According to the information provided by Annie, Du Ze and Xiu Huaqian were teleported to the snowy town closest to the extreme cold land.

As soon as the magic teleportation array came out, a certain silly guy froze to death. One minute ago, it was warm and humid in the south, and one minute later, it was icy and snowy in the north. Next to the teleportation array was a clothing store, which was probably prepared for unprepared mercenaries like Du Ze. Du Ze was taken into the clothing store by Xiu. After the two came out, Xiu changed into a blue and white cotton coat, while Du Ze was directly wrapped up like a fur ball, and was still shivering.

It's freezing! QAQ

Du Ze's fur hood moved unevenly, and the little phoenix poked its head out, its black eyes curiously looking at the white world. The town in front of him was covered in silver, and snow was everywhere. Xiu looked at the shivering silly ball, stretched out his right hand and held Du Ze's left hand. Du Ze shuddered at the first contact with Xiu's hand, because the other's hand was even colder than his. The clasped hands were gradually covered with a layer of light green light, and Du Ze felt a warm current coming from the palm of his hand and spreading throughout his body.

Xiu took Du Ze and started walking towards the destination. Du Ze stared at their joined hands and for some reason remembered a sentence he had seen before.

——My palms are cold because no one cares for them.

Du Ze felt a sharp pain, like a needle piercing his heart. If Xiu knew that he was the culprit...

Xiu stopped and Du Ze almost bumped into him. It was only then that he realized that they had arrived at the cabin where Edie and Lolo were. Xiu stood in the snow and stared at the cabin with an indescribable look. When he walked to the wooden door and was about to knock, there was only coldness in his green eyes, as if all his emotions had settled and condensed into biting ice.

“Tick, tick.”

The wooden door opened quickly, and a young man with gray hair and blue eyes stood at the door. He was stunned the moment he saw Xiu. Du Ze looked at the gray-haired young man who grew up with Xiu, and his expression was very haggard. In "Mixed Blood", Yi Ye Zhi Qiu did not describe Edie much, and she followed Xiu like a shadow. The most ironic thing is that when Edie finally stood out instead of being a shadow, he did not do it to protect his best friend, but to draw a clear line with Xiu.

This is what made Du Ze extremely angry. Princess Kelly was unfamiliar with him. Daniel and Ulrika only knew each other at the Magic and Martial Arts School. How could Edie and Lolo, who grew up with the Master, not know what kind of person Xiu was! ? Evil! Will you die if you speak for the Master! If it weren't for the recognition of the vast majority of people, the Temple of Light would not be so determined to regard the Master as evil. Princess Kelly sent Xiu to the edge of the cliff, while Edie and others gently pushed him with their hands, and Xiu was doomed from then on.

Therefore, in the original story, when the evil Xiu returned, he dumped everyone. During the ice crystal grass mission, Idi did not recognize Xiu in his elf form. They went up the snowy mountain together, subdued the monster guarding the ice crystal grass, and picked the ice crystal grass. When they were going down the mountain, they encountered an avalanche. After the avalanche, Xiu found Idi, but found that Idi was hanging on the edge of the ice cliff in danger. Then...

All readers covered their faces: The protagonist is really good at selling scumbags.

So Du Ze's mood is particularly complicated now. He doesn't want to see Xiu continue to be a scumbag, but if he doesn't take this task, Xiu will never forget it in his heart even if he doesn't say it on the surface. Edie and Luoluo are like a thorn stuck in Xiu's heart. If the thorn is not pulled out, it will always make the wound rot.

"Who are you...?" Edie came back to his senses and asked warily. Although the silver-haired elf and the black-haired young man opposite him had no expression, he felt that they were not friendly.

Xiu silently looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar face. He once thought that he would lose control, but at this moment his heart was empty and he felt nothing. Only a warmth came from his right hand, which was Du Ze's warmth.

It was enough for him to just hold on to this person.

Edie saw the silver-haired elf indifferently put the mercenary certificate in front of him, and the task column on it showed "Find Ice Crystal Grass". Edie's eyes lit up instantly, but when he saw the E grade on the mercenary certificate, the light quickly extinguished.

Idi forced a smile and said, "Thank you for taking on this mission, but the difficulty of this mission is actually A-level—"

Edie's words stopped abruptly. The attack that just passed by his ear was so fast that he couldn't see it clearly. He was already at the level of an intermediate swordsman, so the elf in front of him was most likely a master swordsman? And for some reason, Edie had the illusion that the attack just now was actually intended to cut off his neck. This feeling was soon abandoned by Edie. He began to get excited. The opponent had shown him a strong strength, and this trip to the snowy mountains was more certain. In fact, Edie had decided to go to the extremely cold land alone today, because Luo Luo's fire poison could no longer be delayed.

