Chapter 197 Scene 22 (Inverted V) Ah Lian, Xiao Yuer really misses...
"Girl, come here, what do you think of this? Do you like it?"
“So cute.”
"Boss, I want this."
"Okay!"
"Hey, wait..."
"Girl, let me help you hang it up?" Shi Jihuai held a cute rabbit-shaped pendant in his hand, shook it, and squatted down.
"Ji Huai," He Yuezhe watched her smile as she hung the rabbit on her dagger, "It looks a lot like you."
"That's why I only brought this to ask you..." Shi Jihuai lowered his head shyly, and his voice became smaller and smaller.
"Okay, it's hung up, let's keep going."
"Um."
"Would you like some ice cream or some cakes, girl?"
"Just decide."
"Then I'll buy a little of everything. The girl has been running around today and probably hasn't had time to eat lunch yet, so I should buy more."
"There's no need to buy so much, right?"
"It's necessary! Girl, these little things are not enough to fill you up, and you can take them home and eat them slowly!"
Shi Jihuai was carrying several cloth bags containing the pastries and ice cream that she had just carefully selected.
She ran back to He Yuezhe with a smile on her face, "Girl, these are the most famous and delicious ones in each store. I packed them all for you. There's bound to be one you'll like!"
"Thank you very much."
He Yuezhe was just reaching out to take the cloth bags from her, but Shi Jihuai took a few steps back and shook his head quickly.
"No, no, miss, let me carry it," Shi Jihuai said. "The organization said I must leave you with a cold but reliable impression, so I'll carry it!"
"..." He Yuezhe was silent, "Is it heavy?"
"No, no, it's not heavy at all! I can do it! Girl, let's go!" Shi Jihuai shook his head again and again, then walked around He Yuezhe, walked out of the street and walked onto the main road.
"Ji Huai." He Yuezhe followed her.
"Um?"
"Your organization, are they treating you well?"
"Of course, they give me a lot of money every month and provide me with a place to live."
"So how long ago did you join them?"
"When I was very young, I couldn't speak at that time and was abandoned outside the village by my family. It was the people from the organization who saved me. I have been with them ever since then."
"How many people are there in your family?"
"I don't remember, but it seemed like there were a lot of people. Two girls, two boys, and many, many other children who couldn't speak like us. Some of them had no eyes, some had no ears, and they were even more pitiful than me."
“…But you can talk now.”
"Yes, a few years ago I suddenly learned to speak. I was being kidnapped at the time. Fortunately I could speak, otherwise I would have died there."
"fortunately."
"Yeah, but they all say my temper has gotten worse since I learned to talk."
"Feeling okay?"
"That's because I'm trying hard to suppress my bad temper."
"Ji Huai, did we know each other before?"
"No."
"Really? Then it seems I was wrong."
"Well, girl, I've always been in the organization and have never left. It's impossible for me to know anyone outside the organization."
"I see."
"Yeah, but we can be good friends from now on!"
Shi Jihuai turned around and tilted his head with a smile: "Girl, nice to meet you!"
“…” He Yuezhe did not reply.
"Okay, we're here. Come in, girl. I'll be waiting for you here."
Shi Jihuai carried the cloth bag and walked into the teahouse nearby: "I'll drink tea here. I'll be able to see you as soon as you come out. Then you can come to me to get the food."
"Okay." He Yuezhe nodded at her.
I raised my head and looked at the magnificent house in front of me with a typical water town style. On both sides of the house were two small pine trees, which were hung with prayer ribbons.
“Knock knock.”
He Yuezhe pulled the door handle and knocked on the door.
"Squeak."
The wooden door was opened from the inside, and a thin figure appeared in the crack of the door.
She lowered her head timidly, her loose clothes hanging on the ground, revealing her scarred skin.
"Is this Miss He? Please come in." said the little girl.
"Yes, it's me." He Yuezhe pushed the door open a little more, walked in and closed the door.
