The woman looked at her with extremely soft eyes, and her tone was intimate and gentle, "Little Qiangwei, I'm here to see you."
When Li Qiang heard this, her eyes turned red immediately. She rushed to hug her, buried herself in her arms and cried loudly, "Mom, I miss you so much. I miss you day and night."
"Mom, I miss you too." The woman held her and sat on her lap, patted her shoulders, and wiped away the two lines of tears that were like jade chopsticks for her.
Mother and daughter were whispering the most intimate words in the world under the starry sky.
"Auntie, is it fun in heaven?"
"It's not fun. Mom still wants to stay with Little Qiangwei."
"Then why are you leaving, Aniang? Why do everyone have to leave early one by one?"
"Because... because our life span is too short, only thirty years. You can't see my mother aging, and my mother doesn't have time to see you grow up."
"Is it because of the curse? I heard that people at the foot of the mountain can live to be a hundred years old. Is it because we made a mistake and were cursed?"
"No, it's not our fault. It was their bad intentions that killed us."
"I don't understand. Since we are not at fault, why should we be punished? Why are we born to hate others? Why can't we all live in harmony and no one needs to feel hatred and face separation and death?"
The woman was speechless, her eyes were filled with confused emotions, and her movements of tapping her shoulders became sluggish.
Li Qiang continued: "Aniang, I met a sister. She is different from the Jinyun people I imagined. She is very beautiful. She not only gives us food, but also apologizes to us. I think, if the people under the mountain
If everyone is like her, then I am willing to forgive them."
Jin Yunlan forgot to breathe for a moment, as if a feather fell in her heart, and the haze in her chest suddenly disappeared. She raised her head and looked at the vast galaxy hanging in the night, and the bright stars gathered into a dazzling avenue of stars.
The top of the head leads directly to the top of Luo City.
She closed her eyes, gathered her starry eyes, and began to imagine a bright road.
The night became darker and darker. Li Zhi realized the current moment through the window. He lay quietly on the bed, closing his eyes and listening to the tender conversation between the two outside.
A soothing and beautiful lullaby floated to him at the right time, causing him to get up. He pushed open a crack in the window and saw the woman who had transformed into Li Qiang's mother, singing the most beautiful music in the world.
Somehow, when he saw her holding the sleepy Li Qiang and singing a lullaby under the starry sky, his heart felt as if it had been cut by a knife, with deep pain. And his indifferent eyes also
It was deeply embedded in her profile and gradually gained a touch of warmth.
Jin Yunlan sent Li Qiang home. At that time, her father Li Jin was looking at the door. When he saw Jin Yunlan returning with his daughter in his arms, even though he was an adult man, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
With a trembling voice, he shouted ecstatically: "Peony?"
Jin Yunlan's heart trembled, and she put the child into his arms. She shook her head silently, unlocked the transformation spell, and returned to her original appearance.
Li Jin was surprised when she saw this, and took a step back in disappointment.
Jin Yunlan sighed helplessly and turned to leave, but when she stepped out of the threshold, she heard him crying and saying: "Thank you for allowing me and Qiangwei to see her again."
Jin Yunlan shook her head with tears in her eyes, "I took the liberty, please forgive me."
She faced the wind, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, lingered in the night for a while before she gathered her mood and returned to Li Zhi's home.
She pushed open the door, feeling extremely tired. She fumbled and climbed into bed. She rested her head on the soft pillow, and the thin quilt covering her body was also very soft, with a vague sense of gardenia.
The fragrance of flowers.
She unexpectedly felt that the rich and warm fragrance matched the cool temperament exuded by Li Zhi, and there was an inexplicable sense of harmony, which seemed to add a little life to him.
When she thought of the verbal battle between him and Li Tang in front of the door, she wanted to laugh. Such a serious Li Zhi also had a childish side.
"Why are you laughing?" someone suddenly asked.
The smile at the corner of Jin Yunlan's mouth froze in a strange arc. She turned her head mechanically, and Li Zhi's face appeared in front of her eyes...
She immediately felt as if she had been hit in the head by a bullet fired from a slingshot. Her head was violently bent back, and it was still buzzing.
She suddenly sat up, hugged the quilt and distanced herself from him, and asked in panic: "Why are you here?"
Li Zhi lay on her side and glanced at her lightly: "This was originally my room."
Jin Yunlan felt wrong and wanted to get out of bed.
Seeing that she was about to leave, Li Zhi couldn't help but reached out and grabbed her wrist, "It's quiet at night, where are you going?"
Jin Yunlan looked at his frosty face in surprise, and then at the hand holding her. After confirming again and again that the hand came from this person's arm, she came to a conclusion.
"You are not Li Zhi! Who are you and why are you pretending to be him?" She pointed at Li Zhi with awe and asked.
Li Zhi glanced at her and retracted his hand: "Do you think everyone is like you and likes to abuse transformation skills?"
Jin Yunlan became shy now and scratched her head in embarrassment, "Have you seen it all?"
"Right in front of my house, it's hard not to see it."
Jinyunlan smiled and said: "Then you allow me to sleep here? I will be embarrassed to sleep with A Zhi." She held her cheeks and looked like she was intoxicated.
Seeing this, Li Zhi subconsciously covered the hem of his inner garment tightly.
He said, "I just heard you sing, and it seems to have merit. If you sing it again, if I think it's good, I'll allow you to stay."
