Extra 4: One Day
Jiang Yunshu felt that today was a really troublesome day.
Today, she seemed to have encountered something troublesome and strange.
In the brisk, slightly hazy gray daylight of the early morning, everything in sight, both in the sky and on the ground, is hazy and clear, and the boundaries between the colors and light and dark between objects are blurred by the soft light and shadow.
"Rustle..." The branches and leaves shook, and dark green leaves fell from the tree with the wind. They rolled twice in the air and fell to the ground. The wind blew again, and the fallen leaves slid forward along the ground for a while, and then became quiet and motionless.
The gray birds, which were obviously timid and fearful before, now fluttered down one after another onto the armrest of the bench under the tree, tilted their heads, and fluffed up their feathers like balls, jumping around and gathering and dispersing on the bench.
Jiang Yunshu also saw someone else's parrot mingling among them. Normally, the parrot was very ferocious, chasing and biting anyone it saw, leaving a bloody hole in their flesh. Its screams were shrill, earth-shattering, and terrifying. Now, it was actually jumping and hopping along with the other birds, tilting its head.
besides……
On the bench, a large cat with gray-brown and white hair, a powerful body and limbs, narrowed its eyes, and its narrow brass-colored eyes instantly revealed danger and wildness.
The big orange cat was chubby and plump. It walked slowly on the bench for two steps, then lay down tiredly.
A beautiful big white cat with a black bow tied around its neck and long, clean and smooth fur like silk came over, blinking its elf-like sea-blue eyes, its little mouth seemed to be curled in a smile, its pink nose moved, and it jumped lightly and nimbly onto the bench in an instant, squinting its eyes and lying on the bench.
Cats and cats, birds and birds, cats and birds, all lived in strange harmony on a bench under a tree.
Jiang Yunshu thought expressionlessly that even if a flying fish swam in the air, or a python or snake petted by someone came over, she would not be surprised.
But these are not the weirdest things.
Under the tree, a child of four or five years old walked slowly past the bench with a cold face. The bench had just disappeared from her peripheral vision, and in an instant, her eyes blurred, and the complete figure of the familiar bench appeared in front of her side again.
"..." Jiang Yunshu pursed his lips, and his dark eyes blinked slowly and calmly.
She looked straight ahead, but she understood very clearly that the people who had followed her before were gone. She didn't know when they suddenly disappeared, and they didn't appear beside her again for a long time.
This is the Jiang family's ancestral land, how could those people suddenly get lost?
"It's really weird." Jiang Yunshu thought expressionlessly, still walking forward slowly, without stopping or turning his head.
Jiang Yunshu once again felt that today was really a troublesome day.
Today, she seemed to have encountered a troublesome and strange thing, a troublesome and strange person.
In her peripheral vision, the man was wearing a black layered embroidered robe that was out of tune with the surroundings. He was sitting on a bench under a tree, looking at her with a smile. Sometimes he was quiet and peaceful, and sometimes he mumbled something she couldn't understand.
Trouble. Jiang Yunshu ignored it and continued walking forward with a straight face.
In the gray shadows beneath the trees, Jiang Jingjian sat on a bench, leaning back against the backrest. Beside him, birds chirped and leaped, and a large cat lazily nestled, stretching occasionally.
Looking at the children walking from right to left in front of him, the children had cold faces. The children's appearance was familiar yet strange as if he hadn't seen them for many years. Jiang Jingjian's eyes were gentle, but the gentleness could not hide the sadness.
"Jiang Jingyuan..." He couldn't help but call out, "Jiang Jingyuan, come here."
"Again, what's he mumbling about?" Jiang Yunshu ignored him and walked forward on her own, as if she had to rely on her own strong willpower to get out, or wait until someone came to find her... But in fact, she didn't have any plans, she just kept walking.
Circle after circle, circle after circle...
Jiang Jingjian looked at her with a gentle smile.
He smiled and smiled until the child walked to the fiftieth lap, and the smile on his face became a little stiff.
Jiang Jingjian's smile faded and he said to her, "Don't leave. You can't get out."
Jiang Yunshu ignored him and walked around ten or so laps at a leisurely pace.
Jiang Jingjian looked a little stunned. He straightened up, reached out to pull the sleeve of her robe, and with a little force, pulled her over and said, "Why are you so stupid, kid?" He looked helpless again and said to the child he had pulled in front of him, "Let's talk, and I'll let you go, okay?"
Not good. Jiang Yunshu said nothing, turned his head and sideways, as if he still wanted to persevere and walk out.
"Jiang Jingyuan, you're not a fool, are you?" Jiang Jingjian was amused for some reason, and said with a sigh and a helpless smile, "You can't get out no matter how hard you try. It's a waste of energy. What's wrong with us talking for a while?"
You are the fool. Jiang Yunshu said nothing, but did not move to leave. He turned around and looked at him expressionlessly.
Suddenly, the stranger's eyes became softer, and he smiled with his lips pursed. A thin mist appeared on the surface of his dark eyes. When the mist dissipated, they were like the shimmering surface of a lake under the moon. He looked at her with sadness and reluctance.
He called softly: "Jiang Jingyuan..."
I don't understand. Jiang Yunshu's face was expressionless, his heart calm.
Listening to the stranger in front of him calling "Jiang Jingyuan" over and over again, Jiang Yunshu thought calmly, maybe he recognized the wrong person.
She raised her eyes, subconsciously wanting to remind him and ask him to let her go, but in a moment, she felt troubled again. What did it have to do with her if he recognized the wrong person?