"Please come with me." The little girl took a few steps back, turned around, and walked deeper into the house with He Yuezhe.
The house is decorated very uniquely. There is only one main road, and the rest of the house is filled with strangely shaped rocks, and there are many gorgeous flowers and plants planted around.
The main road is just a small bridge. Under the bridge, there is a gurgling pond with red and yellow koi swimming in it. The duckweed is pushed and spun by the bubbles they spit out, revealing the stones underneath.
"Miss He, my sister said that you are the Immortal Master Lian. Is that true?" The little girl was short and thin, and all the bones in her body could be clearly seen through her clothes.
He Yue replied: "Yes, it's true, do you know me?"
"Master Lian, yes, I know him," the little girl nodded. "My sister takes us to Master Lian's temple every month to pray for blessings."
"My temple is here too?"
"Of course, my sister said you were her benefactor. Until a few years ago, my sister had been looking for you everywhere."
"Why didn't you look for it later?"
"I don't know either. My sister only said that someone saw you somewhere else, so you will be back soon."
“…”
"Girl, my sister is right there."
Passing through a round archway and pushing aside the drooping willow leaves, He Yuezhe saw a young girl sitting in the room, looking at him quietly.
"Welcome back," the girl said, "Should I call you A-Lian or Miss He now?"
Walking into the room, He Yuezhe looked at the girl sitting in the wheelchair and said, "Whatever you like."
"Hmph," the girl lowered her head, "Sit down."
"haven't seen you for a long time?"
"It's been a long time, it really is a long time, a full seven hundred years."
“…”
"Alian, when I heard from them that you were leaving, I thought you would wait until the children grew up. I didn't expect that you couldn't even wait that short time. You even took away part of the souls of Ji Huai, Ji Xue, Ji Ning, and Ji An."
“…”
"But fortunately, you took some things with you, which allowed us to find your location and see you again."
“…”
"Alian, I know you might not remember us anymore," the girl said, holding He Yuezhe's hand. "That's why I didn't dare to meet you directly. Plus, those people were the friends you were desperately looking for, so I kept them and gave them the task of hunting you down."
Only then did He Yuezhe notice that the skin on the girl's hands had completely aged, becoming loose and full of wrinkles.
"Alian, I know you are very strong. They can't hurt you. And according to the route I arranged, they will lead you to me one day. I originally planned to recognize you then."
"But something seems to have gone wrong. Their memories are always forcibly erased again and again, and they can only start to get to know you from scratch every time."
“…”
"Alian, please say something, it's too quiet here." The girl said pleadingly.
“…” He Yuezhe lowered his eyes.
She could understand the girl's longing for her, but she had no memory of those days. She didn't even know the girl's name. She once again felt that she and Shi Lian were being separated.
"What's your name?" she asked.
"My name is Shi Jiyu, which means swimming fish." The girl replied.
"How did we meet?" she asked again.
"We are all from the same group of artificial humans, created by the immortal arts. We all have irreversible physical defects. It was you who dragged us away with your broken bodies, ready to be destroyed. Since then, many of us have depended on each other for survival. Our friendship is perhaps even deeper than that of family, lovers, and friends."
“…”
"Alian, do you remember? You were the one who chose our name. You said your last name was Shi, so we should have the same name too. The character 'Ji' is made up of 'He' and 'Zi'. You said we weren't born for war, that we shouldn't be weapons of war, but weapons of the people, that we should serve the people well and be down-to-earth."
“…”
"Alian, Alian, how wonderful it would be if you could still remember even one of us?"
“…”
"Then you'll understand why we love you so much, and you'll understand that you're not alone, and that you're actually pretty amazing."
“…”
"Alian," the girl's eyes filled with tears, "It's been a long time since I held your hand and talked to you so kindly. Looking at your face, I think of the hard times we went through in the past."
"At that time, because of our physical defects, we were hunted by the immortal sects and feared by the people. We had nowhere to go. But every time I thought about it, you would find me, see me, hug me, and tell me that I still have you and all of you."
