Volume 2: The Source of Life Chapter 30: Am I being frivolous? You're forcing me to be.

  After school, Lin Muxian didn't go home and pulled me along to loaf around on the streets.

  Dunhuang Road is a bustling section of the city, with crowds surging around and countless eyes pouring in this direction.

  Ordinary people are like throwing into a sea of people and then disappeared without a trace, while I am the kind that even riding on a high horse, can't attract attention.

  Everyone gazed greedily at Lin Muxian, and the occasional glances they threw my way were not admiring or envious of the kind that says "fresh flowers arranged on top of cow dung", but rather naked resentment.

  What was that saying again? Eyes like knives, killing people without a sound. Unfortunately, I'm like someone who has cultivated an iron shirt, calm and composed.

  "Where are we going anyway?"

  This question has been hidden in my heart for a long time. I know she will continue to wander around until nine o'clock, but what is she wandering about?

  Lin Mu Xian didn't even glance at me and said calmly: "Don't waste words."

  Alas... this girl...

  So I have no choice but to be flirtatious! She's forcing me to!

  "Sorry, master, Xiaocheng wants to go to the toilet."

  Lin Miao frowned, "I've been waiting for you."

  "But master, Xiaocheng will be in the bathroom for a long time. When I was young, my teacher always said that I was lazy and had a lot of urine, but he misunderstood me. It's not because I'm lazy, it's because my body is poor. You know, frequent urination and urgency are related to men's kidneys, kidney deficiency can lead to many diseases, commonly known as husband and wife..."

  "Hmm," Lin Muxian let out a cold hum, interrupting my lengthy speech, "what do you want to do?"

  I straightened up and said respectfully: "I want to go to the toilet!"

  "Square formation!" Lin Moxian shouted loudly.

  I put on a fake serious face and smiled lightly, "However, if you can tell me the significance of tonight's stroll, I might get excited, my kidneys contract, and my urge to pee comes back."

  Lin Mou Xian slightly furrowed his brow, "Vulgar."

  She hesitated, and just as I thought she was going to say something, Lin Muxian suddenly said: "Lord Peter really wasn't killed by you? Uh, I'm not asking you this question from the standpoint of a master, I am using... uh, using..."

  "Classmate?" Seeing her humming for half a day without being able to hum out an answer, I couldn't help but add a sentence.

  Lin Mou Xian hastily nodded, "I'm asking from a fellow student's standpoint."

  "Uh-huh," I nodded heavily, responding without hesitation: "I'm not answering your questions as a slave either. I'm answering you as a classmate and friend: Peter wasn't killed by me."

  So I said she's simple-minded, what identity is important? Is it that she knows as a classmate at this moment, but turns around and doesn't know as the host?

  "Friend?" Lin Muxian whispered, she had wanted to say "friend", but the word was too unfamiliar to her, so unfamiliar that she almost forgot its existence.

  "After a long silence, she said softly: 'I believe your answer.'"

  I also nodded without any guilt and said with a smile: "We're friends, after all!"

  Lin Miao's face froze for a moment, and she spat out: "Who is friends with you." Then, she slowly began to explain.

  "Do you still remember the promise we made on the island?"

  "I remember." I whispered.

  The crystal of stars and yesterday, trapped in light and shadow, the captive soul wanders between past and present.

  In the midst of ink fragrance, observing spirits, walking in a strange way, without stopping.

  The departed who flow into the mortal world, life and death are all his soul;

  Blind the eyes, only the heart can see.

  "This is the thread of memories in search of stars," Lin Miao Xian said, "Unfortunately, the wisdom of the many elders of the Star-Extinguishing Tower only guessed one sentence."

  "Which sentence?" I couldn't help but feel a little curious, these four sentences were like poetic phrases, and I didn't understand a single one of them.

  "The second sentence: Amidst the fragrance of ink, observe the spirit, act strangely, without stopping." Lin Miao Xian finished speaking, looked at me for a moment, and continued to say: "According to the guesses of the elders, the meaning of this sentence is: The thread of star memory is related to school; while observing the spirit implies that we are related to corpses; acting strangely refers to abnormal actions or behavior, so we speculate that the thread of star memory has a certain life, perhaps human or animal."

  I listened carefully, but I always felt that her explanation was a bit far-fetched, and couldn't help asking: "What about the last sentence then?"

