying that, she stretched again and seemed to be going out the door.
"Hey! Do you want me to accompany you?" Yue Jinhuan shouted behind her.
"No need. I can handle this little thing." Li Zhaoyue put his hands behind his head and whistled.
The restaurant Ah Xu had chosen was indeed quite nice, the kind she'd always fantasized about dining in while strolling down the street. Li Zhaoyue strolled in slowly, and was greeted by the scent of high-quality perfume. She took a few deep breaths, then gazed at the dancer on the platform with a beaming smile.
Her graceful figure and unparalleled appearance were truly a delight to the eyes, worthy of being the best restaurant in the city. Li Zhaoyue's hands, behind his back, quickly crossed, and a spell was quickly formed. When the dancer stepped onto the red silk in the air, a red flower rain fell.
Flowers falling, beauties dancing—truly the most beautiful sight on earth! Deafening applause suddenly erupted in the restaurant. Li Zhaoyue smiled at the dancer and turned to go upstairs.
At that moment, the singing and dancing in the restaurant suddenly stopped, and a murderous aura rushed straight towards Li Zhaoyue's back. She didn't turn around, but just flicked her right hand lightly, and heard the sound of the sword falling to the ground.
The restaurant was still very quiet, as if the bustle just now was just a dream.
"Are you the first one?" Li Zhaoyue tapped his toes lightly, flipped over, quickly flew onto the red silk, grabbed the dancer's shoulders, and locked her in his arms.
"Let me go! Let me go! You devil!" The dancer struggled, glaring at her with resentment. She didn't look like someone who had practiced martial arts; her strength was soft and limp, and Li Zhaoyue was able to capture her effortlessly.
"Is it a man in red who asked you to kill me?" Li Zhaoyue asked.
A trace of sadness crossed the dancer's face, and then she said excitedly, "If it weren't for the immortal, I would be dead now, without even the chance of revenge!" After that, she was silent for a moment, then closed her eyes and said in despair, "I failed, please kill me."
"Why should I kill you?" Li Zhaoyue felt puzzled and asked with a smile.
"You're still asking me why? How can you ask me why?!" The dancer suddenly opened her eyes, and her beautiful peach blossom eyes were full of despair.
"You made a deal with my brother and killed him. Don't you remember?"
Seeing that Li Zhaoyue was still in a daze, Wu Ji's heart ached and she yelled, "Daotian Village, Wang Tie, don't you remember?!"
Li Zhaoyue's vision slowly emerged of a young man, swollen and pale. He had traded his remaining life for six months of health. And the girl before him, upon closer inspection, was the little girl who had accompanied the young man back then.
"You lied to him. You said you'd taken away his pain, but he died. Now even his body is nowhere to be found," the dancer cried. Li Zhaoyue released his hold on her, took a few steps back, and said calmly, "The six-month deadline has expired. He paid what he promised me."
"This is deception! This is murder!" the dancer screamed wildly and rushed towards her. Li Zhaoyue dodged slightly to the side, and the dancer forgot that she was wearing soft red silk and slipped from the edge, falling to the hard ground.
Red flowers blossomed in the air, the girl's horrified expression shrouded in splattering blood. Bursts of laughter echoed overhead. Li Zhaoyue glanced at the girl, whose eyes remained open. She grasped the red silk with her right hand, spun around, and tore it off. She slowly descended to the ground, carrying the red cloth, covering the girl's body. Then, a golden needle flew from her sleeve and brushed past the woman in red standing at the railing above.
The woman looked exactly like her, except that she had a charming, rather mischievous look. She patted her shoulder exaggeratedly and yelled, "That was a close call! Thanks to you for showing mercy!"
Li Zhaoyue ignored her and just stared at the girl covered by the red cloth. He sighed and said, "This is not my intention. You can go with peace of mind." After that, he threw out dozens of golden needles from his sleeves again, which made a whistling sound in the air and chased the girl in red away.
Seeing that she had the upper hand, Li Zhaoyue did not dare to let her guard down at all. She manipulated the cone and conjured up dozens of golden needles.
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