“…”
"Alian."
“…”
"Alian..."
“…I’m here.”
"Alian, Xiaoyuer misses you so much."
The girl suddenly hugged He Yuezhe.
It was a body without any temperature, cold, stiff, bony, and covered with scaly skin.
He Yuezhe's hands trembled slightly, and then he gently hugged the girl.
"Alian, Alian, I'm so tired, I'm so tired, I miss you so much, when you were here, we read together, ate together, slept together, I miss you so much, I really miss you so much..."
The girl burst into tears: "Fortunately you are back, fortunately you are back, fortunately you have come back to find us again, fortunately you are still alive, fortunately I have not forgotten you, fortunately, fortunately I am still alive..."
“…”
"Alian, I used to hate my body as a homunculus because it was ugly and horrible and brought me countless pains."
"But later I realized that without this body, I wouldn't be 'Shi Ji Yu', I wouldn't exist in this world, and I wouldn't have met you."
“…”
"Alian..."
"I'm here, don't cry." He Yuezhe gently patted the girl's back and comforted her.
"Alian, Alian..." The girl cried like a child, howling and collapsing.
"Little fish, don't cry, don't cry. If you cry again, you will fall back into the pond."
“…”
“…”
"What did you say?" The girl raised her head and looked at He Yuezhe in disbelief.
"..." He Yuezhe didn't know why he said that just now. He just felt that Shi Jiyu was crying too hard, and this sentence seemed to be able to comfort her.
"Alian, thank you," the girl said with a wry smile, "I'm much better now, thank you."
"……You're welcome."
"Let's stop here for today. I'm a little sleepy."
"good."
"Awu, show the guest out."
"Okay, sister."
“…”
“…”
"Squeak."
"Bang."
Following the thin little girl called "Awu" out of the room and watching her close the door, He Yuezhe heard faint sobbing sounds coming from the room.
"Girl, let's go." Awu pulled He Yuezhe's sleeve.
"Well, is it okay for her to be like this?"
"It's okay. My sister is always like this. She said to just let her relax."
"All right."
"Young lady, please come with me. My sister has instructed me to take you to the weapons room to pick out some handy weapons. After all, although we have already said it, your friends still need your help. My sister will not cancel their mission to hunt you for the time being."
"Okay, tell her for me. Thank you."
"Um."
He Yuezhe followed Awu, turning left and right in the house, passing many ponds and many bushes, and finally entered a small courtyard.
"Girl, we're here." Awu stopped.
"Shall I go in on my own?"
"Well, Awu doesn't understand these things, so the girl can choose for herself."
"Squeak."
"Okay, please wait outside for a moment."
"Bang."
After closing the door, He Yuezhe was so overwhelmed by the dazzling array of weapons in the room that his blood boiled.
"Oh my God..." He Yuezhe was used to using the low-quality daggers made by herself at the blacksmith's expense in this world. This was the first time she saw such a weapon with such exquisite craftsmanship.
She ran her finger across the blade, and blood instantly spurted out: "So sharp."
The knife was well-made, and the handle was wrapped neatly and beautifully. He Yuezhe fell in love with it at first sight. Unfortunately, the knife was not flexible enough. It could be used when there was no suitable weapon, but it was not suitable as a regular weapon.
Well, I'd better pick a dagger.
The room wasn't large, but the walls and the many tables were covered with weapons.
There were all kinds of knives, swords, daggers, bows, etc. He Yuezhe looked at them one by one, and there were a lot more small cuts on his hands.
But after walking around a whole circle, He Yuezhe still didn't find a suitable one. She always felt that those daggers didn't fit her hand well.
"Knock knock." There was a knock on the door.
"Awu?" He Yuezhe walked over.
“Whoosh!”
"It seems something is unbearable."
He Yuezhe dodged the dagger by leaning sideways. The dagger stabbed into the door, and flames started, instantly burning a hole in the door.
