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Chapter 82 (Two in One)
Xie Shuci felt the picture freeze.
He and the thing in the water stared at each other for at least ten seconds, as if they were playing one, two, three wooden figures, and whoever moved first would lose.
But the problem is, Xie Shuci dare not move.
He felt that every muscle in his body was sewn with needles and threads, as if he moved a little, what awaited him was a bloody mess on his body.
Xie Shuci didn't move, and neither did the guy in the water.
The unknown creature in the water had short silver hair, and its pupils were different from normal people's. The silver pupils almost filled the entire eye sockets, and its face was frighteningly pale.
But the face of "it" looks similar to that of a seven or eight-year-old human child.
Xie Shuci stared at "it" for a long time, the boat slid forward a little, and "it" also floated forward. Xie Shuci's eyes were so dry that he finally couldn't help but blinked. The thing in the water looked at him intently and blinked too.
"It" has no hostility towards Xie Shuci, and there is a strange innocence and curiosity on his face.
"Xie Shuci, what are you doing?" Liu Dazhuang walked over from behind and went to Xie Shuci's side.
The things in the water opened their eyes wide in ignorance, as if they were frightened, and sank into the lake with a swish, leaving a circle of small ripples on the surface of the lake.
Xie Shuci watched the thing disappear. He took a deep breath, held the corner of his mouth stiffly, and said in a deep voice, "I might be hallucinating from being too excited. I have to go back and calm down."
"What are you excited about?" Liu Dazhuang asked puzzled.
Xie Shuci said earnestly: "You don't understand these complicated things, be good, play with your axe."
After finishing speaking, Xie Shuci turned around and wanted to run into the cabin. Halfway there, he suddenly heard a "gudong" sound from the lake. He couldn't restrain his curiosity. Before his brain could react, his body had already taken the first step. Looking towards the lake.
A pale, pale face floated on the surface of the water, with the hair of "it" floating around it, like a silver sunflower blooming in the water.
Xie Shuci: "..."
This picture is actually so funny.
Seeing Xie Shuci looking over, "it" raised its head, and with a "flutter", it spit out a small stream of water from its mouth, like a fountain.
After spitting out the water, "it" lowered its head, its mouth and nose sank under the water, revealing a pair of eyes, looking timidly and expectantly at Xie Shuci.
Yep, not hallucinations.
Xie Shuci looked at the guy in the water suspiciously, saw the funny side just now, and no longer felt scared, stepped forward and lay down on the side of the boat, wanting to see what "it" was trying to do.
"flutter"
"It" raised its head again, spit out a small stream of water into the air, then looked down at Xie Shuci with a look of "it's your turn".
Xie Shuci: "..."
He was a little bit unbelievable. Could this little thing... be playing a game with him?
Seeing that Xie Shuci did not respond to "it"'s invitation, the little thing lowered his eyes in disappointment, and there were two drops of water hanging on his eyelashes, like tears.
Xie Shuci's heart as hard as steel was poked a small hole immediately, this poor little one seemed to be the one who was often ignored when we played games together when we were young, Xie Shuci, the hot-blooded young man with a hot mouth, suddenly It's a little unsteady.
"I can't spit water." Xie Shuci touched his neck and said.
"It" seemed to understand, and raised its eyes expectantly to look at Xie Shuci, then opened its pale lips, spit out a bubble of water, and then looked at Xie Shuci.
Xie Shuci: "..."
Damn, actually feel a little guilty!
"I can't spit bubbles either."
After he finished speaking, the little guy in the water lowered his eyes, looked at Xie Shuci timidly, and shook his head, as if to say, "it" can only play these two games.
Xie Shuci's heart was as sad as steel, and he didn't care about thinking about what "it" was, but he couldn't see "it" in such a pitiful appearance, so he whispered to "it", "Don't go, wait for me Give it a go."
I don't know if the little thing understands, but just look at it.
He doesn't move.
Xie Shuci was worried, and said: "Wait for me, don't go."
After speaking, he turned around and ran into the cabin, took out a pack of candied fruit from his luggage, and when he raised his head, he was facing Xie An who was on the bed.
"What?" Xie An asked.
"Ah? I, I'm hungry, find something to eat, you should rest soon!"
Before Xie An could respond, he hurried out of the cabin.
When he ran back to the original place, he saw that the little thing was still floating on the water, waiting for him eagerly.
