Tomorrow's Ark, raised by children

"Strange thing?" Zhang Yubai scratched the base of his ear, "Does it mean you are having nightmares?"

"..."

Xi pursed her lips.

"Aha, what's the matter? But every life will have things that you are afraid of...or worry. If you worry or fear for a long time, you will have nightmares, which is the so-called: I have dreams at night. I often have them too, and every time I wake up, I feel back pain...Speaking of which, Sister Nian also had nightmares, and she was quite pitiful at that time."

year?

Xi's facial expression immediately relaxed.

She...does she also have nightmares?

"What kind of dream is she having?" Xi tried not to look so curious.

"A dream about Sui." Zhang Yubai replied, "At that time, like you, she was very worried about these things... It was like sitting on a hot water pot, and the hot water pot was about to boil. She I have always been afraid that everything about me will disappear in the world, as if there was no such thing as 'Nian'."

It makes sense... ah...

Wait a minute - what do you mean... "like me"?

"Am I talking in my sleep?"

Xi frowned again.

This is not a good thing.

It's fine if I'm seen having nightmares, and it's okay if I'm taken care of...but if I'm overheard...

"No." Zhang Yubai shook his head, "I saw your dream."

"You know, there is such an incomparable power in my body... These are enough to make me enter the dream of a year-old fragment. I also did that to my sister, by the way... .saved her."

Zhang Yubai wiped his nose and said.

The breeze passes over the land in this painting, bringing a little coolness.Xi couldn't help but sneezed.

It's a very cute voice.

"...without the other person's consent—"

"Don't be angry." Zhang Yubai immediately put on a flattering expression, "This is also a helpless move."

"If you meet Sui in your dream and you can't solve it, what should you do? I want to help you."

"Help me...heh." Xi looked at Zhang Yubai indifferently, just about to say some cold words, but found that she couldn't say those words no matter what.

...... In the subconscious mind, there is a powerful thought that controls me, and I keep telling myself that this is not okay.

Xi recalled it.

In the depths of the dream, it seemed that a hand grabbed her and pulled her out of the jelly-like darkness... Then she slowly woke up.

That hand...is it him?

Thinking of this, Xi's eyes on Zhang Yubai changed a bit.

"So as you can see, I didn't dream about Nian. I'm different from Nian, and I'm not that fragile." Xi said bluntly, "This is not an example... No, maybe there won't be a next time. "

"how do I say this?"

"You'll probably be leaving soon."

Xi stretches the body.

Although it doesn't hurt, the body will still feel tired after sleeping for a long time.

"Oh?"

"Stay a few more days...just a few days...you can leave." Xi said coldly, "I won't keep you."

"..."

Zhang Yubai looked at Xi and smiled sincerely.

"Thank you very much."

Xi looked at that smiling face, pondered over everything in the dream, trying to figure out some information.

So, the two of them were deadlocked like that.

The wind has become warmer, which is very comfortable.

skirt~

Volume 116: Different Routes to the Same Goal: Chapter 110 Chapter [-]: Diary in the Painting, Reunited Years

Table case, brown table case.

There is a little dust accumulated on it, as if it has not been cleaned for a long time.But judging from the surrounding furniture, it is clear that someone has been living here, maybe just a few hours ago, someone stayed here.

And the table should also be used by people from time to time. There are pens, ink, paper and inkstones on it, and a few books are scattered.

The woman shifted her gaze to the open window, and everything became clear.

Is it blowing recent fly ash?

Speaking of which...it's really dusty recently.

There was a black leather book in the middle of the table, which looked like it had just been turned over.There are dried ink stains around it, and it smells like paper mixed with the smell of dust and ink, not to mention how complicated it is.

Green hand landed on the book, gently opened it, and the pages were covered with general-looking words.

..........

