Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed since Xiao Se arrived inside Xun'er's body.
The commotion caused by Xiao Yan being stripped naked and tied up in the Xiao Family's training grounds gradually subsided under Xiao Zhan's intentional suppression.
The members of the Xiao Family returned to their daily routines.
But Xun'er was a bit troubled because, since that night, Xiao Se had made no sound, as if he had never come at all.
However, possessing the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, she knew that Xiao Se was still inside her body; the attraction between the different flames would not lie, it was just that she could not detect him.
Wandering aimlessly around the Xiao Family plaza, she was greeted with smiles by the younger generation of the Xiao Family all the way. Xun'er responded with a polite, superficial smile.
It wasn't until she passed a corner and saw a child in black robes walking toward her that she stopped.
"Xiao Yan?" Xun'er frowned. At this moment, she had absolutely no favorable impression of this person who had snuck into her room in the middle of the night.
"Um... hello, Little Sister Xun'er." Xiao Yan subconsciously squeezed his legs together, his gaze dodging. His lower regions, having just finished peeing blood, were faintly throbbing with pain.
The force of that kick from Xun'er that night had been too strong. If it weren't for his father sparing no expense to spend tens of thousands of gold coins to buy him a second-grade healing pill, he feared that thing wouldn't have been saved at all.
He would have become the first Transmigrator to suffer from impotence.
But as the saying goes, what you can't get is often the best. Xiao Yan decided that this little wild horse was his to tame.
"Is something the matter?" Xun'er's expression was icy.
Xiao Yan stared at Xun'er's cold, pretty face with his pitch-black eyes and suddenly smiled: "Little Sister Xun'er, you haven't been in the Xiao Family long and might not be familiar with things. Why don't I take you around for a stroll?"
Hearing this, just as Xun'er was about to refuse, her body suddenly stiffened, and her eyes became vacant. By the time she reacted, she had already arrived in that vast white space.
There, Xun'er saw Xiao Se, who hadn't appeared for a long time, take control of her body once again, then smile sweetly at Xiao Yan, "Sure!"
"Then let me first take you to the Xiao Family Council Hall to have a look. That's where we usually hold clan meetings." Xiao Yan was overjoyed and led Xun'er toward the Xiao Family Council Hall.
While passing through a small alley, a heart-wrenching scream from Xiao Yan echoed within it.
A while later, only Xun'er walked out from it.
It was at this moment that, within the consciousness space, Xun'er saw Xiao Se again.
"Hey, why are you like this? Taking over control of my body without even saying hello?" Xun'er puffed out her cheeks.
Xiao Se remained silent, ignoring Xun'er. He used his spirit power to manifest a grandmaster chair, lay down, and closed his eyes to rest.
Seeing this, Xun'er was suddenly furious. Not knowing where she got the courage, she leaned close to Xiao Se and tugged on his sleeve: "Why are you like this? I'm talking to you!"
Hearing this, Xiao Se lifted his eyelids and lazily said: "I'm not called 'Hey'. I have a name."
"Then what is your name?" Xun'er asked curiously.
"My surname is Da, and my given name is Ge." Xiao Se's mouth curled into a mischievous smirk: "Outside, everyone calls me Big Brother."
"Big Brother." Xun'er twitched her mouth, "What a strange name... Wait, you wouldn't be playing with me, would you?" Xun'er was not stupid; on the contrary, she was very smart and quickly realized, pouting.
"You actually saw through it." Xiao Se curled his lips.
"Then what should I call you?" Xun'er covered her red lips with her jade hand, a troubled expression on her face.
"Call me whatever you want." Xiao Se said indifferently.
"Then, how about I call you Big Brother?" Xun'er giggled.
"That works." Xiao Se nodded.
"Big Brother." Xun'er called out tentatively.
"Say it again." The childish, ethereal voice entered his ears, and Xiao Se's eyes clearly brightened. He sat up, bringing their faces almost to the point of touching.
"Big Brother?" Xun'er's pretty face flushed slightly. Observing at such close range, she finally saw the strange boy who had touched her whole body clearly.
His clear, pitch-black pupils were deep and bottomless. A head of long black hair draped over his shoulders without giving a feeling of disharmony. With a near-perfect face and fair skin, the whole person seemed like the essence of heaven and earth, gathering handsomeness, nobility, and elegance in one.
Xun'er admitted that for a moment, she was stunned.
She asked herself if she had seen many handsome guys, but she had never seen anyone with such an outstanding appearance and such a unique temperament.
