Chapter 74: The Black Fire Token (2)

  Huǒ Xiǎo Xié stopped in his tracks, and Mù Nà said, "Shuǐ Yāo ér, is that really you?"

  The woman in white jumped her feet and scolded: "You fool, idiot! Is there only one water demon in the world? Am I not the one? Just now deliberately scared you!"

  A spark of evil in his mind, he walked forward with a daze.

  "Get away! Don't go past! She's not me!" Another woman's voice shouted loudly from the woods.

  The woman in white turned her head and suddenly changed back to a gentle and charming appearance, saying in a soft voice: "Oh! You're quite fast!"

  A rustling sound came from the woods, and a woman in black jumped out, jumping three steps to stand in front of the woman in white, blocking Huo Xiao. This woman in black didn't wear a veil, and she was another water spirit, pointing at the woman in white and scolding: "Shuimeier! You have a lot of nerve, daring to disguise yourself as me!"

  The woman in white laughed and said: "Shuǐ Yāoér, what do you look like? Can you describe yourself clearly? What do you mean by 'pretending to be your appearance'?"

  Now it's clear, Shuixiao'er wore a black tight dress, and the woman in white was called Shuimeier.

  "Shut up! It's not your turn to speak!"

  "Alright, alright. No matter what, I'm helping you guys out. There's no need to be so hostile as soon as you see me."

  "Who asked you to help!" Water Demon child hummed: "I felt something was off as soon as I saw Zhang Siye's house, and it turns out it was really you guys causing trouble!"

  "Alright, alright," said Shuimeier with a smile. "Water Demon, you're just concerned about this little guy called Huo Xiaoxie, aren't you? I'm just curious to see what he's like. Heh heh, and indeed, he's quite a likable young fellow."

  "Shuiyao'er scolded: 'Will you shut up or not?! If you say one more word, I'll definitely be rude to you!'"

  She said: "I won't snatch your man, I'm just curious!"

  Shui Yao'er's face turned cold, and with the knife in hand, she charged towards Shui Mei'er, raising her blade to strike. Shui Mei'er let out a soft cry, dodged to the side, and scolded in a sweet tone: "Really going to fight?"

  Shuiyao'er didn't say a word, and again raised her knife to stab, the two of them, one black and one white, constantly jumping and chasing in the forest, couldn't see how they were competing at all, could only hear the sound of knives clashing ding ding ding ding continuously.

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yā Lèng stood there in a daze, everything had happened too quickly, completely beyond his imagination.

  The black shadow and the white shadow were fighting endlessly in the forest, Fire Little Evil was completely stunned, not knowing what to do. But suddenly heard a low male voice scolding from the forest: "You two demons, you've gone too far! Stop it!"?

  The two men in black and white suddenly separated, rushed to the forest and knelt down, saying in unison: "Father, calm your anger! It's our fault."

  The man's voice said: "You two are sisters of the same parents, why must you fight to the death every time you meet?"

  "Father, you must have seen it! It was Shui Yao'er who didn't behave reasonably and struck first!"

  "Father, Shuime'er isn't being too deceitful, I won't take action either!"

  The man's voice cursed: "You two dare to be presumptuous today, don't blame me for locking you in the water dungeon for half a year!"

  Shuixi'er and Shuixi'er clasped their fists together and shouted: "We dare not! Father, please forgive us!"

  Two people spoke in unison at the same time, and as soon as they finished speaking, they glared at each other.

  The man's voice said, "You take that little devil called Huo Xiaoxie to see his brother's grave and put an end to this thought of his! Shuimeier, you lead the way! And another thing, Shuiyaoer, from now on, you are not allowed to entangle with Huo Xiaoxie again!"

  Shuimeier said excitedly: "Yes!" She got up and ran to Huo Xiaoxia's face, saying: "Hey, Huo Xiaoxia, come with me, let's kowtow a few heads for your deceased brother."

  The water demon child knelt on the ground and replied after a long time: "Yes..."

  Shuimeier was in front, Huoxiaoer was behind, and Shuiya'er walked silently beside them with her head down.

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yè had wanted to talk to Shuǐ Yāo'er several times, but seeing her appearance, he forcibly restrained himself.

  Three people walked a distance in the forest, Shui Mei'er stopped and pointed to a small mound of earth, saying: "It's here, three people, not one less, I saw Liu Guan's family burying him with my own eyes. Huo Xiao Xie, do you want to dig up the soil and see your brother for the last time?