This is a common phrase used by prostitutes in brothels. Just hearing these words, Jin Yunlan can imagine the scene of a wealthy man with big muscles taking out a handful of banknotes and talking nonsense to the courtesan. However, her price is low, and she can only sing a song in exchange for it.
Have a good night's sleep.
Fortunately, she could bend and stretch, and she opened her mouth to sing the lullaby she had just litigated for Rose.
The soft and soothing melody suddenly filled the whole room, and accompanied by the faint moonlight, slowly flowed in the quiet atmosphere.
Her aimless gaze fell from the waxing moon hanging high in the sky to Li Zhi, who was leaning on her arms and listening to the music.
His thick eyelashes fluttered from time to time, and sometimes two green arcs were reflected under his eyes. The edges of his pupils were tinged with a faint blue color, just like the color of the night sea, with unknown emotional undercurrents rolling under the calm surface.
At the end of the song, Jin Yunlan closed her mouth and stopped singing, letting the last line of lyrics drift away from her lips and teeth and echo in the air.
Li Zhi subconsciously looked in her direction and accidentally met her gaze.
The two looked at each other, speechless for a moment. The atmosphere became subtle, especially since the two were still on the same bed. She could touch Li Zhi's ankle by moving her knees.
Li Zhi seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and a moment of discomfort flashed across his face, and then he immediately looked away, hugging the pillow and turning over the floor that had been laid early in the morning.
"Singing very well, I'll give you the bed." His hoarse voice came up from below.
Jin Yunlan lay down with a smile and said to the figure who turned her back to him: "Thank you, A Zhi."
The room became quiet, and both of them began to enter the stage of drowsiness. However, they were both thinking a lot, and they were tossing and turning in this silent night.
Jin Yunlan noticed the restless commotion below, and guessing that he was not very sleepy, he said softly: "As for the question you asked me in the evening, I have an answer."
"Oh? What is it?" Li Zhi replied not too slowly.
Jinyunlan said: "If I become the next leader of the Jinyun clan, I can lead the whole clan to shake hands with the Li clan and make peace. At that time, I will represent the attitude of the entire Jinyun clan and kowtow to apologize to the ancestors of the Li clan and give you justice."
"There are so many talents in Luo City, it may not be easy to ascend to the position of clan leader." Li Zhi's tone was full of ridicule when he said "there are so many talents".
Jin Yunlan sighed: "That's right. If I were a man, with my talent, I would be the one to be recognized by everyone. But I am a woman, and having a woman as the leader is rare in the world, so it is naturally not easy. But if this were not the case, there would be no other way.
.”
Li Zhi was silent for a moment and replied: "This is not a game, the savior is not that easy. The Li family and Jinyun are at war with each other. If your words are heard by them, they will definitely regard you as a traitor. I'd better be your eldest lady.
Well, don’t wade into this muddy water.”
Jin Yunlan glanced at him sideways: "Now you are trying to persuade me to sever the relationship. I wonder who pulled me into this muddy water in the first place?"
Li Zhi coughed lightly.
"In short, when I become the Jinyun clan leader, I will carry out reforms. As the Li clan clan leader, you can shake hands with us and make peace. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" she added.
Li Zhi was not optimistic about her beautiful wishes at all, "Do you think that by becoming the clan leader, your clansmen will be willing to listen to your mercy? If your actions are not what they want, they will remove you and choose another one.
Others make the decision. The so-called leader of a clan is a leader who can listen to the unanimous opinions of the clan, not a dictator. From what you say, it seems that you have not thought of this at all."
Jin Yunlan fell silent.
"Besides, even if you suppress the people's protest and release the Li family from Kongshan, how can you make the people believe that the Li family is really not in danger? No, you should ask this question, do you really believe that the Li family will not attack Jinyun?
Any threat?" His tone suddenly became tense and dangerous.
He sat up and moved his face closer to Jin Yunlan's sad face.
"The hatred rooted in the hearts of every Li clan member has long grown into a towering tree. Every branch is a sharp blade, thirsty for the blood of the enemy."
Because of the backlight, Jin Yunlan couldn't see his face clearly at all, but the madness in his eyes was like the turbulent waves of the blue sea, overflowing her eyes. His compelling gaze made her involuntarily tighten the thin quilt on her chest.
"You shouldn't have come back. You messed everything up. The first time you go back, you should tell your people that the Li family is guilty of atrocities. It's a breeding ground for tigers, and they should be strangled without leaving any survivors! This might help
Add a great achievement to your journey as the leader of the clan." His voice was gloomy and cold, like a ghost in the dark world, without any warmth. It was completely different from Li Zhi who just held her hand and asked her to sing a lullaby for him.
people.
Yes, Li Zhi occasionally shows his crazy side. Xu has been suppressing it for a long time. After all, he is always required to be measured and calm, but it is really difficult to control himself.
Jin Yunlan stared at his face covered by the night for a while, and realized in her heart. Her nervous eyes gradually softened, and she replied softly: "I understand the risks involved in what I want to do. I have already done it.
If I fail to achieve enlightenment, I will die with you and will never regret it. The harm Jinyun has caused to Li is indelible. But if I can make a small amount of compensation, I hope you can believe me from the bottom of your heart."
Li Zhi turned away from her palm and sneered: "How do you make up for the wasted lives of so many Li clans? Unless you have the ability to bring people back to life, then maybe you can turn the tide."
Jin Yunlan said firmly: "Then let's make an agreement. If I can let my aunt pass her thirtieth birthday safely, I want your heart."
After Li Zhi was silent for a long time, he responded to her.
"Okay, I promise you." This chapter has been completed!