The original god, the zero-seat executive of the Fools

And Ling, from the lifeless, doll-like state at the beginning, has become what he is now - except for being a little dull, he is almost the same as a normal person.

In the past six months, the residents of Liyue Port seemed to have become accustomed to the eccentric "little hall master" of the Rebirth Hall always being accompanied by an "idiot" who looked inhumane.

"What a handsome young man, but he is a fool..." Similar remarks have been made by almost everyone who has seen the spirit.

But once Hu Tao accidentally hears it, she will retort loudly: "Lingcai is not stupid, he is just a little stupid!"

Seeing Hu Tao defending this "idiot" like this, some children of the same age would shout and tease, saying that the weird Hu Tao was afraid that no one would want him when he grew up, so he would find a fool to be his foster husband, which would make girls of this age ashamed. , and may even make remarks about "idiots" to vent their anger, but when it comes to Hutao, it becomes like this - "Huh? Child adopter? Hmm - it seems not bad, the primate is so good-looking, it's not necessarily who suffers. Here~"

Her response in public has led to many children of the same age nearby now calling Hu Tao and Ling "weird Hu Tao and her idiot child adopter"... But Hu Tao doesn't care, as for Ling... …Then I don’t care even more.

......

"Everyone, look! The weirdo Hutao and her idiot child foster husband are here again!"

With a shout, there was a burst of laughter in the alley. In the center of the laughter, Hutao, who was taking Ling out to buy groceries, also laughed with them. Everyone was laughing at her, and what was she laughing at? , then it is unknown.

In the midst of the joyous laughter, only the soul seemed to be out of place.

But at this moment, a rubber ball rolled to Ling's feet. He paused, and then Hutao also stopped because she was afraid that Ling would get lost, so the rope tied between her and Ling's wrists tightened... Ling If she doesn't move, she can't leave.

Hutao looked back at Ling curiously, only to see him bending over and picking up the ball from his feet. Then he walked towards a girl on the side of the road without paying any attention to the ropes tied to their hands.

Hutao was pulled and staggered: "Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing..."

The situation here caused the laughter around them to stop, and they all looked at this "idiot"'s actions.

And in the gathering of everyone's eyes.

Ling came to the girl with twin tails, bent slightly, looked at her, and handed the ball over: "Your... ball."

The girl took the ball in a daze, but her eyes were fixed on Ling's face motionless, especially those eyes. After a year, those eyes were no longer empty, but became extremely clear and clean, making people feel It always looks like flawless amethyst, so beautiful...

It was the first time that she had such close contact with the "idiot child foster husband" who everyone usually called weird Hu Tao. The girl couldn't help but feel a little lost... At this moment, she didn't understand why everyone was laughing at Hu Tao. This was obviously a very enviable thing. It's something...

"Hey, Xiaoxue, what's wrong with you? Your face is so red, are you scared by that fool? I'm going to help you teach him a lesson..."

The voice in her ears brought Xiaoxue back to reality, and she realized that the beautiful young man with silver hair in front of her had been replaced by a fat boy with a runny nose. She immediately pouted: "I want you to take care of me!"

As she looked around, she saw that the boy had been pulled away by Hu Tao. From a distance, she only saw Hu Tao smiling and talking to the boy, and the boy nodded dully and responded seriously.

Looking at the little fat man next to him who was panicking because of his sudden anger, Xiaoxue threw the ball to him and let out a long sigh.

PS: The outline behind the main plot needs to be sorted out. I will write about Hutao’s legendary mission for a few days first. In addition, this side story has actually been conceived for a long time, and there has never been a good opportunity to intersperse it, so I just happened to write it now.

In addition, although it is said to be a side story, it is actually part of the main story, but the time is several years earlier than the beginning of the story. It is similar to the previous Kelai chapter. As for why Knox first appeared in the Liyue chapter before When they met Hu Tao, neither party recognized the other... you will know when you look back.

Chapter 167 Walnut Legend Mission (3)

"Hey~ The atmosphere of the Hai Lantern Festival is gradually getting stronger - Ling, is there a festival similar to this in your hometown? It's the most solemn one once a year."

With a string tied around his wrist, Hu Tao, who was walking through the streets and alleys of Liyue with his spirit, asked the spirit beside him.

Hu Tao's figure was reflected in her clear eyes. Ling thought about it seriously and shook her head: "I don't know... I don't remember."

"Yeah~ That's right. You don't even know where you are from, but it doesn't matter~ It's best if you remember it. If you can't remember it-" Hu Tao came to Ling, showed a big smile to him, and stretched out his hand Reaching the top of his head, he rubbed it gently with his hands: "I will take care of you for the rest of my life!"

