The sea at the borders of the State of Gansu was a vast place, surrounded by many islands and shallow bays. Among them was an island called Walnut, which was close to the shallow bays. It was not under the jurisdiction of any country, and the people of the island lived a life of fishing, with very little contact with the outside world, and very few ships were moored in the shallow bay. On the day when the tides rise and fall, Lan Lan carries a bamboo basket to the shallow bay to collect shells. She intends to make wind chimes to hang under the eaves.
It was a woman with braided hair and a narrow sleeved linen skirt. She was very pretty. She stepped barefoot on the sand. She was collecting shells from the beach. As she picked up the shells, she smiled at her older brother, Chen Xu, who was not far away.
Mist hummed a fishing song as she walked towards the shallow bay. Suddenly, she saw a man not far away. He was lying on the sand in the shallow bay, his face pale and motionless. As she stepped inside and moved away, she saw that the man still had a dagger stuck in his chest.
"Brother, come here quickly!" Startled, Lan Lan loosened her grip, and the shell of the basket scattered all over the ground. He pointed at the man in the sand above the shallow bay and turned to shout at Dusty.
Dusty trotted over and cautiously approached the man lying on the sand.
Chen Xu glanced at him, then crouched down and placed his index finger under his nose, as if testing to see if he was still breathing.
"Still alive!" Chen Xu froze for a moment. After confirming that the man was still alive, he hurriedly stood up. "Lan Lan, go call for help. He's still alive."
After confirming that the man still had a trace of energy, Chen Xu hastily waved his hand, asking Lan Lan to call the others over for help.
Lan Lan didn't have time to pick up the shells on the sand. She hastily stepped on the waves and ran to the place where there were many people, looking for people to help her.
The streets of Walnut Island were crisscrossed. The women and children who stuck their heads out of the windows looked curiously at the group of people who passed by. The one who opened the path was Chen Xu. Behind him were seven or eight young men, they were carrying a wooden board, and on the board, there was a man who was stabbed in the chest. His skin had turned white from the seawater, but it was still unable to conceal his handsome appearance.
"Get out of the way! Those in front, get out of the way!" Chen Xu dispersed the dense crowd on the street, then turned his head to look at the back of the crowd. His barefoot sister said, "Lan Lan, quickly find a doctor, I'll take him to our house first."
Lan Lan nodded as she followed along the way. She quickly took a detour around another alley and headed straight for Doctor Lin's house.
The group of bratty kids who were watching the show also ran along with the crowd with excitement. They had an expression of watching the fun, as if they had never seen anything like this before.
Lan Lan's father was making up a bamboo basket at home when he heard the ruckus. Before he could even react to what had happened, a group of people rushed in. Chen Xu moved the man on the wooden board to the bed in the hall. Lan Lan Lan charged through the crowd with Doctor Lin before father Lan could ask what was going on. Doctor Lin was so anxious that he almost dropped to his knees in front of the bed with the medicine box in his hands.
"Dad, this person was picked up by us at the beach. He seems to be heavily injured, but he's not dead yet." Lan Lan explained to his father while Doctor Lin busied herself with treating the man's wounds.
Father Lan stroked his grizzled beard and turned to look at the man, deep in thought for a moment. This person was a sharp weapon, and he had an extraordinary appearance. His appearance was dignified and gave people a sense of pressure. Moreover, this person was washed into the shallow bay by the sea; he was not a person from Walnut Island. He was afraid that if he kept it, it would bring about unnecessary disasters to the walnuts in the future.
"My daughter, I'm fine with you saving him, but I don't know where he comes from, and he's heavily injured. I don't know if he's good or bad, what if …" Father Lan spoke of his worries.
"Dad, we'll know whether it's good or bad when we save him. "With so many people on Walnut Island, even if he is a bad guy, are we still afraid of him?" Lan Lan pestered his father for a long time before he finally got impatient. He nodded and said 'good' and 'good', and 'wait for him to recover first'. Lan Lan happily kissed her father's face, then turned around and walked to Doctor Lin's side to help.
After a day's work, the people who had gathered in Lan's father's house to watch the fun dispersed one by one. Chen Xu sent Doctor Lin, who had been tired the whole day, out, and Father Lan continued to make bamboo baskets in the courtyard in front of the door while the sky was still not completely dark. The eaves of the house were covered with shells and wind chimes. The sound of the music was extremely touching, as if it had come from the heavens.
Barefooted, Lan Lan blinked as she lay beside the bed, staring at the man wrapped in bandages. His thick black hair, which had the color of obsidian, was now scattered across the pillow. His features were clear, and he looked like a child in his quiet way. He was breathing evenly, as if he was in a beautiful dream. At the same time, he seemed to be wandering around in his dreams, causing others to be unsure of what he was doing.
She was really pretty, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to marry a man like that. Just thinking of this caused Lan Lan to blush.
She got up shyly and returned to her room. She tossed and turned, unable to sleep for the entire night …
The next day.
When Lan Lan woke up, she wanted to see if the man she rescued yesterday had woken up. However, when she walked to the main hall, she was stunned.
The man on the bamboo bed was gone.
Chen Xu was sitting in the front yard splitting firewood, while Lan Da was fixing the bamboo fence. Lan Lan ran over to them and asked, "Father, where did the person that we rescued yesterday go?"
"We didn't see him either. We thought you were bringing him out early in the morning." Father Lan stood up, stretched his muscles, then walked around to the other side of the fence and continued to work on the unfinished fence.
