When Li Shuang returned home, she found for the first time that her parents were sitting at the table wearing plain clothes.
Li Shuang's father, Li Chong, is an ordinary working man with a weathered face, but his mother, Wang Yujing, still has charm and natural beauty. However, due to long-term work, her face also has some forehead wrinkles, showing her true age.
What was placed on the table for the two of them was the hammer that the blacksmith regarded as his second life.
But at this time, the hammer had broken.
Underground of Li Shuang's house is a blacksmith's shop, which is used for forging weapons.
Li Chong has been playing around with some weapons all year round, but today, the weapon broke.
Both of them looked unhappy.
Li Shuang called softly, "Dad, Mom."
Li Chong glanced at Li Shuang and nodded, "You're back."
Wang Yujing also stood up and said, "Have you eaten yet? Mom will make you something to eat."
Li Shuang looked at her pink suitcase placed next to her, "Mom, what does this mean?"
Li Chong took a sword from the wall next to him and handed it to Li Shuang. After Li Shuang took it, her eyes changed, becoming bright and sharp.
"In our industry, there is an old saying, if the hammer breaks, your family will die. You should leave here tomorrow."
"What about you?"
"My mother and I have lived here for so many years, where else can we go? You can go your own way, leave us alone, and live a good life by yourself."
With Li Shuang's true martial arts skills, it is easy to dominate the world.
But it would be difficult to carry the burden of both of them.
Moreover, the two of them also have very traditional ideas. When fallen leaves return to their roots, they must die at home.
"No, I'm not leaving."
"Don't forget your mission. Leave here and find a new home that will accommodate you in the future."
"dad!"
Wang Yujing also showed a somewhat bitter smile, "Shuang'er, your future is still very long-term. Go and live your own life. Your parents are old, and you have to walk your own path in the future."
Li Shuang's eyes trembled and she said stubbornly, "...Mom, I won't leave, I can protect you."
"Shuang'er, you are very powerful, but that's the Black Dragon Army. You can't harm you just because of us. Then your parents will have to die in front of you."
"dad……"
No matter what Li Shuang said, it was useless.
And the one who is stubborn like them is Yan Ziyue's grandma.
Yan Ziyue's grandmother, He Shucui, also came from a scholarly family and was a lady. She always kept the house in order, elegant and tidy when she lived alone.
On weekdays, I have enough money, just to water the flowers, plant grass, and make cakes to entertain myself.
Of course, since Yan Ziyue came, she has become even more happy.
Every day seems like a Chinese New Year.
Now, these happy days have finally come to an end.
She is very satisfied.
Looking at Yan Ziyue at the table eating the cake in small bites, He Shucui smiled and said, "How about it, is the cake made by grandma delicious?"
"Well, it's delicious. The cakes made by grandma are the most delicious in the world."
Yan Ziyue answered happily.
Seeing his granddaughter so happy, He Shucui felt relieved from the bottom of his heart.
He murmured, "Your father just received a message, saying that he will send someone to take you home tomorrow, so be prepared."
"...Because of the Black Dragon King's attack on the city, grandma, please pack up quickly and see what you need to bring."
He Shucui smiled and said, "Where am I going? This is the place where I was born and raised. Now that I'm used to living there, I can't move anymore. Let's just let the fallen leaves return to their roots. Besides, your grandfather will be lonely here now that I'm gone."
"Grandma, what do you mean, you won't leave..."
Yan Ziyue's cake fell to the ground...
——
That night.
Li Chenguang got up from the bed again.
The sound of rain outside was still ringing, and the drops fell on the window, making a crisp sound.
He glanced at Li Diexi's sleeping face, then quietly put on his clothes, picked up his umbrella and walked out.
Came to the school playground again.
However, Meng Zhang was no longer around.
As Meng Zhang said, that was the last class.
Li Chenguang stood on the playground for a while holding an umbrella, looking up at the sky, feeling that there was an ominous message floating over the entire city.