Xie Shuci breathed a sigh of relief, opened the candied fruit, and motioned to the little thing to make "it" open its mouth.
The little thing nodded ignorantly, and slowly opened his mouth. After seeing Xie Shuci, he froze for a moment. There was no tongue in the mouth of "it", or in other words, there was only a short piece of tongue left. Judging from the surface of the wound, It was like being cut with a knife.
Xie Shuci was shocked in his heart, but he didn't show it. He picked up a candied fruit and aimed it at the little thing's mouth, but it missed a little and fell to the surface of the water.
"I'm sorry, don't be embarrassed, do it all over again."
Xie Shuci picked up another one, this time he still missed it a bit, but "it" suddenly jumped out a little, and took the initiative to catch the flying candied fruit.
"Wow, you are amazing!" Xie Shuci gave "it" a thumbs up.
"It" chewed the sweet and sour candied fruit, finally swallowed it, and then looked at Xie Shuci again.
"Aw!"
The king didn't know when he came out of the cabin, jumped up easily, and jumped onto the side of the ship.
Seeing the strange thing that suddenly appeared, the little guy shrank into the water in fright.
"what are you doing?"
At this time, Xie An also walked behind him.
Xie Shuci hurriedly turned around, saw Si Kongxin and Liu Dazhuang not far away, shook his head and said, "Enjoy... the water."
Xie An pursed his lips, walked up to him, glanced at the lake surface, and asked, "Does it look good?"
"Good-looking, good-looking." Xie Shuci said with a dry smile.
"Why did you come out? Don't you want to rest for a while?" Xie Shuci was afraid that he would continue to ask, so he quickly changed the subject.
Xie An said calmly, "I can't sleep."
It may be that he said that kind of shameless words not long ago, Xie Shuci subconsciously interpreted his three words as "you are not here, I can't sleep".
Xie Shuci was a little embarrassed, "Then I... accompany you for a while?"
The little blind man said with a half-smile, "Didn't you want to keep a distance from me?"
Hearing this, Xie Shuci muttered: "Keep your distance when there are people, you can't fool yourself, you have to lie to others."
"Aww!"
Stumble, don't lie.
"Besides, we are brothers to the outside world. Is there a problem with brothers sleeping together? It's absolutely fine." Xie Shuci suddenly became confident.
Xie An didn't take it seriously, but just as Si Kongxin and the two came over, Xie Shuci picked up one of his arms, put it on his shoulder, and said loudly: "My dear brother, do you have long nights and dreamy? Are you insomnia all night? How about Just like when you were a child, let Brother Wei come to sleep with you!"
Xie An: "..."
"Oh, brother, you don't need to be shy, this is what you should do for a brother. Brothers are like siblings, women are like..."
Xie An couldn't listen anymore, "Shut up."
Si Kongxin squinted his eyes and glanced at him, Xie Shuci is a person who can't hide anything, everything is written on his face, plus it is so obvious that there is no silver three hundred taels here, it is hard not to let people notice the clues.
"you……"
"We are brothers, we are all brothers, not real brothers are better than real brothers!"
Xie Shuci blocked his words in advance, and said righteously.
"That's right!" Liu Dazhuang echoed loudly, "We can be regarded as life-and-death friends, how about taking this opportunity today, the four of us sworn brothers and become brothers with different surnames?"
Xie Shuci: "..."
Si Kongxin shrugged, "I have no objection."
Xie Shuci looked at the little blind man, who had a meaningful expression and did not directly refuse.
Good guy, if you swore you would really become brothers, how could this work.
"Da Zhuang, come here." Xie Shuci waved to him.
Liu Dazhuang walked up to him, he wanted to hook Dazhuang's neck, but it was too high, he couldn't hook it, so he just pulled Liu Dazhuang and turned around and lay down on the side of the boat, saying: "You really want to be with such an ugly person like us?" Sworn? Think about it, if you go out with us in the future, if you say we are your brothers, what do people think of you? How do you think of us?"
Liu Dazhuang followed his words and thought it made sense, "Forget it then, you are too ugly, and the gap with me is too big, so please stop."
"That's right." Xie Shuci nodded in agreement.
Si Kongxin: "..."
Shut your mouth!
"Xie An, let's go, my brother will accompany you to rest."
After speaking, he pulled the expressionless little blind man into the cabin, and the king walked in behind them.
