The sun shines on the ground through the gaps between the lush branches and leaves, and the mottled shadows on the ground change from time to time with the breeze, growing larger and smaller again. There are two new graves on the ground near the edge of the forest, with tombstones erected on the graves. Xiao Yunfan and Ah Li stood side by side by the tombstone, looking at it.
Xiao Yunfan looked haggard, and he said to Ah Li: "Ah Li, there are some things in this world that you will never understand until you have experienced them. Now you are going back to the world that should belong to you, are you afraid?" Ah Li replied. Face looked at him and said: "As long as you stay with me, I won't be afraid." Xiao Yunfan smiled and said: "Are you willing to let go of Xiaohei and them?" Ah Li said: "Of course you can't."
Xiao Yunfan said: "From now on, you will forget your past self and become an ordinary person." Ah Li raised her head and met his eyes, still feeling confused. She said slowly: "I lived happily in the past, and I will be happy in the future." Xiao Yunfan said: "A person will always have moments of sadness and sadness. No one can ever live a happy life. Rejoice.”
Ah Li said: "Then I would rather be who I am now than what you say." Xiao Yunfan reached out and pressed her shoulder and said solemnly: "Listen to me, I know I want you to change your current situation." This kind of life is difficult, and I might not be able to do well, but time will pass and people will eventually grow up. A person cannot just be a child forever."
Ah Li's eyes were full of doubts. She didn't understand why a person could never be a child. As it was before, so it should be in the future. Xiao Yunfan knew that some of what he said might be a bit profound for Ah Li, but it would take more time and patience to completely transform a child who had lived with wild beasts for many years into an adult.
She had stayed with the beast for a long time, and it was inevitable that her body would be contaminated by the beast's breath. She herself thought it was no big deal, but Xiao Yunfan knew that she probably regarded herself as a wild beast sometimes. The only difference was that she never ate raw meat or harmed innocent creatures, as if she were the patron saint of this mountain forest.
Xiao Yunfan was silent for a long time and said: "When you get something, sometimes you lose something. Have you ever had such an experience?" Ah Li thought for a while and said: "Just yesterday I gave my favorite treasure a stone I gave it to them. Although I feel reluctant to give it up, I must keep my words. This is what my husband taught me."
Xiao Yunfan said: "Yes, when you have had this kind of experience, you will understand that there will be more choices in the future. They were once your closest relatives in this world, but you failed to protect them. Will you feel uncomfortable?" Ah Li nodded and said, "Yes, just like Xiao Hei, I didn't protect it well and it got hurt. There are still many things that Ah Li still can't figure out. Can you tell me now? What?"
Xiao Yunfan said: "What do you want to know?" Ah Li said: "You said I didn't come out of the cracks in the rocks. My old father-in-law said I was picked up on the roadside, but where did I come from?" Xiao Yunfan said with a smile. : "Of course it is your parents who gave birth to you. Without your parents, you would not exist in this world."
Ah Li said with a touch of sadness in her eyes: "But my parents are also dead, just like my grandparents. Ah Li doesn't understand, why did my husband want to kill them?" Hearing her question, Xiao Yunfan felt a little hesitant. , thinking in his mind: "She is just a child who is not deeply involved in the world, and if she wants to plant the ugliest seed of hatred in the world, she will probably live in pain forever in her future life.
There is already a lot of misfortune in this world. The hatred between the Yu family and Tu Long can be regarded as the grudge of their previous generation. With the passing of Senior Yu, this hatred should end here. She shouldn't have to bear this hatred anymore. Since I promised Senior Yu, I will definitely take good care of her. "
Seeing that Xiao Yunfan didn't answer, Ah Li said, "You speak." Xiao Yunfan said, "That's a matter between them, and I can't explain it clearly. In short, you just need to remember how good they are. If you want to know clearly, come with me Take a look at this colorful world outside. Let’s pack up and hit the road.
If you don't want to, then I will pass on all my martial arts and knowledge to you. When you really grow up and become sensible, I will leave here. Ah Li lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said: "My husband used to say that people in this world are bad. I have seen those hunters killing creatures, and I also thought that people in this world are bad. But since I met you, I think what my husband said may not be right.
Ahri promises you that as long as you go, I will follow you wherever you go, and I will not leave even a step. "Xiao Yunfan scratched his head, frowned and said: "That's not okay. If I go out of my way and you follow me, that would be extremely bad. Ah Li said: "Of course I know this." Xiao Yunfan said: "Do you really know?" Ah Li smiled and said, "My husband won't let me see it when he wants to show off." "
Xiao Yunfan said: "Actually, there are differences between men and women. Anyway, you can't be with me at this time." Ah Li said: "There are differences between men and women. I am a girl and you are a boy. You told me this. Have you told me yet? Married men and women cannot sleep together." Xiao Yunfan blushed after hearing this and said: "Okay, okay, let's get ready and set off now."
The two packed their bags and were about to set off. When Xiao Yunfan saw Ah Li, he was still wearing clothes made of leopard skin, with his knees exposed and a pair of bare feet on the ground. He couldn't help but frowned and said: "Hey, Ah Li, I'm afraid you can't go out dressed like this." Ah Li was startled and asked curiously: "I usually dress like this, what's wrong?"
Xiao Yunfan opened his bag, took out a set of his own clothes and said, "These are my clothes. You can wear them for now. There are too many rules outside. If you expose your knees, calves and feet like this, you will be laughed at." Ah Li "Oh." Xiao Yunfan said, "When we get to the big town, I will buy you clothes that girls should wear." Jiutao
Ah Li bid farewell to the wild man Hua Bao in tears, and set off on the road with Xiao Yunfan. The whole journey was uneventful. In the evening, the two of them arrived at the big town that Tong Daniu had mentioned before. Ah Li didn't wear any shoes and lay on Xiao Yunfan's back. I was curious about everything I saw and asked endless questions along the way.
