It’s time for the sun to reach three poles, Li Boxen thought. He saw the bright sun outside the window and heard the voices of people talking on the street outside the window. The kitchen in the back of the restaurant should have turned on the fire, and the aroma of oil smoke penetrated directly into his nose.
But he couldn't move. Lin Qiao rested on his arm and slept deeply. The black hair is scattered, and the roots are thin and soft. Li Bochen stared at her for a while, then realized that he was laughing, and then gently lifted the quilt up.
At this time, I think about last night's scene again. I can only vaguely remember the sound and smell, but I can't remember other details. It's like a dream.
After a while, I heard the sound of moving on the porch outside the house. The waiter called through the door: "Dear guest, General Qin is in the hall. I want to ask if your guest has slept well?"
Before Li Bochen could say anything, Lin Qiao was woken up. Before he could turn his face away, he saw her open her eyes. He felt his face heat up slightly, but she stared at him sleepily for a while, smiled, and slowly rubbed her face on his shoulder, like a cat, and whispered softly: "I got up late."
Li Bochen felt warm in his heart, and for some reason, he felt a lump in his throat. He took a breath, turned over and looked at her, and said softly: "Then sleep a little longer, I'll go down first."
Lin Qiao said with a thick nasal voice: "Yeah."
Li Bochen hesitated, then got up and tucked her in again. He walked to the bed naked, wondering if she was looking at his back - there must be scars on his back due to the battle in Beiyuan. But then I thought, screw it, I’ve already slept, there’s nothing else I can’t watch from now on.
He put on his clothes and after thinking about it, he didn't wear any armor. Wearing a suit of armor and walking on the road is really eye-catching. Now that he is at the pinnacle of Qi-nurturing realm, he won't be in a hurry if he is really in danger.
He poured another cup of tea and rinsed his mouth. He turned to look at Lin Qiao and found that she had fallen asleep again. Then he opened the door softly and said to the man guarding the door: "Go back to General Qin, I will be there immediately."
The guy agreed and went downstairs.
While stroking his bun, Li Bochen slowly walked to the railing and looked down into the hall. He saw Qin Le sitting at the table by the window, twirling a teacup in his hand and drinking tea slowly, with an expression on his face. He was calm and didn't look like anything had happened.
He breathed a sigh of relief, stomped downstairs, and said loudly: "Brother Qin, you've been waiting for a long time!"
Qin Le turned to look at him, stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What happened to Brother Li? He is in such a high mood today."
Li Bochen raised his hand and touched his face, only to realize that he was smiling again. I thought to myself, am I becoming a fool? Then he walked to the table, sat down, and said, "I passed the test several times last night. I felt so proud that Brother Qin laughed."
Qin Le laughed: "Congratulations."
He turned around and ordered a few meals, and then said: "I sent someone to Sanguan yesterday afternoon to ask, and what Brother Li said is true. The day after tomorrow at the latest, I will arrange for someone to deliver that thing to you - if you have Sora, I’ll go alone.”
Lin Qiao guessed correctly. But Qin Le said it openly and openly at this time, which was considered aboveboard. Li Bochen was very fond of him and said, "Brother Qin's troubles have really helped me a lot."
Qin Le shook his head: "Brother Li, you helped me a lot."
Li Boxen was stunned for a moment, but then he figured it out. Qin Le said that he had offended people with his mouth and was sent here from Lord Linxi. He must have been demoted many levels, which shows that he got into big trouble at the beginning. But he was able to save his life despite being involved in such a thing, and he lived quite happily here without seeming to be embarrassed by anyone. This shows that Lord Linxi still admires him very much.
In this way, Lord Linxi may have been waiting for some opportunity to reuse him. Sending the demonic meat himself was indeed a big favor for Qin Le.
This is a good thing... Even for himself, Qin Le should do his best.
After thinking about this, Li Boxen accepted it calmly and said with a smile: "The golden scales are not the things in the pond, they are also Brother Qin's own creation."
Qin Le recited the previous sentence twice, clapped his hands and said, "Well said! Brother Li is a master of both cultivation and literary talent!"
Li Bochen didn't dare to take this up, fearing that the noble family would invite him to recite poems on a whim, so he hurriedly said: "Then we will set off after noon."
Qin Le said seriously: "Speaking of this matter, I still have something to say."
When the waiter served the food, Qin Le took out a chopstick and whispered: "Now Zhu Hou has a small influence in Fengzhou. He is in Jinghu Mountain, fifty miles away from Fengzhou Houcheng. He has more than 300 people under his command. There are soldiers and weapons. The Chang family was also moved to a market town near Jinghu Mountain called Mengjiatun."
