Chapter 33: A drop of kindness is repaid with a spring of gratitude
Wen Lanzhi walked side by side with Wu Ci Yan for a while, and suddenly found out that Wu Ci Yan was lying to her. She was so angry that her nose was raised, and she bumped Wu Ci Yan's chest with her elbow, snatched the umbrella, and left.
Wu Ciyan was puzzled and asked, "What are you doing?"
Wen Lanzhi said unhappily, "You have too much yang energy, get caught in the rain more!"
Wu Ci Yan touched his nose in confusion and looked at Wen Lanzhi's back.
Well, ever since he started raising a rabbit, Wu Ci Yan finally realized how strange rabbits are. They get angry for no reason every day. They get angry suddenly while walking or talking.
In the evening, Wu Ci Yan came back from taking a bath and saw Wen Lanzhi reading a book. He leaned over and took a look at the title - "The Strange Legend of Yin and Yang".
Wu Ciyan asked: "You..." What are you crazy about?
Thinking of Wen Lanzhi's angry look during the day, Wu Ci Yan swallowed the second half of his words in dissatisfaction.
"Hmm?" Wen Lanzhi raised her head from the book.
Wu Ciyan said, "What are you talking about? That book."
Wen Lanzhi said, "There are two young masters, one named Xiaoyin and the other named Xiaoyang. They lead the army and together they fight demons and monsters."
Wu Ciyan: “…” Wow!
He had thought Wen Lanzhi had suddenly wanted to learn magic, but was simply putting her efforts in the wrong place. It turned out he was overthinking it.
Wen Lanzhi said, "The yang and yin in the book have nothing to do with what you're talking about."
Wu Ci Yan: “…” It has nothing to do with that group of men.
Wen Lanzhi looked at it for a while, then looked up at Wu Ciyan, "Um, why are women yin and men yang?"
Another knowledge blind spot.
It’s okay. Wu Ci Yan felt that no matter how much nonsense he talked, it was just as relevant as the book she was reading.
He said, "Because men farm and women weave. Men have to farm outside and see more sunlight, so they are yang. Women have to weave inside and get less sunlight, so they are yin."
Wen Lanzhi threw the book over and hit him on the head.
"Hahahaha!" Wu Ciyan took the book with a joking laugh. "What's wrong with you? You keep asking weird questions today."
Wen Lanzhi asked again: "Then do you know what evil spirit is?"
I know this.
Wu Ciyan said, "When a person has too much ghost energy, it is evil energy."
Wen Lanzhi asked, "Do I have any evil spirit?"
Wu Ci Yan scratched his forehead. He really wanted to ask, are you human?
After a while, he said, "Yes, yes, there are two ghosts on you."
Wen Lanzhi gasped and was about to ask him for a solution when he said, "It's on the shoulders. The left one likes the sun, and the right one likes the rain. It's the perfect balance of yin and yang."
Wen Lanzhi: “…” There was nothing left to throw to her.
She blew out the candle and threw it over.
"Alright, alright." Wu Ciyan put the candle aside and patted the pillow. "It's time to go to sleep. Don't read anymore. If you want to learn, you can learn tomorrow."
She still sat there without moving for a long time. When Wu Ci Yan was about to urge her, she suddenly burst into sobs.
"Huh?" Wu Ci Yan didn't understand. He just said a few nonsense and made people cry?
He stepped forward tentatively, and seeing that she didn't react more violently, he felt relieved. He stood beside her, leaned over, rubbed her head, and asked softly, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Wen Lanzhi raised her head from her arms and met Wu Ci Yan's concerned eyes, and she couldn't stop crying.
Wu Ciyan patted her on the back.
Wen Lanzhi said: "I'm not afraid of death..."
Wu Ciyan: "I can tell, why? Who said you were afraid of death?"
Wen Lanzhi tugged at his sleeve and wiped her tears. "But I promised you that I would live on for you. I, I don't want to die anymore. I want to live, I want to live for you forever. I'm afraid that if I die, you'll be sad..."
