Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Chapter 152 What do you want to say to him?

Meng Liyun stared blankly at the painting in her hand, her mouth unconsciously opened slightly, and she was completely attracted by the person in the painting.

The person in the painting was very beautiful, but what attracted her most was not the beautiful face, but the temperament revealed in the painting.

That person sat on a chair, staring straight ahead. His golden eyes were like the shining golden sun, his expression was indifferent, his snow-white hair fell to the ground like a waterfall, his clothes were extremely simple, and his whole body was like the cold and fresh snow, which made people's eyes bright, as if they could smell the faint scent of new snow at the tip of their noses.

That's it... only somewhat similar?

Meng Liyun looked for a long time before she came to her senses. Thinking of what Xiao had just said to her, she couldn't help but lower her eyes.

But speaking of it...she seemed to have seen eyes like this somewhere.

Meng Liyun frowned slightly and began to think.

Seeing that she had finished reading, Xiao wanted to take the painting out of her hand: "Actually, there's nothing to see—"

"Hey, I haven't finished reading it yet." Meng Liyun quickly dodged to prevent him from getting it.

Unable to figure it out for the time being, Meng Liyun didn't bother about it and continued to look at the painting.

She didn't lie, she really hadn't finished reading it yet.

The person in the painting was sitting on a chair, holding a child in his arms. The child was very small compared to the man, less than half his size, with legs slightly bent, sitting on his lap, being supported by him and looking at this side, seeming a little nervous.

The child had black hair and black pupils. His eyes were beautiful, big and round, but he was stiff and uncomfortable, as if he wanted to lean on the man's arms, but he was afraid of something, so he just sat there stiffly.

Meng Liyun narrowed her eyes, feeling that the little boy looked familiar.

Thinking of this, he looked up at Xiao.

"Hiss..." Meng Liyun raised her eyebrows, then looked down at the child in the painting and confirmed.

"Is this child you?" Meng Liyun pointed at the child in the painting and asked him with a smile.

Xiao pulled the painting towards him and closed his eyes: "Yes."

"Oh..." Meng Liyun touched her chin with a smile and looked him up and down.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" Xiao asked, perhaps unable to bear her gaze.

"No, no, no... nothing." Meng Liyun waved her hands and laughed, "I didn't expect you were so... when you were a kid..."

Before he finished speaking, a cold wind blew from behind.

Meng Liyun shuddered, and immediately realized that she had gotten a little too proud of herself. She coughed twice and then became serious: "Ahem, this Mo Ze is quite good-looking... Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go together in the future, and I'll help you look for him."

As he said this, he chuckled at Xiao's slightly cold eyes.

Xiao withdrew his gaze, seemed helpless towards her, shook his head gently, and said nothing.

They spent several more days in the mountains before arriving at a town. During that time, Meng Liyun was very curious about the fact that he suddenly produced a knife, so she asked him and learned that the knife could be fused with his spine.

Hearing this, Meng Liyun looked at Xiao in astonishment. Xiao demonstrated to her that he really pulled out a long knife from the back of his neck out of thin air.

When they arrived in the town, Meng Liyun was thinking about how to find a place to stay. When they got to the hotel, she wanted a double room, but Xiao took the initiative to ask for two rooms.

"Why?" Meng Liyun looked at him, somewhat puzzled.

Even if she is grown up now, there is no need to separate the rooms, right? Or is he concerned about her reputation?

Meng Liyun was lost in thought when she heard Xiao's answer.

"I want a big bed."

Xiao said frankly.

Meng Liyun: ...

Xiao tilted his head, as if he couldn't see her speechlessness, and added another sentence.

"A soft couch is best."

Meng Liyun: ...

Since he said so, Meng Liyun agreed and they each booked a room.

In the following days, she followed him to travel all over the country, across the sea and mountains, through the desert and across the abyss. At first, she was still a little uncomfortable, but after all, she had the basics. After only one month of following him, Meng Liyun got used to Xiao's rhythm and followed him all the way.

They met all kinds of people on the road. Meng Liyun was no longer the gullible child she used to be. Xiao didn't know if he had learned his lesson over the years, but he was wary of every new person he met. The number of times they were cheated was very few.

It is worth mentioning that after the first few months, when they entered the city without money, Meng Liyun realized this and wanted to discuss with Xiao what to do.

Just when she thought Xiao wanted to go and suppress the bandits again, she saw Xiao tilt his head and think for a moment, without blinking, he opened his mouth and said: "Then let's go and perform."

Meng Liyun:?

"Sell, sell your art?" Meng Liyun blinked, not reacting for a moment.

"Yeah." Xiao glanced at her, obviously serious, "You can perform things like breaking rocks with your chest, swallowing swords, etc... I remember the one that made the most money was walking on a knife mountain."

Meng Liyun: ...

The cold and distant figure from several years ago seemed to completely shatter when he said this.

Seeing her expression, Xiao thought she didn't understand, and was about to explain it to her in detail: "To climb the knife mountain, you need to set up two rows of blade ladders and go up along them..."

