Lights on the other side

Chapter 14

Surrounded by hot mist, Li Ruoci stretched his body comfortably.

A boy outside knocked on the door and asked, "My lord, do you need flower petals?"

"No, thank you."

The boy stopped talking.

After a while, Li Ruoci walked out of the water without hesitation, picked up a purple silk dress from the side and put it on her body.

An hour ago, the torrential rain caused him and Pei Shi to come across the legendary Misty Boat by accident. Out of curiosity, the two boarded the Misty Boat. The inside was warm, as if it was not affected by the wind and rain outside.

And this boat is not a small boat like Xiao Er said, but it is bigger than ordinary boats, divided into upper and lower floors, wooden structure, spacious and bright inside.

They were greeted by two boys with similar height and appearance, named Bai Yue and Bai Xing.

There are already guests up there.When they boarded the boat soaking wet, a middle-aged merchant dressed in silk and satin was complaining in the lobby: "Oh, what a pity, this happened as soon as I came out, and the whole ship's cargo was gone."

The servant beside him kept reassuring him: "Master, there's nothing you can do about it. Don't get so angry, be careful of hurting yourself."

In addition to this servant, there were seven or eight sailors standing around him.Li Ruoci heard these sailors call this man Boss Zhen.

It seems that they should have just arrived and encountered a storm at sea, so they had no choice but to abandon the merchant ship and board the Misty Ship.

Bai Yue said: "The two young masters sit down first."

Bai Xing made them a pot of hot tea, and a woman walked down the stairs slowly amidst the white air.

She was wearing a long apricot-yellow dress, with her hair half-tucked behind her back, a red beaded hairpin pinned to it, and red phoenix eyes on the top, giving her a unique style.

Bai Yue Bai Xing saluted her respectfully.

She said casually: "There are so many new guests again."

Bai Yue said: "Yes."

She hooked her lips slightly: "Treat me well."

The two boys said in unison: "Yes."

Afterwards, her eyes swept over the crowd, and she said, "I am the owner of this ship, Ruan Hongyu. If you have any requirements, just ask, I have everything here."

Boss Zhen asked, "I just want to know when I can go back?"

Ruan Hongyu smiled slightly and said, "After the wind and rain stop, I will naturally let everyone go back."

Pei Shi asked, "Miss Ruan, what is this place?"

Ruan Hongyu said softly, "My lord, are you confused? This is a boat."

After finishing speaking, she turned around gracefully, and told Bai Yue Bai Xing behind her: "Let's arrange rooms for everyone."

Then, she said: "If you are hungry, you can ask Bai Xing to prepare some food for you. The little girl has gone to rest first, so I can't continue to accompany you."

After saying these words, Ruan Hongyu got up and went upstairs, her figure was elegant and charming, and many sailors behind her lost their souls.

Bai Xing arranged rooms for them, Li Ruoci's was next to Pei Shi's.The room is clean and tidy, with heavy veils hanging in front of the bed, and tea and wuxiang burning in the incense burner on the table, which is refreshing.

Li Ruoci took a bath first, and then Bai Xing brought him clean clothes, the collar and cuffs had been scented, the pattern was exquisite, it was the best purple silk.

After rejecting the petals Bai Xing sent, Li Ruoci got dressed.

He lay on the bed, feeling a little tired.

Dimly, after an unknown amount of time, he heard someone knocking on the door.

"Who?"

No one should.

Li Ruoci had no choice but to get up to open the door, but there was no one there.

He was about to close the door, but he heard a voice behind him: "Ruo Ci, how are you doing after all these years?"

Li Ruoci's body stiffened suddenly, and his back felt cold.

"Why don't you look back? I haven't seen you for many years, don't you miss being a father?"

Li Ruoci took a deep breath, turned around slowly, and the moment he saw the face, a white light flashed in his hand.

A deep wound suddenly appeared on the man's face, blood flowed out of it, into his eyes and mouth, but he was still laughing constantly, and Bai Sensen's teeth were also stained with blood.

Li Ruoci was terrified.

"Is this a gift from my son to my father?"

Li Ruoci's voice trembled subconsciously, but he still tried to remain calm: "You...how come you come back?"

The man walked towards him step by step, making a strange sound from his mouth.

"Have you forgotten, I brought you out of that ghostly place at the beginning, and whose credit is it that you didn't rot there?"

He still had a smile on his face, but there was deep-seated resentment in that smile.

