Chapter 110 Human Emotions

What is human emotion? This is almost an unanswerable question of immense scope.

Beside the long bridge, Su Yu'er paused and then said:

"Is it really as they say? Is it really that good?"

This situation was similar to a child occasionally asking, "Who am I?" Wei Yuan looked at Su Yu'er, thought for a moment, and could only say, "This question is very complicated, but overall, it's not as bad as you think, nor as wonderful as your sisters believe."

Su Yu'er grumbled, dissatisfied, "Then isn't it very ordinary?"

The Sili Xiaowei smiled and said, "You're right."

He said, "Humans are inherently ordinary, yet somewhat extraordinary, creatures."

"Most of them are like that, not so good, but on second thought, not so bad either, right?"

…………………

A night of hurried running came to a hasty end.

Wei Yuan handed over the heretical cultivator to the Qingqiu lineage. This was a force with good relations with the human race. The leader of the Tushan branch of Qingqiu was even a minister of Yao, Shun, and Yu, and was trustworthy.

Moreover, the supernatural powers of the Qingqiu foxes were well-suited for gathering intelligence.

The night passed without incident. The black cat seemed to value the heretical cultivator with the yellow talisman.

It did not mention the clues in the dream for a short time, occasionally peering curiously, and finally left a message and slipped out, intending to find the Qingqiu fox clan to inquire about the situation. It had more than five hundred years of cultivation, and although limited by its cat demon nature, it had its limits, but there was no need to worry about its safety.

Wei Yuan had not seen the celestial maiden who came with him for more than a day, and was about to go out to see.

But as soon as he opened the door, there were three fox clan girls outside.

Su Yu'er was dressed in white, another girl was dressed in red, and the last was in yellow.

Their appearances were considered rare beauties even among the fox clan, some with a cold air, some with a naive charm, and some with a heroic spirit.

Su Yu'er, holding a book, sighed helplessly and looked at Wei Yuan, "I went to ask the ancestors about what happened last night. The ancestors said that both my views and theirs are wrong. We don't understand the emotions of the human race and need to ask the human race for guidance."

Wei Yuan said blankly, "So..."

Su Yu'er said, "You are the only outsider in Qingqiu."

"Also, this is what the elder who came with you said, saying that you should be able to help us."

Wei Yuan: "…………"

He had to sigh and say, "Alright."

"Although I'm just an ordinary person, if you want to talk about things outside, I know a little bit. If you don't mind, I can tell you about it."

Wei Yuan paused and asked, "Have you ever been outside Qingqiu?"

The three fox girls shook their heads.

Although the Qingqiu country once had humans.

But over a long period, humans inevitably intermarried with the demons living here, and most of them are now half-demon. Moreover, the customs and culture here are different from the outside world, and it can almost be considered a different lineage.

After pondering for a long time, Wei Yuan didn't have a good solution, and didn't know what to say. This kind of proposition was too vast for him. He was having a headache when he suddenly heard a transmission from the black cat. Wei Yuan was a little surprised at first, then thoughtful. After pondering for a while, he said to the three fox girls:

"In that case, how can you know the emotions of the world without going outside to see?"

"Why not go out for a walk? Perhaps you will have some insights yourself."

One of the girls, named Hu Mei, said in surprise, "But the rules of Qingqiu are very strict, we can't sneak out."

Wei Yuan said, "Wait a moment," and went out to get a few feathers from the elusive cat.

Without a doubt, it was another kind of unusual bird feather. He didn't know which bird had been harmed by this black cat.

He sighed in his heart, took the incense burner from the wooden cabinet in the guest room, started a talisman, lit a stick of sandalwood, and the faint fragrance diffused, making people relax. The three fox girls sat on the futon as Wei Yuan told them, and fell into a dream.

Then he picked up the feathers and walked in the dream realm.

Slowly walking out of Qingqiu.

……………………

The oldest place in Qingqiu.