She decisively grasped the dagger and pulled it out of the door.
"Sizzle..."
The sound of flames burning flesh was heard, and He Yuezhe felt that his hand was about to be burned.
"So it's you." Looking at the dagger that she was so familiar with, He Yuezhe said, "But can you also travel through worlds?"
"...Why is there blood on your hands again!" The dagger was silent for a moment, then screamed, "I hate you!!"
"What do you mean there's blood again? If you don't use your hands to test the sharpness, what else can you use?" He Yuezhe wondered.
The dagger struggled in her hand, trying to escape: "I hate you! Let me go! Let me go!!"
"Wait, can't we talk?" He Yuezhe grabbed it, thought about it, used it to cut his other hand, and dripped blood on it.
"I don't want your blood! I don't want your blood!" Dagger trembled all over. "You lunatic! Let me go!!"
"I think you are pretty good. We have worked together so many times. Why don't we work together this time?" He Yuezhe asked with a smile.
"I don't want it! I want freedom! I want freedom!"
"You don't seem to have the power to choose."
"Madman! Madman! It was you who insisted on testing that formation on me, forcing me to be inseparable from you. Otherwise, I would have been free long ago!"
"Awu, I've made my choice."
He Yuezhe happily pushed open the door and shouted to the little girl standing in the yard, "I accidentally broke the door. I'll bring some wood to fix it tomorrow."
"...Okay," Awu nodded. "Girl, the dagger you picked is really beautiful. It's red and it sparkles."
"Yeah, I think so too."
"But I don't think I've ever seen it in the room. Did you have to look for it?"
"..." He Yuezhe and the dagger exchanged a glance, "Indeed, it's hidden very deeply."
"Madman! Madman! I don't bother hiding!"
"So you want them to know that you're a dagger who came here on your own?"
"snort!"
"Be good."
"Miss, please follow me. It's getting late, and Sister Ji Huai is still waiting for you outside."
"good."
It did take some time to choose the weapons. When He Yuezhe followed Awu to the door of the house, it was already dark.
"Awu, just send it here." He Yuezhe noticed a light drizzle and walked under the eaves. He looked at Awu and said, "It's raining. Go back to your room quickly. Be careful not to get sick."
"Okay," Awu nodded. "Master Lian, could you please bless Awu and Awu's sister to grow up healthy?"
"Are you sick?" He Yuezhe squatted down and took her hand.
"Well, Awu's eyes can't see clearly, and my sister's ears can't hear."
"Poor child, the immortal will bless you, but the premise is that you must be happy every day and don't give up on yourself."
"If Awu and her sister don't give up on themselves, they will be happy every day."
"The immortal will definitely bless you."
"Well, thank you, Immortal. Awu will bandage your wound."
"Um."
There were already several strips of cloth tied around He Yuezhe's hands. Awu held her hands, looked at them in confusion, and finally picked up the bandages and wrapped them around them a few more times.
"Can immortals also get hurt?" Awu muttered.
"What does Awu think is considered an immortal?"
"Hmm, quite an impressive person, huh?"
"Half of what Awu said is right, and the other half is wrong."
"Why?"
"Awu, I'm just like your sister. We're both very ordinary people, even disabled. But why am I called an immortal?"
"Why?"
"Indeed, I am very powerful and can defeat many people, but this is far from enough. An immortal must be able to completely accept everything about herself and love everything about herself. In this way, all pain and suffering will no longer be able to bother her. She will be indestructible and omnipotent."
"So that's how it is." Awu nodded.
"So Awu wants to become an immortal?"
"Awu...Awu wants to protect my sister, my younger sister, and everyone in the house. If I could become an immortal, I could protect them, Awu wants to!"
"Awu, starting from tomorrow, I will teach you martial arts, okay?"
"Really? But, but Awu can't see clearly, will it have any impact?"
"Awu, I will find a way to cure your eyes. Before that, we just need to do some basic exercises. Don't worry, I'm here to protect you."
