It has been a long time since Xie Qingyun left, and Xu Huaigu was still sitting by the stream, listening to the stream quietly and thinking about something.
It was not until sunset that the sunset gradually turned red, and Xu Huaigu came back to his senses. He slowly stood up and counted the time. It was almost time to go to the restaurant for the banquet. So he walked back the way he came and went straight to the restaurant.
Qingfeng Valley is a large area, but there are few disciples of the sect, so it is rare to meet people in places other than the main road, especially at night. Only on the way to the restaurant, there was a constant flow of people.
This restaurant, which opened in the valley at some time, can accommodate hundreds of people. At night, it is very lively and the seats are packed. There are a total of more than 600 monks in Qingfeng Valley, and every night there are more than 100 monks drinking in the restaurant. The prevalence of drinking is unparalleled.
Xu Huaigu stepped into the threshold of the restaurant and saw that there were no seats in the restaurant. He couldn't help but worry that he was late again. When he was about to ask the old shopkeeper to arrange a table for him, he heard someone shouting to him from the railing on the second floor: "Brother Xu, come here quickly, I've been waiting for a long time!"
Xu Huaigu looked up and saw that it was Li Siqing and An Xiaoyu. The two of them were sitting at a banquet table leaning against the railing, looking at him with smiles on their faces. So he hurriedly went up the stairs, sat down at the wine table, and said, "I'm late. I'm late. I'll punish myself with three drinks."
Li Siqing hurriedly stopped him and said, "It's not too late, it's just dark, and no one is here yet."
Xu Huaigu looked at the empty seat and couldn't help but have some thoughts. Originally, he was looking forward to seeing Liu Waner again, but after hearing Xie Qingyun's words, he felt a little at a loss. At this moment, his mood was very complicated.
A woman with a sword walked in at the door, with short hair reaching her shoulders, wearing a green cedar skirt, and a belt loosely tied around her waist. She was dressed very similar to Xie Qingyun. She is neither tall nor short, neither plump nor thin, and is well proportioned. As soon as she entered the door, she only looked into the lobby. Xu Huaigu seemed to have something in his heart and saw the woman in the crowd at a glance. Although they have not seen each other in these years, they have grown a lot taller, but the charm between their eyebrows and eyes is difficult to change. If this woman is not Liu Waner, who else could she be?
Xu Huaigu saw her first, and his eyes stayed on her body and couldn't move away. Li Siqing was busy talking to An Xiaoyu and didn't notice Liu Waner at all, so he naturally didn't greet her. I saw Liu Waner's eyes searching around the lobby, but she didn't see her friend. She looked up and met Xu Huaigu's eyes, and she was stunned for a moment. Errao's eyes passed through the noisy crowd and stayed on each other.
Quietly, yet like thousands of words.
After Li Siqing and An Xiaoyu finished whispering, they smiled and turned their heads to look at the door of the restaurant. Liu Waner had already come in and was about to call her, but An Xiaoyu pushed her with her elbow and glanced at him again. A glance signaled him to shut up. Li Siqing swallowed the words back in confusion. An Xiaoyu glanced at the two of them. Only then did Li Siqing see that Xu Huaigu and Liu Waner's eyes had already met, but neither of them could move forward. Just words.
The wine table fell into silence. Li Siqing knew what was going on and didn't bother the two of them. Only after the two of them looked at each other for a long time did Liu Waner turn her eyes to the side and walked upstairs.
The table is square, so one person can sit on one side. Li Siqing and An Xiaoyu naturally sat next to each other, and Liu Waner had no choice but to sit next to Xu Huaigu.
Li Siqing hurriedly went downstairs to get wine from the counter. He brought several jars of wine in one trip, which made An Xiaoyu glance at him coldly several times. But he only smiled and made up his mind to have a good drink tonight. He placed the Shanghai bowl in front of everyone, opened the wine seal, poured the wine, and said with a smile: "It's really rare that two rare guests can be here at the same time. Let's drink tonight!" Let me come to the realization first!"
After that, he just raised the wine bowl high and drank it all in one gulp. When the others saw him, they all drank too. However, although Xu Huaigu was immersed in drinking, he still glanced at Liu Waner beside him from the corner of his eye. She lowered her eyelids, touched the edge of the bowl with her lips, and took a few sips.
