The meal was quickly prepared. When Qing Lan and Bai Hong heard Jiujiu calling them to eat, they were a little absent-minded.
Bai Hong even leaned over to Qing Lan's ear and asked Qing Lan, "Do you think Xia Qiu and Dong will poison us?"
Qing Lan glanced sideways at Bai Hong. "You can be poisoned?"
Bai Hong replied, "Oh, I forgot that I can't be poisoned."
If even mythical beasts could be poisoned, then this world would be really dangerous.
Looking at Bai Hong's stupid look of realization, Qing Lan really didn't want to admit that Bai Hong was an ancient mythical beast like him.
Because of the awkwardness from the afternoon, the atmosphere during the meal was particularly quiet.
After the meal, Jiujiu put down the bowl and chopsticks as usual and turned to walk out.
Bai Hong and Qing Lan, on the other hand, were exceptionally obedient as they cleaned up the dishes.
After Jiujiu returned to the house, she continued to study the things left behind by Xia Qiu and Dong's grandmother.
However, no matter how much she thought about it, she still couldn't figure out what they meant by lying to her.
Were they lying to her because of Xia He, or were they lying to her about other things?
Xia Qiu and Dong's grandfather, Xia He, disappeared when Xia Qiu and Dong were three years old. After that, Xia Qiu and Dong's grandmother raised Xia Lan alone. Jiujiu felt that when Xia Qiu and Dong's grandmother said that they lied to her, it was most likely not Xia He, but Xia Lan.
However, didn't Xia Lan die in an accident when Xia Qiu and Dong were three years old?
Could it be that there was another reason for Xia Lan's death?
Jiujiu frowned. After a while, she took the diary and went to look for Qing Lan.
When Jiujiu opened the door, she saw Qing Lan pacing back and forth in front of her door with a bouquet of flowers in his hand.
When he heard Jiujiu open the door, Qing Lan looked embarrassed as if he had been caught red-handed.
Qing Lan reflexively raised the little flower in his hand and handed it to Jiujiu. "For you."
Little Blossom was a very beautiful pinkish-purple color. It matched Qing Lan's green robe very well.
Jiujiu was looking for Qing Lan anyway, so she naturally went with the flow and took the flowers from Qing Lan. "Thank you. I'm looking for you. Can you come in?"
Qing Lan was already looking for Jiujiu. When he heard that Jiujiu was looking for him, he immediately walked into the house and waited for Jiujiu's instructions.
Jiujiu turned around and took out the pendant with "Xiahe" written on it from the drawer. She looked at Qing Lan and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
Qing Lan took the pendant from Jiujiu and looked at it carefully in his hand. After a moment, he showed a shocked expression. "Where did you get this?"
"I found it in my grandmother's relics. Why, is there a problem with this pendant?"
Qing Lan nodded with a dignified expression. "This is a pendant made from Taotie's tear."
"Taotie?"
Qing Lan nodded. "Taotie is a very greedy ancient vicious beast. Later, it suddenly disappeared. We all thought that it was because it was too greedy and ate itself. I didn't expect …"
Taotie would cry.
Moreover, Qing Lan sensed endless despair from the teardrop.
Like him, Taotie came from ancient times. It could be said that except for the sudden extinction of the universe, Taotie was immortal like him. Now, he actually felt Taotie's despair.
What happened in the end that made Taotie, an ancient vicious beast, so desperate?
After learning the origin of the pendant from Qing Lan's mouth, Jiujiu grabbed the pendant in the palm of her hand and put it back in the cabinet.
She didn't know if it was Jiujiu's illusion, but she always felt that after the pendant was in Qing Lan's hand for a while, when she took it again, it was not as cold as the first time she took it.
After putting the pendant away, Jiujiu turned to look at Qing Lan and said with a dignified expression, "Do you know how my parents disappeared?"
Qing Lan was startled. "It was said to be an accident. What's wrong?"
Qing Lan was a kind-hearted person, so he was not good at lying. Especially in front of Jiujiu, this kind of person, a lie was like a piece of wet paper, which could be broken with a poke.
With just a glance, Jiujiu saw through Qing Lan's lie. "Qing Lan, I've told you the truth now. I've told you everything I know and everything I can know, so can you tell me the truth? How did my parents die? "
Qing Lan pursed his lips. "I've already told you. They died in an accident."
"Really?" Jiujiu stared straight at Qing Lan's dodging eyes and asked, "If my parents really died in a car accident, why have your eyes been avoiding me? Qing Lan, you're not good at lying, and I'm not a fool, so don't try to fool me with lies. Tell me honestly, how did my parents die?"
Qing Lan looked at Jiujiu. After a moment of silence, he let out a long sigh.
"Yes, your parents didn't die in a car accident. It was man-made."
"Who was it?"
"I don't know. When we arrived, your parents had already disappeared. Even the news of your parents' death was divined by the Black Tortoise."
"Is there any other way to help me ask my parents what happened at that time?"
"We can go to the land there. Although we don't know what happened at that time, as long as the land is willing, he should be able to see what happened at that time."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go now."
Jiujiu grabbed Qing Lan's hand and strode out.
Qing Lan was not prepared for Jiujiu to pull him forward.
Looking at Jiujiu's anxious back, Qing Lan followed Jiujiu's footsteps.
Qing Lan led Jiujiu through the enchantment and soon arrived at the place where Jiujiu's parents disappeared.
It was a very small town.
Now, because the young people had gone out to work, this place had become extremely desolate. It was clearly broad daylight, but there were not many people on the streets.
Jiujiu turned to look at Qing Lan. "Where is the land? Can you ask him to come out?"
"We can find the land where there is a land temple. Let's go find the land temple first."
Qing Lan led Jiujiu to ask a local. After getting the specific location of the land temple, they walked towards the land temple.
When they were about ten meters away from the land temple, the originally tall and majestic land temple instantly collapsed and turned into a pile of ruins.
The dust hit Jiujiu from more than ten meters away, causing Jiujiu to cough for a long time.
Qing Lan stopped in his tracks and said in a low voice, "The land is gone."
"What do you mean?" What did he mean by the land was gone?
"The land is dead."
Because the land was dead, the land temple would also collapse in an instant.
"I think there's something wrong with this matter. The land didn't die earlier or later. It died when I came with you to investigate how my parents died." Jiujiu's intuition told her that the land's death was the same as her parents' death. It was man-made.
"It could also be a coincidence."
"Qing Lan, I don't believe in coincidences." Jiujiu turned to look at Qing Lan and said with a smile.
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