Chapter 109 Green Scales
Xu Haoyu released a burst of momentum that instantly pressed down on everyone, making people tremble with fear and unconsciously separate to the left and right.
After making way for a passage, Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan walked in through the crowd.
Under the gaze of everyone, he walked in front of Qinglin. After noticing someone approaching, Qinglin's body trembled, as if he was afraid of being beaten, and he curled up even more.
Xu Haoyu frowned, then relaxed. He squatted down, stretched out his right hand, and gold coins flew out from his ring one by one, clinking all over the ground. A rough estimate was that there were at least hundreds of them.
Seeing these gold coins, Qinglin's eyes flashed with surprise. He raised his head timidly, looked at Xu Haoyu, and said timidly:
"Do you want to buy me? After I bury my mother, I will be yours. I can do everything, such as washing clothes, cooking and sweeping the floor. As long as there is something to eat, I will be fine. I eat very little, so a little is enough..."
Xu Haoyu said in a gentle voice:
"Let's arrange the funeral for your mother first. As for other things, such as washing clothes, cooking, and sweeping the floor, forget about them. You just need to play with Zi Yan. Also, you are a partner, not a maid. Remember that."
A trace of confusion appeared on Qinglin's little face, as if no one had ever been so kind to her, making her feel a little at a loss.
At this time, someone in the crowd around shouted:
"Young man, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. That person is a disaster. He is the descendant of a snake man, a filthy bastard..."
Before she could finish her words, Zi Yan turned around and glared over. Purple light rose in her eyes and a terrifying energy was released, knocking a group of people to the ground, like rolling gourds, in an extremely embarrassing state.
"Get out of here!"
The faces of these people changed drastically. They knew that these two young-looking guys were not so easy to mess with, so they rolled on the ground and ran away.
In an instant, the place became very empty. Zi Yan ignored those who escaped, turned around and walked towards Qing Lin, pulled him up, and said indignantly:
"These people are just mean. The more you humble yourself in front of them, the more they will abuse you. Only when you resist will they feel fear and dare not mess with you."
As she spoke, Zi Yan became excited, probably remembering the time when she was bullied in the Warcraft Forest.
Qinglin was a little at a loss, but when she looked at the gentle Xu Haoyu and the excited Zi Yan, a gleam appeared in her eyes. It turned out that besides her mother, there were people in this world who were willing to treat her in a friendly way.
Xu Haoyu searched around in his hands and found an ordinary storage ring that was no longer in use. He injected Dou Qi into it and then placed Qinglin's mother's body into the storage ring. He then handed the ring to Qinglin with great solemnity and said to her:
"Your mother has now been received in this ring. Please keep the ring safe. Now it depends on how you want to conduct the funeral."
Qing Lin tightly grasped the ring, bit his lip and nodded vigorously:
"Thank you."
With the help of Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan, Qinglin finally had money to buy things. She carefully pocketed the gold coins and bought her mother a new set of clothes and a new coffin.
As for the burial objects, there were no gold, silver, jade or the like. Instead, there were three naan breads. It seems that he was very hungry and regarded food as more important than anything else.
Originally, those merchants had no intention of selling anything to Qinglin, but it was Zi Yan who threatened them that forced those merchants to make the deal reluctantly.
That night!
Qinglin brought Xu Haoyu and Ziyan back to her dilapidated residence. She felt a little embarrassed, but this was her home.
After returning home, Qinglin asked Xu Haoyu to release her mother from the ring, and Xu Haoyu released the body. Qinglin didn't care about herself for the next thing. The first thing she did was to tidy up her mother's appearance, help her mother wash her body, and then change her into new clothes.
While doing all this, Qinglin kept crying, but her voice was not loud, just sobbing quietly. Her mother's body was so thin that it looked terrifying, but she was not afraid at all.
Perhaps others would feel scared, but to Qinglin, she was the only mother in the world who loved her and whom she missed terribly.
At the door, Zi Yan clasped her hands together and pursed her lips into a straight line. She felt very uncomfortable.
Since Zi Yan came out of the eggshell, she has never seen her own people or her parents, but that doesn’t mean she likes loneliness. It’s just that she has no choice and she is alone.
Now that I see Qinglin, and see that she is also alone, I can somewhat empathize with her.
Xu Haoyu came over and touched her head. Among the male and female protagonists in Doupo, none of them had both parents. Some of them had only a father or a mother, or were completely orphans. Even he was like that.
Xu Haoyu comforted him and said:
"You are not alone. You have me here with you. Moreover, the Inner Court's Great Elder Su Qian treats you as his daughter. When he heard that you wanted to leave with me, the Great Elder looked at me with an extremely unfriendly look."
Zi Yan laughed out loud, and continued to rub her head against Xu Haoyu's palm, her eyes curved into a pair of crescents:
"Yes, I am not alone. We still have to travel around the continent. If I can find my parents and my people, I will definitely ask them why they don't want me. If they can't satisfy me, then I don't want them anymore."
Xu Haoyu smiled slightly. Zi Yan's father, Zhu Kun, was definitely an arrogant guy. He went to break into a Dou Di's cave without making any preparations in advance.
This caused the Taixu Ancient Dragon clan to be split into four and fell into serious civil strife, and their only daughter, Zi Yan, was lost in the deep mountains of the Black Horn Region.
It probably won’t be easy to get Zi Yan to forgive me in the future.
Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan might go into seclusion for a long time at a time, so it's completely fine for them not to sleep for one night.
Finally, they each found a place to meditate. Time quickly came to the next day, and Qinglin woke up from his coma.
She wanted to place her mother's body in the coffin, but she was small and weak, and she spent half a day trying but failed to do the job properly.
In the end, it was Xu Haoyu who helped her put the body into the coffin, put the coffin into the ring, and then handed the ring to Qinglin.
A group of three walked out of the city. Xu Haoyu, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin walked a short distance.
In the endless yellow sand, Xu Haoyu used his fighting spirit to dig a cave more than ten meters deep. He took the coffin out of the ring and put it down. The yellow sand buried the cave bit by bit.
Qing Lin knelt in the yellow sand, her tears drying up bit by bit. From now on, she would be the only one left in this world...
However, maybe it was not just one person. She raised her head and looked at Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan. There was a light in her eyes, which was hope in despair. In the light, a flower composed of three petals was faintly visible.
(End of this chapter)