Immortality: Starting from meeting the fox girl

Chapter 20: Better to know your nephew than your aunt

inside the carriage.

The firefly mushroom exuded a soft, hazy yellow light, illuminating the books and papers placed on Lu Chenran's lap.

He rubbed his sore eyes, put aside the book he was reading, and yawned:
  "Brother Li, why do you want to hear a story on a whim?"

Li Zijun put the bronze mirror in his arms and said with a smile:
  "I drank too much tea during the day and couldn't sleep."

"Uncle Wang and the others have all gone to the county to do shopping again. They were bored in the tent by themselves, so naturally they came to see Brother Lu."

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As he spoke, he found a spacious place in the carriage and lay down comfortably against the down of Hushan God. Then he turned sideways and looked at Lu Chenran's face.

The cold wind seeped through the gap in the car window, and a thin ray of moonlight shone through at this moment, directly into Lu Chenran's eyes. He looked at the handsome young man lying on his side and said warmly:

"In ancient times, there was a student named Liang Shanbo."

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Li Zijun listened calmly.

The light of Yinghuozhi was very dim. In the wind and snow outside the window, the warm and narrow carriage gave her a bit of warmth.

In the past, whether she was in the house or in public, she always presented herself as a handsome young lady. When she was tired, she would empty her mind, brew a pot of tea, and watch the unpleasing scenery.

After spending a few hours alone like this, she would once again put on the 'mask' that said "Gentleman Ruoyu", always upholding the image of a gentle and humble young master as her father expected, and always showing others a smile.

Only by being by Brother Lu's side could she let go of all her defenses, blink her eyes slowly, and listen to the gentle and slow voice of this young master in fox fur.
  The story is very long, and the version Lu Chenran chose was the version of Blue Star's movie from the late 1920s, which contained many classic phrases.

It just doesn’t matter which version, which part.

When he revealed the true gender of the student named 'Zhu Yingtai', Li Zijun, who was lying sideways next to Snow Tiger, trembled slightly, startling the Hushan God who was listening with great interest.

Xue Hu, who was lying on Lu Chenran's shoulder, stared at Ran'er with suspicion in his eyes.

As an aunt, she knew Ran'er's little thoughts best. She knew her nephew better than her aunt. She secretly thought that something was wrong, and stared at Li Zijun, with countless thoughts in her mind:

"Could it be that you saw through the young prince's identity and made up such a story?"

"But there is a piece of jade on her chest. If I hadn't smelled the bloody smell of Tiankui that day, or at first glance, even I was deceived. How did you guess it?"

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In the dimness, the fireflies swayed slightly, swaying the young prince's cheeks, making it difficult to see the expression on her face clearly.

Lu Chenran still told the story softly:

"I have a guilty conscience. I didn't concentrate on my writing. I only thought about that girl's skirt. Unfortunately, I have a bright future and I dare not see the light of day for my worries."

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Until Lu Chenran said those memorable words:
  "——I dare not look at Guanyin from now on."

Li Zijun lowered his head silently, but smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly, and shook his head gently.

The woman named Zhu Yingtai that Brother Lu mentioned was an overbearing, willful, and innocent woman looking for love—in my opinion, she was simply selfish and extremely stupid.

After all, it was just a made-up story. Without the intervention of immortal magic, how could a woman have slept with Liang Shanbo for so long without revealing her gender?

"Speechlessly, I come in front of you and share a glass of water with you. There is a strong meaning in my love, which flows out of my heart. Regardless of grievances or fate, don't talk about butterfly dreams. I will give you this life, this life and the past life, and fly over thousands of mountains together."

Lu Chenran read the last chapter lightly, then looked at the young prince meaningfully and said softly:
  "Brother Li, the story has been told. What do you think?"

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The young prince stood up slowly, straightened the wrinkles on his white shirt, restrained the complex expression on his cheeks in the dim light, and looked at Lu Chenran again, with that humble and gentle smile on his lips again:

"Brother Lu, this is really a novel story." "Although there are many loopholes in it, as if it was compiled by a storyteller in a teahouse, the friendship between men and women is deep and beautiful."

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Lu Chenran was stunned for a moment, stared at her calm face, and then sighed softly:

"Brother Li is really a very human being."

After some testing, I couldn't help but have some doubts about my guess.

its not right?
  Could it be that there is something wrong with my suspicion?

Otherwise, the young prince didn't have the slightest concern about this story.

Li Zijun smiled and replied:

"Yes, as Brother Lu said before, I am an ordinary person."

"It's getting late. Brother Lu, please go to bed early. I'm going to bed too."

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After finishing her words, she walked out of the carriage, and the figure in the white shirt disappeared into the darkness.

Lu Chenran silently watched her leaving back.

Tonight, the young prince left a little anxiously.

Then, he shook his head gently, put away all the complicated thoughts, closed his eyes and meditated, and the golden book's title page floated leisurely in his mind:

【Getting connected with Firefly Ganoderma: (9/10)】

[Yinghuo Zhizhi has grass-like leaves and is as big as a bean. It has purple flowers and can see light at night. If you eat one piece, a hole in your heart will be clear. If you eat seven, the seven orifices of your heart will become clear and you can read at night. 】

The moon is hanging high at night, and the wind and snow are lingering.

Li Zijun walked slowly towards the tent alone. In the dark night, no one could see her face clearly.

Two lines of clear tears silently flowed down from the corners of her eyes. Her hands tentatively reached towards the piece of jade on her chest and slowly picked it off.

The tied crown was loosened, and the green hair on her head flowed out and spread in the wind. Her cheeks changed slightly and became a little softer.

"Zhu Yingtai?"

She chanted quietly.

How could my heart be as calm and unruffled as it appeared in front of Lu Chenran? How could he not be moved and yearn for the butterflies flying together?

However, Li Zijun knew clearly that the 'Zhu Yingtai' in Brother Lu's mouth was just a spoiled, naive lady, who was destined to be in two different worlds.

Li Zijun took a deep breath, and then looked at the hazy moon, letting the complicated thoughts in his mind dissipate with the wind.

After a long time,

She carefully put the jade on her chest again and restored her former appearance.

From the moment she was born, she lived in the world as a man. She was the only eldest son of the prince's palace, and she was also known to the world as a humble gentleman of the prince's palace.

You must not be willful or coquettish. Life or death is not up to you. You must not fall in love with any man in the world.
  This is her life.

Li Zijun smiled stiffly at the corner of her mouth. After years of practice, she could make every muscle in the corner of her mouth curve into the most beautiful arc:

"A gentleman is as good as jade."

This is the mask that will bind her for the rest of her life.

(End of this chapter)