Chapter 2: Strange Mosaic



Xun Yan cooked peas boiled in salt, stir-fried chicken with green peppers, and corn cobs mixed with white flour. Shen Yingxue didn't move her chopsticks, but looked out the window while slowly and methodically picking up the peas one by one and putting them into her bowl.

He thought it was moderately salty and suitable as a snack while watching a drama. It would be even better if there were potato chips and cola. He didn't know what the mosaic system would mask as these snacks.

Xun Yan had long been accustomed to Shen Yingxue's strange behavior. He finished a few bites, picked up Shen Yingxue's chopsticks, picked up the chicken and was about to feed him, "Young Master, come here."

Shen Yingxue looked at the thing that was coded to be the same color as the table, and sniffed it gently. The smell of this thing was also blocked by the system, and it looked like dark food. He observed it for a while, "What is this?"

Xun Yan said: "**, you ate it yesterday."

Shen Yingxue: "..." What did you eat yesterday? Fried chicken? Is this the leftover chicken from yesterday? Please, why is the chicken censored too?

After knowing what it was, the mosaic looked very strange. Shen Yingxue turned away and said, "You eat it. I don't want to eat it."

"Xiao Xun, is Xiao Xun at home?"

Xun Yan saw someone entering the yard, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and said to Shen Yingxue: "Don't move, I'll go out and take a look."

The person who came was Auntie Lin, who lived next door to them. Auntie Lin's husband died early, and her son had killed someone and was imprisoned for several years. No one knew when he would be executed. Xiao Lin also did not marry, leaving the old lady alone and helpless. Xun Yan was young and strong, and often went to help her.

Auntie Lin held a basket in her hand and handed it to Xun Yan, "Auntie baked a few pancakes. These are for Xiaoxue. Take them quickly."

Xun Yan cooked chicken yesterday and gave some to Auntie Lin. This was Auntie Lin's return gift to him. The basket was quite heavy. Xun Yan took it and said, "Thank you."

"Why are you being so polite to me?" Auntie Lin looked at Shen Yingxue in the window. "Is your brother feeling better recently? I have a folk remedy here. If it doesn't work, try it. Use the brain of the sparrow..."

Xun Yan still wasn't used to her enthusiasm. "Thank you for your concern, but it's not necessary. The medicine he's taking now is very good."

After seeing Aunt Lin off, Xun Yan came back with the cakes and fed them to Shen Yingxue.

When he first came here, Xun Yan didn't know how to cook. Shen Yingxue was almost poisoned by him and survived only with the help of Aunt Lin. Xun Yan also learned the cooking skills from Aunt Lin, but he cooked too quickly and the taste was not that good. Compared with Xun Yan's food, Shen Yingxue liked Aunt Lin's food more.

This put Xun Yan in a dilemma.

The favor owed to Auntie Lin must be repaid. Auntie Lin didn't need anything, she just wanted to rescue her son from prison. However, Xun Yan and Shen Yingxue's identities could not be easily exposed, which made Xun Yan a little embarrassed.

He watched Shen Yingxue slowly eat a cake, and then began to eat beans one by one. "Sir, come with me to the town this afternoon to sell the animal skins we hunted last month."

Shen Yingxue concentrated on eating beans and ignored him.

Xun Yan cleaned up the dishes and returned the basket to Aunt Lin. He asked her if she needed to bring anything, put a martial arts hat on Shen Yingxue, and led her out.

Xun Yan knew that Shen Yingxue's attention was easily distracted by other things and he would run around everywhere at any time. After Shen Yingxue recovered from his injury, he got lost many times. Xun Yan was worried about leaving him alone at home, so he took him with him wherever he went.

Although Shen Yingxue is crazy, he is still very quiet when he is not stimulated. As long as he doesn't speak, no one will find out that he is a lunatic.

However, Gu Liansheng has already come here, and more people will know about this place in the future. He cannot let Shen Yingxue show her face openly.

[The female lead’s acting is really amazing. I can feel her tension even across the dimension. The sense of substitution is very strong.] Shen Yingxue sat on the small stool next to Xun Yan, staring at the TV series that the system played for him, while chatting and complaining to the system.

The TV series was great, and I didn't have to worry about overstraining my eyes. But there was no one to talk to, which was really boring. Mosaic seriously affected Shen Yingxue's social skills, and he could only talk to the system.

The system replied coldly: [She was the winner of last year's Golden Film Awards.]

Shen Yingxue: [That’s amazing.]

"Let's go." Shen Yingxue was suddenly pushed gently, and then his hand was grabbed by someone. He had already adapted to this kind of interaction, so he stood up obediently and turned off the TV series. As a result, he saw a person through the black veil.

The man was kneeling in front of Shen Yingxue, with his head down so his face couldn't be seen clearly. His shoulders were shaking slightly, and he seemed to be in a very intense state of emotion, just like the Duan Lianhua I saw this morning.

"Don't pay attention to him." Xun Yan said in a calm voice, "Let's go."

The person kneeling in front of him was Shen Yingxue's former personal servant.

His name was Tingxuan, and he was picked up from the city by his subordinates. The disciples saw that Tingxuan was young and good-looking, so they sent him to Shen Yingxue's bed in order to please the leader.

Although Shen Yingxue is evil and unruly, her private life is very clean. She has no interest in Tingxuan at all, but she didn't kill him either. She just kept him by her side and let him do some work like serving tea and reading books, just like having a kitten to play with.

