The shadows of the trees are heavy, and the night is dark.

The figure of Lu Zhizhi disappeared in front of his eyes, Li Ruoshui hurried over, passed through the messy bamboo branches, and saw him rolling down the slope.

There was a beam of moonlight shining there, and the little boy's black hair was scattered on his shoulders, a little messy, his body was covered with bamboo leaves, and he was standing up calmly.

...As expected, have been fascinated by plants since was a child.

He doesn't have a blind stick now, and he's a little absent-minded. It's inevitable to walk in the air.

Lu Zhiyao chose a random direction to walk forward again, and stopped just after taking two steps. There happened to be a small slope in front of him.

Li Ruoshui: ...

Lu Zhiyao did live here for a long time and knew the way, but the road he was familiar with should be the one leading to the city.

Looking at his outfit, he did a big thing in the city this morning, so he shouldn't be able to go back.

So her previous guess was wrong, Lu Zhizhi didn't know Lu, he was really walking around.

"I'm going to use a mystery gift box and give me a whistle that he can hear."

Since was able to gently hug him with the sterious gift box last time, it will definitely work this time too.

[Need to draw a gift. Does the host want to smoke now? 】

Li Ruoshui looked at the young boy at the bottom of the slope who kept trying and looking for a way out, and she shook her head.

"I don't want to smoke, I want a whistle that he can hear and help him lead the way."

[Remind the host that you have indeed returned to the past, but you cannot change anything. You do not exist here, you can only be a bystander. 】

"I know." Li Ruoshui looked down at him.

"But he ended up walking out of this bamboo forest. I'm helping him now, but it's easier to get out, and nothing has changed."

【…】

"This will also be a better way to attack him, right?" Li Ruoshui asked tentatively.

She didn't know whether the system would eat this set, but she really couldn't see how Lu Chi had hit a wall here and there.

The bottom of this slope is a bit narrow, with dirt slopes on both sides, and the way out is a bit tricky. Ordinary people will naturally be able to get out easily, but the road is too far.

If this happened in the past, someone would probably have mentioned him, but now he is alone.

[…The host can try your luck and draw, don’t worry, you are very lucky. 】

Could it be that this is meant to open the back door for her?

Looking at Lu Zhishui, Li Ruoshui nodded and agreed: "Then I will smoke."

[Start to draw mysterious gifts...]

[The extraction is complete, congratulations to the host for getting a wooden bird. 】

Li Ruoshui looked at the simulated bird in his hand, it was about the size of a palm, and it was lifelike, but the raised end was like a whistle.

...

Although it looks like a bird, isn't this a whistle?

"I have begun to suspect that the last time I opened the mysterious gift box was not because I was lucky, but because you opened the back door for me."

[The gift box is actually very precious. I still have to remind the host that you are still a non-existent person. Even if you help him here, he will not know it is you. 】

"It does not matter."

Li Ruoshui jumped to the bottom of the slope, stood on the path that could come out, and looked at the back who was reaching out to find the way.

She put the bird's whistle in her mouth and blew it heavily, and a chirping chirping came from the wooden bird's beak.

The sound was so loud that it stunned the resting birds in the bamboo forest.

Lu Zhizhi stopped and turned his head slightly, and the moonlight immediately reflected on his slightly smiling eyebrows.

The shoulder-length sister's head gently spreads an arc on the side of his face, looking soft and well-behaved.

Seeing this expression, Li Ruoshui took a step to the left without hesitation.

Sure enough, in the next second, a stone flew towards this side and was deeply embedded in the ground.

Although the stone couldn't hit her, she avoided it subconsciously.

No sound was heard, and Lu Zhiyuan was a little puzzled.

He turned around and faced this side, and the two ear feathers were also exposed, dangling red under the ears, glowing with a faint light.

Seeing that he was looking over, Li Ruoshui picked up the whistle and blew it again.

Lu Zhizhi stood there still, his smile more gentle, but the thin sword was already half a finger's distance away.

"This precaution is too heavy."

Li Ruoshui sighed softly and started to blow his whistle again.

