Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 114 The Wishing Tree

Gu Xu has always had a small appetite.

After eating three skewers of roast meat, two skewers of baked potatoes and a plate of baked tofu, he felt full.

So, for the next time, he sat quietly on the spot, watching Shi Xiaohan clean up all the barbecues on the table like a storm, making "wheezing and wheezing" sounds from time to time, his mouth and hands were covered with bright spots. Glittering grease stains.

"Check out!" After eating, Shi Xiaohan yelled habitually, ready to pay.

Gu Xu immediately stopped her.

"Okay, I'll treat you today."

Shi Xiaohan took a serious look at him: "Don't slap your face to look fat."

Gu Xu smiled slightly: "It's just a barbecue. I can still afford the money."

After finishing speaking, he took out a few copper coins from his pocket and handed them to the aunt who sold the barbecue.

"Gu Xu, it seems that after you went to the Lu family's haunted house, you even became rich in spending money." Shi Xiaohan stood up from the bench and looked down at Gu Xu, "Did you gain a lot there? ? Why don't you ask the heroine of the book to go with you?"

Shi Xiaohan was petite and exquisite, and he had to raise his head when talking to Gu Xu on weekdays.

So at this moment, when she looked down at each other in such a condescending posture, she felt quite fresh.

Seeing Shi Xiaohan's posture, what Gu Xu thought in his heart was: The water in Lu's haunted house is too deep, you can't hold the heroine.

But what he said was: "The ghosts in the haunted house are all bluffing, and they are not as powerful as the rumors say—people like me can easily clean them up, and there is no need for the heroine to take action."

This kind of talk sounds like nonsense.

But it happened to be able to poke Shi Xiaohan's coolness.

She couldn't help laughing out loud, revealing her little canine teeth covered in chili flakes.

"you're right!"

Gu Xu smiled, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and handed it to her: "Hurry up and wipe your mouth with this handkerchief, your paws. If someone sees your oily mouth, they may think it's you. You're a wild boy from the country."

Shi Xiaohan took the handkerchief: "Are you disliking this heroine for being sloppy?"

"I just think that the current appearance of Shi Nuxia is very heroic." Gu Xu immediately changed his words.

"Of course," Shi Xiaohan said with a smile, "Isn't the happiest thing in life just to drink in a big bowl and eat meat?"

Gu Xu thought to himself: The heroine of the time, the heroine of the time, you are a person who can get drunk from drinking rice wine, and you dare to say that you drink in a big bowl!Aren't you afraid of being drunk and kidnapped one day?

Shi Xiaohan carefully held the corner of the white and clean handkerchief with two fingers, and faintly felt his body temperature still remained on the handkerchief—I couldn't bear to get it dirty!
She hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to put away the handkerchief, and wiped her oily mouth clean with her sleeve.

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After paying the bill, the two continued to walk towards the suburbs of the city along the long and narrow alleys.

White walls and gray tiles on both sides, cooking smoke curling up.

The sun shines on the bluestone pavement, glowing with dazzling white light.

"The houses on both sides of this alley were newly built when Yishui was rebuilt eight years ago," Gu Xu introduced while walking, "At the beginning, the nine-baby snake demon sprayed fire on this side, so The neighborhood is in ruins."

Shi Xiaohan listened silently without speaking.

When the "Nine Infant Disaster" happened eight years ago, she was not in Yishui County, but stayed in Laizhou Prefecture with her father, so she did not witness the horrible scene of hell.

However, she had heard that both Gu Xu's parents died in that disaster.

"He came here all these years alone." She raised her head and looked at the young man beside her with a pair of clear almond eyes. "It's really not easy."

At the end of the alley is the Yi River.

When the two came here, their field of vision suddenly widened.

Under the sun, the surface of the river shimmers, reflecting the bare trees along the river and the scattered houses around it.

Gu Xu pointed to the river, and said to Shi Xiaohan: "There is a jujube tree there, which is called the 'Wishing Tree' by the residents of Yishui. ' On the branch of the tree, wishes will come true."

Shi Xiaohan looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, he saw a jujube tree not far away—hundreds of red strings were tied to its branches, which looked like a bride's red hijab from a distance.

"Do you believe it?" she asked.

"Be suspicious!" Gu Xu replied, walking towards the "Wishing Tree" first.

On an inconspicuous branch of the "Wishing Tree", there is a wooden card written by the original owner of the body when he was 14 years old. The content is: "I want to kill all the ghosts in this world."

"Gu Xu, our ideal is to kill ghosts, we are worthy of fellowship!" Seeing the immature words on the wooden slip, Shi Xiaohan couldn't help but tiptoed and patted Gu Xu's shoulder, "In addition, Your handwriting looks much better now than it did before."

"Thank you for the compliment." Gu Xu smiled lightly.

He paused for a moment, and then continued: "Women of Time, it's almost the end of the year. Why don't we make another wish today and see if it comes true?"

"Okay!" Shi Xiaohan agreed without thinking.

Hearing her words, Gu Xu squatted down, and took out two specially-made wooden slips from the box on the ground, handed one to Shi Xiaohan, and held the other for himself.

Then, he took out the charcoal pencil that he carried with him from his pocket.

"Who will write first?" he asked.

"I'll come first!" Shi Xiaohan snatched his charcoal pencil, then turned around with his back to him, "This is my secret, you are not allowed to read it!"

"Okay, okay, I won't watch." Gu Xu closed his eyes.

The world instantly turned into darkness.

The whistling wind, the sound of water in Yishui, and the rustling of Xiaohan's writing can be heard in my ears.

After a while, Shi Xiaohan tugged at his sleeve, and stuffed the charcoal into his palm: "I've finished writing, it's up to you."

Gu Xu opened his eyes, saw her empty hands, and couldn't help asking: "What about your wish?"

"It's already hung up." Shi Xiaohan pointed to the red string on the tree.

I saw dense wooden certificates hanging on it, and I couldn't find any one written by Shi Xiaohan.

However, Gu Xu noticed that when Shi Xiaohan was speaking, he kept looking around, as if trying to avoid his eyes.

"Aren't you going to tell me what you wrote?"

"No way!"

"Then you are not allowed to see my wish."

"No problem! This heroine works aboveboard and never peeps other people's secrets." As she spoke, she covered her eyes with her hands, expressing that she would do what she said.

Gu Xu chuckled, picked up the charcoal pencil, and started writing directly in front of her.

His written wish was simple: "Be holy before the age of 30."

At this moment, Shi Xiaohan listened to the sound of his pen rubbing against the wooden slip, and felt itchy in his heart, like a cat scratching.

"I really want to know what he is writing about."

She stomped her feet, suddenly regretting what she had said before.

　Thanks to StockLR for the 500 tip, and thanks to Yusuke and Sad Wine for the 100 tip!

　　PS: There will be another chapter later. (Maybe I can finish writing in the early morning!)
　　
　
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