Si Kongxin stood where he was, looking at the backs of the two thoughtfully, his eyes were very deep and difficult to understand.
"What are you looking at?" Liu Dazhuang asked curiously.
Si Kongxin came back to his senses and glanced at him. He felt a headache even after looking at this rough and thoughtless thing, so he turned his head and left.
Liu Dazhuang didn't take it too seriously, stretched his waist, and planned to sleep on the deck.
After walking on the water for three days, Xie Shuci felt that he was nourished by love. Si Kongxin and Liu Dazhuang were usually not in the cabin. Excited, he kept talking non-stop, and even wanted to tell him everything about when he was wearing crotch pants.
The little blind man didn't feel impatient either, Xie Shuci talked endlessly, and he just listened quietly, Xie Shuci was unwilling, and he didn't do anything beyond the rules.
For the first time, Xie Shuci felt that falling in love is such a sweet thing, staying with the little blind man means doing nothing, just chatting, before going to bed, recalling what he said to the little blind man that day, he would be so excited that he couldn’t fall asleep Sleep.
It's just that Xie An's spirit has become worse and worse over the past few days. Although there is nothing else to show, his face is always pale. In the end, Xie Shuci felt a little uncomfortable.
He lay on the bed, leaning against the little blind man who was half leaning against the head of the bed, and asked with a worried expression, "Little blind man, am I too annoying?"
Xie An was stunned, "No."
Xie Shuci observed his expression, "I'm always pestering you to talk, are you unwilling to listen? Well, then I'll talk less in the future, okay?"
Xie An shook his head, took one of his hands, put it in his palm, and gently stroked the back of his hand, "I'm not impatient, I really like listening to you talk."
"Really?" Xie Shuci looked at his bloodless face, "but your face is really ugly, is there something wrong? I heard from Da Zhuang that there is a small town nearby, do you want to go in and see the doctor ?”
Xie Shuci's voice was full of undisguised concern.
Xie An lowered his eyes, raised the corners of his lips, and said, "I'm fine, maybe I didn't sleep well."
"You won't be like me, too excited to sleep, will you?"
Hearing this, Xie An raised his eyebrows, "You toss and turn at night because you are excited?"
"Ah." Xie Shuci nodded frankly, "It's my first time, just like my first spring outing when I was young."
"Spring outing?" Xie An was a little puzzled.
"Why don't you even know about spring outing? It's just outing."
Xie Shuci's attention was really easily diverted.
"Haven't you been there?" Xie Shuci asked curiously.
"No." Xie An shook his head.
"Then what did you do when you were a child?"
This question stopped Xie An.
He was silent for a long time, and said lightly, "I forgot."
"Oh..." Xie Shuci nodded.
After a while, he suddenly asked: "Xie An, are you really happy with me?"
In fact, after thinking about it, Xie Shuci felt a little uneasy.
Although the little blind man has a weird temper and loves to play petty temper, but he is very kind to Xie
Shuci has always been very good, Xie Shuci worried that he would say those words and do those things to himself because of his own emotions.
Xie An lowered his eyes, his deep eyes seemed to be reading Xie Shuci, and nodded, "Why do you ask that?"
Xie Shuci scratched his head and said, "Since we talked that day, you have looked very strange."
Xie An was silent for a moment, his expression became a little complicated, "Maybe he caught a cold and was a little tired, just rest for a few days."
After listening to Xie Shuci, he felt that it made sense. After staying by the ice coffin for so long that day, the little blind man is now an ordinary person again, probably due to the cold.
"I am very happy to be with you." Xie An said.
Obviously Xie Shuci wanted to ask this question, but the little blind man said it openly, and he felt a little embarrassed.
He slowly got up from the bed, leaned forward and kissed Xie An's face with lightning speed, "I am also very happy to be with you!"
Xie An was a little surprised by the momentary friction and temperature of his cheeks.
Just when he was about to say something, Xie Shuci jumped over him and got out of bed, hurriedly said: "You, you have a good rest, I'll make you some ginger soup."
After finishing speaking, Xie Shuci ran out quickly.
Looking at his back, Xie An couldn't help but lick the corner of his lips.
At the same time, he also felt the tingling pain in his heart involving his internal organs, which eased the moment Xie Shuci left.