He wanted to do something, but he didn't know what he could do.
He hoped that the teacher could give him some guidance.
After standing alone for a while, Li Chenguang turned around and went home.
What he didn't know was that Meng Zhang was standing on the top of the nearby teaching building, looking thoughtfully at his leaving figure.
As a white light flashed, a white figure appeared behind Meng Zhang.
It was a handsome man with sharp edges and two white corners.
He is also the prince of the Hailong clan.
He is also one of the two apprentices that Meng Zhang once told Li Chenguang.
"Yin Feng, why are you here?"
Yin Feng first made a master-disciple salute and said respectfully, "Master, I heard that Yuhai was in trouble, and I came here to help you."
Meng Zhang said coldly, "Go back quickly, you have nothing to do here."
"Master, the Black Dragon King is too insidious. I'm afraid he will do some dirty tricks. I will protect this city with you. The more people we have, the more strength we have."
"Don't mess around. It's none of your business here. Go back to your Dragon Palace."
"Master! Why don't you agree to let your disciple do something for you?"
"It's too dangerous for you here. You are undecided and can easily go wrong. Go back and cultivate yourself first."
"Master, I can do it. I can control my inner demons and everything will be fine."
However, Meng Zhang insisted, "Go back! This is none of your business."
——
The next day Li Chenguang was rarely woken up not by Ling Yexue, but by Wang Jinhou and Song Yinghu.
"Chen Guang, Chen Guang, come out quickly, come out quickly."
Li Chenguang had no choice but to get up and stick his head out of the window, "What's wrong? It's so urgent. Is there a discount on breakfast today?"
"You still have time to care about breakfast. Something big has happened."
"The breakfast shop is closed? I told you not to keep waiting for a discount."
Li Chenguang yawned and walked downstairs slowly.
Wang Jinhou and Song Yinghu stood at the door holding an umbrella each, and Li Chenguang quickly brought them in.
"How to say."
"The great city wall is failing. The Black Dragon King's army will arrive tomorrow. If we don't run away, it's too late. The Dragon Clan, the Dragon Clan is about to enter the city."
"That's not good, it's time for you to use a sliding shovel to kill the dragon."
"It's almost enough to feed the dragon with a sliding shovel."
Song Yinghu also said, "My relatives are all planning to run away."
Li Chenguang asked, "How to run?"
Nowadays, the safest way for ordinary people to travel back and forth in the city is to ask hunters from private organizations to escort them.
But a team of ordinary hunters with the strength to escort them to the next city costs hundreds of thousands, which is not necessarily safe. The more powerful hunters cost several million, and you may not be able to afford them even after selling your house.
Moreover, even if you are invited, what are you going to do there? If you go to the outer city penniless, isn't that why you go there to beg for food?
Wang Jinhou said, "They said yes, they will run with the rich people. They will invite hunters, and we will drive behind them."
"Hunters protect the rich, but they don't protect you."
"With the powerful hunter escort, the dragons don't dare to get close,"
"Nothing is better than waiting to die here."
"Are you crazy? Such a big target and a huge group of people will definitely attract dragons to come for dinner. They can't deal with the hunters in front, and they can't deal with you sliding the shovel to feed them."
Wang Jinhou said nervously, "That's better than waiting to die here. Hurry up and pack your luggage. Let's run away together. Then follow the others."
"We don't have to wait to die. Unlike Mingzhou City, our military strength is several times that of others. We really may not be able to defeat the Black Dragon Army."
"Chen Guang, you should stop dreaming. I heard that the lord-level dragon is like a mountain. One dragon's breath can kill thousands of people. They are still fighting. Hurry up and pack your things."
Li Chenguang had already packed up his things.
But he felt that the probability of the two of them defeating the Black Dragon King in Yuhai City before they were able to wait in the city was high.
There's nothing we can do about it.
These days, it’s easier to do things if you have money, otherwise what would people do to make money?
"I'll think about it again, you don't have to wait for me."
