Chapter 54 Leaving
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This year's spring came especially quickly.
It's only February now, but the temperature has already risen a lot.
Sitting in the middle of the courtyard at noon, I didn't feel cold at all. Drinking some boiled tea in the sun was a unique experience.
At noon that day, after lunch.
Gu Jinli came to the courtyard and sat down as usual. This was her hobby in recent days. She would always sit alone for a while after lunch.
Either play chess alone or drink tea quietly.
The other person living with him was a little uneasy about this.
"Ari."
Nangong Youqing came out of the house wearing a thick robe, came to the opposite side of Gu Jinli, and sat down by herself.
"Why didn't you call me if you wanted to play chess?"
Nangong Youqing has always had the habit of taking a nap, usually for an hour after lunch.
These days, Gu Jinli always took advantage of times like this to sit alone. Although she would see him when she woke up, Nangong Youqing always felt that he was worried about something.
"Just for fun."
Gu Jinli was not surprised to see the other party sit down.
Holding the chess piece in her hand, she asked, "Shall we play?"
"Down."
How could he not make a move since he was already sitting here? Nangong Youqing picked up a black piece and dropped it without any hesitation.
The two of them began playing chess.
After a while, Nangong Youqing asked tentatively: "Has anything happened recently? Is it about the storybook?"
During these nine years, Gu Jinli became famous in the human world because of her storybook writing.
But where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and her success will always arouse the envy and attention of others.
I changed several booksellers alone.
"no."
Staring at the chessboard, Gu Jinli said casually, "It's some other questions."
To be honest, ever since the last time Babel talked about the heroine's movements, she has been thinking about a question.
Do you want to leave here?
Is it necessary?
"What's wrong."
Holding the chess piece carelessly, Nangong Youqing stared straight at the opponent, not caring about the chess game at all.
"Something happened."
Gu Jinli said succinctly: "Maybe we need to leave here."
"Leave? Where to?"
Blinking, Nangong Youqing became interested: "Have you finally decided to leave this city?"
After nine years in one place, it's time to leave.
"It's more than just leaving this city."
The words paused here, Gu Jinli looked up at her and sighed: "It means leaving the human world."
"Leaving the human world?"
Frowning, Nangong Youqing didn't make a move for a long time: "Why?"
"It's your turn."
After being urged, Gu Jinli didn't say much.
"What about me?"
Nangong Youqing finally realized something was wrong: "When you leave the human world, will you take me with you?"
“…”
So this is the problem~
Pursing her lips, Gu Jinli said thoughtfully: "I don't know."
As soon as she finished speaking, perhaps worried that the other party would think too much, she quickly added: "It's not safe outside, you are not in good health..."
Although Nangong Youqing's complexion has been getting better and better over the years, Gu Jinli will never forget the first time she met her.
Her frail body, which could faint at any time, left her with a serious psychological trauma.
"I'm not in good health, so you don't want to take me with you?"
Finally figuring out the reason, Nangong Youqing laughed angrily: "Don't tell me you've been worrying about this these past two days."
She is still so worried about this person. It turns out she is just being too sentimental.
"So when are you going to leave?"
After a moment of annoyance, Nangong Youqing unexpectedly calmed down, put down the chess piece, and said, "What if I want to join you?"
"It will be dangerous."
It looked like there was no way to continue playing chess, so Gu Jinli sighed slightly: "You should stay."
"I'm not afraid. It's an accident that I'm still alive today."
The man said calmly: "I will go with you wherever you want to go."
"Are you determined to do this?"
He shifted his gaze from the chessboard to her face, looking at her serious expression. Gu Jinli warned her, "You will die on the way."
"I'm not afraid."
Nangong Youqing looked at her and said, "If it weren't for you, I would have died nine years ago."
"All right."
Since the other party insisted, there seemed to be no reason to refuse.
Gu Jinli thought about it for a while and finally gave in.
"If I leave, I'll take you with me."
But now, she hasn't thought about it yet!
She can't just move to another place as soon as the heroine shows up!
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Three days later.
Gu Jinli made a decision. She first went out alone and told the bookseller that she was leaving and could not continue writing books.
He then went to the money shop and exchanged all the money he had accumulated over the years for silver and spirit stones, and used these things to buy a lot of things.
Finally, he returned home and prepared to tell Nangong Youqing.
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As soon as the door of the mansion was closed, Gu Jinli went straight to the study.
She knew that Nangong Youqing was mostly reading in the study at this time.
After nine years of constant practice, her handwriting was good enough for daily writing, and she no longer needed anyone to copy books for her.
But when he is bored, that person always likes to stay in the study, as if it has become a habit.
"We're leaving tomorrow."
As soon as she pushed the door open, she saw a familiar figure. Gu Jinli said in an unsteady tone, "You only need to bring a few clothes. I have prepared everything else."
"Are you in such a hurry?"
Although I had been prepared for a long time, I didn't expect it to happen so soon.
Nangong Youqing put down the draft paper in her hand with some surprise, looked at the messy desk, and said: "Do I need to bring these?!"
