little spicy jiao

"When Jiaojiao was ten years old, the Yinshen Valley was burned down, and the owner and the elders ran away holding Jiaojiao, far away."

In the quiet attic, a tall and straight man hugged a young child wrapped in fiery red fox fur, pacing slowly in a circle around the room, patted the child's back rhythmically with his slender and broad palms, his eyes were cold , The expression is dull, but the lowered eyes are dark and deep, covering the secret emotions.

Mo Jiaojiao was held face to face by the man in the posture of holding a child, his small soft chest was pressed against the other's warm and firm chest, and his small head was also leaning on the other's shoulder.

The childish black eyes in the past were tightly closed at this moment. He listened to the subtle but steady sound of the man's black and gold boots stepping on the ground, buried his face, and spoke in a low voice and vaguely.

"The owner of the valley ran with Jiaojiao for a long time, and then the elders fell asleep, and the owner of the valley couldn't get up, bleeding a lot. The owner of the valley said that he and the elders became stars, so go home first and wait for me."

After Mo Jiaojiao murmured these words, the little hand placed on the man's heart unconsciously grasped the smooth black brocade, and muttered:

"Jiao Jiao really didn't lie. Today when the owner of the valley spoke, Jiao Jiao remembered a lot of things. The owner of the valley and the elders turned into many stars, and Jiao Jiao saw it. Jiujiu also told Jiao Jiao that the owner of the valley has gone home."

"En." Dugu Jiu's Adam's apple moved, and he replied in a hoarse voice.

He has never told a lie in his life. Since the creation of heaven and earth, he has seen life and death, and he has already honed his firm determination not to be moved by foreign objects in the endless years. There is nothing in the world that can move him. There is no need to go against your heart for anything.

However, facing the child who always insisted that the Yinshengu clan was not dead, he couldn't say a single fact...he could only comfort and comfort the child again and again, saying absurd remarks to deceive the child.

"The owner of the valley is home, Jiao Jiao is going to run away by himself." Mo Jiaojiao was affirmed by the man, and his childish and soft voice finally became lively, and he said full of doubts: "Jiao Jiao has been running for a long time by himself, what For many years, but I don’t know why, Jiao Jiao is still ten years old, the suzerain saw Jiao Jiao last time, and said that I look like five years old. Why am I ten years old and five years old again?”

Dugu Jiu pondered for a while, then said in a low voice: "Jiaojiao was harmed by foreign objects when he transformed into form, and his fate was limited, so he was always ten years old. Then, you left this Sea of ​​Consciousness, and that demon pill...is you The seeds of cherry peppers are empty and have a shell, but the core is missing, and your physique is so weak that you are not as good as an ordinary ten-year-old child, and you look smaller, so Hong Yu said that you are only five years old."

Although others have always known that Mo Jiaojiao is now ten years old, since the child left the Sea of ​​Consciousness, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the child's appearance has been at least twice as small as in the Sea of ​​Consciousness, and it is not as big as a ten-year-old child. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is five years old, it all stems from that incomplete demon pill.

Mo Jiaojiao nodded half-understanding, his forehead was still on the man's shoulder, and he said in a very soft voice: "So Jiaojiao is really ten years old, Jiujiu didn't lie to me, Jiaojiao is not a fool, it is because he is not old enough .”

"En." Dugu Jiu raised his hand to press the warm back of the child's head, stroked along the soft hair, supported the little head that was rubbing against each other with his slightly warm palm, with extremely stable strength, He repeated:

"Jiaojiao is not stupid, it's because you can't grow up. This seat tells you the root cause of your inability to grow up. I hope you understand this. Jiaojiao doesn't care how old you are now, but you need to remember that no matter how old you are , are not mistakes, similarly, no one asks you to grow up."

Even the owner of the Yinshen Valley, the last wish is to hope that the child will know nothing, be happy and healthy, and grow up should be the most beautiful thing naturally, not a burden, not a responsibility.

"But, Jiujiu." Mo Jiaojiao closed his eyes tightly, curled up and buried him in the opponent's arms, he pursed his mouth, and after a long while, he let out a small sob, and said in a soft cry:

"However, Jiao Jiao knew that the owner of the valley has returned home, and the owner of the valley has not come for a long time, Jiao Jiao is afraid, is it because I don't grow up, he and the elders are very disappointed, so they don't come to see Jiao Jiao..."

In the eyes of the child, the Yinshengu clan did not sacrifice, but went back to their hometown to wait for him, but both the owner of the valley and the elders had repeatedly told him to grow up, and he could go back when he grows up.

Such instructions are the heaviest burden for the ignorant Mo Jiaojiao. He doesn't know how to grow up. Besides, the child only foolishly thinks that he will always be ten years old.

In the past, he didn't understand the passage of time, didn't know whether he was growing up or not, so he always thought that he lived in the same year, but his ten years old was special, so it was extremely long.However, it is different now. What the old man said in that painting made Mo Jiaojiao realize a very frightening fact: it is not that time has stopped passing, nor is it that he is born different and will always be ten years old, but that he is different from ordinary people.Coupled with the fact that the old man has not come to pick him up for a long time, growing up has become an extremely urgent matter.