When he didn't move, she continued to blow. Both parties seemed to be very patient, and they were deadlocked for a while.

The birdsong was crisp and echoed in the woods leisurely.

After a long time, the young man Lu Zhizhi finally understood what he was doing. He lifted his foot and slowly walked towards the birdsong, and the sword was also sheathed.

Seeing that he finally came, Li Ruoshui let out a long sigh of relief.

He looks like a stray cat that has just been brought home. He is vigilant and aggressive, but he maintains the surface peace.

Seeing him approaching slowly, Li Ruoshui stepped back while blowing his whistle, leading him out of the place.

The boy closed his eyes and walked forward step by step with the birdsong, his expression gentle, and the moonlight sprinkled, like a devout pilgrim.

Bamboo leaves all over the ground were trampled and smashed together with the moonlight. Accompanied by birdsong, the bamboo forest was no longer silent.

Seeing him walk out of the bottom of the slope, Li Ruoshui still did not stop.

She looked around and found a slightly empty space, which was suitable for rest.

She ran there briskly, chirping a few more times, trying to lure him over.

Lu Zhiyao smiled and seemed to understand what was going on. He seemed to relax a lot, and he walked a lot faster.

In order to make him understand what he meant, Li Ruoshui chirped again, trying to whistle the word "sit down".

But the process was really difficult. For a while, the birds in the bamboo forest kept chirping, as if many birds were arguing.

But Lu Zhiyao didn't feel bored, on the contrary, he found it very interesting, and his expressions were quite lively.

Li Ruoshui was panting, blowing until his cheeks hurt before he faintly got this tone.

"sit down!"

This tone is a bit strange, but as soon as it appeared, Lu Zhiyao chuckled softly, and lowered his head slightly as if he couldn't help it.

His shoulder-length hair slid down to cover his lower jaw, his face buried in shadows, only the pair of ear feathers under his ears trembled slightly.

The laughter gradually became clear, and Li Ruoshui was stunned. What's so funny?

After a while, she heard his slightly soft voice.

"So you are a divine bird? It's so interesting that you can actually speak."

"..."

Shouldn't he be yelling "help, birds can talk" in great fear?

And even if there is really a divine bird, it is very scary to suddenly make a human voice, not to mention that on such a night, at least she will be frightened.

But Lu Zhiyao didn't, he was even interested, his eyebrows stretched, and he raised his eyebrows slightly excitedly.

"What else would you say?"

Is that how he treats Divine Birds?

"……sit down."

Li Ruoshui paused and blew out these two words. This time the tone was very close, and she could understand her meaning after a little thought.

Sure enough, Lu Zhiyao sat down, he propped his chin and faced this place, the smile on his face was a bit real.

"Can you speak Suzhou dialect?"

I'm really sorry, in Suzhou dialect, she only understands the words "weak water" and "want to", and nothing else.

Li Ruoshui rubbed his cheeks and looked at him, his clothes were mottled with blood, some bamboo leaves were stained on them, and his hair was a little messy.

He looks very embarrassed on the outside, but his raised face looks cute and innocent in the moonlight.

If remember correctly, he hasn't eaten yet.

Li Ruoshui began to audition again, and after fumbling for a while, he blew the tone of "eat".

Lu Zhiyao tilted his head and thought for a while: "Are you talking about eating? Suzhou dialect is not like this."

After he finished speaking, he still said two syllables, which should be dinner.

"Can you learn? Parrots seem to be able to learn, and so can divine birds?"

He looked innocent, with a smile on his lips, and the moonlight illuminated his face as bright and clean as jade, making him look easy to rub.

but

He is so annoying!

Li Ruoshui simply sat in front of him and blew a short bird song very angrily.

"Chirp!"

Lu Zhizhi raised his lips and laughed. He put the sword aside and touched a few stones beside him.

"It's time for dinner, why don't you eat birds." He rolled his eyes: "Blow and try to scare them out."

Li Ruoshui was silent for a while, but he still blew hard.

The birds that had just rested were fluttering and flying again, and there was a messy flapping sound in the bamboo forest.