  Huǒ Xiǎo Xié looked at the mound of earth, it was truly a hasty burial, not even a decent grave. Huǒ Xiǎo Xié's heart felt an unbearable pang of sorrow, two lines of tears could no longer be held back, bursting forth as he knelt before the mound and wailed loudly: "Old Wang, Old Guan, Little Monkey, I'm too late! It's all my fault! I wronged you! I killed you! It's all because of me!"

  Huoxiao Ye's emotions burst out, and he cried until the sky turned dark. He almost fainted on the ground. Huoxiao Ye had been lonely and helpless since childhood, coming to Fengtian City where he was bullied, but fortunately, he had three sworn brothers who shared life and death with him, comforting each other, finding joy in hardship, struggling to live until over ten years old. But in an instant, only Huoxiao Ye was left. Huoxiao Ye's heart ached so much that he felt like dying, thinking that there was no one else in this world who could rely on him, and his heart had lost all hope.

  If they didn't become thieves and instead became beggars, even if they could only eat pig feed and dog food every day, wouldn't they still be able to live together and not end up like this today? But why does the world need a profession like thievery? Huo Xiaoxie couldn't understand no matter how hard he thought.

  Huǒ Xiǎo Xié cried so hard that she almost suffocated, her head buried in the ground, her whole body convulsing uncontrollably. Shuǐ Yāo ér wanted to approach her several times but hesitated, her eyes already red like apples, and finally turned away, not daring to look at Huǒ Xiǎo Xié again.

  The little girl's voice was sour and she sighed: "It's a pity, I want to cry."

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yē slowly lifted his head, looking at Shuǐ Mèi ér, and asked in a low voice: "Were they already dead when they came? Was it Liu Guǎnjiā who killed them?"

  "Rest assured, they were already dead when we brought them here. They were wrapped in burlap sacks and when we poured them out, their bodies were intact, all corpses. Are you thinking of killing Liu's steward to avenge?"

  Huoxiao Ye said in a low voice, "No, I don't want to kill people. That's all." He then bowed his head three times towards the mound of earth, and again tears gushed out as he wailed, "Old Lang, Old Guan, Little Monkey, it's your big brother Huoxiao Ye who is useless, doesn't even have the ability to build a grave for you. Wait for me at King Yan's place, I will come find you."

  Huoxiao wiped away her tears with her sleeve and stood up, then walked away.

  "Are you just going to leave like this?"

  He didn't even turn his head and said, "Thank you." and continued walking forward.

  Shuiyao'er let out a miserable cry: "Huoxiao Ye! Where are you going?"

  Huǒ Xiǎo Yè said in a low voice: "I'll go where I should go." After that, he quickened his pace and disappeared into the darkness.

  "Shuiyao'er let out a loud cry: 'Huo Xiaoxie, please come find me, please also save me! I'm waiting for you in Shanxi!"

  In the woods, there was a moment of silence, and no one replied. The water demon sat on the ground, covering her face with both hands, and wept softly.

  Shuimeier said indifferently: "Shuiyaoer, you really care about this kid? Alas, what's so good about him?"

  The little mermaid didn't answer at all, she just covered her face and sobbed uncontrollably.

  Two people walked out of the forest from afar. One was hidden in the darkness and his face couldn't be seen, while the other one turned out to be Liu Guan Jia!

  Liu Guan's family rushed to that person and bowed, saying: "Water King, Water Demon and Fire Little Evil can have a result?"

  "That person said in a low voice: 'No, not even a bit, Shuier is destined to be lonely and miserable for the rest of her life.'"

  Liu Guan said, "But Water King, aren't we being a bit too cruel to Shui Yao'er and Huo Xiao Xie? At least when they're together, Shui Yao'er looks very happy."

  "That person said: 'Have you forgotten what kind of person Shuǐ Yāo ér is? If she continues like this, she will kill herself and also kill Huǒ Xiǎo Xié.'"

  Liu Guan hastily bowed and said: "What the Water King said is true, I had forgotten this. Alas, it's a pity that the young water demon was too clever..."

  He said: "Water Lily, don't mention her again."

  Liu Guan's family responded with a yes.

  He said: "You've done a great job by Zhang Siye's side these past few years. In a few more months, you can come back."