Shi Yan's face was knocked to the side, and the red slap mark was clearly printed on half of his cheek.

But his eyes were surprisingly calm, as if he had expected it.

This kind of calmness infected Nan Xiao and made her rationality return. She looked at Shi Yan with red palm marks on his face, and realized later that she had hit someone.

She paused, then reached out and stroked his cheek gently, as if she felt apologetic.

Shi Yan's eyes were slightly moist, and he opened his mouth to say something, but in the end nothing was said.

Nan Xiao quickly withdrew her hand, took a few steps back, stared at him with an indifferent expression, and raised all the thorns on her body to protect herself.

People tend to behave irrationally when they are angry, but she did not regret it because Shi Yan deserved a beating.

It was obvious that he was at fault first and was still unreasonable.

No one knew that Shi Yan's hands hidden in his sleeves were clenched into fists, his nails were deeply embedded in his palms, and blood spread.

How much he wanted to hold her in his arms and comfort her, but he couldn't.

Shi Yan, you are a selfish and greedy bastard!

Your final outcome will definitely be a bad death!

He could only curse himself fiercely in his heart, trying to make himself feel better, but it was of no use at all.

Shi Yan was in a state of extreme depression and suffering.

"Shi Yan, have you made your decision? Are you sure you won't regret it in the future?" Nan Xiao looked at him seriously. She wanted to confirm it one last time.

After a quarrel, you still have to act like an adult and solve the problem calmly and with restraint.

After all, no one is a child anymore and must be responsible for their own choices.

And she, Nan Xiao, is not the kind of person who will pursue others shamelessly.

"I've made my decision and I won't regret it."

Shi Yan's voice was soft and gentle, and he suddenly raised his eyes and looked directly at her, "Anan, at the moment when you smashed our Yuzhu without hesitation, did you ever think that we would be where we are today?"

This sentence caused Nan Xiao to remain silent for a long time. She lowered her head and her eyes turned reddish.

She actually regretted throwing the jade bamboo.

After an unknown amount of time, Nan Xiao turned around and left in silence.

Shi Yan just watched her disappear into his own world step by step without making a sound to stop her. His dark eyes were as silent as a cold pool.

After the fun was over, the onlookers around them withdrew their gaze and went about their own business. People's joys and sorrows are not the same.

Two children were running around inside and outside the house holding bamboo dragonflies, making clear and sweet laughter.

Because he was running too fast and his feet were not paying attention, the little fat man tripped over the threshold, and his laughter instantly turned into loud cries.

"Mother, I hurt, mother! Ooooooh..."

"younger brother!"

Another little boy quickly put down the bamboo dragonfly and ran over to pick up his younger brother. However, not only was he unable to pick up the little chubby boy, he also fell down on his buttocks, which made him look extremely funny.

Shi Yan sat in the corner, looking out the window, as if he was out of tune with this noisy world.

Perhaps the commotion was too loud, and the shopkeeper's wife hurriedly ran out of the kitchen. When she saw this situation, she slapped the eldest son on the head without saying a word.

"Did you bully your brother again? Ah? Why are you such a bastard? You're so old and you don't know how to save your mother's worries?"

The little boy covered his aching head and said aggrievedly: "I didn't, it was my brother who dropped it himself."

Little Fatty was still crying loudly: "Mom, it hurts..."

The shopkeeper's wife didn't care about scolding him anymore, and quickly picked up the little chubby boy and coaxed him, "Okay, okay, don't cry anymore. Mom, will you take me to buy candied haws and eat it?"

When Little Fatty heard the food, he forgot about the pain, and his crying gradually stopped, "... Candied haws, I want to eat two of them!"

"Okay, just eat two."

The little boy followed excitedly, "Mom, I also want to eat candied haws."

"Go back! If you make your brother cry, why do you have the nerve to eat candied haws?"

After the shopkeeper's wife finished scolding her angrily, she hugged the little boy and walked away, leaving the little boy holding his hand on the door frame and staring at them blankly.

After a while, the little boy came back. He picked up the bamboo dragonfly that belonged to him from the table and looked at it blankly.

Suddenly, big crystal tears suddenly fell on the table.

He bit his lower lip, his cry was very suppressed and helpless, and he did not dare to make the slightest sound. After wiping his tears with his sleeve, a new round of crying broke out.

He just felt aggrieved.

A big hand with sharp bones came up and gently rubbed his little head, and a gentle voice sounded from above his head.

"I only have this, do you want to eat it?"

The little boy saw a small bag of candied fruits on the table. The candied fruits were very delicious and more expensive than candied haws. He could only eat them once during the Chinese New Year.

The little boy reached out several times to take it, but when he was about to touch the bag, he always took his hand back and was very confused.

Shi Yan first took one out and put it into his mouth, then took another one for him.

The little boy obediently took it and ate it. The sweetness in his mouth could dissolve the bitterness in his heart, and his tearful eyes curled up with laughter.

"Thanks."

Next, the two of them shared the bag of candied fruits in silence, but Shi Yan ate more slowly and in smaller quantities.

"Why don't you cry in front of your mother? Instead, you hide and cry quietly behind your back?"

"have no idea……"

The little boy didn't know or understand. He just cried when he wanted to. Who would think about why before crying?

Shi Yan raised his lips and smiled, with a soft look on his face.

"If you want to cry, go to her and cry. As the saying goes, only children who can cry can eat candy."

The little boy partially understood, but also partially understood.

Shi Yan rubbed his head and murmured to himself: "Stay by her side obediently. She will always ignore you because of one thing or another. You have to make a scene before she will notice you.

, maybe she will get bored of you even more, but I... want to take a gamble."

My father once said that loving someone is selfless.

But why is his love greedy and selfish?

Is it because he is a lunatic different from ordinary people?

He selfishly wanted Anan to love him as much as he loved her, so he wanted to take a gamble.

What if he wins this time?

There was complexity in Shi Yan's eyes that the little boy couldn't understand.

At that time, in the guest room of the inn.

Nan Xiao sat silently at the table, the flickering candlelight reflected her beautiful and refined cheeks, her shiny white fingers were spread out, and a straight black line crossed her palm.

For some reason, the healing poison in her body was safe and sound, but the poison left in it had not gone away, and the black line had spread to her arm.

Before falling asleep every night, I still feel a dull pain in my chest.

Nan Xiao's eyes were light in color.

Is it possible that she is already dying?

Then, it would be good to separate...

The two of them had a sleepless night.

The next day.

When the two arrived at Hidden Sword Villa, a group of people were already waiting in front of the door. Those people were Shi Yan's senior fellow apprentices, and they were currently chatting with him.
Chapter completed!