"I know, I know." Meng Liyun interrupted quickly. She couldn't help but hold her forehead and pondered for a moment. She still couldn't bear to see the scene of the owl performing for a living in her imagination, so she recommended herself with great sorrow.

"Let me do it."

"What?" Xiao was stunned.

"I'll break the rocks with my chest." Meng Liyun patted her chest, still very confident, "So many performances are by men, I'm a girl, it will definitely be more lively."

"But... the performance requires taking off the shirt." Xiao hesitated.

"Ah? There's no need for that, right? Can't I just hold the stone against you and let you smash it?" Meng Liyun was stunned. "By the way, how did you perform this before?"

"Hmm..." Xiao thought for a moment, his eyes calm, "Just hold the stone slab up and let passers-by hit it. Ten cents for each hammer."

Meng Liyun: ...

Meng Liyun: "How many times do I have to smash it before it breaks?"

"Usually it's more than fifty times." Xiao said, "If it's more, it's hundreds of times."

Meng Liyun: ...

Why does it sound so sad...

Wouldn't it be better to just use that spiritual power to smash it directly...

Meng Liyun closed her eyes and cried silently in her heart.

Finally, after her strong recommendation, she was made to lie on the nail board and Xiao hit her with a hammer.

Meng Liyun looked at Xiao swinging the hammer and suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

——He won’t kill her with a hammer, will he?

Meng Liyun blinked and suddenly felt a little scared.

Fortunately, Xiao knew the importance of the attack and when the hammer touched the stone slab for the second time, he used air to shatter it.

They cooperated very successfully, and if the officers and soldiers had not come in between, they could have earned more.

With the first start, there naturally came the second and third time... Meng Liyun gradually got used to this way of making money.

In the blink of an eye, a few years passed. When Meng Liyun was scooping water, she found that she looked pretty good, with red lips and white teeth. She was much more mature than before. The youthfulness that was unique to a girl had faded away without her knowing.

Meng Liyun put the scooped water on the fire and stared at the man next to her.

Xiao is already in his thirties, but he has no intention of getting married. The road they have walked is not short, and the people they have met are few and far between, and they are all just nodding acquaintances.

She suddenly realized that she seemed to be the one who had been with him the longest.

Meng Liyun was lost in thought as she thought about it.

During this journey, she did not see Xiao showing any interest in any girl. Before, when they were in the desert, there was a girl who fell in love with Xiao. The people there were open-minded, so she chased Xiao every few days to be her lover.

Xiao didn't understand the song she played at first, but after he understood what she meant, he took her and ran away secretly the next night.

Thinking of this, Meng Liyun felt a little ashamed.

To be honest, she was not as pretty as that girl, nor as proactive and enthusiastic as that girl. Although she had been following him for the past few years and roughly understood his habits, she was still not sure about Xiao's temper.

Xiao didn't seem to have anything he particularly liked. The only thing that interested him was Mo Ze. He didn't know who that person was that made him remember him for so long...

Meng Liyun looked at Xiao, a little absent-minded.

Xiao noticed her gaze, paused, hesitated for a moment, and handed the water in his hand to her.

Meng Liyun was stunned, smiled, and waved her hand: "No, I don't want to drink..."

"What's wrong?" Xiao looked at her, "Something's wrong with you lately."

"What, what's wrong?" Meng Liyun's neck tensed and she laughed dryly.

Xiao didn't say anything, just looked at her and frowned.

Those eyes were like the dazzling sunlight at noon, making Meng Liyun sweat uncontrollably and feel a little nervous.

"You..." Finally, Xiao spoke again.

"Do you want to get married?"

After these words came out, Meng Liyun almost choked to death on her saliva.

"No...no." Meng Liyun waved her hands repeatedly, her face flushed. "I, I'm not in a hurry...Aren't you still not married? I..."

"I may never get married in this lifetime." Xiao glanced at her and said calmly, "If you find someone you like and want to marry him someday, just tell me."

"oh oh……"

Meng Liyun touched her burning cheek, and the boiling blood was cooled down by Xiao's words.

In this life...will you never get married?

Meng Liyun thought about it and looked at him. She found that Xiao's appearance was still the same as before, without even the slightest change.

The flickering firelight fell on those cold eyebrows, like a hand plucking the heartstrings, sometimes tight, sometimes relaxed, making people feel itchy and inexplicably uncomfortable.

Meng Liyun turned her head, closed her eyes, ignored the unknown emotions in her heart, and lay down on the ground and fell asleep.

The next day, they entered the city. Xiao wanted to inquire for news as usual, but Meng Liyun suddenly lost interest and started wandering around the street.

While strolling around, I ran into a bookstore. There was a wide variety of books inside, covering almost everything from cookbooks to the Book of Changes.

Meng Liyun flipped through a few pages and walked towards the inside of the bookshelf. As she was looking, she suddenly saw a few different books.

Fire avoidance map?

Meng Liyun raised her eyebrows, without thinking too much, she took it out and started reading.