Wu Ciyan curled his lips downwards, squatted down, looked up at her, and asked softly, "Why are you saying this suddenly? Did you hear something that made you uneasy? Did someone say nonsense in the umbrella shop today?"
Wen Lanzhi shook her head.
If she was going to die in the end, she would find a place for herself and not let Wu Ci Yan know that she was dead. She would let her friends pretend to be her and send letters to Wu Ci Yan regularly to let him know that she was living a good life, otherwise, Wu Ci Yan would not live a good life either.
After a while, she suddenly remembered that she didn't have many friends, so how could the pancake shop owner count?
Sister Murong is her friend, as is Parrot Twelve, but they all know Wu Ci Yan.
The more she cried, the sadder she became. Her whole face looked like it was cooked. She was choked by her tears and coughed so hard that her lungs were almost bursting.
Wu Ci Yan patted her back woodenly, poured her water, and hugged her.
It’s not that I don’t want to coax her, it’s just that I can’t find a way in.
Wen Lanzhi looked genuinely sad, and it didn't seem like she was teasing him.
When Wen Lanzhi's mood swings subsided, Wu Ciyan said, "Lanlan, whether you are sick or possessed by evil spirits, I will find a way to save you. No matter what, you will die after me. Even if you don't want to live, as long as I am alive, you can't die. So don't worry that I will be sad if you die. On the day you die, I will definitely be gone, and my soul will be scattered. I will not be sad anymore."
"You can't say that—" Wen Lanzhi hit him with her fist.
If it is true as Wu Ciyan said, then they will both die together in three months.
Wen Lanzhi didn't want to. If the evil spirit was really too serious to be reversed, it would be enough for her to die. She didn't want Wu Ci Yan to be frightened.
Wu Ciyan said, "That's what I said."
She said, "If, if, I, I...if I am not dead, but just left, will you come to find me?"
Wu Ciyan held her hand and said, "Yes. I'm unreasonable. Whether you want to stay with me or not, you can't run away."
Wen Lanzhi choked up and said, "But...but...but I might be happier if I leave you."
"Oh." Wu Ciyan said gently, "Then I'll change my face and get to know you again."
Wen Lanzhi pulled his sleeve and cried even harder.
Wu Ciyan's mind started to rain and wind, and he didn't even have an umbrella. He thought about it but couldn't figure out how he had offended Wen Lanzhi recently.
I didn't offend her, at most I just ate two pieces of Wen Lanzhi's snacks last night.
You shouldn't be so sad over two pieces of dessert.
He originally wanted to talk to Wen Lanzhi about the Black Dragon Sword and the hairpin, but it was not appropriate at the moment, so he decided to talk about it tomorrow.
At night, Wen Lanzhi couldn't fall asleep.
Wu Ciyan covered her eyes and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Wen Lanzhi said, "Wu Ciyan, I might be dying."
Wu Ciyan immediately sat up, "What do you mean?"
Wen Lanzhi said, "A Taoist priest said that the evil spirit in me is too strong and I won't live more than three months."
Wu Ciyan: “…”
He lay down.
Wen Lanzhi couldn't control her tears again and sobbed, "I'm not afraid of death, I'm just afraid of you being sad."
Wu Ciyan smiled helplessly, turned sideways, and held her in his arms, "That person was joking with you. Only when a person is entangled by ghost energy can it be called evil energy. No matter how much ghost energy you have, it is not evil energy. Ghost energy can affect the human body, but it has no effect on monsters. Monsters and ghosts are originally the same family. If you are filled with ghost energy, it means that your cultivation is about to increase greatly."
"But he said a lot of things." Wen Lanzhi cried, "Something about yin energy, yang energy, and so on..."
Wu Ciyan said, "You should trust me instead of him. If you really feel that you have too much negative energy, go out and bask in the sun tomorrow when the weather is good."