Pictorial Notes, Day [-]:

[Today, Xi released me from the world where water and sky are one color.Maybe my heart is soft... Sigh, these seven days were so tortured that I lost half of my life.But now that I think about it, this is probably also a kind of exercise for confidence.These seven days... have calmed my mind a lot. 】

[Thinking about it now, the so-called sevenfold loneliness is really beyond the experience of ordinary people.If someone has endured the seven levels of loneliness, then maybe he can't be regarded as a person?I don't remember where I heard that if a person undergoes an extremely distorted psychological change, then he will also become a completely different distorted state in appearance.I don't know if it's the limbs getting longer or the head is swollen...Anyway, it should be beautiful to imagine. 】

[I went to see Hejia Village...it's so good, it's like a paradise in troubled times.It can be regarded as a perfect end to all this. 】

[However...Xi's opinion is somewhat interesting. 】

[After practicing, I feel that Xi is also a very interesting person.It's about the same as Sister Nian... Sui's family members are more interesting than each other, the cook I met a few years ago is the same, and the wine Mengzi is also the same...Xi's swordsmanship is quite good , such a person is always painting and drawing, and he doesn't seem to practice swords much... I heard that the life of an expert outside the world is like this, just like the old fisherman in the frontier legend. Nianyu's old man can actually use a leaf as a sword to kill evil spirits from outside the territory?Funny funny. 】

[In this way, it's not that I can't understand the loneliness of high-level people... With such a strange combat power, it's no wonder they are not lonely! 】

[Xi also has nightmares...People in Sui's family are fighting against Sui's shadow in their own ways. In their eyes, the specific manifestations of Sui's shadow are similar, but in general they are all about disappearing. of fear.Xi's fear is deeper than that of the younger ones... This is definitely not because the older sister has a bad temper, but because they look at things from different angles...]

【She is actually thinking about whether her existence is real......】

[But the question of whether it is true or not is meaningless. The facts are hidden behind the curtain and it is impossible to ponder. The false can never become true, and the true will always be true. It cannot be changed, why not let go of these problems, even if the world is the same?Everyone said.....It is difficult to be born into the world, but you have never entered the world, so how can you talk about being born? 】

[We didn't talk about anything after that. 】

Pictorial Notes, Day [-]:

[Unexpectedly, this painter's inventory is so rich!You can browse all the great rivers and mountains!Even if I traveled with Master to Yan Kingdom, I have never seen such a beautiful scenery! 】

【Xi allowed me to visit her painting, probably because she is in a good mood.All in all.....I'm still very happy. 】

[Not only when you think about it... Does such a great country make sense to Xi?How many footprints did she leave on this earth?How trivial is what I've seen compared to what she's seen?If I have seen so many things and lived so long, will my perspective of seeing things change?Well, it is admittedly unavoidable.But if that time really comes, will some worries that I can't understand now become my worries?I have no idea. 】

[Anyway, I'm still young... When the time comes and I want to, I'll find a small village to live in.Ah, I want to be a blacksmith, and by using my elder sister's authority, I might become a local legend, right? 】

[It's probably a bit troublesome to marry a wife and have children to carry on the family line...or why don't you do it.Thinking of that Liu Yanlin from Si Sui Tai has never let go of her intentions...she doesn't seem like a woman who will love her children, so I shouldn't be worried. 】

【In this way, my communication with women is really rare...】

【Hey, this reminds me of Miss Nian again......】

【Accidentally, Xi and I started talking again. We talked a lot this time, but the topic wasn't very deep.It's just some trivial past events.I learned something about that Li, and she also learned about more years of things from me, and things about me. 】

Tenth day:

[Damn, what should I do if I want to pack Xi away? 】

[A must for home travel! 】

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Seeing this, the corners of the woman's mouth twitched.

If the previous content is generally a bit deep, but here, everything is completely different.

What is.....A must-have for home and travel?Please, it's impossible to agree to that guy's temper alone!Maybe I will throw you into that world of water and sky in a fit of anger to reflect on the meaning of my existence or something.

The woman slowly closed the so-called notebook.

