"Xiaotian, don't mess around. Your little brother is not fully recovered yet, so he can't go out for a walk." The old man said to the boy An Zetian pretending to educate him.
"Grandpa An, it's okay. I can play with Xiaotian. This can be regarded as my repayment request," Fanchuan said seriously.
"Your current health is not good. Alas, my grandson loves to play. Haha, the old man will call you Xiaochuan from now on." The old man looked at Fanchuan kindly and said.
"Okay, whatever Grandpa An calls me will do." As Fanchuan spoke, he thought of his Grandpa Jing again. This scene was so similar that some tears leaked out of the corners of Fanchuan's eyes inadvertently.
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Abandoning sadness again, Fanchuan seems to have adapted to this mood of being alternately happy and sad.
"Then Xiaochuan, let's go to bed and rest more. I'll go to the city street to buy some things and I'll be back soon." Then the old man turned to An Zetian and said, "Xiaotian, you can play outside for a while, don't disturb me."
Your brother Xiaochuan rests. When your brother Xiaochuan recovers, he will naturally play with you."
"I know, grandpa, Xiaotian will listen to grandpa." After saying this, An Zetian turned around and ran out the door to play.
"Grandpa An, I feel like my health is fine. Why don't you let me help grandpa go shopping in the city?" Fanchuan said, looking at the kind old man in front of him.
"Haha, Xiaochuan, no need, just rest. Besides, you are not familiar with this place," the old man said with a hearty smile.
"Oh, okay then, Grandpa An, please pay more attention to safety," Fanchuan said in agreement.
"It's okay, you can rest," the old man said with a smile, turned and walked towards the door.
Feeling these warm feelings and looking at the unfamiliar house and environment in front of him, Fanchuan seemed to be thinking about something.
Maybe when I leave next time, I may feel sad again, maybe feel guilty again, or maybe feel tortured again.
"Hey, isn't this Xiaotian? Why? Where are you going to play?" A middle-aged man carrying a load of firewood shouted to the fair-skinned boy in front of him.
"Oh, it's Uncle Shang. I'm going to play in the woods outside the city for a while." The fair-skinned boy is An Zetian. He heard from his grandfather that he met his little brother Fanchuan in the woods outside the city.
I just wanted to go to the woods and have a look.
"Why do you want to go there? I heard people say that there are people from cults there. I think you should not go there and go home to play. Otherwise, your grandpa will worry about you later." The middle-aged man who was called Uncle Shang by An Zetian
The young man spoke out with concern.
"It's okay, Uncle Shang, my grandpa went to the city street to buy things. Besides, I'm just looking outside the woods and not going in." An Zetian, who was playing around, said stubbornly.
"You look like a silly boy. Remember, just look outside and don't go in." Uncle Shang, who was carrying dry firewood, said with concern.
Everyone who lives in the corner of Yechao City knows that An Zetian loves to play and is quirky. The fair-skinned and cute An Zetian is indeed loved by many people living in the surrounding area.
"I know, Uncle Shang, you should go home quickly," An Zetian said happily, turned around and ran out of the city.
"This stubborn boy, I really can't do anything to you." Uncle Shang, who was carrying dry firewood, shook his head with a wry smile and walked towards his home.
"Wow, the trees here are really dense and beautiful. Hehe, it would be so fun to build a house next to here." An Zetian, who was outside the city, said happily while looking at the dense woods in front of him.
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There are very few people on the road on the other side of the woods outside the city. Unless they go to a few small towns attached to the distant Yuejing City to do business, few people come to the road in the woods here. According to legend, someone has been seen in the woods.
The members of the Ancient Curse Cult who have been to Yuejing City have only been talking about it in people's mouths since there is no research to prove it.
An Zetian, who was having fun, suddenly saw white lights shining around some big trees not far away in the woods. Not knowing what they were, An Zetian thought it was the arrival of gods. The white lights came in bursts, and seemed to
It became brighter and brighter, and gradually formed a round spherical white aperture. This surprised An Zetian, so he forgot what Uncle Shang had just told him, and paced towards the aperture.
"What is this? Why do you feel like the closer you get, the less able you are to walk?" An Zetian pouted, dragged his heavy steps, and said as he looked at the aperture getting closer and closer to him.
Just when An Zetian was wondering, his body suddenly became light and his steps were no longer heavy. This made An Zetian feel a little surprised, so he sped up and ran towards the increasingly brighter circle of light.
"What is this?" An Zetian said seriously as he looked at the circle of light right in front of him.
Perhaps because he didn't understand what it was, the naive An Zetian was ready to reach out and touch this seemingly strange aperture.