"As for the cave site, I don't know where it is yet. But in the past, there were only three major sects in Fengzhou that were capable of building a cave. There was only the Leiyun Cave line near Jinghu Lake. This lineage is because of Leiyun It is named after the mountain. If Brother Li wants to find the Cave Heaven ruins, you can go to Leiyun Mountain and give it a try."
It was time to find out what happened to him and then he said these things. But it’s also human nature. Li Bochen wrote it down carefully and said, "Okay, thank you very much."
Qin Le nodded and was about to use his chopsticks when he looked up at the second floor. After thinking about it for a while, he slowly put down his chopsticks, smiled at Li Boxen and said, "Oh, Brother Li, congratulations."
After saying this, he stood up and said with a smile: "I know what's interesting - Brother Li should ask the waiter to bring the food up."
How did he figure it out? But Li Boxen didn't know what to say for a while. Because of Qin Le's performance yesterday, it seems that he shouldn't say "same joy" with joy, right? He could only say: "General Qin..."
Qin Le waved his hand and sighed: "I also heard about Jinghui Tower last night. Brother Li is not as courageous as Qin."
After saying this, he cupped his hands and said, "Let's say goodbye. See you later. Let's drink."
Li Boxen had no choice but to return the favor and said, "Okay, Brother Qin."
He watched Qin Le walk out of the market town, then turned around and ordered the waiter to reheat the food and send it upstairs in two-quarters of an hour. After thinking about it, he ordered them to prepare two more soup buckets and send them up together.
After saying this, I was about to go upstairs when I suddenly heard someone outside the door shouting: "What? Brother Li is so proud of himself now? But be careful where good fortune and misfortune come from!"
When Li Bochen heard this, he was shocked and hurriedly rushed out the door in three steps and two steps at a time. When he went out, he saw the person he was talking to, but he didn't recognize him. It turned out that a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar was talking to another man. The sentence just now was probably because they were chatting with each other.
When looking at these two people, they were still walking forward and continuing to joke. However, Li Boxen suddenly rushed out, startling the two of them. They both looked at him a few times, lowered their voices, and walked over.
Was it a misunderstanding? Li Bochen frowned, recalling the expressions of the two people just now, and didn't think there was anything unusual. But that sentence just now was so appropriate for the occasion. Moreover, he remembered something that he had almost forgotten - on the road outside Sanguan City, he had seen two people, an old man and a young man, digging wild vegetables in the fields.
The old man also told himself to be careful about things happening in the city. At that time, he just thought it was because the old man was enthusiastic and he looked like a martial artist, so he mentioned it casually. But when he arrived in the city, he was indeed ambushed by Ye Lu.
Is this really a coincidence?
He couldn't feel relieved for a moment, so he simply took two steps back and leaned against the wall, feeling the ghost coming out of his body. He followed the two people all the way and turned into a small road with them, seemingly returning to the home of the person who spoke. The two of them entered the courtyard, and the man who spoke called out his wife and ordered some food and wine to be prepared. Then he and another man entered the study room to discuss music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Although Li Bochen didn't have the ability to detect subtle things, looking at the courtyard, the men and women, he could still tell that these were ordinary people who had lived here for a long time. There was really nothing to doubt, so he had no choice but to return to his physical body.
He thought to himself, maybe it was just a coincidence...it was also because he was too worried. I have been worried a lot these days, and I suddenly enjoy some blessings. It is inevitable that I will feel a little worried about gains and losses.
He took a deep breath, turned around, entered the door, and went upstairs.
Gently pushing open the door, she found that Lin Qiao had woken up and was sitting at the table with her hair in a bun. When she saw him, she pursed her lips and smiled and said softly: "Ah Chen."
Listening to this sound, Li Boxen felt his heartbeat slow down. Since he came to this world, no one has ever called him so intimately. This time, all the worries I had downstairs just now disappeared, and I just felt warm in my heart.
He said: "Are you awake? Just in time, the food will be served in a moment."
After last night, I didn't feel unfamiliar or awkward at all when I was with Lin Qiao. But seeing that she kept looking at him with a smile, she was still a little at a loss, so she said again: "...Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Lin Qiao smiled and said, "Just ask me to sleep a little longer tonight."
As expected, she had become much closer to him, like a piece of dust-covered jade, suddenly becoming pure and warm. Seeing her look like this, Li Bochen felt really happy. After hearing her words, he couldn't wait to get closer to her again. But thinking about the scene last night, I also knew that I felt sorry for her, so I had to suppress my hunger and thought, after two lifetimes combined, at my age, I can't indulge in sexual indulgence... To be unrestrained is not a good thing for spiritual practice. .
