Time slipped by unnoticed.
What flies by is not time, but the joy of childhood, the childhood we still long to return to even in our old age.
"Little Yue'er, come here quickly!"
"I'm here!"
"Hurry up, or I'm going to eat all the pastries."
Li Qishang's voice was loud, filling the entire narrow valley. Guan Zhiyue was now three years old.
At an age where they can run, jump, eat, drink, sleep, and play, they were seen in the back garden...
A chubby, pink-cheeked girl who looks like a little round ball.
Her hair was tied into two buns, with two red ribbons hanging from them.
It's especially festive; it looks like a lucky doll.
"Brother, I've caught you."
"You have to give me your pastries."
Guan Zhiyue shot towards Li Qishang like a small cannonball.
Just as they were about to encounter Li Qishang, Li Qiji appeared out of nowhere.
He scooped Guan Zhiyue into his arms and lightly patted her bottom twice.
"You're being naughty, how could you steal some pastries?"
"Have you forgotten you need to take your medicine now?"
Li Qiji put the person on the ground and spoke to her gently.
Upon hearing Li Qiji's words, Guan Zhiyue immediately burst into tears.
"Waaaaah... Brother Ji bullied me, waaaaah..."
"Brother Lan, waaaaah, ah waaaah."
Li Qiji was speechless. He was just genuinely concerned about her; he hadn't bullied her at all!
She can't eat these pastries! Daoist Qiongshan said it's forbidden for her to eat them now, since they weren't prepared by him!
Lan Shanqi has gradually transformed from a chubby boy into a slender one, and the four men are all handsome in their own way.
Li Qiji remained aloof, perhaps that was just his nature.
No matter how warm others are, it can't change the fact that Li Qishang has been incredibly cute since he was a child!
Lan Shanqi acted like a caring older brother, as if he could handle any trouble Guan Zhiyue caused.
Yuan Ningsu is intermittently insane. When he's not insane, he's aloof and arrogant, but when he goes insane, he doesn't even know who his parents are.
Lan Shanqi heard Guan Zhiyue's shouts and rushed over from outside.
He squatted down beside Guan Zhiyue, reached out to wipe away her tears, patted her back and said, "Little Yue'er, why are you crying?"
"Brother Lan, he bullied me and wouldn't give Yue'er any pastries."
Guan Zhiyue's voice was adorable as she sobbed and complained to Lan Shanqi.
Lan Shanqi stood up with a smile and gently patted Li Qiji on the shoulder.
Then she said, "Oh, is that so? So Brother Lan hit him. Look, Brother Xiaoyue hit him."
Let him bully you. Come on, let's not cry anymore, let's go play somewhere else.
Guan Zhiyue raised her hand and rubbed her little face, which was covered in dirt, making her look like a dirty little cat.
****
A sudden storm raged during the night, with lightning illuminating the entire dark night.
Guan Zhiyue woke up in bed without crying or making a fuss. She hugged a small pillow, walked barefoot through the rainy night.
Do you think she's scared?
But she can also navigate through rainy nights. Don't you think she's afraid?
But I can toss and turn in bed, unable to sleep, and I tremble whenever I see lightning.
Arriving at Li Qiji's room, they pushed open the door and went inside.
Because of the lightning, Li Qiji was not asleep on the bed. Instead, he lay flat on the bed, counting the distance of the lightning outside.
The creaking of the wooden door startled him awake from bed. He looked at the small pillow he was clutching...
Guan Zhiyue, dressed in thin clothes, stood outside the door; a torrential downpour was falling outside.
Lightning flashed and clashed, accompanied by howling, icy winds.
"Little Yue'er, what brings you here?"
Li Qiji scrambled off the bed, not even putting on his shoes, and rushed to the door.
"Brother, hug me."
Guan Zhiyue held her small pillow high with both hands, wanting Li Qiji to hold her in his arms.
In an instant, Li Qiji's heart melted. He was already a ten-year-old child.
He should have moved aside, but he couldn't help wanting to step forward and protect her.
"elder brother."
Li Qiji carried the person into the house and wrapped the person up with a towel.
Touching her body, her hair was already wet, and with a somewhat displeased expression, he tapped Guan Zhiyue's nose.
"Moon, have you been naughty? How could you run out of the house without wearing clothes and shoes?"
"Afraid."
Upon hearing this, Li Qiji paused for a moment while drying her hair.