  "It should mean never giving up, right?" Lin Muxian said calmly.

  I smiled and roughly understood in my heart that they were just randomly guessing!

  "After a moment of silence, I calmly asked: 'You still haven't explained why we have to run around everywhere, have you?'"

  Lin Miao's expression became somewhat unnatural, and he said in a low voice: "I think the phrase 'going to extremes' might have another meaning... uh, it's just my own wild imagination."

  She looked a bit shy, so I encouraged her: "Go on, maybe you're right."

  Lin Mouxian said, "I think the first thing to do is to 'act', so we should get moving. Just like last time when the migrant worker was burned, if I had only gone after hearing about it, I would have been too late."

  Hearing this explanation, I couldn't help but smile wryly, and finally understood the reason behind her series of strange behaviors.

  I'm not particularly interested in the memories of finding stars. From subsequent conversations, I learned that Lin Muxian didn't have much hope for the outcome either, but just because of the orders from above, he had to go through the motions.

  After three months of task time passed, she went back to report. In other words, I still have to endure another two months.

  Time slipped away in leisurely strolls, and after wandering around half of the city, it was almost nine o'clock.

  The two of us just strolled along like this, and as we walked, apart from attracting the gaze of many perverts, there were no other discoveries.

  "Get out of the way!" Lin Mouxian said in a low voice, facing a man who was leaning to one side.

  I stood by with a nonchalant expression, embracing my arms, this was already the nth batch tonight. No matter who saw that there was a man beside Lin Miao Xian, these people whose minds were muddled by lust didn't care at all, wave after wave of them came to flirt.

  Of course, this has a lot to do with me too. Who would have thought that someone who looks as harmless as I do could protect a beauty of her level?

  Many people were secretly watching Lin Muxian, and suddenly someone struck up a conversation. This group of shameless young men immediately gained spirit, and before long, the surrounding area was packed with onlookers.

  "Little girl... *hiccup*..." The young man, drunk and hiccuping, slurred: "A good night's crossing costs... uh... how much gold?"

  Lin Mu Xian took a step back to avoid the strong smell of alcohol on his body and frowned, saying: "Scram!"

  I knew it was a sign of her taking action, today several guys who didn't know better were already knocked down by her.

  The drunkard blinked his bloodshot eyes dazedly, "Get out?" Suddenly he burst into loud laughter again, "Alright, old man, tonight open a presidential suite, that bed is huge, wherever you roll it's fine." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pull Lin Muxian over.

  Seeing him covered in wine stains, Lin Miao Xian took a step back with a look of disgust and turned to glare at me with a carefree expression, "Aren't you going up yet?"

  "What's up? Go to bed with him? I'm not going." I shook my head, pretending to be stupid. Tonight was all about Lin Muxian taking action, after all, she made it easy to deal with, just by getting close and using her body to block the fleeting light on his hand, she could shock him back.

  This drunkard reeked of wine, Lin Mu Xian did not want to be like this again.

  "Square formation!" Lin Miao Xian took another step back, his eyes already revealing a fierce glint.

  Alas! I sighed and muttered: "Every time you glare at me with this look, it's not like I'm taking advantage of you."

  Lin Miao's face suddenly turned pale, this remark reminded her of the scene on the small boat at that time, she was about to rush up and grab me crazy, but I went up to greet the drunkard with a smile.

  I've been practicing Wuqinxi all along, and after more than half a month, my physical function is no longer comparable to before. Let alone drunkards, even seven or eight ordinary strong men are not in my eyes.

  "Brother, you're drunk, lie down and rest for a while." I reached out to grab the drunkard's hand, took a small step forward, used my waist to support him, and then with a swift motion, sent him flying out.

  This work is perfect in terms of speed, strength and technique, even the strictest teacher can't find any fault.

  The drunkard had no power to resist, 'bang' and crashed into a small street stall, fell heavily.

  Lin Miao Xian didn't look at the drunkard, but instead gave me a fierce stare and walked away with big strides.

  Alas, helping her with things is really a thankless task.

  With a sigh, I was about to follow up, when suddenly, I noticed that there was an unusual gaze staring at me in the crowd. When I turned my eyes to look over, I only saw a vague back shadow disappearing around the corner.

  "Come on, it's 9 o'clock," Lin Miao Xian urged.

  Is this person... watching me?

  At the corner of the street where his back disappeared from view, I took a deep look and followed quickly.