nightmare
"How is she?" An Nan asked Yao Li who was sorting herbs on the side.
Yao Li glanced at the woman in red lying on the bed and said to An Nan, "Don't worry, Miss An Nan, she's fine now and will wake up in a few days."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Mr. Yao, for your care these days."
Yao Li waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "Saving people and curing illnesses is my job. Miss Anan, there's no need to be polite with me."
A few days ago, when Yaoli was returning home from picking herbs, several men in black broke in. Without saying a word, they put knives to their necks.
Those people looked ferocious and were searching for something in his house.
Just as they were about to enter Miss Hong's room, Miss Anan bravely stepped forward and saved them by fighting ten people alone.
Anan was their family's savior, and they didn't know how to repay them. Unexpectedly, Anan said that they had saved her friend, so they helped them.
Only then did they realize that the woman in red he picked up was Miss Anan's friend.
In the past few days, their family has been taking good care of Miss Anan's friends, which can be regarded as a way of repaying their kindness.
"Sir, go and have a rest first. I'll take care of you here."
"good."
After Yao Li left, An Nan looked coldly at Yu Jun lying on the bed and said, "How long are you going to lie there?"
The person on the bed showed no reaction.
Anan sneered and said coldly, "Believe it or not, I can cut you down with one knife and make you sleep here forever!"
Yujun jumped up and hid in the corner of the bed, panicking but trying to show her strength, not wanting to show her fear. "How dare you!"
Anan pulled out a dagger, knelt on one knee on the bed, pressed her down, and pointed the blade at Yuyun's delicate neck. "Do you think I dare? Hmm?"
Anan smiled like a cold snake, and her exposed fangs contrasted with the dim light in her eyes, adding a bit of evil.
Yujun swallowed with a pale face, not knowing how to answer. He told her directly that this man could do what he said, just like how he crushed her clone with his bare hands that night.
But she really didn't understand what hatred or grudge they had that made her pursue them so relentlessly.
"Beautiful sister, what game are you playing? My little one wants to play too~"
A sudden voice broke the tense atmosphere between the two.
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Xing Zhier looked at the dazzling stars above her head, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
The sea of stars is still as eye-catching as it was back then, but she lacks someone who can enjoy the scenery with her.
Thinking of this, Xing Zhier smiled bitterly and said, Brother Ming, why do you also lie to me?
"You, you, you, all of you, bring your things to me." The delicate little girl ordered arrogantly.
The few young disciples of Jinming in front of him winked at each other and just didn't want to hand over the things.
"Why, didn't you hear what I said?!"
Seeing that the little girl was about to get angry, the few people thought about it and handed over their treasures with very reluctant expressions.
"Good friends should know how to share." The little girl was satisfied this time and said with a smile, "Don't worry, as my good friend, I will not be stingy and will give you more rewards when the time comes."
With that, she walked away with a swagger.
"Bah! Forget her reward, who cares?" one of them said indignantly.
"That's right, last time she stole my glass bead, she lost it not long after. That was my birthday present from my father. If she wasn't the daughter of the clan leader, I would have fought her a long time ago!"
A little boy nearby kicked over the seat next to him and said angrily, "This is really too much! With her arrogant and domineering attitude, who would want to be her friend?"
"What bad luck! Next time I see her, I'll take a detour!"
The man turned around and saw Xing Zhi'er standing behind them, expressionless. It was unclear how much she had heard. She stammered, "Miss... Miss..."
Xing Zhier frowned, lowered her head and took out the things she had just collected: "I'll give them back to you." After saying that, she turned around and left quickly without even looking at them.
When she returned home, Xing Zhier threw all the gifts she had carefully selected onto the floor.
Xing Zhi'er looked at the attendants beside her with red eyes and said fiercely, "All of you get out of here!"
There was a crackling noise in the room. The servants who were driven out did not dare to stop it and stood outside trembling.
After a while, everything inside became quiet, without any movement at all.
The servants looked at each other with worried expressions. If the clan leader knew that they had not taken good care of the young lady, they would definitely be scolded.
