"Ajiu, look." Ning Ning held up a brightly colored mask, covering half of her pretty face, raised the corners of her mouth, and came close to Ajiu's eyes. She suddenly put down the mask, and her bright eyes flashed into Ajiu's eyes. , as if he was confused, he reached out to take the mask from her hand, held it in his hand, half-circled the excited Ning Ning, and whispered: "Aunt Ning, be careful."

"Ajiu, it's so lively at the foot of the mountain!" Ningning was confused by the numerous stalls and couldn't even look at them. She didn't notice that Ajiu was in a protective posture and held her in his arms. She said happily: "Sure enough, I The decision was correct.”

His eyes were attracted by the food. Ning Ning nimbly shuttled through the crowd like a loach. Within a few moments, Ajiu was left far behind.

The thin sugar coating wrapped the hawthorn and other fruits, and the sweet and sour taste was awakened. Ning Ning licked her lips, took out a few coins, stretched out her hand to the vendor, "Here are two bunches of candied haws."

"Okay, two bunches of candied haws."

With a candied haws in each hand, Ning Ning squeezed out of the rush of people and saw Ajiu having a pleasant conversation with a girl in plain clothes, but did not notice her arrival.

At that moment, Ning Ning stood there as stiffly as snow showered on her head. The water mist blurred her vision. She turned around suddenly, tears burst out of her eyes, she bit her lips and swallowed the cry back into her stomach.

As soon as Ning Ning squeezed out of the crowd, Ajiu's eyes never left her. Seeing her turn away, Ajiu smiled bitterly, lowered his eyes and said to the girl: "It's such a big effort, there is no need to thank you. The snow has just melted and the roads are slippery. You have to Be careful, otherwise, it will be very painful if you fall."

The girl blushed with embarrassment and glanced at his face. Her half-raised face looked like Ning Ning's. Ajiu couldn't help but froze and looked straight at the girl. Her face was as red as blood and she whispered: " My name is Qi Huan, what is your name?"

"Ajiu."

"Ajiu, thank you, we will see you again."

Before leaving, Qi Huan gave Ajiu a purse and ran away shyly, leaving Ajiu with no place to return it.

"Ajiu, here, candied haws."

Ning Ning licked the candied haws, looked at the purse in Ajiu's hand and raised the corners of her mouth teasingly: "Tsk tsk, the market is pretty good! Just after we got off the snowy mountain, a girl showed her interest."

"Yeah." Ajiu put her purse close to her body and went to pick up the candied haws. Unexpectedly, she didn't move at all. She looked at the stunned Ning Ning in surprise. A flash of light flashed in her eyes, as if she had discovered some new world.

Ning Ning suddenly let go, "It's pretty good."

She dove into the crowd.

Ajiu followed closely behind, leaned down slightly, and said angrily: "Aunt Ning, are you angry? Is it because Ajiu didn't follow?"

Ning Ning pushed Ajiu away in annoyance and said harshly: "If you're not angry, who is?"

In Ajiu's clear eyes, Ning Ning bit the candied haws in her mouth and made a squeaky sound. When she heard Ajiu's laughter, she was puzzled and heartbroken. She gave Ajiu a crutch and heard him shout. Despite the pain, she felt much better, and even the candied haws in her mouth tasted better.

Ajiu rubbed her sore belly, walked over quickly, bit out the candied haws on Ningning's hand, and said with a smile, "Then where should we sleep tonight? The sky is the quilt, and the earth is the mat?"

Ning Ning resisted the urge to beat him violently and quickened her pace. After a while, she stopped in front of a remote house and whispered: "Here, it's right here."

"Ajiu?"

The soft voice caught Ning Ning's attention. Looking sideways, Qi Huan, who looked like a blooming flower cluster, ran to Ajiu with a blushing face and flipped her hair nervously: "I didn't expect to meet you here, you Do you live here?"

"Well, temporarily."

"Ajiu, who is this aunt?" The two of them looked at each other, and the courage Ning Ning had just mustered up was gone like a deflated rubber ball. She reluctantly opened the corner of her mouth and said with a smile: "Hello, I am……"

"Aunt Ning, you raised me since I was a child."

Ning Ning was slightly startled. She didn't expect Ajiu to introduce him first. Didn't he hate this rhetoric the most?
  The tingling pain broke Ning Ning's defense. She pretended to be calm and said: "Ajiu, let's talk to... the little girl. I'll go into the house and clean up first."

Ning Ning smiled kindly at Qi Huan and entered the room. The chatter behind her gradually faded away, and the clear laughter challenged her nerves.

After entering the room, Ning Ning walked to the bronze mirror and looked at the old face and snow-white hair in the mirror. She bitterly touched the person in the bronze mirror and murmured: "Didn't I decide to be the one to raise him? It's not that I didn't expect it. But why should you feel uncomfortable? Remember, your life is approaching and you can’t stay with Ajiu for a long time, so why bother?”

knock knock knock.

"Aunt Ning, it's me, open the door."

Ning Ning suppressed her grief-stricken look, opened the door, her face remained as usual, and looked at Ajiu's empty body behind her, she said angrily: "Ajiu, you don't spend much time with me, girl, why are you..."

Ajiu smiled brightly, with bright light dancing in her eyes, and said embarrassedly: "She lives at the entrance of the alley. Can I...can I play with her?"

"Of course!" Ning Ning was overjoyed, patted Ajiu's strong arm and said, "Make more friends, the more..."

For a moment, Ajiu's face was as gloomy as ink. Due to his height, his face could not be seen in the moonlight behind him. He gritted his teeth and said, "That's good, Aunt Ning. I'll go to bed first, and you can rest early."

Looking at the slammed door, Ning Ning slowly closed the door, sat in front of the bronze mirror, and stayed awake all night.

In the days that followed, Ajiu seemed to fulfill her promise. She stayed with Qi Huan all day long, and her eyes stayed on Ning Ning less and less.

Perhaps she was not accustomed to the local environment, so Ning Ning became thinner and uglier day by day. Fortunately, Ajiu often did not eat at home, so she could hardly hide it.

who knew...

"Ajiu, we can't wait any longer. The child in my belly can't wait. Otherwise..."

"Qi Huan, believe me, I will not wrong you. I will never give you my due status. But... wait a minute, now is not a good time."

Ning Ning was not sure about Qi Huan's voice, but... Ajiu's voice could be heard by Ning Ning with her eyes closed. Her heart felt like it was buried in heavy snow, and it was so cold that her bones ached.

Ning Ning didn't want to hear the rest of the conversation. She took a deep breath, turned around and left, sitting in the room in a daze. After a while, she rummaged through the boxes and prepared the money, left a farewell letter, and left alone.

The howling cold wind was nothing compared to her empty heart. When the crystal particles fell, she reached out to catch them and said hoarsely: "It's snow!"

Wading through knee-deep snow, the first thing Ning Ning did when she returned to Xiaoyuan'er was to dig out the spiritual stones buried by the pool, roughly place them around Xiaoyuan'er, set up a magic circle, and hide Xiaoyuan'er.

"I didn't teach Ajiu magic, but it became my back-up to hide from him. It's really ridiculous."

Ning Ning was exhausted, so she wrapped herself in a fox fur, walked back to her room with empty steps, and slept soundly until late at night.

The shrill scream mixed with the sound of the wind woke Ning Ning up. She stood up, wrapped in a fox fur, and as soon as she left the room, she saw Ajiu kneeling in the snow with a thick layer of snow on her body. Her heart tightened, thinking of At the foot of the mountain, Qi Huan took back her steps and returned to the house ruthlessly.


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