"Jiaojiao didn't do it on purpose." Mo Jiaojiao frowned and whimpered: "Jiaojiao forgot, he didn't remember how to grow up for a long time, and he didn't know that it was wrong to be ten years old, so the owner of the valley got angry and didn't come Look at Jiao Jiao..."

"Nothing." The wet and warm touch slowly came from the shoulder. Dugu Jiu thought for a moment, chose a more understandable explanation, and said: "It is not a mistake for Jiaojiao to be ten years old. The owner of the valley and the elder are equally different Maybe you are to blame. Jiaojiao still remembers what the owner of Yinshen Valley told you in the portrait just now?"

"...Guzhu said," Mo Jiaojiao choked, and opened his eyes in a daze, "If Jiaojiao is happy, he has to eat, sleep, read, and practice every day, and then he grows up and follows Jiujiu. To do things, not knowing what to do."

"So," Dugu Jiu asked in a low voice, "Did he ever blame you?"

"...No." Mo Jiaojiao replied hesitantly, he twisted his body uncomfortably, and said sadly: "But the owner of the valley didn't come..."

Dugu Jiu's footsteps stopped, and his voice was low and firm, "How about I go to find them with you? The Yinshengu family may not be able to visit Jiaojiao for a long time. It's not that they don't want to see you, but they are powerless. Then, my lord Isn't it exactly the same as you are looking for?"

"Is it really possible?" Mo Jiaojiao opened his eyes wide in a daze. He raised his buried face and looked expectantly at the man's long and narrow eyes. The black grape-like eyes glistened with water. There were still tears, but there was a burst of hope, and because the mouth was too nervous, the words were still a little vague. "Can we go to the owner of the valley?"

"Why not?" Dugu Jiu's eyes were calm, and his handsome eyebrows and eyes were illuminated by the radiance of the night pearl. It was rare to find a touch of softness, and a little less of the inherent coldness and indifference.He said slowly: "Jiajiao won't give up lightly, so let's look for it."

Instead of letting the child desperately push himself to grow up in hopeless waiting, it is better to take him to find it together.Although the endless snow-capped mountains have given birth to countless outstanding and astonishing sword cultivators, they also isolate people from the world to a certain extent.Trapped here, even if Mo Jiaojiao grows physically, his mind may not change.

Keep searching all the way, even if you can't see the end, you still have hope, there is no time for cultivation, so what if you search for thousands of years?They will always and will be able to find a passage to the opposite side of the mainland, and by that time, the children will already be sensible, even if they can only take the Yinshengu clan to "return to their roots", they will not suffer from parting every day like they do now.

Before the last ray of life has not been wiped out, there is no need for a man, let alone allow any external force to cut off Mo Jiaojiao's hope.

"Have you ever thought about what you want to do when you come back from the dead?" Dugu Jiu asked for the first time.

"I thought about it..." Mo Jiaojiao raised his head to let the man wipe his tears, and said naively: "I want to find the owner of the valley, the elder, and when I meet Jiujiu, I have to go back to my hometown with Jiujiu. However, Gu The Lord said that if Jiao Jiao wants to cultivate and become a powerful monster, then he must become powerful."

"Is there any more?" Dugu Jiu asked.

Mo Jiaojiao nodded hesitantly, and said aggrievedly: "If it is possible in the future, I want to go back to the Yinshen Valley with Guzhu and Jiujiu. The Yinshen Valley has been burned, but Jiaojiao can replant flowers and grass. Guzhu will Build a house, Elder Squirrel can memorize a lot of books and write very fast, so he can write a lot of books, and build a library, Elder Man-eating Flower can absorb water, so he can make the Sunset Lake look like it was. We have A Hidden God Valley that looks the same."

"En." Dugu Jiu nodded slightly, and said, "Remember, Jiaojiao, we will do it together in the future." His face was solemn, nothing unusual, always calm and reliable.

Finding the tribe, returning to the hometown, rebuilding the homeland, the child's wish is simple and beautiful.Only revenge is missing.

But the man will not deliberately remind Mo Jiaojiao that he can always find a way to do what Mo Jiaojiao can't do, and he doesn't need children to worry about it and worry about it.

"The owner of the valley said a lot, but Jiao Jiao didn't understand." Mo Jiaojiao drooped his head in shame, "Jiao Jiao understands too little, so he can't help Jiujiu."

"It's okay." Dugu Jiu said calmly: "If Jiaojiao remembers something, tell me that what you said is very important."

After the man finished speaking, he began to circle the house with the child in his arms again, comforting Mo Jiaojiao to sleep peacefully again.

He never thought of letting the child bear everything alone. In fact, it is not too difficult to make Mo Jiaojiao ignorant for the rest of his life. The only difference is whether the man wants to do it or not.After all, people who have survived the racial melee since the opening of the Cloud Void Continent have mastered all kinds of strange arts in the world, and it is not impossible to hide some things from children.

The owner of Yinshen Valley knew this from the very beginning, so he asked Mo Jiaojiao to find Dugu Jiu, and there was no other candidate.The man really kept his promise and built a safe and secure "home" for Mo Jiaojiao. No matter what kind of dangers and dangers he faces, no matter how sad the past is, his support has dropped to the lowest level. This is the life of a child. The real guarantee of success.