After traveling through time, I stole all over the three realms

Night gradually fell, the moon was dim and the stars were sparse.

Shen Mian was awakened by a rustling sound.

She quietly opened her eyes and saw Pei Ye standing up and walking towards the woods on tiptoe, holding something in his hand.

Yo, what’s the matter?

Shen Mian became interested and stood up to follow.

Pei Ye walked far away and stopped only when he could no longer see the fire in the camp.

The moonlight poured on his somewhat sinister brows, but his expression at this moment was not as cold as during the day. He still had no expression, but his eyes were a little fragile.

He found a place to squat, took out the yellow paper in his arms, lit it, and started burning it little by little.

The firelight illuminated his face, making his features appear softer.

A clear voice suddenly sounded: "You came here like a thief in the middle of the night just to burn paper?"

He was startled and stood up instantly like a frightened bird. With sharp eyes, he turned around and looked directly into Shen Mian's sight.

He stared at her quietly for three seconds, then turned around and continued burning paper in silence.

Shen Mian walked up to him, bowed solemnly, and asked: "Why are you burning paper in secret?"

"Burn it for my mother." He spoke, his voice a little hoarse from not speaking for a long time, "My mother is a Gu Master."

When he said this, he looked up at Shen Mian's expression, his eyes were heavy, and he thought with some pleasure in his heart, what would her reaction be if she knew that he had worshipped a Gu Master?

But he could see nothing but astonishment and realization on that exquisite and beautiful face, so he turned his head away, feeling depressed as if he had lost a move.

Shen Mian watched silently from the side, and suddenly said: "I heard that when burning paper for relatives, you have to say something to let them remember your thoughts and blessings."

He paused for a moment, but continued to burn the cards one by one in silence without saying a word.

Shen Mian said nothing more. Not wanting to disturb him, he turned around and left, but Pei Ye stopped him: "What do you say when you burn paper?"

Shen Mian just said: "I have never burned paper."

Pei Ye was stunned, and looked up. The girl looked indifferent, and she didn't seem to be very sad. She spoke as if she was talking about everyday things: "I don't even know what they look like, what their names are, or when they died. How can I burn them?"

"..." Pei Ye lowered his head, not knowing what his mood was at the moment, but when he heard her say these words in person, he felt that her usual carefree image had become a little blurry. The woman who he thought was completely different from him now seemed a bit more similar to him.

He was actually somewhat... strangely happy.

He suddenly asked, "Why do you speak for me during the day?"

Shen Mian looked at him in surprise and blurted out: "Just say what you want to say. Why?"

Pei Ye heard this and said coldly: "I won't thank you."

He bluntly rejected Shen Mian's kindness, but only heard Shen Mian's indifferent "Oh."

The flame continued to burn, and the bright light reflected on his face. Shen Mian was not in a hurry to leave, but sat aside and watched quietly.

Pei Ye burned them one by one, and did not speak again until he finished the last one. He just stared at the fire in a daze, his dark eyes filled with cold light, and even though the flames were reflected in his eyes, there was no warmth in them.

When he got closer, Shen Mian realized that he was extremely thin. Although his clothes were not loose, the sleeves still looked empty, revealing his arms that were almost skin and bones.

After thinking about it, it seemed that he had not eaten the meat grilled by the guards and Lu Mingke in the past few days, and he did not have a storage ring on his hand. Even if he put the dry food in his sleeves, he probably did not put much in it.

Pei Ye was about to get up when he saw a girl next to him handing him an oil bag. He looked into her eyes and saw no sympathy, only a calm expression.

"Try it? I think it tastes pretty good."

He took it, picked up the cake and tasted a piece: "...so sweet."

"Is it sweet?" Shen Mian wondered, "I think it's just right."

Pei Ye said nothing as he ate bit by bit. It was indeed very sweet. He had never eaten such sweet pastries before... To be honest, he had never eaten pastries before. But even so, he still felt that the taste in his mouth was too sweet, which made him particularly uncomfortable.

Shen Mian handed over another water bag: "It's clean. By the way, how old are you this year?"

"Just turned fifteen."

Shen Mian's eyes suddenly lit up: "Then you are younger than me! Hahaha, finally I met someone younger than me!"

She laughed happily. Pei Ye was puzzled. What was there that made her happy about being younger than her?

He asked this, and Shen Mian only showed a sad face and said in a deep tone: "You don't understand."

Obviously, according to her age in her previous life, she should have been the oldest, but she traveled through time to the body of the young and chronically malnourished Shen Simian, who looked even less than fifteen years old.

Every time she went out dressed as a man, people would call her "little brother". Luo Xu would also always bring up her age, saying that she was the youngest of the four, which Shen Mian hated.

Whether it was the maids and servants in the courtyard, or Pan Xia Weian, or even Lu Mingke and others, they were all older than her. Shen Mian always felt it was strange. She was obviously considered to be an adult here, but why was it that every time she went out, she always met people older than her.

After finally meeting someone younger than her, Shen Mian finally found some comfort.

"You are younger than me, so you can call me sister." Shen Mian smiled, his eyes curved, and his tone was seductive, "Come on, call me one and let me hear it."

Pei Ye glanced at her and said, "We are not the same kind of people."

"Why not go together? We've been walking together for so many days." Shen Mian squatted beside him and watched him eat. "Come on, call someone so I can hear it. You can come to me if you encounter trouble in the academy in the future."

Pei Ye paused while eating, slowly raised his head, and looked directly into Shen Mian's slightly expectant eyes. Some emotions emerged in his dark eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Do you know what a Gu Master is?"

"I know. It's very powerful and hard to defend against. However..." She paused, raised the corners of her mouth, and revealed a confident smile, "I have a skill that is also hard to defend against."

He suddenly asked: "Do you think Gu Masters are evil?"

"That's strange." Shen Mian smiled, "Although I don't like bugs very much, no one says that people who use bugs are bad people."

Pei Ye stared into her eyes as if trying to determine the credibility of her words, but he could not see any calculation in those bright eyes, only frankness and casualness.

"You want to be my sister?"

"Ah?" Shen Mian was stunned. She just wanted to hear him call her sister to satisfy her ear addiction, but... "If you want, it's not impossible."

"Sister." The young man spoke softly. His low and hoarse voice seemed to tremble a little. His obsidian eyes were filled with a captivating cold light, and at this moment, they were filled with some emotions that Shen Mian could not understand.

She thought he was just shy and smiled: "Okay! Follow me from now on!"

She stood up and walked forward, holding his wrist and walking back, and even felt that the bones in his wrist were a little bit painful.

Unexpectedly, before we reached the camp, we heard a commotion over there, with voices and screams mixed together with hurried footsteps.

Shen Mian faintly heard someone calling her and Pei Ye's names.