Xiuxian Work Log

Chapter 103 Wen Lingyun

Wen Lingyun has lived with his grandparents since he was a child and has never seen his parents since he was born.

Whenever he asked about his grandparents, his grandmother would still comb her hair meticulously, wear decent clothes, and wipe the dirt off his face with a handkerchief.

"Xiao Shuang, do you miss your father and mother?"

Wen Lingyun pouted, "They all say I'm a wild child without a father or a mother."

So he knocked out all their teeth, and they should come to complain to the Wen couple tomorrow.

Grandma Wen paused and gently touched Wen Lingyun's head.

"That's because they're ignorant. How can anyone be born without a father and a mother? They didn't pop out of a stone."

"Then..." Five-year-old Wen Lingyun had clean and delicate skin, and her big eyes revealed a hint of hesitation.

"what happened?"

Grandma Wen wiped Wen Lingyun's hands and face clean, raised her eyebrows, knowing that Wen Lingyun had something else in mind, and that this kid might have done something else.

He is young and good-looking, and everyone around him likes him very much. This has created a particularly bad phenomenon. Almost everyone thinks that he is not the one who did bad things.

Who would doubt a cute, sweet, and soft-spoken child? While his peers are all throwing tantrums like mud monkeys, he blinks politely and looks at you eagerly when adults come. If you don't know him, you might think he was forced to go there.

Little did they know that it was always him who gathered the other kids to play together, but because the adults were partial to him, they always ignored his role.

Who were the old couple from the Wen family? Even if Wen Lingyun stuck his butt out, they knew what he was going to say.

"Who did you bully?"

Wen Lingyun hugged Grandma Wen's thighs and acted coquettishly, "I didn't bully them. I was just playing with them. Their teeth fell out on their own."

Grandma Wen pulled Wen Lingyun away, squatted down and looked her in the eye, "Xiao Shuang, tell grandma the truth, okay?"

Wen Lingyun shook off her hand, turned away and didn't look at her, her voice sounding a little aggrieved.

"Who told them to say I have no father or mother?"

Grandma Wen wanted to persuade him not to be so fussy, but she felt sorry for him because he was so young and couldn't be so harsh on him.

She sighed, "Xiao Shuang, is it really important to have parents? Can't grandparents give you what you want?"

Wen Lingyun nodded out of habit at first, but when she saw Grandma Wen in front of her and Grandpa Wen sitting in front of the door, she shook her head vigorously.

"Xiao Shuang just needs grandparents."

Although he wanted a father very much, his grandparents were the ones who stayed with him.

He didn't want to see his grandparents sad.

"Tomorrow you have to come with us to apologize to those you bullied."

"Why are you apologizing?"

"Because you can't just bully other kids just because you're smart. If they say something wrong, you can ask them to apologize or ask their grandparents for help. If you get away with it, they'll still feel the pain. Over time, friends will become enemies, and neighbors will become strangers. Do you think it's worth it?"

Wen Lingyun shook her head and tugged at the corner of her clothes. "I understand. I'll go and apologize myself tomorrow. Grandpa and grandma, you don't have to go."

Grandma Wen was surprised and a little distressed. "How can that be possible? You're talking nonsense again! Your grandpa is not unable to walk. He can eat two bowls of rice at every meal! Let's go together!"

"Grandma~" Wen Lingyun threw herself into Grandma Wen's arms.

……

When Wen Lingyun was six years old, Master Wen fell down and remained ill for three months. His illness came like a mountain and went away like a thread. The whole Wen family went from a place of laughter to a silent film.

Wen Lingyun watched helplessly as his grandfather's illness became more and more serious. In the end, his grandmother simply refused to let him enter his grandfather's room, worried that he would be frightened by seeing his grandfather's condition before he got sick.

In fact, Wen Lingyun saw her grandmother's increasingly haggard face and knew that her grandfather was probably...

Wen Lingyun became more and more silent day by day, and was unwilling to go out. He just sat in front of his grandfather's door and stared blankly.

The lingering rain fell between heaven and earth. Wen Lingyun was a little tired of this damp and sticky feeling. The oppressive and desperate atmosphere surrounded him all the time, and the dark sky foreshadowed an unfortunate disaster.

It was as if God was taking away something important from him.

Grandpa’s illness was cured, and Wen Lingyun’s face was smiling again.

His grandparents pulled him into the house and gave him a jade pendant.

"Xiao Shuang, this is the jade pendant your parents left for you."

Grandma Wen's face was very calm under the candlelight.

Wen Lingyun paused, "Are they still alive?"

The old man shook his head and told Wen Lingyun a story.

A young man from outside the family met the daughter of the Wen family. They fell in love and got married. A year later, they had a son. But after the boy's birth, strange things happened. One person disappeared from the mansion every day, and gradually everyone in the house felt insecure.

"It's often said that strange things like this are likely caused by the presence of a spiritual being. The master and the mistress spent a fortune to ask for help from a spirit being. But the spirit had already known the master and the mistress's plan, and overnight, everyone in the mansion died."

"Where is the monster?" Wen Lingyun pursed her lips.

"The monster was sealed by a master who came from afar."

Grandma Wen sighed, got up and left.

Wen Lingyun touched the jade pendant in her hand and shouted to Grandma Wen's back.

"Is the story over here?"

Wen Lingyun found a literate person in the town and asked him, and found out that the three words "Wen Lingyun" were written on the jade pendant.

The man asked him, "Do you know this person named Wen Lingyun?"

"We know each other now."

Wen Lingyun smiled and ran away, meeting up with other friends in the distance. The man shook his head strangely and continued to talk about his book.

"Last time we talked about that kid who was introduced to Taoism by the old man's help, but he didn't expect that as soon as he returned home, his in-laws sent someone to cancel the engagement..."

In Qingjing Town, people are treated as little adults when they turn ten. They need to learn how to do things and basic interpersonal relationships. Wen Lingyun is only nine years old, but he learns faster and better than his peers.

Because grandparents are old.

The black-clad sister who came from outside and carried a sword always treated him like a child, even though Xiaohu was the child who never grew up.

She could always see through his little thoughts, but she was also very soft-hearted.

"Where did Sister Qingyue come from?"

The girl lying in the rocking chair opened the book that was blocking the sun and thought for a moment.

"A place far, far away with lots of delicious food."

"Can you take me to see it then?"

Lin Qingyue was silent for a moment, then replied, "It might take a long, long time before I can take you there."

"How long is a long time?"

"So long I don't even know when."

……

Looking at the tightly closed door, Wen Lingyun thought of his grandfather's room, which was also tightly closed and silent.