So after finding out the origin of the jade pendant, Bai Yunchuan did not leave Tianping Village. He still maintained his previous trajectory and lived like a real rural farmer.
If this is the case, then how different is Bai Yunchuan from ordinary people who does not use his power at this time? How can he keep Li Yingchi? A car and a horse are enough to make him nowhere to be found.
Jiang Xunmo saw the opportunity and thought of taking this opportunity to take Li Yingchi away and find a remote place to live in seclusion.
Not to mention that Bai Yunchuan could not be found at all, but as long as he did not use his subordinates for a day, he and Li Yingchi could get along with each other for a while longer.
When Li Yingchi entered the school here and started going to and from school regularly, he got used to this kind of life. With Bai Yunchuan's attitude towards Li Yingchi, he would not forcefully take the boy away.
Furthermore, Bai Yunchuan's identity cannot be hidden forever. He will eventually return to the imperial capital and completely stay away from this remote area that is incompatible with him.
At that time, there is no need to guess what Li Yingchi's relationship or attitude will be with the two of them. He will definitely have the advantage.
But Jiang Xunmo probably didn't expect that Bai Yunchuan, who was originally worried, would be so wanton this time, without concealing his identity, and just take Li Yingchi away.
Jiang Xunmo did not go to bed until early in the morning while handling matters last night. Not long after he woke up, he heard strange noises coming from his home.
He didn't have time to wash up, so he hurried upstairs to check the situation, but was directly stopped by the secret guard who was already standing by.
A literati scholar was no match for those secret guards. His several struggles had no effect and only made his appearance more miserable.
In the end, he could only watch the robbers who broke into the house and took away the treasure he had worked so hard to find and hide in an extremely arrogant manner.
At that moment, his eyes were bloodshot, and his body seemed to have lost its vitality and slumped down.
It wasn't just the teenagers who were taken away.
It is the summer rain, the whirlpool he is willing to drown in, the dream he seeks but cannot get day and night and dare not touch.
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The sound of horse hoofs could be heard faintly. In his dream, Li Yingchi seemed to have returned to the morning when he came to Guqiu County.
But the image was blurry and blurred. It just flashed by and then disappeared. Gradually, the sound of horse hooves became weaker, and he immediately fell into a deeper sleep.
When the carriage reached noon, the bright sun had already enveloped the entire earth and illuminated the entire interior of the carriage.
The road inevitably ran over gravel, and the car swayed, shaking the car curtains out of the gap. A ray of sunlight passed through cunningly and accidentally fell on Li Yingchi's eyebrows, casting a layer of fine light on his long and thick eyelashes.
Such intense light is so scorching that even with your eyes closed, you cannot escape.
Because it was too dazzling, Li Yingchi was forced to break away from the dream within a few seconds.
He raised his hands with difficulty to cover his eyes, but he didn't expect any light to escape.
Transparent or golden light flowed out from between his fingers, making his slender white fingers almost transparent.
He felt uncomfortable being disturbed, and he didn't feel angry to get out of bed. He just frowned, his eyes were half-opened, and the ends of his raised eyes were still red, and he was mumbling something.
When he realized that he was being held in someone's arms, he naturally put his face to the chest beside him, turned his head and rubbed it delicately, and his colleagues complained: "It's so sunny..."
The next moment, a big hand obediently blocked the little bit of sunlight for him, and hugged him deeper.
Only then did Li Yingchi rub his eyes with satisfaction and half-sit up in the man's arms. His blurred vision fell on the source of light. Slowly, the fluttering car curtain became clearer and clearer in his field of vision.
Then, his whole body trembled violently, and his whole body froze in place.
He remembered that he had vaguely seen Bai Yunchuan's face before, but at that time he thought it was a dream.
Who would have thought that Bai Yunchuan would appear next to him when he woke up.
Li Yingchi didn't dare to say a word now. He intuitively felt that his life was about to be in danger.
A few days ago, he personally promised to others.
Just after she said she would not go to the county with Jiang Xunmo, and agreed to go to school with Bai Yunchuan, she ran away with others in the blink of an eye. She didn't even write a farewell letter to Bai Yunchuan. She had promised not to pawn the jade pendant. It was also pawned secretly.
Li Yingchi bit his lower lip guiltily.
When he thought about Bai Yunchuan returning home happily, opening the door and seeing only an empty house, he felt like a heartless man, feeling very unsure, guilty and nervous.
At this point, Li Yingchi felt that if he had been treated like this, he would have been angry.
Why are you so bad...
At this point, he didn't even dare to ask for Bai Yunchuan's forgiveness, but, that's what the mission required. How could he complete the mission if he didn't leave!
Li Yingchi was secretly making excuses for himself, but suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and thought of some key points.
Bai Yunchuan has not recovered his memory yet, and he doesn't know that he pawned his jade pendant. Then I should be fine, right? It shouldn't matter, right?
So in Bai Yunchuan's eyes, he just sneaked out for a night of fun. Besides, I have been captured now, so I can't blame him anymore.
Li Yingchi managed to comfort himself, raised his face and pretended to be calm. He was about to ask Bai Yunchuan how he found him, but when he turned his face, he was the first to see Bai Yunchuan's clothes, which were obviously of extraordinary quality.
"..." Li Yingchi took a breath of cold air.
Only then did he realize something was wrong around him.
