Chapter 70 Because it is precious, I give it to you
In a cave between the cliff walls, two little men were applying medicine to each other.
Xihe's arms and elbows were all broken and hurt when touched.
"Hiss~ Little brother, be gentle!" The powder hurt so much when it touched her skin that the little girl kept shrinking back.
Xiao Mingxuan remained silent, holding Xihe in his arms and slowly applying medicine and bandaging the wound.
The other party didn't say anything, and Xihe felt a little uneasy. "Little brother, what's wrong with you? I don't feel any pain anymore."
"How can it not hurt?" Xiao Mingxuan was startled by his own hoarse voice as he opened his mouth. It sounded very much like the last words of an old man in his seventies or eighties on his deathbed. "Do you know how dangerous it was just now? If I had entered the cave earlier, you would..."
He was knocked off a cliff, stabilizing himself with the help of vines on the rock wall. As he fell, he discovered this cave and used his strength to swing in mid-air. As if sensing something, he was a moment slower, and caught Xihe who jumped down from above.
"Little brother, I'm fine. Touch me, I'm hot!" Xihe took Xiao Mingxuan's hand and stroked her cheek.
Feeling the warmth to the touch, Xiao Mingxuan's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down.
"Xiao Xier, why did you jump down with me?" he suddenly asked, his eyes seemed to contain thousands of years of pain, as bright as obsidian, emitting a few rays of starlight.
"Because you fell down, little brother, I came down too."
The situation was urgent at the time, and Xihe subconsciously followed and flipped over. Now when he thinks about it carefully, he is actually a little scared.
"Aren't you afraid of death?" Xiao Mingxuan felt as if there was a ball of anger stuck in his chest, neither rising nor falling, making it extremely difficult for him to bear.
"I'm not afraid." The little girl smiled brightly, her eyes seemed to be filled with dazzling stars, so bright that a few starlights would appear at any time. "Xihe is not afraid of death! At most, I'm a little afraid of pain."
Then he continued, "Actually, I don't know what I was thinking at the time. When I saw you fall, I immediately thought about catching you. Xihe... wanted to stay with you, little brother. I am a good child who keeps my promises and will not forget."
Xiao Mingxuan looked at Xihe softly without saying a word. After a long moment, he hugged her tightly, leaving no room for any gaps.
The wind started to blow outside, and the bells in the little girl's hair rang.
The sound rang out, and that was the most determined choice lingering in Xiao Mingxuan's heart.
After a long time, Xiao Mingxuan's voice rang out in the quiet cave, "Xiao Xi'er, thank you. I... am very happy."
His thoughts drifted back to many years ago, when his mother was still alive. Everyone said that he was a cold-hearted person who was destined to be lonely for the rest of his life.
He didn't understand what everyone was talking about love. At that time, his mother told him that if there is someone you want to give everything to protect, regardless of life or death, that person is the one you are destined to be entangled with for the rest of your life.
Xiao Mingxuan only had two things in his purse.
A jade pendant and a hairpin, intertwined and entangled.
He took out a hairpin and handed it to Xihe.
"This is your mother's hairpin." The little girl held the hairpin in both hands, looking at Xiao Mingxuan eagerly, her eyes full of questions.
"Xiao Xi'er, you have to keep this hairpin safe. Don't lose it. Do you hear me?"
Xihe opened her mouth slightly, "But... this is a very precious thing of yours, how can you give it to me?"
"Why not?" Xiao Mingxuan relaxed his expression, leaning against the wall beside him, looking at the clouds outside the cave calmly, "It's because it's precious, so... I gave it to you."
"Are you sure... give it to me?" the little girl confirmed again.
Xiao Mingxuan nodded, opened her red lips, and uttered two words, "OK."
The little girl blinked as she looked at the hairpin, and solemnly put it into her purse. The next second, a hairpin appeared in the mustard seed space in her body, and was put on the box with a ban on it.
"Don't worry, little brother, Xihe will definitely keep it well! Even if I lose it, it won't be lost!"
Unexpectedly, Xiao Mingxuan's expression changed slightly, and he said softly: "Don't talk nonsense!"
The little girl quietly stuck out her tongue, then sat obediently aside.
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Although the cave was small, Xihe couldn't sit still. He looked left and right, full of curiosity.
"Little brother, what is this painting?"
There were some pictures on the wall that Xihe could not understand. It would be a bit far-fetched to call them pictures. They were more like special symbols.
Xiao Mingxuan's fingers stroked the symbols, muttering something in his mouth. He had a guess in his mind, and then he walked to a place. The stone under his hand was a little loose. With a light press, the wall behind him collapsed, revealing a passage.
Then, a force came from the dim passage and sucked the two people in. A stone door suddenly descended behind them, blocking the return passage.
He initially thought that this was a temporary resting place for pickers, but now it seems that it is not that simple. It is probably left there deliberately by someone.
To conceal the entrance to somewhere?
"Little brother, are we going in?" The passage was dark, with only a few weak oil lamps, which was quite eerie. "Little brother, I... I'm a little afraid of the dark."
Xiao Mingxuan pressed the stone door tentatively and shook his head helplessly, "The stone door is locked. There is no turning back. Either go forward or be trapped here to death."
Xiao Mingxuan carried Xihe on his back and walked forward step by step with the faint light of the oil lamp.
"Little brother, please put Xihe down. Xihe can walk on her own." The little girl also had a bell tied to her ankle, which rang with every step. "You are still injured."
Xiao Mingxuan didn't respond. He endured the dull pain in his chest and slowly walked forward. "Nothing. This place is too weird. There might be some trap. It's better to carry you on my back."
Xihe did not argue anymore. Instead, she took out a pill from her purse and put it to Xiao Mingxuan's mouth, "Little brother, eat it~"
The light was too dim, and Xiao Mingxuan couldn't see clearly what it was, so he swallowed it with the help of the little girl. He suddenly paused and asked, "Pills?"
"Yes~" Xihe lay on Xiao Mingxuan's back, with her little head resting on his shoulder, and said cheerfully, "After eating this, the pain won't go away, little brother."
Xiao Mingxuan's eyes darkened as he walked forward on his own. When he reached the darkness, his expression was hidden in a black mist. He only spoke casually, "Xiao Xi'er, you are a treasure box, right? You can conjure up anything."
The little girl choked and stuttered as soon as she spoke. She looked around but didn't dare look at Xiao Mingxuan. "I'm not a treasure chest, I'm Xihe~ Tianshuo's most beautiful little princess, Xihe!"
Xiao Mingxuan smiled silently and didn't ask any more questions.
It's ok, no cheating.
Fortunately, there was no mechanism, and the two walked for a quarter of an hour before they saw a little light.
"Brother, it's over."
Xiao Mingxuan stopped, looking a little hesitant. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and walked out.
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