Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

"He hasn't been out for three months? Could he be dead in there?"

Hu Qi, leaning on a cane, struggled to stand. He looked at the small room in front of him with disdain, stroking his chin and asking in confusion, "It's been so long since we've heard anything, why don't you go in and take a look?"

A disciple quickly stepped forward to help him, but Hu Qi pushed him away: "Go away, I can do it myself."

The disciple withdrew his hand in frustration. Chen Rongrong glanced at him, then continued working on the blueprint in her hand. She replied, "He won't die. He's eating the food I sent him. He just doesn't want to go out. Let him go."

Hu Qi raised his hand to cover his mouth and asked softly, "Is he too heartbroken? Or is he too afraid to go out after being beaten by you?"

Chen Rongrong looked up and rolled her eyes at him, saying, "Why would I hit him? He was going to die, and Ruchen would rather sacrifice himself to save him. If I hit him, wouldn't that be going against Ruchen's last wish? I'm not stupid."

Hu Qi curled his lips and said, "Then he probably just doesn't want to go out. I heard that as soon as he woke up, he released the elders from prison and arranged for his disciples to reinforce the barrier designed by Ruchen to prevent thieves from stealing our treasures. He can arrange it so well in an instant, I don't think he is that serious."

Chen Rongrong sighed, looked at Hu Qi, and said softly, "Sadness doesn't always show on your face. Fortunately, he made timely arrangements. After Ruchen's death, Wangshuiling suffered almost no losses. However, the immortal sects outside were in chaos again."

Hu Qi was surprised and said, "It's rare to see you praise him. You used to mock him every time you saw him. Could it be that because Si Hongyin's injury at Wuzijian hasn't healed yet, you've also become fond of Guan Shanyu? But he killed Ruchen, who was a burden."

Chen Rongrong glanced at him and said, "Did I praise him? Ruchen acted for the greater good. Guan Shanyu is simply too stupid, indecisive, and poorly chosen. He resorted to such self-sacrifice for justice. Doesn't he know that Ruchen wouldn't watch him die?"

Hu Qi remained silent, turned around with his cane, and slowly took a few steps forward. The sun was setting, its afterglow bathing the earth. On the distant hillside, Jin Yu was pushing Gu Yu, who was in a wheelchair, in the sun. Hu Qi stared at him for a moment, then suddenly whispered, "But do you remember what he said last time?"

Chen Rongrong put down her pen, looked up at him, and asked, "What?"

Hu Qi, facing the sun, looked at Chen Rongrong with a serious expression, "He said Ruchen would come back. Do you think that's true?"

Chen Rongrong faced the setting sun, squinting her eyes slightly. After a moment of contemplation, she chuckled softly, "I don't know much about their relationship. I don't even understand why Ruchen went from hating him to being close to him. Perhaps there's some connection between them that we don't understand. He said he would come back, so maybe it's really possible."

Upon hearing this, Hu Qi looked at her quietly, and the scene of the day when they woke up and Guan Shanyu immediately sent people to the Wuzijian hunting ground to search for him emerged in his mind, but they found nothing, not even a trace of a ghost or spiritual power, not even a trace of bones being ground into powder.

How could it possibly come back?

Hu Qi smiled bitterly, but still nodded, saying, "People always rely on hope to survive. You should also persuade him to go out for a walk. He's been cooped up in the house all the time, and I'm afraid he'll get moldy soon."

Upon hearing this, Chen Rongrong picked up a letter on the table, raised it, and said, "He should be out in two days. Someone sent him an invitation."

Hu Qi frowned and asked, "Who sent him the invitation?"

Chen Rongrong replied, "Palace Master Li's daughter is getting married on the sixth of this month."

The climate in the Yuchen Central Plains is considerably warmer than that in Wangshuiling. It's midsummer, so there's inevitably more rain. But once the rain has flown in, tender green shoots burst forth from the soil like bamboo shoots in spring. Once the rain has subsided, the sun shines at its brightest, and the summer flowers that cover the mountain are at their most vibrant.

Standing at any position in Wangshuiling, looking from afar, you can see flowers all over the mountains, blooming as red as Danxia.

Guan Shanyu himself didn't know how long he had been in the house.

After arranging everything he could imagine and predict, he never left the house again.

He and Yan Ruchen had shared a bed in this room many nights, both polite and courteous, each sleeping on their own side, a simple "Chu River and Han River" separating them for sleep. While waiting for Yan Ruchen's return, to pass the time and avoid replaying every detail of their time together, Guan Shanyu chose to sleep.

His little house was a standard ancient structure, and compared to the newer buildings on Wangshuiling, it looked particularly ordinary. Sometimes, while lying in bed, Guan Shanyu would think that if a book titled "Appreciation of Architectural Complexes in the Cultivation World" were published, this little house would definitely not be ranked among the top, and there was no chance of it being included at all.

But after staying there for a few nights, he changed his mind.

He felt that if this house was not ranked, it must be because the person who revised the document lacked vision.

The reason was that Guan Shanyu originally planned to sleep for a whole year, thinking that it would be best if he opened his eyes to see Yan Ruchen standing at the door with a golden glow, holding a sword. Whether he wanted to settle the score with him or hug him, he just wanted to see him as soon as possible.

However, humans cannot hibernate and cannot remain dormant forever, so after sleeping for three days, Guan Shanyu could no longer fall asleep.

He began to wander around the spacious room.

The first time, he squatted behind the screen, staring at the brand new big bathtub for a whole night, and then he discovered that there was a secret passage hidden under the bathtub. Out of curiosity, he walked down the secret passage and found a basement.