"I didn't want to tell you." Wen Lanzhi sobbed and burst into tears. "I, I knew you wouldn't believe it. But he's really amazing. He even calculated that I would meet him there. Moreover, he understood a lot and said a lot, a lot of things that I didn't understand. Really, you haven't seen him, so you don't believe it. If you had seen him, you wouldn't think so."
Wu Ciyan's eyes rolled up to the sky. Why was he so stubborn? No matter what, he just believed the liar.
Okay, he goes to find the liar.
He asked, "What does the liar look like?"
Wen Lanzhi said: "He is not a liar, but a Taoist priest."
"Okay, that Taoist priest." Wu Ciyan said obediently, stroking her hair. "What does he look like? I'll go find him to help you get rid of the evil spirit."
Wen Lanzhi felt a little relieved when she heard him say that. She stretched out her ears and rubbed Wu Ciyan's chin, saying, "He was wearing black and yellow clothes, black, and had a goatee... and a fortune-telling flag."
Wu Ciyan thought about it and realized that all the Taoist priests and swindlers he had seen were dressed like this.
Wu Ciyan asked, "Besides you, did anyone else see it?"
"I don't know." Wen Lanzhi shook her head. After a moment, she continued, "Parrot Twelve and Parrot Ten saw it. They drove it away."
"Okay." Wu Ciyan said, "I'll find a way to find him for you."
It's a kindness of his to not knock out two of that man's teeth.
Wen Lanzhi calmed down a lot and said, "What if the medicine doesn't work?"
Wu Ciyan said, "Beat him to death."
Wen Lanzhi pushed him and said, "You can't do this."
Wu Ciyan rolled his eyes in his heart and changed his words: "It's useless. Find another Taoist priest."
Wen Lanzhi lay in Wu Ciyan's arms, silently repeating in her heart: It will be fine, it will be fine, it will be fine...
I don’t know whether the Taoist priest has left the imperial city.
Wu Ci Yan also wanted to know whether the liar had left the imperial city.
Wen Lanzhi said sullenly, "I want to sleep in your purse."
Wu Ci Yan found the purse at the head of the bed, opened it, put it on the bed, and covered the purse with a quilt.
Wen Lanzhi turned into a rabbit, and Wu Ciyan supported her so that she could get in.
Something cold pricked my butt.
Wen Lanzhi kicked away, but failed, so she just let it go.
"What are you doing?" Wu Ciyan gently rubbed her hair and ears, "Go to sleep."
That night, Wu Ciyan slept very soundly and had a dream in which he saw himself three hundred years ago.
He was still wandering around at that time, and he bought his clothes casually in the street market in front. He combed all his hair up in front of his forehead, leaving his eyes exposed.
He heard loud cries for help, so he walked over and came to a tree. He looked up and saw a net hanging above it. In the net was not the prey, but the girl.
When Wen Lanzhi saw him, she was startled at first and asked, "Sir, is this your net?"
Wu Ciyan said, "Just passing by."
Wen Lanzhi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Can you help me untie it? I accidentally stepped on a trap."
Wu Ci Yan swung out a blade, and the net did not fall down directly, but broke a hole. Wen Lanzhi grabbed the net bag and slid down slowly, so she did not fall too badly.
She turned around and was about to thank him, but suddenly froze in place.
The person before him was as pale as willow catkins, cold as frost and snow, his face pale, yet not frail. He had the slender demeanor of a crane and a pine tree, possessing an extraordinary bearing, almost like an immortal. The faint presence of scales on his face hinted at a demonic nature, like a venomous snake lurking in the winter.
Seeing that no one was hurt, Wu Ciyan turned around and left.
Wen Lanzhi hurriedly followed, "Benefactor, benefactor! Don't leave, you saved me, come to our teahouse and have some tea, let me thank you."
Wu Ciyan said, "It's just a piece of cake."
Wen Lanzhi said, "A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of water. Wait a minute, wait a minute, I forgot my sword, I'll go pick it up, benefactor, wait for me, wait for me!"
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Author's words: Master Wu is about to recover his memory! [Spread flowers][Spread flowers]
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