Chapter 25 Before the War
Everyone will never mention any difficulties in the three worlds.
On the day before the showdown, in Jinshi Town, everyone was doing their own thing. But the more they didn’t mention it, the more they mean that this matter was under everyone’s heart, but no one showed it.
Uncle Bao wandered at the foot of Tietou Mountain outside the town, hesitating whether to meet his old friend for the last time. Tomorrow, his lifelong best friend will completely disappear in this world. If he is still alive, it will be even more of a disaster. He will become a demon, and in essence it is not the original Ruan Tianyi. So no matter what, he will lose this only friend; this ordinary friend who has transformed countless resentful souls and evil spirits, but has forced himself to go to the fore.
Tao follows nature, and life and death are also natural, and he should be able to see it openly. However, after all, people are not gods. Faced with so many years of friendship, how can he be able to see it openly?! After thinking about it, he decided to see his old friend again, even if he stood far away and said a few words. For many years, he would at least say something before sending him on the way.
At the same time, Bao Datong in the town was still practicing hard. Although Wanli asked him to relax, he couldn't sit still. If he went to fight to kill the enemy and killed demons, he might be very excited. But when he thought that he would participate in a human tragedy tomorrow in which father and son were tragic, he felt panicked. In fact, Wanli was also very uneasy. Although on the surface, he sat steadily on a chair, holding a book to read, but he didn't turn a page for a long time, and his mind was not on it at all. Ruan Zhan and Xiaoxia had already gone out. They walked hand in hand in hand and walked happily in every corner of the town. Although they didn't say a word along the way, their eyes were intertwined and their fingers were intertwined, as if every glance at each other would deepen their impressions in their hearts. They didn't return to the hotel until late at night.
Lying quietly in Ruan Zhan's arms, Xiao Xia's heart was irritated and could not fall asleep at all. Her head was nestled in his chest. Although she heard his breathing was stable and his heart was beating vigorously and regularly, Xiao Xia could still feel the entangled contradictions and struggles in his heart, as if she could touch those complex and painful emotions. What to do tomorrow is already difficult for others, let alone Ruan Zhan, one of the parties involved? Although he was to help his father, although all this was arranged by his father himself, how could he do it? And if he was really in danger? Will she really lose him?
Since she learned about this, she has been repeatedly doing psychological construction, telling herself that he will never have anything to do, and she will never let him leave. She told herself this over and over again, but as the date approaches and as the duel is imminent, the blind confidence she gave herself suddenly collapsed. During the day, she tried hard to act normally, as if she was confident, but on this cold night of spring, when his body temperature and breath gently surrounded her, she suddenly was afraid that this moment would be the last good time, and she was afraid that she would lose him from now on.
If he really dies, she cannot go with him. Although she loves him so much, without him, she may not be as good as death. But she cannot ignore her elderly parents and cannot pass on her pain to others in the form of death. Moreover, even if she dies in love, she has no spiritual power or resentment. Her soul may soon disappear and cannot be with him forever. What should she do then? Should she learn from Lu Yan, give birth to a child for Ruan Zhan, and then live like Ah Bai marrying a ghost husband? No, she should not be separated from his yin and yang, do not love each other, but cannot touch each other. She should be hugged, kissed, stand with him in the sunshine, and watch each other grow old slowly. Therefore, she must not be so pessimistic, must face everything strongly, and must believe that she is his miracle!
Thinking of this, Xiao Xia gently moved away the arm that Ruan Zhan placed on his waist, turned over and wanted to hug him, feeling his reality and warmth, but as soon as she turned around, she saw him looking at her quietly with his eyes open, as if he couldn't bear to even wink. Her deep eyes were filled with tenderness and attachment, which suddenly made a layer of mist surge into her eyes.
"I will love you forever." He said softly, his voice rushed from the senses of her body to her heart, making her unable to say anything for a moment. The newly established, with a little fierce determination disappeared again, feeling only an indescribable sadness, as if this was a farewell to her.
