On the Seven Towers

When the convoy could no longer see the castle, Xiao Chen, who had been deep in thought, jumped off his flatbed truck, ran to the car where Luo Ling was, and jumped on.

Luo Ling sat in the car with her legs crossed, her face a little pale. She no longer looked as aggressive as before. She leaned lazily on the cargo pile and said with a smile: "We have passed another level. We haven't caught up yet, we should be out of danger." ”

Xiao Chen didn't answer. He looked at Luo Ling's smile and felt something was twisting in his heart. He asked in a deep voice: "I hope you can give me an explanation. What is the white light whip just now? Why didn't I Did you know you have such ability?"

"Don't be so serious, it's just a little secret. This is one of the abilities of this ring. It can absorb energy and turn it into strips of light that cannot be blocked by matter, which directly acts on people's nerves." Luo Ling seemed to He was a little frightened by Xiao Chen's appearance, "Although it's not a powerful function, the light whip scares away those guys. Isn't that great?"

"It's not good." Xiao Chen paused for a while, "Because you hid it from me."

"Oh, I just didn't have time to say it...don't make a fuss."

"What's all the fuss about? Do you know that because you didn't tell me this secret, I couldn't judge the strength of the team, and in the end I almost took the risk of using the 'Psychic Blast' scroll? Do you know that if there is something wrong with my mental power? , can cause people around you to become idiots or even have their heads shot? Do you know that because you kept this little big secret, you almost put us in a very dangerous situation? "

"Are you asking for help?" Luo Ling's tone also turned cold.

"I..., no." Xiao Chen shook his head, but still looked at the other party firmly, "I just think there shouldn't be such a secret between us."

"Heh." Luo Ling sneered, "What makes you feel so good about yourself and think that my world should be open to you without reservation?"

"We have supported each other since the first day we arrived in this world. We have experienced things that no one else has experienced. We have discovered many secrets including this ring. We have a tacit understanding that others do not have..."

"Stop talking, some things are fate, but not responsibility. You didn't share your experience in learning magic with Chen Hansheng, did you? Then why should I have no reservations?" Luo Ling glanced at the sleeves of her robe. , the cuffs were pulled up a little, covering up a few blood spots.

"You..., you know this is completely different."

"The difference is that you are being sentimental. Please get out of the car. You are too heavy for my car to carry." Luo Ling turned to look at the roadside and ignored Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen wanted to say something several times, but in the end he didn't speak. The Luo Ling in front of him made him feel very strange, with a sense of unreachable distance.

In the end, he could only jump out of the car and silently returned to his car.

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The bonfire shone on the mottled stone wall, outlining many huge swaying shadows. Those shadows twisted and jumped fiercely with the cheerful singing not far away, as if they were trying to paint the joyful smell in the air onto the wall.

Xiao Chen leaned against a wheel and stared blankly at the dancing shadows, wondering what he was thinking.

Footsteps sounded, and a shadow slowly became smaller and darker on the wall, leaning towards Xiao Chen.

"Xiao Chen, where are you hiding? The villagers here are so hospitable, and the bards are not built. They are more exciting than the bonfire party I attended in Inner Mongolia. You should really come out and watch the girls in the village dancing, otherwise you will suffer a lot. ”

"I'm still a little tired, you go and eat." Xiao Chen's voice was a little soft. If you didn't listen carefully, it would be easy to be drowned in the singing, giving people a sickly feeling.

Chen Hansheng looked for the sound and found Xiao Chen sitting in the shadow of the flatbed truck, and kicked him lightly with his foot. Seeing that he made no movement, he bent down and sat next to him, "Oh, you guy."

He held half a greasy roast chicken in his hand and handed it to Xiao Chen: "Eat some, my craftsmanship, everyone who has eaten it agrees."

"No need." Xiao Chen didn't even look at the roast chicken but still stared at the stone wall in a daze.

Chen Hansheng couldn't help but put the chicken into Xiao Chen's hand. Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen refused to take it. In the blink of an eye, the roast chicken fell on the ground.

"You..." Xiao Chen glanced at Chen Hansheng, with a look of guilt and complaint in his eyes.

"I sacrificed half a chicken to get you to look at me. You are so angry." Chen Hansheng was not unhappy and said to Xiao Chen in a joking tone.

Xiao Chen looked at the roasted chicken on the ground, and without saying anything, he picked it up without patting it down, and just started to chew it.

"I thought you were young but very mature. You are different from those schoolboys. I didn't expect you are still a kid after all." Chen Hansheng said in a funny tone, "Men should be more generous. Otherwise, we will end up with you." What’s the difference between girls?”

Seeing that Xiao Chen remained silent, Chen Hansheng rubbed his eyebrows and said: "How long will you and Luo Ling play the 'ignore you' game? You haven't ignored me since we got rid of those scum this afternoon. she."

"It's just each other."

"I think she wanted to explain to you at the beginning, but you didn't give her any face. Of course she has a temper. How can I say, she also saved you and our team, right? From the beginning to now, she has also You didn’t do anything to offend us, did you? Why did you make such a fuss?”

