Chapter 38 I'm leaving and I'm here to say goodbye to you
The Chen family took out all their resentment on the girl. The girl swallowed up their resentment, turned it into her own resentment, and eventually turned it back on the three members of the Chen family.
It's all your own fault.
When the fire started, the whole street was in an uproar as everyone rushed to put out the fire.
The fire was so big that it could burn down the house if one wasn't careful. There was a knock on the teahouse door. "Lanzhi! Lanzhi!"
Wen Lanzhi ran to open the door, "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Oh, what's going on?" the messenger said anxiously. "You're next door. You can't see the fire. It's so big! Run! It's definitely going to take a while to put it out."
"Okay." Wen Lanzhi nodded, "Thank you, Mrs. Zhang."
"Why aren't you in a hurry?" Mrs. Zhang pinched her, "You haven't woken up yet? Go and call Xuezhi, hurry up."
Wen Lanzhi hurried back and met two other pairs of unhurried eyes.
She said, "Uh... let's run for a bit, just to make it look like we were the ones setting the fire."
"That's right." Xuezhi glanced at Wu Ciyan.
Wen Lanzhi bumped into him and lowered her voice, "Don't say that. The door is open. Let's go. Girl, go hide in my room. The fire can't burn us out. We'll be back soon."
The girl nodded.
After she hid herself, the three of them began to walk out leisurely.
Wen Lanzhi asked, "Why do you have to burn the house?"
Wu Ciyan said, "There's a pile of wood in that room. Just looking at it makes me want to burn it."
There was chaos outside, with people fetching water and watching the fun.
"Won't the government of Wencheng help put out the fire?" Wu Ci Yan asked.
Wen Lanzhi didn't say anything, just looked at him and pursed her lips helplessly.
Wu Ciyan understood.
Anyway, the fire can’t reach the government office whether it is rescued or not.
The demon world is like this. It doesn't need to care about the people at all. No matter how many people rebel, they can't defeat the gods in the sky. No matter how many demons die in the sea of fire, it has nothing to do with the gods. They will only applaud. When the demons die, there will be no more disasters in the world.
It’s not like those officials haven’t been replaced before, and it’s the same even if they are replaced. No one will come to put out the fire if they are replaced again.
Wen Lanzhi noticed that Wu Ciyan's expression was not as calm as before, so she handed him a penny.
Wu Ciyan tilted his head, "?"
Wen Lanzhi said, "Every time Xuezhi gets angry, I give him a little more pay, and then he's happy."
Wu Ciyan smiled and took the money from Wen Lanzhi, "Thank you."
Wen Lanzhi saw him smile and smiled too, "As long as you are happy."
Wen Lanzhi looked around and saw Xuezhi in the distance, pretending to help put out the fire. She smiled and turned to continue chatting with Wu Ciyan, "Are you usually alone?"
Wu Ciyan nodded.
Wen Lanzhi asked, "Do you think it's better to be alone or with two people?"
Wu Ciyan said, "It's better to be alone."
Wen Lanzhi bumped him with her shoulder and said, "Think about it for a moment."
"It's happened many times." Wu Ciyan said without hesitation, "I'm much more comfortable alone than if you follow me."
The two were silent for a moment. Wen Lanzhi was not giving up and kept pestering, "Then you can get used to it first. When you get used to it, you won't feel uncomfortable around me anymore."
Wu Ciyan looked at her. This time, he thought carefully for a long time, and his tone was not as decisive as before. "It will be dangerous to follow me."
"I'm not afraid of danger," Wen Lanzhi said. "I haven't enjoyed much happiness since I was born, so I'm not afraid of hardship. I know all the good things won't be mine, and being able to wander with you is the best thing that can happen to me right now."
Wu Ciyan pinched his knuckles.
In my peripheral vision, I saw flames shooting up into the sky and smoke filling the air. At this moment, the only person in front of me was Wen Lanzhi.
He has always been alone, always.
It was the first time someone said so firmly that wandering with him was a good thing.
He raised his hand, brushed aside the loose hair blocking Wen Lanzhi's eyes, and stared straight into her red eyes, trying to see some falsehood in her gaze.
He didn't see it, and said inexplicably: "Okay."
The fire gradually died down and was soon suppressed. In the end, not even a spark could be seen.
Xuezhi put down the bucket, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and looked in the direction of Wen Lanzhi.
She was standing on tiptoe and talking to Wu Ci Yan, and the two of them were so close that they were almost kissing.
"Master!" Xuezhi shouted, interrupting the two of them.
Wen Lanzhi was like a thief who had been caught. She quickly retreated, but she retreated a little too quickly and was helped up by Wu Ciyan.
She found that Wu Ciyan's hands were not as cold as before, although they were still a little cold.
"Go back." Wu Ci Yan said.
Wen Lanzhi nodded.
The fire next door didn't come over, but the smoke did. As soon as I opened the door, the smoke made me cough.
Wu Ci Yan used a little magic to create two smoke-free rooms, one was Wen Lanzhi's room and the other was the guest room.
Wen Lanzhi asked, "Is there no way to separate a third room?"
Wu Ciyan said, "After burning such a huge fire, I have used up all my magic power. I can only separate two rooms."
The little girl came out of Wen Lanzhi's room and said she could give it a try.
"Uh, it's okay." Wen Lanzhi stopped her. "You don't have much mana left. Didn't you just say you had a wish? What wish?"
The little girl pursed her lips and said with difficulty: "I want to give the rattle back..."