Nu Jiao, dressed in white, looked at Wei Yuan and the three fox girls who had entered the dream from afar, then retracted her gaze and looked at the celestial maiden in white, loose clothing next to her. Nu Jiao was very old, with white hair hanging down her back, while the celestial maiden looked like she was only seventeen or eighteen years old.

White clothes, black hair, quietly savoring tea.

Nu Jiao smiled and said:

"Do you want to find a fox girl for him?"

"Yes."

"The name of Crouching Tiger is enough to be my Qingqiu's son-in-law. But in this era, we don't want to force it. Let's see which of these three children he takes a fancy to. It would be a wonderful thing if Crouching Tiger could marry one of them. In the Han Dynasty, he would be qualified to receive the Tiger Tally and lead the three armies to a war of annihilation."

"Thank you, Senior."

Nu Jiao shook her head and said with a kind smile, "Don't rush to thank me. What if he doesn't like any of them?"

The celestial maiden thought for a moment and said, "That's impossible."

"Oh? Why?"

"He is not a lustful person, not a greedy person, not a heartless person."

"How do you explain that?"

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"Because he is not a lustful person, he will never be dissatisfied with these beauties; because he is not a greedy person, he will never妄想to ask for more; and because he is not a heartless person, as long as they spend time together and experience some hardships, they should be able to develop feelings."

Nu Jiao was surprised: "Not lustful, not greedy, and not heartless."

The celestial maiden said with certainty:

"As long as a fox fairy is with him day and night, experiencing life and death together, they should develop feelings."

Nu Jiao suddenly laughed, and the celestial maiden was surprised and puzzled.

And this woman, who had almost watched China extend to this day, just smiled slyly and pushed the teacup.

"Come, Jue'er, drink tea."

"This tea won't taste good if it gets cold."

"Hmm? Yes, thank you, Senior."

…………………

Wei Yuan led the three differently beautiful girls out of Qingqiu in a dream.

He said he wanted to teach them about human emotions, but he himself didn't understand these things. It was just that what the black cat said was worth a visit, so he had to lead them aimlessly walking on the streets. The three girls were all surprised to learn that they could leave Qingqiu in this way.

The three fox girls belonged to the Su and Hu surnames, but there were two with the surname Su.

They chirped all the way, and Wei Yuan roughly understood their views on the human world. Su Yu'er was always convinced that most men were fickle, while the other two had a natural affection, especially since the story of Hu Yue had spread somewhat, making them yearn for it.

The Hu girl was heroic and curious, her brown eyes looking around.

Then she said, "Young Master Wei, where are you taking us?"

Wei Yuan pondered in silence, calculated the time, and just happened to hear the sound of a bicycle bell. He took a step to the side, turned his head, and saw a car riding fast. The boy's wide school uniform was unzipped, his white shirt and school uniform were blown by the wind, like pure white wings growing on his back.

He rushed to this road, looked at the time, and hurriedly turned into a small alley.

But the school was still further ahead.

The black cat transmitted a message.

Wei Yuan stood beside the three fox girls. After a while, he saw another girl riding a bicycle passing by this indispensable street. She was the kind of girl that most boys had secretly liked, with a clean and delicate black ponytail, exuding a scholarly air.

Then, after she passed the alley, the boy hiding in the alley took several deep breaths before cautiously riding his bicycle to catch up.

"What a coincidence."

The boy scratched his head and said with a smile.

The girl looked at him in surprise, then smiled and replied, "What a coincidence."

The boy slung his backpack diagonally, his messy hair smelled of sunshine, carefully following the girl in front, controlling the handlebars, not wanting to be too far away, but not daring to get too close, talking loudly about trivial matters that he thought were interesting, slowly going away.

Wei Yuan watched the two high school students ride away, looked at the fox girls next to him, and asked thoughtfully:

"What do you think of this kind of relationship?"

Hu Mei smiled and replied, "It's very good. The feeling of wanting to get close but not daring to get close is probably what I like. If such feelings are all fake, then nothing is real."