"Old Chen, have you ever been deceived by someone you trust?" Xiao Chen said, "If so, then you should understand my feelings. If not, you don't need to persuade me."

"I've been through a lot of things. Do you think I was born to sell steamed buns, Shaobing, Roujiamo?" Chen Hansheng sighed, "After I retired from the army, I also started a business with others. When I was prosperous, there were also Countless people called me "Mr. Chen". Hey, if my partner hadn't tricked me, how could I have gotten into trouble? To tell you the truth, when I traveled through time, in fact, I’ve only been out for a little over a month, and I’m living a life where I don’t know what I’m going to do tomorrow.”

Xiao Chen looked a little moved and asked, "Then do you want to kill that person?"

"When I was in there, all I thought about before going to bed every night was how to kill him when I got out. Don't mention it, I had several reliable plans. But when I got out, it didn't make any sense."

Chen Hansheng looked at Xiao Chen's eyes seriously and said: "You must be thinking that Old Chen is a coward and useless person pretending to be a saint, or he just made up a story to persuade me. But ah, I really think so. . Although I am not a highly educated person, I still like to ponder and summarize on my own.

When I was about to be released, one day I suddenly thought, I have been in prison for three years, my family fortune has been wiped out and I am in debt. What has this life given me? Turn me into an idiot who only thinks about revenge? Spend the rest of your days looking for that bad product? It’s not worth it. My life is my own. I have already lost three years of my life for nothing and I can’t waste any more time. Others lie to me, others harm me, should I make it difficult for myself to live a good life? No! Good days are mine, and so are good moods. I don’t want to make myself worse and worse because of others. "

"Old Chen, you are a sensible person." Xiao Chen nodded. "I..., I just suddenly discovered that trust is such a cheap thing."

"But you are a little confused. Did Luo Ling lie to you? You said she doesn't trust you, but do you trust her? Why don't you believe that she has her own reasons for doing this? Why are you still questioning her in front of so many people? Where is she?"

"I...I want..."

Chen Hansheng stood up, looked down at Xiao Chen, and said, "You should think carefully about what you really think in your heart."

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When Xiao Chen returned to the bonfire by the village, Galdo was playing a dance music with a lively rhythm. About twenty girls in the village, large and small, gathered around the bonfire and danced in circles to the lively melody. .

"Sir, the people in Phoenix Village like us. We have brought novel goods and bards. Today is like a grace day for them. Almost all the young people in the village came out. ." Silla saw Xiao Chen coming and greeted him with a wine glass.

Xiao Chen nodded and continued to watch the girls dance. This kind of dance has simple postures. It mainly involves rotating around the fire with hand gestures, both rotating and revolving. It seems monotonous, but it is very pleasing to the eye.

However, when a girl turned around in front of Xiao Chen, he was surprised to find that it was Luo Ling who had put on the local traditional 'conch skirt'. The conch skirt is embroidered with a conch shell spiral-like pattern. Once it spins, it looks like whirlpools, dazzling.

Among all the dazzling colors, Luo Ling is the most dazzling one. Her long black hair swirled with her skirt, as if to draw the audience's attention into it. Her delicate and upright figure was like a swan among a flock of ducks, and her swaying arms were like willows in the summer wind. She was slightly sweating, which also made her look more beautiful. The beads of sweat on her forehead were illuminated by the firelight. Below, it looks like a crystal clear gem.

She is the only protagonist here. The young men in the village looked at her intently and cheered her loudly. Li Tianrui, Chen Hansheng and other partners also whistled and clapped to the beat.

She is beautiful and wild, radiating light and heat, just like the sun. Xiao Chen thought this, and suddenly realized that he didn't understand her so well, and he didn't even know that her dancing could illuminate the whole audience.

The Luo Ling he knew and met was calm, wise, and strong, but was this just one of many aspects of her character? I know so little about her, why do I want so much from her?

The time he spent with Luo Ling was actually very short, but it felt like they had known each other for a long time, and there was always a very deep and close tacit understanding growing between them. This tacit understanding made him feel that she was the most trustworthy person in the world.

Thinking about it more carefully, he felt more dependent on Luo Ling than trusting her. That kind of gentle and tenacious support allowed him to muster the courage to do anything.

Xiao Chen felt like a child abandoned by his mother in the dark today, falling into despair and panic. However, obviously, she was not so dependent on him. When Xiao Chen was huddled in the corner, she was actually dancing, dancing so vividly and yet so indifferently.

After the song ended, the girls dispersed to their friends around them like birds returning to their nests. Luo Ling, surrounded by several girls, also walked off the stage.

Xiao Chen rushed forward involuntarily and stopped in front of her: "I was impulsive, just pretend that nothing happened."

Luo Ling stared at him for a few seconds, took the ring off her middle finger, put it in his hand, and said in the calmest tone: "Did anything happen? Here, take the 'secret' you want. ”