Xie Shuci went out of the cabin and found a stove and a few pieces of ginger by rummaging through boxes and cabinets on the boat, but there was no pot. He had an idea and turned the bronze medicine cauldron into the size of a pot and used the bronze cauldron to cook soup.
Si Kongxin passed by, surprised: "What are you doing?"
"Xie An has caught a cold, I'll make some ginger soup for him."
Si Kongxin was stunned, "He? Caught a cold?" His tone was full of disbelief.
"Yes." Xie Shuci nodded.
"Don't you have a pill? Give him one?"
"Every medicine has its side effect, and he is an ordinary person. I heard people say that his body may not be able to bear the pill that is too high in grade."
Si Kongxin stood behind with a complicated expression on his face. Xie Shuci really didn't suspect Xiao Xun at all. He didn't know whether Xiao Xun was hiding too deeply or he was just too stupid. He clearly avoids Xiao Xun like a snake and scorpion, so why...
However, this matter has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't want to get angry.
Still thinking about it, Si Kongxin stepped forward, looked at Xie Shuci, and asked, "Are you brothers with him?"
"Ah? No." Xie Shuci used his spiritual power to cut ginger into slices and put them into the bronze cauldron together with water.
"Then how long have you known him?"
Xie Shuci thought for a while, "It's been a few months."
Si Kongxin was dumbfounded, "I've only known him for a few months, and you trust him that much?"
Xie Shuci gave him a strange look, and said: "Is there anything strange about this? I have been with him for so long and have experienced so many things. ? Maybe I’m with him.”
Although it was the first time they met, Xie Shuci was almost stared at by him.
Si Kongxin frowned, "Then do you know who he is? What was his original name?"
This question stopped Xie Shuci from asking.
He thought for a moment and said, "He is a disciple of Free & Unfettered Sect. After being implicated by Xiao Xun, he was hunted down by his fellow sect. As for the name, I promised him that I would not ask about his past. As long as he follows me, he will Just an ordinary person."
"You..." Si Kongxin was sure, Xie Shuci was just a little careless.
"Brother Shuci, you haven't known him for a long time, you should be more vigilant."
Xie Shuci laughed, "If you want to say this, I have known you for a shorter time, shouldn't I also be vigilant? Brother Sikong, to make friends, you must treat your heart with your heart. If someone is vigilant against others, what should I do?" Friend? Forget about being alone forever.”
However, people also kindly reminded, and this world is indeed different from the modern world, and it is not a bad thing to be vigilant.
Xie Shuci added: "Thank you, I understand what you mean, I must be wary of other people, but Xie An is my younger brother, and you are also my friends who have experienced these things with me, I don't want to guard against you."
Hearing Xie Shuci's words, Si Kongxin sighed insignificantly. Rather than saying that Xie Shuci lacked insight, it was better to say that he was inexperienced in the world and did not fully understand how to survive in the realm of comprehension.
Si Kongxin pondered on the spot for a moment, making a decision in his heart, and when he was about to speak to Xie Shuci, a breath approached behind him.
Sikong Xin froze and immediately closed his mouth.
"What are you talking about?"
Xie An's voice suddenly sounded behind him, and Xie Shuci turned his head abruptly, "Why did you come out? It's windy outside, you go in quickly."
Xie An stood not far away, with a gloomy expression on his face, his eyes paused for a moment behind Si Kongxin, the latter straightened his body immediately, a chill came down his back, and instantly dispelled the thoughts that had arisen in his mind .
Is he crazy? Want to take the risk of offending Xiao Xun to help someone who has only known each other for half a month?
Xie An said lightly, "Come out to get some air."
Xie Shuci thought for a while, "That's right, you've been in the cabin all day, and the humidity is heavy. Come here, get closer to the stove."
Xie An nodded, walked to Xie Shuci and sat down.
Not long after, Liu Dazhuang also came over, and the four chatted together.
Xie Shuci suddenly remembered the "child" he saw in the water a few days ago. Since that day, Xie Shuci seldom approached the ship's side, and never saw "it" again.
"Let me ask you a question, do you know about water ghosts?" Xie Shuci asked.
"Water ghost?" Si Kongxin was puzzled.
Liu Dazhuang also looked at him suspiciously.
Xie Shuci explained: "People who accidentally die in the water or commit suicide in the water cannot be reincarnated after death. They wander in the bottom of the water and must find someone else to be a water ghost to take the place of the dead ghost."