Su Yu'er said, "It's just a fleeting encounter." (Lan Yin Xu Guo)

"How many male and female relationships start out beautifully but end in separation? Only one in a hundred young love affairs can come to fruition."

Wei Yuan didn't comment, but found it interesting to hear these words from these fox demons.

Afterwards, he continued to lead them forward.

In the dream realm of this street, they saw young lovers in passionate love, vowing eternal love, wishing they could be with each other all day long. Then the man knelt on the ground, speaking stutteringly, and proposed. The woman covered her mouth, her eyes sparkling.

"That's great."

Another fox girl named Su Yan'er sighed, with envy in her eyes.

"What could be better than being able to live together with the one you love, going through hardships together?"

Wei Yuan nodded, and the black cat emerged, lazily lying on his shoulder. He didn't know where he was curled up and sleeping in reality, but he came into the dream. Then he walked forward again, walked into another building, and heard fierce arguments and the sound of bowls being smashed. Then there was the woman's sharp voice and the man's roar.

Su Yan'er was startled.

Wei Yuan stepped forward. This was a dream, and the people in the dream couldn't perceive the people outside.

Through the window, he saw broken glass and porcelain all over the floor, saw the woman sitting on the sofa wiping her tears, and the man silently smoking. The child was趴on the bed in the inner room, looking blankly at the scene outside. The overall picture was depressing and shattered, giving people a feeling of oppression.

Wei Yuan looked at the three fox girls and said, "What do you think of this family?"

Su Yan'er stuck out her tongue, "So scary."

"They must not have been moved by each other in the first place. They didn't have any feelings and got married for the sake of getting married."

Hu Mei nodded heavily in agreement.

Correspondingly, Su Yu'er seemed very calm and composed, and curled the corner of her mouth with a slightly smug expression:

"This is what is called emotion in the mortal world. Affection can also turn into fickleness."

"Therefore, those stories often only go as far as the wedding."

Su Yan'er was about to argue, but saw the youth in black clothes smile, turn around, and walk down the筒子楼. He was wearing a black hoodie, carrying a sword on his back, and the magical black cat was lying on his shoulder, lazily licking his paws. For some reason, there was a feeling of ancient remoteness. She was stunned, and hurriedly stepped up to follow.

Next, they saw another family.

This family had encountered a lot of trouble, owing a lot of debt, which was overwhelming. In order to solve this debt, the man got up before dawn every day to work,拼命almost拼命. The woman also did odd jobs, and her fingers slowly became rough. The family didn't even have relaxed topics at the dinner table.

But they never gave up, always supporting each other forward.

Hu Mei opened her mouth and said embarrassedly, "This... I admit it's very touching."

"But, Young Master Wei, isn't this what is called family affection? This is not the kind of beautiful emotion like in the stories... If Hu Yue and that boy get married, they definitely won't live so depressedly, they will be very happy."/

Su Yu'er was also a little hesitant. This seemed different from what she knew.

She finally said, "This is just life."

Wei Yuan nodded and slowly walked down with the black cat, walked into another dream, the sun was very good, in the park, two old people were walking hand in hand, they walked very slowly, but it made people feel peaceful.

This time, not only Su Yan'er and Hu Mei's eyes lit up slightly, but Su Yu'er was also somewhat moved.

"Being able to join hands and go through life together is the true human affection."

"Is this what you want to say, Young Master Wei?"

Wei Yuan shook his head, and even the black cat couldn't help but laugh.

They looked at the two old people who were moving forward hand in hand. Slowly, the old woman disappeared, leaving only the old man bowing his back and walking forward step by step. Su Yu'er was surprised, and the black cat licked his paws and said:

"Haven't you discovered it yet? Aren't foxes said to be very shrewd?"

The three fox girls were puzzled.

Wei Yuan turned to look back, Su Yu'er turned her head to look, and saw that on the road they came from, there were still many people following them. There were silent men with white hair, bent over by the burden of life, men who quarreled with their wives and silently smoked with guilt, men who were so excited that they couldn't speak when they proposed, and there was also the original teenager.