Then he said, "So you came all this way to find your brother, weren't you afraid?"
"I'm not afraid."
"You silly girl, come on, let your brother dry you off."
Li Qiji gently dried her hair and changed her wet clothes.
He put on one of his undergarments, held her in his arms, and fell asleep peacefully.
"Doraemon, let's go! Let's go steal bird eggs!"
Yuan Ningsu had a roguish look on his face, with a blade of grass he'd picked from who-knows-where in his mouth.
He was casually sitting with his legs crossed, watching Lan Shanqi practicing martial arts to the side.
"Fine, I'll go."
Upon hearing this, Guan Zhiyue's eyes widened, and she sat down on the prepared blanket.
She played with them in the yard; she played on the ground while the others practiced martial arts on the side.
Li Qiji didn't want to go, but the two of them dragged him along to be a referee.
Li Qishang moved closer to Guan Zhiyue, and the two of them played happily on the ground.
"Little sister, you're so clever! When I grow up, I'll marry you and make you my concubine, okay?"
"Brother, what is a concubine? Can you eat her?"
"The concubines cannot eat, but they can have many delicious foods."
"Oh, really?"
"That's for sure, but she has to be my concubine first."
"Okay, then when I grow up I will be your concubine, and you must give me lots of delicious food."
Li Qishang smiled as he watched Guan Zhiyue extend her little finger.
"Then let's make a pinky promise. When you grow up, you'll be my concubine, and when I grow up, I'll marry you and make you my concubine."
"Okay, when I grow up I will be my brother's concubine."
Two little kids, so innocently, pinky swear and sealed their vows, thinking that the promise could last forever, but in the end, it was still just a "but".
After the three little ones returned from collecting bird eggs, Daoist Qiongshan came over with a boy who looked to be about ten years old.
Qiongshan Daoist was very angry when he saw Lan Shanqi's dirty clothes.
He was severely reprimanded and punished by being forbidden from eating and forced to copy books.
Finally, they introduced this new friend, who was also there for treatment.
His illness was caused by being possessed by a demon through martial arts practice, which blocked his blood vessels and disrupted his blood circulation.
The little boy was exceptionally fair-skinned and delicate, like a celestial being descended to earth, giving off an air of aloofness and loneliness.
Guan Zhiyue smiled broadly at the boy and called out in a pleasant voice, "Handsome brother."
The boy paused, looking down at the ground, and saw a child who was as round as a ball.
She was looking at him with a smile, while he looked at her with obvious disdain. But the girl seemed oblivious.
He got up from the ground and walked towards him.
Those dirty little hands reached out and grabbed his hand, and a strange feeling welled up from the bottom of his heart.
The boy couldn't help but look down at the child's face, which was a little dirty. He couldn't resist raising his hand to wipe it clean for her.
The Taoist priest from Qiongshan was very gentle. He smiled and pulled Guan Zhiyue over, saying cheerfully, "His name is Su Xu."
"Brother Su."
The soft, cute voice shattered Su Xu's frozen heart; it was so warm and comforting!
No one had ever called him that before, and he found it quite novel!
He liked the chubby little boy in front of him, the one who was as round as a ball!
Four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the promised meeting has arrived. Guan Hongsheng arrived at the gate of Guiling Valley early in the morning.
Having let down his guard, he was now simply a father.
He wanted an incompetent father, and he solemnly knelt at the front door.
They sincerely wanted to pay their respects to Daoist Qiongshan; they had come to take her daughter away.
He wanted to come and take away his daughter who had suffered so much, he wanted to come and take away his only daughter in his life.
"General Guan, you flatter me. My daughter is fine now, please take her away!"
"Infinite Heavenly Venerable!"
Guan Hongsheng kowtowed heavily to the Taoist priest of Qiongshan before finally seeing his daughter, whom he had never met before.
This is just a ball!
Why are you so fat?
The Taoist of Qiongshan mentioned in his letter that he was fat, but this is just too fat!
this...
"Master, this..."
"The effects of the medicine are beyond my control," said Daoist Qiongshan, somewhat embarrassed as he looked at Guan Zhiyue, who had now swollen into a ball.
However, Guan Hongsheng didn't say anything and took the person away.
Li Qiji and the others also left Guiling Valley not long after Guan Zhiyue left.
From then on, Guiling Valley became a thing of the past. No matter how many memories they had, they would all eventually become the past, the past of their childhood!
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