The hands held together swayed back and forth, like a child in a state of innocence sitting on a swing. The story that Xia Xiao was telling was about to begin.

"A boy fell ill and came to the old house where his parents had lived. There lived a group of mysterious little people there. They were very, very small, only as tall as a human's little finger, and a few grains of rice residue from humans were enough for their meal. On the first day the boy moved in, he met a little person who was fleeing in panic. This was a brave and beautiful girl. She rushed into the foundation under the house with leaves and nectar. That was her home. In fact, it was just a small house made of a few broken bricks, under the floor of a human house, just like the house built when playing house."

"The girl thought the boy didn't see her, but in fact he did. But he couldn't find her, so he thought it was an illusion and didn't care. One day, the boy's nanny said that there used to be a group of little people living here. She had seen them a long time ago, but she didn't know where they were now. Originally, it was just the nanny's gossip, but the boy took it very seriously. He wanted to see the little people. He kept waiting and kept an eye on his surroundings."

"On the other hand, the girl's mother nagged her that she shouldn't run around. A few short steps for humans is a long journey for them. Just like a tree in a human garden, it is easy for them to reach, but for a little person, it can only be seen from afar. The girl brought back the leaves of that tree today. After the girl's mother finished nagging, she said that it can be used to make delicious tea, but it lacks sugar cubes."

"Humans also use sugar cubes to make tea. Two or three sugar cubes are used for a pot of tea. If you want it sweeter, you can add more. But for a little person, one sugar cube can last for half a year. The girl's father had just finished an adventure and didn't bring back anything, so he wanted to take the girl to the human's home to borrow some things. To put it bluntly, it was stealing, but they used very little, so it could barely be called borrowing. This is necessary to survive. The girl has reached age. She went through the narrow passage to the human's room. The table here is an abyss to them."

"The first time the girl followed her father out, she was discovered by the boy. He knew that the villain was hiding behind the furniture, so he asked them to take the sugar cubes away, but the girl and her father still put the sugar down and sneaked away. The boy put the sugar cubes where they had to go out, but the girl didn't take them. As the father said, they couldn't be seen. In the end, they were discovered by the nanny. In order to save her mother who was captured by the nanny, the girl went to find the boy, and finally had a good ending."

"They are together?"

"No, the girl's family reunited and followed another tribe member to a faraway place. Before leaving, she said goodbye to the boy and said that she would never forget him."

“What a pity.”

Ah Zhu sighed. She thought the boy and the girl were together. In her mind, it seemed that only being together forever would be perfect. But Xia Xiao smiled and said:

"Sometimes, due to many reasons, people who like each other cannot be together. Even if it affects their lives, they have to separate. But we are different. To be honest, I like that ending very much, but our ending must be together. Even if you want to return to the God Realm in the future, I must keep up with you and will not let you escape from me."

"That's a great story, but how do you know so many stories?"

"I heard it in my previous life."

Ah Zhu would always praise Xia Xiao after listening to his stories, and would habitually ask a question. Xia Xiao answered many times, and each time he said the same thing. But he didn't tell the story well, he thought so, because he made many mistakes in the story. He saw these stories a long time ago, and his memory was fuzzy, and these stories would be perfect only if they were accompanied by animation and music. But in the current environment, let alone animation and music, even Guang and the others dared not release them.

After listening to the story, they also walked to the gate of the town. There were no external enemies here, so there were no city walls or rivers. It was like an expanded village, and they could walk in directly. There were many families in the town. Ah Zhu walked towards one of them, but was grabbed by Xia Xiao's neck. Ah Zhu shrugged, and Xia Xiao smiled and said:

"We've been to this one, I'll take you to the next one."

Ah Zhu covered her mouth and burst out laughing. They were not borrowing things, they were clearly big thieves. There was still a rule, they had to treat everyone equally. It sounds nice, but the title of "gentleman on the beam" is the best compliment. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are unscrupulous thieves who steal everything.

Xia Xiao led Azhu to a wealthy family. Just by looking at the courtyard, one could tell that the family was wealthy.

“This is the one for today!”

Xia Xiao led Ah Zhu through several alleys and arrived at the back kitchen. Although the countries were different, the location of the kitchen was almost the same. In fact, it was still relying on the keen sense of smell that it accurately told Xia Xiao the location of the kitchen. This was also one of the abilities of the evil spirit. Xia Xiao usually didn't pay attention to it, but now he benefited a lot.

At this point, all you have to do is bypass the dog tied to the back door. Who has the guts to steal? Practitioners disdain it, and ordinary people don't dare to do it, but Xia Xiao is not ashamed and brings Ah Zhu with him. They didn't light the lamp, but their eyes were clear of vitality.

There were a lot of things in the very spacious kitchen. Although some of them were not fresh, Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu took away a bunch of cabbage and potatoes without hesitation. With such a large pile, it would definitely not be discovered if five or seven or eight were missing. Then they took some peppers and raw meat and filled a large bag of rice in the barn.