Lu Zuo listened to the sound, and then threw the stone in his hand. After a few strange quacks, three birds fell from the sky.

In Li Ruoshui's surprised eyes, he got up to pick up firewood, but he didn't leave too far.

There were a lot of dead branches and fallen leaves in the bamboo forest, and they were often piled up together.

After Li Ruoshui blew his whistle to show him the direction, he returned to the place and sat down.

He took out a fire stick from the small cloth bag and blew it on his mouth.

The fire inside lit up a little spark in the bamboo forest, and then a spark popped out, which dyed his smiling face with a warm light.

Bamboo leaves are easy to burn, and they ignited without much effort.

Under this cold moonlight, in this dark bamboo forest, there was finally a warm fire.

This was the first time Li Ruoshui saw him handle food, and he looked very skilled. She thought he couldn't cook before.

"I only bake things, do you want to eat some?"

"Don't eat."

Li Ruoshui shook his head, she subconsciously ignored the fact that he couldn't hear her voice.

Lu Zhiyao didn't hear the answer, didn't get angry, just focused on controlling the distance and smelling the smell so as not to burn.

The dry bamboo branches were crackling and burning, burning a faint scent of bamboo. The birds that were strung up didn't know what species they were, but they were roasted smooth and smelled very fragrant.

After the first one was roasted, he stuck it in the ground and started working on the second and third.

One bird is not much, but three is really a lot.

Lu Zhiyao has always had a small appetite. She thought that one would be enough, but she didn't expect him to finish all three.

...

Although ate slowly, really finished.

Li Ruoshui was very puzzled. He had such a big appetite when he was a child, how could he eat a bowl of porridge when he grew up.

After eating the food, the juvenile version of Lu Zhi leaned against the bamboo and began to tease her again.

"Are you really a bird? You call once, not twice."

Li Ruoshui struggled for a while, but still called twice.

"That's it."

He sighed, seeming a little regretful, the smile on his face also restrained a lot, and he returned to her after being silent for a while.

"That would be a pity."

A wisp of silver light passed between his fingers, and Li Ruoshui glanced at it. It was the puppet silk he used to control others.

He flipped the pattern, exercising the flexibility of his fingers.

"I thought you were a divine bird and wanted to tame you into mine, but it would be boring if you weren't."

He really had the idea to tame her, and the lines were already drawn.

Li Ruoshui: ... an inexplicable feeling of familiarity.

Even if he didn't grow up, he was still a long way away, and his perverted appearance was nostalgic.

Li Ruoshui was a little relieved and couldn't help blowing a whistle.

"I don't want to talk to anyone right now."

Lu Zhiyao had a smile on his face and a gentle expression, but he mercilessly refused her invitation to talk.

...

The teenage version of him is really annoying.

Although she knew that this was anger, but when she woke up, she would not kiss for the next few days. The question was, "I don't want to kiss anyone for the time being."

The next day, the two set out early out of the bamboo forest, ready to go to the next place.

She asked the system for a map last night and planned to take him to the town where he lived later.

In the original book, he also went there to receive a reward, but he suffered a lot along the way, and now she wants him to suffer less.

As long as the result is correct, there can be a little error in the process, which will not affect his ability to live there.

Li Ruoshui held the wooden bird, looked down at the map, and walked forward slowly.

She held a bird in her hand, and the bird was wrapped in a silver thread, as thin as a hair, and only the occasional flash of light could prove its existence.

And the end of this silver thread is Lu Zhi's wrist.

This bird has an entity, and it is something that the system has actually transmitted to this place. What is slightly special is that Li Ruoshui can only get it.

If Lu Kao could see it, maybe last night, you could see a bird suspended in the air.

This morning, when Li Ruoshui blew the whistle to tell him to follow him, he suddenly wrapped around him with silver wire, and tied the bird's body firmly.

There was also an exclamation like "you really have a bird".

So Li Ruoshui would just pull him away without blowing the whistle.

The two were one after the other, with a strange bird in the middle, and the silver thread pulled his hand halfway up.