Just when An Zetian's palm touched the strange circle, something strange happened. An Zetian's body twitched and his eyes opened wide. Then he fell unconscious and fell backwards to the ground, motionless.
Fainted.
"My dear, come and see what delicious food grandpa has bought for you and your brother Xiaochuan. Grandpa bought this from a shop in the north of the city." Fanchuan, who was sitting on the bed, was studying the Jinglianyu Ring.
When I was putting things in, I heard Grandpa An's voice coming from outside the house, and then the door was pushed open.
Fanchuan immediately put down his right hand and withdrew the energy that opened the Jinglianyu Ring back into his body.
"Oh, Grandpa An is back. Xiaotian is not at home. He may still be playing outside." Fanchuan immediately got out of bed and stood up, facing Grandpa An in front of him and said.
"Oh, let's forget about Xiaotian for now. This child likes to play outside. It's really annoying. Come on, Xiaochuan, come and try it. This is the cake that grandpa bought for you and Xiaotian when he went to the north of the city."
As he spoke, Grandpa An picked up something wrapped in yellow paper in his hand.
"Grandpa An, thank you for your hard work. I'm not hungry. You can save it for Xiaotian to eat when he comes back." Fanchuan said movedly after hearing the words of the kind Grandpa An in front of him.
"Hey, you silly kid, grandpa bought it specially for the two of you to eat. Come on, try it first." As he spoke, Grandpa An tore open the yellow paper wrapping it, revealing what looked like dough inside.
Crispy cake.
"Okay, Grandpa An, let me try a little bit." Fanchuan walked towards the cake on the table and said, thinking that Grandpa An specially ran to the north of the city to buy it for himself and Xiaotian, although he didn't know what it meant.
How far is the north of the city from here, but if you insist on not eating at all, it will make Grandpa An uncomfortable.
"Well, that's right, you're welcome," Grandpa An said gently, then turned his eyes to the door and said, "Where did this little boy go to play? He's still not back yet."
"Grandpa An, this cake is really delicious. Well... Grandpa An, don't worry, maybe Xiaotian is on his way home now." Fan Fan said after tasting the sweet cake.
Chuan comforted.
"Well, let's chat first and wait for him." After speaking, Grandpa An sat on the stool in front of the table.
"Well, Grandpa An, don't worry," Fanchuan also sat on the stool to accompany Grandpa An and said.
The sky outside the house is gradually getting dark, but before An Zetian comes back, Grandpa An is no longer in the mood to chat calmly with Fanchuan.
"Xiaochuan, look, it's getting dark today. Why hasn't Xiaotian come back yet? How about I go out and look for him?" Grandpa An said in response.
"Well, Grandpa An, I'll go look for it with you." Fanchuan stood up as he spoke.
"Don't go out until your body recovers. I can do it myself," Grandpa An said with concern.
"I'm fine, Grandpa An, let's go." Fanchuan responded and walked out the door.
The sky is getting darker gradually, and the number of people on the corners of the night city is gradually decreasing.
I searched several households in the corner of the city, but I couldn't find An Zetian.
Even though it was getting dark, you could still clearly see the obvious nervousness and uneasiness on the old man's face.
"Hey, isn't this Mr. An? What's wrong? Do you want to go out to the city now?" asked a middle-aged man walking from a distance.
"Oh, it's Xiao Shang, where have you been? I'm looking for my Xiaotian. The child went out to play today and hasn't come back yet," Grandpa An said in response.
"I just went to the city to do some errands. Didn't I just come back? Oh? Xiaotian hasn't come home yet?" The middle-aged man whom Grandpa An called Xiaoshang said doubtfully.
"Huh? Does Xiao Shang know where Xiao Tian went to play?" Grandpa An immediately asked nervously after hearing the middle-aged man's words.
"Well, today I went to cut firewood, and I saw Xiaotian on the way back. I heard that Xiaotian said that he was going to play in the woods outside the city. I even persuaded Xiaotian not to go, but the child was stubborn and refused to go.
Listen to me, hasn't Xiaotian come back yet?" Yes, the person speaking in front of him was Uncle Shang, whom Anzetian met during the day.
After hearing the words of the middle-aged man named Shang, Grandpa An's already nervous and haggard face showed a particularly serious feeling of uneasiness.
"This is bad, what can we do?" Grandpa An said as if he was about to cry.
This made Fanchuan feel that the woods outside the city that the middle-aged man mentioned seemed to be unspeakably dangerous.
"Grandpa An, don't worry. Let's go look for it in the woods outside the city now." Fanchuan stood up and said immediately after seeing this scene.
"Let's go, Mr. An, I'll go look for you with you," the middle-aged man immediately followed.
So a group of three people walked quickly towards the gate of Yechao City...