Yuniang interrupted:

"Your parents will burn incense to pray for you. It will take a long time. I know the process of the Taoist temple. Let's play for a while. When the time is up, I will take you back on time. Don't be afraid."

She clapped her hands, looking like she had everything under control.

"oh."

Xu Qing felt relieved and looked around at this remote sweet-scented osmanthus forest.

Yu Niang then explained: "I don't come very often to the osmanthus forest in the back mountain. Usually no outsiders come. No, let's explore it today. Don't worry, there's no one there..."

Just the next second.

She spoke for a moment.

Because while he was talking, he looked around with strange eyes and saw the figure of a silent man in the forest not far away.

Not long after, a little boy named Xu Qing also saw it.

The two children looked at each other and then stopped in sync.

When Lin Wenruo saw this, he raised his eyelids slightly and came back to his senses.

He pursed his lips, quickly lifted his feet, and walked straight forward.

Soon, Lin Wenruo came not far from the pair of playmates who seemed to have become close while burning incense.

The steps don't stop.

When they are about to cross paths.

Yu Niang took a step forward and stood in front of Xu Qing. She mustered up her courage and said to Lin Wenruo:

"You, who are you? How did you break into the back of our Taoist temple without permission?"

Facing this tall strange man, she had a fierce expression, but her eyes turned away and dodge from time to time.

The little Taoist nun is a bit timid but strong on the outside, indicating that she is not as bold and arrogant as she seems.

Lin Wenruo's eyes lingered on the face of this little Taoist nun.

His expression was a little dazed.

But immediately, after hearing her words.

Lin Wenruo closed his eyes and lowered his head, without saying a word. He walked past them without stopping and left towards the entrance.

Xu Qing, who must also be a young scholar, and Taoist girl Yuniang saw this strange man leaving without saying a word.

They looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon, Lin Wenruo seemed to be walking away.

The two childhood sweethearts continued to explore Guilin.

Lin Wenruo walked straight forward without looking back. As he walked, the voices of the little scholar and the little Taoist nun could be heard faintly behind him.

"Yu Niang, that person is so strange."

"Yeah, just like...just like the lonely ghosts in Master's stories."

"Yu Niang, don't talk behind someone's back like this."

"Oh, you are the only one who cares a lot. You are so skinny and you like to lecture others."

"This is about being reasonable and observing etiquette."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. Who told you to be my husband from now on?"

"I, I, I was forced to agree by you, how come you still remember it?"

"Hmph, do you still want to default on your debt? Be careful, I will tell your school master that you can't keep your word."

"No, no, no, don't you think I can marry you? But, you have to wait until I finish my studies and come back from school before I can marry you?"

"No, you are not allowed to read. Boys will become bad if they read too much. I heard pilgrims say that Lin Wenruo from Lanxi just came back from studying..."

"Yu Niang, don't say that to Mr. Lin from Lanxi, him, him."

"snort."

"Yu Niang, it's not like I want to study and come back to save the country. There are already so many powerful seniors in Zhongnan Mountain. Now that the New Deal is so good, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, so they don't need me."

"Hoho, you are small, but your tone is not small, but what you didn't say is right. It seems that you are really not needed now... Then why are you still studying?"

"I want to learn from Mr. Zhao from last year. I heard that he is a Confucian scholar from Linlu Academy. Mr. Zhao makes people look up to him. When I grow up, I will also go to Linlu Academy, and the world outside is very big..."

"Stop, can you take me with you?"

"No... Ouch, why did you hit someone?"

"I'm dusting you off."

"…………"

"Well, brat, can we go together, please give me the right words?"

"Okay, okay..."

The voices of the two children slowly disappeared.

Lin Wenruo's figure gradually faded away.

PS: Today I will write a side story about Xiaoxiao and the protagonist...

After finishing writing, I suddenly felt the urge to write a side story about Lin Wenruo and Lan Yuqing.

Because some brothers mentioned it before, some brothers like these two characters, and some brothers don't like them. Ahem, I thought about it and wrote some compromises. This chapter can be regarded as giving some explanations. By the way, I tried to change the camera.

Instead of focusing on the protagonist, try to use narration...

The little extra chapter is up, and I should be participating in the activities of the starting point main site. Brothers should be able to see it in a few days...

(Well, it’s my first time to write a side story, so I don’t know how well it went. Anyway, Xiao Rong wrote it as the main text. Well, it’s a supplement to the main text...
Chapter completed!