Shen Yingxue's attitude towards him can be described as gentle, and Tingxuan also seems loyal and does his own thing peacefully.

Tingxuan stayed with Shen Yingxue for nearly seven years. He was low-key, yet omnipresent, and took care of everything for Shen Yingxue.

Xun Yan could see Gu Liansheng's ulterior motives, but he didn't expect Tingxuan to betray Shen Yingxue and lead the righteous people up the mountain.

After the fall of the Demon Cult, Tingxuan was not recognized or valued by the sect. He was originally a servant with mediocre martial arts skills and could only do odd jobs. After Shen Yingxue left, Tingxuan no longer had a home and could only wander around.

Just one year ago, Xun Yan and Ting Xuan met in this remote town. Ting Xuan was wearing ragged clothes, with stubble on his face and dirty hair, like a beggar wandering the streets.

He knelt in front of Shen Yingxue, humbly begging for her forgiveness, looking nothing like the handsome boy he used to be. Not to mention Shen Yingxue was crazy, even if he wasn't crazy, he probably wouldn't recognize that this was Tingxuan.

Shen Yingxue whispered, "He looks familiar."

Tingxuan suddenly raised his head and looked at Shen Yingxue, his eyes full of anticipation.

Xun Yan had no intention of speaking for Tingxuan. He took Shen Yingxue away and mercilessly shattered Tingxuan's hopes. He said indifferently, "He has come to bother you many times. Don't pay attention to him. Just go around and let's go."

Xun Yan had no good feelings towards anyone who had betrayed Shen Yingxue. The more he trusted someone, the more he hated them after they betrayed him. If he hadn't taken Shen Yingxue into consideration, Xun Yan would have killed him on the spot.

Shen Yingxue said: "He looks kind of cute."

Xun Yan paused and looked at Shen Yingxue with shock and expectation in his eyes.

Is Shen Yingxue's madness getting better? It's clear that Shen Yingxue didn't react the last few times Tingxuan came.

He actually has a crush on that heartless thing.

Xun Yan has taken care of Shen Yingxue for three years, and he has never praised her.

The black veil obscured Shen Yingxue's expression. When he walked, a corner of it was blown open by the wind, revealing his white chin and his heartfelt smile.

Xun Yan asked: "Do you want him to stay with you?"

Shen Yingxue walked straight forward without answering or looking back.

Xun Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, the system blocked some of his voices. Sometimes Shen Yingxue didn't respond to what others said because she really didn't hear it. This mosaic system really blocked too many things. At the most outrageous time, it would block the whole person, and suddenly unblock it, which scared Shen Yingxue.

As time went by, Shen Yingxue also learned to adapt. As long as he didn't take things too seriously and didn't get to the bottom of things, nothing could bother him.

But come to think of it, the man kneeling on the ground just now did have a very cute face. The system had coded him into a robot cat. When he stared at himself, the whiskers on both sides of his cheeks trembled.

Shen Yingxue smiled and said, "Let's play Robot Cat when we get back. Let's stop this show for now."

The system says: [OK.]

Xun Yan sold the animal skin, walked around the street, bought some snacks for Shen Yingxue, got some new medicine, and bought two pieces of cloth for Aunt Lin before going back.

Shen Yingxue stayed up all night watching the robot cat and felt groggy the next day. It was not until Xun Yan helped him get dressed and washed his face that Shen Yingxue turned around and saw a big lotus outside the window that he suddenly woke up.

When did such a flower appear outside!

Then the lotus moved very quickly and immediately disappeared from Shen Yingxue's sight.

This kind of situation has happened before, it must be the mosaic of the system. Shen Yingxue asked the system: [Is this the lotus avatar from yesterday?]

The system said: [Please remember your crazy personality. I will not answer questions like this. Please use your own skills.]

The system had indeed never given him an answer, otherwise why would it censor it? Shen Yingxue realized that he had asked a stupid question. He walked to the window, looked out, and found that the lotus had already reached the chicken coop.

A group of chickens flapped their wings to fly around it, looking a little overwhelmed.

"What are you looking at?" Xun Yan asked.

Shen Yingxue pointed outside and said, "What a big flower."

Shen Yingxue's martial arts skills were abolished, so his perception of the outside world was not that sharp. Xun Yan was different from him. He knew when Gu Liansheng just came. Gu Liansheng had been standing outside for half an hour. Xun Yan had a bad relationship with him and had not thought of inviting him in.

Hearing Shen Yingxue say this, Xun Yan just smiled and asked, "What would you like to eat today, young master?"

This sentence was blocked again. Shen Yingxue pushed open the window, grabbed the window sill, and raised his legs to walk away. Xun Yan quickly grabbed him and brought him to the door. "Leave from here, don't jump out of the window."

Shen Yingxue had been seriously injured before, and her skills were not as good as before. She had fallen many times when climbing windows. One time, her clothes got caught on the corner of the table and she couldn't move. She stayed there for a long time without saying a word before being discovered by Xun Yan.

When Gu Liansheng saw Shen Yingxue's actions, his eyes became sore again.

He thought that after a night of calm, he could face Shen Yingxue rationally. But Shen Yingxue looked at him so brightly that it was hard not to notice. He was so eager to be by her side that he even clumsily wanted to jump out of the window.

But he hid from Shen Yingxue for three years.

Facing Shen Yingxue's pure joy, Gu Liansheng felt ashamed.


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