"Yingxue, are you injured?"

When Wu Yingxue took the bowl.

Xu Xi noticed that the girl's movements were somewhat uncoordinated.

"Well, during the battle today, I was accidentally bitten by a demon lurking underground."

The girl answered honestly.

He reached out and pushed aside the edge of his robe, revealing the wound on his left ankle.

The wound no longer bleeds, but the scab forms very slowly, and the slightest touch will cause itching and discomfort on the leg.

This is also why Wu Yingxue's movements seem so uncoordinated.

"It's alright, sir."

"It's just a minor injury. It will heal on its own tomorrow."

Wu Yingxue said with a smile, telling Xu Xi not to worry.

Xu Xi just shook his head.

He found a piece of cleaner white cloth and tied it up around the girl's neck to prevent the wound from being exposed.

When he tied himself up and stood up, he met Wu Yingxue's somewhat distracted eyes.

"Yingxue?"

“Ah… ah, sorry, sorry.”

Wu Yingxue suddenly woke up and quickly apologized to Xu Xi, explaining the reason for her distraction: "I just suddenly remembered that when I first met you, you helped me in the same way."

When did the girl and I meet?

It's just a rough recollection.

Only then did I realize that we had known each other for more than ten years.

Ten years is a very long time.

The average life span is a hundred years, but how many mortals can truly live to be a hundred years old?

For many people, ten years is a long enough time.

I usually don’t care.

But when I think back on it, I feel the rush of time, as if it is echoing in my ears, bringing traces of the years.

"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye."

Xu Xi was quite emotional.

As time passed slowly and steadily, the last of the orange-yellow sunset gradually disappeared into the sky.

Xu Xi and Wu Yingxue sat side by side on the cool, rough stones, watching the changes in the sky together, watching the sun set completely, casting its last touch of warmth.

The two chatted a lot.

There were memories in Qingniu Town, where we studied the torment of the Fool's Skill together.

There is the warmth of celebrating the New Year in Pingshui County and the big, plump chicken leg we ate that year.

After discovering the truth about Daqian, they jointly planned to break through the Shiwan Mountains.

Those past.

Those years.

Together they form unforgettable memories.

As they chatted, the topic turned to the world outside the Ten Thousand Mountains.

"Sir, what do you want to do after leaving the Shiwandashan Mountains?" Under the darkening sky, the girl asked Xu Xi curiously, while supporting herself on a large rock with both hands.

"I haven't thought about this yet," Xu Xi smiled slightly.

After all.

He had already prepared to die in the Shiwanda Mountains.

A dying person does not think about the future.

Looking at the dark sky above and feeling the terrifying aura approaching, Xu Xi thought that it was time to say something to the girl.

"Yingxue."

Xu Xi paused for a moment, then said, "You take everyone away. The sooner we leave, the sooner we can escape danger."

"What about you, sir?"

The girl had a sharp intuition and immediately caught the loophole in Xu Xi's words.

She looked at Xu Xi, her clear eyes reflecting his figure: "Sir, are you not going to come with us?"

"I'll be at the party soon."

The setting sun seemed to take away all life.

The world became quiet.

Mixed with the depth of the night and the touch of intertwined leaves, it creates a pure and flawless plainness.

Xu Xi comforted Wu Yingxue: "With you here, we can deal with the monsters in front, but we still need someone to cover the rear to prevent the monsters from chasing us."

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon after I stop the demon."

Long lost.

Xu Xi told a white lie.

He knew that with Yingxue's impulsive personality, if she knew his plan, she would definitely not agree to let him stay alone.

“But, but!”

"Sir, let me take over the rear!"

The girl's reaction was unexpectedly exciting.

She stretched out her hands and grasped Xu Xi tightly, as if grasping something that was about to disappear.

"It's okay, Yingxue."

"I'm just the rear guard, nothing will go wrong..."

"Don't lie to me again, sir!"

The girl grabbed harder, causing Xu Xi's arm to hurt. Xu Xi saw the pleading look in the girl's crystal clear eyes.

"I know. I've always known."

"Sir, you never intended to go out with us from the beginning."

"I will never accept such a thing!"

"Sir, let me cover the rear, just this once, just this once!"

The girl grabbed Xu Xi's arm tightly.

The pleading in his eyes gradually turned into begging.

The lively voice of the past also turned into a sad voice that Xu Xi had never heard before.

After a long silence, Xu Xi stretched out his hand and stroked Wu Yingxue's head for the first time: "Sorry, Yingxue, I can't promise you this time."

The caressing palm suddenly turned into a palm knife.

Gently hit the girl's neck from the side.

Make it dizzy.

"Just have some sleep," Xu Xi said softly, and handed the temporarily unconscious girl over to the civilians who were begging for her life, asking them to take her away.

The people were unwilling to leave, and silently took up their weapons, wanting to fight the enemy together with the Xu family.

“Really…”

Xu Xi felt both heart-warming and amused.

Under his influence, everyone became the same fool, and no one was willing to give up on anyone else, so Xu Xi mobilized the energy and blood in his body and left at a speed that the common people could not catch up with.

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He was very lucky.

Wu Yingxue is still so simple.

Everything I want to do will be written directly on my face. If I did it a different way today, or if I sneaked away like Ah Niu did.

That would really be a headache for Xu Xi.

"It's the best possible outcome if I die and everyone else survives."

Xu Xi whispered.

His death was not the end.

It is truly the best approach to have him cover the rear.

However, just as Xu Xi walked away for a distance, he felt the world spinning around him, and his body fell from the air and hit the ground.

"Strange, I, I am..."

Xu Xi was at a loss and confused.

I couldn't stop feeling sleepy.

In the last moment before he lost consciousness, he saw Wu Yingxue, who should have been drowsy. The trance was so intense that Wu Yingxue saw multiple double images and was in a daze.

"Mr. Big Fool, please have a good rest."

"You are still so stupid, so stupid that you want to bear everything by yourself."

"That's really stupid..."

"A fool who only cares about protecting others."

Wu Yingxue stepped out of the darkness, gently picked up the unconscious Xu Xi, and handed him over to the people who had caught up with them.

Wu Yingxue had a lot to say to Xu Xi.

For example, she has grown up.

He is an adult in his twenties.

She is no longer the little girl who fell into Xu Xi’s house and cried silently alone.

For example, she is not weak, she can also protect Xu Xi.

"Sorry, sir, this time it's my turn to be the hero."

"I hope you won't blame me..."