Li Chengguang saw off his two gay friends, then bought milk and steamed buns, placed them on the bedside, and asked Li Diexi to make breakfast by himself, then went to the school gate and waited for a while.
Li Shuang and Yan Ziyue arrived.
Ling Yexue said that she had something to do and her mother was trapped at home and couldn't come.
Then the three of them took a taxi and arrived at the gate of the city lord's mansion.
Only this time, the guards here were even tighter. Many people even gathered at the door, causing trouble and shouting for the city lord to give them an explanation.
Why something happened to the Great Wall.
Will Yuhai City be destroyed?
What to do next.
Everyone didn't care whether it was raining or not. They held up some big red banners and shouted for the city lord to come out and give them an explanation.
Yan Ziyue called Li Tianming, but Li Tianming couldn't let the group in.
"Currently, the house is very busy and we are all preparing for tomorrow. I'm really sorry."
"..."
Looking at the crowds of people shouting and marching in front of the city lord's palace, Li Chenguang felt that it was of no use. He, the lord of the city, wants to protect Yuhai more than anyone else. What's the use of putting pressure on him? I am definitely trying every possible means now.
The three of them went to a nearby fast food restaurant and sat down.
I wanted to buy something to eat, but there were no employees. There was only one boss working there, and it was too busy.
The boss apologized desperately, "Everyone, wait a moment, wait a moment, I'm really sorry, all three employees ran away, saying it was the end of the world, they were waiting to die, and they wouldn't come."
The boss, who is in his 40s, works multiple jobs in the kitchen alone.
Now it doesn’t matter if you eat or not.
The three of them found a seat by the window and sat down. The flow of people and traffic on the road was much less, and it was so deserted that you couldn't tell that this was the busiest street in the city.
The sky was gloomy, dark clouds were pressing down, the buildings were about to collapse, and the rain engulfed the entire city, giving people a feeling of doomsday. Everyone was escaping in a hurry.
Yan Ziyue held her delicate chin in her beautiful jade hand, looked out the window quietly, and said with some sadness, "I talked to my grandma for a long time yesterday, but she refused to leave."
Li Shuang also sighed lightly, "My parents, too, always talk about destiny and inheritance and refuse to leave this place."
"Sometimes it's really hard to understand the thinking of the older generation. They would rather die here than leave."
Li Chenguang also couldn't understand, "Maybe the older generation has a heavy concept of the place where they live and grow up. This is where they have everything."
There are memories, friends, relatives, old friends, life, and home!
These things are more important than their lives.
Unlike young people, they can accept new things, go wherever they go, and think that their own place is home.
Yan Ziyue turned her little face and looked at Li Chenguang, "Is there any way to repair the Great Wall, or to prevent the Black Dragon King from attacking again?"
Li Shuang also cast an earnest look at Li Chenguang.
"What do you think I'm doing? Isn't that our city lord's duty?"
Yan Ziyue pursed her lips and said, "What? Just like you were going to catch that Dragon Prince, think of other ways. Aren't you quite capable? I'm giving you a chance."
"Thank you for the opportunity. I really don't have the ability to prevent the two armies from fighting. Do you think I have extraordinary abilities?"
"My grandma is the one who cares about me the most. I chose No. 4 Middle School because it is close to home and I can spend more time with grandma."
Li Chenguang finally knew the reason why Yan Ziyue chose No. 4 Middle School, and inexplicably solved a meaningless mystery.
Li Shuang looked at Li Chenguang and said, "Is it really not possible? Parents, parents, they won't leave no matter what."
As he spoke, he lowered his gaze, looking like he was about to cry, with tears flashing in his eyes.
Seeing Li Shuang's pitiful appearance, Li Chenguang quickly comforted him, "Li Shuang, don't worry, I'll think about it again."
Yan Ziyue frowned when she heard this, "I ask you, but there is nothing you can do. Li Shuang asks you, just think again, are you partial?"
"..."
What kind of partiality, what am I doing?