Chen Xu snickered as if he had seen through his sister's thoughts. He didn't say anything and pointed outside.
"He probably went out for a walk. I think I heard that someone saw him going over there. You should go look over there." Chen Xu asked Lan Lan to go out there and search.
"Thank you brother." Lan Lan smiled and ran off in a certain direction.
On the main street of the island, the man with the gauze around his chest was on the road, and the people on the street were staring curiously at the man who did not look like a native. The children held hands and sang nursery rhymes as they circled behind the man. The girl on the second floor stuck her head out to dry her clothes and couldn't help but give the man a few more glances.
The man didn't know where he was. He looked around at the unfamiliar faces around him. All sorts of people passed by him. Suddenly, someone walked past him and accidentally knocked his shoulder. The man frowned as his chest suddenly throbbed. The man stopped and stood under the eaves to rest.
The man didn't know why he was injured, why he was in a strange place, where he didn't know where he should go. In fact, he couldn't even remember who he was.
Who am I? Why am I hanging around here? Did I forget something?
"Are you here? Why did you come out alone? " Luckily, Walnut Island wasn't big, otherwise Lan Lan wouldn't have been able to find the man parked by the roadside so quickly. She walked over and said to the man, "You haven't recovered yet and need to rest. Where are you going?"
However, the man's expression was at a loss when Lan Lan appeared.
Lan Lan smiled hesitantly and explained, "That's right, I'm called Lan Lan. I'm from the Walnut Island and my father is the mayor of this island. You were injured yesterday and fell by the sea. "You were injured and unconscious, and I thought you were dead."
"Lan Lan? "Walnut Island?" The man looked at Lan Lan Lan with surprise. The current him couldn't even remember his name.
"By the way, what's your name? Where did it come from? Why are you injured? " Lan Lan asked a series of questions, which made the man even more confused.
"I... I don't know, I don't remember, everything... "I don't remember …" The man's eyes were somewhat sorrowful. He gazed at the sky, which was a deep blue, as if it had been washed clean.
"Why don't you stay at my place for now? I'll think about it after my injury has healed." Lan Lan took the initiative to provide a place for the man to stay, and passionately supported him as they headed home together. "How about I give you a name? Can you call the heavens to come? "
The man was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."
Peach Blossom Palace.
Liuchuan, who had entered the underground palace, hadn't expected to see Ning. Ning'er was lying prone next to the ice bed, sleeping soundly. She slept quietly beside the ice bed, guarding it. The man on the ice bed seemed to be her heaven and earth, the home of her life.
Liu Chuan walked into the underground palace and silently walked to her side. He sighed with a complicated expression. He looked at the cold corpse before his gaze landed on the shivering woman lying on the ground. He gracefully removed his azure robe, putting it on for Ning. He stroked her hair tenderly, then got up.
A formless wind blew about, and the long hair of the man on the ice bed fluttered in the wind, as silence filled the air.
The wind woke Ning from his sleep. She looked at her robe, half asleep. When he raised his head and saw Liuchuan, he came to his senses.
She knew that the person before her was about to destroy her last thoughts.
However, she was no longer able to stop Liu Chuan from reaching out his hand to touch the man's face in the ice bed.
"No!" Ning'er screamed at the top of her lungs. She rushed over and grabbed Liuchuan's arm. However, he was still a step too late. The man lying on the ice bed instantly turned into ashes and turned into dust. He disappeared into the cold air, leaving behind a green robe that gradually deflated.
"Jin Yue, Jin Yue …" Ning'er panicked and reached out to hug the robe on the ice bed. She couldn't help but wail, "Why …"
"Ning, son." Liuchuan let out a shallow sigh as he looked at Ning. "Four years ago, the Jin you knew had already died."
"Are you Liuchuan or Jinyue? How can you be so cruel? " Ning'er threw herself at Liuchuan and beat his chest. "Jinyue is willing to sacrifice everything for you, and yet you destroyed him …"
"Ning'er, I thank you very much. You've been by my side for so many years. Even if Xie Zimo brought you away from the Peach Blossom Palace, even if …" You still love me by my side, even if I use you … "Thank you for not giving up on me." Liu Chuan's smile was a little sad.
At this moment, he was nothing more than that Jin Yue who had just met Ning. He was bringing her out to play, singing and dancing in the Peach Blossom Palace. That … that Jin Yue didn't hate Ning in the slightest. That child who had once been protective towards Ning.
"Sorry, it was my selfishness that hurt you … Ning, son, I'm sorry. Even though I knew I would fail, I still chose to hurt you … Ning, son, I hope that you will not live in the past. The person you love can't give you the life you want. "Therefore, I cannot continue to stay by your side. I hope that you can walk out from the past and lead your own life …"
"You … you're Jin Yue?" Ning suddenly looked at Liuchuan, unable to tell who he was.
"No, I'm not anyone. I already don't know who I am." Liuchuan shook his head, turned around, and walked out of the underground palace. Ning'er was calling out to him from behind, while Liuchuan seemed to be no longer listening to his words. He left.
"Jin Yue, you're Jin Yue!" Jin Yue, don't leave, alright? Don't be like your master, you'll never be able to find Jin Yue or Jin Yue once you turn around … " Ning let out a heart-wrenching cry, but he didn't have the courage to chase after that figure of a figure. She slowly sat down on the ground and began to cry.