Peach Blossom Land On Longyin Island Chapter 68
bywho are you?
The boy in red stood blankly in the courtyard, surrounded by An Linmian, An Mai, and An Tu.The expressions of the three of them ranged from doubt to shock and back to confusion.
An Linmian circled around the young man, sizing him up with a slight frown. After a while, he told some people who were embarrassed to express their guesses: “Shunzi, is this friend of yours a fool?”
“Ahem, Sister Mianmian, please keep your voice down.” An Tu quietly tugged on An Linmian’s sleeve and gave her a look.
If you were an ordinary person, you would be a little bit emotional if you were called a fool, but when this young man heard that he was called a fool, he didn’t react at all. His eyes were only fixed on Anshun, as if he didn’t hear it.
An Mai also frowned and observed the young man, and asked, “Ashun, how much do you know about him?”
Anshun shook his head: “I don’t know. I picked him up in the snow last winter. He was freezing to death. I took him to a nearby ruined temple and lit a fire to help him keep warm. He has been like this since he woke up, neither talking nor expression. I took him to a nearby village.I looked for relatives, but no one knew him, and he kept following me without saying a word. I had no choice but to take him with me. I also took him to see a doctor.The doctor said that there was nothing wrong with his body, and that he might have been possessed by an evil spirit and had his soul taken away. He asked him to find a master to exorcise the evil spirit.”
“Then have you found the master?” An Ran asked curiously. In the past, he would have said that feudal superstition was undesirable, but now he would not.
“Let me take a look.” After saying that, Anmai stepped forward and took the young man’s hand to check his pulse.The young man did not resist, and allowed Anmai to pull his wrist, and moved his eyes away from Anshun to Anmai.
An Mai smiled lightly and said, “Don’t be afraid, we all call Ashun’s friends.” The young man blinked, but there was still no reaction on his face.
Anshun continued the previous topic: “Looking for it, one day I met a Taoist priest setting up a stall on the street. The man charged me one hundred taels of silver and gave me a piece of talisman paper, saying that he would burn it into ashes and let him drink it.”
“It’s useless?” An Ran asked.
Anshun nodded: “After drinking and sleeping for a whole day and a night, I woke up still like this. If I go to the Taoist priest the next day, I can’t find that person.”
“…” It seems that he met a liar, An Ran thought to himself.
After Anmai checked the boy’s pulse, he opened his eyelids and said, “The pulse does seem to be fine.” After saying that, he opened the boy’s mouth, pressed the boy’s tongue with the bamboo board he brought with him, and looked inside, “The voice is normal, so he shouldn’t be unable to speak.”
Anshun said: “But I have never heard him speak. He will not make a sound or even react when he is burned.”
Anmai frowned and said, “It sounds like soul-leaving syndrome. I’ve only seen it in books. The main characteristic of soul-leaving syndrome is that the patient loses response to the outside world, like a walking corpse.”
“But he can talk,” An Ran said, “He just spoke, and he said your name.”
Anshun was surprised: “He can talk?”
An Ran and An Xiaoyu looked at each other and nodded: “I asked him who he was looking for, and he said ‘Ashun’.”
Anshun’s eyes widened in shock, and the young man’s empty gaze fell on Anshun again.
“You can talk,” An Linmian murmured, then shouted into the young man’s ear: “Hey, what’s your name?!”
The boy was indifferent.
An Linmian shook the young man’s shoulder again, and the young man slowly shifted his gaze from Anshun to An Linmian.
“What’s your name?” An Linmian shouted at the young man again.
The young man ignored it.
“Sister Mianmian, are you too fierce to scare him?” An Tu looked at the young man and touched his chin.
“You deserve a beating, don’t you? You are the cruel one!” With that said, An Linmian slapped Antu on the head.
An Tu covered his head and glanced at An Linmian with a lowered eyebrow. He dared to be angry but dared not say anything. Then he returned his gaze to the young man and said with a pinched voice: “Brother, what is your name?”
The young man remained motionless.
An Linmian sneered and retorted: “I think you are disgusting.”
“…”
Antu covered his mouth silently.
The young man turned to look at Anshun again. Anshun hesitated and asked, “What… is your name?”
The young man blinked and said nothing.
A group of people looked at each other, looked at each other, and all looked at An Ran.