And when these people stood together, their faces were somewhat similar.

Su Yu'er remembered the talisman that Wei Yuan had lit at the beginning, and her face was surprised.

Wei Yuan said, "What you have seen are all the dreams of one person."

Su Yan'er exclaimed, "Impossible, they are clearly in different dreams."

Wei Yuan said, "Past experiences, obsessions that he can't let go of, will turn into dreams, but some people have lost even these memories, lost their memories, lost themselves. Modern medicine calls this symptom Parkinson's disease."

It was the black cat who asked the Chimei Wangliang living in the gaps between dreams yesterday that he learned about this matter.

Today, he told Wei Yuan again.

Wei Yuan stepped forward, walked side by side with the last confused old man, lowered his head, and said gently:

"Don't you want to go back? Your wife should still be waiting for you to go back."

The old man stomped his feet and muttered, "Don't go back!"

"Why?"

"Why?! You ask me why? I just put a little more salt when cooking, and she got angry. I'm not going back!"

Wei Yuan showed a smile: "But she's not angry anymore, she's very regretful."

"If you go back now, she will be very happy."

"Really?"

A hesitant look appeared on the old man's face, and finally he said blankly, "But, but I forgot how to go back."

Wei Yuan said, "I'll lead the way, Lei."

The black cat jumped off his shoulder, lazily stretched, walked forward,穿过through layers of mottled dreams, passed one street after another, and finally stopped in a dream realm that looked like a ward. The old man呆呆looked at the bed over there. The bed was his own emaciated body, and next to him was a white-haired woman sleeping.

He stretched out his hand, but couldn't get close.

"Go back."

Wei Yuan smiled and stretched out his hand, pressed it on the old man's shoulder, and then gently pushed forward.

The old man subconsciously stepped forward, and then Su Yu'er and the three of them saw that the men of different ages who had been following them had disappeared, and the old man's footsteps gradually became firm, his waist gradually straightened, from an old man who needed a crutch, to a middle-aged man who threw away the crutch, to a young man with powerful steps.

Finally, he was a bright-eyed teenager wearing an old-fashioned school uniform.

Passing into the body.

Everything in front of him was white.

In fact, there is such a question——

When you have lived an uneventful life and return to your youth, meet the girl you like, what will you do? Will you miss her?

He opened his eyes, and the trees on both sides were tall, with斑驳green shadows.

Ding dong, ding dong.

A girl wearing a white shirt and school uniform, with a single ponytail, was riding a bicycle.

So he plucked up his courage.

With a strong step on the踏板, the bicycle rushed out with the courage of the teenager, and穿过through the mottled green shadows, the flying school uniform hem, like raised wings, he looked at the surprised girl, scratched his head, his hair smelled of sunshine, and used all his courage, said:

"What a coincidence."

She smiled: "What a coincidence."

Such a memory was so vivid that you could almost smell the past that made people cry.

The old man in the hospital bed slowly opened his eyes and saw his wife sleeping next to the hospital bed.

He touched the tears in the corner of his eyes, and muttered that such a big person didn't know how to take care of himself, and if he caught a cold, he would have to come and watch? Then he stretched out his hand, pulled the quilt on his body, and covered his wife, hugging her thin body tightly. Wei Yuan and the three fox girls were in the dream realm, and through the hazy dream and reality wall, they saw this scene.

Su Yu'er, Su Yan'er, and Hu Mei didn't know why, but they were speechless and shocked.

Wei Yuan asked the black cat to come back, stepped away, and said:

"Okay, everything I know about human emotions has been told."

The dream ended.

They returned to Qingqiu Country.

The three fox girls slowly opened their eyes, each with a sense of loss, and were speechless.

The Sili Xiaowei got up.

And the incense on the table had not yet burned out.

ps: The word count is slightly more, a full 5,000 words. Although it is a transition and foreshadowing chapter, I hope it is written interestingly.

As for how to start the next chapter, everyone is welcome to guess~