The two of them walked to the door of a brocade clothing store, and the clerk called them in. A shopkeeper with a round face smiled and said: "Sir, what do you want to order?" Xiao Yunfan put Ah Li on the table and looked at the clothes displayed on the wall, and said slowly: "I want to buy some decent clothes for my little girl. Just choose the best clothes, shoes and socks, money is not an issue."
When the shopkeeper saw that it was a female customer, he waved to a waitress and said, "Go and accompany this young lady to the inner room and show her all the latest materials we have purchased." Xiao Yunfan said, "Wait a minute." The shopkeeper said: "What else do you have to say, sir?" Xiao Yunfan saw Ah Li's disgraced face and thought that she was a girl and he couldn't give her a bath. Then he whispered a few words to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper frowned, because they had never done this condition proposed by Xiao Yunfan. At that moment, he said with a grimace: "I'm afraid..." Xiao Yunfan took out a piece of silver from his arms and waved it in front of his eyes, and said, "Is it enough? Is the shopkeeper still in trouble?" When the shopkeeper saw the silver, he naturally Overjoyed, he nodded quickly and ordered someone to prepare fragrant bathing soup for Ah Li.
Ah Li just chewed on the candied haws bought on the road and didn't seem to care what they said. The maid got the boss's order and said to Ah Li, "Miss, please come this way." Ah Li stood there blankly. Xiao Yunfan looked at her and smiled bitterly: "Silly girl, go in and change clothes with this sister before you come out." Ah Li said: "Aren't you coming with me?"
Xiao Yunfan coughed and said: "Have you forgotten what I told you?" Ah Li said: "There are differences between men and women." Xiao Yunfan said: "Then what nonsense are you talking about? Remember to listen to others. Do whatever they ask you to do. Just do whatever you want, but don't be naughty." Ah Li stuck out her tongue and followed the waitress towards the inner room.
The boss looked at Xiao Yunfan with strange eyes but thought in his mind: "Is this little girl his sister? It seems that this man is old enough to be his father. Could this man be a kidnapper?" Xiao Yunfan could tell the boss at a glance. With his thoughts in mind, he smiled and said: "The boss must be strange. Let me tell you, my girl is not very useful here." As he said that, he stretched out his finger and tapped his temple.
The boss immediately put aside his doubts and said to himself: "Even if you are a kidnapper, it doesn't matter to me. I will open the door to do my business, as long as I can make money." As he said that, he reached out and touched the ingot of silver. Ingots of silver are like his darlings.
When it got very late, Ah Li hadn't come out yet. Xiao Yunfan sat on a chair and fell asleep. When he woke up again, the lights were on in the store. He glanced at the boss and asked, "Boss, why hasn't my little girl come out yet?" The boss was also puzzled and said to the first man, "Dabao, go and ask Lan Xiang in the back."
After a while, Dabao walked out of the room and said: "Boss, I called the door, but Lan Xiang didn't answer. I was afraid that it would be inappropriate to rush in, so..." Xiao Yunfan heard this and suddenly stood up and said, "Excuse me, young lady." Brother, lead the way."
The boss followed closely behind. The three of them walked through a screen wall to the rear compartment. Dabao walked in front holding a lantern and climbed the steps. There was no sound in the house. Xiao Yunfan's heart shrank and he immediately became alert. He pressed the door with one palm and heard a click, and the door bolt snapped. The door panel opened, and through the light, I saw the maid Lan Xiang lying on the ground, and the bathtub next to her was empty.
The boss was startled and said, "This..." Xiao Yunfan stretched out his hand to feel Lan Xiang's breath and said, "She's fine, she just passed out." After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pressed on her middle, and Lan Xiang woke up. come over. Xiao Yunfan asked: "Girl, what happened?" Lan Xiang said: "I was serving the young lady to take a bath, and suddenly the back of my head went numb and I didn't know anything."
The boss muttered: "Why is such a good person missing?" Xiao Yunfan walked to the bucket and felt the water temperature. I patrolled the house again to see if there were any secret cabinet mechanisms hidden in the house. Then he gathered his energy and jumped up to the rafters. Then he lit the fire, and under the faint yellow light, he saw that there was significantly less dust on the beams in front of him, and he could also smell a very special fragrance.
The bathtub was under the skylight. He walked to the skylight. It was found that the wooden grille of the skylight had obviously been touched by someone. He asked the boss: "Have there been any missing women in town recently?" The boss shook his head and said: "Sir, I stay in this shop all day long, so I don't have time to listen to the gossip of the neighbors."
At this time, the maid Lan Xiang said: "Uncle, a few days ago, I heard that the daughter of the owner of the rouge shop disappeared." Xiao Yunfan frowned and held his chin in thought: "It seems that there are probably flower pickers here. This is terrible. Ji, I promised Senior Yu that I would protect Ah Li. What should I do now?"
He jumped down from the rafter, and the boss was afraid when he saw his skill. A big living person was lost in his place again. The other party sued him to the Yamen, and he had to face a lawsuit.
He immediately grimaced, knelt down and said, "Uncle, it's our fault that we made all the mistakes. If you want to beat or scold me, I will accept the punishment. Please don't sue the officials, otherwise I will be sued and my business will be gone." The method is done. I will think of a way to summon people to guard for you to drive." Xiao Yunfan ignored him and walked straight to the door, looking at the sycamore tree in the courtyard.