"What do you want in return?" Edie asked.

The elf on the other side finally spoke, his voice as cold as the feeling he gave people: "Let's talk when I get back."

"Then can we set out in the afternoon?" Edie asked anxiously, then realized that she seemed to be too impatient: "Sorry, my companion is in urgent need of ice crystal grass now."

Xiu looked inside the cabin, nodded gently, and then turned and left with Du Ze. Edie was stunned for a moment before realizing that the other party was probably going to make preparations. He suddenly remembered that he didn't know the names of the two people yet.

"What are your names?"

Xiu walked forward without paying any attention, and Du Ze turned around and said to Edie at the door word by word: "His name is Xiu."

The repair that you once abandoned.

Edie stood in front of the cabin and was completely stunned when she heard the name in her memory.

***

The Land of Extreme Cold is full of snowy mountains, forming a barrier of ice and snow in the north of the Chaos Continent. It is said that only divine power can cross the highest and largest peak. A reader once commented that the Land of Extreme Cold is the northernmost part of the Chaos Continent, so what would it be like to cross the Land of Extreme Cold? Yi Ye Zhi Qiu replied: You will fall down.

It is a real fall. Chaos Continent is a suspended plate, divided into two sides, even the ocean has an end. Only the Space Eye of the Lost Land can travel back and forth between the front and back of Chaos Continent. If you walk to the edge of Chaos Continent, you will fall. As for where you will fall, only the author knows.

Du Ze and his team climbed the snowy mountain for almost two days. At midnight on the second day, they finally climbed to a snowy peak. They looked down and saw a shallow valley at the other end of the snowy mountain. The bottom of the valley was full of crystal clear ice grass. The branches and leaves made of ice stretched freely, and the delicate veins could be seen clearly. Under the moonlight, the ice grass was bright blue and transparent like glass.

Du Ze had no intention of appreciating such a beautiful scenery. He just felt cold, all kinds of cold. The cold made his whole body stiff and he couldn't even shiver. The temperature in the extremely cold land was lower than that in the ice town, not to mention that it was the coldest time of the day.

"Let's rest here. The monster will come out when we go down. It's said to be a hellhound." Edie paused, staring at Xiu, and said hesitantly, "Can you lead it away for a while? It only takes a while, and I can pick the ice crystal grass."

In the original text, Idi also proposed this to Xiu, but when they went down, they found that it was not an ordinary hellhound, but the legendary three-headed hellhound Cerberus. Although it caused some trouble to Xiu, it was eventually tamed by Xiu and became one of the pets of the Lord.

After seeing Xiu nod, Edie breathed a sigh of relief and quickly made a resting point. The two parties sat down face to face, marking an invisible boundary. Edie looked at the silly ball frozen into an ice stick on the opposite side, hesitated for a moment, then took out a water bottle from the package and pushed it over.

"Take a sip. It will warm you up."

It was Xiu who picked up the kettle. He opened the lid and the aroma of wine gushed out. Du Ze saw Xiu Qian take a sip and then pass the kettle to him. It seemed that he acquiesced?

Du Ze seldom drinks, because he has basically no one to drink with, and only drinks a few times with his parents during holidays. Alcohol is the only drink that can make people feel warm in the cold. Du Ze is really cold, so he picked up the kettle and started drinking.

The wine tasted fruity and not too strong. Even a novice like Du Ze found it very delicious. Edie breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know why he always felt that he was disliked by the two people opposite him. Edie took out a water bottle from his bag. After being coldly rejected by Xiu, the gray-haired young man opened the water bottle and started drinking.

The snow-capped mountains were extremely quiet in the middle of the night, with two moons close together, and the bright moonlight illuminated everything.

"Your name is Xiu, right?" As if she didn't expect to get a reply from the stern-looking elf, Edie continued to talk to herself: "I once had a brother, and his name was also Xiu."

Perhaps because he had drunk too much, Edie started to talk more. I don't know if it was because of the familiar name or the gradually increasing alcohol that made him start to reveal his long-suppressed emotions to a stranger.

"He's very dazzling, and everyone likes him...so does Lolo." Edie was silent for a while, then said, "I'm jealous."

"Lolo is my companion. She, I and that person grew up together. I like Lolo, but she could only see that person from beginning to end. Even when that person had changed, Lolo still ran to me happily and said that she wanted to go with that person." Edie covered her expression with a water bottle: "So I made a mistake."