The notes are very thick, and the notes in the picture are just a small chapter in it.There are many things recorded in the notebook... The time jumps vary, and they are all related to some more meaningful events.For example, what I saw, heard, and felt during the mission, or some strange people and strange things.

It is well written and should be read frequently.

"Phew...... I didn't expect you to get along well with my sister. After so many years, there are really not many people who can spend a few days with her safely." The woman stretched her waist.

"However... Now that you miss me, you still have to think about my sister..."

She seemed to be talking to herself.

But when a man came out of the corner in cold sweat... If there were onlookers, he would understand that those words were definitely not just talking to himself.

"Zhang Yubai, long time no see."

Year said.

Volume Two: Different Routes to the Same Goal: Chapter 117 Chapter 110: Goodbye Year

"Sister Nian...why did you...come here?"

"What? Don't you want me to come?"

Nian smiled, and her smile was as beautiful as ever, which reminded Zhang Yubai of the rainy day more than ten years ago, when she took herself from the restaurant to her home with an umbrella.

"How, how could..."

There are too many things they want to say, but they are all stuck in their throats and cannot speak out.

Zhang Yubai didn't know what to say anymore.

Everything happened too suddenly.When Xi told him that the external troubles had basically been resolved, but when he went out, he came to the room Xi Hua gave him, and then saw Nian.

At that moment, as if countless visible winds were blowing across his face, he was at a loss for a moment.He didn't know if the person in front of him was the one he had been thinking about in his memory... He checked again and again, and finally he was sure that this was the year, the year he was thinking about day and night.

"Is there anything you want to tell me? I heard from my sister Gua, you think I'm thinking too hard..."

Nian was wearing the brown jacket and red gloves on his hands.She pursed her lips lightly, with a teasing look in her eyes.

"What I want to say...I...I can't say it."

Zhang Yubai smiled dumbly and lowered his head.

This lion-like man who dared to be angry at the current prince with a different surname actually lowered his head now, as if he was in fear, which is undoubtedly very rare.Unlike when he was talking poorly when he was with Xi, his lowering his head at this time is an almost childish expression of being helpless.At a loss, he made the most helpless move towards the gentle woman.

"Yo, are you blushing?" Nian suddenly moved closer to Zhang Yubai, she bent down and then raised her face, pointing at Zhang Yubai's chin with her finger, "It's so tall...... more than ten years ago You're still clinging to me like a rascal? When you sleep at night, hugging me to death..."

"Cough! Cough cough! Which pot is not open and which pot to lift, Miss Nian..."

There was no sensational scene in the imagination, and the encounter just happened quietly.Plain, but it contained what I had been looking forward to for a long time.There is no vigorous, but it is better than vigorous.

"Are you shy, are you shy? Haha, why are you still as shy as before? Looking at your notes...you don't seem like a shy person. Tell me! Are you talking to your older sister? I pretend to be innocent!"

Nian grabbed Zhang Yubai's neck fiercely and puffed out his mouth, as if if you didn't answer, I would eat you.

Zhang Yubai was in a daze.

I remember that more than ten years ago, he was still that little kid who was completely suppressed by Nian.What now?Nian is already shorter than him, even if he is strangled by the neck, he can't feel the slightest sense of oppression, it's like a coquettish girl... For himself, everything becomes uncomfortable same.

"Sister Nian...I..."

It is true that Zhang Yubai is not pretending to be innocent.He just didn't know what kind of posture to make in front of Nian...he was messed up, totally messed up.

"Haha, it's okay... Sister Nian, I know you're not that kind of person, so there's no need to explain, no need to explain." Nian chuckled, and then scratched Zhang Yubai's nose with his fingers.

"Let's... let's talk about something serious."

Zhang Yubai slowly pushed away the Nian who was entangled in his body, hesitatingly trying to change the topic.

This stalemate is not going to work, he has been completely suppressed by Nian... If this happens again, he probably won't even know his last name.

"Okay, okay... what do you want to say? Our young master Zhang Yubai?"

Nian was still joking.