It wasn't until dark that the Huihuan trio still didn't come back, so Lu Ran had to have dinner with Ke Zhizi first.
Ke Zhizi was still weak, so Lu Ran ordered half a table of light meals and half a table of large fish and meat.
Anyway, it was my own inn, and after closing early in the afternoon, there was a lot of inventory left, so I didn’t eat anything for nothing. Besides, I had eaten vegetarian food on Pingtou Peak for two days, so I had to make up for it in my first meal back.
"Brother Ran." Ke Zhizi saw that Lu Ran was absent-minded, holding a duck wing in his hand and holding it in mid-air. He seemed to have forgotten to chew.
"Uh..." Lu Ran was startled, and then he choked on his food. He drank water, held his breath, and retched for a long time.
He made a fool of himself, but it relieved the embarrassment. In fact, Lu Ran was originally thinking about a very embarrassing question.
Almost all men have thought about this question when they meet the woman they like.
A question I had thought about, and secretly swore I would never think about it again.
"Brother Ran, tell me, that Xu Fang..." Ke Zhizi asked Lu Ran what he originally wanted to discuss with Hui Huan.
Lu Ran was still a little scared in his heart and words: "Didn't he say that you are like an old friend of his?"
"Yes...really?" I don't know if it was because of the injury, but Zhizi hadn't frowned for a long time.
Frowning also requires strength.
She expressed her doubts: "I just think it's not that simple."
Lu Ran held his chin and pretended to think, but in fact he was taking a peek: "However, I have a strange feeling. He said that you are like an old friend of his. Putting aside whether this sentence is true or not, he himself There are indeed some indescribable similarities between me and you."
"You mean, he is also a 'Jade Clan'?" Ke Zhizi calmly expressed the conjecture that had been entangled in his heart for a long time.
"Aha? Is that what happened? I was originally wondering if you were his illegitimate daughter or something."
What did the old Taoist priest say? Lu Ran has a simple mind and is harmless.
"Of course I can't be his illegitimate daughter. This Xu Fang is a true immortal who has been enlightened for thousands of years, and I am just a swordsman who has not yet reached the level of red immortal."
Once Cozhiko opens up her chatterbox, she is actually quite talkative and cheerful.
"This...does it mean that after cultivating a true immortal, you can no longer get married and have children? I don't think so?" Lu Ran's perspective on things, although a bit paradoxical, often makes some sense.
"No, no, no, I know, this is absolutely impossible." Ke Zhizi shook his head slightly.
My thoughts suddenly returned to many years ago. The memory of my childhood was always very clear. There was a gray-haired boy in the big prison car. Although he definitely couldn't be Xu Fang, there was indeed something similar between the two people's eyebrows. resemblance.
But memories that are too long and too painful may no longer be true.
The boy's body was finally buried under the snowdrift, which was why he desperately escaped with his life.
Everything is just because she is a "Jade Clan".
"Kozhizi."
Ke Zhizi interrupted her thoughts when she heard Lu Ran calling her. She finally frowned again and asked Lu Ran seriously: "Why don't you ask me about the 'Jade Clan'?"
"You haven't asked me about 'Haizi' either!"
Lu Ran suddenly came closer and looked at Kezhizi's face and her blue melancholy eyes.
Ke Zhizi smelled a faint smell that was different from Hui Huan, but equally good, and a small lightning suddenly bloomed in her body.
Lu Ran's face got closer and closer, and Ke Zhizi closed her eyes shyly.
Then, Lu Ransao stretched out a finger and flicked Kezhizi's forehead hard.
"Bangbangbangbang, you're frowning again, Ke Zhizi!"
"It hurts!" Ke Zhizi subconsciously covered her forehead, but tears flowed down her cheeks unsatisfactorily.
"Oh, don't cry. What about the 'Jade Clan'? Next time you see Xu Fang, just go and ask clearly. I will definitely help you ask clearly!"
"Um!"
"By the way, Ke Zhizi, there is something I really forgot to ask you."
"What?"
"Does it hurt? The wound."
"It doesn't hurt." Ke Zhizi didn't frown this time, but couldn't help crying.
For a long while, Ke Zhizi was really crying, and Lu Ran laughed dryly, until she also laughed through tears.
"Brother Ran, thank you."
This was the second time in one day that I thanked Lu Ran.
"You're welcome. In return, you'll listen to me pour out my bitterness."
Lu Ran then also told Ke Zhizi the dream that he originally wanted to tell Qingwu.
In order for Ke Zhizi to be able to relate, he also briefly talked about his trip to Zhuohai two years ago.
Unexpectedly, Kezhizi, who has been practicing in the mountains for many years, has never seen or heard of such strange and mysterious explorations. He was as fascinated by it as if he were listening to a story.
"Hey, stop scolding that Li Jiangliu. You have to analyze it for me. What does this mean?"
"Ah? What do you mean? It's just a dream. A dream is just a dream. What else can it mean?"
"No, no, no, I dream almost every day, but I also know very well that this dream is very special, there is something... different about it."
Ke Zhizi rarely saw Lu Ran with such a serious expression, so he blinked: "Well, let me think about it."
"Okay, but please don't think about it with a frown."
"Then I...think with my eyes wide open!"
At this moment, Lu Ran suddenly wanted to pour a glass of wine and wait slowly.
It's good to wait for the answer, but it's actually not bad if you can stay at this moment waiting for the answer forever.
Ke Zhizi didn't frown, just widened her eyes and pursed her lips occasionally.
I thought about it very seriously, and asked Lu Ran about the details again and again.
Although Lu Ran was reluctant to recall it over and over again, it was a nightmare, but who told him to like such a moment?
He hasn't had this feeling for a long time.
"I thought about it."
Finally, Kochiko's eyes flashed, like the sky clearing: "When I was a child, I heard people say that dreams are the opposite. The opposite means that one day, in a place where spring flowers are blooming, you will walk towards a certain person. , you will see that little flower again, that boy is none other than you in the future. In the end, the boy got his revenge, got the flower, and finally walked back to the sea."
"Kozhizi, is it really okay to make up nonsense like this?"
"There is no such thing as random fabrication. A dream is just a dream. Even if the dream is contrary to reality, it doesn't mean anything."
"Why do you hear people say that dreams are reversed? Have you never had a dream?"
"Yeah, maybe because I'm that 'Jade Clan'? I've never had a dream."
"Then you still said that your explanation was not made up?"
"But I'm having a dream right now."
"Huh? What does that mean?"
"I want to see the world of 3022. I want to see the steel roads, the eternal lights, and the city that never sleeps."
"I want to walk to the stars made of steel in the sky, take a look, and then return to this world from there."
"Hey, it's boring." Lu Ran was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that among the many things he just mentioned, the one that Ke Zhizi was most interested in was actually the weirdest one, 3022.
But at this time, her melancholy blue eyes were really beautiful.
As beautiful as a dream.
Lu Ran was so fascinated that he murmured, "But what if that was just a dream?"
Ke Zhizi's voice was soft: "Then just think of it as a dream."
Lu Ran happily slapped the table and finally realized, "Yes! Just think of it as a dream!"
"Yes, compared to those who don't have dreams, being able to dream is already very happy."
"Kozhizi, you are such a genius!"
Lu Ran excitedly held Ke Zhizi's hand.
"Ahem, take your stupid hands off." A delicate voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "After listening to it for so long, I have to tell you with disappointment that that is not a dream, that is real."
Qingwu pushed the door open and entered with a cool night breeze and a small tree on his back.