On the silent snow-capped peaks, Edith's hoarse words echoed in the night.

"I betrayed my best brother."

He knocked Luo Luo unconscious, and then notified the Temple of Light to go to the mass grave. After doing all this, he did not get joy, but endless confusion. Year after year, this confusion gradually turned into bone-biting regret.

"I don't dare to like Luo Luo anymore. I just want to find that person and return Luo Luo to him intact."

There were drops of water on the snow, but they were not wine.

From beginning to end, Xiu's expression did not waver at all. He just looked at Edie indifferently, watching her shed tears of regret, without any ripples in his heart. Edie's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally she murmured vague words that were completely incomprehensible, completely immersed in her own world. Xiu seemed to feel bored, he looked at Du Ze beside him, and then he was stunned.

Du Ze held the empty water bottle, and even though there was no more wine in it, he kept drinking it. In sharp contrast to his funny movements was his serious expression. The black-haired young man had a solemn face, and there was no sign of drunkenness at all.

Xiu reached out and pulled out the empty water bottle. Du Ze looked at the silver-haired elf who took his water bottle. His black eyes were unusually bright. Xiu originally thought Du Ze was drunk, but when he saw Du Ze's clear eyes, he called out uncertainly, "Du Ze?"

Du Ze opened his mouth: "Du Ze."

"What's wrong with you?" Xiu asked subconsciously, and then saw the black-haired young man repeat his words again: "What's wrong with you?"

“…”

Xiu is now very sure that a certain stupid guy is drunk. He didn't expect that there would be someone in the world who would not make noise when drunk, but would repeat other people's words seriously, although his voice was always flat and there was no change in tone.

The little phoenix jumped out of Du Ze's hood, landed on the water bottle in Xiu's hand, looked up at Xiu and Du Ze, and said, "Jiubi."

Du Ze said expressionlessly: "Jiubi."

The little phoenix spread its wings with great excitement: this was the first time its mother responded to its chirp!

"Chubi, chubi, chubi—"

Xiu grabbed the lively ball of fluff, and the little phoenix calmed down in his hand. Xiu looked at Du Ze who repeated the little phoenix's cry word by word, and finally couldn't help but curl his lips. He stared at Du Ze's face, which was red and puffy due to the alcohol, and had an urge to bite it, so he did so. Du Ze touched the place where he was bitten, and even though he didn't have any expression, he still gave people a silly and cute feeling.

Under the moonlight, the silver-haired elf gazed at the black-haired young man and whispered, "I like you."

Du Ze said to Xiu: "I like you."

His heartbeat gradually quickened, even though he knew it was nothing but self-deception, he still enjoyed it.

"I belong to you."

Du Ze said, "I belong to you."

"I won't leave you."

Du Ze said, "I will not leave you."

"forever?"

"forever."

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After the avalanche, Xiu removed the magic and walked out from the protection of the plants. All he saw was a vast expanse of white, and Edie didn't know where she was washed away. The avalanche was so swift that it arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye.

Xiu called out Cerberus, and the three hellhounds sniffed and led Xiu to an ice cliff, which was so deep and dark that he could not see the bottom. Xiu saw Edie hanging on a tree branch at a glance. It was probably the avalanche that had just washed Edie down the ice cliff, and Edie grabbed the only branch to avoid falling to death.

Edie was hanging on a tree branch, about to fall. He didn't dare to shout loudly for fear of triggering another avalanche. When he saw Xiu, the gray-haired young man's eyes lit up instantly.

"Give me a hand—"

However, Xiu just stood on the edge of the cliff, indifferent. Edie looked at Xiu in confusion, and when he was about to shout again, Xiu finally spoke.

"You want to know my name?"

Edie was stunned. He had asked the other party several times before, but the other party never told him his name. But now was not a good time to chat. Edie felt that the branch that had supported him for a long time seemed to be reaching its limit.

Xiu looked down at Edie and said word by word: "My name is Xiu."

Edie was hanging on the ice cliff. She was stunned when she heard the name in her memory. The elf in front of her had the same name as that person?

What happened next made Edie almost think he was dreaming. He watched helplessly as the silver-haired elf turned into a young human with blond hair and blue eyes. The familiar yet unfamiliar handsome face was exactly that of his childhood playmate in his memory.

Xiu met Edie's incredulous gaze and slowly forced himself to smile.

"Why didn't you help me at the beginning?"

——Excerpt from "Mixed Blood"

The author has something to say: Reader: Alcohol can warm the body.

Author: It can also be chaotic.

Protagonist: (Silently takes out a barrel of wine)