He didn't even know if he recognized the wrong person, which meant that people weren't very important. Jiang Yunshu thought indifferently, what a hassle, not only did he recognize the wrong person, but he also affected her.
After a long while, Jiang Jingjian slowly stopped talking. His eyes could no longer contain the deep sadness that was revealed. He looked deeply at the child in front of him, then suddenly smiled and whispered, "I have a gift for you."
Jiang Yunshu raised his eyelids.
"It's a very important thing." Jiang Jingjian smiled, leaning forward and pulling her closer. He flipped over the Blood Seal with one hand and, with the other, grasped her wrist and lifted it up, slowly placing the seal in her hand. He whispered, "This is for you. Take it."
Jiang Yunshu looked down, raised his hands to hold the blood seal steadily, lowered his head, and turned the blood seal around in his hands to look at it.
Suddenly, she clearly saw the object in her hand glow blood red, and then, black and red lines quickly appeared on the back of her right hand...
Jiang Yunshu paused, then clutched the Blood Seal tightly with both hands. He looked up at him seriously and said, "I see. You didn't find the wrong person."
"Of course I wouldn't find the wrong person." The stranger seemed to be amused by her again, with a smile on his face and tears glistening in the corners of his eyes.
He suddenly straightened up, quickly raised his sleeve to cover his face, his heart heaving violently twice, then put his hand down, bent down and approached her, and whispered softly, slowly and seriously: "This is for you, it's yours alone, you have to take good care of it and hide it, understand? Don't tell anyone. Don't tell anyone who asks, and don't give it to anyone who asks you, understand?"
Jiang Yunshu also nodded seriously and agreed, "Okay."
"It will make you feel much more relaxed." Jiang Jingjian reached out and slowly touched her head, saying slowly, "This is your support, you must never give it to anyone else."
Jiang Yunshu nodded again, and stood firmly in place, not avoiding his hand, and agreed seriously: "Okay."
Jiang Yunshu thought calmly, today is such a beautiful day.
Jiang Jingjian was quiet for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said softly, "Just refine some of it here. I'll teach you. Refine as much as you can. I'll protect you."
After all, he is just a four-year-old child, so I am worried...
Jiang Yunshu paused and subconsciously became alert, but then she glanced at the blood seal in her hand.
The thing is actually in her hands. It's not that he will "give it to you eventually", but he has already given it to her. Even if he initially thought that "you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing the child", and even if he wanted to do some tricks when she was refining it, it wouldn't be that easy!
Jiang Yunshu immediately raised his head, nodded obediently, and agreed: "Okay." For the first time, he couldn't help but smile, and said in a sweet voice: "Thank you~" kind stranger.
"Jiang Jingyuan..." Jiang Jingjian was so moved that his eyes were sore and he couldn't help but call out softly again.
After all, he had given her a truly special gift. Jiang Yunshu smiled sweetly. With this gift, even if she didn't want all the gifts she had received in the past year or four years, she would still be willing to accept it!!!
Jiang Jingjian fought back his tears, took a deep breath, smiled, and said, "Let's get started."
Jiang Yunshu looked up at him with eyes full of trust.
Time passes by every second.
On the bench under the tree, the cat and the birds closed their eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
During a break in the middle of refining, Jiang Yunshu held the blood seal tightly in his hand, his eyes calm and serene as he gazed at the hazy sky and earth ahead. A long time passed, but the sky didn't change at all. He thought to himself, "It's really weird."
"Jiang Jingyuan..." The person behind her was calling her again.
Jiang Yunshu paused, blinked frantically, and twitched the corners of his mouth, trying to put on a cute smile again, but...
She turned around and looked at him expressionlessly.
"The energy is exhausted..." Jiang Yunshu thought expressionlessly.
Fortunately, the man didn't care.
Jiang Jingjian sat on the bench.
In the end, he couldn't hold back his tears. He suddenly reached out and hugged her in his arms, holding her tightly, as if he wanted to merge her into his bones and blood and return to the beginning.
His body was trembling, his brows were knitted together, his eyes were tightly closed, and a low cry and calling sound came from his throat, "Jiang Jingyuan, Jiang Jingyuan..."
Jiang Yunshu subconsciously tried to contort her expression, but she only blinked unnaturally. She froze for a moment, then sighed silently. The Blood Seal hung in the air, and she opened her arms to hug him, then opened her mouth and said, "Jiang..."
Jiang Yunshu's expression froze abruptly. His normally slightly squinted eyes suddenly widened, and he murmured in disbelief, "Jiang, Jiang Jingjian...?"
——It seemed as if even she herself felt unfamiliar and surprised.
Many broken images and unformed thoughts flashed through her mind so quickly that she didn't know what she remembered or whether she remembered nothing at all.
"Jiang, Jiang, Jiang Jingjian?" She opened her mouth slightly, blinked her shocked and confused eyes rapidly, shook the person holding her in her hands, and asked hurriedly, "Who are you?"
However, the person holding her did not react, stopped trembling, and even the hand that was holding her tightly loosened little by little without her knowing at some point.
"Crack--" A crisp sound as if something was suddenly broken was heard, and the cats and birds on the bench were instantly awakened. They slapped their companions in panic, jumped off the bench and ran away, or flew into the sky.
The sky was bright and golden at noon, dazzling and scorching.
Jiang Yunshu turned his head in a daze, looking at his profile leaning on his shoulder, and muttered softly in his mouth almost unconsciously:
"Jiang Jingjian...?"
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