Xiao Weisheng had no doubts. Hearing his parents' voices getting closer, he slipped out and said, "Then I'll come find you again next time! Let's meet here again next time!"
So the two little ones made this sheltered but not very sunny spot their secret hideout. After Xiao Weisheng left that place, his father dragged him home by the ear, yelling, "You brat, running around everywhere! All I did was let you practice martial arts! You're acting like you're going to die! Where's your shawl? Why are you only wearing one layer of clothing…?"
As the sounds gradually receded from his location, Xiao Zi Sang Yi relaxed and wrapped himself tightly in the cloak that Xiao Wei Sheng Liu had given him. The two were about the same age, but Xiao Wei Sheng Liu looked much stronger and was much thicker than him.
Zi Sangyi curled up inside and fell asleep. This was the first time in many years that he had fallen asleep in this place and felt warm all over.
The next meeting with Xiaowei Shengliu was not at their secret base, but in a dog hole. Xiaowei Shengliu was crawling through the dog hole, while Xiaozi Sangyi was digging in the yard to plant vegetables. His parents had come up with this idea to save spirit stones, and naturally, this kind of hard work was left to Zi Sangyi.
Xiao Weishengliu was surprised to see him. Xiao Zisangyi was very nervous. He recognized the boy in front of him. He lied because he was worried that Xiao Weishengliu would ignore him because of his lie. But to his surprise, the first thing Xiao Weishengliu said was, "Your home is actually here. That's great. Then I won't have to go so far to find you in the future. We can crawl through this dog hole. It's so much fun. But we can't let my parents find out, or they'll say I'm naughty again."
Xiaowei Shengliu, though small in stature, had a big idea. She pulled Xiaozi Sangyi along, intending to leave, but Xiaozi Sangyi looked at the vegetables that hadn't been planted yet and hesitated. "I need to finish planting these before I can go play. You go first."
Zi Sangyi hung his head, his hands covered in mud and filthy, holding a hoe, lost in thought. Suddenly, a hand slapped him hard on the shoulder. "It's okay! I'll help you. Two people are stronger! Come on, hurry up, once we're done, we can go out and play!"
As soon as they finished, Wei Shengliu started working hard. The two of them worked all afternoon to finish everything. The area wasn't big, but the two of them were small, so Zisangyi's family didn't even come out to check on them. After they finished, Wei Shengliu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Zisangyi, "Finally finished. It feels even more tiring than practicing martial arts with my dad. Let's just pretend we had some fun today. I'm a little too tired to play anymore."
Zi Sangyi felt a little guilty. He took out his old water cup and handed it to Wei Shengliu. "Have some water. I don't have anything to eat for you. I'm sorry you had to go through this. Don't come here next time."
Wei Shengliu took the water and was about to drink it without hesitation, but when he heard the last sentence, he spat out a mouthful of water. "What do you mean? Don't you want to be friends with me anymore? Why! Aren't we good friends? Why won't you let me come over?"
Wei Shengliu pouted and frowned, looking at Zi Sangyi with dissatisfaction.
Zi Sangyi was a little stunned. He had only meant to tell Wei Shengliu not to come and do these rough jobs, but he did not expect Wei Shengliu to react so strongly. He quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. I just think this is too tiring. I can do it by myself. I'll come and play with you after I'm done."
“We’re friends, so your business is my business. Besides, I’ll just treat it as exercise. When two people play together, it’s about spending time together and doing what they want, isn’t that enough?” Wei Shengliu, despite his young age, speaks eloquently.
Zi Sangyi smiled gently, "What's your name? My name is Zi Sangyi."
"Wow, your name is so nice! My name is Wei Shengliu! Can I call you Yi from now on?" Wei Shengliu smiled, his teeth were white but not straight, and he was missing a few teeth.
Zi Sangyi nodded, "Then I'll call you Liu."
...
The story of the two boys begins the moment they exchange names.
That day, Wei Shengliu got a beating from his mother after returning home. In the past two days, he had gone out and lost his clothes once, and went out and came back covered in mud once. The worst part was that the brat wouldn't say what happened, which left them helpless and thinking that their child had been bullied outside.
His father couldn't sleep in the middle of the night because of this worry. He sat up in bed with a worried look on his face. "Do you think that kid might have offended someone outside? And then he was bullied and is too scared to tell anyone when he comes home?"
After his father reminded him of this, his mother and son both took it very seriously and planned to secretly follow Wei Shengliu out to see what was going on the next time he went out.
So they saw their son helping the thin little boy next door dig the ground and plant vegetables. The two often played together. However, Zisangyi was malnourished and was shorter than average. The couple felt sorry for him and often fed him.
As they grew older, Zisangyi developed a personality that allowed her to say whatever suited her, while Weishengliu remained the same—carefree and wandering the world with his sword. He was kept under his father's watchful eye as he focused on his cultivation, which progressed rapidly. As they grew up, they went their separate ways, but they always remembered each other.
After Wei Shengliu finished his adventures and decided to establish his own sect, the first person he sought out was his childhood friend, Zi Sangyi.
As Zi Sangyi reflected on everything in the room, he realized that it was never that Wei Shengliu couldn't live without him, Zi Sangyi, but rather that he, Zi Sangyi, couldn't live without Wei Shengliu.
Zi Sangyi was unaware that he had fulfilled Wei Shengliu's childhood dream: to open a second-tier top sect. Qingtao Valley had done it, but it had fallen into decline.
Therefore, there is no question of who owes whom; both parties are simply getting what they need and helping each other.
He placed the willow branch on the bed where he used to play as a child, sat on the floor beside the bed, dug out the bottle of peach blossom wine from outside the house, and drank it sip by sip, like an emotionless puppet.
"Wei Shengliu, you lied to me. I will never believe you again. You are not dead, right? We haven't even traveled the world together yet. Didn't we say that after we both got married and had children, we would hand over the sect to the children and then go out to wander?" Zisangyi's tears flowed down her face. The child who had lost her treasure hid in the attic, hugging herself and crying.
There was no one left to confide in, only a cold corpse and endless thoughts. He drank a lot, then collapsed to the side, as if he had gone with Wei Shengliu, utterly devoid of any will to live.
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