The carriage he was riding in now was very ornately decorated, and it was completely different from the carriage he rode in at Jiang's house yesterday.
Even the ice basin placed in the carriage was made of unknown materials. Even after a long time, there was still a lot of ice in it. The entire carriage was extremely cool. No wonder he slept so comfortably.
No, that's not the point. The point is that Bai Yunchuan has recovered his memory.
At this moment, Bai Yunchuan completely lost the appearance he had in the village before.
The earthy smell of the countryside and the traces of wind and sun seemed to have left him overnight, leaving only the innate nobility and a sense of aggression that could no longer be concealed between his sharp and handsome eyebrows.
He was never a child picked up by his adoptive father. He was the King of Southern Qi who lived and died on the border and fought countless battles for the peace of the people on this side.
Once he understood what such a change meant, a greater panic suddenly spread into Li Yingchi's heart.
His face turned pale, and he hurriedly asked the system in his mind: "System! Why did the male protagonist suddenly regain his memory?"
The point at which Bai Yunchuan recovers his memory in the original plot is definitely not now.
Li Yingchi remembered clearly that when he first came here, he carefully memorized the plot. After Bai Yunchuan realized his lie, he went to cooperate with Jiang Xunmo for a period of time, and then went through a lot of practice in the middle before finally one day Recovered memory.
But the plot was only halfway through at this time.
Although Bai Yunchuan already knew about his deception, he obviously had not yet cooperated with Jiang Xunmo. At a time when the two male protagonists had not yet interacted, the plot took a major deviation, directly slowing down the progress and almost ending.
For a good kid who wants to complete the task well, such a change is no different than the teacher suddenly changing the scope of the exam when handing out papers for the final exam.
Li Yingchi was so anxious that he almost cried.
The system, which is always paying attention to the development of the plot, remembered the time when Bai Yunchuan recovered his memory and couldn't help but be speechless.
What did he say?
In fact, the male protagonist has recovered his memory a long time ago. Is it only revealed now because he wanted to live a peaceful life with his host?
The system was silent for a moment, trying hard to comfort Li Yingchi, "Host, calm down. We haven't been excluded from the world consciousness yet, which means that such changes are allowed and are not the result of us."
"Your mission has been completed, and the collection of world data is already in progress. Everything is a foregone conclusion. You don't need to worry. I believe we will be able to leave this world soon."
These words were ordinary, but they were very comforting to Li Yingchi. His rapidly beating heart finally got a chance to breathe, and he breathed out gently.
Bai Yunchuan's eyes never left Li Yingchi's face, and he didn't say a word after seeing him wake up.
He is not afraid of others laughing at him, because he really likes this feeling.
The sleeping lover in his arms, the lovely sleepy look when he first woke up, and the small gestures of habitual dependence on him all gave him a great sense of stability.
A wandering soul like duckweed can only settle down when he is by Li Yingchi's side, because this is where he belongs.
It wasn't until he saw that Li Yingchi didn't look good that he put his arm around the person's waist, hugged the person tightly, gently stroked his cheek with his fingertips, and asked, "Are you hungry?"
Li Yingchi's originally relieved heart immediately lifted because of Bai Yunchuan's words.
Although the system had just said that everything was a foregone conclusion, Li Yingchi couldn't rest assured at all.
The completion of the plot does not mean that he can spend the next time safely. For him, the most dangerous person now is Bai Yunchuan.
Bai Yunchuan has now completely recovered his memory. According to his behavior before he lost his memory, wouldn't he, a little farmer who fooled the prince from beginning to end, end up with no bones left?
If Bai Yunchuan is a tolerant person, then he can let himself go and let him complete the task smoothly.
But he had just escaped for a day and was captured by him before he even woke up. As soon as he regained his memory, he hurriedly came to arrest him.
This can only show that Bai Yunchuan really hates him.
When he thought that he had probably discovered that he had secretly pawned the jade pendant, Li Yingchi felt extremely depressed.
"I asked someone to bring some food. Is there anything you really want to eat?" Seeing that he didn't reply, Bai Yunchuan thought he hadn't recovered from his sleep yet, so he had to pat his back to coax him.
As soon as he heard this, Li Yingchi's red lips pursed, and his eyes immediately turned red. The water in his eyes was as if the sunlight was reflected in the summer, and the warm wind gently swam across the rippled lake.
He thought that Bai Yunchuan was still willing to give him food and asked him what he wanted to eat. It's so nice, they are so kind, and they let you choose the last meal.
Li Yingchi lowered his head and bit his lip, feeling sad.
He was so sad that he almost cried until he couldn't breathe. But at this time, he didn't know where his strength came from, and he didn't say a word. Even Bai Yunchuan didn't notice anything strange about him at the first time.
After a long time, he finally choked out a few words with a trembling voice, "I want to eat lotus seed porridge..."
Chapter 61 The Stingy Little Farmer (Thirty-nine)
The order to buy porridge was quickly given, and not long after, the guard who took the order galloped over on horseback, carefully carrying a delicate lunch box in his hand.
It was lotus seed porridge bought in a hurry from a nearby town.
The bowl of lotus seed porridge was still steaming when it was brought into the carriage. When the porridge was placed in front of the two of them, the faint aroma of lotus seeds filled the tip of their noses.