Hu Tao, who was already 13 years old, was roughly at the height of Ling's chest. She touched the top of Ling's head, and one could imagine the distance between the two at this moment.

The girl was so close that Ling subconsciously took a step back. As the rope between their wrists tightened again, Hutao staggered under his feet and fell towards Ling with a scream.

Still subconsciously, Ling stretched out his hand and caught the walnut that rushed towards him, thus avoiding the "dog chewing mud" incident.

Lying in Ling's arms, Hutao raised his face and looked into Ling's clean and clear eyes: "Why are you retreating? Do you dislike me? Really? Really?"

Ling shook his head dully: "It's too close... uncomfortable..."

Hearing this, Hu Tao suddenly puffed up her cheeks, pushed Ling's chest and stood back, with a dissatisfied look on her face: "Weird guy... forget it, I am in a good mood today, I won't argue with you - don't back off next time!"

"...Okay." Ling nodded and said seriously.

Hutao smiled with satisfaction, grabbed Knox's hand and ran forward: "Speed ​​up, speed up - your stomach is growling, the delicious food can't escape, there is something delicious for lunch!"

......

I don't know since when, whenever the sun sets, Ling, who has always been dull and ignorant, will go to the roof of the Hall of Purity and sit and watch the sunset.

And every time at this time, Hu Tao, who saw this scene, would always quietly climb up the ladder and quietly come behind Ling, and then——

"Ow~!"

The sudden weight on his body and the head on his shoulders only made Ling side blink, and then he continued to turn his face to look at the sunset.

Hutao pouted: "It's boring, I never scare you every time."

As she spoke, she sat next to Ling, held her cheeks with her hands and looked at Ling's side face bathed in the sunset, and said expressionlessly: "It looks like a piece of wood. Otherwise, stop calling him Ling and change his name to wood."

After saying that, she seemed to be amused by herself, holding her belly and laughing for a long time, and then said to Ling with a smile: "Come on, Mu Mu, let me laugh twice~"

Ling ignored it, but took out two pieces of candy from his pocket, spread them out in his palm, and handed them to Hu Tao.

"Huh? Candy? Where did it come from?" Hutao picked up a piece strangely, peeled off the sugar coating and handed it to Ling's mouth.

Ling opened his mouth to eat out of habit, then tilted his head and said, "An old woman gave it to me."

"Old lady?" Hutao was still a little strange, but her hands kept moving - she took another piece of candy from Ling's hand, peeled off the icing and stuffed it into her mouth, thought for a moment and said: "Is it Grandma Ping? Let's We stayed together all day, and in the afternoon when we were at Grandma Ping’s place, we were separated for a while when I went to help someone climb a tree to catch a cat..."

Ling didn't speak, silently holding the strawberry-flavored candy in his mouth, looking at the last glow of the sunset on the horizon.

Extraordinarily, after Ling fell asleep at night, he actually had a dream. He dreamed of a strange world with tall buildings and countless iron boxes walking on the road... He dreamed of two golden-haired people. They said that in Waiting for myself, I dreamed of a scarlet night and the destruction of a country...

When Ling opened his eyes, it was already bright, but what appeared in his field of vision was not the ceiling, but Hu Tao's cute little face.

Seeing Ling open his eyes, Hutao smiled: "You're awake~"

Ling blinked a few times and saw Hutao standing up straight, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and then threw the towel in his hand into the basin on the side: "Huh, I'm exhausted, I planted it this morning. The plum trees are in bloom. I wanted to ask you to go over and see them together, but as soon as I walked in, I saw someone lying on the bed looking like he was having a nightmare. He couldn't wake up no matter how hard he screamed, and he kept sweating——"

After that, she said with a smile: "What are you dreaming about? You are also afraid of something, tell me about it~"

Ling sat up from the bed, holding his forehead and saying nothing.

After a while, he said: "I dreamed about a lot of things...but I can't name them."

"Then forget it~" Hutao seemed to be very nervous and ignored this matter that she was very interested in just a moment ago. She took Ling's hand and pulled him up from the bed: "Come on, come on, those plum blossoms are blooming so well." It’s pretty—”

......

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Hu Tao always felt that since Ling was having a nightmare that morning, Ling became closer to a normal person faster and faster.

It was only two months later, and she could no longer find traces of the dullness in Ling's body.

On the contrary, even she had to applaud some of the wonderful ideas sometimes proposed, such as the matter of attracting customers for the Rebirth Hall - he suggested launching a membership system, as long as someone came to the Rebirth Hall and paid a certain fee, he would You can become a member, and as long as a person who becomes a member dies within a limited period, his burial fee will only be charged [-]% by the Purity Hall. Not only that, if the membership has not expired when he dies, he can even pass it on to the deceased. Future generations...