Li Ruoci hurriedly turned to open the door, but the door was locked by someone from the outside, and he couldn't open it no matter how hard he pulled.

Turning around again, the man was already in front of him, his face was covered with blood, and his hands were also blood, dripping continuously.

"Ruoci, you are really hypocritical."

His hand touched Li Ruoci's face.

Li Ruoci immediately felt nausea mixed with fear.

"Go away!"

He tried to push the hands, but no matter how hard he pushed, he couldn't push them away.More and more blood was smeared on Li Ruoci's body.

"Damn you! You deserve it!"

"Get out! Get out!"

He struggled violently, his breathing became more and more difficult, and everything was blurred.

"Hey, Lin Ruoyan, wake up."

A figure appeared in front of him.

"Don't touch me! Stay away from me!"

He screamed a little hysterically, and slapped his hands in the air indiscriminately, but the figure immediately grabbed his wrist, preventing him from resisting.

"what happened to you?"

"let me go!"

"Calm down."

Li Ruoci adjusted his breathing a little, and gradually saw the person in front of him clearly. The loose white clothes, half-wet hair were loosely loose, and the cool water dripped onto his face. His dark eyes were looking at him, and kept looking at him. To the bottom of his heart, with the warm and cool eyes, at that moment, he actually had a moment of peace of mind.

"Pei Shi..."

Pei Shi let go of his hands, straightened his clothes, and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Hmm...it's just a nightmare." Li Ruoci supported his head with his hands and said.

"Since it's a dream, it's not real."

"You can't tell if it's true or not in a dream."

"It's fine to know now. By the way, they made wontons outside. I thought you didn't eat at night, so I came to call you. Would you like to go down and have some?"

"Yeah." Li Ruoci nodded, and followed Pei Shi to the downstairs, still feeling vain and unreal when her feet were on the ground.

That shadow has been with him for so many years, even though he has been killed, he still cannot get rid of it.

He sat down in front of a round table and took a bite absent-mindedly. A dirty child on the opposite side was wolfing down wontons. After finishing eating, he kept looking at his bowl anxiously.

He tentatively asked, "Do you want to eat?"

The child nodded, and Li Ruoci picked up the bowl, and used chopsticks to put the wontons into the child's empty bowl.

The child didn't thank you, and ate again like no one else was there, as if he had been hungry for several days.

After eating, the child put down the spoon contentedly, and splashed some juice, which directly fell on Boss Zhen's clothes beside him.

Boss Zhen didn't want to sit next to this child at first, and seeing this situation, he was even more displeased, and opened his mouth to curse: "You little bastard, do you know how much my clothes are worth?"

Bai Yue next to him hurriedly stepped forward and said, "You can go upstairs and change, we have prepared clothes for you."

Boss Zhen reluctantly snorted twice, but didn't pursue further.

Pei Shi tried to chat with this child for a while, and found out that he was a little beggar in Yanzhou. He thought he couldn't get enough to eat anywhere, so he came to the sea to try his luck and see if he could meet the legendary fairy. Boat.

Seeing that it was getting late, everyone got up and went upstairs.

Surrounded by his servants and sailors, Boss Zhen stepped up the stairs.The little beggar couldn't walk well, he rushed to Boss Zhen's side and bumped into him, and then ran up quickly before his temper flared up.

Boss Zhen muttered, "Where did such an annoying child come from?"

Seeing this scene, Pei Shi pulled Li Ruoci over and whispered into his ear, "That kid just stole the money bag from the merchant."

Li Ruoci smiled indifferently: "It's human nature."

Small revenge, double self-interest.

At night, Li Ruoci couldn't fall asleep looking at the white gauze on the top of the bed, and her chest felt a little stuffy, so she got up and opened the door.It was empty and pitch-black outside the door. He wanted to go downstairs to take a breath, but he saw a figure in black standing beside the corridor.

The black figure suddenly turned his head when he heard the voice, no matter how strong Li Ruoci's psychological quality was, he couldn't help but suffocate.

There were burn marks all over his face, and one eye was also burned out, leaving only the other, no eyebrows, no nose, and no expression on the whole face.After seeing Li Ruoci, he quickly wrapped his face tightly with a black cloth, leaving only one eye outside.

Li Ruoci felt that he was disturbed, and turned around to leave. At this moment, there was a knock on the door downstairs, which was very clear in the quiet night.

"Dong dong dong."