Because my mind was not focused here, I kept flipping through more than ten pages before I finally realized what book this was.

Meng Liyun stared blankly at the man and woman in the painting with pale skin and strange postures, then she slammed the book shut.

My God...

This store really has all kinds of books...

Meng Liyun twitched the corners of her mouth, raised her head and took a deep breath, then turned her head to look, and when she saw that no one was paying attention to her, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Come to think of it, she also knew what this kind of book was about, but she just didn't react at the time and then opened it to read.

Meng Liyun twitched her lips and wanted to put the book back. Halfway through, she looked around for some unknown reason. After making sure that there was no one around, she looked again quietly.

When I saw the last few pictures, I suddenly felt something was wrong.

There seem to be two men in this painting.

And two women?

Is this okay?

Meng Liyun's fingers trembled, her eyes widened in shock, and she read the small words in the book word by word.

After reading it, I couldn't help but frown.

Cut sleeves...

Meng Liyun muttered, "Seeing what the book said, it seems like there was such a thing in the past..."

Wait a minute?

Meng Liyun was suddenly stunned and felt a little strange.

That Xiao hasn't been interested in women in recent years... He didn't even react when I was taking a bath in the woods before.

Is he a homosexual?

Meng Liyun covered her mouth and almost couldn't breathe because of her own guess.

But think about it... Xiao is not interested in men either?

Meng Liyun frowned in confusion and looked at the book in her hand with suspicion. After hesitating for a moment, she quietly put the book into her arms and went to the boss to pay the bill.

When the boss saw it, he smiled at her knowingly, took out a book cover, rewrapped it for her, and handed it to her.

Meng Liyun felt as if she was being pricked by a needle when her boss looked at her. Her face turned red, she stuffed the book into her backpack, and trotted away.

So exciting...

Meng Liyun walked out of the bookstore, still jogging. She felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest and she always felt like she had done something bad.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from the crowd and grabbed her.

"Why are you running so fast?"

Meng Liyun shuddered suddenly and looked up hurriedly, seeing Xiao right in front of her, looking at her with confusion. She wanted to say something, but the pictures in the book emerged in her mind. Her face turned red and she stammered, unable to speak.

Xiao was puzzled when he saw her like this, but since she seemed fine, he let go of her hand: "There's no news here, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing... nothing." Meng Liyun covered her hot face and almost buried her head in her hands.

Xiao frowned slightly and touched her forehead: "Why is it so hot?"

Unexpectedly, Meng Liyun avoided him as if he were the plague god: "No, nothing!"

Xiao was stunned.

"Really, it's nothing!"

Facing Xiao's confused eyes, Meng Liyun lowered her head and said.

"...Okay." Seeing this, Xiao stopped asking any more questions.

Even when she returned to the hotel and lay on the bed, Meng Liyun still felt her face was a little hot.

After an unknown amount of time, Meng Liyun finally calmed down, rubbed her cheeks, and thought back to what she had said to Xiao. She suddenly became a little worried that her attitude might not be good and would make Xiao sad.

Although that guy most likely wouldn't feel sad, Meng Liyun still felt it was a good idea for her to go and talk to him.

So he ran to Xiao's room and explained to him that he was a little nervous at the time, so his movements were a little hurried.

Xiao listened to her explanation and shook his head after listening: "It's nothing, but seeing your expression, I thought something happened to you."

"Yeah..." Meng Liyun nodded repeatedly.

Xiao didn't say anything else. He poured her some tea and continued to look at the map of the nearby area.

Meng Liyun held the teacup and looked at Xiao. After thinking for a while, she finally spoke.

"Xiao... do you like Mo Ze?"

"what?"

Xiao paused and looked at her.

"Just... asking you if you like him."

Meng Liyun lowered her head, held the teacup, and spoke softly.

Xiao was stunned for a while before asking, "What is love?"

"Ah?" Meng Liyun looked up unexpectedly, "It's Xinyue."

"...What does that feel like?" Xiao looked at her with clear eyes, as if he really didn't understand.

Meng Liyun was speechless. She looked away and thought for a while, then said hesitantly, "It's just... I feel happy when I think of him? I want to see him, even if I just follow him, I will feel happy, and sometimes I will miss him when something happens..."

As Meng Liyun was talking, she felt that she was about to say something off topic. Relatives would also do the same thing regarding such matters. Just as she was about to add something, she heard Xiao speak in a hesitant tone.

"That... shouldn't be it?"

Xiao frowned, with some shadows in his eyes: "I don't think of him occasionally, nor do I want to follow him, I just want to find him."

"What will you do after you find it? What are you going to do?" Meng Liyun was stunned and asked.

"I don't know." Xiao shook his head, "Let's wait until we see each other."

"So if you meet him, what do you want to say to him?" Meng Liyun asked tentatively.

Hearing her question, Xiao was completely stunned. He didn't even care about the map in his hand falling down. He stared in one direction, silent for a moment, and then spoke softly.

"Should...I ask him if he's doing well lately, right?"