The porridge noodles stewed with rice and millet are crystal clear, and there are many plump cored lotus seeds on it. Moon-white lotus seeds and dark red wolfberries are dotted on it, making it attractive in appearance.
But when he thought about this, Li Yingchi felt sad.
Every time he cried, he couldn't stop crying. He waited for a long time. There were still water stains on his fair face. The tears in his eyes would not fall down. He looked so pitiful.
He also wanted to have some backbone and would rather starve himself than eat the meal that Bai Yunchuan had prepared for him.
But his physical exertion today is really not small, and his current body cannot withstand such exertion.
Li Yingchi is not considered healthy in this world.
The original owner's family was poor, which caused him to suffer from malnutrition all year round. As soon as he passed through, Li Yingchi also inherited the problem of malnutrition. It was not until he met Bai Yunchuan this summer that he was raised to be healthier.
Today, he slept until noon. He didn't eat breakfast. He just cried a little and felt dizzy. Now he looked very bad. He was probably very hungry.
The aroma around him continued to enter his nose. Li Yingchi looked sideways at the lotus seed porridge, but couldn't help but secretly licked his lips, deciding to be a full man.
Because he raised his face to eat, but was afraid of embarrassment and didn't want Bai Yunchuan to see him secretly shedding tears, Li Yingchi quickly found an opportunity to wipe his face clean before Bai Yunchuan said anything, pretending that nothing happened. appearance.
He sniffed and wiped his face bit by bit with his sleeves, even wiping his tears with great care.
In fact, there is no way to cover it up.
His skin is fair and tender, and when he is excited, his blood will surge up. His ears to his neck are all pale pink.
This cry-loving disease left him nowhere to hide. When he started crying, his eyes would be filled with crimson.
The long and thick eyelashes were also wet and stuck into clusters, trembling with the blink of an eye, like a fragile and helpless baby bird being lightly drizzled by a gentle drizzle.
If Li Yingchi hadn't buried his head so deeply, Bai Yunchuan would have discovered it long ago.
But now, he can't hide it for long.
Seeing that the porridge had been delivered, Bai Yunchuan stopped holding Li Yingchi and gently put him aside to sit down. Then he opened the lunch box and started setting the table for him.
Li Yingchi sat aside and watched eagerly as he fiddled with it.
After taking out the porridge, Bai Yunchuan did not directly hand the bowl to Li Yingchi.
He first tested the temperature of the porcelain bowl with his hands. After feeling that it was a little hot, he stirred the porridge and blew on it, trying to make the porridge cool down quickly.
After he felt that the temperature was right, he put the bowl and spoon into Li Yingchi's hand.
Li Yingchi took the bowl of lotus seed porridge that he ordered with a downcast face, but did not dare to drink it.
After thinking about it, Li Yingchi still felt a little scared.
Although he was a little hungry, what would he do if there was something strange in the bowl of porridge and he died after drinking it?
Once such thoughts entered his mind, Li Yingchi felt that the bowl in his hand was getting hotter.
He held the bowl and looked up at Bai Yunchuan tremblingly.
As soon as Bai Yunchuan sat down, he turned around and saw Li Yingchi peeking at him. A small and beautiful face with bright white face was now as moist as if it had been splashed with water. Her eyes were full of water and she looked a little nervous.
His first reaction was worry. Did Li Yingchi cry?
Bai Yunchuan observed the young man calmly and did not ask directly.
After all, he had been ignored by Li Yingchi for a few days several times before because he said that Li Yingchi liked to cry. He really had a long memory, and now he selectively ignored this problem.
When he found that Li Yingchi was only looking at him and didn't drink a mouthful of porridge, Bai Yunchuan finally couldn't help but frowned, "Why don't you drink it? Is it very hot?"
he asked, taking the bowl.
After taking it, he found that the temperature of the porcelain bowl had cooled down. Bai Yunchuan was still a little unsure, so he scooped some with a spoon and put it to his lips to test the temperature.
After finding that it was already warm but not hot, Bai Yunchuan patiently blew the porridge a few more times before returning the bowl to Li Yingchi.
Bai Yunchuan didn't think much about it. He guessed in his heart that Li Yingchi probably had a kitten's tongue and couldn't bear the slightest heat. Because in his eyes, Li Yingchi is a delicate person who needs his care at all times.
After seeing Bai Yunchuan take a bite of porridge, Li Yingchi finally let go of his worries.
Bai Yunchuan dares to eat it himself, so there must be no strange things added to it, so he doesn't have to worry and can fill his stomach properly.
He ate very well. He took the porridge and sat down to eat it deliciously. His cheeks bulged slightly.
Bai Yunchuan was still thinking about the reason for Li Yingchi's secret crying. After he was almost drunk, he asked with concern: "Do you feel uncomfortable in any way? I think your face doesn't look good."
I don't know whether Li Yingchi was hungry or just not used to riding in a carriage, which made him feel so uncomfortable.
If it was the first one, he would have solved it now, but if Li Yingchi couldn't get used to riding in a carriage, apart from having to change some means of transportation and delaying their journey home, what worried Bai Yunchuan the most was how Li Yingchi arrived yesterday. From Guqiu County.
How could Jiang Xunmo provide a comfortable environment for Li Yingchi? Why should he go to such a remote place with him to suffer when he was afraid of bumping into anyone.
The more Bai Yunchuan thought about it, the more angry he became. He never could have guessed that the reason was actually himself.