Just when they didn't know what to do, a handsome young man in brocade robes walked towards them.
"Mr. Li."
The young man said to the attendants in a youthful and familiar voice, "You all can go down. There's no need to stay here. I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong."
"yes."
The curtain was lifted, and Xing Zhier heard a familiar voice coming from outside: "Who has offended my little Zhier? Brother Ming will help you deal with them."
The boy sat on the ground, leaning against Xing Zhier's bed with a gentle smile.
Xing Zhier glanced at him, turned around, covered herself with the quilt with her back to him, and ignored him.
"Ignore me?" Li Mingzhe's voice sounded a little aggrieved and annoyed: "What should I do? I was thinking of taking you to see the sea of stars..."
A sea of stars? That's a once-in-a-century spectacle! Don't miss it!
Just as Xing Zhier was about to agree to go with him, she heard Li Mingzhe say regretfully: "Since you ignore me, you probably don't want to go. It seems that I have to go alone... There is no one to accompany me. It would be great if there was someone to accompany me." After saying that, he sighed regretfully for a long time.
Xing Zhi'er suddenly had an idea and she lifted the quilt, pretending to be polite. "In that case, I will reluctantly accompany you." She added, "It's your fault that you have no one to accompany you."
She habitually raised her head and said arrogantly, "Why don't you thank me?" After saying that, she felt a little regretful and a little afraid to see Li Mingzhe showing a disgusted expression like those people.
She glanced at Li Mingzhe quietly and found that he was covering his mouth with a smile in his eyes. She said, "Thank you for your kindness, Miss Xing."
Xing Zhier was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to her senses, feeling a warm sensation in her heart.
"Will your mother scold you for bringing me here secretly?"
"No. I told her and she agreed."
There is no starry sea in Jinming, and it can only be seen from the highest attic in Zhufeng. However, there is a taboo in that building, and no one is allowed to go up there. I don’t know how Li Mingzhe persuaded his mother to let him bring people to see the starry sea.
But since Li Mingzhe said it was okay, Xing Zhier didn't say anything more.
A shadow fell behind him, and the small wrinkle between his brows was gently smoothed by that person.
That person was as gentle as ever: "Why is Xiao Zhi'er unhappy?"
It was clearly the same flawless smile, but Xing Zhier felt it was particularly hypocritical.
"Why is Brother Ming here?"
Li Mingzhe was slightly stunned. Ever since Zhi'er ran away from home with that kid Yinchao, she had never called him like that again.
Xing Zhier saw Li Mingzhe's stunned expression and realized that she had called him the wrong name. She quickly resumed her usual dismissive tone: "Why are you here?"
The tone sounded as if she really didn't want him to come here, but only Xing Zhier knew that was not the case. She felt mixed emotions and a bitter taste in her mouth.
Li Mingzhe didn't answer her question. His smile faded for a moment, then quickly returned to normal. "I'm very happy that you can call me that again."
"I just slipped up. I called him that when I was little and didn't know better. Now that I'm grown up, I'll naturally change it."
Li Mingzhe didn't care about the spikes coming out of Xing Zhi'er's body. He didn't seem to care at all about Xing Zhi'er's abnormal attitude these days. Suddenly, he asked inexplicably, "Do you have someone you like?"
A hint of panic flashed across Xing Zhier's bright face.
Li Mingzhe felt a pang of pain in his heart when he saw her like this, but the smile on his face widened: "Is that why you're avoiding me like this?"
Xing Zhier just looked at him like that, her eyes red, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Yes!" Then she got up and ran down the attic.
Li Mingzhe stood alone under the sea of stars, his figure lost in the darkness, his back looking thin and lonely.
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"Xing Zhier! Don't push your luck!" The young man in blue shouted angrily at the girl in red.
Where is this? Li Ling wondered, this was the scene when Xing Zhier didn't let him leave Jinming that day.
Is it a dream?
Before Li Ling had time to think about it, in his dream he was riding on Jinming's flaming bird but was stopped by Jinming's spirit tree vines before he could escape from Jinming's border.