Xiao Xia reached out to stroke his face, trying to say something to blame and act coquettishly, but before he could say anything, Ruan Zhan suddenly closed his eyes and seemed to fall asleep instantly, which scared Xiao Xia.
"Azhan, Azhan!" Xiao Xia pushed Ruan Zhan twice. But Ruan Zhan actually slept so heavily, and he didn't mean to wake up at all.
Didn’t something happen? He has always been sleeping less and woke up particularly when he was sleeping. A little movement would make him wake up. How could this happen at this moment? He touched his chest and still jumped calmly and vigorously. He pushed him a few more times, but he still didn’t respond, as if he fainted. Could it be that he was really too tired? Is he really exhausted these days?
Xiao Xia hurriedly got up, wanting to call Uncle Bao next door to see what happened, but before he could sit up, he saw a black shadow flashing in the air and a figure appeared out of thin air. He did not squeeze in from the four walls or doors or windows like other spirits. His posture was ugly, but his posture was elegant, and he appeared instantly.
"Don't be afraid," he said.
Xiao Xia hurriedly covered her mouth and swallowed the scream back into her stomach. She knew who he was? Although she had not seen her face clearly, the sound and feeling told her that the black shadow in front of her was Ruan Zhan’s father Ruan Tianyi.
Instinctively, she turned around and hugged Ruan Zhan, staring vigilantly at the place where the black shadow was, guarding against the old man's hurting her sweetheart. But after a closer look, she found that Ruan's father had been facing the side, and at this moment she turned around and looked at her with his back, as if he had no malice.
"I'm not here to hurt him." Ruan's father seemed to know what Xiaoxia meant, and said slowly, with a smile and relief in his voice, "I'm just here to see him, and I'm grateful and apologizing to you. Can you put on some clothes first? The night here is still very cold."
Xiao Xia was shocked and realized that she was still naked. Although she had been hiding in the quilt and did not come out, she was still ashamed. When she looked left and right, she had long thrown her clothes at the passionate moment just now. Fortunately, the wide bathrobe was still there, so she quickly put it on and then twisted a desk lamp.
"What's wrong with him?" Seeing Ruan's father turn around, Xiaoxia hurriedly asked, because his image was a little embarrassed.
"It's nothing, I just let him sleep quietly for a while. This child is too tired, he has been very tired all the time." Ruan's father said as he walked to the bed.
All the spirits Xiao Xia has seen are light and walking, and no one has ever walked over as steadily as Ruan’s father, and there is no difference between him and humans. Not only that, he can also make Ruan Zhan, who has strong spiritual power, fall into a coma without realizing it. His ability is really extraordinary and is obviously extremely difficult to deal with. This makes Xiao Xia worry about tomorrow’s battle again. But she doesn’t understand what he is here for today. It is only twenty-four hours before the cruel father-son duel, and at this time tomorrow, it will fight to the death. What’s the point of this peace now?
Then Ruan's father stood in front of the sleepy Ruan Zhan. He stretched out his finger and turned over Ruan Zhan who was sleeping sideways, making his face look up. Then he stood there blankly, without saying anything for a long time, just watching.
"He was like this when he was a child. He was very quiet when he slept," just as Xiaoxia thought Ruan's father would stand like that for the rest of his life, he suddenly said: "Not like other children, they can kick quilts, talk in their sleep, and they never stayed in bed. Whenever they called him, he would get up, and he would not act coquettish at all. He was more sensible than adults, but he was only five years old at that time, which was very distressing, right?"
Xiaoxia didn't say anything, but her heart twisted.
Ruan's father didn't seem to want to hear her reaction, but just continued to say it on his own, "The only thing I'm sorry for in my life is him, because when I was about to give birth to this son, I didn't treat him as my biological flesh and blood. I just wanted him to become a killer, specifically killing me and those evil ghosts who cannot be transformed. This practice is very bad, right? But I am not afraid of retribution, but I am afraid that these evil angers that have accumulated for many years will come out and do evil again, which will be troublesome. They will harm people in various forms. Do you still remember that pair of demon children? They are attached to people, live among people, and have hurt many families and no
The innocent person is just two evil spirits that are not very harmful. If there are a large number of evil spirits with deeper resentment wandering in the world, the consequences are unimaginable, and he was born to stop them. Because he was afraid that they would not be able to do anything in the end, after he was born, I didn't even look at him, and just asked a soul to throw him to the door of the family." He suddenly stopped and reached out to care for Ruan Zhan's face, just like caring for the most precious treasure in his heart, so loving and loving, it's a pity that his hand could not touch Ruan Zhan, and he touched him again and again, and every touch he touched was futile.