Didn't I comfort her?
Many times, Li Chenguang was speechless at this young lady's strange mind.
The three of them sat in the store for a while, then took the car back to school and parted ways.
Yan Ziyue was obviously not happy, holding an umbrella and walking back step by step with heavy steps.
Li Shuang held her little flower umbrella and looked at Yan Ziyue who was leaving, then at Li Chenguang, her eyes gradually changed.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, with her unique sharp and dazzling light, and stared at Li Chenguang and said, "If you need my help, feel free to come to me."
Li Chenguang shook his head, "At this time, we should be powerless."
Li Shuang smiled and said, "I will never admit you, never. I hate you, and I hate fate even more."
"Huh?" Li Chenguang didn't quite understand what she meant.
Li Shuang paused for a moment before looking into the distance and said softly, "That's what I originally thought, but if you can save my parents, I am willing to admit you. It doesn't matter if you are weak as hell, I will protect you." , try to accept our fate, this is the agreement I promised you."
"What do you mean..."
Before Li Chenguang finished speaking, he found that Li Shuang disappeared in front of him.
Living people disappeared in an instant.
"what's the situation?"
Li Chenguang stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes in shock, "Where is Li Shuang?"
Was it just a hallucination?
Inexplicable words and inexplicable disappearances are just hallucinations.
Damn it, have you been overusing your brain to this extent recently?
He stood at the school gate and looked left and right, but he did not see Li Shuang's voice or shadow.
Finally, I turned around to look at the deserted school with no one in sight, and had no choice but to go home.
It's a coincidence.
Li Chenguang had just arrived at the door of his house, and before he had time to enter, he found Zhou Shuhan walking over.
Different from his usual amiable appearance, he shouted "Xiaoguang" with a smile.
This time she held an umbrella, walked over quickly, and shouted directly with a slightly cold face, "Li Chenguang."
The sound is scary.
Li Chenguang looked at Zhou Shuhan and called out obediently, "Auntie."
Zhou Shuhan walked over quickly, grabbed his hand, and stuffed something directly into his hand.
Li Chenguang looked down and saw that it was the strange pocket watch that Ling Yexue showed him last time.
Zhou Shuhan said sternly, "Chen Guang, I told you carefully before, but you just didn't listen. This is the last time Auntie will tell you that when I got engaged to your parents, I didn't want to do it. It was your parents who came to visit my house." Ye Xue is smart, beautiful and talented, so I had to convince my aunt to agree."
"Look, the betrothal gift for most girls is five to six hundred thousand plus a car, but our family, Ye Xue, is even more proud of heaven. Your parents just gave this trash as a betrothal gift, and there were no other betrothal gifts." , Auntie didn’t take anything from your house, now I’ll return this thing to you, and our family will be settled from now on.”
"Auntie used to take care of you, right? You can tell your conscience whether she took care of you."
Li Chenguang stared blankly at the silver pocket watch in his hand and murmured back, "Yes, yes, thank you, auntie."
"So, I'm not sorry for you. Don't come to harm our family, Ye Xue. She will marry a prince or nobleman in the future. She will have no future with you. You yourself know the situation of your family." , do you think you are suitable? Let me ask you, do you think you are suitable?"
"No..." Li Chenguang wanted to say it was inappropriate, but his lips trembled and he could not say it.
"So, we are leaving. Let's get together and have a good time. We are all clear. Please don't see our Ye Xue again, and don't contact her again. You will ruin her life. Thank you, aunt, I have already said it very politely. If I find you contacting her again, don’t blame Auntie for being rude. You must be self-aware and not be so selfish. You must also consider others."
"……yes."
After saying that, Zhou Shuhan turned around and went home without waiting for Li Chenguang to say anything more.
Their family is moving, they have to cut off all ties with this place and start over.
Li Chenguang stood at the door of his house, watching Zhou Shuhan return to the villa, and then stared blankly at the pocket watch in his hand, without moving for a long time...
(End of chapter)
