Black thorny trees, chirping nocturnal birds.
Li Muyang trudged through the swamp, looking up into the distance, unable to see the end of the darkness.
The shadows of the trees were dense, and the river was stinking.
The lower half of Li Muyang's body was already soaked, and his boots made a 'kacha kacha' sound as he stepped into the muddy water.
His face and body were covered in mud, his clothes were ragged, and his face was dirty. It seemed that he had not bathed for a long time.
Whoosh — —
A flock of nocturnal birds flew over his head, dropping pieces of mud.
Just then, Li Muyang suddenly halted his footsteps.
His expression became incomparably strange, his eyebrows tightly knitted together.
Twisting his hips, his right leg slightly rotated.
Then, with a puzzled expression on his face, he bent down and reached into the dark and cold river.
When he lifted his hand, in the middle of his palm was a white object that was still desperately struggling and wriggling.
White snake!
It was a snow-white snake with an extremely ugly appearance!
Cha!
The white snake suddenly broke free from Li Muyang's palm, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, and fiercely bit towards Li Muyang's face.
"Ah — —"
Li Shinian sprang up from the bed.
When she saw the gauze curtain above her head, she knew that she had just had a nightmare.
Hearing the movement here, Luo Chi came in with a lamp, looking at Li Shinian who was leaning against the corner of the wall in a daze, she asked with a face full of concern: "Shinian, what's wrong? Did you have a nightmare? "
"Mother, I dreamt of brother." Li Shinian looked seriously at her mother, saying: "I dreamt that he was walking alone in the woods, the river was up to his knees. He reached into the water and pulled out a white snake, that white snake suddenly opened its mouth to bite his head — — "
"That was just a dream." Luo Chi comforted.
"That white snake is so big, no, that snake's mouth is so big, it actually swallowed big brother's entire head …"
Luo Chi was also worried, but she still tried to persuade him, "Silly child. It was just a dream. Anything could happen in a dream. In the past, you often dreamed that you were a powerful hero who could fly around the eaves … Your brother will be fine. "
"If there's nothing wrong, why didn't he come back?" Li Shinian asked.
"That's because school hasn't ended yet."
"You should at least bring a letter. I heard from Tianyu that the young lady of the Lu Family is also in Starry Sky Academy. She often brings letters home. " Li Shinian refuted his mother's weak argument and said, "Did something happen to my brother? I went to look for Grandpa Lu last time and asked him to help me pass a letter to my brother. He agreed with a smile and accepted my letter. But why hasn't my brother replied until now? "
"What?" Luo Chi exclaimed. "You went to look for Lu — — Master to send a letter?"
"Yes. I think if he's willing to help, he can certainly do it. After all, he's such a powerful person. "
"Shinian — —"
"Mother." Li Shinian stubbornly stared at his mother. "I just want to know how brother is now, if he's doing well — — I really miss him."
Luo Chi's lips were slightly parted, but in the end she could not say anything.
Her husband Li Yan had heard some terrible rumours, and the two of them were now trying to hide it from Li Shinian.
But how could they hide this kind of thing?
She had to go to school every day, and she had to go to school every day. There was no lack of children of officials in the school. If they went to ask Li Shinian about this matter — — how would Shinian respond? Caught off guard, could Shinian withstand this blow?
"Shinian — —" Luo Chi softly called out. "You rest at home for a few days, accompany mother, okay?"
"Mother — —" Li Shinian stared intently at Luo Chi's hesitant expression. "Are you hiding something from me? If there's nothing important, you never allow me to neglect my studies. "
"Your brother — — may not come back." Luo Chi's eyes were red, her voice choked with sobs.
Li Shinian was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and shook his head. "Impossible. It's impossible — — Mother, don't lie to me. Brother is so powerful, he will definitely come back. "
"Shinian, I also hope it's fake. I don't want to believe it either. But now there are rumours in Tiandu that Muyang has gone to a place where he can't come back — — "When Luo Chi said this, her heart felt like it was being torn apart.
Although Li Muyang was not a piece of flesh that fell from her body, but he was the child that she had poured too much time, energy and emotion into.
She regarded him as her own child, completely treating him as her own son.
Ever since he left Jiangnan for school, Luo Chi's heart had been restless.
Later, all kinds of news came, but they were all unfavorable to Li Muyang. It wasn't until Miss went to Jiangnan to bring them to Tiandu that she realised that Li Muyang may have offended a very terrifying person — —
No matter what the worst news was, there was always a hope in her heart, and she prayed to God every day.
Now, finally, someone told her not to wait, not to hope, and not to pray.
Li Muyang would never come back.
Li Shinian's eyes were red, tears rolling down his cheeks.
But he quietly wiped away the tears with his sleeve, hugged his mother's trembling shoulders in his arms, and softly said: "Mother, don't be sad. It's okay, I believe brother will be fine. Tell me, what exactly happened? How is Brother now? "
Luo Chi knew that her daughter was sensible and nervous. Now that she asked about her brother, she no longer concealed it, and told Li Shinian everything that had happened in Tiandu in the past two days.
After Li Shinian listened, she said with a smile: "Brother is not dead."
"Shinian — —" Luo Chi was worried about her daughter. She had already lost a son, she could not lose this daughter. Otherwise, she would not be able to live.
"Did anyone see brother killed?" Li Shinian asked aloud.
Luo Chi shook her head. "I don't think so."
"Has anyone seen brother's body?"
"— — Never heard of it."
"So, brother is not dead." Li Shinian said with incomparable firmness. She reached out to touch her chest and said, "Mother, I can feel that my brother is still alive. I can smell his breath, I can feel his heartbeat. He has not done what he promised me, so he will not die. "
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