The woman picked him up and looked at him with a smile on her face. Her amber eyes were filled with love. "Auntie's little Nobu, why are you so good? You don't even cry."
It was his mother, Zhang Qiling thought. He hadn't cried for a long time and couldn't even remember the last time he cried.
"Bai Ma, I'm back!"
Following the voice, I saw Zhang Fulin, Zhang Qiling's father. Behind him was a bright-looking young man in a blue robe. The young man had long hair tied up high and eyes as clear as water. It was Ji Huaichuan.
Zhang Qiling wanted to speak, but when he opened his mouth, only babbling sounds came out. He forgot that he was just a little baby who hadn't even grown all his teeth yet... What a waste of time!
"Folin, who is this..." Bai Ma looked at Zhang Fulin and asked.
Zhang Fulin smiled and said, "Oh, this is my best friend Zhou Yue, Mr. Zhou. He heard that we had a child, so he came all the way from Star City to congratulate us and catch up with me!"
Ji Huaichuan nodded politely at Zhang Fulin's introduction and said in a gentle voice, "I've heard Brother Zhang mention it before. I calculated the time and thought the day for my sister-in-law's new baby boy is almost here, so I came to congratulate her."
Zhang Qiling watched the three of them chatting quietly. The current scene seemed a little unreal, as if he had imagined it, but it did happen.
This was indeed the first time he and Ji Huaichuan met. The difference was that it was not so harmonious at that time. His father and mother were being hunted by the Zhang family, so they hid in the mountains with him. They happened to meet Ji Huaichuan who was strolling around and saved them.
Afterwards, Ji Huaichuan hid them and made three corpses to pretend to be them. After that, his father and mother had been living in the mountains. Ji Huaichuan had set up a formation in the mountains. The Zhang family searched for them again and again without success, and only then did they believe that they were really dead. This is what Ji Huaichuan told him.
This illusion was particularly long. Zhang Qiling was already 7 years old. He had been following Ji Huaichuan and traveling with him over the years. He had been to many tombs, big and small. Almost all of his skills were taught by Ji Huaichuan.
Zhang Qiling has never understood why Ji Huaichuan seemed to have forgotten these things later. Every time he mentioned them, they were just scattered memories that were not coherent. Perhaps this time he could find the answer from the illusion.
"Little Qilin, how many times have I told you to smile more? You're so young, but you have a stern face all day long, like a little old man." As he said that, Ji Huaichuan stuffed a candied haws into Zhang Qiling's mouth.
Zhang Qiling and Ji Huaichuan returned to Xingcheng. Ji Huaichuan said that he was coming to see his master, and if nothing unexpected happened, it would be Shen Tingsi.
Zhang Qiling caught up with Ji Huaichuan holding a candied haws, and followed him to the door of a big house. The house was very grand and might be the most luxurious one in Star City.
Zhang Qiling looked up at the door lintel of the house. There was a plaque hanging on it with four large characters written in a very casual manner: "Stay away from me"
Zhang Qiling: “…”
It was really Shen Tingsi's usual style, not changed at all. There was a person sitting on the steps at the door of the house. Zhang Qiling found him familiar and took a closer look. Isn't this Zhang Rishan? Why is he here?
Ji Huaichuan glanced at the plaque on the door lintel, sneered, and said, "It seems that the old man is in a bad mood today. I wonder who has offended him."
There was a sense of excitement in his words, as if there was some happy news, which Zhang Qiling did not quite understand.
Ji Huaichuan walked straight into the yard without noticing Zhang Rishan sitting on the steps. Zhang Qiling looked at Zhang Rishan and then at Ji Huaichuan who was already in the yard, and followed him in.
Zhang Rishan looked at the two people who had just entered, and there was a hint of resentment in his eyes. Everyone could come in except him. He didn't know how he had offended that ancestor again. He refused to see him even if they met, and even asked someone to tell him that if he dared to enter the yard without permission, he would ignore him for the rest of his life.
Thinking of this, Zhang Rishan sighed heavily again. He had seen one of the two people who had just entered before. At that time, he was chopping firewood for Shen Tingsi in the backyard. A young man with long hair passed by the door, and he happened to see that it was Ji Huaichuan.
After asking Shen Tingsi, he found out that he was his worthless apprentice who was even paying him money.
"Mrs. Si, I've brought my child to see you!"
A loud shout startled the birds in the treetops, and several paper figures lined up neatly in two rows, "Welcome Your Highness home!"
This scene was extremely childish, that's what Zhang Qiling thought. In fact, not only Zhang Qiling thought so, but Chen Tingsi also thought so. However, he couldn't resist Ji Huaichuan's crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to commit suicide. After all, it was not a big deal, so he just let him go.
After the paper people finished speaking, Ji Huaichuan tilted his head, blinked at Zhang Qiling, and whispered, "See? This is what we call appearance!"
Zhang Qiling did not comment on this, but suddenly missed Ji Huaichuan a little.
A white jade cup flew out of the house. Ji Huaichuan dodged it by tilting his head, but it hit Zhang Qiling on the head. Ji Huaichuan hugged Zhang Qiling with an exaggerated expression, "Mother Four! This is the precious gem that I painstakingly found for you from Motuo. How could you hit it?!"
"Are you looking for that for me?" Along with the voice came a young man who looked like an immortal. If no one said anything, who would have known that this was an old monster who had lived for who knows how many years.
The person who came was Shen Tingsi, who had been staying in Xingcheng for many years and was a well-known gangster leader in the city.
Shen Tingsi looked at Zhang Qiling behind Ji Huaichuan. He was small and looked soft and cute. In the past, Shen Tingsi could eat ten little babies like him in one meal.
Chen Tingsi looked at Zhang Qiling with ill intent and asked Ji Huaichuan, "Qilin blood? Little Huaichuan, you brought it here... for me to feast on?"
"This is not good to eat!" Ji Huaichuan stopped Shen Tingsi who was about to take action quietly, stretched out his hand and said: "Didn't you get a knife some time ago? Give it to me."
Shen Tingsi looked at Ji Huaichuan in disbelief, "How dare you say such words?"
"Oh, Master, Ah Yue just wants that knife. Besides, this is for your disciple, so don't be stingy, Master." Ji Huaichuan pulled Shen Tingsi's clothes back and forth, dragging out his tone and pretending to be embarrassed.
Zhang Qiling didn't dare to speak the whole time and just watched Ji Huaichuan's performance quietly.
It turns out... he has restrained himself so much!
Zhang Qiling and Ji Huaichuan have been together for a long time. Although Ji Huaichuan would argue with him on weekdays, Zhang Qiling has never seen Ji Huaichuan like this.
Zhang Qiling tugged at Ji Huaichuan's sleeve, trying to get this gradually letting go man to find his own personality, but Ji Huaichuan gently pushed him away, "Go play somewhere else, wait until I get the Black Gold Ancient Sword and we'll leave!"
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