Immersed in the loli voice, Xiao Se clearly didn't know about the changes in Xun'er's state of mind and spoke again: "Say it again, oh no, shout it three times."
Hearing Xiao Se's words, as if possessed, Xun'er shouted three times in a row: "Big Brother, Big Brother, Big Brother."
"Mm, mm, mm." Xiao Se nodded with satisfaction, then lay back down, waved his hand, and said: "Alright, for the sake of you calling me Big Brother, I'll temporarily forgive you for having people monitor me. You go quickly. From now on, until I leave, I won't take control of your body again."
"Monitor? When did I have people monitor you?" Xun'er did not understand what Xiao Se meant.
"You will understand in the future." Xiao Se revealed a mysterious smile: "Oh, that's right, you must be careful of Xiao Yan. That brat is not a good person. It's best to beat him every time you see him."
"Oh." Hearing this, Xun'er didn't understand, but immediately leaned toward Xiao Se as if she were familiar with him, tugging on the latter's sleeve: "Then... can I come here to find you in the future? You don't know, Xun'er is in a strange place here, it's so boring."
"As you wish." Xiao Se curled his lips.
"Then how can I come here to find you in the future?" Xun'er's beautiful black eyes blinked, her pupils revealing innocence and expectation.
Xiao Se's mouth curled into a cunning arc: "As long as you beat Xiao Yan once in the future, I will sense it and pull you into this space."
"Okay." Xun'er readily agreed; anyway, she didn't have much affection for Xiao Yan.
Two years passed in a flash. Unknowingly, the relationship between Xiao Se and Xun'er had progressed to an extremely close degree. And Xiao Se's view of this little loli had also changed from his initial prejudice to fondness.
Xiao Family back mountain, by the small river.
Xun'er sat cross-legged on a giant rock, closed her eyes, and whispered: "Big Brother, Xun'er just beat up Xiao Yan again. Hurry and pull Xun'er in. Xun'er wants to hear you tell stories."
"Then you should first send away that guard protecting you in the shadows!" Xiao Se's voice rang out in Xun'er's heart.
"Old Ling, I plan to take a bath in the river. Do not let anyone approach this area." Xun'er stood up and called out in a certain direction.
Ling Ying, hidden in the shadows, nodded and his figure disappeared from the area. He knew what should be seen and what should not, even though Xun'er was still a child now.
After Ling Ying left, a ray of white light emerged from between Xun'er's eyebrows, landed on the ground, and turned into Xiao Se's familiar figure.
Xun'er opened her eyes wide, her pupils filled with disbelief, and exclaimed: "Big Brother, you can actually leave Xun'er's body."
"Actually, I could have left your body a long time ago, I just didn't tell you before." Xiao Se smiled and casually took out camping tools from the System warehouse, setting up a barbecue grill.
"Big Brother, what are you doing?" Xun'er was puzzled.
"Treating you to a type of delicacy you've never eaten before." Xiao Se chuckled, and as he spoke, he dashed into the jungle and disappeared. When he returned again, his hands were full of a large bag of things.
The package was opened, and the dazzling array of things inside came into view. There was beef, vegetables... all kinds of food.
"The vegetables I just got from the Xiao Family vegetable garden, and the beef was from a first-tier Green Ox I just slaughtered. The food I'm treating you to today is called barbecue."
Under Xun'er's admiring gaze, Xiao Se took out a small knife and performed what is called exquisite knife skills in front of her. In a short while, the beef and vegetables were neatly arranged and turned into skewers placed on the barbecue grill.
Xiao Se summoned the different flame, and instantly, the fragrance overflowed.
"Gulp..." As the fragrance entered her nose, even with Xun'er's calm, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva hard.
"Eat." Xiao Se sprinkled seasoning on the skewers and handed them to Xun'er.
Xun'er blew on them and took a small bite. The explosive texture immediately filled her mouth and taste buds, causing her to let out a moan that didn't sound like it was from this world.
"How does it taste?" Xiao Se said with a smile.
"Mm, very delicious." Xun'er took another bite. Whether it was because of her previous loss of composure or something else, at this moment, Xun'er's pretty face was flushed with red.
"If it's delicious, eat more." Xiao Se lay down on the grass nearby quite casually, enjoying the long-lost sunbath. If one were to observe carefully, one could see that his body was beginning to become transparent at this moment.
"Big Brother, aren't you eating?" Xun'er also noticed that the atmosphere today was a bit wrong. She knelt beside Xiao Se and asked.
