The three of them returned to the Heavenly Centipede Ship. The ship had been there for quite a while; when A-Jiang and the others returned after their busy work, the ship was still there. After waiting for about an hour, the ship finally set sail.
It wasn't until they returned to their room that Ah Jiang formally introduced the two of them.
Tao Pianpian frowned as she sized up Xiao Songjing.
Xiao Songjing, on the other hand, was quite calm.
“Ah Jiang, don’t take offense, but this man is not a good match.”
Xiao Songjing's hand, which was holding the teacup, stopped halfway.
"Miss, we've only just met, it's not appropriate to say this to her face."
"If I don't say it to your face, I'll say it behind your back. It's all the same. I'm even giving you a chance to argue!"
Turning to A-Jiang, he said, "Look at him, he's all smiles and hides a knife, he's a very cunning person. You're honest and straightforward, you two aren't a good match."
A-Jiang was a little embarrassed. She didn't expect that the two of them seemed to be incompatible, and they couldn't get along from the moment they met.
However, he also explained, "Young Master Xiao and I were just traveling together for a while. Although I don't cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness, I'm not very interested in the matter of a Daoist partner."
Tao Pianpian didn't believe it. In her eyes, Xiao Songjing was utterly worthless, but she also knew that young girls liked handsome men like him, and she didn't believe that A Jiang was truly unmoved.
“Your worries are unnecessary. I am in poor health and know that I will not live long. I will not delay anyone’s marriage.”
When Xiao Songjing said this, his face was full of loneliness and his tone was low. The setting sun outside the window shone through the porthole, bathing him in a golden light, making him look like an immortal who had left the mortal world.
Tao Pianpian felt a little embarrassed. This person did look very unwell, and if he really was going to die soon, then her words were a bit hurtful.
She was an elderly woman who had lived for over fifty years and knew that it was extremely painful to watch oneself slowly approach death when one was seriously ill and difficult to cure.
When people are healthy, they feel that life is bitter and tasteless, and they would rather be dead.
They believe that death is the final destination, and that death will allow them to return to eternal peace.
But when life is truly only a moment or two away, and can be extinguished at any time, there is infinite hope of living on, and even just surviving is good.
On the street, a crippled and sick beggar desperately begged for a sip of water and a bite of bread, clinging to life.
There are also people living in densely packed houses who lack nothing in terms of food and clothing, but feel that life is like purgatory and that it would be better to hang themselves or throw themselves into the river.
Life is full of different experiences, and it's impossible to truly empathize. This society is the same now, it was the same ten thousand years ago, and it will be the same ten thousand years from now.
The three remained silent for a long time before going back to rest without saying anything more.
Xiao Songjing felt somewhat uncomfortable with the extra person on the road.
Although Tao Pianpian never spoke about their relationship again after that day, her personality was really unstable.
Her memory is often confused. She knows this now, but she might not know it at another time. Sometimes she says she is Li Zhangshi, but she also emphasizes that she is Tao Pianpian now. In short, it is very complicated.
Ah Jiang was gentle by nature and had saved Tao Pianpian back then, so the two got along quite well.
But Xiao Songjing was not used to it.
Sometimes she was lively, which Xiao Songjing thought was too lively; sometimes she was indifferent, which Xiao Songjing thought was too indifferent.
A few days later, the three discussed their next destination.
Xiao Songjing looked at the map and said to the two of them, "According to the map, the next place is Bushi Town. This town is not big, and what's special is that most of the inhabitants are low-level demons. These merchant ships only stop there depending on the situation."
"There are towns here full of demons? Don't the Xuanmen sects care?" Tao Pianpian was very curious.
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