It may seem strange, but there are some strange harmony in this summer.

Looking at the map in his hand, Li Ruoshui seemed to understand the meaning of this dream and why the system chose this clip.

This was the first day he really lived alone without others, how a blind man could walk from the mountains to the town.

The hardships in it are beyond her imagination, and there may be moments when her life is hanging by a thread.

And her arrival has undoubtedly reduced a lot of difficulty and suffering for him.

She has a rather peculiar conjecture.

The release of this memory fragment was intentional by the system.

It wasn't just to let her know about his past, but to get her involved.

For example, the hug she gave him when he was kicked out of the house was indeed her own idea, but why was she able to get a chance to hug her so coincidentally.

"I have a question. He didn't find me a few times because I didn't intervene much, so this time... Does he remember me?"

Lu Zhiyao was very keen, and had discovered her existence many times before, but since he could not touch her, he had to give up this conjecture.

So many times, accumulated bit by bit, how could he not notice it at all.

Li Ruoshui thought of this, his back froze, and he stopped unconsciously.

Thinking of it this way, his attitude towards himself last night was really weird.

People who are so defensive originally had murderous intentions towards her.

But how could he listen to her completely after standing for a while? And talked to her so much.

He even asked her if she was a bird or a human. According to his temperament, as long as it made him happy, it didn't matter whether she was a bird or a human.

...

[Please note to the host, as explained before, this is not a simple dream, this is the real past, and you cannot change everything. 】

[But everything is happening forward, everything is doomed. 】

[The last fragment journey, please seize the opportunity. 】

What does it mean?

"Is this your assist? Does he still remember me?"

[Do you remember, the host already has the answer. 】

[The system does not interfere with the host's choice, everything in the dream is the host's decision, and the gift box is what the host deserves. 】

[Everything is doomed.

HE System is here to serve you. 】

...

Damn, why is a system so scary? !

Listening to it murmured a lot, her guesses were probably true, she wouldn't lose her horse, would she?

How will she explain it then?

"What's wrong with you?"

Lu Zhiyao took the silver wire, slowly approached her, and only stopped when he reached a step in front of her.

The boy's eyes were lightly closed, and he held the head of his submissive sister, the red feathers under his ears were fluttering, and there was no discomfort on his beautiful face.

Li Ruoshui looked at the road facing him face-to-face, and couldn't help but step back, his heart skipped a beat, and he began to panic inexplicably.

He remembered himself 100%, remembered the person he had never met in his memory, but felt it many times.

What to do, once this kind of thing is discovered, her origin is really unclear.

Li Ruoshui blinked, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down.

Lu Zhiyao knew there was such a person, but he didn't know it was her, and it was impossible to connect them.

And she didn't reveal her identity, he couldn't guess for a nihilistic person.

"Don't talk?"

Even though they were so close, this extremely curious person didn't touch her, which further confirmed her conjecture.

He knows he can't touch it, so he won't do it.

It was said to be calm, but Li Ruoshui was still in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to communicate with Lu Zhiyao, so he took the bird and walked forward.

He has come, at least he has to be sent to the gate of the city.

but! Help!

He is also too sensitive, the kind that is sensitive in all aspects of physiology and psychology!

Following the map to send him to the vicinity of the city, Li Ruoshui whistled at him, pulled the bird, and the silver wire tied with his finger pointed in one direction.

There was the noise of the crowd.

Pointing out the direction, Li Ruoshui prepared to get out immediately, and blew a few whistles at him before leaving.

In a panic, she then threw the bird and woke up suddenly from the dream.

It was bright outside, and the same summer made her a little dazed, thinking it was in the past.

When he turned his head and saw the way he was fanning himself, he immediately put it on the window sill and said aloud with a guilty conscience.

"not me!"

Lu Zhi was leaning on the pillow, his neckline was wide open, his black hair was hanging in front of him, his expression was gentle, like a picture of a couch beauty——

If you don't look at the fan in his hand to drive her away from the heat.

He rolled his eyes and smiled like a spring on his lips, seemingly not surprised.

"What did you dream about again? Is it related to me?"