"Want to return the rattle to your friend?" Wen Lanzhi asked.
The little girl nodded.
Wen Lanzhi asked, "Who is your friend?"
The little girl said, "Qin, Qin Yi."
Wen Lanzhi nodded and said, "We'll go and help you look for it."
Wu Ciyan said, "It's not convenient for you to talk like this right now. You need magic to see things. Let's find a way to sneak into the ghost world and buy you a new skin. Then you can go wherever you want. You can stay in the ghost world or reincarnate. But for now, I want to put you in my purse, okay?"
The little girl nodded.
Wu Ci Yan knocked her on the head and she turned into a red bead.
Wen Lanzhi handed over the purse and Wu Ciyan put the red beads in it.
Xuezhi tried to clear the smoke from his house, but it was no use. He followed his master, who mainly trained in martial arts and lacked magical powers.
He swore under his breath.
Wen Lanzhi turned around and said, "Xuexue, I have something to tell you today. Can you sleep in my room for one night?"
Xuezhi probably guessed what she was going to say, which was nothing more than something about getting married.
He had absolutely no ill intentions towards his master, but he felt that this unknown young man looked dangerous and didn't seem like a good person. He wouldn't even reveal his identity, so who knew if he was a wanted criminal?
This was a good opportunity to go and give Master some serious advice tonight. He said, "Okay."
Two years ago, when Xuezhi first arrived here, she was thirteen years old. She always had nightmares and often slept with her master. Later, she grew taller and men and women should not be intimate with each other. She was afraid of being gossiped about by others if she kept sleeping together, so she started sleeping separately.
Wen Lanzhi didn't feel uncomfortable at all, so she let him sleep next to her.
The bed in her room is big enough for three people to lie down on.
Wen Lanzhi pondered how to start, but when she realized Xuezhi was almost asleep, she stopped thinking and said directly, "I'm leaving."
Xuezhi turned her head.
Wen Lanzhi said, "I'm going to follow that young master."
The room was quiet for a moment.
Xuezhi laughed disdainfully, "That young master? You don't even know his name, you don't even know his last name."
Wen Lanzhi said: "I don't need to know now. I will know when I follow him in the future."
Xuezhi realized she was serious and determined, and suddenly put away her smile and sat up. "Master, you said you've been in the teahouse for over ten years, and have lived a peaceful life for over ten years. Just because you met him, you're leaving? Master, he drugged you, right?"
Wen Lanzhi turned over and said calmly, "More than ten years ago, I was also wandering around. I wandered here and wanted to live a stable life, so I opened this tea shop. Now, I don't want to live a stable life anymore and want to continue wandering. There's nothing good about staying in a tea shop that doesn't make much money."
Xuezhi grabbed her wrist, suppressing the pain, but still let out a hoarse voice from her throat, "What about me? I have nothing to be nostalgic about."
Wen Lanzhi looked into his eyes and said, "I was just about to persuade you to leave."
Xuezhi: "What?"
Wen Lanzhi: "You should leave too. You are so smart. There is no need to stay here and waste your time. Go do what you want to do and find another way to make a living. You don't have to stay in this teahouse and wait for death."
quiet--
Wen Lanzhi turned her head and didn't look at him again.
A quarter of an hour later, she heard Xuezhi lying down and heard him say, "I won't leave."
"But……"
Xuezhi interrupted her and continued, "You told me to do what I want to do, and opening a tea shop is what I want to do. Master, you said there's nothing good about staying in a tea shop that doesn't make much money. So just wait and see. In a few years, I'll turn this place into a teahouse, then a teahouse, and then I'll buy the teahouse across the street. One day, I'll be making a fortune."
He turned around and said, "Master, if you don't want to persist now, I won't stop you. When you make a fortune in the future, I will welcome you back."
Wen Lanzhi said "hmm" in a hoarse voice.
After hearing what she said just now, Xuezhi thought that she would have a big quarrel and the two of them would part ways on bad terms.
But he couldn't bear to leave. He knew that his master was leaving, it was a foregone conclusion, and he didn't want to quarrel with his master before parting.
He held Wen Lanzhi's hand.
Wen Lanzhi turned her head.
Xuezhi said, "Master, if you are wronged outside in the future, you can come back at any time. I am always here."
Wen Lanzhi held his hand back, "I, I..." She didn't know whether she would come back.
There was a sound of knocking on the door.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The two of them sat up, and Wen Lanzhi put on her clothes, "I'll go open it."
Xuezhi said, "I'll go. He seems to be here to cause trouble."
The two of them put on their clothes together, and Wu Ci Yan also came out.
Wen Lanzhi said, "Young Master, please go in first. I don't think anything will happen."
She noticed that Wu Ciyan had stuffed a piece of golden paper into his sleeve. It was Feishu.
Isn't he alone? Who is he messaging?
"It's coming for me." Wu Ci Yan said.
Wen Lanzhi was puzzled: "What?"
Wu Ciyan glanced at Xuezhi beside him and said, "I was careless. What I set off was not an ordinary fire. It was noticed by the heavens."
The sound of knocking on the door sounded again, "Is there anyone? Open the door!"
"Here it comes!" Wen Lanzhi shouted.
Wen Lanzhi pushed Wu Ciyan, signaling him not to stand there, "I'll go, you go in and hide first."
"I'm leaving." Wu Ciyan said, "I came to say goodbye to you."
"What?" Wen Lanzhi quickly grabbed his wrist.
Wu Ciyan said, "I have to leave before you open the door, otherwise your tea shop will be in trouble."
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