An Ran scratched his head and patted the young man’s shoulder. The young man slowly looked at An Ran. An Ran looked at the young man and asked softly: “What’s your name?”
Several people stared at the young man with bated breath, but the young man still did not respond.
An Ran glanced at An Xiaoyu blankly, scratched his head, thought for a while, then looked at the young man, looked into his eyes, and said warmly: “Who are you looking for?”
Several people stared at the young man without blinking.
After a while, the young man moved his lips, looked into An Ran’s eyes, and softly uttered two words: “Ashun.”
“Huh—I’ll just tell you!” An Ran breathed a long sigh of relief and clapped her hands and said, “He can talk, but the way you ask is wrong. You have to look into his eyes and ask him. Have you never heard of a saying, eyes are the windows to the soul~”
“I’ll try too. I’ll try too.” An Tu’s eyes gleamed with excitement. He squeezed in front of An Ran, stared into the young man’s eyes with burning eyes, and asked, “What’s your name?”
After waiting for a long time, the boy showed no response.
“Does he understand that sentence?” An Tu refused to give up and stared into the young man’s eyes again, asking slowly one word at a time: “Who are you looking for?”
After waiting for a long time, there was silence.
The light in Antu’s eyes disappeared and he silently retreated to the side.
An Linmian sneered, stepped in front of the young man, bent over and stared into the young man’s eyes and repeated An Tu’s questions word for word, and received the same treatment as An Tu.
An Linmian: “…” retreated.
In the next quarter of an hour, Anmai, Anshun, and even An Xiaoyu all became curious. They took turns to fight, but they didn’t hear a word from the young man, not even a move of his lips.
The group of people looked at each other again and looked at An Ran.
An Ran was also very confused. He walked towards the young man hesitantly, stared into the young man’s eyes, and asked slowly: “Who are you?” After speaking, he stared closely at the young man’s lips.
After a while, the young man’s lips moved. The group’s eyes widened at the same time, and they waited with bated breath for the young man’s answer. However, the young man’s lips only moved slightly and did not make any sound. Soon, they returned to stillness.
Disappointment appeared on several people’s faces.An Ran looked around blankly and asked again, but this time the boy didn’t even move his lips.
An Ran refused to give up and asked seven or eight times in various tones and expressions, but the young man refused to speak.
After another round of troubles, they were finally at the end of their rope. The group of people sat around the young man and stared at each other.
“Mai Zi, do you think he can be cured?” Metaphysics didn’t work, so An Ran returned to the embrace of medicine.
Anmai shook his head helplessly: “I’ve only seen it in books, but the book didn’t write about how to cure soul-leaking syndrome, nor how it was caused.”
Jianzheng may have a way to cure it.
For some reason, An Ran suddenly thought of the mysterious Si Tianjian Jianzheng again.He didn’t know much about the Si Tian Jian Zheng whom he had never met before, but he always had a strange intuition that the Jian Zheng was not an ordinary person. Maybe he really knew the secrets of heaven, had the ability to bring order to chaos, and also had the ability to summon souls and cure the young man’s soul-leaving syndrome.
An Ran thought this, but didn’t say it out loud. He didn’t want to mention Si Tian Jian Zheng in front of An Xiaoyu.An Ran subconsciously wanted to see An Xiaoyu, but out of the corner of his eye, he spotted An Mai first.
An Mai glanced at him lightly, then quickly looked away.
It seemed that Anmai had also thought of it, but Anmai also did not speak.
An Ran looked at An Mai and couldn’t help but try to figure out what An Mai was thinking.An Linmian was very nervous and would say whatever came to his mind.Antu has a simple mind and his thoughts are written on his face.Anshun doesn’t speak, but he is straightforward and acts based on his feelings.Only Anmai doesn’t talk much and always has a smile on his face, but he is the most difficult person to guess his thoughts among the others.
Among the four, Anshun is the eldest, the same age as An Linmian, and Antu is the youngest.Anmai is one year younger than Anshun and Anlinmian, and one year older than Antu. In terms of age, Anmai is not the oldest, but the other three listen to Anmai’s words because Anmai is the smartest among them.
An Ran felt that anything he could think of, An Mai could also think of. Originally, the difference between them was only the information gap, but now, there is no information gap between them, and he confessed everything about him.
So, has Anmai also thought of that problem?
So, did she choose to avoid that problem temporarily like him?
