Chapter 186: Protagonist, the weather is sunny
Huhu——
The cold wind outside the cave was still biting, and the heavy snow showed no sign of stopping. Ye Anping sat in front of the bonfire, roasting the jerky in his hands, his expression unchanged after listening to Xiao Tian’s narration.
Xiao Tian looked at Feng Yudie, who had wrapped her face in a blanket, and frowned, saying, “Young man Ye, why are you pretending not to hear me at this time?!”
Sizzling——
The residual oil in the jerky melted under the fire, emitting a rich aroma. Ye Anping lifted the bamboo skewer in his hand and took a bite of the hot jerky, deliberately chewing loudly.
“ChewChew”
Xiao Tian frowned and kicked the back of Ye Anping’s head, saying, “Hiss—Ye kid, are you avoiding conversation now?! Especially at this time!”
Ignoring him, Ye Anping handed another bamboo stick to Feng Yudie.
“Just tried this. It wasn’t cooked earlier.”
“Hmm…” After hesitating, Feng Yudie took a bite and asked, “No roasted chicken?”
“No.”
“Forget it then…”
“I’ll treat you to a meal in Jiu Quan Town tomorrow.”
“Okay!! It’s a deal!!”
“Aren’t you resting for a while? It’s too early for the snow to stop.”
“I can’t sleep.”
“Oh…”
After silence, the two squatted in front of the bonfire, listening to the howling wind outside the cave and the crackling of the wood in the fire.
…
After some time, Feng Yudie felt sleepy, yawned, and wrapped the blanket tighter.
“Young Master Ye, tell me something about Junior Sister Pei?”
“I prefer not to say.”
“Oh…” After silence, Feng Yudie asked again, “How about playing cards? I brought some.”
“No.”
“Chess?”
“No.”
“Oh…”
Ye Anping sighed and added more wood to the fire. Condensing and meditating was the fastest way to pass the time for cultivators, but the intense cold outside made it challenging. Bringing the cold air into the body would hinder progress.
Closing his eyes, Ye Anping revisited the Moon Shadow Sword Sect’s plan in his mind, trying to find any flaws and pass the time.
The sound of the cold wind outside the cave seemed to grow louder. While checking the plan for the fifth time, something hit Ye Anping’s shoulder. Opening his eyes, he saw Feng Yudie leaning on him, sleeping with her cheek on his shoulder, likely succumbing to boredom and drowsiness.
Xiao Tian was nowhere to be seen, probably inside Feng Yudie’s head.
Ye Anping hesitated but decided not to wake her. Watching the dwindling bonfire, he remained as still as possible, removing new firewood and flints to reignite the fire. He initially planned to continue daydreaming with closed eyes. However, glancing at Feng Yudie on his left shoulder, he saw her with a slight upward curve on her lips, looking remarkably relaxed and content.
Huhu——
The cold wind outside the cave continued to bite, whistling like sinister laughter in a horror movie. Ye Anping felt uneasy listening to it, but Feng Yudie slept peacefully, leaning on his shoulder.
“…”
Ye Anping was silent for a while. Did she think he was Tai Xu?
Recalling the letter Xiao Tian read out just now, Ye Anping felt mixed emotions for a moment. As mentioned before, if the player found this letter from Mr. Qi, they could see the letter’s content, but the first paragraph above was obliterated by ink.
This incident also triggered a burst of plot party research on the Internet. Most plot-oriented players thought Master Tai Xu told Feng Yudie or Xuanxing Sect a huge secret, but this letter did not appear in the subsequent main plot. Therefore, the most convincing theory among players was that the screenwriter initially dug a big hole in this letter but forgot to fill it in after the main line.
The screenwriter’s original words in the official talk show were, “I don’t know what is written on it. I just think that if there are blacked-out parts on a letter, it will look more mysterious.”
But then again, who knew it would be like that?
Master Tai Xu pawned his things and wanted to turn his bicycle into a motorcycle, but everything was lost.
But who inked that sentence out?
Mr. Qi, let me say…
Ye Anping looked at Feng Yudie again, was she the one who painted it?
Could it be that she wanted her master to have a good reputation?
However, this was not important anymore.
“Sigh–”
Ye Anping sighed softly, closed his eyes, and let his mind wander to pass the time. After a while, a ray of light shone in from the cave entrance, and the whistling sound of wind and snow in his ears stopped. Ye Anping suddenly felt a little moist on his neck. He was puzzled momentarily, but then he opened his eyes and looked.
A slap flowed from the corner of Feng Yudie’s mouth, leaving a thick mark on his collar.
“…”
At the same time, a golden little man floated in front of them, peeking at him with a motherly smile, spinning around in the sky. Ye Anping gritted his teeth until his cheeks bulged and then pushed slightly with his left shoulder.
Plop——
“Ah?! Ha…” Feng Yudie suddenly fell to the ground, woke up, and looked around with a confused face, “What’s going on?! What’s going on?!”
“Get up, we’re on our way.”
Feng Yudie was stunned for a long time, wiped her hair, and nodded blankly, “Oh!”
“…”
Ye Anping stood up, removed his bamboo hat and raincoat from his storage bag, and put them on. He turned his head and glanced at her. The silver hair that seemed to have lost its luster last night was now vivid again, and her face was once again covered with gold. She lost her usual smiling expression.
Feng Yudie put on her raincoat and bamboo hat, turned around, and saw Ye Anping staring at her, so she shrank her head and asked, “What’s wrong? Stare at me.”
“Do you remember what happened last night?”
“Last night… Oh, you wanted to treat me to roast chicken, right?”
“…Right.”
“Let’s go then!” Ye Anping sighed helplessly, then leaned over and exited the cave entrance. The scorching sun in the sky made him unable to open his eyes. But fortunately, the weather cleared up.
Feng Yudie followed him out, and like him, she squinted her eyes and turned away, “It snowed so much last night, but the sun came out so much the next day.”
“Complain to God, don’t complain to me.”
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