"Well, Awu agrees. Pinky promise."
"Hook."
Shi Jiyu's physical condition was so poor that He Yuezhe realized at the first sight that she was barely alive.
He didn't meet anyone while walking around the house. In addition, Shi Jixue and the others were at the Lotus Sect, so He Yuezhe guessed that there shouldn't be many people around Shi Jiyu.
She didn't want Shi Ji Yu to die, so she wanted to train the people around her to become strong so that they could protect her in the end.
Then Awu is the best candidate.
"Good boy Awu, I'm leaving. I'll come earlier tomorrow. Will you wait for me at the door?" He Yuezhe stood up and touched Awu's head.
"Yes." Awu responded obediently, "Goodbye, Immortal."
"goodbye."
"Bang."
After walking out of the house and closing the door, He Yuezhe shook the dagger in his hand and put it into the bag on his waist where the dagger was originally placed.
She planned to leave the dagger to Awu to see if he liked it. If he didn't like it, it was not worth much anyway, so she could just throw it away.
"Miss He! Miss He! You finally came out! I'll be right down!"
Shi Jihuai's voice came from the upstairs of the teahouse nearby. He Yuezhe looked up and saw a girl in black clothes, holding on to the railing, turning over and jumping down.
"Be careful!" He Yuezhe ran over to catch her.
"Oh my," Shi Jihuai exclaimed, "I'm scared. I thought this wasn't that high."
"Thank you so much, Miss He. Luckily you were here, otherwise I would have broken all my bones!"
"Have you been sitting here all afternoon?"
"Yes, the tea and snacks here are delicious. I often come here to eat." Shi Jihuai patted the sawdust and dust on his body.
"Oh, by the way," He Yuezhe took the cloth bag she handed over, "Awu and I have agreed to train here starting tomorrow. Can you come and help lead the way for me?"
"Of course, let's go to the market tomorrow. Tomorrow is Sunday, market day. There will definitely be a lot of new things and it will be very lively!"
The two walked towards the Xiaolianzi Inn.
"sure."
"Can you tell me what she said to you today?"
"Some past events."
"oh--"
"Don't you call her sister like Awu?"
"She and I are from the same generation. Only kids like Awu call Jiyu sister!"
"But you look younger than her."
"No! My number is number two. Although we are in the same batch, my number is smaller than hers. I am older than her."
"oh oh."
"You don't look like you believe me!"
"No."
"Oh my god, wait, Miss He, why is your waist bag on fire? Where did the fire come from?"
"...It's okay, maybe there's a fire somewhere. I'll get a sturdier one next time."
"Hey, I just noticed, Miss He, you changed your dagger, didn't you? This dagger looks better with the rabbit pendant."
"Yeah."
"Delicious, delicious! I haven't been back to the water town for a long time, I miss my osmanthus cake so much!"
"Alright, eat slowly, or you might choke to death."
"Miss Tang cursed me again!"
"Sister Tang is concerned about you."
"Uh, cough, cough, cough, Brother Yuan, Brother Yuan, quickly give me my water bottle!"
"Here."
"Cough cough cough!"
"Brother Ban, I have a handkerchief here, give it to you!"
"Cough cough cough thank you cough cough cough! Phew, phew, phew, I'm finally better."
"I told you to eat slowly. You've been back for so long this time. It's not like you'll lose money if you eat less!"
"Hey, why did my wallet fall?!"
“Ban Wei Le!!!!”
“…”
"Miss He, why are you in a daze?"
“Those people, are…?”
"Oh, it's our people! Miss Tang, Miss Chen, Brother Ban, and Brother Yuan, you're finally back!"
"Ban Weile, stop right there! Oh, Ji Huai, it's you! Long time no see! Who is this?"
"Oh, this is my friend. He's been coming to the organization quite often lately. His name is He Yuezhe. You two might want to meet him!"
“…”
You guys are here after all.
He Yuezhe heard his heart beating very heavily.
Then came a dizziness.
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