Hearing Bai Yunchuan's sudden question, Li Yingchi's originally relaxed posture tensed up, thinking that this must be Bai Yunchuan's hypocritical concern.
He didn't dare to speak, he just shook his head with the spoon in his mouth, his butterfly-wing eyelashes drooping, casting a shadow on his cheeks.
Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, Bai Yunchuan didn't ask any more questions and just sat quietly watching the boy drink porridge.
The carriage was not moving very fast, and the interior of the carriage was very smooth. If there was no sound of wheels grinding outside the window, they would be as if they were in a small room.
The two were silent for a long time.
This kind of atmosphere is really strange. Indescribable feelings are hidden in people's sight, but they are revealed in their breathing, but the person they belong to is completely unaware of it.
Li Yingchi only cared about being sad and filling his stomach. He thought Bai Yunchuan looked at him so passionately because he had offended him so much. He was nervous and ate faster and faster.
When he finally finished the bowl of porridge, his cheeks gradually became rosy and no longer as pale as they were at the beginning.
Bai Yunchuan put the bowl for him. Seeing that his face was as normal, he knew that Li Yingchi had almost recovered by now, and decided to act according to his original decision.
He knew that now that Li Yingchi saw his appearance, he should also understand that he had recovered his memory.
And Li Yingchi knew everything he did.
The two are currently in a state of openness and honesty.
But Bai Yunchuan didn't want to pursue anything with this, nor did he want to do anything to Li Yingchi.
He just wanted to ask some questions, why did Li Yingchi want to leave him, or whether he had ever liked him.
He knew that such questions were a bit harsh and pressing for Li Yingchi.
The boy has never been good at dealing with such situations, or maybe he simply doesn't understand the importance of these issues to himself.
Although Bai Yunchuan always felt soft toward Li Yingchi, he also understood that if he never mentioned it and kept avoiding it, how would he solve the problems between the two and the uneasiness and worry in his heart.
He didn't want to become inexplicable enemies with Li Yingchi, nor did he want them to be strangers from now on.
Then, he must be determined to ask these words.
The gaze that was looking out the window was suddenly diverted forcefully back to the carriage. Li Yingchi came back to his senses and found that Bai Yunchuan was half-hugging him and changing the direction.
This was so sudden that Li Yingchi couldn't react for a moment. He didn't have time to feel scared or escape. He just looked up at Bai Yunchuan in confusion, as if asking "What's wrong?"
Bai Yunchuan stared at him, his eyes were as dark as the night, which made people feel a chill in their backs at a glance, "Xiaochi, can you answer a few questions for me?"
Li Yingchi's bright red lips were slightly open, a little nervous and at a loss.
He thought, what did Bai Yunchuan have to ask himself? Bai Yunchuan could find out the truth of the good and bad things he had done by just investigating, so why should he ask himself.
He was afraid that if his death was imminent, he would be regarded as an accomplice of the thief who caused Bai Yunchuan to lose his memory and be interrogated harshly.
Li Yingchi didn't dare to look up at Bai Yunchuan. He lowered his head and revealed his furry head, "You can ask."
It's really too much. I've caught myself here. I'm not familiar with this place. I can't run away even if I want to. How can I still refuse Bai Yunchuan's question? I won't be kicked out if I say "no" later. The car is gone.
No matter how many times he came into contact with him, whenever Bai Yunchuan touched the boy, he would always feel that the boy in front of him was not real.
In addition to dressing like a person from that village, his beautiful and delicate face, fair complexion, and delicate temperament, no matter from which point of view, people feel that he does not belong here, and that he should grow up among thousands of pampers. Great is.
Therefore, rather than being a small farmer, Bai Yunchuan sometimes believed that the boy was a spirit from the nearby mountains.
He obviously looked ignorant of the world, but there was an aura about him that could not be ignored in his movements, which made him sink to this level without even realizing it.
However, the spirit will have to return to his own world one day.
Bai Yunchuan's hand holding Li Yingchi's arm tightened suddenly. Under the pressure, some soft flesh bulged between his fingers. Li Yingchi felt pain, and even his soft-tempered temper became a little angry. He raised his eyes and glared at the man, " Why are you holding me so hard? Do you want to ask?"
It's not like I didn't answer the question, so there was no need to punish myself so quickly!
Only then did Bai Yunchuan realize what he had just done. He quickly let go of his hand and gently rubbed Li Yingchi's sore arm, "Sorry, I just got distracted."
He paused for a second, then spoke again: "I want to ask, why did Xiaochi leave me?"
"Xiaochi once promised me something. He said that you would not go with Jiang Xunmo, that you would let me take you to school, and that you would not pawn my jade pendant."
"Why did Xiaochi regret it later?"
Every time Bai Yunchuan asked, Li Yingchi felt more guilty, but besides feeling guilty, he also felt a little strange, because such questions always made him feel a strange expectation.
The problems revolved around his departure. Although Li Yingchi understood that these things were not entirely his fault, and were mostly caused by the mission, he still felt a little nervous for some reason.
His slender eyelashes were trembling wildly, and he couldn't help clenching his hands beside his legs. His voice was soft and hoarse with a hint of panic, and he stammered: "I don't want to leave you."
"Xiaochi doesn't want to leave me?"
Such a quick and sudden rhetorical question should be full of thorns, but coupled with the content of the words, it can only make people feel a kind of urgency to beg for mercy.