He walked to the table and sat down, staring at her for a while. After all, it was the woman who was defeated first and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't tease you, so don't tease me either."
She put her hair up into a bun and put her hands down. At this time, there was no makeup at all, but her skin was moist and fair, and her hands were slender, giving her a real hibiscus look. Seeing her like this, Li Bochen felt that he liked her more and more, and couldn't help but say: "Xiao Man."
"Um?"
"You said we had an engagement before." He thought for a moment and took one of her hands. "We are now married, okay?"
Lin Qiao's hand suddenly grasped in his palm and she was stunned.
When Li Bochen saw her like this, he immediately regretted it. It's not that he regretted what he said before, but that he said it now - he had always told himself to treat Lin Qiao as an unfortunate ordinary woman, but he could still guess her thoughts in his heart.
She looked like this, probably because of the thought "He wants to marry me". She will still have grudges about her own identity... I'm afraid she thought it was a "gift" if she said such things.
But he really didn't want her to think that way, and he didn't want to see her lose her composure because of it. I should... find a good time to say these words slowly so that both of them can take it calmly. Not at this time... It sounds like it means "I will always be responsible for you and give you a name" or something like that.
Sure enough, Lin Qiao's eyes slowly became wet, and she was about to cry when she looked at Xuan Ran. He spoke again and said: "Ah Chen, but I..."
Li Bochen sighed in his heart and whispered: "I know what you are going to say, Xiaoman, don't say those words."
He thought about it again, and he had some sweet words in his heart, but he really couldn't say it out. Fortunately, at this time, the waiter's voice came from outside the door, saying: "Guest, are the meals being brought in now?"
Li Bochen quickly let go of his hand and said, "Okay, bring it in."
The waiter opened the door and walked into the room with a food tray. The two of them watched him put the food on the table, and they were speechless for a moment. It was better to be close and harmonious just now.
After everything was set up, the waiter said again: "Guest, that's it. What else do you want?"
Li Bochen smiled: "That's good."
The guy answered and walked out the door. But when it was about to close, Li Boxen said: "Another bottle of wine."
The guy responded.
The door closed, but the two of them were still speechless. After sitting like this for two or three breaths, Lin Qiao glanced at him secretly. Seemingly seeing his dull expression, he spoke again: "Ah Chen..."
Hearing her timid voice, Li Bochen felt distressed again, so he raised his eyes to look at her and smiled: "There's no rush."
She was stunned, but still said "Yeah" and lowered her eyes. Only then did Li Bochen realize that his "not in a hurry" should have caused her to worry again. But when he heard the knock on the door, he stood up, opened the door, and accepted the bottle of wine and two small cups brought by the waiter.
He walked back to the table, poured some wine, and said with a smile: "Both of us have neither father nor mother, so let's use wine as a matchmaker. How can we be in a hurry before the wine arrives."
As he spoke, he handed the other one to her and said softly: "Xiaoman, I'm just a common man. If you don't dislike me, I already feel that Beichen has pity on you."
Lin Qiao sat at the table with her head bowed, wringing her hands together. Li Bochen didn't speak and just held the wine cup.
After a while, Lin Qiao raised her head and looked at him and said, "Ah Chen, you also pity me."
She raised her hand to take the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp. Li Bochen was stunned - he originally wanted to have a drink, but maybe there is no such custom here. But he finally breathed a sigh of relief, smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Beichen is on top. I, Li Bochen, and Lin Qiao——"
"Ah Chen... call me Lin Xiaoman." Lin Qiao stared at him solemnly, as if Beichen was really in front of him, "That clever word... I don't want to use it anymore."
Seeing her like this, Li Boxen knew that it might be because others called her "Qiao Girl" when she was in Jinghui Tower. Then he said: "Okay, let's talk to Lin Xiaoman..."
"No...just call me Xiaoman." Lin Qiao gritted her teeth and said, "Lin...I don't want to use it anymore."
Li Bochen thought for a while and said: "Okay - Beichen is on top. I, Li Bochen, and Xiaoman are getting married today."
After he said this, he didn't know what to say next. Then he paused, thought about it again, and said, "We will always be united and we will never give up in life or death."
Then he raised his head and drank all the wine in his cup.
The wine enters the throat and turns into a line of warmth into the stomach. He put down the wine cup and looked at Lin Qiao, and saw that Lin Qiao was also looking at him, her eyelashes trembling slightly, her face moved, but luckily she didn't shed any tears. He suddenly felt his body sinking, as if there was a heat in his body that wanted to rush out of his throat.
I am no longer alone. He thought, from now on, I also have a family in this world.
