The heavy rain poured down, like jade beads falling on the plate, hitting the eaves of the Dragon King Temple in Wupan City.

"Bless the Dragon Prince, bless the Dragon Prince."

"Peace every year, worry-free every time."

The boy kneeling on the cushion looked pious. He bowed and bowed, and every move was extremely serious.

In front of him was a statue of a gold-plated dragon king located in the center of a half-man-high divine platform. The statue was wearing a golden robe, stepped on the thunder clouds, with anger and curly beard, with wide eyes, and no anger.

"It's this kid again. I saw him a few days ago. Why do you come every day?"

"He, our famous silly son in Wupan City comes to this Dragon King Temple every day, don't you know?"

? "Oh! This child's father was the magistrate of our Wupan City. He was pretty good, but he was just a stubborn mind. The court recognized the position of the Dragon King of Wupan River. He asked him to repair the temple. But he didn't, and he insisted on bringing people to demolish the temple. On the day of construction, the flood flooded Wupan City. But strangely, no one took the water away, and just took the child's parents away. The child was probably frightened. From then on, he came to the Dragon King Temple to pray every day, which was to atone for his parents." At the door of the temple, several women who were blocked by heavy rain stood under the eaves, talking about old things that only the old Wupan people knew. They were talking a lot, as if they could keep talking.

The rain was still falling, and there was no sign of being small, but the women who were having aroused chat suddenly stopped their voices. At some point, the fool in their mouths had finished their daily prayers and walked to them, staring at them at this moment.

The women dodged awkwardly. As they were about to defeat the boy's eyes, the corner of the boy's mouth suddenly opened and a brilliant smile appeared. Then, before the women could react, he plunged into the dense rain curtain and ran out without looking back.

The woman who came to her senses was still scared of the suffocating atmosphere just now, but she said calmly: "Let me tell me? He is just a fool. Who can't hide from such heavy rain?"

"If the new magistrate Lu hadn't been kind-hearted and saw that he had taken him alone, he would have starved to death on the streets. However, magistrate Lu was also a strange man. The court said a few days ago that he would repair the Dragon King Temple. The magistrate of this county did not approve or send money. I guess the dragon king was angry again after the heavy rain these days..."

...

Wei Lai ran in the rain with his head down.

He walked through Ruilong Street and ran into the Mark Alley. The straw sandals stepped on the stone road full of water, one after another. He was soaked, but he seemed to be unaware of it. He just kept covering his chest with one hand, as if there was something extremely important to him.

The sky gradually became a little dark. Although it was summer, the continuous rain made the sky look much more night than it actually was. Wei Lai accelerated the speed and he had to go to Yunlai Academy before You hour - he promised the master that he would go to pick up the lady home today.

The boy who was rushing down and thought this way, and one foot had already stepped into Mozi Lane where Yunlai Academy was. But at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from the shadow of the corner, and pulled it hard, Wei Lai's thin body was pulled into the uninhabited corner at the entrance of the alley without any resistance.

Wei Lai, who was dizzy, looked up at the man, who was also looking down at Wei Lai.

The two eyes collided, and Wei Lai was shocked and immediately lowered his head.

He was a young man with a back and a bear-waisted waist, with tender facial features, but had a burly figure that was extremely inconsistent with his age. At just one glance, Wei Lai recognized him - Sun Daren, the young master of Guanyun Martial Arts Hall in the east of the city.

Wei Lai was obviously quite afraid of the eldest son Sun. His lips trembled: "What...what happened?"

Sun Daren wrapped his hands in front of his chest, staring at Wei Lai with a gloomy face, silent.

Wei Lai was frightened by seeing it. He subconsciously reached out and touched his chest, his eyes wandering around, like a mouse caught by a wild cat, looking for a way to escape.

"What's wrong? Did you hand over the letter I asked you to hand over to Lu Yan'er yesterday?" Sun Daren's voice sounded at that time, interrupting Wei Lai's wandering gaze.

Wei Lai stammered and said, "Take it...I'll bring it."

"Take it?" Sun Daren didn't buy it. He asked with a gloomy face: "Since I brought it, why did I wait in Luoguxiang for three hours yesterday without waiting for Yan'er?"

Wei Lai shrank his head and replied in a low voice: "I brought it with me, but the lady threw it away without looking at it."

Sun Daren's body was as shocked as a hill, as if struck by lightning.

Then he waved his hand suddenly and shouted: "Impossible! It must be your boy who took Zhao Tianyan's benefits and hid the letter privately!"

"No." Wei Lai plucked up his courage to argue, but as soon as he said that he felt something was wrong, and his voice became weaker: "Miss also said that I don't need to bring your letter from now on."

"Why?" Sun Daren asked with wide eyes wide open.

"Because..." Wei Lai seemed to have noticed something wrong, his head shrank again, and the sound in his mouth had reached an inauspicious point: "Miss said, she doesn't want Mr. Zhao to misunderstand..."

This words undoubtedly touched Sun Daren's sore spot. He grabbed Wei Lai's clothes, swung his fist with his other hand, and was about to greet Wei Lai's face.

"Ah!"

But at this moment, a sound came from a distance.

Sun Daren's body suddenly froze. He looked in the sound and saw that a pretty girl wearing a blue long skirt was standing at the entrance of the alley at some point.