Li Yingchi was stunned, pursed his lips gently, blinked slightly, and replied: "Well, I didn't want to leave you... You have always been very good to me."
He didn't lie. Although he was slow, he could still distinguish between good intentions and bad intentions for a long time, not to mention Bai Yunchuan's meticulous care of him.
Li Yingchi understood that Bai Yunchuan really cared about him. He treats himself sincerely, but he always makes him disappointed... No wonder he is so angry.
At that moment, a strange astringency climbed into his heart. Although his heart was in his chest, Li Yingchi felt that even the tip of his nose was a little sore.
Bai Yunchuan didn't interrupt him again. Li Yingchi could feel his gaze on her, and his original nervousness slowly eased due to his usual tolerant attitude towards him.
Li Yingchi lowered his eyebrows and continued to answer the question, his voice seemed to be choked, "It's my fault for those things I promised you. I know I did something wrong, but."
But those are not what he wants to do.
Li Yingchi wanted to explain, but he couldn't tell what happened about the system, and he was afraid of Bai Yunchuan's questioning, so he had to add aggrievedly: "I was obsessed and ruined the agreement."
Bai Yunchuan knew him well, and looking at his appearance, he could probably guess who Li Yingchi was covering for.
After all, Li Yingchi was a pure and kind child. It was impossible for him to do such a thing. Someone behind him must have ordered him to do so.
Bai Yunchuan's first suspicion was Jiang Xunmo. After all, Li Yingchi had not come into contact with many people in the village.
When he thought that Li Yingchi was defending Jiang Xunmo, Bai Yunchuan felt his temples beating hard and his head hurt. He took a deep breath and asked, "Is that so?"
Li Yingchi thought that he accepted her words. Although he was a little sad that Bai Yunchuan didn't trust him, he still nodded slightly.
Bai Yunchuan's eyes were dark, and he felt more and more disappointed when he saw Li Yingchi nodding.
"Why are you obsessed with this?" He turned away and stopped looking at Li Yingchi. When he spoke again, his tone and content could not suppress the anger.
"Is it because you are suddenly obsessed with someone else? That's why you want to leave me?"
"Why should I protect him? Is he more important than me?"
While speaking, Bai Yunchuan suddenly paused and hid his slightly trembling hands in his wide cuffs.
He no longer knew what he was feeling in his heart at this moment. An extreme sadness spread throughout his body, and along with that anger, it shattered his bones.
His hands were shaking. Why were his hands shaking?
From the first day he picked up the sword, he had never felt afraid. How could such a weak performance appear on him.
Bai Yunchuan's whole body was tense at this time, with trembling fingers, lifeless eyes, and frowning eyebrows. He no longer dared to listen to the answer to his question. He didn't dare to imagine how terrifying it would be. fact.
In the end, he only asked one question, "Xiaochi, do you think I can't give you anything better?"
In fact, what Bai Yunchuan wanted to ask was not this question at first. He wanted to ask something more suitable for Fengyue, such as "Do you think I love you" and "Have you ever liked me", but he didn't ask in the end.
Such words are too vague. They only talk about love and love. It is an emotion far away from reality and is not the tone that Bai Yunchuan likes.
But maybe it was because the answer in those words was too cruel, and Bai Yunchuan didn't dare to accept it.
The second choice is a general question, either yes or no, but if this question is placed on Li Yingchi, Bai Yunchuan will probably only get a "no".
Everything was so sudden, Bai Yunchuan was caught off guard.
His boy doesn't understand this yet, and he hasn't been able to use actions to make the boy understand his feelings. There is no need for him to embarrass the two of them with such decisive questions, making it difficult for both himself and the other party to stand down.
It's really not necessary, this is not the ending he wants to see.
So Bai Yunchuan only asked the most realistic question - "Do you think I can't give you anything better?"
He really loved the boy seriously and didn't want to put too much pressure on him. The last question he asked at this time was only from the other person's perspective.
Only talk about giving, not about return.
He was willing to bow his head for the young man.
Maybe none of this was the boy's fault, it was just that he didn't give him enough sense of security, which made him instinctively want to go to a place more suitable for life.
As early as Bai Yunchuan asked the question about whether he was heartbroken or not, Li Yingchi felt that his brain was starting to run out of energy, and he was dizzy processing the information that was coming at him.
Then, he gradually understood.
In fact, I don't quite understand it, but the general direction is correct.
Li Yingchi knew that Bai Yunchuan was doubting whether the reason why he left was because of others, and whether he chose to leave Bai Yunchuan because he was closer to others.
But those guesses were wrong.
Li Yingchi never chose to give up Bai Yunchuan because of others. He did not regard Bai Yunchuan as his second choice, nor was he so obsessed with him that he felt attracted to others.
After coming to this world, Bai Yunchuan has been by his side, and Bai Yunchuan has been taking care of him. In this small world, the person Li Yingchi relies on the most is Bai Yunchuan.
Both of them clearly knew that no one here was more important than each other.
The closest people often know each other's weaknesses best. The words Bai Yunchuan asked were like a double-edged sword. They cut the young man but at the same time spared him. Each word made his heart drip with blood.
Bai Yunchuan asked the last question and completely defeated Li Yingchi.
What does it mean to "give him something better"?