Therefore, he did not mention Jianzheng, and she did not mention Jianzheng.
What about An Linmian and An Tu?After that day of silence, they treated him as before. Was it because they didn’t expect it, or because Anmai had told him?
An Ran looked at An Linmian and An Tu in turn. The two stared at the boy in red curiously, poking the boy with his hands and feet from time to time to test the boy’s reaction.
The young man just looked at Anshun with dull eyes.
Does Anshun know about Jianzheng’s existence?An Ran couldn’t help but guess what Anshun was thinking. If Anshun knew about it, Anshun… would definitely find Jianzheng at all costs and bring Anle back, right?
Anshun, Anmai, An Linmian, Antu, father, mother… what will they think when they know that Anle can come back?
These days, An Ran couldn’t help but try to figure out what they were thinking, but he didn’t dare to think about it.
Gulu~ A loud sound of hunger brought An Ran’s thoughts back to reality.
“The little mute is hungry.” Before An Ran found the source of the sound, An Linmian revealed the answer first, “It turns out he can be hungry too.”
The sun was setting, and a group of people had been sitting here for half the afternoon. An Ran came to his senses and said, “Let the kitchen cook, and have some snacks first.”
A servant brought tea and snacks, and a group of people stared at the young man closely.The exquisite pastries were placed in front of the young man, but his eyes did not fall on the pastries.
“Eat, aren’t you hungry?” Seeing that the boy didn’t move, An Linmian couldn’t help but urge.
The young man remained motionless until Anshun picked up a piece of snack, handed it to the young man, and said, “Eat it.”
The young man took the snack from Anshun’s hand and slowly ate it expressionlessly.
Several people looked at Anshun strangely, and An Linmian said: “What’s wrong, Shunzi? He doesn’t dare to eat if you don’t let him? Are you so strict with him?”
Anshun sighed softly and said: “He used to only eat the food that was put into his hands. Now he is getting better. If you tell him that he can eat, he will eat it.”
Several people looked at the young man in surprise, An Tu said: “If you don’t tell him that he can eat, will he starve to death?”
Anshun shook his head in distress: “I haven’t tried it before. He doesn’t say he’s hungry, he doesn’t say he’s thirsty, he doesn’t say he’s sleepy…”
An Linmian’s eyes widened: “Why don’t you talk about going to the latrine?!”
Anshun’s expression froze and he said, “I learned about it later…”
“Hiss—” Several people gasped in unison and looked at Anshun with complicated eyes, showing both admiration and sympathy.
Anshun rubbed his temples with a headache and sighed, “We can’t just watch him die.”
Anmai patted Anshun on the shoulder and said softly: “I will think of a solution again.”
Anshun nodded, a smile appeared on his face, and said: “Fortunately you are here, I didn’t know what to do with him.”
“Hehehe,” suddenly sneered. An Linmian looked at Anshun indifferently and said, “You remembered us when you needed us. Why didn’t you think of us when you left?”
Anshun lowered his head and remained silent.
An Linmian stood up and said coldly: “Your friend, you can figure it out yourself. Maizi, Tutu, let’s go.” After that, An Linmian walked away with a cold face without looking back.Anmai suddenly put on a smiling expression, stood up, and said, “Mianmian is right, you abandoned us first.” After that, he left.
An Tu looked at the backs of the two people who left, then looked at Anshun, stood up hesitantly, and said hesitantly: “Brother Ashun… The first rule of friendship is to face difficulties together. It was you who made the mistake first…”
The three people left one after another, and Anshun looked at the direction in which the three people left with a dark expression.
“They live in Wutong Garden.” After a while, An Xiaoyu said softly, “You still have your room.”
Anshun’s eyes lit up and he stood up and said, “Then I’ll go back first.” Anshun stood up, and the boy in red also stood up immediately.Anshun left, and the boy in red immediately followed.
An Xiaojin, who had been lying on An Ran’s footsteps, suddenly stood up, wagging his tail and ran after the boy in red.
The courtyard that was full just now suddenly became empty, with only An Ran and An Xiaoyu left.An Ran poured a cup of tea silently and drank the tea silently.
“Ran Ran.” An Xiaoyu grabbed An Ran’s wrist and shouted softly.
An Ran breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at An Xiaoyu, and said warmly: “Lu Qian, Uncle Kong said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent wedding clothes. Let’s go try on the wedding clothes.”