Li Siqing poured another glass of wine by himself. An Xiaoyu patted him and whispered to him to drink less. Li Siqing had no choice but to agree with a smile, and the two began to chat. Xu Huaigu glanced at the two of them, then looked at Liu Waner. Seeing that she was still staring at the wine bowl, he greeted softly: "Long time no see."
Liu Waner looked up at him, nodded and said, "It's been a long time indeed."
"You seem to have grown taller again."
Liu Waner smiled lightly, two dimples appeared on her cheeks, and said: "After all, I was still young at that time, so of course I had to grow taller."
Xu Huaigu smiled and nodded, and Liu Waner asked him, "When did you come to Qingfeng Valley?"
"Two years ago, when I arrived, I first went to find Li Siqing, and then I found you."
"You're the only one here?"
"No, there are Yu Qin and Ruyu. The three of us came here together. But Yu Qin is in retreat now, and Ruyu went to play in the mountains, so I am the only one coming to the banquet."
Hearing the word Yu Qin, Liu Waner nodded slightly, and then asked: "Who is Ruyu?"
"It was a child I took in at the border, a..." Xu Huaigu paused, "a demon child."
He originally thought that when Liu Waner heard the word "monster clan", she would immediately ask about it, but he saw that she just nodded suddenly and said: "I heard it from Li Siqing before, so I will visit you and meet him again. "
Xu Huaigu agreed, and the two slowly chatted for a while. However, due to the presence of Li Siqing and An Xiaoyu, the conversation was limited to daily pleasantries and did not expand further. Xu Huaigu just felt that Liu Waner had become much more restrained than before, maybe just because she was in front of others, and it was not as serious as Xie Qingyun said, so he felt a little relieved.
Several people drank one round after another, but the atmosphere at the wine table never became lively. Although everyone in the restaurant saw Li Siqing coming, since An Xiaoyu was by his side, they did not make a fuss like what Xu Huaigu had seen that night. Most of them only glanced at him secretly from a distance and cursed inwardly. , just drank two more bowls of wine with some jealousy. If he glanced at her a few more times, he would inevitably receive a cold glare from An Xiaoyu. Everyone knew how powerful An Xiaoyu was, so naturally they would not ask for trouble.
It was almost midnight, and all the jars on the wine table were covered in phosphorus. Even though An Xiaoyu persuaded him several times, Li Siqing still drank the most and was almost lying on the table drunk. Xu Huaigu and Liu Waner had something on their minds, so they didn't drink much.
An Xiaoyu looked helpless when she saw Li Siqing pouring wine while he was half drunk. She pushed the wine bowl, took his hand and said in a deep voice: "Look how drunk you are, and you still have to entertain guests." , only thinking about drinking."
Li Siqing smiled, held her hand tightly, and said while still drunk, "I haven't drank for a long time, and I'm a little drunk. Don't be angry. I will definitely listen to you next time."
An Xiaoyu was thin-skinned and couldn't stand it. Her ears turned slightly red. She pushed him and half helped him up. He said apologetically to Xu Huaigu and Liu Waner: "This guy drank too much and it's not too early to get horny. I'll kill him right now." Let's go home. It's rare for you two to get together and sit down for a while, then we'll leave first."
Liu Waner hurriedly stood up, walked forward and said, "Senior Sister An, let me help you."
An Xiaoyu smiled and said: "I'm not a useless person. I just brought a half-drunk person home. I don't need your help. Just sit back and chat with Xu Huaigu for a while."
After hearing this, Liu Waner had no choice but to sit back in her original position. An Xiaoyu helped Li Siqing, staggered downstairs, paid the bill at the counter, then left the restaurant and went straight home. All the monks watched helplessly as An Xiaoyu helped Li Siqing away. It wasn't until they walked away that a burst of sighs could be heard.
When Xu Huaigu heard everyone sighing, he couldn't help but smile and said: "How many people envy them two."
Liu Waner straightened her hair, smiled slightly, and said: "No one can guess what happened between them. I have never seen Senior Sister An be so gentle to someone before. If someone else doesn't listen to her advice, If you drink desperately, you’re afraid that the flying sword will already be on your neck.”