"I am a Soul body, I don't have a sense of taste at all. Eating is just a waste." Xiao Se gave a bitter smile. At this moment, he finally understood why Long Kui didn't think the food he made for the first time—which could be called dark cuisine—was bad. It wasn't that she was intentionally comforting him, but that she simply couldn't taste it.
"Big Brother, are you hiding something from Xun'er?" Xun'er puffed out her cheeks.
"Aren't you also hiding many things from me?" Xiao Se said. Although it was a rhetorical question, there was no intention of blame.
"That's because even if Big Brother knew now, it wouldn't be of much benefit. Besides, if Big Brother wants to know, as long as you ask Xun'er, Xun'er will still tell you." Xun'er pouted her little mouth and whispered: "We've known each other for so long, and Big Brother hasn't even told Xun'er your name yet! It's unfair."
Hearing this, Xiao Se smiled faintly and said: "It doesn't matter if I tell you. Anyway, you will forget me soon. My name is Xiao Se."
"Xiao Se?" A flash of surprise passed through Xun'er's eyes: "Could it be that Big Brother is also a member of the Xiao Family?"
"Yes and no. At least not now." He at this time period had already been outside for three years, and in his heart, he had long stopped considering himself a member of the Xiao Family.
Just at this moment, the meat skewer in Xun'er's hand fell to the ground. She saw Xiao Se's Soul body beginning to become increasingly blurred, "Big Brother, you..."
"It seems the time is almost up. My main body is about to wake up, and I should return to where I belong." Xiao Se stood up.
"No, Xun'er won't let you go." Xun'er hugged Xiao Se's waist tightly from behind.
She had a premonition that if Xiao Se left this time, it would be difficult for the two to meet again. Even if they met, they would forget each other.
Xiao Se had said before, you will forget me soon.
This sentence was very likely true.
Xiao Se smiled and shook his head, released Xun'er's small hands, turned around, half-crouched, stroked Xun'er's head, and said softly: "Xun'er, do you know? Actually, when I first met you, I quite disliked you because you would do things in the future that I would dislike. However, in the two years we spent together, I gradually changed my view of you. You are a very good girl, and I hope you will always be this good. So, when I see you next time and remember you, I hope you are still that innocent Xun'er."
"Big Brother, what does this mean? Xun'er doesn't understand." Xun'er wiped her tears and said with red eyes. She only knew that she was about to lose this Big Brother who had always been good to her, who had controlled her body the moment he arrived, and who had touched her little Xun'er.
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand." Xiao Se smiled and shook his head, then suddenly remembered the scene when Tachibana Taki and Miyamizu Mitsuha crossed time and space to meet for the first time in the original "Your Name". As if possessed, he took a pen from the System storage, took Xun'er's small hand, and said: "To prevent us from forgetting each other, why don't we write each other's names on our palms?"
"Mm." Xun'er nodded heavily.
Xiao Se first wrote the three words "Like you" on Xun'er's hand.
Xun'er took the pen from Xiao Se's hand. Just as she wanted to write her own name, the pen disappeared from her hand, and Xiao Se's Soul body turned into dots of starlight and disappeared into this world.
A breeze blew by, leaving only Xun'er's lonely figure in place.
"Xiao Se, Xiao Se... Big Brother, I won't forget you." Feeling the memories of Xiao Se in her mind gradually blurring, Xun'er kept repeating Xiao Se's name.
"By the way, Big Brother said that I seem to do excessive things to him in the future, so he must have returned to the future. He is surnamed Xiao, he should still be in the Xiao Family now." Xun'er wiped her tears and shouted into the distance: "Old Ling."
As soon as the words fell, a ghostly figure swept over from afar and reached Xun'er in an instant.
"Young Miss." Ling Ying knelt on one knee and said respectfully.
"Go and help me check on a person named Xiao Se." Xun'er said: "Be quick, and notify me as soon as you find him."
"This old servant obeys." Ling Ying did not hesitate, his figure turned into a ghost and disappeared into this world.
After Ling Ying left, Xun'er sat down. Because of the effect of the chewed wine, her memories of Xiao Se in her mind became increasingly blurred.
She whispered: "Big Brother, Xun'er will definitely find you."
"Ah, who was I looking for again?"
"Right, I want to find Big Brother, but who is Big Brother?"
"Why did I run to this river by myself?"
"Why am I crying?"
Xun'er cried and stood up, slipped under her feet, and fell to the ground in a sorry state. When she noticed the three words "Like you" in her hand, Xun'er shed another line of tears, not knowing whether to be sad or happy.
"Big Brother, how are you making me remember you like this?"
(End of Chapter)
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