Xiao Xia understood that he had endured himself for so many years, and tonight was when he bid farewell to his biological son, and he exuded his sorrow in his heart. Therefore, he still didn't say anything and waited for him to continue talking.
"But the soul who helped me ran back one day and told me that the couple who adopted Azhan were not very good to him, and since I discovered that he was born with good abilities, I began to try to get rid of him and throw him away like a little stray dog. Only then did I realize that the soul had never left Azhan's side to repay my favor back then, and had been secretly protecting him. If it weren't for him, Azhan might have been thrown to other places, with a vast sea of people, and I might not be able to find him again. At that time, although I didn't want to, I still had to take Azhan back to me. He was only five years old when he came back. He was such a beautiful child, but his eyes were cold, full of vigilance for everyone and things, and he looked thorny all over his body. He looked extremely unlucky.
It's so easy to mess with. At that time, I felt very conflicted when I saw him. On the one hand, I was happy because I just hoped that he would become like this - I didn't trust anyone, was cruel and fierce, did not have any feelings for anyone, and was lonely and without any scruples. Only then would he fulfill the mission I gave him, and finally with me, with these evil spirits, the dust returned to the dust and the soil returned to the soil. But on the other hand, he was still a child, born in this world, but he couldn't get any good things. I could be kind to a very evil resentful soul, why should I be so cruel to him? I asked myself, what right do I have to let him be born, but I want to die for me? Although I made this bad decision without any help, is this too unfair to him?"
Ruan's father's voice was full of self-blame and conflict. He turned his head to look at Xiaoxia, with a very regretful look in his eyes. Xiaoxia really wanted to say that he was too selfish, but she couldn't say it. Everything was beyond human control. Ruan's father did this wrong thing later in order to do the right thing. Now, his own life is gone and he is still facing a scattered end. He was not for himself. Even if Ruan Zhan is awake now, can he blame his father? There are only four words - helpless.
"I tried my best to remind myself not to have feelings for him, that is, not to love him, nor to let him love me, or even hate me. In this way, when he encounters three difficulties, he will be determined and he will have a chance to survive. But I forgot that father and son are not incapable of human power. Neither I am to him nor to me, I can be unfeeling and righteous. I don't know when, I love him so much, much more than all the fathers who doting children in the world. Although this child is cold on the surface, he has a fiery heart inside, which is something I can't guess. And when I found out that he and Wanli were friends, I thought about destroying this friendship, but I didn't do it in the end."
"Thank you." Xiao Xia said suddenly.
"What do you thank me?" Ruan's father was surprised and looked at Xiao Xia strangely.
"Thank you for not blocking the friendship between him and Wanli, otherwise he would not even have this warmth. It would be so pitiful. Without Wanli, I would not know him, so I want to thank you."
"I want to thank you. This is also one of my purposes." Ruan's father smiled, making Xiaoxia feel that he was very kind. "I used to calculate his life, but I just felt that he was lonely and could not feel at ease when I pretended to die underground. But later he had you, and I could feel his happiness. He loved you very much, more than his life. Although this relationship would be short, he finally did not come to this world in vain. Unfortunately, he could not stay with you forever. This is what I want to apologize to you.
Although it is useless, I still want to say sorry to you. You gave my son warmth and love, but unfortunately, I can't let you be together because of my relationship. I am very sorry. Actually, I thought of giving up the plan to let Azhan compete with me, but if I become a demon, he still can't live. Because at that time, I can't control my own nature and will kill you from the closest people, and even you will not be spared. Since that's the case, let us father and son take on everything, but it will make you suffer."
Chapter completed!