"Get out of the way! If you don't, I'll burn down your forest."
"Youngsters are so arrogant!"
The spirit trees along the Jinming border have grown for ages, nourished by generations of Jinming spiritual energy, and have long since awakened to spiritual intelligence. Such intelligent trees are perfect for guarding the border.
"Old Tree, let him go."
As soon as Xing Zhier opened her mouth, the vines of the spiritual tree that were attacking "Li Ling" quickly retracted and faded away.
"It's not impossible for me to let you go today."
Li Ling remained silent, waiting for her next words. As expected, Xing Zhier continued, "But there's one condition. After you become the leader of the Hidden Tide Clan, you must not oppose Jin Ming."
What's going on? Why is it different from what I experienced before?
The "Li Ling" on the opposite side said without even thinking: "Okay."
"Li Ling" and Xing Zhier swore an oath in accordance with the Way of Heaven, and then left.
As "Li Ling" rode the flaming bird and flew hurriedly towards Yinchao, Li Ling gradually saw the appearance of Yinchao's territory.
Just when "Li Ling" was about to reach Yinchao, an accident happened. The flamingo was injured and its wings could not move, and it fell straight down with "Li Ling".
At the last moment of falling, "Li Ling" used his magic power to buffer the inertia and landed safely.
What surprised Li Ling was that the self in the dream was even more powerful, unlike the self he knew, who had low magical powers.
"Who?! Come out!"
"As expected of the Young Clan Leader of Hidden Tide, he does have some skills."
The Young Chief of the Hidden Tide Clan?! Even if Li Ling tried to remain calm, he still felt it was unbelievable.
How ridiculous this dream is!
Li Ling said coldly to Li Qi, who was blocking his way, "I advise you to get out of the way immediately. If you persist, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"Even if you are the young patriarch, what can you do to me?"
"Li Ling"'s eyes flashed, and he started fighting with Li Qi.
My younger brother Li You has a mean temper and is annoying wherever he goes.
After a few moves, Li Ling discovered something was wrong. Although the sun had already set, the sky was bright red.
When he defeated Liqi and looked towards Yinchao again, he found that Yinchao had flooded.
Li Qi spat out blood foam and laughed evilly: "Li Ling, even if you beat me, so what? You can't save Yin Chao after all, hahahahahaha... hahahahaha..."
"Li Ling" had a face full of resentment and could no longer tolerate Li Qi, so he stabbed him through the heart with a sword.
Li Ling frowned as he watched himself running towards the hidden tide engulfed in the sea of fire, his heart full of confusion.
He followed "Li Ling" to Yinchao and saw that "Li Ling" ignored the advice of the elders of Yinchao and rushed directly into the sacred place of sacrifice.
The fire around burned more and more fiercely, and the flames shot up into the sky.
"Li Ling" ran towards a small courtyard of a sacred place for worship with ease.
The courtyard had been burned beyond recognition and was on the verge of collapse, as if the entire house in the courtyard would collapse at any moment.
"Li Ling" rushed into the sea of fire, ignoring the thick smoke and burning, and tried his best to get in.
Li Ling didn't quite understand why they had to fight so hard. Was the thing inside really more important than their life?
The next moment, Li Ling saw himself in his dream tearing off a piece of canvas from the wall. Although it was only a short moment, Li Ling still saw the true face of the woman in the painting.
Very beautiful, and with a kind of indescribable intimacy...
Just when Li Ling thought he could finally leave this dangerous place, a wooden pillar that could not support the ground fell towards Li Ling.
Smoke filled his mouth and nose, and the hot wooden pillar hit him hard. Li Ling seemed to feel the same pain and felt terrible all over.
Li Ling was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. His clothes were already wet and he looked like he had just been pulled out of the water.
The sudden fright made Li Ling feel scared. He breathed greedily and it took him a long time to recover.
Why did he have such a dream?
Before he could figure out what was going on, the jade pendant that Li Yu had stuffed in his mouth lit up again.
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