After closing the door, Xiaolan silently walked back to the entrance hall.
The woman took the umbrella from her hand and put it back into the umbrella stand.
Although she didn't speak, Xiaolan always felt that there was a slight look of gratitude in the woman's eyes.
"Sister," Xiaolan asked, "What's your name?"
The corners of the woman's mouth tilted slightly, "You have to call me Auntie, just call me Auntie Long."
"Auntie Long," Xiaolan called honestly, "my name is Xiaolan."
"Okay." Auntie Long smiled and nodded.
"Auntie Long, how long have you been taking care of Jasmine?" Xiaolan followed Auntie Long back to the living room.
"Not long," Auntie Long said softly, "It's only a few days, probably three or four days."
"Well..." Xiaolan then asked, "When Jasmine was first injured, was it... particularly miserable?"
"I don't know. When I came here to take care of her, she was already what she is now."
Xiaolan thought for a while and changed the topic, "Auntie Long, do you know Lu Qianqian?"
A trace of surprise flashed in Auntie Long's eyes, "Do you know Qianqian?"
Xiaolan nodded quickly, "I also participated in the game called the Ten-Day Banquet. We met there."
"Then aren't you..."
"Yes," Xiaolan lowered her eyebrows, "she happened in front of me."
Auntie Long sighed, dragged out a chair and brought it to Xiaolan. She sat on the chair next to her, "You must not know who pushed Qianqian down, right?"
"If I had known, I would not have let that man go."
Auntie Long raised her eyelids and glanced at Xiaolan, as if she found the child's arrogance very cute.
"Auntie Long," Xiaolan sat on the chair and leaned closer and asked, "Like Qianqian, you also practiced bugs, right?"
"This is natural," Auntie Long replied, "The disciples of Sixia are all insect practitioners."
"I know what Qian Qian is practicing is a scorpion," Xiao Lan tried hard not to sound too gossipy, "What are you practicing?"
Auntie Long hesitated.
Seeing Auntie Long's look, Xiaolan immediately stepped back and waved her hands, "It's okay, Auntie, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to, I'm just curious..."
Auntie Hao hesitated for half a second, then smiled, "It's okay, you can tell me, what I practice is... Spider."
The smile on Xiaolan's face suddenly froze. Out of politeness, she restrained her instinctive reaction of retreating quickly, but her stiff body movements still betrayed her.
Auntie Long said gently, "Are you afraid of spiders?"
Is there anyone who is not afraid of spiders?
That's a spider! Prehistoric eight-legged beast! So scary!
"Uh...I..."
"Originally, I was also afraid of spiders," Auntie Long's eyes drifted away, "but that's what life bugs are like. Which bug they are most afraid of is often linked to their fate. When almost everyone comes out of the silkworm box, they are hung up. With tears on her face, Qianqian is the same..."
"oh?"
"Actually, it's not just Qianqian," Auntie Long lowered her voice and whispered, "The head of the house also cried when he chose the insects."
Xiaolan became even more interested, "What is a silkworm box?"
"The silkworm box is where we choose the life bug," Auntie Long opened the conversation and said happily, "Having said that, it is actually the life bug that chooses us, because we can't decide which kind of bug we will be the head coach. The head of the family and I grew up. We are friends. Before entering the silkworm box, she and I were praying, hoping that our life insects would be cute little insects like bees or ants. Unexpectedly, I was a spider and she was a snake, which we were most afraid of. Something, hahaha..."
Xiao Lan imagined the young Xia Hua holding a snake and crying in her mind, and laughed along with Aunt Long.
"The head of the family when I was a child was completely different from what I am now," Auntie Long began to reminisce. "At that time, the two of us were just silly, playful girls. We never imagined that she would become the head of the family in the future."
"I was very playful when I was a child," Xiaolan realized that something was wrong with what she said. "I was also very playful before, but now I am much more mature. People change."
"That's not the case," Auntie Long said. "After the fateful insect made the decision, the fate of the family head was actually determined. She is the only person in our generation who was chosen by the fateful snake."
As she said that, Auntie Long shifted her gaze to Xiaolan, staring at her with a cold feeling on Xiaolan's back.
"Do snakes have any special meaning?"
"Snake is the symbol of the rebirth of the life insect of the ancestor of the Four Xia," Auntie Long said slowly, "Only those who use snakes as their life insect are qualified to rule the four summers."
"Ah...is this allowed to be said?"
"There's nothing wrong with it," Auntie Long said, "This is not a secret, everyone knows it."
"oh oh……"
Good, I know that now too.
"Since you first came in, I felt that you looked like the same person." Auntie Long still stared at Xiaolan and said.
Xiaolan suddenly realized.
"Yes, Uncle Luo did say that I resemble a person from before..."
When Uncle Luo was mentioned, a surge of sadness came over him again.
"I've heard of that person, but I'm not referring to her." Auntie Long took out her phone, clicked on the screen a few times, and then showed the phone to Xiaolan, "Look, are you Somewhat similar to her."
Is there anyone else who looks like me?
When Xiaolan heard this, he immediately put his head to take a look.
At first glance, Xiaolan only recognized a dark ball.
"what is this?"
Am I like this?
Are you a human?
Auntie Long brightened the screen of her phone, and the black ball finally showed its outline.
Some resemble a human head drawn on paper.
"Is this...a person?"
This is the limit of my discernment ability.
Auntie Long took back the phone and said, "This is the portrait of our ancestor."
Ancestor?
"I...sorry..." Xiaolan was glad that she didn't say anything more outrageous just now, "Is he the one who founded Sixia?"
Auntie Long nodded, "The ancestor has been dead for more than a hundred years."
More than a hundred years!
"Do I look like her?"
But neither Xia Hua nor Lu Qianqian responded.
"I just...feel," Auntie Long said, "The clearest portrait left by Yuanzu is this one. Therefore, it can be said that no one knows the true appearance of Yuanzu."
"Then why does Auntie Long feel that I look similar to Yuanzu?"
"Intuition," Auntie Long smiled mischievously, "But don't worry about it, just treat it as a joke. Anyway...my life bugs often have wrong perceptions..."
"Perception?"
"What's wrong?"
"Is that the ability of the life bug?"
"Because my life insect is a spider. The most special ability of a spider is its extremely keen perception. Therefore, my life insect can sense danger. For example, Qianqian's life insect is a scorpion. A scorpion can cut off its tail to continue its life. Therefore, Qianqian also has the ability to save himself," Auntie Long said, "Don't be too surprised. The reason why I tell you this is to discuss something with you..."