Li Yingchi didn't understand. He had never made excessive demands on Bai Yunchuan outside of tasks. He didn't understand why Bai Yunchuan asked him this.
He has been living peacefully in Tianping Village. Whether it is eating or dressing, he has always adhered to the concept of eating as much as he can and wearing as much as he can. Even the rags left by his adoptive father can be used as vests.
Li Yingchi never needed anything better.
"What do you mean by those questions?" He finally dared to raise his head and look at Bai Yunchuan, because under the grievance and anger, he had completely lost the feeling of fear, "You don't believe me at all, right? Although I have done many mistakes It's true, but are the countless days and nights I spent with you all fake?"
"After I lost my father, I was always alone. No one liked me and no one wanted to play with me until I met you."
"I know I was greedy and kept you, but I have always regarded you as the closest person. I never thought about getting anything from you."
"Still, in fact, I have always been a despicable person in your heart."
Li Yingchi blinked, and it wasn't until a wisp of coldness slipped over his face and tears fell to the back of his hands that he realized that he was crying again.
shameful.
He belatedly touched his cheek and felt a clammy hand.
Li Yingchi really felt that it was embarrassing and devoid of any momentum to shed tears at such a moment.
But the tears were like a bead curtain with broken strings, and they kept falling down. He couldn't catch them or stop them. His whole little face was wet from crying, and he could only wipe it with his hands in despair. He wiped his face and wiped the ends of his eyes bright red.
Realizing that it would be of no use, Li Yingchi also gave up the struggle. His delicate eyebrows were slightly raised due to crying, and he looked a little pitiful and cute. He said self-deprecatingly, "Actually, sometimes I wonder, Bai Yunchuan, would you have recovered a long time ago?" He lost his memory and kept pretending, treating me like a fool."
When the boy started to answer him, Bai Yunchuan couldn't help but want to turn around and hug him.
Bai Yunchuan knew best how popular Li Yingchi was. How could his baby think of him like this?
When he thought of such a well-behaved boy being disliked by others and pitifully playing with grass in the corner, he felt that his heart was about to be crushed by invisible hands.
His Xiaochi is the cutest and kindest baby in the world. How could no one like it? How could it be?
Then, Li Yingchi's last slightly choked words roared in Bai Yunchuan's mind like thunder in the daytime, waking him up.
"I didn't, how could I, Chichi."
Bai Yunchuan hurriedly bent down to check on Li Yingchi. Seeing that he was crying so pitifully, with tears hanging from the tip of his chin, he quickly took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away his tears.
Li Yingchi is a quiet and sensible child.
Growing up, he rarely cried aloud when he cried, he just cried quietly with his eyelashes lowered, and that didn't change after he came into this world.
When he was crying, his light-colored eyes were shrouded in mist, as if they were soaked in the autumn water of the moon palace. The eyes that had been brushed unceremoniously were dark red, and everything from the tip of his nose to his cheeks was crimson.
He was fragile, like a cloud shrouded in dusk.
It's impossible to hold it or catch up. If you really get mad and want to pounce, the fragile glow will instantly dissipate between heaven and earth.
Bai Yunchuan now only regrets why he asked those questions, and hurriedly explained: "I don't miss you that way, I'm just too afraid that you will leave."
He is really too afraid that someone more likable than him will appear...
"I don't have any merits. I don't know how to get you to look at me more. I just want to be nicer to you, be better, and give you everything I can get, in order to gain your attention."
Bai Yunchuan half held the boy's face with his hands, and his forehead gently touched the boy's forehead. His posture was pious, as if he had finally touched his own moon.
Ever since he came to Li Yingchi, Bai Yunchuan's previous arrogant temperament had disappeared.
He always acted like a guardian around the boy, but rather than a guardian, he was more like a predator waiting for the treasure to mature, coveting the boy all the time.
But he was also willing to put away his fangs for the young man, and compassionately covered his young man with the most delicate moonlight and offered the freshest flower dew.
"Baby, I didn't express myself well on impulse. Don't take what I said to your heart."
"You have always been the most gentle person in the world in my heart. I have never been dissatisfied with you... I just feel that I am really incompetent and have no value to even make you stop for me."
"If you are willing, I will give you anything you want."
Bai Yunchuan couldn't bear to let Li Yingchi be sad. When he saw him crying, he wanted to take all the blame on himself, for fear that if he said anything wrong, he would be sad again.
But he was stupid, and he was flustered by the pearl-like teardrops. He was so confused that he couldn't say anything nice, so he could only repeat his own pale and simple words over and over again.
Li Yingchi's originally lowered eyelashes, because of Bai Yunchuan's sincere words, raised his eyes again and looked in front of him, taking in Bai Yunchuan's nervous expression.
Maybe what Bai Yunchuan said was sincere, but Li Yingchi felt that his chest was extremely tight and he couldn't hear a word.
He blinked, and the tears accumulated in his eyes rolled down, and then were caught by Bai Yunchuan's hand. Li Yingchi noticed this, frowned, and reached out to push Bai Yunchuan away.
"I don't want to hear it now."
It was rare for a young man to reject Bai Yunchuan like this. It could be seen that Li Yingchi was really angry at this time. Bai Yunchuan held the young man's hand in a panic, wanting to say something more to him.
But the next moment, the three jujube horses in front of the carriage suddenly let out a sharp scream.
Then, without knowing what happened, the entire car body shook violently and was thrown in one direction. The items in the car were suddenly scattered all over the floor.