Xia Xiao and Azhu came in a hurry and left quickly, disappearing in the small town without even a breeze.

Back in the underground hut, this special safe haven brought so much warmth to Xia Xiao and Azhu that they were in a good mood even in this environment. They grilled meat and stewed a big pot of cabbage with a lot of rice.

The metal energy was used to cast the pot and the iron frame, the water energy was used to release pure water, and the fire energy was used to light the fire. Everything was done very easily, and then the barbecue and cabbage rice became Xia Xiao and Azhu's lunch. They only had one meal a day, and their days and nights were reversed, but they were very happy every time they ate. Xia Xiao had something on his mind, and although he forced a smile to cover it up well, he ate less. Azhu was not polite. When his belly was slightly bulging, he happily sat on the rattan chair, collapsed, and burped.

Whenever she was like this, Xia Xiao would touch her belly and ask her:

"Don't want the image anymore?"

"How can I look good in front of you? I still want to fart!"

Ah Zhu held back his laughter and ended up making himself laugh. The two looked at each other and smiled, full of happiness. From then on, it was their nap time, uninterrupted. But Ah Zhu nestled in Xia Xiao's arms and said in a soft voice:

"I want to hear a story."

"What kind of story?"

"Anything is fine, but our story is best."

Xia Xiao smiled, thought for a while, and started talking.

"In the past, there was a boy who came from another world. He was so happy when he came because he became the young master of a wealthy family and was no longer an orphan. He had a powerful father and a gentle and beautiful mother. His eldest brother had the demeanor of a general and was very powerful. His second sister was well-educated and well-versed in astronomy and geography. These were all the capital for his pride and arrogance. The boy thought his life was about to reach a climax, but he didn't expect an accident. Because someone told him and reported it to the emperor, saying that he was the so-called person who came from afar, but he couldn't practice at all."

"At that time, the Zhu family harmed him. They knew that he could not practice and reported it to the court, which consumed a lot of resources. Later, the Xia family was exiled to a small border town. The things that the boy had not yet enjoyed were gone immediately. In order to take back everything he wanted and avenge his family, he tried his best to practice, but there was a mountain and a river in front of him. He could not cross it or wade through the water. Fortunately, the Pope of the Zou Shou Church accepted him as a disciple and allowed him to absorb the vitality of heaven and earth."

"At that time, Longgang was in trouble, Rongcheng was targeted, and Wanlingchenggu took risks. He overcame all the difficulties and finally returned to his hometown to clear his name. Then, the boy was qualified to go to the academy. At that time, he thought that strength was everything. If you were weak and backward, you would be beaten, so he concentrated on practicing. But he didn't expect that the disaster had just begun."

"In the academy, the boy and his girlfriend spent half a year in peace, and then met a girl named Azhu. At the beginning, the boy didn't have a good impression of Azhu. But all encounters are the beginning of future stories. The boy and Azhu spent more and more time together. She accompanied the boy through many things that ordinary people dare not experience, and the places they went to were quite like traveling around the wilderness. Even when the boy was possessed by a demon, Azhu did not leave."

"Then, the boy became a person who was in both darkness and light. He and Ah Zhu went through untold hardships, survived the disaster war together, and lived a happy pastoral life."

Xia Xiao started out telling the story in great detail, but then he got a little anxious and just brushed off the whole story. He looked at the girl in his arms, who had fallen asleep with a smile on her face. In order not to wake her up, Xia Xiao didn't move, but his heart was filled with ripples, which gradually spread out in circles, and although they were getting fainter and fainter, they were never completely calmed down.

If Xia Xiao had such a flexible tongue in his previous life, he would not have been at the bottom of society. But speaking like this is a skill he has only learned in this life. He hopes that his story will be told by others one day. How proud he will be when strangers talk about him with respect. Of course, Ah Zhu must be included. Her existence is closely connected with Xia Xiao.

"Go to sleep~"

Xia Xiao sang a lullaby in a low voice and closed his eyes. He should also take a nap. After adjusting his condition in the afternoon, he would have the same moon-watching activity in the evening. This was something he couldn't miss and had to do recently, but he had a vague feeling that the time for him to meet the ancestor of the spiritual contract was getting closer and closer!

Sweetheart, go to sleep, the night is falling, the night is full of roses, I love you sweetheart...

The lullaby that Xia Xiao told was like this, very informal, but like many stories, he would make mistakes while telling it, and forget the lyrics while singing the song, and start making up stories. It didn't matter whether it made sense or not, as long as the tone was right.

But it's hard to remember things that I haven't seen for more than ten years, let alone things that happened hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years ago. The stories passed down from generation to generation have long gone astray at some fork in the road, just like the ancestor of the spiritual contract, who didn't know whether he went to the moon or stayed in the divine world, and never asked about it. If it was the latter, it would be too ironic. People here were wildly speculating, but she was living another life in a distant place.