Everything I have written in these nine years is in the study.
"You don't have to worry about this."
Following the other person's line of sight and looking at the mess on her table, Gu Jinli twitched her lips and walked over to urge him: "Go pack up your things. Leave this to me."
She planned to put the cabinet and the manuscripts together in a storage bag, so she wouldn't have to sort them out.
"Okay." Nangong Youqing left slowly.
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The next morning, it was just dawn.
Gu Jinli got up early and opened the door of the mansion with Nangong Youqing who had packed up.
There was a carriage tied outside the door, which she bought when she came back yesterday.
The carriage was fully prepared with food, drinks and soft couches. At first glance, it looked as if they were going out for an outing.
"If you're sleepy, just continue to sleep. I'll catch the bus."
After helping the man sit on the carriage, Gu Jinli took the initiative to walk out, picked up the whip and became the coachman.
"good."
Watching the other person leave the car, Nangong Youqing leaned on the soft couch for a long time without saying a word.
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The carriage crossed the street and rushed all the way to the city gate.
It was early in the morning, the streets were sparsely populated, and the stalls were not yet open.
It took about half an hour for the carriage to reach the city gate. The gate was not open and most of the people nearby were merchants waiting to go out.
The vendors, each carrying their luggage, squeezed into the crowd and were not at all conspicuous.
At noon, the city gates were opened to let people in.
Gu Jinli drove the carriage and followed the first wave of people out, then dispersed.
Once you leave the city and head south you will reach the psychedelic forest.
If you want to go to the demon world, the fastest way is to go through the entire psychedelic forest and head south.
There is no official road leading to the psychedelic forest.
Therefore, although the road is wide, it is full of potholes and is really bumpy.
"Are you okay?"
After driving for about an hour, the city behind us could no longer be seen.
Gu Jinli then remembered that there were people in the carriage, and asked, holding the whip, "Do you want to take a break? It's a good time to eat something."
They left in a hurry this morning and didn't even have a sip of water.
I can still bear it, but it is hard to say about the "sickly people" inside.
"I-I'm fine, um."
Holding tightly onto the window frame, Nangong Youqing's voice was weak and faintly filled with a hint of nausea.
Obviously very uncomfortable.
"Are you carsick?"
As soon as I heard the noise inside, I knew that the person was holding on.
Gu Jinli had no choice but to stop the carriage on the side of the road, lifted the curtain and looked inside.
"You look so ugly." She was startled by the other person's face, which was as pale as paper.
"fine."
Seeing the curtain being lifted, Nangong Youqing hurriedly staggered out of the car.
She came to the tree trunk nearby, propped herself up against it and retched for a long time, then said softly, "I just didn't eat breakfast this morning and it was such a bumpy ride, so I feel a little nauseous."
"Feel sorry."
It's just like this?
Seeing that she couldn't vomit anything, Gu Jinli scratched her hair apologetically and simply took out a water bottle and a bag of packaged pastries from the storage bag.
"Rinse your mouth first and eat something!"
She said with all the preparations ready: "This is hawthorn cake, it can whet your appetite."
"Um."
Reaching out to take the thing she handed over, Nangong Youqing rinsed her mouth with an unpleasant expression.
Then he looked at the road ahead and asked, "Where are we going?"
"Psychedelic Forest."
Gu Jinli took out a new bag of pastries from the storage bag, got into the carriage, opened the cake and started eating.
"What are you going to do in the psychedelic forest?"
After thinking about it carefully, Nangong Youqing wondered: "Are you going to the demon world?"
"Yes."
Nodding, Gu Jinli said vaguely: "I know someone there, it's safe."
Someone I know...
"Who is it?"
Her eyes flickered slightly, and Nangong Youqing suddenly became interested.
Holding a kettle and pastries in her arms, she wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and walked towards Gu Jinli.
"Your friend? Why have I never heard you mention him before?"
"A guy named Shen Chigui."
While eating the sweet cakes, Gu Jinli said casually: "Not a friend, just an acquaintance."
"Shen Chigui..."
Blinking, Nangong Youqing smiled heartlessly: "This name is very special! I like it very much."
"Yeah?"
Looking up at her, Gu Jinli grinned and said in an ambiguous tone, "I don't think your name is special. In comparison, I like your name better."
“…”
I always feel like my face is frozen for a moment, like a monster wearing human skin and unable to make any human expressions.
At that moment, Nangong Youqing's facial features looked extremely strange.
But the person involved didn't notice it. He just smiled nonchalantly, with a slightly forced expression.
"Thank you for liking it, Ari," she said.
"Eat quickly! Then continue on your journey."
Gu Jinli took this abnormality in without leaving a trace, his expression unchanged, and urged the other party to eat quickly.
In fact, this is not the first time such anomaly has occurred.
After nine years of living together day and night, no matter how deeply hidden the monsters are, they cannot maintain a perfect human form forever.
There always comes a moment when something goes wrong without being noticed.
Gu Jinli was not surprised by this, or rather, it was her intention to come out this time.
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