The originally gorgeously decorated carriage was now transformed into murderous weapons flying randomly. In the chaos, Bai Yunchuan tightly protected Li Yingchi in his arms and turned sideways to avoid a sharp arrow that directly penetrated the carriage.
Judging from the tricky position of the arrowhead, it was probably aimed at Bai Yunchuan.
If Bai Yunchuan hadn't reacted immediately, the poisoned arrowhead would have penetrated more than just the carriage.
Li Yingchi popped up in Bai Yunchuan's arms. He looked at the arrowhead that was still glowing with a strange color. He was frightened. For a moment, he forgot about the unpleasantness just now and hugged Bai Yunchuan tightly.
Seeing that the carriage was out of control and the entire carriage was about to overturn on the side of the road, Bai Yunchuan immediately held Li Yingchi, found the exit, and jumped out cleanly.
Fortunately, there was a grassland at the bottom of the mountain outside. The two of them rolled around a few times and stopped after relying on the resistance on the soft grass.
Bai Yunchuan stood up first and blocked Li Yingchi with his body, "Are you injured anywhere?"
Having just rolled around on the grass, Li Yingchi inevitably got some grass clippings on his body and looked a little embarrassed.
He had a dull little face, as if he was frightened, but after hearing Bai Yunchuan's question, he quickly reacted and shook his head.
The two of them looked towards their original positions together.
The carriage in the distance had completely fallen apart. The three leading horses were shot by someone with poisonous arrows. They ran out in a frenzy, but before they could run a few steps, they fell limply to the ground, completely lost. Take a breath.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the arrow has been coated with poison.
The arrowhead that glowed with poison was very familiar to Bai Yunchuan, who had recovered his memory. It was the thief he met during his previous tour in the south.
In recent years, the dynasty has expanded and many border areas have been included.
Some people support it and some people naturally oppose it, and the most radical among those who oppose it are the people of the Shui tribe in Southern Xinjiang.
They hated the rule of the dynasty and looked forward to creating a new dynasty by themselves. However, due to insufficient force, they could not successfully attack directly, so they began to think of plotting.
This poisonous arrowhead is a common trick used by the Shui people.
If Bai Yunchuan hadn't fallen into the river after being poisoned last time, and the arrowhead was taken away at some point while he was drifting, and the toxins had dissipated a lot due to the water flow, maybe Li Yingchi would have encountered a corpse that couldn't breathe.
After that southern tour, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was assassinated, which also led to Bai Yunchuan's whereabouts being unknown, which made the emperor furious.
After returning to the palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince directly received the order to send troops to the southern border, suppressing the Shui people in that area one by one, and directly executed individual tribesmen who behaved badly to serve as a warning to others.
Bai Yunchuan had received a letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince when he was in Guqiu County, so he knew something about this matter.
He thought that the group of people had been almost wiped out, but he didn't expect that just a short time later, the Shui Tribe people came back again.
At this time, the secret guards had already started an unknown round of confrontation with the people sent by the other party. However, the enemy had a large number of people, and it didn't take long for Bai Yunchuan's secret guards to gradually become a little weak.
Someone from the Shui Tribe looked around in the gap between the moves, and then caught the figures of Bai Yunchuan and Li Yingchi in the crowd.
The Shui people are strong and warlike people. Knowing that Bai Yunchuan was their target this time, he roared excitedly, the sound resounding throughout the valley.
Then he tried to rush over with his sword in hand, but was stopped by a secret guard midway, and the two immediately fell into a fight.
Realizing that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, Bai Yunchuan quickly picked up Li Yingchi and hid him in the woods behind him.
Li Yingchi was hidden behind a big tree.
Bai Yunchuan gently stroked the top of his hair, patted away the fine grass clippings for him, and warned: "Just stay here and stay well. If you find someone approaching you, just call my name loudly, okay?"
He was really worried about leaving Li Yingchi here alone, but on the other side, the Shui Tribe people had already taken advantage.
This time when he traveled, for the sake of simplicity, he did not take many guards with him.
Even the secret guard Bai Yunchuan only left a part of the enemy. Facing the opponent's overwhelming numbers, if he did not join the battlefield, his men would probably suffer heavy casualties.
Li Yingchi covered his mouth and nodded, saying that he would hide well later.
When Bai Yunchuan joined the battlefield with his sword, Li Yingchi cautiously leaned against the big tree and exhaled. He quickly found the system and asked: "System, why did we suddenly encounter the assassin? I don't seem to remember such a paragraph in the original plot. ah!"
The system pulled up the timeline from the background and replied: "In the original plot, there was a plot where the male protagonist was assassinated, but it was after your identity as the host was offline. This time, perhaps because the male protagonist recovered his memory in advance, The consciousness of the world has also adjusted this plot to the front."
This statement was so reasonable that Li Yingchi had no choice but to wrinkle his face and accept the answer.
Hearing the harsh sound of swords clashing in the distance, Li Yingchi didn't even dare to poke his head out for fear of disturbing others and causing trouble to Bai Yunchuan.
Bai Yunchuan asked him to hide here for no reason.
There were wild grasses about half a meter long all around, and the old tree behind him was also very tall, with a diameter of about the arm length of several adults, completely covering his curled up body.
