Let's walk together for the rest of our lives. If the host says to leave, she will leave.

Jiang Nian sat up and rubbed his stomach, looking at Gu Ling without saying a word.

He originally planned to go out to see if Gu Ling was still outside. As soon as he stood up, he saw a vague dark shadow at the window. As soon as he approached, he was hit by Sister Gu who fell from the sky.

The wind made the window whistle, and the rain was blown in and fell on Gu Ling. Gu Ling turned the bowl in his arms upside down on his head to block the rain and leaned against the wall.

"I'll go out when the rain stops. I won't take up any space."

Most of her body was soaked by the rain, her hair stuck to her cheeks, and she stood straight against the wall with a chipped bowl on her head.

He is indeed a fool.

Jiang Nian thought.

Jiang Nian reached out to Gu Ling: "Come here, I'll take you out of the rain."

Gu Ling saw the concern beneath the disdain in the boy's eyes, and walked over to him and handed him his hand.

Jiang Nian complained again, showing that he had no vigilance at all.

Jiang Nian took Gu Ling to where he slept: "Go to sleep, don't run around, or I'll throw you out."

Jiang Nian slept against the wall, and Gu Ling lay down obediently. Jiang Nian slept on the outside. If Gu Ling wanted to leave, he had to step over him. If others wanted to touch Gu Ling, they would wake him up first.

Jiang Nian didn't even realize that he was relieved when he saw Gu Ling appear in front of him safely. His tense nerves relaxed and he fell asleep quickly.

Jiang Nian covered Gu Ling with his tattered quilt and used his body to cover him, hiding Gu Ling tightly. No one noticed that there was a little guy in the dilapidated temple.

Jiang Nian slept too late the night before, and when he got up, there was no one else in the dilapidated temple.

Gu Ling woke up early and squatted beside Jiang Nian to look at him.

The boy’s face was dirty and his clothes were tattered, but he did not have the sour smell of other beggars, and the areas covered by his clothes revealed clean, fair skin.

The most important thing is that there is spiritual energy fluctuation in his body. He is a cultivator. No wonder he ran so fast last time.

But shouldn't people with spiritual roots go to a sect to cultivate? He is living in such a miserable state that he is actually a beggar here.

Jiang Nian was startled by Gu Ling when he woke up. He hurriedly backed away with his hands. When he saw that it was Gu Ling, he breathed a sigh of relief, then cursed, "Are you sick? Why are you staring at me?!"

"sorry."

Jiang Nian rolled his eyes and said, "Sorry, sorry, you are being polite."

Jiang Nian stared at Gu Ling for a while, then bent one leg, put his hand on his knee, and raised his chin: "Little boy, you have to answer my questions, and you are not allowed to lie. Do you hear me?"

Gu Ling nodded, Jiang Nian frowned: "Speak."

"Oh."

"What's your name? Why are you here? Where are your elders?"

"My name is Gu Ling. I only have one master. My master told me to experience the warmth and coldness of human nature here and come to pick me up when I want to go back."

Okay, I understand, the child was abandoned.

Bah! What a lousy master, even lying to children.

Jiang Nian changed his posture and sat cross-legged: "You have been deceived. Your master doesn't want you anymore."

Gu Ling shook his head: "My master would not lie."

"I'm serious, I'm not lying."

Gu Ling stared at him for a while, and Jiang Nian felt a chill on his back. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Gu Ling say, "I don't know if you are a liar or not, but you are robbing people."

Jiang Nian choked and heard Gu Ling continue to say: "Give me back the money."

Jiang Nian pretended to be dumbfounded: "What money? Don't slander me. I'm leaving, don't follow me."

Jiang Nian walked out of the dilapidated temple and looked back, and found that Gu Ling actually didn't catch up with him.

Gu Ling originally wanted to catch up, but her clothes were sticky and uncomfortable. She slept in wet clothes all night yesterday. Fortunately, she was not an ordinary person, otherwise she would have caught a cold long ago.

The quilt I covered her with yesterday was also wet. If you didn’t know better, you would think she wet the bed.

The clouds have cleared and the rain has stopped. Today the sun is shining brightly. Gu Ling carried Jiang Nian's quilt outside the dilapidated temple, found a few wooden sticks, stuck them in the ground, and put the quilt up there to bask in the sun.

There was a small river near the dilapidated temple. Gu Ling carried his broken bowl and went to the river to take a bath.

After taking a shower, I washed my clothes, hung my outer clothes aside, then put on my wet inner clothes and found a big rock to lie on.

Gu Ling lay on his back on a rock with his arms and legs spread out to receive the sun's rays. When he was almost exposed to the sun, he turned over.

On the other side, Jiang Nian rarely stayed in the city until night before returning. He hurriedly bought a few meat buns and put them in his arms. From afar, he saw his quilt drying in the sun in the yard.

He walked closer and saw that the quilt was supported by several wooden roots, most of which were buried in the ground. He had no idea how this was done.

There were only a few small footprints around the wooden stick. Jiang Nian frowned and walked quickly into the ruined temple.

There was no one in the dilapidated temple, and Jiang Nian came out again.

It rained yesterday and the soil was soft, leaving obvious traces of footprints. Jiang Nian followed the footprints and found the river.

There were a lot of clothes on the pebbles by the river, which were not yet dry. A barefoot child was lying on a boulder, and a pair of shoes and socks were placed not far away.

Jiang Nian's heart tightened. Did he fall into the water? Is he okay?

He hurried forward and saw that the child had turned over from a prone position to a supine position.

Jiang Nian: "What's going on with you?"

Gu Ling replied: "Sunbathing."

"Are you sure you didn't fall into the water?"

"I washed my clothes while taking a shower."

Jiang Nian breathed a sigh of relief, took out a bun from his arms and handed it to Gu Ling: "Do you want to eat it?"

Gu Ling sat up, eating the buns in small bites, looking gentle and refined.

Jiang Nian looked around, and Gu Ling suddenly moved a little to the side, patted the stone with his hands, and motioned Jiang Nian to sit down.

Jiang Nian sat next to Gu Ling, picked up a bun and started eating.

He bought three buns. Gu Ling was small and ate one, while he ate two.

Although Gu Ling looked delicate while eating, he was not slow. He finished one bun quickly and reached out to take Jiang Nian's bun.

Jiang Nian raised his hand: "What for?"

Gu Ling said confidently: "I bought the buns with my own money, so what if I eat one more?"

"You're so young, but how can you eat so much? No wonder your master doesn't want you." His words were as hurtful as ever, but he gave the bun to Gu Ling.

Gu Ling finished eating the buns before speaking: "My master will not abandon me. When I want to leave, he will come to pick me up."

Jiang Nian obviously didn't believe it: "You don't even have enough food to eat and you still don't want to leave? Isn't it just that the master doesn't want you anymore? It's no big deal. Don't be so stubborn at such a young age."

Gu Ling snorted, "I have something to do here, you don't understand."

Jiang Nian laughed at her: "Hey, what can you do?"

"I want money from you."

Jiang Nian stopped talking.