Hearing this, the three of them had varying degrees of doubts on their faces.
Xie Shuci gave a "thud" in his heart, "Don't you have such a saying here?"
Si Kongxin shook his head, "I have never heard of water ghosts, and water is the source of all things, and human beings rely on it for survival. Even if someone dies and their souls live with water, they are still water gods and cannot be called 'water ghosts'." .”
After listening to Xie Shuci, he was stunned, "Really? The rules here are so strange."
"Whether it's the Buddha Realm or the Realm of Comprehension, there has never been a legend about water ghosts. Shuci, where is your fairy gate?" Si Kongxin asked suspiciously.
"Ah? It's just a small place. I've heard it from others. If it doesn't exist, then it doesn't exist." Xie Shuci said shyly.
Xie An asked, "Why did you suddenly ask about water ghosts?"
Xie Shuci didn't know whether he should tell them what he saw in the water, he looked like a child, and invited him to play games with him, mainly because "it" was not hostile, and it looked timid, besides , After so many days, maybe "it" has already left.
Thinking of this, Xie Shuci shook his head, "I just remembered it suddenly."
The three of them did not continue to ask questions after hearing this.
Xie Shuci ginger soup was ready, filled a bowl and gave it to Xie An.
Xie An sniffed it up to his nose, and immediately frowned with a look of resistance.
"What's the matter? Don't you like the smell of ginger?"
Xie An nodded, "Yes."
"You have to drink it if you don't like it. You are catching a cold. After drinking ginger soup, go to bed and lie down."
Seeing the reluctance on Xie An's face, Xie Shuci took out a package from his small pocket, and said to him mysteriously: "Good medicine tastes bitter, drink it quickly, and you will be rewarded after drinking it."
Xie An: "..."
Remembering that this was the soup that Xie Shuci worked so hard for, and remembering the lie he had told casually, Xie An frowned, resisting the discomfort, and drank the ginger soup in the bowl.
Si Kongxin watched in amazement. He made Xiao Xun do what he didn't want to do. He was the first one in the world to thank him, right?
After drinking the ginger soup, just as he put down the bowl, Xie Shuci suddenly put a candied fruit to his lips, "Ah—"
Xie An froze for a moment, then opened his lips slightly, letting Xie Shuci push the candied fruit into his mouth.
"Okay, I'll accompany you back to bed and lie down."
Xie Shuci dragged Xie An back to the cabin. The king has grown up these days and is very lethargic, sleeping most of the time.
Xie Shuci asked Xie An to take off his coat and lie down, and he found a piece of jade with a black cloth covered with light, and immediately lay down too.
I don't know if Xie Shuci's ginger soup had an effect, after lying on the bed for a while, Xie An fell asleep.
Xie Shuci got up and glanced at him, breathing evenly, as if he was still in a deep sleep.
Xie Shuci is quite worried about the state of the little blind man these days.
He propped up his upper body, stared at the little blind man's face for a while, then suddenly leaned down and kissed his nose lightly, and muttered in a low voice, "Get well soon, don't make my heart hurt."
After finishing a series of actions, Xie Shuci was about to lie back when he suddenly heard the sound of water dripping from the room.
In the darkness, it seemed that someone was slowly approaching the bed.
The king woke up almost instantly, stood up from where he was, and looked towards the door fiercely.
"Ow!" it barked forward.
Xie Shuci looked down at Xie An, his sleep had always been light, and he was easily awakened by any disturbance around him, but now it was probably because he was unwell and drank ginger soup, so he was not awakened.
Xie Shuci looked into the darkness suspiciously, the thing stopped approaching them when it heard the king's cry.
Worried about the danger, Xie Shuci tiptoed down from the bed, took out a half-sized pearl from his small saber bag, and took a look around twice.
It was found that there were many water stains on the floor of the room, which looked like children's footprints.
Xie Shuci walked in the direction of the water stains, and the king followed him step by step, and the two finally reached the wooden table.
Xie Shuci suddenly saw a pair of pale and pale feet under the table. After being illuminated by the light, those two feet shrank back.
Xie Shuci's heart moved, and he squatted down immediately. body, saw a silver-haired child curled up with a thin body, hiding under the wooden table.
"It's you?" Xie Shuci asked in surprise.
The person under the wooden table was the guy Xie Shuci regarded as a water ghost.