The basement was clean, almost empty except for a few cabinets. But when he opened the cabinets, he was shocked. They were filled with intact food, clothes, self-defense weapons, poison, etc. wrapped in paper bags.

It seems to be a shelter built to defend against enemy invasion.

Guan Shanyu looked at the bag full of dried fruits, biscuits, beef jerky and other food, so he stayed in the basement for another three days.

The second time, after he came up from the basement and lay on the bed to continue sleeping, he accidentally touched something at the head of his bed. He didn't know what happened, the roof suddenly split into two and slowly moved to both sides.

Guan Shanyu subconsciously jumped off the bed, but when he looked up, he saw that although the roof was split open, the fallen leaves and dust outside did not float in through the gap. Upon closer inspection, he saw a faint golden light flashing.

It's a barrier.

But apart from this, when Guan Shanyu looked up, he saw hundreds of billions of stars hanging quietly in the vast sky on this clear night.

The third time, Guan Shanyu turned over in bed and accidentally saw three thin ropes tied to the door panel of his room.

One blue, one green, and one white.

He stared at it curiously for a while, then finally jumped out of bed and pulled one of the sticks.

Before he let go of the rope, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing outside the door. Although he didn't want to go out, he still turned the doorknob out of curiosity.

A tiny light shone in from outside the door and fell into Guan Shanyu's eyes. He carefully opened the door a little wider, and saw in front of him, the entire starry sky was reflected on the shimmering water in front of him, as if the galaxy had merged into a deep blue, and the low sound of waves was quietly lapping in the distance.

Before Guan Shanyu could react, the sea breeze, with its salty and humid scent, gently brushed across his sore eyes.

There is a sea in front.

It is not an illusion or a dream, but a bay with beautiful scenery and excellent views.

I don’t know how Yan Ruchen did it, but when he pulled a thin rope that seemed to be tied casually in front of the door, he saw the sea.

So, driven by curiosity, he pulled the second and third ones.

Green took him to an endless grassland. Away from the desolation of winter, in the spring, endless emerald green fields grew, and cattle and sheep dotted among the green.

Bai Se took him to the top of a high mountain, where he saw mountains surrounding it and clear waters of five lakes. In the vast sky and earth, clouds and mist were like a shy girl, quietly covering the mountains and rivers.

These places should be places that Yan Ruchen had visited before. Perhaps he came across them by chance while begging when he was young, or perhaps they were places where he stopped many times when he was practicing as a teenager.

There is always a time difference in the distance between people, but the dawn and dusk, day and night, mountains and oceans that he had seen, all of these beautiful scenes fell into Guan Shanyu's eyes one day with a few thin ropes.

But there is no one who revised and included the architectural documents, nor is there anyone who built this ingenious house.

There is only one gangster, Shen Shen, who stays here all day and is unwilling to face reality.

But today, he still needs to go out.

Sometimes Guan Shanyu feels that he is lucky. Many people are dead after they die, but he has the opportunity to experience the plot in his own book and live again. He realizes belatedly that he actually gets along well with someone. Even if this person dies, he knows there is still a chance to meet again. He is much luckier than those who wait indefinitely.

The time of waiting is not painful, because the longer you wait, the more precious the moment of meeting will be.

What's more, there is a chance to attend the wedding of one of his "loyal" readers.

Guan Shanyu hadn't taken care of himself for several months. Not only was his hair messy, but stubble also appeared on his chin. From a distance, he looked no different from a homeless person picking up rubbish on the street.

But since today was a special occasion, he decided to dress up a bit, at least to make himself look respectable. After all, he and Baka-chan came from the same world, and he was considered her "family."

Ancient wedding ceremonies were formal and swift. They consisted of the bride being ushered into the house, firecrackers being set off, elders recounting the story of how the couple met, and then the ceremony. The bride was then escorted to the bridal chamber, and the guests were seated for dinner. The groom toasted at each table, followed by a maid carrying a flower basket and collecting money.

Li Suyin was wearing a red veil throughout the whole process. Even though Guan Shanyu was standing in the front row, he couldn't see how she was dressed today, let alone go up and say a few words of blessing in person.

The groom was Chen Boqiao, the blind date that Li Suyin had introduced him to. He was a man of good character and appearance, but he had a poor alcohol tolerance. He was already tipsy after just two tables of drinks. Fortunately, two servants helped him block the wine so that he did not get completely drunk.

Guan Shanyu chewed the food and thought that he really needed someone's help, otherwise how could he have the wedding night with the drunk groom?

Chen Boqiao's family was a prestigious family of high-ranking officials, and their guests were all either wealthy or noble, raising exceptionally well-educated children. Whether they were teenagers or young children, they all sat quietly at their seats, dazed and absent-minded, eating without running around or making any noise. As a result, the scene was lively yet not noisy.

The only thing that made Guan Shanyu feel a little uncomfortable was that there were many wealthy people present, and the gifts were naturally very generous.

Guan Shanyu looked at the thick stack of silver bills in each of their hands, which they were about to give as gifts, and then looked at the thin red envelope in his own hand, feeling a little reluctant to give it.

I should have prepared more earlier.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt his shoulder sink, and someone put his hand on his shoulder. Guan Shanyu looked back and saw Su Yi, who had a missing front tooth, grinning at him.

"I heard you haven't been out for a few months. I thought I wouldn't see you today. I didn't expect you to support my sister so much."

Su Yi grinned, and greeted him indistinctly through his leaky teeth. Guan Shanyu politely stood up and pulled a stool over for him. After Su Yi sat down, Guan Shanyu asked with concern: "You haven't got your tooth fixed yet?"