It was the first time that he encountered such a dangerous situation, and the warning line in his mind was stretched to the extreme. His moist eyes were still slightly red, and he was paying attention to the surroundings without blinking.
The slightest movement could make his eyes roll nervously.
Then, Li Yingchi suddenly saw a man dressed similar to those of the assassins appearing not far to his right.
He didn't seem to notice him. When he was only two or three hundred meters away from Li Yingchi, he didn't even notice that there was someone nearby in the haystack, staring attentively in the direction of Bai Yunchuan and the others.
At this time, the battle on Bai Yunchuan's side was almost over.
He wiped the blood-stained blade clean casually, and when he looked back, he saw a Shui Tribe man leaning towards Li Yingchi.
"Li Yingchi!"
There was no time to think about anything else. Bai Yunchuan couldn't care about anything at the moment. There was only one thought in his mind, which was to protect Li Yingchi.
Li Yingchi was still thinking hard, wondering how he should remind Bai Yunchuan to be careful behind him, but he didn't expect Bai Yunchuan to call him first.
It seemed like this was the first time for me to be called by my full name by Bai Yunchuan.
However, Li Yingchi also forgot whether it was his first time, but he always felt it was very novel and couldn't help but be distracted for two seconds.
It was just these two seconds of being stunned that he just escaped the sight of the Shui Tribe man who was so close at hand, saving Li Yingchi from being captured.
From Bai Yunchuan's view, he couldn't clearly see the situation on Li Yingchi's side. He thought the boy had been discovered, and the fear in his heart instantly made him breathless.
His voice was hoarse, and he shouted a sentence with all his strength, which was shattered in the air.
Bai Yunchuan had never felt that his running speed could be so slow, as if every step he took at the base of his feet was being slowed down in the air.
The distance between him and the boy was not that far, but it seemed like a whole world was apart.
If he slowed down even a second, he would never be able to hold the boy's hand.
Hearing Bai Yunchuan's call, Li Yingchi had no time to pay attention to the Shui tribe man next to him. He stood up suddenly, turned to look at Bai Yunchuan, and saw a scene that made his pupils shrink.
Someone from the Shui tribe who had been lying in wait for a long time rushed out from the side, holding a sword that had obviously been tempered with poison, and chased after Bai Yunchuan. The distance between the two of them continued to shorten in pursuit.
It only takes a few seconds.
The crisis that was still far away suddenly approached the two of them.
Tears instantly blurred his vision, and Li Yingchi could no longer see anything else in his field of vision.
"Bai Yunchuan!"
An untimely strong wind blew by, rustling the woods in this area, playing natural and wanton music, and Li Yingchi's almost broken words were scattered in the wind.
The wild grass undulated in the direction of the wind, weaving a sea of green. In such a fairyland-like picture, four people were standing in it.
Such a wonderful view should be a joyful moment, but no one came to appreciate it.
The Shui Tribe people on the side finally noticed Li Yingchi's presence, glared at him, and rushed up to catch him.
Li Yingchi stood there, his hair messy by the wind, his vision blurred by tears, his slender body outlined in the strong wind, as if it would be broken by the wind in the next second.
But he couldn't care about anything else at this time.
The fear and fear in his heart made him tremble uncontrollably, but he still rushed towards the familiar black in his field of vision firmly.
That was the male protagonist who had accompanied him for countless days and nights, and was the best person to him in the world. If he lost his life because he came to protect himself, what reason would he have to continue living.
At this moment, Li Yingchi felt that Bai Yunchuan's life was far more important than his own chance of rebirth.
He has already died once. If he needs others to sacrifice their lives for a new life...
This was never his intention.
Without systematic instructions and no interests involved, Li Yingchi just followed his heart and ran towards Bai Yunchuan.
They were all running towards each other. The noisy wind made their words broken and unclear, but it did not make their affection for each other disappear. On the contrary, at this moment, they only had each other in their eyes.
The cold wind blew away the tears from Li Yingchi's eyes, and then new tears quickly gathered. He was shivering and couldn't find a place where he could exert his strength.
But he had never run so fast.
The wind in the opposite direction failed to stop his progress. Li Yingchi took every step firmly, whether it was a step or a half step.
Finally, he approached Bai Yunchuan.
The poisoned sword also approached Bai Yunchuan at the same time.
Li Yingchi finally saw Bai Yunchuan clearly, and finally heard what Bai Yunchuan said to him.
He was telling Li Yingchi not to be afraid.
His eyes were also his own reflection. He was crying ugly, his face was full of tears, his hair was messy, and he was very embarrassed.
Behind him was a man with a ferocious face, who had just raised his sword.
Chapter 62 The Stingy Little Farmer (Forty)
In the flash of lightning, Bai Yunchuan touched the boy first.
The poisonous sword stabbing him from behind was completely ignored by Bai Yunchuan. He hugged Li Yingchi, hugged his waist and hugged him towards him.
Then his other hand flexibly turned into a flower, and the long sword in his hand quickly changed direction. The blood-stained blade was extremely sharp, shining with a cold light under the sun, pointing directly at the ferocious man behind Li Yingchi.
He moved so quickly that the sound of breaking through the air could be faintly heard in several people's ears, and the force contained in it could probably directly pierce a wall.
Although it seemed that Bai Yunchuan was sure to win this time, the Shui Tribe people behind him were also approaching at this time.
The two long swords stabbed in one direction together.