Xu Huaigu carried a jar with some wine left in it and poured a bowl of wine for Liu Waner. Then he started talking and asked, "How have you been in these years in Middle-earth?"
Liu Waner took a sip of wine and recalled: "It's okay, it's just traveling around. When I arrived at a new sect, I stayed for no more than two months or as little as ten years, and then moved on to the next sect. Some sects were kind and kind. , when they heard that we came from East Fuyao Continent, they received us politely and treated us like guests; some sects heard that we were from East Fuyao Continent, and they looked calm on the surface, but secretly laughed at us as lost dogs. We couldn't argue with them, so we could only swallow it. This was repeated, and in a few years, we traveled through most of the Middle-earth. Gradually, we felt that the bulk of the Middle-earth was just that, and the time had almost come. I I simply left them and returned to East Fuyao Island."
"The others didn't come back?"
Liu Waner shook her head and said: "I originally went out as an exile from the East Fuyao Continent, but now that the demon tribe is pressing hard, what difference does it make if I can't come back? They are not thinking too hard, they simply won't come back."
She paused and then said, "But I can't think about it."
When Xu Huaigu heard what she said, he couldn't help but take a few sips of wine and said, "I also know how it feels to leave your hometown. It's really uncomfortable."
Liu Wan'er looked at the wine in the wine bowl quietly and said softly: "I can't live without this sect. If Qingfeng Valley is to perish, I will definitely die at the front. The mountains and rivers here gave birth to me and raised me, and I will eventually die." Gotta come back here.”
Xu Huaigu raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp, then poured himself another glass of wine. After drinking several bowls, he felt a little more comfortable. He frowned and said, "Is there any way to make Qingfeng Valley survive this disaster safely?"
Liu Waner shook her head and said: "No Ying"
"So you must stay here? Xie Qingyun is still with me and asked me to take you away. She won't want to see you do this."
Liu Waner still shook her head and did not drink. She just looked at the drink quietly. Under the calm expression, he no longer knew what kind of turmoil was in his heart. Xu Huaigu looked at her profile. Xie Qingyun was right. She had really changed a lot. At least she wouldn't hide her emotions like this before.
Xu Huaigu was bored and just immersed himself in drinking. Unknowingly, it was already midnight, and even the people in the restaurant gradually left. Only the old shopkeeper was still sitting behind the counter, staring at the top of the counter expressionlessly, not knowing. What are you thinking about.
"You really can't leave with me?"
Liu Waner shook her head firmly and said, "No."
Xu Huaigu poured another full bowl of wine and drank it.
Liu Waner raised her hand to stop him, frowned and advised, "You drank too much."
Xu Huaigu had been sulking for a long time. As soon as Liu Waner took the wine bowl, he could no longer hold it in. He slammed the wine bowl on the table and smashed it into pieces. Liu Waner's face turned pale with shock. He stared at him blankly.
"Why, why do you all want to die! You all want to die with the sect and the country! Tell me, why!"
Xu Huaigu's face was red, and he felt that he had never been so angry in his life. Anyway, there were no outsiders in the restaurant, so he simply smashed the jar and said angrily: "The demon clan is coming, Xingyue Sect is dead, Liang Chen is dead, Xia Ying is dead. Dayu Kingdom is also dead, Lin Cangyang is Her country is dead, and hundreds of thousands of people in Xingqing City are also dead! Now you have to be buried with Qingfeng Valley. Tell me why! Why don't I leave? Anyway, the word "left" is "death", so I don't want to leave. Let’s die together, okay!”
Liu Waner stared at him blankly without saying a word.
The old shopkeeper had mixed feelings in his heart. He took out a pipe from under the counter and slowly lit it.
After venting his anger, Xu Huaigu took a few deep breaths. He seemed to feel that he had gone too far after finally seeing each other. For a while, he felt confused.
Liu Waner pursed her lips and gritted her teeth: "You are drunk, go back."
Xu Huaigu immediately stood up with his sword raised, and Liu Waner also stood up to follow. Xu Huaigu paused for a moment and then left the restaurant.
The old shopkeeper watched the two people walking away, then took another look at the cold restaurant, blew out a smoke ring, lowered his head and was silent for a long time, then sighed to himself: "No matter how lively the banquet is, it will eventually break up."