Of course, this suggestion was not adopted by the 75th generation Hall Master. Hutao deeply regrets this...

But despite this, Ling, who is no different from a normal person, is still hired by Lao Hu as the ceremonial steward of the Rebirth Hall, but the job is different from other ceremonial stewards, and he only needs to be responsible for assisting Hu Tao's "work".

What kind of job can 13-year-old Hu Tao have?In addition to studying the affairs in the hall every day, he just messed around everywhere. This was how Ling used to be carried by Hu Tao all day long.

It’s better to say that he is a ceremonial officer, but it’s better to say that Lao Hu gave Ling’an a serious name. After all, Ling, a person who has nothing to do with the Rebirth Hall, lives here all day long, and also stays with the granddaughter of the hall owner every day. ——It was okay when I was a "fool". If no one cares about a fool, he may die for no apparent reason. Hall Master Hu is not allowed to be kind?

But now that Ling has become a normal person, and if he stays in the Hall of Rebirth without fame like before, there should be rumors behind his back...

Hutao was sitting on the eaves, her two slender, straight long legs hanging casually in the air. Her eyes were blank, staring at the door not far away in boredom.

Ling was called in by her grandfather to talk about something, and she was not allowed to listen. It had been a whole morning, and Hu Tao was getting a little impatient with the waiting. She was used to Ling being around, but this was the first time that she was separated for so long without her control... …

But at this moment, the soul in the room, compared to Hu Tao who was bored outside, his heart was like a stormy sea.

And the reason for this is just that after chatting with Mr. Hu all morning about home affairs, the other party said suddenly——

"I'm going to die."

Chapter 168 Walnut Legend Mission (4)

After Old Hu said this sentence, there was nothing more to say.

The shock shown on Ling's face only lasted for a moment, and the room fell into silence.

After a long time, Lingxian spoke, and his voice was very calm: "...Hu Tao will be sad."

Lao Hu smiled and said: "Xiao Tao is an open-minded child and sees matters of life and death much more clearly than ordinary people. There is no need to worry too much in this regard."

"Then Mr. Hu, what do you mean by telling me this..." Ling asked doubtfully, "Are you worried about going to the Rebirth Hall?"

"Ahem..." Lao Hu coughed. His old face, which had a lot of age spots, looked a little weak, and his smile became a little helpless: "I watched that child Xiaotao grow up, and you also spent time with that child day and night. After a short period of time, I got to know her well. Although she may be a bit mischievous on weekdays, she will not let things slip at critical times. I am relieved that the Hall of Rebirth is in her hands."

"Then..." Ling couldn't help but become more confused.

"Ahem...it's you who I can't worry about." Mr. Hu looked at Ling with kind eyes and said softly: "Your origin is mysterious and no one knows the origin. You are like a rootless duckweed in this world, wandering on the boundary between life and death. ...I don’t know who you are. If you are tired of your current life, you can find an answer from the emperor in the name of my Rebirth Hall during the ceremony of inviting immortals. If you want to live a peaceful and peaceful life, I The Hall of Purity can still afford to support a spare person."

"..." Ling nodded: "I am very satisfied with my current life."

Lao Hu smiled and shook his head: "This is just you now..."

After that, he closed his eyes: "That's all, you can go ahead. I made you waste the whole morning here with the old man. It's time for that kid Xiaotao to blame me..."

Looking at Mr. Hu who was sitting on the wooden sofa and snoring lightly, Ling couldn't help but frown and fell into thought.

Until he left the room, he did not recover from this thought.

"Hey!"

A shout brought Ling back to his senses instantly, because in his field of vision, he saw Hutao jumping towards him from the roof.

Ling stretched out his hand and caught the walnuts falling from the sky.

Hu Tao, who was not surprised that Ling would catch him, smiled and said to him in Ling's arms: "What were you thinking about just now? So lost in thought, what did you and grandpa talk about? Tell me?"

Lingmo put Hutao down and let her stand up by herself, then pulled the hair tie from her wrist, stood behind Hutao and helped her tie up her long hair, and said calmly: "Some household chores."

"Oh~" He honestly let Ling tie up his hair. After he finished, Hutao turned around to face him and puffed his cheeks and said, "You have changed. You told me everything before~"

Ling reached out and rubbed her head: "Please spend more time with Mr. Hu."

Hu Tao was stunned: "What do you mean..."

Before she finished speaking, she understood something and ran into the house without saying a word.

Looking back at Hu Tao's back disappearing behind the door, Lingbian also returned to his room.

......

The biggest thing that has happened in the peaceful Liyue Port recently is probably the funeral of the fifth-generation master of No. 70 of the Rebirth Hall.