She stomped her feet with a flushed face, pointed at Sun Daren and asked, "Sun Daren, are you bullying Alai again?"

Sun Da let go of the hand holding Wei Lai's neck like an electric shock, looked at the girl with a smile on his face and said, "How could that be? We are having fun!"

But the girl did not buy the face of this vicious eldest son Sun from Wupan City. She walked up to the two of them, pulled Wei Lai's hand and said, "Ah! Let's go!"

Mr. Sun, who was still arrogant just now, opened his mouth and called Ju Yan'er in a low voice, but could not get any response. He could only stand alone in the rain and stare at the two of them away.

...

"Miss! Aren't we going home?"

Standing on the banks of the Wupan River, Wei Lai looked at Lu Yan'er squatting on the ground and facing him with his back, and asked in a low voice.

The girl picked up the stones on the ground and threw them into the river. A circle of ripples appeared in the rushing river water, but in a blink of an eye, she was flooded by the surging river waves.

"Miss?"

"Miss?"

Wei Lai called out a few more times, but still couldn't get a response. He seemed to have some insight and asked softly: "Are you mad at me?"

At that time, Lu Yan'er finally turned her head. She rolled her eyes at Wei Lai who knew she was late and asked, "You know that Sun Daren is going to cause trouble for you these days, why do you have to walk on that road?"

Wei Lai blinked and responded without thinking: "I want to take the lady home."

"I have my own legs. Can't I go home if you don't pick me up?" Lu Yan'er responded angrily.

After hearing this, the boy of Muling suddenly changed his face to a solemn look. He said seriously: "Miss, the master said that Wupan City is built on the water, located at the height of the cathode. There were wars in the early years. Most of the corpses were hidden at the bottom of the river, which were very easy to produce filthy things. The lady is also a mysterious water body, which is easy to provoke these monsters in the water. In addition, the rain has been raining recently, and the evil evil can also take advantage of the opportunity, so I have to follow the lady and protect the lady..."

Before Wei Lai finished speaking, Lu Yan'er's face showed an impatient look.

Bang.

The girl suddenly let go of her hand holding the umbrella handle, and the white oil-paper umbrella fell on the riverside paved with pebbles.

The girl's hands were spread out, her palms were facing up, and she held them slightly.

"Miss?" Wei Lai was a little confused and was about to ask the girl what she was going to do, but before she could say anything, Wei Lai's pupils suddenly dilated, and the words to his mouth were swallowed back by him at that time.

He saw Lu Yan'er's blue long skirt fluttering, and the black hair on his forehead slightly raised.

clang!

A light sound spread out in the rain curtain, and a blue light appeared on Lu Yan'er's chest. It was a blue disc carved with inscriptions that were gently floating like flowing water. Under the blue light, the raindrops falling from the sky around the girl's body, like time stopped, were suspended in the air, reflecting the twilight shot into the gaps in the evening clouds. The raindrops were crystal clear and distinctive.

A smile appeared on the corner of Lu Yan'er's mouth, and the breath around her condensed, and the raindrops turned into flying lights and burst out like an order.

They brushed against Wei Lai's face, and the quilt on Wei Lai's forehead was raised, but before he could come to his senses, the raindrops passed over Wei Lai and blasted into the river behind him, causing layers of ripples.

"Miss! Have you pushed open the first divine gate?" After a while, Wei Lai came to his senses as if he had woken up from a dream, and then his face showed a look of surprise and asked Lu Yan'er loudly.

Lu Yan'er restrained her aura, stood in the rain that was gradually getting lighter, raised her head, and said with a proud look on her face: "That's it."

Of course, this kind of pride lasted only for a short while. Soon she raised her face again and stared at Wei and said, "Ala, we are almost sixteen years old. The stories you scared me when you were young are useless."

When Wei Lai said this, his face stagnated. Lu Yan'er also realized that the tone of her speaking seemed to be heavier. She sighed and said, "I have grown up. I can't live forever at the age of eleven or twelve. Do you understand what you are saying about lying to children?"

Wei Lai lowered his head and remained silent.

"On the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, I will go to Wuya Academy with Mr. Zhao in six days." Lu Yan'er said again.

Wei Lai's body, which lowered his head, trembled slightly, and responded in a suffocating voice: "Oh."

"You have to learn to grow up too. If I leave, no one will protect you in Wupan City..."

"Oh" Wei Lai responded again, his head still lowered deeply, so that Lu Yan'er could not see the expression on the boy's face clearly.

But the girl didn't like Wei Lai's dejected look. She felt a little sad and angry at her misfortune. She stamped her feet and said, "I'm going back later today. Mr. Zhao asked me to go to the mansion to study his new "Taiping Yuefu". You can go back first by yourself."

"Oh." The boy responded silently.

Lu Yan'er was so angry that she wanted to say something again that she was swallowed back. She stomped her feet again, leaving with anger that came from some unknown origin.

...

The rain was still falling, and the boy standing by the river with his head down lowered his head and suddenly trembled slightly after the girl's figure completely walked into the city gate.

The boy slowly raised his head, and the night wind blew, lifting his hair. He looked at the rushing river in front of him, but his eyes slowly narrowed.

The golden stream of light lit up from the bottom of his eyes, flowing gently like water waves, and something immediately reflected in his pupils.
Chapter completed!